COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Eastern Cornbelt Daily Direct Summary from Tuesday as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service:
Barrows and gilts on a carcass basis: 2.24 higher.
BASE MARKET
On a carcass basis plant delivered (54-62 pct. lean):
80.00-85.75, weighted average 83.66
Actual pricing with lean premiums added:
0.8-0.9 inches backfat: 81.60-88.95.
0.6-0.7 inches backfat: 83.28-91.93.
Total prior day negotiated sales: 5,660.
Tuesday's total movement: 74,242.
RESULTS FROM UNITED PRODUCERS AUCTION
Market trends for Wednesday:
Hogs 1.00 higher; cattle steady; sows 2.00 lower.
Summary of Tuesday's Ohio auctions:
Hogs
Light 60.00 and lower; light 61.50 and lower.
Sows
Light 50.75 and lower; heavy 59.00 and lower.
Cattle
Boars
Light 42.50 and lower; heavy 24.00 and lower.
Cows
Commercial and utility 86.00 and lower.
Canner/cutter 60.00 and lower.
Bulls
All bulls 94.50 and lower.
Feeder cattle
Yearling: steers 135.00 and lower; heifers 125.00 and lower.
Calves: steers 144.00 and lower; heifers 140.00 and lower.
