2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9, 1960 At Lancaster Yards Prices Firm, Trading SloW . brought Iff 50-17.00 but most lamM E. O'Hara. ly ig.75-17.00 and closed the la Charge. Market New* Branch wee k at 17.00-17.50. Hogs _ . ___ „ . „ nn . . more uniform for weight and CATTLE: 4600, or about grade inc i udin g U. S. 1 & 2 the same as last week. Sup- 75 these kinds scarce after ply mcludes ' 50 per cent gr ades 190-220 lbs. 17.00-17.- steers 40 percent stackers & Monday. Few lots' No. I’s, feeders. Trading slow. Com- same weight, on Monday pared with last week s close, f or ig.oo. 230-250 lb. slaughter steers sold mostly k O g S ig.oo-16.50. u. S. 1-3 steady. Quality was best of gra de, mostly 2-3, 300-600 lb. the year. Cows fully 25-50 SQWS 11.13. higher Bulls steady. Stockers SHEEP: 350 " compared and feeders steady. with 147 last week. Trading moderately active. Wooled and- spring slaughter lambs steady. Good and Choice 80- 105 lb. wooled lambs 21.G0-24 24 00, Utility' and low-ood 16.50-21 00. Good and Choice 60-90 lb. spring lambs made 27.-30., mostly 27.-29., lot of Prime 43 lbs. sold for 33.00. Mixed high-choice Si Prime grade slaughter steers 1150- 1300 lbs. brought 30 50-31.50, load Prime 1260 lbs. sold at 32.25. Bulk of the Choice slaughter steers 850-1350 lbs. 27.50-30 35, Good to low - Choice 24 00-27.50, few lots Standard 22 25-23.75. Good and Choice heifers 815-1030 lbs 23 00-27.00. Cutters, Utility, & Commer cial cows brought 16.25-18.- 75, Canners and low Cutters 14.25-16.75. Utility and Commercial bulls brought 20 00-23.50 while Good grade bulls sold foe 23 50-25 50. Good and Choice 800-1050 lb. feeder steers 25.25-29.00, Medium and Good 22.-26.50. Good and Choice 550-800 lb stock steers 26 50-31 50, Med ium and Good 23 50-27.58. Good and Choice stock calves 29.00-32 50. CALVES: 650, compared with 686 last week. Trading moderately active. Vealers steady. Good and Choice vealers 27 00-34 00. Choice & Prime 34-36, few Prime sold 39.00, Standard and low- Good 19.00-27.00 and Utility 14.00-19 00 ‘HOGS. 2300 compared with 2036 last week Trading mod erately active. Barrows and gifts 25-50 higher, sows stea dy, U.S.-T-3 grade 190-230 lb. barrows and gilts on Monday Report From Local Poultryman A flbck of Hi-Cash pullets lafyed 273.8 eggs per bird in a 12 month period. For results like these try a flock of Hi-Cash ' Production Pullets. Order today. WEAVER’S HATCHERY LITITZ. R. D. 4. PA. William Penn was the first American, conservationist. In his Charter of Rights to the Colonists in 1681, Penn, cau tioned: “That in clearing the ground care be taken to. leave one acre of trees for every five acres cleared, es pecially to preserve oak and mulberries for shipping.” • Lancaster Poultry (Continued from cage 3) 1100 WVP, 13, W C. Mel hnger & Son, 28.0; 28 Same 1600 SXP, 13, NO SALE, 17- .0 bid; 29. Elmer Metzler, 3000 WV, 10, Daniel K. Good, 18.- 8, 30. Donald H. Groff, 1000 W MtC, 15-3, Carl B. Risser, 28 0; 31, Glenn H. Herr, 200 IR, 16, Carl B Risser, 37.3; 32. Paul Andes, 500 W VP, 14, W. C. Mellinger and Son, 33.0; 33 John L. Hersh ey, 650 WVC, 13, Carl B Risser, 28 0; 34. Same, W. C. Mellinger & Son, 29.2. EPHRATA RE’ ‘3-0885 Vintage Auction Cows Gain Steers Weaker ~r ' Slaughter steers lost some ground from the previous week at Vintage this w£ek, while cows gamed substan tially and bulls were nom inally steady. Veal calves were 1 higher, hogs slightly higher, and lambs failed, to establish a trend. Receipts of cattle were 562 head. Slaughter steers 25 to 50 lower. Cows 75 to 1 higher. A few loads of high choi ce 1025-1165 lb. slaughter steers 30.10 to 30.35, bulk of the choice grade cattle 27- 29.10. Good to low choice made 24-27.25. Few lots of standard and low good hei fers 18-22.10. Cutter and utility cows 16.25-18.35, canners and low cutters 14.25-16.25. Utility and commercial bulls 19.85- 22.85. .Good grade fed bulls o 7* Cafves: 291. Good and choice vealers 25-34, choice and prime 34-39 50, standard and low good 20-24. Hogs: 88. Barrows and gilts 25 higher. U. S. 1-3 grade 180-234 lb. barrows and gilts 16.60-17.25, U.S. 1-2 grade 180-225 lbs. at 17.30-18.10, lot no 2’s 247 lbs, 16. J . Sheep: 29 Good and choi cc spring slaughter lambs 45-70 lbs. 26.50-30. ■ Arbor Day this Spring is Monday, April 11. The law states that Arbor Day will fall on April 9 except when it occurs on Saturday, Sun day or a Holiday. This year April 9 is a Saturday. The first Arbor Day in Pennsyl vania was proclaimed in 1887 by Governor Beaver ITS NEW! ITS IMPROVED! USE SUPPLEMENT . . . home grown grain ...INCREASE EGG INCOME NOW! Call Your Nearest Farm Bureau Store Lancaster EX 4-0541 New Holland EL 4-2 146 Manheim MO 5-2466 Quarryville ST 6-2*2* All All kinds of cattle regis tered gains this week at New 'Holland with cows up as njuch as 1.25 and vealers up 2.00 in instances. Trading was active on the I3Q2.Jiead of cattle. Slaught er .steers were strong to 50 higher. Cows 50 to 1.25 high er with.,most of the advance on earners and low cutters. Bulls jvere higher. Several lots of mixed choice, apd prime 1,100 to 1,- 220 lb. slaughter steers 30 35 to 31.60. Choice 850 to 1400 Chicago. siCaffle Prices Weaker Receipts. Off CATTLE — Receipts fully 20 percent smaller than last week. salable sup ply increase 'hy fully 500 cattle, mainly slaughter steers, carried from last week. Percentages of the various classes little changed, fully 70 percent slaughter steers, percentage choice and prune steers slightly larger jthan last week, nearly ._lO percent of the steer supply prime. Despite sharp cutback in supplies prime steers closed weak to mostly 50 lower, De mand curtailed by forthcom ing non-slaughtering Kosher holidays, steers choice and below steady to 50 higher but market slow. Vealers 1.00-2 00 lower, The first vealer price decline of any consequence in months. Stockers and feeders mostly steady. Early bulk high choice and prime 1050-1475 pound slaughter steers, 29.00-32 50, Wednesday’s bulk 29 -32 THIS LOW FIBER, ENERGY PACKED Holland New Kinds Show Advance r c - lb. made 27.50 to 3. Good to low choice weJ, 25-27.75 and standaid * to 24. 1 Good and choice 681 lb. heifers made 22 2s Standard were 19-21 59 Cutter and' utility „ went to 16. to 18 85 Can and low cutter 15-16 5g Calves: 195 - Vealers, 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Goog choice vealers 29-35 a and prime 35 to 42 50 » few at 43 to 43.50 Star,, and low good were 22 t 0 .50 with utility down to The April 6 dairy t . sale had receipts of 143 0 11 stock bulls and 26 s i heifers. Fresh cows were lower springers were strong Fresh cows, Holstein t to 450, Guernsey - ?23j' othfers - $2OO-300, Stock l - $lOO-390, stock heifnp $lOO-220 The April 4 horse sale receipts of 325 head j very good saddle ii t were in the run. Mules, pairs - S3IJ. singles - $l5O-240, pom 75-150. Riding horses - $125.; driving horses - 5125-: Killers 10c with only four loads ,5 32.00. Bulk choice steers weights 27 00-29 50, Nui ous loads mixed good choice 26 50-27 00, bulk i steers 24 00-26 50. Scattered head primer ers 34.00, good and di veaters* 27 00-33 00 with i few above 31 00 Few choice 575 lb it steers 26 50, good 67a weights 24 50 and met 600 lb. stockers 23 50 Good and choice 7801 lb feeding steers 23 5026. **» Itf-
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