"2— Lancaster Fanning. Saturday, May 2, 1959 At Lancaster Yards Mkt. Steady And Active Tamil E. O'Hara, la Chargi. Marlcit Newi Branch MAY 1, 1959 WEEKLY REVIEW— ' Compared with last week’s close slaughter steers held steady. Cows closed 59 high er. Bulls sold steady. Stock ers and feeders held steady. Trading was moderately act ive on all classes. Quality of slaughter steers remains aver age with prime grade absent. Receipts will total about 3925 head compared with last week’s 4634 head count. Sl aughter steers and stockers and feeders each accounted for 45 per cent of the supply. The bulk of the choice slau ghter steers sold for 29.75- 32, a few loads and lots 974- 1142 lb. average to high choi ce made 32,25-33. Good to low choice brought 27-30. Few small lots good and' choi ce heifers made 26.50-28.50. Utility and coml. bulls bro light 23-26, and good grade fed buLs sold up to 27.50. Cutter and utility cows ran ged from 18.25-22.50, and co mercial cows sold up to 23.50 canners and low cutters made 16.50-18.25. Good and choice 800-1050 lb. feeder steers brought 28- 30.50, while med and good made 27-28.25. Good and ch oice 550-800 lb. stock steers commanded 30-36.50, med. and good made 28-30.50. Go od grade stock calves sold at 32-37, few lots choice up to 40. Receipts in the calf divis ion will total about the same as last week’s 658 head count Trading was active as vealers sold at steady rates. Good and choice vealers made 30-39, choice and prune ranged fr om 39-42, and standard and low good made 25-30, while utility sold down to 20. Barrows and gilts about 50 higher while sows held stea dy; The supply will total ab out 450 head less than last week’s 2103 head count. Tra ding was moderately active. Bulk of the Barrows and gilts grade 1-3 and weighing 190- 230 lb made 17.75-18.25. A lew lots No. 3 sold down to 17.50. Hogs more uniform for wgt. and grade including 1-2 grade 190-220 lb. sold at 18.50 19, a few lots mostly No. 1 the same wgt. commanded 19 -19.50, 230-250 lb. butchers made 16.50-17.50. 300-600 lb. sows brought 10-14. . - Sheep receipts will total a bout double that of last wfi»’ ek’s 303 head. Supply Was about 75 per cent spring sla ughter lambs for the specia lty trade for the Greek eas ter. ,All classes steady. Good and choice wooled slaughter lambs made 21.75-23.50 and. utility and low good sold at 19.75-21.75 Good and choice ->. 50-80 lb. spring lambs made 29-31, and 25-50 lb. spring lambs grade good apd choice made 31-35. EXPERIMENTS AT Belts ville, Md., USDA Research Center, now show that the major advantage of feeding aureomycin to dairy calves is the reduced incidence of scours and not the tempor ary increase in growth rate. Id Beltsville tests, calves were fed aureomycin for the first 90 days after birth and a smaller percentage of them developed scours than control animals which re ceived no aureomycin. The tests showed that aureomycin-fed calves gained an average of 19 pounds more than their control counterparts for the 90-day period, but when the anti biotic was removed from their diet, these calves „gain ed less rapidly than the con trols. In fact, at six to 13 months of age, there wasn’t much difference in the weight of the two groups of calves. If these intentions are car ried out', marketings this quarter would be 8 per cent above the 2,205,000 head marketed from the April 1, 1958 inventory during the same three-month period jof last year. ’ Chicago Cattle Sharp Drop (Specials from New Holland Sales Stables f* ****** ***• The April 30 Beef market ters—lB-20, and *: LOmeS Vt GOV had receipts of 935 cattle and 18. 248 calves. The steer market Stocker and WEEKLY REVIEW was very brisk, all kinds st- 28-31.50, and sW PfirpArif) Anril eady with last week, except yes—32-35. * e U V i n the top end—those selling Choice to nr,. CATTLE—Supplies 10 per above $3O 50—this kind weak vc V ii 44 5 £ ril M tS toS “**>">“• 25 - 50 lwer - „ 13-l 8 iJ 1 ! the ciOTespondi^ 3 year-ago Bulls steady on all kinds, 25-33. d period, receipts light until cow market The April 29 j Wednesday', but Wednesday’s Jteadw had recei Pts of J run over 17,000 largest for steady- Calf market stea w- stock bulls and i the day since mid-January. Prime butchers steers—s 32 Market on all Percentage of the various " 82 on 0i aS st f ady ’ w ‘th, classes in receipts not much ScTo B’3o, 8 ’ 30, and plam to med ’ ers active and i tl| different than last week, fully 26-28-. demand First ca j 70 .per cent slaughter steers, Choice butcher heifers due to freshen this a Ihort 20 per cent heifers 27-28.50; good—2s-27; pi. to selling from s2i sj apd around 7 per cent cows. med.—22.50-25. Fresh Holstein,. Percentage of the various: Good bulls—27-28.25; pi. 440; Guernseys grades slaughter steers and med—2s-27, and bologna and other heifers also about the same bulls—-24-26.50. Stock bulls as last week, prime steers Good butcher cows—-22-23 fj. orn silo-250 J continuing seasonally very med. 20-22; canners and cut- clc heifers—9o-l4n scarce, only about 3 per cent ' ” ’ ■ " prime, nearly 50 per cent choice and fully 40 per cent, good. ■ average wgt. of slaughter,-steers continued to decline, average this week promising, to less than last weeks,’ average of 1145 lbs , which was the lightest for any week since last October. Prices for slaughter steers and heifers held mostly stea dy until Wednesday when hi gh choice and prime steers broke sharply, compared clo sing levels last week prime steers 50-1.50 lower Choice grades steady to as much as 1 lower with wgts. 1050 do wn showing least change, ste ers grading good and below mostly steady, the decline on prime steers sharpest in ov er two months and Wednes days top of 35 50 also lowest for the day in over two mo. Heifers average choice and better steady to 50 lower, to wer grades steady. Cows gra ding utility and better stea dy to 50 higher, lower grades lost early strength and clos ed steady for the period. Bui Is steady to 50 higher. Veal ers mostly 1-2. higher. Sto ckers and feeders rather slow but mostly steady. / Chicago wholesale dressed beef prices mostly steady for the week except cow beef which declined 50 MARTIN’S LIMESTOI IVAN M. MARTIN. INC.. BLUE BALL. PA. Telephones: New Holland ELcjin 4*2112 Terre Hill Hilh' eS * New Holland Better Steers Weal? Load choice to mostly pri me 1200 lb. slaughter steers Monday 35.75. Most loads choice to mostly prime 1075- 1400 lb. sters Wednesday at 33.75-35 with three loads of 35 25 and 35.50. Two loads prime steers included ap 34.50 and 35. Feedlot mates of 36 cattle last week. Numerous loads high choice and mixed choice and prime steers Wed. 31.50-33.50. Weeks eaily bu (Tum ta page 5) OF A DESIRE OF fid I FARMERS and BUYERS | I EVERY WEDNESDAY I THERE WILL BE A FULL LINE OF I SLAUGHTER CATTLE I OFFERED FOR SALE I AT THE , LANCASTER UNION STOCK YAi |j Your cooperation will be appreciated m For father information consult your coranussioi $ STOCKERS & FEEDERS on hand daily, heifer calves 65 gj There we~e 223 n the April 27 horse' sale, with a steadj on all kinds Mule teams bro® 440, singles—l2o Draft horse tea® 380, singles—lso 2j Ponies—sloo - 21 Riding horses—;; Driving horses-: Heavy killers-s thin kinds—6s-110,’ per lb.
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