2 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 23, 1960
At Lancaster Yards
Trading Slow, But Steady
U. S 1-2 grade 190-220 lb.
barrows and gilts brought
18-00-18 50 but closed at 17.-
50-18 00, U. S. 1-3 grade„l9o
- lbs. closed at 17.00-1.7.50,
few lots no. 3’s early 17.25,
late 16.75. 230-250 lb. butch
ers 17.00-17.50 early, but,this
kind absent after Monday. U.
S. 1-3 grade, mostly 2-3
grade, 300-600 lb. sows 11.00
. 13.00.
SHEEP; 125 compared with
last week’s 1574 head and
small supply consisted, main
ly of spring slaughter lambs.
Spring slaughter lambs stea
dy compared with two weeks
ago or unevenly lower than
last week’s Easter specialty
trade.
Janii E. O'Hara,
fa Chorq*. Markat Naw> Broach
- CATTLE: 3950 compared
•with 4414 last week. Supply
consists of 50 percent slaugh
ter steers, 40 per cent Stock
ers. and feeders. Trading slow
Compared with last weeks
close, slaughter steers barely
Steady. Utility and Commer
cial? cows steady. Canners &
Cutters 25 higher. Bulls and
stackers and feeders steady.
Bulk oil the Choice grade
slaughter steers 950-1300 lbs.
brought 27.50-30:00, 2 loads
liigh-Choice 1200-1317 pound
3<K5O-31 00, two loads mixed
liigh-Choice and* Prime 1198
lbs. sold for 31.25, small lot
Prime 1272 lbs. 32.00, Good
and low-Choice 24.25.-27.75.
Few lots Good and Choice
heifers sold at 23.00-26.00
Utility and Commercial bulls
2(5-00-23.50, Good grade bulls
23 50-25 50.
Cutter, Utility and Com
mercial cows brought 16.75-
19.25, while Caxmers and low
Cutters sold for 15.00-16.75,
Good and Choice 550-830 lb.
stock steers 26 50-32 00, Med
ium and Good 23.50-27.50.
Good and Choice 800-1050 lb,
feeder steers 25.25-29 00, load
Choice 1100 lbs. 26.50, Med
ium and Good 22 00-26.50.
CALVES: 600, or about 75
head less than a week ago.
Trading moderately active
Vealers 1 00 lowrer. Good and
Choice vealers brought 27 00-
33.00, Choice and Prime
made 33.00-37 00, with a few
tQ 38 00, Standard and low-
Good 19 00-26 00, Utility 14.-
00-19 00.
HOGS. 1800 compared with
2162 last week. Trading ac
tive Barrows and gilts clos
ed steady after Monday’s 25-
50 higher t'-end. Sows steady
CHAIN SAW
SERVICE CENTER
N»w & Used
Snovely's Farm Servic*
NEW HOLLAND EL 4-2214
CONTROL WEEDS
WITH
IWEEBONE
krLV 4' •
L ■ / •*
Weedone LV-4
l-gal Can
5-gal Can
Weedar 64 (Amine)
l-gal Can
5-gal Can
Simazinc 80'< Wottablc
Atrazmo 80 Wettable
Atrazuic Granular
SPECIAL PRICES TO
CUSTOM SPRAYERS
Methoxychlor
the recommended spray
for spittle bug and wee
vil control m forage
crops
Available now in 5-gal
cans and 1 30-gal drums
INCREASE YIELD and
Improve quality of yout
hay crops by adding to
your spittle bug spray.
Nutri-Leaf
(20-20-20)
5 lb-
25 lbs
SMOKETOWN.
Phone EX 7-3539
Chicago Cattle
Steer Prices
Break Sharply
CATTLE Receipts fully
50 percent greater than last
week when supplies were
smallest for any week last
year and the largest for any
week in 3 months.
Fully 75 percent slaughter
steers, fully 15 percent heif
ers, less than 5 percent cows.
Percentage prime steers a
bout double the 5 percent
prime last week.
Average weight of slaught
er steers much heavier than
last week
Prices for most grades of
slaughter steers and heifers
declined sharply Good to
prime steers mostly' 1 00-1 50
lower with some high choice
and low prime grades off
2.00, This the sharpest price
decline for any week since
last November.
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4 95
24 25
3 10
14 75
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MOUNTVILLE WALTER & JACKSON.
FEED SERVICE INC.
R D. 2, Columbia, Pa. . Christiana, Pa.
JOHN H. BONHOLTZER LEROY GEIB. EST.
R D. 4. Lancaster, Pa R D. 2, Manhcxm, Pa
SNADER'S MILL L B - GRAYBILL & SON
R D 1, Stevens, Pa Refton, Pa
1 75
7 50
f't . —jn START CALVES OFF
ON THE RIGHT FOOD
Reb^Rose
' |mi MILK REPLACER
PA.
Vintage Auction
Steers Weaker
Veal Stronger
CATTLE: 492. Compared
with last wegk, slaughter
steers steady to weak, wgts.
over 1300' lbs. 25-50 lower.
Utility and commercial cows
steady, canners and cutters
fully 25 higher. Bulls-1 hi
gher.
Bulk of the choice grade
cattle 900-1308 lbs. 26.85 -
29, Several lots 1300-1500
lbs. grading low to average
choice, included at 26.85 -
27, few lots 975-1000 lbs.
29.10-29.60, good to loW
choice 24-27.25. Good and
thoice 770-1000 lb. heifers
23.85-25. Cutter, utility and
commercial cows 16.50-19,
canners and low-cutters 15-
*l7.
Utility and commercial
bulls 21-23, good grade fed
bulls 23-24.35. Few lots go
od and choice 619-675 lb.
Vealers fully steady. Stock
ers and feeders fully 50 low
er.
Two loads prime 1260 and
1390 lb. slaughter steers
early 32 75 and 33.00, Early
bulk high choice and prime
1100-1400 lb. slaughter steers
29 50-32.50.
Early bulk choice steers
27.50-29 50. Good steers op
ened at 24.25-26.50, closed at
23 50-25.25
Early bulk good & choice
heifers 23 50-2800
Good and choice vealers
27.00- standard grades
20.00- 00, good to mostly
choice 520-565 lb. stock
steers 29 -29 50. Few choice
910 lb. feeding steers 26 25.
Medium and good 850-950 lb.
feeding steers 23-25.25, 90
head string medium 825 lb.
cross bred charollais feeding
steers 21.00.
Ru&Rbu
JOSEPH M. GOOD & SON
R. D. 1, Bvrd-in-Hand, Pa.
New Holland
Only Cows Hold Steady
Steer prices, slipped 50 to 23.50, aritl good grade l
75 at New Holland’ this we- were 23-24:25. "i
ek. Calves dropped 2 to 3
and bulls tended lower. On- „3 R f Q 4 °|L g ° oc I
ly cows were steady to 50 64 ®~® 94 .
higher Receipts totaled 1407 were 24-25.25, with a,
hc.« of cattle add 246 cal- ««tM.
Bulk of the choice scale stock s lc„
cattle. 900 to 1275 lbs made re 2 . 4 ' 2 ° 2U ZE> -
26.50-28.75. A. few lots at Good an d choice -
1075-1235 lbs. wenteto 28.85 were 2 to 3 lower su
-29.10. Good to low choice. an d' below were steadv
made 24-26.75. Standard 21* ao d choice vealers \\L
24-. • 1 to 35. High choice and i
Good and choice 720-900 absent
SM.Bo^Sd£rffik 2278 ' g2J with utility 4*!
Cuter and utility r~ws . on ,
made 16.25 to 19.25 with The April 20 dairy ,
canners and low cutters go- sale had receipts oj
iag at 15-16.75 Utility and cows, 15 bulls and 86
commercial bulls were 20- ers. The cow market
barely steady. Heifer
— “* was active on the lari
stock steers 23.60*28.00, sev
era! lots medium and good
701-903 lb. feeder steers at
23.60-26.10.
CALVES: 276. Vealers
weighing under 115 lbs. 1-
2 higher, other wgts. fully
steady. Good and choice veal
ers 28-35, choice and prime
35-39 50, standard and IbW
good 24-28. utility 17-23.
HOGS: 96. Barrows and
gilts steady. A lot of U S.
1&2 grade .218 lb. barrows
and gilts 18.10. U.S. 1-3 gr
ade 199-227 lb. 16.85-17 85.
Several lots 151-161 lb. at
15.25-16.50. Few sows 2-3
grade 385-635 lbs. 1010 -
11.75.
Tomatoes. - Lettuce - Cabbage
Cauliflower
200 Nedlar New Hampshire Chicks - 30 Barred Ri
Vigoro for lawn - garden - shrubbery
Get your Insecticides now. We have ’em
Sure we have Germozone for chicks
, C(if(or , or Calf Feed 25 lb SI
' fekf.?* 1 S 2 45 Milk Replace! 25 lb •
Fine Chick Feed 55.15
B. Starter, NFZ 20% Bluebird D:ur\
DP Special Chop
20<% Hog Feed
Geraniums -
B, Grower N.F Z
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE
947 Harrisburg Pike Ph. Lane. EX 4
Willis H. Weaver, Mgr.
Do You Know Thai
The SHAVER
Q STARCROSS
Leghorns, outlaid all other Nationally
vertised strains, both on The Floor and
Cages, at the 1359 California Random
pie Test:
285 eggs (per bird boused) on Flo° r
261 eggs (per bird housed) in Ca<3 eS
SHAVER These birds rcalb f oll
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You owe it to w nirs
GREIDER
LEGHORN FARMS, i
MOUNT JOY, PA.
Fresh Cows, Holslei
$3OO to 440, Guernsey
$2OO-250, others
305.. Stock bulls $j
190, stock heifers - '
The mule market
Hed very slow with
horses steady at the
18 horse sale. Riding
were in better demat
at stronger -prices
were steady to strom
ceipts totaled 269 he;
Mules and draft h
$260-325 for teams, ,
—sl2s-190, ponies, m
$ 135-225, geldings— sf
Riding horses—Sl 15-231
ving hc’-ses. 125-300,
ers B*, j >to 9 cents
$4.60
$4.40
288
out the e^-
to try them-
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