2 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 30. 1960 At Lancaster Trading ]ame> E. O'Hara. la Charg*. Market- N«w* Branch CATTLE: 5020 compared with 4052 last week. The supply includes 50 per cent slaughter steers and 40 per <«nt stoekers and feeders. 'Trading slow. Compared with last week’s close, slau ghter steers are generally .50 fewer. Cows are 25c lower with the decline coming late in the week. Utility and Commercial bulls steady, Good grade bulls 50 lower Stockers and feeders steady to 50c lower. Bulk of the Choice grade 950-1350 lb. slaughter steers brought 27.00-29.50, .several loads and lots average to mostly high-ChoiCe 1025-1, 284 lbs. sold at 30.00-30.75. Good to low-Choice steers brought 24 -27 50. . A few lots Good & Choice heifers brought 23.00-26.00. Utility and Commercial bulls sold for 20 00-23 50, while Good grade fed bulls made 23.00-25.00 with a few early Monday to 25 50. Cutter, Utility and Commercial cows went at 16 50-19 25, Canners and low-Cutter, 14.75-16 50. Good and Choice 550-800 lb. stock steers sold for 27.- 50-31 50 and Medium and Good for 23.50-28 00. Good Yards Slow, 50 Lower - and Choice 800-1050 lb. feed er steers brought 25.00-28 75 with several loads of Choice 1050-1150 lbs. at 25.00-25 50 and Medium and Good at 22.00-25.50. CALVES: 600 or about the same as last week. Trading was moderately active. Veal ers weighing under 120 lbs. were 1.00-2.00 higher and heavier weights steady. Good and Choice vealers 28-33.00, Choice and Prime sold at 33 to 38, Standard and low - Good 20.-27.,' with Utility down to 15.00. Hogs. Receipts will total a bout 2010 head compared with 1767 last week. Compa red with last week’s close, barrows and gilts were stea dy. Sows steady. Chicago Cattle Steers Highest Since Last May CATTLE Receipts down 20 percent from last week. However, salable supply in creased by nearly 1,000 head slaughter steers and heifers, mainly steers grading choice and below, carried from last week Good clearance this week both fresh receipts and holdovers. Smaller percen tage prime steers than the nearly 9 percent prime last week Average wgt. of slau ghter steel’s considerably li ghter than last wks. average IT PREVENTS... I | ERADICATES TOBACCO BLUE MOLD and WILDFIRE Phytomycin* Mathieson’s new LIQUID antibiotic 0 LONGER LASTING 0 EASY AND ECONOMICAL TO USE SUPERIOR TO WETTABLE POWDERS 0 BECAUSE: 1. Goes into 100% solution 2. No caking—forms better, more uniform mixture / 1 0 SAFE TO PLANTS V-*: / PHYTOMYCIN is manufactured by E. R. Squibb & Sons, fl Division of Dim Mathieson Chemical Corporation BOMBERGER'S STORE Elm L. J. DENLINGER CO. KREIDER Paradise. Pa. FARM SUPPLY R. D. 4, Lebanon, Pa. DENVER SUPPLY CO. D „ ver ELIZABETHTOWN FARMERS SUPPLY CO. J. E. GALEN HARDWARE Elizabethtown Lincoln KAYLOR BROS. -MARTIN'S HARDWARE Rheems Bareville LANC. COUNTY FARM BUREAU LESTER A. SINGER Lancaster Ronks WEST WILLOW N. G. HERSHEY & SON FARMERS ASSN. Manheim West Willow J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co., Inc. 736 EAST CHESTNUT STREET LANCASTER- p A. Vintage Auction Steers Steady Quality Down CATTLE: 418. Compared with last week, slaughter .steers about steady with fills considered. Cows steady to 50 higher. Bulls steady with last Tuesday’s close for 1.00 lower than early. The quali ty on slaughter steers wasn’t as good as in past weeks. Bulk of the Choice grade ,cattle 950-1300 lbs. 26.50- e 2B 50, Good to low-Choice 24.00-26.75, Standard 21.-24. Cutter and Utility cows 16.- 50-19.50, Canners and low- Cutters 15.25-17.00, Utility and Commercial bulls 20.00- 23 50,' Good grade bulls 23.- 00-24.00 CALVES 256. Choice grade vealers steady. Good grade and below 1.00 higher. Good ot 1154 lbs, A two-way trend develop ed and the spread in steer prices became the widest in a year as ste’ers in loadlots sold in a range from 17.50 to 33.50, high good to prime steers closed 50 to 1 higher The better the cattle the greater the advance, the pl ainer the cattle the greater the decline. Vealers steady.' Stockers and feeders slow altho a little more active than last week. Prices stea dy to 50 lower. Load prime 1160 lb. slau ghter sters 33.50, equal to loads mixed good and low choice steers 25.75-26 25, bulk good grades 23-25 50. Good , and choice vealers KERN'S HARDWARE Honeybrook, Pa. SEE YOUR DEALER PHONE EX 7-3721 land New Holl Quality Spreads Higher quality steers prime 1125 to j showed strength while the ter steers poorer grades were weaker Bulk of the . at the April 23 sale at New 900 to 1300 ju Holland. Recipts were 1470 to 29.50 Good t head of cattle and 210 calves were 23.75 - 25 Slaughter steers grading Good grade i good or better were steady 1060 lbs were to 50 higher while those 25. Cutter and grading-low good and beiow 16.25 to 19 ]q were steady to 50 lower, low cutters j Cows were folly steady and Utility and bulls were steady to weak, bulls were 2( Several lots of choice and grade fed bulls Few lots of and Choice vealers 28.00-35.- low good 439 00, Choice and Prune 35.00- steers made 22 39.00, Standard and low - Good and d Good 25 00-28 00, Utility were stead\ t, 20 00-24 50. _ below were HOGS: 99. Barrows and higher. Good gilts .75-1.00 lower. U. S. 1-3 vealers made 21 grade 175-212 lbs. UjOO-17.- choice and p llr 10, several lots 230-250 lbs. sent. Standard mostly 2-3 grade 16.00-1660. -.23-28 Utihh ; r The April 21 27-32, standard grades 21- sale had rcceini 27. 29 bulls and 4; Few good 550 lb. stock market was sl ( steers 28, choice 750-775 lb. kinds, the highest price paid for Fresh Cows, steels since last May, early $3OO to 440, bulk high choice and prime - 250, on 1075-1450 lb. steers 28 50 - Stock bulls—, 3150. Weeks bulk choice stock heifors stecrs 26.50-28.75. Numerous The Apnl yearling feeding steers 27- had a steady . 27.50, load medium 750 lb.‘ kinds. Receipt stockers 23.25, choice 625 head, and 882 lb. feeding steers at Mules and 26.10-26.25, several, loads of $260-325 lor good and choice" 900-925 lb. $125-190, ponu wgts. 25-25.35, medium and $135-225, gddn good 800-985 lb. wgts at driving horses, 22.75-24.25-. lers - BM> to 9 PLANTS GALORE Cabbaga Tomatoes potted and others Plant Pepper and many kinds Special sa l e on Vigoro Come m and get it lasts! Seed Potatoes come late. Cobblers and K; Only $4 95 per cwt. 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