2 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 22. 1960
At Lancaster Yards
Trade Active
CATTLE 5400 compared
•with 4835 iast week. Supp ] y
includes 30 percent slaughter
s eers and 55 percent Stock
ers and feeders Trading mod
erately active ' Compared
•with last week, slaughter
steers were fully steady.
Cows 25-50 higher. Bulls
steady Stockers and feeders
50 higher.
Two loads mostly Prime
1138-1140 lb. slaughter steers
brought 27 00, four loads of
lugh-Choice and Prime 1 ISO
-1277 lbs 26 75, the bulk of
the Choice grade slaughter
steers sold at 25 50-26.50, lot
1007 lbs 26 65, load Choice
and Prime 1467 lbs 25.00,
Good to low-Choice 23 50-25 -
50, Standard down to 21 50.
Load 831 lb Choice heifers
sold for 23 75 Cutter and
Utility cows 15 25-16 50, Can
ners and low-Cuters ranged
from 13 50-15 25, with shelly
Cannsrs selling down to 11.-
50. -Utility and Commercial
bulls brought 18 50-21.50,
Good grade 21 50-24 50, few
25.60.
Good and Choice 600-800
,1b stock steers brought 23 00
- 25.50, two loads Choice 747-
765 lbs 26 50, Medium and
Good 21 50-23 50. Medium &
Good 800-1050 lb feeder
steers moved at 20 00-22 50
few loads Good and low-
Choice 22 50-24 00, load of
Choice 972 lbs. 25 00. Sever
al loads Good and Choice
467-482 lb stock calves 26.-
35 - 27 25, load high-Choice
538 lbs 28 25.
CALVES 775 compared
with 767 last week Trading
moderately active Quality
not as good as in past weeks.
Vealers steady Good and
Choice vealers ranged from
Dieldrin
is recommended for
spraying now on alfalfa
and clover fields for
control of alfalfa weevil
and spittle bug m your
1961 crop.
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Ph. Lane. EX 7-3539
SAY SIR!
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cross Leghorns?
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the best there is'
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Better call them real
soon.
Vintage Livestock
Steers Steady
and Steady Others Higher
OR nn Q 1 nn rhmre & Prime Compared wi h last week’s
nnifi nn’ w 5? 00 Stand- market, slaughter steers were
31 o°-360 0, few 37 00 Stand Steady a t the Octo
ard and low-Good 20 00 20. * er 18 c J atLle sale at vintage
00. Utility down to 16.00. C ows were 25 higher. Bulls
HOGS: 1500 compared with 5 g higher. Receipts inc.uded
1571 last week. Trading mod- 447 head 0 f ca tie.
erately ac ive and Several lols mixed choice
guts mostly 25-50 l°wer,few and p nme 950-1250 pound
sales ear.y m week rteady. slaughter ste ers 26 60-27.25.
Sows weak. U. S. 1-2 190-230 few 1000 . 1100 poU nds
lb. barrows and gilts 19 50- 2 7.35-27 85, bulk of Choice
20.50, several lots no 1 195- 0= 9 cor 05 Good to
P 5 20.50-21 00, about 15 low . choice 23 50-25 50, Staft
he£d K h JS h no. , 200 dard 2 i. 7 5-23.50.
- 215 lbs. 21.50 —1-3 190-240 Cutter and -Utility cows
lbs. sold fon I , B^ oc’io f |]f 15.25-16 50, Canners and low
lots 180-190 lbs. 18 25-18.50, Cu tlers 13.50-15 25, shelly
240-260 lb. butchers 18.00- canners down to 1160 Utili
-18 50, U S 1-3, mostly --3 an( j Commercial bulls 20.-
300-600 lb. sows were 12.00- 0 0-23.50, Good grade bulls
15.00. 23 00-24 25:
SHEEP. 250 compared with
488 last week. Trading mod
erately active. Wooled slaug
hter lambs weak Good and
Choice 75-100 lb. slaughter
lambs 18 00 20.00, a few lots
Choice and Prime 20 00-21 00
Utility and low-Good 15 00 -
18.00.
Chicago Cattle
Heavy Steers
Suffer Losses
CATTLE Local receipts
slight’y larger than last week
Percentage steers increased
from 65 to about 70 percent,
Percentage heifers 20 percent
Percentage cows at 5 percent
Stockers and feeders about 2
percent. Average weight of
slaughter steers estimated
1150 lbs.
lower. Slaughter heifers stea
dy to 25 lower, cows 25 50
higher, bulls strong to 50
higher, vealers strong, Stock
ers and feeders steady
Load lots choice & prime
steers 1300 lbs down 23 75-
26 50 but largely 23 75-26.00.
Most mixed good & choice
______ _ steers 1250 lbs down 23 50-
Slaughter steers generally 24.50 Bulk good steers 22 00
25-75 lower with some la"e - 24 00 with most late sales
sales prime 1300-1500 100 23.75 down.
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CALVES: 514 Vealers
steady. Lesser quality consid
ered. Good and Choice veal
ers 25.00-32.00, Choice and
Prime 32 00-37 00, Standard
and low-Good 19 00-25 00,
Utility down to 16 00.
HOGS: 55. Barrows and
gilts steady to 50 lower. U S.
1-3 201-219 lbs. 18 50-18.60,
lot 208 lbs. 19.00. Lot no. 1
197 lbs. 21.00 Several lots
176-186 lbs. 1-2 butchers 18.-
35-18 50, lot 2-3 173 lbs. 16-
25.
SHEEP. 19 Not enough on
sale to establish a market.
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Compared with last week’s
marke , slaughter steers were
fully steady at the October
20 cattle sale at New Hol
land Cows were 50 higher
and bu.ls were 25 to 50 high
er Receipts included 874
head of cattle.
Several loads of mixed
choice and prime 1,000 to
1,250 pound slaughter s eers
brought 26.60 to 27 10 with
tire bulk of the choice going
at 25 50 to 26 50. Several lots
1,300 to 1,450 pound steers
grading good to mostly choice
anade 24 to 25.50. A few good
grade went at 23 50 Good to
low choice under 1,250
pounds made 23 50 to 25.75
with standard selling at 21 to
23 25.
Good and choice 800 to
1,010 pound heifers made 23
to 24.50 Cutter and utili y
cows were 15 50 •to 16.50
with canners and low cutters
at 13.75 to 15.50 and shells
down to 11.50.
Utility and commercial
bulls made 20-22.25 while
cu ters brought 17 to 19.50
and good grade bulls made
22-25.
Two lots of medium and
good 600 -to 791 pound stock
steers were 21-23.10. One lot
of good 759 pounds brought
24 00. One lot of good grade
810 pound feeder steers made
23 85 while one lot medium
at 865 pounds sold at 21 00.
Calves 379. Vea’ers were
1.00 to 200 higher with the
most advance on weights un
der 120 pounds. Good and
choice vealers made 26 to 32.
Choice and prime brought 32
to 37 with a few head going
to 37.50 and 38 Standard and
low good were 21-27 and
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utility made 19 to 2l
Cows sold barely bIM ,
the October 19 sa i e l^ nc
cattle Receipts mclud ‘
cows, 12 stock bulk
stock heilers dn
Fresh cows, Holsloms .
440 Guernsey - IfJ
others - $2OO-310. Stock
$75-160. Stock HercpT
140. rs '
At the October 17 1
sa e receipts included
horses, pomes and
Prices were about stead
mules continued to „
the killer trade So
Ponies, mares - enc
geldings - $45-110 r
horses - $lOO-210 m
horses - $llO-185 Kilw
to 8 cents lcr
Sales Stable
Announces
Dairy Show
Wednesday, October
has been announced as
date of the annual dairy
and sale at the New H 0
sale stables.
Judging of the dairy
mals is scheduled to be;
10.00 am. with the si
the prize cattle set to
at 2:00 p m
The annual event is
to all cattle owneis and
regular health reguh
for the sale of dauy
will be in effect All an
must be Tuberculosis
Brucellosis tested
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