2 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 29, 1960 At Lancaster Yards Trading Active, Steady CATTLE- 6625 compared" load Choice 888 lbs. 25 50, ■with 6511 last week. Supply Medium and Good 20.00-22.- includes 25 per cent s aught- 75 Goo< j anc i Choice 600-800 er steers and6 s lb stock steers 23:00-25.50, stockers and feeders Trading -««» moderately active. Placement Medium and Good 21.50-23. df stockers and feeders good 50. Good and Choice stock taut Choice loads scarce. Com- ca i ves 25.d0-27.50. pared with last week’s close, •daughter steers were steady. 'CALVES: 700 compared Cows sold 50-75 lower. Bulls with 822 last week. Trading steady. Stockers and feeders -moderately active. Vealers steady fully steady. Good & Choice A load and lot 1016-1098 vealers sold for 2 6 .00.31 00. -it* mncfiv Pfima slaughter Choics and Prime oI.UU 3d. t»™7 e oo. s Wg“ * -Choice 1120 lbs 26.60, the low-Good 20 00-26.00, bulk of the Choice grade Utility down to 16 00 slaughter steers ranged from 25.50- 50, Including lot high - Choice 1400 lbs at 26.00 & lot same grade 1378 lbs. 26 - 50, Good to low-Choiee 23.50 - 25 50, Standard down to 21 .50, Load high-Cholce and Prime 958 lb heifers sold at 25.00, and two loads Good & Choice 866-888 lbs. 23 50-24. Cutter and Utility cows closed at 14 75-16 25 with Canners and low-Cutters at 12.75-14 75 and shelly can ners selling down to 10 00. Utility and Commercial bulls 18.50- 50, Good grade 22 - 24, few 24 50. Good and Choice 800-1050 lb. feeder Steers ranged from 22 50 25 . Martin’s Limestone Immediate delivery, with, balanced, even spreading! 1 IVAN M. MARTIN, Inc. New Holland EL gin 4-2112 BiUE BALL, PA. Terre Hill Hlllcresi 5-34ss Hickory 2-4148 IN ALFALFA For Less Than V 2 The Cost of Later Applications Use I [PREMERGEI M ■ IN OCTOBER You Need Only Vs Gallon Per Acre Plan To Spray Alfalfa Noiv! Atglen Blend & McGinnis Buck Musser’s Denver Allen H Malz Elisabethtown Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Co , Inc Kaylor Bros Florin Hess Eros Intercourse Clem E Hoober Kirkwood L H Jackson Lancaster L H Brubaker 350 Strasburg Pike Kenneth H Habechcr R D I Harold Zook 220 Lampeter Road : J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co., Inc. S 736 E. Chestnut Street Lancaster, Pa. S EX 7-3721 Chicago Caitle Light Steers Mostly For Show CATTLE—Receipts increas ed by 2,500 bead but supplies slaughter cattle for' regular market actually -smaller as total included about 4,000 stocker and feeder cattle for annual show. Better than 95 per cent of calf receipts also destined for show. Only a bout 700 head on offer in stocker and feeder division. (Turn to page 10) Lancaster County Farm Bureau Coop Assn Dillerville Rd. Liiitz L. H. Brubaker R. D. 3 Ebv’s Mill, Inc ' 35 N Cedar St Manheim Homer Graybill R D 3 Quarryville Ross H Rohxer & Sons Honks Lester A Singer Stevens Mahlon H Martin West Willow- West Willow Farmers Assn. Washington Boro Nisslev’s Farm Service DISTRIBUTED BY Vintage Livestock v Mostly Steady To Off Slightly - CATTLE: 549. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers were steady except grass-fed steers, these 50 lower at the Oct. *25 auct ion at Vintage. Cows and bulls 50 lower. . Several lots mixed Choice and" Prime 1005-1280 pound slaughter steers 26 85-27.25, bulk of the choice 25 25-26.- 50, Good to low-Choice 23 50- 25 50, Stnadard 20 00-23.50, most grass-fed steers 20.00- 22 00. Cutter and Utility cows 14.75-15 50, Canners and low Cutters 13.00-14.75, shelly Canners down to* 10.50. Util ity and Commercial buLs 20.- 22.00, Good grade 22.00-23.85 CALVES- 459. Choice and Prune calves rather scarce. Vealers steady Good and Choice vealers 25 00-32'00, few Choice and Prime 32.00- 36.50, Standard and low-Good 19.00-25.00, Utility down to 17.00 HOGS 61. Barrows & gilts steady to 50 lower. U. S. 1-3 grade 200-230 lbs 18 50-18.75, several lots 1-2, mostly no 2, 205-217 lbs. 19 10-19.60, lot no 2 234 lbs. 19 60. SHEEP: 37. Few lots Utili ty and low-Good wooied slaughter lambs 14.b0-17.00. Few cull to Good wooied s'aughter ewes 2 00-5 00. POULTRYMEN .... HOW IS YOUR WINTER I. Q.? Cold Weather Is Coming! Are You Ready? THIS CHECK LIST... U £S, Have you drained your water pipes on range? Are the heating cables on your water lines insulated? Check time clocks on your lights. Proper bulbs? Are they clean? Do you have extra feed in case of bad weather? Are your thermometers placed? Is your litter deep enough? Is your heating plant in proper condition? Is your ventilation equipment in good shape? Are your windows fixed? Clean? Do You have closures on bulk tanks and openings to prevent condensation in your feed? Is your auxiliary generator checked? Have you checked the thermostats on your brooding equip ment? Question ? Can you afford to wait to do all this on a real cold morning/ or is it cheaper to—Do it Now. REMEMBER EARLY BIRD FEEDS GOOD MANAGEMENT ARE THE WINNING COMBINATION FOR ANY POULTRYMAN MAY WE HELP YOU? \\\lll//y v NT % >\ - Manufacturers ol Poultry and Livestock Feed Since 1875 NeS/ Holland . • * w Top Cow Brings *s9so The top cow, a purebred Utility and stands d t Holstein with a high record, er? were 17 to 19 50 brought 1 $9OO to help bring -cutters down to 16 c , the average for_ the top 51 and utility cows made 1, cows to $475 per head at the 15/25 while canners and annual show and sale of cutters were 12 50 to 1 dairy cattle at New Holland and shelly canners down Wednesday.- 10 - .... The grand champion of the Utiaty and comtuej show w*s exhibited and sold wldun ?° G by X>. D. Kennedy, Gibsoma fold up to 24 and purchased by Howard 7 r» edl Illm 1 llm Weiss of Lebanon. Wtnr ->? J 9d Stotk Bidding was "spirited on all | or 22 to 24 with top show cattle--and the spir- g i°° d it carried through to the gen- one lot ofl£% bnnf eral run in the regular Wed- sf oc k / ,lUln nesday sale as all kinds were d OO calves: active and .raivU-? 444 * Receipts included 222 cows no T r wf,a-h? 0 ht l 10 stock buds and 36 heifers 00fi^ Un w r Most Fresh Holstein cows , Wei l brought between $350 and choice mado -i :' - G $600; Guernseys - $250-360; and St other breeds- $250 s 4OO Stock low° e ers - $65-140 & ?? to 27 and utlllt > Slaughter steers and bulls 17^ t the October 24 h continued steady the sa j e receipts were 215 h previous week at the <3ctob- Mliles cor ? tinued to J er 27 auction at New Hoi- killer trade on th f° 0 land. Cows were 1.00 to 1.50 ma rket ste tower. Receipts of cattle were po raeS; nares . SB - lots of high choice horses 88 r?" slaughter steers .1,000-1.250 . sl fot so kl i£ pounds sold from 26.35 to o rPn + q 26.75 with-a few prime 1010 ! to 1230 pounds at 27 to 27,25. . , . . , Bulk of the choice cattle . Advice is what the made 25.50 to 26 25. Good to S ive the young when low choice - 23.50-25.75. can no longer set them a Standard down to 2150 exmple.” —lrvin S c AND fc Miller & Bushong, Rohrerstown, Pa. Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145 Inc.
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