2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14. 1961
At Lancaster Yards
Choice And Prime Scarce
CATTLE: 4375 compared
•with 3044 last week. Supply
included 50 percent slaught
er steers, 40 percent stackers
and feeders Trading fairly
active. Slaughter steers grad
ing Choice and Prime 50-1 00
higher, this kind absent after
Monday Good grade opened
25 to mostly 50 higher, Stan
dard opened steady to 25
higher, but at midweek both
Good and Standard closed
steady Cows were 25-50 low
dr. Bulls steady. Stockers and
feeders steady.
A small lot Prime 1135 lb.
slaughter steers sold at 30.50
and a load Prime 1087 lbs.
30.25 (this highest since May
23 1960) load High-Choice
and Prime 1095 lbs. 29.75,
bulk of the Choice grade
slaughter steers 27 50-29 00,
Good to low Choice 25 25-
27.50, Standard down to 22 -
50.
Two lots Prime 913-1051
lb. heifers were 27 50-27 75,
load Choice 879 lbs 25 00,
several lots Good 22 25-24 00
Cutter and Utility cows sold
15 25-17 00, Canners and low
■ Cutters 13 50-15 25, shelly
Canners down to 11 50. Util
ity and Commercial bulls
19 50-22 50, Good grade bulls
22 50-25 CO Good & Choice
650-975 lb feeder steers went
Lack to the farm at 25 -27.,
Medium arid Good 22 -25 50.
Good grade stock calves-were
25 -27
CALVES 650 compared
with 657 last week Vealers
were 1 00 lower Trading was
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moderately active. Good and
Choice vealers sold at 25.-31,
Choice and Prime 31 -38, odd
head 39.00, Standard & low-
Good 18.-25., Utility down to
14 00.
HOGS: -1625 compared
with 1094 last week. Bar
rows and gilts were steady
to 50 higher Sows steady.
Trading moderately active.
U. B. 1-2 190-230 lb. barrows
and gilts sold for 19.75-20.75
and no. 1 -195-230 lbs made
21 -21 50. 1-3 190-240 pound
hogs were 19.60-19.75, 240-
260 lbs. 18.50 19. U. S 1-3,
mostly 2-3, 300-600 lb. sows
ranged from 12 -15.
SHEEP: 450 compared with
400 last weekt Wooled slaug
hter lambs were steady to 50
lower. Trading was moderat
ely Good and Choice
75-100 lb wooled slaughter
lambs sold at 16 50-19.00.
Choice and Prime 19.-19 50,
few lots 20 00, Utility and
low-Good down to 14 00
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Rabbits get mighty hungry
in winter, and one of their
favorite targets is fruit trees.
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cloth, at least two feet high
and loose enough to keep
rabbits away from all parts
of the tree trunk Use a
stake to prevent the wire
from rubbing the. trunk.
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Vintage Livestock
Steers Steady
To 25 Higher
CATTLE: 546. Compared
with last week’s market,
slaughter sjeers at the Jan.
10 auction at Vintage were
steady to '25 higher except
weights over 1250 lbs., these
25-50 higher. Cows and bulls
25 lower.
Few lots Choice & Prime
grade 1005-1080 lb slaught
er steers 28.75-29.50, bulk of
the Choice steers' 27.00-28.50,
Good to low-Choice 24.50-
27 00, Standard down to 22.-
50.
Several lots Choice • and
Prime 930-975 lb heifers 26 -
00-28.75 Cutter and Utility
cows 15 25-16 85, Canners &
low-Cutters 13.50-15.25, shel
ly Canners down to 12 00.
Utility and Commercial bulls
20 00-23.00, Good grade bulls
22 50-25 25 ’ Few lots Good
and Choice 800-958 lb. feed
er steers 24.00-25.60.
CALVES; 349. Vealers ful
ly 100 higher. Good and
Choice vealers 26 00-32 00,
Choice and Prime 32 00-39.-
CO, Standard and low Good
19 00-26.00, Utility down to
16.00.
HOGS: 160 Barrows and
gilts steady Lot U. S 1-2
190 lbs. 20 10, 1-3 200-226
pound barrows and gilts 18 -
85-19 35, few lots of 170-183
pounds 18 35-19 75, two lots
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New Holland
Steady to Unevenly Low
Compared with last weeks Calves: 293. Vealers vve|
market at the New Holland Tng 80 to 100 lbs. were \
Sales ‘Stables average choice higher. Those weighing
and better glides of slaugh- to 140 lbs. sold 2_ high,
ter steers weighing under white those over 140 i|
1250 lbs. were steady. Good sold strong.
and low choice and all steers. Good and choice voai
weighing over 1250 lbs. 25 m ade 27 to 33. Choice c
to 50 lower Standard 50 to prime made 34 to 39 w
75 lower. Cows steady. Bulls several head to 39.50 to \
were 50 higher except good 50. standard and low a
grade which held steady. Re- made 22 to 27 with util
ceipts at the January 12 sale down to 17'
included 959 cattle. , Demand for fresh Co
Several lots of high choice improved at the Janu;
and prime grade slaughter sa le of- dairy call
steers at 980 to 1180 lbs. -but s tiu no demand for b,
brought 29 to 29.35 with the warc j springers. The fr e
bulk of the choice imkmg -market continued at*
26 75 to 28 85. Good to low s t ea dy.
choice were 24.75 to 26/75 Receipts mCiud ed 104 cm
with standard down to 22. J 4 stock bulls a nd 39 h,
~ne 7 e a oi Vh 5 hLifprs *made ers - Fresh cows ' Holste «i
h Oitter and $325-465, Guemseys—S2j
22 5 .0 15 to 305, other breeds—s2oo 3
?f^vX s caSl h U s ioS is^trlo 75 - 185 - a
cutters 13.50 to 15 25 and heifer., $70X30.
shelly canners down to 12. Draft horses were in gj
Utility and commercial er demand and the 1!
bulls made 20 to 23 50 with mule market opened at (
good grade bulls going at January 9 sale of horses;
23 to 24 60 mules. Killers continued
Several lots good 781 - eady. Receipts included j
1002 lb. Jeeder steers cros- head,
sed the block at 2410 to Mules Singles—sl3o 2!
25 60 One lot of choice at Pairs —$325-535. Ponies, b
923 lbs. brought 26.25. res—sllo-140, geldings--
-100. Riding horses —SlO5
261-276 pound no. 3 17 10-17. 210. Driving horses—slll
75 215 Killers at IV2. cent.
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