2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8, 1962
Market News Reports
At Lancaster Yards Vintage
MFKKLV KEVIKW
September 7
CATTLE 3550 Compaied
with 39 20 head last week Sup
ply includes 3 5 percent slaugh
tei steers and 55 percent feed
ei steei s Compared with last
weeks close, slaughter steers
50 to mostly 1 00 highei Cows
Giading Utility steady, Canner
and Cuttei 25 higher. Bulls
stead-v Feedei steers about
stead\ Tiadmg model ately ac
tive Tiadmg lor Feedeis fauly
active late in week demand
yeiy good loi lleshy 900-1100
lb feedei steers. Supply ot
leedeis mciease seasonally
Slaughtei steeib Two loads
and small lot lush Choice and
Pi line 1105-1273 lbs 3150,
'■eieial loads and lots mostly
high Choice 1100-1275 lbs
30 25-31 00 Choice 050-1300
las 2S 75-30 25, Good to low
( home 20 50-20 00 Standud
24 50-26 50
Lot high Choice and Pume
about 07S-OS4 lb heiteis 27 Ob-
27 25
Cows Cuttei and Utility
lli 25-18 00 Cannei and low
t ultei 14 75-16 25 Shelly can
nei down to 12 .5 0
Bu'ls Utility and Commei
cial 10 50-22 50, Good giade
22 00-24 50
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| Why Crops Need Limestone |
4 Two impoitant ingredients needed In ciops are cal- -It
4- <ium and magnesium. lioth aie i egnlarlj lost through the J
4 soil hi the tolloning wats- -g
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II j leadung, which is a slow leaking awaj, a
noiinal piocess wheie there is rainfall.
111 crop removals, Legumes, such as has and
othei greens, ate taken oil the lields, instead
ol plowed under.
lit general use of the soil.
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(3)
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J{(’(,iiisi> o| tliis loss, the soil becomes wb.it is known
ns high in mid. flitting on limestone m«v supply calcium
<in<l magnesium .uul collect the soil ncidity at the snine
time.
It has been shown in evperiments by agricultural
colleges jiiul evpeiiment stjitions tliat for evert dollar
spent foi limestone, liom .fiil to fjil.'J are returned to the
l,nmet through nuleased yields.
+ . The T'. S Ooierninent is so thoroushlj comimed of
+ tlie worth ol appliin;; limestone tlmt about one-halt ot
% the tost is ••united lice when application Is made lor it.
* This is to emoinat>e iarmeis to he eeitam to use Jmie-
J stone
II doe>, |m to n*-o limestone;
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Feedei steei s' Good ana
Choice 750-1100 lb feeder
steeis 21 50-27 00, few medium
23 00-24 00, Good 000-700 lb.
steeis 24 75-25 25, Small lot
Choice 450 lb steer calves 30 -
00
CALVES 500. Compared
with 723 head last week. Trad
ing model ately active. High
Choice and Pi line grade veal
ers 1 00-2 00 higher All others
steady Good and Choice veal
eis 28 00-33 00, Choice and
Prime 33 00-37 00, Pew 38 00-
39 00, Standard and low Good
25 00-28 00, Utility grade 22-
00-25 00
HOGS 800 Compared with
1301 head last week. Tiadmg
model ately active Bairows
and gilts 50 lughei Sows
steady Banows and gilts U S
1-2 100-225 lbs 20 00-20 50,
No I’s 100-220 lbs 20 50-
21 00 1-3 100-230 lbs 10 50-
20 00, 2-3 210-250 lbs 10 00-
10 50
Sows US 1-3 30 0-450 lbs
11 0 0-15 50 2-3 450-GOO lbs
12 50-1 1 00
SHEEP 300 Compaied with
365 head last week Tiadmg
model ateh actne Spnng
lambs stead\ Choice 60-00 lb
spnng slaughtei lambs 2100-
23 00 tew lots Choice and
Pi ime 21 50-24 50 Good 17 00-
21 00, Utility 13 00-17 00.
LIMESTONE
Now Holland Rligin 4-2112
Torre Hill Hlllcrest 5-2455
Clap Hickory 2-4148
Vintage Sale
Federal - State Market News
Tuesday, Sept. 4
CATTLE 675. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers fully 50 high
er Cows 25 higher. Bulls
fully steady.
High Choice and Prime
grade slaghter steers 31 50-
32 00, Several 32 10-32 50,
Choice 950-1350 lbs. 29 00-31
00, Seveial 31 00-31 50, Good
to low Choice 26 50-29 25,
Standard 24 75-26 50.
Cutter and Utility cows
16 00-17 50, Canner and low'
Cutter 14 75-16 25. Shelly'
canner down to 12 50
Utility and Commercial
bulls 20 00-22 50, Good giade
22 00-24 85
CALVES 631 Vealeis ste
ady to 100 higher Good and
Choice yealeis 28 00-35 00,
Choice and Pnme 35 00-40-
00 Standaid and low Good
25 00-28 00 Utility 21 00-25
00
Hogs 241 Banows and
gilts weak
U S 1-2 183-235 lbs bai
iows and giltslO 85-20 00, Nc
I’s 101-232 lbs 20 10-20 35
1-3 ISI-2201b5. 10 00-10 75,
1-3 247-253 lbs IS 85-10 00,
lot 2-3 275 lbs 17 50
SHEEP 73 Spring slaugh
tei lambs steady Good and
Choice 60-0 5 lb Spring Slau
ghter Lambs 16 00-21 50, Few
Utility to choice shorn slan
ghtei ewes 4 00-5 50.
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Market News Reports
New Holland Auction
Thursday, September C 5 130. ,
CATTLE 11G3 Compaied
with last Thursdays market,
slaughter steeis 50-1 00 high
ei, Cows grading average cutt
er and better 50-75 higher,
Canner and low Cutter 25-50
higher, Good giade bulls 50
higher, all others steady.
High Choice & Prime 1000-
1350 lb slaughter steers 31.-
00-32 75 tew 33 00-33 10,
Choice 950-1350 lbs. 29.00-
31.00, Good to low Choice
26 75-29 00, standard 24 50-
26 50 ,
Two lots Good and Choice
800-818 lb. Heifers 26 25-
26 75.
Cutter and Utility cows 16 -
25-18 75, Canner and low Cutt
ei 15 00-16 25, Shelly canner
down to 12 50.
Utility and Commercial bulls
20 00-22 50, Good grade 22-
50-26 00, Few to 26 60.
Good and low Choice 659-
9SI lb feedei steeis 23 25-
24 85
CALVES 453 Vealers
steadj r Good and Choice veal
eis 30 00-36 00, Choice and
Piime 30 00-40 00, Standaid
and low Good 2 6 00-30 00,
Utility 21 50-26 00.
New Holland repoited a
stea-dv niaiket on danj anim
als at the September 5 auet-
There were 157 cows
six bulls and eight stock heit-
the run
Fiesh Holstein cows hi ou
ght $275-420 while Guernseys
sold foi $175-280, and other
bieeds made $175-27il
Stock bulls were $llO-180,
-and stock heifers weie $6O
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"FINEST SERVICE ANtWHERE"
At'the September 3 sale ot
horses, ponies and mules, the
crowd far outnumbered the
247 head in the sale run. The
holiday ciowd was one of tba
biggest in the history of the
sale. Prices were about stea
dy.
Mare ponies brought $75-
115 and geldings mad® $4O.
115. Riding horses were
$ll5-225, and riding horses
brought $ll5-295. All mulej
went to the killers. Killer
horses were 7% to 8% cents.
Chicago Cattle
CATTLE Receipts in the
first three days this short hol
iday week 21,500 compared 28,
400 in the first four days last
week and 33,850 the same
week a year ago which also
included a holiday Tweh *
market receipts 153,700 com
paied 217,700 last week and
188,600 a veai ago
Slaughtei steei prices con
tinued to tiend sharply highei
cm lent weeks upturn mosilv
50-1 00, mat king nine out ot
ten weeks of a higher market
for slaughter steei s. Heifeis
25-75 highei, least upturn on
weights under 850 lbs Cow a
1400 It) slaughter steers 33
75-33 50, load 1350 lbs at 3.3
and bulls fully 1 00 Higher
Vealers fully steady Feeding
cattle fully 50 higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS'
loadlots mostly Prime 1165-
1400 tb slaughter ste4rs32
75-33 50, load 1350 lbs lat3J.
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