Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 23, 1963, Image 2

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    —Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 23, 1963
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Market News Reports Market Npws Repo
Vintage Sale New Holland Auction
V UHagC Thursday, March 21 00 -
CATTLE: 1167, Supply in- SHEEP:
dudes 34 percent cows com- Spring
pared with last Thursday. 25 50
Slaughter steers .50-1.00 high
er most advance on Choice
grade. Cows steady to 50 low
er. Bulls steady. High Choice
and Prime 1000-1350 lb.
Slaughter Steers 25 35-26.25,
Choice 950-1350 lb. 23.25-25.-
25, Good to low Choice 22.25-
23 50, Standard 20 50-22.25.
Utility and Standard Heifers
15.00-20 00, Cutter anil Utility
cows 14 50-16.50, Canner and
low Cutter 13 00-14 50, Shelly
Canner down to 11 00, Utility
and commercial bulls 19.50-
21 50, Good grade 22 00-24.00,
Lot Choice 530 lb. Feeder
steers 27 50, two lots Choice
and Fancy 898-903 lb. 24.60-
25 00.
CALVES 317, Vealers grad
ing Standard and below steady,
good grade and better 1.00-
3 00 lower, Good 29 00-35 00,
Choice 35 00-40 00,
25 00-29 00, Utility 20 00-25.-
At Lancaster Yards
WEEKLY REVIEW
Friday, March 23
CATTLE 2350. Competed
with 2415 last week Supply
includes 60 percent slaughter
steers and 25 percent feeder
steers. Trading slow. Compar
ed with last weeks close
slaughter steers mostly 50
higher. Cows steady to 25
lower. Bulls steady. Feeder
steers steady.
Slaughter steers' Choice
050-1350 lb 23 00-24.50, Few
loads Choice and Prime lt'so
- lb 24 75-25 00, Good and
low Choice 22.00-23 25, Stan
dard 20 30-22 00.
Heifeis Pew Good and
Choice 700-900 lb. 21 75-22 50.
Cows Cutter and Utility
14 50-16 50, few at 17 00,
Canner and low Cutter 13 CO
-14 50, shelly Canner down to
11 00
Bulls Utility and Commer
cial 19 50-2 2 50, Good giade
22 00-24 00
1 Feedei Steel s: Good and
Choice 550-SOO lb. 22 50-24 00,
Few lots Choice 24 50-2 G 00,
load Choice and Fancy 850
lb 24 So
CALVES 575. Compared
■with 551 head last week Tiad
ing model ately active Vealcis
steadv Good and Choice leal
eis 31 00-3 G 00, Choice and
Pi line 3G 00-40 00, tew to 42-
00, Standaid 26 00-31.00, Util
ity 21 00-26 00.
HOGS 1600, Compared with
1744 last week Trading ac
tne Banows and - Gilts steady,
Sows 50 lower.
Banows and Gilts - US 1-2
190-230 lb 15 00-15 75, few
lots No 1 190-225 3b 16 00-
16 50, 1-3 190-240 lb 1150-
la 00, 2-3 210-260 lb 11 00-
14 50.
Sows- US 1-3 300-450 lb
10 50-12 00, 2-3 450-000 lb
P 50-10 50.
SHEEP 250, Competed
with 200 last week Trading
moderately active Slaughter
Lambs steady Wooled slaugh
tei Lambs Choice 70-10 G lb
22 00-23 00, Good 18 00-22 00
Spi mg Slaughtei lam b s
Choice and Pnme 40-60 lb
And now a iioid li-oiu the
deep South, Mill!
“Honeagei shells aie as
solid as
a slonewaii, Jaikson!”
Ask ’em down in
Tennessee!
Wh> don’t YOU trj ’em
and
let soniebod\ ask a on!
"Honeggers"
Tennessee Random A\ iiinei
JT. HOWARD MOORE
R. D. £1
LTTITZ, PJIXXA.
Phone. 020-5408
Windle's Hotchery
COCHR WVILLE. PA.
Phone: Atglen LY 3-5941
2C 00-30 00, Lot Choice 86 lb,
24 00
Chicago Cattle
WEEKLY REVIEW
CATTLE Receipts first
four days 24,000 compaied
26,100 week ago and 26,700
year ago.
Trading on slaughter steers
moderately active, compared
last Fnday, prices mostly 60-
1.00 higher. Hellers full’v 50
higher. Cows strong to 50
highei. Bulls 25 higher. Feed
ers mostly steadv.
Slaughter Steers: Loadlots
Pi ime 1200-1350 lbs. 25.25-
25 73, including three loads
1300-1350 lbs at 25 75 Three
loads Prime 1380-1450 lbs.
25 00-25 25. Bulk High Choice
and Prime 1100-1400 lbs 24.-
75-25 25, load High Choice to
mostly Pnme 1100 lbs 25 50.
Bulk Choice 900-1200 lbs 23-
50-24 75 Good 900-1200 lbs.
21 50-23 25, Standaid 19 50-
21 00.
S'aughter Heifers Load and
pait load High Choice and
Pnme 1075-1100 lbs 24 50
Bulk Choice S 50-107 5 lbs.
23 00-24 25 Good 800-1050
lbs 21 00-22 50.
Cows Utility and Commer
cial closed at 14 75-16 75, lot
High yielding Commercial 17 -
25, Canner and Cutter 12 50-
14 75, Shelly Canner 11 75-
12 50.
Bulls Utility and Commer
cial 18 75-21 00
Feedei s Seveial lots and
part loads Choice 650-1000 lb
steers 23 50-24 00. Pait load
Good and Choice 825 lbs 22 -
50. Two loads Good 750 lbs.
92 00. Load Mixed Med-um and
Complete automatic feeding for
DAIRY COWS and CATTLE!
Plus a complete line
of bunk feeders to meet your exact needs
See us for modern automatic feeding equipment
CALEB M. WENGER
R. D. 1 Drumore Center KI 8-2116 Quarryville, Pa
Tuesday,! March 19
CATTLE 538. Supply includ
es 37 percent cows. Compared
with last Tuesday slaughter st
eers 50-1.00 higher. Utility
grade cows 25 higher. Canner
and Cutter steady. Bulls stea
dy Few high Choice and Prime
1050-1250 lb. slaughter steers
25.10-25.35.
Choice 950-1350 lb. 23.25-
24 00 several at 25.00, 13J)0-
1420 lb. 22 50-23 50, Good 22.-
25-23.50, Standard 21.00-22.-
25.
Cutter and Utility cows 14.-
50-16 50, few to 17.00., Canner
and Cutter 13 00-14 50, shelly
canner down to 11 00.
Utility and Commercial bulls
19 50-22.00.
• Hay Show
(Continued from Page 1)
Baylor of Penn State Univer
sity and a panel of live will dis
cuss “Ten Yeais of Progress”.
The panel will be composed
of Bui ton S Home, extension
ag engineer from PS U , Cli
ailes Wolgeniuth, manager of
Milton Hershey Farms, James
B Stere, New Holland Machine
Co , Ed Zimmerman, Silver
Lake Farm, Norristown, and
William J Roberts, extension
ag engineer, Rutgers Universi
ty.
Farmers wishing to exhibit
hay samples aie asked to take
then exhibits to Allentown be
fore noon on Thursday or con
tact James Metzlei at the Lan
caster office of the Pennsylva
nia Power and Light Company
befoie Tuesday evening.
Good 9Go lbs 21 25 Few
Medium 850-900 lb. HoUtems
IS 50.
VciiiDcilo
\ SILO UNLOADERS
Double augert deliver more allaga
par minute even whan allaga la
deeply frozen . . . and at a lower
operating cost. Patented V-paddla
Impellers throw ... not blow ...
silage down chute. Adjustable drive
hubs give positive traction In all
types of allaga.
Three-point suspension keeps
unloader level at all times.
Ui
Straight-out Auger Feeder
With Van Dale unif* you can custom build
the bunk feeding aet-up to fit your naeda.
Drive aactlon Includes hopper, drive at*
tambly and 10', high capacity 8' auger.
Additional auger aectlona are In 10' unlta
and are easily coupled.
Feed-R-Flo Bunk Feeder
Tiia naw, all-metal complat# ftadar. High
capacity 8' auger rotataa within tuba. Glvaa
all-weathar protactlon, a van feed dlatrlbul*
tlon, and lower operating cost.
Conveyor Trough
An Important link In automatic feeding.
Positioned below silo chute, tho VanDpla
conveyor trough carries the silage to ths
bunk feeder. Primary ccctlon Includes hop*
per, drive assembly, and 10', 8' auger.
Additional 10' auger aectlone may be
added.
CALVES: 317. Vealers stea
dy Choice vealeis 33 00-39 00,
tew Pnnie 40-43 Good 27-33
Standard 23-27 Utility 20-23
Cull 6-20
HOGS 234. Barrows and
Gilts steady U, S 1-2 200-222
lb. bairowe and gilts 15 00-15.-
75, two lots No 1 205-222 lb.
15 85-1 G 10, 1-3 197-220 lb.
14 25-15 00, 2-3 237-255 lb.
14 00-14 75. Few U S 1-3 345-
500 lb sows 9 50-11.00.
SHEEP 5. Not enough on
sale to establish a market.
CUSTOM MADE STEEL GATES
ALL WELDED CONSTRUCTION
Featuring a safety bolt latch
Why buy a wooden gate when steel is just as cheap.
Frey Bros.
Quarryville, R. J>. #2
Phone ST 6-2235
Feed Red Rose Free-Choice Mineral to meet
individual needs of dairy herds, steers, dairy
heifers, sheep, goats and swine.
When selecting feeds made with your own grain
or with local mixes, be sure to insist on;.
RED ROSE SUPPLEMENTS
RED ROSE LIVESTOCK MINERAL
RED ROSE POULTRY MINERAL
Chas. E. Sauder & Sons David B. Hurst
R. I). 3, East Earl, Pa. Bowmansville, Pa.
I. B. Groybill & Son A. L. Herr & Bro.
Kefton, Pa. Qnarryvllle, Pa.
Elverson Supply Co. Walter & Jackson
Christiana, Pa.
Joseph M. Good & Son
137 Newport Road, Leola, Pa. 1
Elverson, Pa.
rts
7, lot Choice 84
Slaughter lambs
* * it *
The March 18 sale of hors
es, ponies and mules was tha
most active market of the
spring season. Riding horses
were $l5 to $25 per head
higher. There were 204 head
in the run.
Mules by the pair brought
$3OO-565, and singles sold for
$135-300.
Pony mares brought $45-
100 and gelded ponies were
$35-90 Riding horses sold for
$l3O-290 while driving horses
brought $l3O-225. Killer hors
es were 7 to 7 % cents a lb.
At the March 20 sale of
dairy cows the market was
slow to barely steady on the
105 cows, 16 bulls and 15
heifers
Fresh Holstein cows brought
$250-400; Guernseys $l5O
- and other bieeds $l5O
- Stock bulls were $l6O
- and stock heifers $45-
110.
A 25 f to 50 lower market
took the 568 market hogs at
the March 18 sale. Retail
hogs to local butchers were
15.50-17. Number 1-3 to pack
ers brought 14 50-15 25 while
heavy, fat hogs made 13 50-
14 50 The 44 shoats on sale
brought's9 to $ll per head.
The March IS calf sale had
9 6 head on hand Prices were
steady Choice and prime 35-
41, good and low choice 30-
35, standard 24-28, and com
mon 18-24.
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