—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 23,1967
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MARKET NEWS REPORT
At Lancaster Yards
Weekly Review
December 22, 1967
CATTLE 1550—Compared to
last week’s close, slaughter
steers mostly steady; cows $l
- higher; bulls steady, insuf
ficient volume feeders sold to
test market Supply included 35
percent slaughter steers, 30 per
cent cows & bulls with the bal
ance mainly feeder steers
SLAUGHTER STEERS—
Choice 9751325 lb 26-27 40;
high-Good to low-Choice 25 75-
26 25; Good 950-1275 lb 24-26;
Standard to low-Good 22 50-24 -
10, few Utility 20-22
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
—Choice 820-950 lb 25-25 60;
Standard 700-950 lb 17 25-19
COWS—Closing sales Cutter
& Utility 16 50-18 50, few head
18 60-19 25; Oanner & low-Cut
ter 1475-16; load Commercial
beef breed 1460-16.25
BULLS—Chance 25-26. couple
26.50; -Good 23-25, Utility &
Commerciai 22 50-24 75, few
head 25-26, an individual 1445
lb. Commercial 27 75; Cutter &
low-UtaJdiby 20.50-22.
CALVES 550 —Vealers steady
to $1 higher.
VEALERS—Choice 42-45, few
head 46-48 50, Good 38-43,
Standard 35-39, Utility 30-36,
Cull 95-120 (Lb. 25-30.50, 70-90 lb.
22-26.50
HOGS 1150—Barrows & gilts
steady, instances 50 higher
'BARROWS & GILTS US 1
190-215 lb 21.50, US 1-2 200-
240 lb 20-20 60, US 1-3 195 235
lb 19-19 50, US 2-3 220-245 lb
1835-16 75
SHEEP 250—Wooled slaugh
ter lamlbs steady to sti ong Ew es
absent
WOOLED LAMBS-Choice 65-
95 lb. 23 50-25. Good 60-100 lb
21-23 50, Utility 17-2150
Zsa Zsa Has
Third 1000 lb.
Butterfat Record
Brattleboro, Vt Another
official pi eduction record ex
ceeding a half ton of butterfat
has been completed by Blosso
melle Zsa Zsa 5051343, (EX), a
Registered Holstein cow owned
by Herbert and Rhelda E Roj
er, Lancaster. This is the third
time that “Zsa Zsa” has achiev
ed the 1,000 lbs butterfat pro
duction level in a single lacta
tion This record ranks among
2,370 similarly completed by
Registered Holstein cows on
official test.
The Pennsylvania Holstein’s
official record of production to
talled 25,690 lbs. of milk and
1,029 lbs. of butterfat in 305
days. She started her lactation
at the age of 6 years and 11
months and was milked thiee
times daily
Blossomelle Zsa Zsa was bred
in the Royer herd. She was sir
ed by Osborndale Ivanhoe
1189870 (EX), a bull that has
earned a Gold Medal Sue re
cognition.
Pennsylvania State University
supervised the weighing and
sample testing of her produc
tion in cooperation with the
Dairy Herd Improvement Regis
try program of the Holstein-
Fuesian Association of America
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to be the first woman to leave
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December 20, 1967
CATTLE 271-Compared with
Mon. Slaughter steers about ste
ady: cows $1 higher; bulls ste
ady. Supply included 34 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—
Choice 975-1325 lb. 26-27 25;
high-Good to low-Choice 25.75-
26; Good 24-25 75; Standard to
low-Good 22.50-24.10; few 'Util
ity 20-22.
S L A U GHTER HEIFERS
Choice 820-950 lb. 25-2560;
Standard 700-950 lb. 17.25-19.
COWS—Cutter & Utility 16-
60-18.50, few head 1860-19.25;
Canner & low Cutter 14.75-16;
Load Commercial beef breed
14 60-16 25.
BULLS Choice 2550-25.85;
Good 23 50-25; Utility & Com
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FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thursday, December 21. 1967)
Midwestern
Live Cattle Live Hogs Maine Potatoes
Chicago Chicago New York
January ’6B
February
25.57
March
April
25.00
May
June
25.10
July
25.35-n
August
25.65
September
25.60
October
25.60
November
a-asked b-bid n-nominal
Tiend Cattle are inegulai, Hogs aie steady and Potatoes
are much lower.
LOOKING FOR A
PERFECT MATCH?
Your Livestock and Our Qualified Buyers
Monday —10:30 A.M. Fat Hogs and Shoats
2:30 P.M. Fat steers, bulls, cows and veal
Horse Sale Monday at 10:00 A.M.
Dairy Sale Wednesday at 12:30 P.M.
Fat steers, bulls, cows & veal
Thursday at 12:30 P.M.
New Holland Sales Stables
New Holland, Penna. 717-354-2194
Abe W. Diffienbach, Sales Manager
Vintage Sales Stables, Inc.
Bulls, steers, butcher cows,
Hogs, lambs and veal calves
Sale every Tuesday 1:30 P.M.
Fat hogs and Feeder pigs sale
Every Saturday at 10 A.M.
For marketing information
Phone Area Code 717-442-4181
Box 100 Paradise, Pa.
10 mi. East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Kenneth E. Hershey, Sales Manager
Vintage Auction
December 19, 1967
CATTLE 453 Compared to
last Tues, slaughter steers ste
ady to strong; cows mostly $1
higher, instances $1 50 higher;
bulls 25-75 c higher. Supply in
cluded 33 percent cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS—
Choice 1000-1300 lbs. 26 60-28.-
35, high-Choice and Prime 28-
28 75, couple head 28 85-29 10;
high-Good to low-Choice 25 75-
26.50; 'Good 950-1300 lbs. 24-26;
Standard to low-Good 23-24.
COWS Utility and high
yielding Cutter 16 50-18 50 - few
head 18 60-19; Cutter 15.75-i7.50;
Oanner and icw-Cutter 14-16
■BULLS—Good 23-24.75; Util
ity and Commercial 22.75-24.50,
few head 25-25.85.
CALVES 477—Veaters steady,
instances $1 'higher on Cull
VEALERS —Choice 41.50-44,
couple 45-46; Good 39-42; Stand
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19.00
18.90
18.80
19.25
19.75
20.40
19.97
19.50
PARADISE, PENNA.
Sold on Commission
December 21, 1967 COWS
CATTLE 389 Slaughter December 2o, 1067
steers in very short supply and Receipts of 180 cows, 6 bulls
sold strong to 50 higher; cows and heifers sold steady. Fresh
50-150 higher; bulls 25-75 'high- Cows, Holstein, 435-910; Cuem*
er Supply included 45% cows, seys 300-335 J Other breeds 285-
SLAUGHTER STEERS— 400; Bulls 115-255; Heifers ISO-
Choice- 975-1250 lb. 26.50-27.85, 365.
five head 28.25-28 85 high-Good
to low Choice 26 25-27; Good 24 -
50-26.50; Standard to low-Good
23-24.50.
COWS—Utility & high-yield
ing cutter 17-18 85; ten head 19-
19 50; Cutter 16-18; Canner &
iow-Cutter 1475-16.
LULLS Choice 26 10-27 35;
Good 23.35-25.85; Utalmby and
Commercial 22 75-25, three head
25.35-26 50; Cutter & low-Utthty
19-22.10
CALVES 354—Vealers about
steady, instance 50 lower.
VEAEERS iCShiouoe 42.5044.-
50; Good 39-42.50; Standard 36-
40; Utility 31-35 50; Cull 100-120
lb. 26-30 50; Cull 70-95 lb. 22-26.
SHEEP 4 Insufficient vol
ume for a market test.
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Chicago Cattle
Weekly Review
CATTLE Compared with
last weeks close, slaughter
steers were uneven, kinds aver
age Choice and Better sold 25-
50 higher, while those Low
Choice and below were uneven
ly steady to 1.00 lower. Stand
ard and Good slaughter steers
have declined 1.00-2 50 during
the past two weeks. Slaughter
heifers sold 25 higher. Cows
advanced 25-50, bulls were un
changed. In the carlot dressed
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