—Lane aster Farming, Saturday, December 30.1967
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MARKET NEWS
At Lancaster Yards
Weekly Review
December 29, 1967
CATTLE 1500 Compared to
last weeks close, slaughter
steers uneven, steady to 50c
lower; cows steady to 50c high
er; hulls steady; Supply includ
ed an estimated 50% slaughter
steers, and 30% cows & bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Load Choice & Prime 1250 lbs
27.25; Choice 1050-1325 lbs. 26-
27 25; mixed Good & Choice
1000-1250 lbs 25 60-26 60, cou
ple loads mixed Good & Choice
1300-1350 lbs 25-2525; Good
950-1325 lbs 23 75-2610, Stand
ard 950-1200 lbs 2150 23 75;
several 1100-1400 lbs 2060-22.
COWS Utility & high-yield
ing Cutter 17 50-19 25, few head
19 35-19 85; Cutter 16 50-18 25;
Gamier & low-Cutter 14 50-16-
50, load Utility & Commercial
’beef breed cows 15.75-17 75
BULLS Choice 25-26, few
bead 26 10-26 25; Good 22 50-25 -
Utility & Commercial 22-25 25,
individual 2130 Ih Utility 26 25
FEEDER STEERS —Around
50 head Good & Choice 1025-
1225 'lbs with Good slaughter
f.esh 24 10-24 85
CALVES 300 Vealiens $3-5
bigher Closing sales Vealers
Choice 47-49 50, foui head Cho
ice & Prime 50 50-53, Good 43 -
50-47 50; Standard 38-43, Util
ity 35-38 50, Cull 95-115 lbs 29-
33, Cull 70-90 lbs 23-28
HOGS 1150 Banows and
gilts steady to 25c higher, in
stances 50c higher on US 1-2
Closing sales Barrows & gilts
US 1-2 190-220 lbs 20 50-21; 14
bead US 1, 205-235 lbs 21 50-
22, US 1-3 185-240 lbs 19 25-20,
UIS 2-3 190 260 lbs 18 60-19 25
■SHEEP 100 Wooled lambs
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Lancaster
717 / 393-3208
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R. D. 1, Mount Joy
717 / 653-4355
ROBERT L. YOHN
R. D. 1, Narvon
215 / 445-6388
YOUNG CO, INC. springf Pa.
Auction Only
December 27,1967
CATTLE 622 Compared to
Tuesday, slaughter steers un
even, steady to 50c lower; cows
steady to strong; bulls scarce,
mostly steady. Supply included
29 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Choice 1050-1325 lbs 26 0,0-27.-
35; mixed Good and Choice
1000-1250 lbs. 25 60-26 60; Good
950-1325 lbs 23 75-26.10, Stand
aid 950-1200 lbs 2150-23.75,
several 11001400 lbs 20 60-
22 00
COWS Utility and high
yielding Cutter 17.50-19 25, few
head 19 35-19 85; Cutter 16 50-
18 25, Canner and low-Cutter
14 50-16 50; load Utility and
Commercial beef breed cows
15.75-17 75.
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FUTURES TRADING
Closinf Bids as of Thursday, December 28, 1967
Midwestern
Live Cattle
Chicago
January ’6B
Februarj 26.50
March
24.80
April
May
June
25.00
July
25.25
25.62
August
September
25.80
October
25.75
November
a-asked b-bid n-nominal
Trend- Cattle are steady; Hogs are steady and Potatoes are
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. Diffenbach, Sales Manager
Vintage Sales Stables, Inc.
Bulls, steers, butcher cows,
Hogs, lambs and veal calves
Sold on Commission
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 Bt. 30
Kenneth E. Hershey, Sales Manager
Vintage Auction
■ December 26, 1967
CATTLE 552 Compared to
last Tuesday, slaughter steers
strong to 50c tougher; cows 25-
50c higher; bulls about steady.
Supply included 33% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Choice 950-1300 libs 27-28.35,
few bead Imgh-Choice & Prime
28 50-29.10; high-Good to low-
Ohoice 26.25-27 35; Good 900-
1300 lbs. 24-26 50; Standard to
low-Good 2275-24 50.
COWS Utility & high-yield
ing Cutter 17-19; Cutter 15 75-
18, Oanner & low-Cutter 14.50-
16
BULLS Good 22.75-24 75,
couple Choice 25 75-25 85; Util
ity and Commercial 21 75-23 85.
CALVES 405—Good & Choice
vealers $3-5 higher; Cull to
Standard 1.50-3 higher.
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Live Hogs
Chicago
18.90
18.82
18.75
18.87
19.25
19.75-n
20.25
19.97-n
19.60-n
PARADISE, PENNA.
CATTLE 940 Compared to
last Thiurs, slaughter steers 25-
75c lower, instances $1 lower;
cows 50-1.00 lower, instances
$1.25 lower on early sales of
Utility, ijiost late sales Canner
& Cutter 50c lower; bulls un
even, Good & Choice steady to
50c lower, Utility & Commercial
mostly steady, although few
1600-2100 lbs 50c 'higher. Sup
ply included 41 percent cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Choice 950-1325 lbs 25.75-27 35,
few high-Choice & Prime 1075-
1325 lbs 27.25-27 85, couple 28 -
10-28.25; around a load Choree
& Prime 1320-1500 lbs. 2525-
27.25; hdgh-Good to low-Choice
25 25-26 25, Good 850-1250 lbs.
24-25 75, few sales 23 50-24;
Standard to low-Good 21 50-24
COWS Utility and high
yielding Cutter 1650-17 85, few
head 18-18 35; Cutter 15 25-17;
Canner & low-Cutter 14.25-15 50
■BULLS Choice 25-26 25;
Good 22 75-24 75; Utility and
Commercial 22 50-25.10, several
1600-2100 lbs 25 50-27 25
CALVES 393 Vealers un
even, ’Standard to Choice $2-3
higher, Cull and Utility steady
to $2 higher
Maine Potatoes
New York
VEALERS Choice 44-47:
2.06
2.17
2.49
2.28
REPORT
New Holland Auction
December 28, 1967
YOUR 1968 CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE
As a token of our appreciation,
we have available
1968 Kodachrome Calendars
If you have not received one well be glad to give you one
at either store.
v'r-v -
We thank you for your patronage during the past year and
wish you all a very Happy New Year.
H. BRUBAKER
L
R. D. 3, Lititz, Pa.
350 Strasburg Pike, Lancaster
Ph: Lane. 397-5179 Strasburg 687-6002 Lititz 6*6-7766
Good 42 5045; Standard 3943;
Utility 33-38; Cull 95-115 lbs.
26 50-32; Cull 70-90 lbs. 21.50-28.
COWS
December 27, 1967
Receipt of 88 bead of cows, 2
bulls and 2 heifers sold lower.
Fresh Cows, Holstein 400-620;
Guernseys 275-300; Other breeds
325-375; Bulls 165-250; Heifers
175-245.
HOGS
December 26, 1967
Receipts totaled 797 bead. Re
tail 21-22 75; Wholesale, No. 1-3
19 7 520 25; Heavyweights 18’50-
19 50, Sows 12-14 50.
Chicago Cattle
Weekly Review
jCATTLE Compared with
last weeks close, slaughter
steers sold steady to 50 lower.
Slaughter heifers were steady
to 25 lower. Cows advanced 50-
75, while bulls were unchanged.
In the carlot dressed meat trade
at Chicago, steer beef sold
steady to 50 higher, advance on
Choice Choice heifer > beef
steady to 50 higher, Good steady
to 50 lower. Cow beef 1.00-1.50
higher.
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