—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 4.1968 2 At Lancaster Yards Weekly Review May 3,1968 CATTLE 2900 Compared to last weeks close, slaughter steers steady to 50c lower: with most sales 25c lower; cows about steady; bulls steady to 50c higher Supply included an esti mated 60 percent slaughter steers, and 20 percent cows and hulls. SLAUGHTER STEERS Load Fame 1215 lbs. 30 25 on Monday; high-Choice and Prime 1150 1400 lbs. 27.85-29.85, includ ing several loads at $29.00, Choice 9501300 lbs yield giade 2 to 4, 26 75-28 25, high-Good to low Choice 26 00-27 25; Good 24 - 60-26 50, Standaid to low-Good 2150 24 00. COWS Utility and high chessing Cutter 19 00-2100. few head 21 10 2150, Cutter 15 00- 19 50, Canner and low-Cutter 16 50-18 00 BULLS Choice 24 75-25 50, few head to $26 00: Good 23 00- 24 75, Utility and Commercial 22 50-25 00, several 1800 2200 lbs 26 00-26 75 CALVES 400 Vealers un even, Utility to Choice about steady. Cull steady to strong VEALERS Choice 42 50- 45 00, Good 38 00-43 50, Stand ard 35 00-39 00, Utility 3100- 35 50, Cull 28 00-33 00. HOGS 1100 Barrows and gilts steady to 50c highei Closing Sales US 1-2 190- 240 lbs 2150-22 00 One lot US 1, 235 lb 22 50. US 1-3 195-240 lbs 20 50-2100 US 2-3 220 235 lbs 19 75-20 00. SHEEP 350 Slaughter lambs mostly steady. Ewes about steady SPRING LAMBS Choice 50-90 lbs 32 00-35 25, one lot Good 65 lbs 31 50 WOOLED LAMBS One lot Good 80 lbs $27 00, couple lots Utility 60-80 lbs 24 00-25 00 SLAUGHTER EWES Utili ty and Good 4 00-8 00 Central Headquarters Suggested For Pa. Foreign Ag. Markets HARTFORD, Conn. An of ficial from the Pennsylvania De partment of Agriculture sug gested recently that northeast ern states create a central head quarters overseas to promote foreign markets for agricultur al products John W Early, director of Planning, Evaluation and Re search, told the Northeastern Marketing Service Workshop, which is meeting here, that a central headquarters would be the answer for states financial ly unable to have their own ovei seas office He said Pennsylvania has found out that products shipped to overseas markets must be competitively priced and of high quality. “Never underestimate the astuteness of overseas buy ers,” Early warned New products are wanted and needed overseas, Early said, in a “world that needs food and a population which continues to in ciease its standard of living ” Edward J Lawless Jr , Chief of the Division of Eggs and Poultry, told the workshop that the production of liquid-frozen eggs has increased more than 2 000 percent in Pennsj h ania during the past thiee jears He attributed the huge in ciease—from 407 000 to 9 3 mil lion pounds—to a progiam in voking stnct inspections MARKET NEWS REPORT CATTLE 1090 Slaughter steers uneven, early sales 25-50 c lower with later trading steady to 25c lower; cows about steady: bulls steady. Supply included 14 percent cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS—High- Choice and Prime 1150-1400 lbs. 27.85-29.85; Choice 950-1350 lbs. yield grade 2 to 4. 26.75-28; high- Good to low-Choice 26-27 25; Good 24 60-26, Standard to low- Good 21.50-24 50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Choice 750-900 lbs. 24-24 50; Good 21 50-24; Standaid 20-22 COWS—Utility and high-dress mg Cutter 19-20 85, few head 21- 21 35; Cutter 18-19 50; low-Cutter I'.-18 BULLS Choice 24 75-25 50. Good 23 24 75 few Utility and (Continued on Page 3) May June July August September October November December March April Tiend Cattle are stronger, Hogs are steady, and Potatoes aie 11 regular. LOOKING FOR A PERFECT MATCH? Your Livestock and Our Qualified Buyers Monday —10:30 A.M. Fat Rogs 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. Diffenbacb, Sales Manager Vintage Sales Stables, Inc. 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 Auction Only May 1. 1968 FUTURES TRADING (Closing bids as of Thursday, May 2,1968) Midwestern Live Cattle Chicago 26.85 26.62 26.50 26.42 26.17 26.20 a-asked b-bid n-nominal PARADISE, PENNA. 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. Vintage Auction April 30, 1968 CATTLE 821 Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter steers mostly steady; cows weak to 50c lower: bulls fully steady. Supply included 21 percent cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS—High- Choice and Prime 1150-1450 lbs. 28 75-29.75, few individual head 30-30.35; Choice 975-1350 lb. yield grade 2-4. $27-29, few Choice 1400-1585 lbs. 26.35-27.85; high- Good to low-Choice 26.50-27.25; Good 24.75-26.50; Standard to low-Good 22.25-24 50. COWS—Utility and high-dress ing Cutter 19 25-21. few head 21 25-21 85; Cutter 18-19 75; low- Cutter 17 50-18 50. BULLS Choice 24.50-26 35; Good 23-24 50; Utility and Com mercial 22 60-25 10, 10 head 25 - 35-26 75 CALVES 307 Vealers $l-2 lower, although Cull fully steady. (Continued on Page 3) Live Hogs Maine Potatoes Chicago New York 21.00 22.65 32.25 CATTLE 990 Compared to last Thurs., slaughter steers un even. Choice and Prime mostly steady, others steady to 50c low er: Utility cows steady to 50c lower. Canner and Cutter about steady; Bulls steady. Supply in cluded 21 percent cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS—High- Choice and Prime 1150-1300 lbs. 28.60-29.50; Choice 950-1350 lbs. yield grade 2-4. 26.75-28.75; high- Good to low-Choice 26-27; Good 24.75-26.60; Standard to low-Good 22.50-24.75. COWS—Utility and high-dress ing Cutter 18.75-20.60 few head 21.25-21.60; Cutter 18.35-20; Can ner and low-Cutter 16-18.25 BULLS Choice 24.75-25.50, few head 26-26 60; Good 23-24.75: Utility and Commercial 23-25, around 12 head 25.25-26 60 CALVES 250 Vealers fully steady, except Choice weak -to $1 lower. VEALERS Choice 43-44 50; Good 40.50-43 50; Standard 36-41, Utility 32-36 50; Cull 90-115 lbs 30-34, 70-90 lbs. 27 50-30. SHEEP 21 Supply mainly slaughter ewes, these fully steady SLAUGHTER EWES —Utility and Good 4-9 50 2.43 COWS, May 1, 1968 Receipts of 106 cows, 14 .bulls and 23 heifers sold stronger. AtmuNcm Spring Feeder Sales May 10 June 7 Friday at 7:00 P.M. Vintage Sales Stables, Inc. —lO miles east of Lancaster on Route 30 To consign cattle call (717) 442-4181 P. O. Box 100, Paradise, Pa. Kenneth Hershey, Mgr. 2.30 2.65 2.83 New Holland Auction May 2, 1968 Holsteins 385-750: Guernseys 200- 265: Other breeds 240-350; Bulls 110-285; Heifers 125-375. HORSES, April 29, 1968 Receipts of 498 head sold ste ady. Riding horses 120-280: Driv ing horses 135-310; Work horses 150-200; Pony mares 30-40; Geld ings 25-35; Killers 8&-9%. HOGS, April 29, 1968 Receipts of 729 head sold ste ady. Retail 20-20 25; Wholesale 19.75-20.50; Heavyweights 18 50- 1D.50; Sows 13.50-15. CALVES, April 29, 1968 Receipts of 55 head -sold ste ady. Choice and Prime 40-45 50; Good and low-Choice 37-39 50; Standard 34-36.50; Common 22- 33 Chicago Cattle Weekly Review CATTLE Compared with last week’s close, slaughter steers sold steady to 25 lower with the decline on average Choice and below. Slaughter heifers, cows and bulls were steady. Receipts 17,300, compared with 15,400 last week and 20,100 last year. Twelve market re ceipts 142,300 compared with (Continued on Page 3)
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