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—Lancaster Farming, December 28,1968
At Lancaster Yards
Weekly Review
December 23, 1968
' CATTLE 684 Compared to
last weeks close, slaughter steers
steady on small supply; cows
steady with last weeks advance;
small supply bulls steady; few
sales of feeder steers steady.
Supply includes an estimated 45
percent slaughter steers, 25 per
cent cows and bulls with the
balance mainly feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Load mixed Choice and Prime
1180 lbs. $3O; Choice 1075-1285
27.50-29.50.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 19 25-20; Cutter
Prolific Sheep- Breed
Introduced Into The
United States
A shipment of Finnish Land
race sheep has arrived in the
United States from Ireland and
is now in quarantine at Clifton,
N.J., the U.S. Department of Ag
riculture announces. Quarantine
is a minimum of 30 days.
In its native Finland, this
breed typically produces 2 to 4
lambs per pregnancy. By con
tiast, domestic American breeds
usually produce 1 to 2 lambs
per pregnancy.
Some- Landraee sheep were
sent from Finland in 1966 for
testing at the Agricultural In
stitute of Ireland. The Institute,
in turn, made descendants of its
imported flock available to US
DA’s Agricultural Research Ser
vice. Direct imports from, Fin
land, to the United States are not
permitted, due to the danger of
introducing foot-and-mouth dis
ease to this country.
When the quarantine at Clif
ton is over, the Landrace sheep
will be distributed to AES re
search stations at Beltsville, Md.,
Clay Center, Nebr., and Dubois,
Idaho, for crossbreeding experi
ments designed to raise the
lambing rate of domestic sheep.
This type of work was not pos
sible previously, because there
is no record of previous US
imports of Finnish Landrace
sheep. The University of Min
nesota is participating with AES
in this importation project.
Robert K.Rohrer
Bulldozing - Grading
Patz Safer & Service
Bam Cleaners - Silo
Unloaders - Cattle Feeder*
Quarryville, R. D. I
Hensel 548-2559
Farm Show Space P 3 & 4
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MARKET NEWS
17.75-19.25; Canner and low-Cut-
ter 16 50-17.75.
BULLS—Few Good & Choice last Tuesday, slaughter- steers
24-25.50; Utility &. Commercial 50-75 c higher; cows 25-75 c high
-23 50-25, few 25.50. er; small supply bulls fully
FEEDER STEERS Load steady; Supply included an esti-
Choice 845 lbs. 28.25; Choice mated 23 percent cows.
900-1100 lbs. 26.50-27.25. SLAUGHTER STEERS
VEALERS 244-Steady to $2 High . Choice & Prime 1075-1350
4^ 6 ’ J fe^^ e , a , d lbs. 30.50-31.25; Choice 9751350
lbs - 28.75-30.50; high-Good to
™L 9 „» 2 ° lbs - 26 ‘ low-Choice 28-29.25; Good 26-
31 tr^i 9 c o!?n 22 -| o ' 26- 0 ... 28.50; Standard and low-Good
HOGS 849 Barrows & gilts 23 50.26 10
50-$l higher.
BARROWS & GILTS —US COWS Utility arid high
-1-2 195-245 lbs. 21.50-22; US 1, dressing Cutter 19-20.60, few
200-240 lbs. 22-23; US 2-3 180-255 20.75-21; Cutter 17.75-19;25; Can
lbs. 20.50-21.50; US 2-3 250-270 ner and low-Cutter 16.25-17.75.
lbs. 19.50-20.50. BULLS Couple Choice 27-
SHEEP 238 Wooiefl lambs 85-28.75; couple Good 25-25.25;
50-$l higher. Ewes steady. Utility 23.50-25.10.
WOOLED LAMBS Choice VEALERS 271 Uneven,
65-95 lbs. 27-28.50, few head at Good and Choice 3-5 higher;
$29; Good 24 50-27; Utility 21- Utility and Standard steady;
24.50. Cull $2-3 lower; Choice 48-50;
SLAUGHTER EWES Util- Good 4346 50; Standard 3640;
ity and Good $4-7 50. (Continued on Page 3)
February 28.20
March
April
May
June
August
October
November
Trend; Cattle are steady; Hogs are steady; and Potatoes are
lower.
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PARADISE, PENNA.
BULLS, STEERS, BUTCHER COWS,
HOGS, LAMBS AND VEAL CALVES
SOLD ON COMMISSION
SALE EVERY TUESDAY 1:30 P.M.
FAT HOGS AND FEEDER PIG SALE
EVERY SATURDAY AT i 0 A.M.
For Marketing Information
Phone Area Code 717-442-4181
Box 100 Paradise, Pa.
10 mi. East of Lancaster on Rt. 80
Kenneth. ILHershey, Sale&Manager
AUCTIONS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN
MARKETING LIVESTOCK
NEW HOLLAND MAKES THE
DIFFERENCE IN AUCTIONS
Monday—lo: 00 A.M. Horse Sale
10:30 A.M. Fat Hogs and Shoats
2: 30 P.M. Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows and Veal ’
Wednesday —12:30 P.M, Dairy Safe
Thursday —12:30 P.M. Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows and Veal-
New Holland Sales Stables
New Holland, Penna. 717-35^2194'
Abe W. Diffenbacb, Sales Manager
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FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thursday, December 26,1968)
Midwestern
Live Cattle
Chicago'
27.45
26.92
27.00
26.90
b-bid n-nominal
a-asked
Vintage Auction
December 24, 1968
CATTLE 496 Compared to
Live Hogs Maine Potatoes
Chicago New York
19113
18*75
20.00
19.85
REPORT
steady.''Retail 22-23.50; Whole
\ sale 21-22; Heavyweight 19.50-
CATTLE 647 Compared to 20.50; Sows 12-14.25. -
last Thursday, slaughter steers
50-$l higher; cows 50-1.50 high- CALVES
er; bulls 25-$l higher. Supply-in- December 23, 1968
eluded 39 percent cows. Receipts of 125 calves sold
SLAUGHTER STEERS _ steady. Choice and Prime 41.50-
High-Choice & Prime 1000-1250 46; 6ood 311(1 L - Choice' 3641;
lbs. 30.50-31, couple 31.25-31.50; Standard 35.50-37.50; CommoUL.
Choice- 950-1325 lbs. 28-.60-30.50, 20 ’ 35 -
December 26, 1968
high-Good and low-Choice 28-
29.25; Good 26-28.60; Standard CKIC»9O Cattle
and low-Good 24-26. V^lllCrtgU
GGWS Utility and High*-
dressing Cutter 19'.75-21.'75, few
21.85-22.60; Cutter 18-20; Gan- Compared with las# weeks;
ner and low-Cutter 16.5048.25. doge, slaughter steers 591.00
BULLS Choice 26-26.75, higher, slaughter heifers) 5979
couple 27.25-27 50; flood; 25-26; higher, cows 50' higher; hulls
Utility and Commercial 23175- fully steady.
25 50, several 25.60-26.50, three', Reduced' receipts during the
head 26.85-27.75. holiday shortened week and-
VEALERS 367 Standard to rather sharp price Up turns- in.
Choice $3-6 higher-* Cull and tTr e wholesale dressed Beef
Utility $l-2 higher. Choice 48 50- trade appeared to be bullish
43.50; Good 44.50-50; Standard factors contributing to the price
39.50-45; Utility 32.50-38.50; Cull advances in the live trade. Local'
95-120 lbs. 28-33, 70-90 lbs. 24- receipts consisted of 78 per cent
28 50 slaughter steers, 18 per Cent
’ ‘ to,* .heifers with the balance*mainly.
cows. -Overall finish of slaugfr'
? f TitTi w-nnilri ter steers was the same aslast
One !ot Uhhty 50 lbs Wooled weekg n per cent p r i m - and ,
l fBW Utrhty SlaUg&ter 80 per cent Choice; compared.
Ewes-. 7,50. . with 12 per cent Primeand 79
HORSES per cent Choice at year- ago. *
December 23, 1968 Average cost- and weight of'
Receipts of 225 horses sold slaughter steers; estimated at
steady. Work horses (single) 29-25, highest since March,. 1966*.
1145-2® (pair) 450660; Rtcbug ll4 ®, with
horses 8&230; Driving horses. 90- * te - > •^
300-; Peny Mares-10!-15; Geldings. *
15-20 r KHfers £& a S a HeiTer supply larg-ftr a»ra--
age Good td average Prime*
BOGS weigMhgSte-ia® IBs
£5O
2F.75
December 23,1953
- Receipts Of 798 hogs - sold
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