At Lancaster Yards
Weekly Review
M.ndi 20, 19G9
C \TTI,E 3000 Comp.uccl
to last weeks close. Slaughtei
Sleei s ste.idv to 50 highei. with
most adxance on high Choice
and Pi ime Cows mostly stench
Bulls ste.idv to 50 highei Feeti
ei Steels 25 50 highei Supph
included .m estimated 50 pei
cent Slaughtei Steel s 15 pei
cent Cows >md Bulls, with the
balance mainlv Feedei Steels
SI. \ LIGHTER STEERS
High Choice and Pntne 1100
1400 lbs 31 50 33 25, Choice
1100 1375 lbs 300031 85. 900
1100 lbs 29 50 31 50 high Good
and low Choice 28 50 30 25
Good 26 50 28 75 Standaid and
low Good 24 00 26 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 26 10 27 50 Good 700-
900 lbs 24 00 26 00
COWS Utilitv and high
diessing Cuttei 19 50 21 50 lew
21 85 22 50 Cuttei 18 25 20 00
Cannei and low Cutter 16 50 18 -
50
BLLLS Choice 25 75 27 60
Good 24 00-26 10 Utility and
Commeicial 23 75 26 60, six
head 27 25-28 60
FEEDER STEERS Six
loads Choice and Pnme 550-580
lbs 35 00 35 50 Choice 500-530
lbs 32 00-33 50, load mixed-
Good and Choice 620 lbs 30 50,
loui loads Choice and Prime
970-1025 lbs 29 50 30 00 Choice
900 1070 lbs 28 50 29 60, mixed-
Good and Choice 870-1075 lbs
27 50 28 75
CALVES 450 Vealers
steady to 100 lowei some sales
Cull 2 00 lowei
VEALERS Choice 48 50-
52 00 few head 53 00-54 00
Good 45 00-50 00, Standaid 39-
00 44 00 Utility 33 00 41 00,
Cull 90 120 lbs 29 00-34 00, few
65 85 lbs 24 00 29 00
HOGS 1350 Bauows and
Gilts steady to mostly 25 high
ei Sows scaice
CLOSING SALES BAR
ROWS \ND GILTS US 1 210
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Cali your local
HOFFMAN SEED
MAN
FR INK H BUCHER
2160 Main SI, Rothsville, Pa.
626 6504
TESTER ERR
312 S. Mount Joy St,
Elizabethtown, Pa 367-7112
JV'.OX II MELLINGER
R I). 1
Sti ashing, Pa
lON VTKW S. SHIRK
366 E Main St. Bareville, Pa.
656 9302
EDGVR C L'MBLE
Pecjuea Ave
Gap, Pa.
TiIJ.LV. SPECIALIZING
IN ALFALFA,
■ ;li ~m CLOVER,
pasture,
■ tTtti.w oats, forage
A, H.HOFFMANSEEDS, INC.
Un*svmt.(L»nc«st«r
■- - - -i' - -
MARKET NEWS REPORT
CATTLE 1041—Compaied to
Monday, Slaughter Stccis steady
tu 50 highei, with most adv.mce
on high Choice .incl Fume, Cows
moslh steady. Bulls steady to
50 higher Supply included 10
pci cent Cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High Choice and Piime 1100-
1400 lbs 31 50 33 25 Choice
1100 1375 lbs 30 00 31 85, 900-
1100 lbs 29 50 3150 high-Goocl
and lon Choice 11001325 lbs
28 75 30 25, 900 1100 lbs 28 50-
29 75 Good 26 50 28 75 Standai d
arc! low Good 24 00 26 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good 700 900 lbs 24 00 26 00.
couple Choice 26 10 26 25
COWS UtiliU and high
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April
May
June
August
October
November
December
Febiuary ’7O 29.40
March
Apiil
a-asked b-bid n-nominal
Tiend Cattle aie highei, Hogs and steady and Potatoes are
steady
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
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 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
AUCTIONS makes the difference in
marketing livestock!
New Holland makes the difference
in auctions!
MONDAY 10 30 A M FAT HOGS and SHOATS
2 30 P M FAT STEERS, BULLS, COWS & 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, INC.
New Holland, Penna
Abi am W Diffenbach, Manage! Phone (717) 354 2194
687-6546
442 4525
Auction Only
March 19. 19G9
FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thmsday, Maich 20, 1969)
Midwestern
Live Cattle Live Hogs Maine Potatoes
Chicago Chicago New York
31.00
30.25
30.40
30.20
29.60
29.05
Vintage Auction
Match 18, 19G9
CATTLE 910 Compaied to
last Tuesday, Slaughter Steois
steady to 50 higher, some sales
high Choice and Pnme 75 high
er, Cows unevenly steady, Bulls
fully steady Supply included
24 pei cent Cows
SLAUGHTER "STEERS
High Choice and Pnme 1100
1350 lbs 31 60 32 60, 5 head 32 •
85 33 50 Choice 950 1375 lbs
29 35 31 50, few 31 50 32 00
high Good and low Choice 28 35
29 75. Good 26 50-29 00, Stand
ai d and low Good 23 75-26 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good 675 850 lbs 24 35 26 00,
few head Choice 875 1100 lbs
26 00 28 00
COWS Utility and high
diessing Cuttei 19 25 21 50, few
21 60 22 50 Cutter 18 35 20 25,
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22.00
23.97
23.32
21.50
Lambs 34 50-35 50. two
~ „ „ .. Ewes 800
CATTLE 1100— Complied to
List TlunscUiy, Slaughtei Steei s COWS
si long to 25 higher, some sales Match 19, 1969
high Choice and Pnme 50 high- Receipts of 100 cows 5 bulla
ei, Cows steady to 50 higher. Jlld 2 heifers sold steady Hol
with Utility mainly 50 highei, stem 425700; Guernseys 180-
Bulls uneven, Good and Choice 360 othei bieeds 265-385, Bulls
fully steady. Utility and Com 130300 Heiteis 118
meicial 50 75 higher Supply
included 29 peicent Cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High-Choice and Prime 1075
1P75 lbs 32 00 33 75, Choice
1000 1375 lbs 30 00 32 00, few
925-1000 lbs 29 50 31 00 high-
Good and low Choice 28 85 30 25,
Good 26 75 29 10. Standai d and
low Good 24 00 26 10
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good 820 990 lbs 24 60 25 25,
couple lots 700-735 lbs 23 25
23 75 few head Choice 26 25-
26 50
COWS Utility and high
di essing Cuttei 19 75 22 25, sev
eial 22 35 23 00, Cuttei 18 35-
20 35, Canner and low-Cuttex
17 50-18 85
BULLS Choice 26 00-27 00,
few 2710-27 60, Good 24 00-
2610; Utility and Commercial
24 35-26 60, aiound 15 head
27 35-28 25
2.88
CALVES 349 Vealeis weak
to 1 00 lower.
3.74
VEALERS Choice 48 50-
51 50, Good 44 00-49 00, Stand
ard 40 00-45 00, Utility 33 00-
40 00, Cull 90-120 lbs 29 GO
-33 50, 65 85 lbs 24 00-29 00
2.43
SHEEP 5 No test of tiends,
three Choice 55-75 lbs Spring
2.79
Announcing
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Variable speed, automated farm ventilation control
system Especially designed for dairy, hog, and
poultry houses.
E. M. Herr Equipment, Inc.
New Holland Auction
March 20, 19G9
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Phone; 717 464-3321
HORSES
March 17, 1969
Receipts or 400 Horses sold
steady Mules (single) 175-245,
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Chicago Cattle
Weekly Review
CATTLE Compared with
the pievious Friday, slaughter
steei s 25 50 highei, heifers
stiong to 50 higher Cows fully
50 highei
Supply fully 70 peicent
slaughtei steeis and 25 peicent
heifeis, balance mainly cows.
Oveiall finish of slaughter
steers this week 11 percent
Prime and 76 percent Choice
compared with 9 percent Prime
and 77 percent Choice last week
and 11 percent Prime and 73
peicent Choice last year The
avei age cost and weight for the
week estimated at 30 25 highest
aveiage since December 1952
and 1145 lb compared with 29.-
85 and 1134 lbs last week and
27 90 and 1166 lbs last year.
Heifers were mostly Average
Good to Low Prime 850-1100
lbs
SLAUGHTER STEERS On
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Utility