2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1971
Local Livestock Market
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, July 28
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 942 160 516 151
Last week 991 117 262 51
Last year 998 112 449 15
This weeks
942 160 516 151
Auction
Last weeks
919 117 262 51
Auction
CATTLE Slaughter Steers
high-Choice and Prime steady
to 50 lower; decline on average
Choice and below; Good 50-75
lower; Standard and low-Good
25-50 lower; Cows and Bulls
steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High-Choice and Prime 3425-
35 60; Choice 32 00-33 75; Good
and low-Choice 31.50-32 60;
Good 29 00-32 00; Standard and
low-Good 27.00-2900.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 22 25-24.00; Cut
ter 21 00-22 50; Canner and low-
Cutter 19.50-21.50.
BULLS Choice 28.75-29.75;
Good 27 00-28 75; Utility and
-Commercial 27.00-29 85.
VEAL CALVES Choice
Vealers steady to strong; other
grades steady.
VEALERS Choice 48 00-
5150; Good 43 00-48.00; Stand
ard 37.50-42 50; Utility 36 00-
41.00; Cull 65-110 lbs 31.00-
36.00.
HOGS Barrows and Gilts
25-35 lower than Monday
BARROWS AND GILTS
US 1 200-240 lbs 22 00-22 50. US
1- 200-250 lbs. 2150-21.75. US
2- 200-250 lbs 21.10-21.65
SPRING LAMBS Volume
of good and Choice too small to
provide price trend.
Local Grain
Thursday, July 29
These prices are made up of
the average prices quoted by six
participating local feed and
grain concerns. It should be
noted, however, that not every ‘
dealer handles each commodity.
All prices are per bushel, ex
cept for ear corn which is per
ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, July 29, 1971,
are as follows:
Bid 4 Offered 4
45.00 50 33
1.65 1.82
.71 .82
Ear Corn
Shelled Corn
Oats (local)
.88 1.00
108 1.28
Oats (western)
Barley
1.51
Wheat
*Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer de
livered to the mill. Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for
at his mill.
Green iwe
Dragon
Livestock Soles
Ephrata, R. D. 3, Pa.
Walter Risser, Manager
Phone: (717) 733-2334
Every FRIDAY
• Dairy Cows 12:30 P.M.
• Hay & Straw Auction
1:00 P.M.
• Beef Cattle & Veal Calves
11:00 A.M.
Lancaster
Market
Monday, July 26
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 885 227 787 144
Last-Week 1044 239 839 248
Last Year 737 304 1027 140
CATTLE Slaughter Steers,
Choice and Prime 50-75* higher
than last Wednesday, Good
grade 50 higher; Standard and
low-Good steady, Cows 25-50 low
er, Bulls 50 higher Supply in
cluded 796 for afternoon auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1025-1325 lbs.
34 25-35 60; Choice 950-1325 lbs.
32 50-33.75; Good and low-Choice
32 00-33.25; Good 29 75-32 50;
Standard and low-Good 27 50-
29 25.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 22 25-24 00; Cut
ter 2100-22.50; Canner and low-
Cutter 19.50-21.50.
BULLS Choice 28 75-29.75;
Good 27.00-28.75; Utility and
Commercial 27.00-29.85, few
31 25-32.60.
VEAL CALVES
steady.
VEALERS—Choice 48.00-50.00,
Good 43.00-48.00; Standard 37.50-
42 50; Utility 36.00-41.00; Cull
65-110 lbs. 31.00-36.00
HOGS Barrows and Gilts
mostly 50 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS
US 1 200-230 lbs. 22.00-22.25
few 22.50-22.75 US 1-2 200-250
lbs. 21.75-22.25 US 2-3 200-250
lbs. 21.50-22.00.
SHEEP—Spring Lambs fully
steady; trading active as com
pared to slow trading previous
week.
SPRING LAMBS Choice 65-
90 lbs. 28.50-30.00. -
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, July 27
351 Head of Cattle
Steers: High Choice and
Prime (few) 33.50-3485; Choice
31.85-33.35; Good 29.60-31.50;
Standard 27.25-28.50.
Heifers: Choice (few) 29.85-
31.60; Good (few) 27.00-27.35.
Cows: Utility (individual) 23 -
00-24.10; Cutter 21.85-22.85;
Canner 19.60-22 00; Shells down
to 18.00.
Bulls: Good 29.00-31.50; Utili
ty and Commercial 26.85-31.25.
223 Head of Veal Calves
Choice (few) 51.50-53.00;
Good 47.00-50 50; Standard 44.-
00-47.00; Utility 39.00-43.00; Cull
90-120 pounds 31.50-38.00; Cull
70-85 pounds 27.00-32.00.
Farm Calves: Bulls 80-110
pounds 33.00-44.00; Heifers 85-
120 pounds 45.00-59 00.
228 Head of Hogs
1.69
Barrows and Gilts- U.S. 2-3
190-250 pounds 21.25-21.50; U.S.
2-4 185-260 pounds 20.50-21.00.
Sows: U.S. 1-3 300-500 pounds
16 50-20.00; U.S. 2-3 300-600
pounds 13.00-1460.
Boars: (few) 13.00-14 00.
29 Head of Feeder Pigs
U.S. 1-3 20-35 pounds (few)
8.50.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
PARADISE, PENNA. -
BULLS, STEERS, BUTCHER COWS, '
HOGS, LAMBS AND VEAL CALVES
SOLD ON COMMISSION
SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 NOON
FAT HOGS AND FEEDER PIG SALE
EVERY SATURDAY AT 9:00 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
Composite
Report
Friday Weekly, July 30
Lancaster, Vintage, and New
Holland Markets
Cattle Calves
This Week 4800 1650
Last Week 5099 1671
Last Year 4342 1524
CATTLE Compared to pre
vious week’s close, Slaughter
Steers high-Choice and Prune
about 50 lower; Good and Choice
fully 50 lower, Standard and low-
Good 25-50 lower; Cows steady;
Bulls 50-75 higher Supply in
cluded an estimated 55 per cent
Slaughter Steers, 30 per cent
Cows and Bulls, with the balance
" mainly Feeder Steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 950-1325 lbs.
33.25-35 00, some early sales to
35.60; Choice 31.50-33.25; high-
Good and low-Choice 29.50-32.00;
Standard and low-Good 26 50-
29.09, early sales to 29.50.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 22.50-24.25; Cut
ter 2100-23.25; Canner and low-
Cutter 19.75-21.50.
BULLS Choice 28.75-3Jl.00;
Good 27.00-29.50; Utility and
Commercial 27.25-31.25.
VEAL CALVES Vealers
mainly steady, except some Cull
1.00 lower.
Vealers
VEALERS Choice 49.00-
52.50; Good 43.0048.00; Standard
38.0044.00; Cull 90-120 lbs. 32.00-
36.00, 65-85 lbs. 26.00-29.00.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM—Bulk 90-120 38.0047.00;
Holstein Heifers 49.00-55.00.
Green-Dragon
Dairy Cattle
v Friday, July 23
The Green Dragon market re- ■
ported receipts of 115 head of
attended with prices
stronger.
Consignments included:
Load New York State spring
ers, 340-535.
Load Canadian cows, fresh,
465-555; springers, 410-600.
Load Canadian cows, fresh
purebreds, 430-750; springing
purebreds, 450-610; grades, 375-
475.
. Load Canadian purebred
fresh cows, 515-705.
Load Susquehanna County
springers, 455-505.
Load Connecticut springing
heifers, 315-450. '■
Locally-consigned cows, fresh
and springers, 365-465.
Local first calf heifers, 380-
425.
Colored cows, 315-335.
Open heifers 200-215.
One stock bull, 285.
Beef Cows
Beef cows steady with last
weeks decline; feeder market
higher.
Beef cows: Cutter, 23.50-24.-
50, few 25.00-25.50; Fat cows,
22.00-23.00; Utility cows, 17.00-
20.50.
Stocker market: Feeder bulls,
23.50-26.50; Steers, 25.00-28.50.
, Auction News
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, July 27 '
Cattle Calvei Mogt Sheep
Today 1282 769 352 93
Last Week 1265 754 580 59
Last Year 1020 658 365 49
CATTLE Slaughter Steers,
high-Choice and Prime 75-1.00
higher; Choice 50-1.00 higher;
high-Good, low-Choice and Good
grade 50 higher; Standard and
low-Good steady to 25 higher;
Cows 50 higher; Bulls 50-1.00
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1050-1325 lbs
34 25-35.60; Choice 950-1350 lbs.
32.50-34.35; high-Good and low-
Choice 31.50-32.75; Good 28.50-
31.50; Standard and low-Good
27.25-29.50.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Putter 23.00-24.60; Cut
ter 22.25-24.00; Canner and low-
Cutter 20.25-21.75.
BULLS Choice 28.75-31.50;
Good 27.25-29.50; Utility and
Commercial 28.25-30 50.
VEAL CALVES Vealers
steady to 1.00 lower, decline on
some Cull.
VEALERS*- Choice 48.00-
52.50; Good 44.0048.00; Standard
39.0045.00; Utility 35.0040.00;
Cull 90-120 lbs. 32.00-36.00, 65-
85 lbs. 29.00-32.00. ,
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM—Bulk 90-120 lbs. 38.00-
49.00; Holstein Heifers 52.00-
57.00.
HOGS Barrows and Gilts
steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS—US
1 200-225 lbs. 21.50-22.00 few
22.35 US 1-2 200-240 lbs. 21.00-
21.50 US lbs. 20.50-
21.00.
SHEEP—Market not reported.
Fat Hogs and Feeder Pig Sale
Saturday, July 24
Hog Receipts—Bsl 190-240 lbs.
-21.60-22.25; 10 head 22.50 180-
210 lbs. 19.10-21.60. Light
weights 160-180 1b5.—17.50-19.75.
New Holland
Dairy Cattle
Wednesday, July 28
Reported receipts of 117 head
of cattle, 23 heifers; market
steady with last weeks market.
Herd dispersal from Luzerne
County, all stages of production,
300-590.
Load Canadian cows, fresh, 425-
500.
Load Canadian springers, 400-
570.
Load New York State cows,
fresh, 405-470; springers, 420-
465
Load Vermont cows, fresh, 410-
640.
Load Franklin County pure
bred first calf springing heifers,
480-600.
Locally consigned cows, 275-
560.
AUCTIONS mokes the difference in
marketing livestock!
New Holland mokes the difference
in ouctionsl
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.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager
New Holland
Auction
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1557 515 14
Last Week 1253 496 12
Last Year 1084 425 28
CATTLE Slaughter Steers
50-75 lower; Cows steady; Bulls
50-75 higher than week ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1000-1300 lbs.
33.25-34.50; Choice 975-1300 lbs.
3150-33.50; high-Good and low-
Choice 29.50-31.75; Good 28.50-
31.50; Standard _and low-Good
26 50-28.75.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 23.00-24 00; Cut
ter 21.00-23.00; Standard and low-
Cutter 19.50-21.25:
BULLS Few Choice 29.00-
31.00; Good 27.25-29.10; Utility
and Commercial 27.25-30.25.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers fully
steady.
VEALERS Choice 49.00-
52.00; Good 43.00-47.00; Standard
38.00- 44.00; Utility 33.00-39.00;
Cull 65-110 lbs. 26.00-32.00.
SHEEP—Too small to provide
a price test.
Reported receipts of 330 head
of horses; market lower than last
weeks market.
One load Kansas riding horses,
100-235.
One load Standard Bred driving
horses, 190-400.
One load Standard Bred'driv
ing horses, 190-340.
Locally consigned work horses,
125-200; riding horses, 85-210;
driving horses, 90-330; few better
horses, 250-400.
Mare ponies, 15-40; Geldings,
10-30; Colts, 5-15; Larger ponies,
. 40-90; Killers, 8-9. ,
Hog Receipts 1154—Retail 22-
22.50; Wholesale 234 21.50-22;
Heavyweights 21-21.50; Sows 15-
17; Boars 14%-16%.
Monday, July 26
Calf receipts 117—Choice and
Prime 46-52; Standard 39-43;
Good and L. Choice 44-48; Com
mon 25-36%.
Ten loads of hay and straw'
sold as follows: Hay 32-36; Straw
28-35.
Hay Prices
For Southeastern and
South Central Pennsylvania
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton).
Hay mostly steady to strong.
Straw steady.
Alfalfa 28.00-35.00
Timothy hay 18.00-25.00
Mixed hay 22.00-30.00
Straw 18.00-25.00
Mulch 10.00-16.00
Repotted by Bureau of Market*
Fa. Dept, of Agriculture.
New Holland, Penna.
Thursday, July 29
Monday, July 26
Monday, July 26
Monday, July 26
Monday, July 26
Phone: 717-354-2194