—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30,1971
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Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday. October 27
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 1010 96 292 46
Last week 893 97 295 44
Last year 966 156 563 0
This weeks
auction
Last weeks
auction 521 119 236 94
594 96 297 63
CATTLE Compared to last
Wednesday, Slaughter Steers
steady to weak, Cows 50-100
lower, Bulls mostly steady
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Choice 950-1300 lbs 33 50-34 85,
few 1325-1400 lbs 32 60-33 25,
high-Good and low-Choice 32 00-
53 75, Good 30 00-32 75, Standard
and low-Good 27 00-29 50
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 750-950 lbs 30 10-31 85, few
Good 28 25-30 00
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 21 25-22 85, few
23 00-23 35, Cutter 19 75-21 75,
Canner and low-Cutter 17 75-
19 75
BULLS Choice 29 25-31 10,
couple 31 50-32 00, Good 27 75-
29 00, Utility and Commercial
27 25-30 00, few 30 25-31 00, two
head 31 50
VEAL CALVES
strong to 1.00 higher
VEALERS Choice 50 50-
53 00, several 53 50-54 50, good
46 00-50 00, Standard 40 50-46 00,
Utility 35 00-41 00, Cull 90-120 lbs
!0 00-35 50, 65-85, lbs 25 00-30 00
HOGS Barrows and Gilts 50-
75 lower
BARROWS AND GILTS —US 1
200-235 lbs 21 50-22 00, US 1-3 200-
240 lbs 20 35-21 00, US 2-4 225-270
lbs 20 10-20.35
SHEEP Few lots Good and
Choice 70-90 lbs Wooled Lambs
Slaughter fully steady at 24 50-
28 50
Hickev’s Sentence
Thomas Hickey, who plot
ted the murdei ot George
Washington during the Amer
ican Revolution, was tried b\
court-martial and sentenced
to death He was executed
June 28. 1776, in New Ymk
City
Regular
LIVESTOCK
AUCTION
EVERY FRIDAY
Stockers & Feeders
All Weights
All Breeds
Now Beginning to move,
Good doing Shenandoah
VaUey Va. Cattle
STAUNTON UNION
STOCK YARDS, INC.
Staunton, Va.
Green 3jgi\
Dragon
Livestock Soles
Ephrata, R. D. 3, Pa.
Walter Kisser, 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.
vestock Market,
Lancaster
Market
Monday, October 25
No report due to
Veteran Day Holiday
Green Dragon
Dairy Cattle
The Green Dragon market
reported receipts of 148 head of
cattle, light attendance with
prices higher
Consignments included -
Load Perry County springers,
450 - 580
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
490 - 570
Load Connecticut springing
heifers, 275 - 365
Load Virginia cows, fresh, 315 -
450, springers, 320 - 400.
Herd Pennsylvania cows,
fresh, 305 - 600, springers, 320 -
460, milkers, 211 - 335.
Herd Washington County cows,
fresh, 280 - 580, springers, 295 -
495, milkers, 225 - 445.
Beef cows and feeder market
higher in active market
Beef cows- Cutter, 22.00 - 24.75,
Fat, 20.00 - 22.00, Utility, 18.00 -
20 00.
—Vealers
Stocker market- Beef type
bulls, 25.00 - 30 00, Holstein bulls,
25.00 - 27.50.
One load Scottish Highlanders,
averaging 720 pounds, 22.50 -
27.50
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, October 26
3!)0 Head of Cattle
Steers: High Choice and Prime
(few), 34.75 -35 85; Choice, 33.60 -
35.00, Good, 31.35 - 33.10; Stan
dard (few) 28.00 - 28.85.
Heifers - Good (few), 28.00 -
30.00.
Cows: Utility (individual),
22.60 - 23.85, Cutter, 21.00 - 22.50;
Canner, 19.35 - 21.25; Utility and
Commercial, 26.85 - 30.35; Cutter,
24.25 - 25 85.
260 Head of Veal Calves
Choice (few), 53 50 - 54.00;
Good, 50.50 - 53.00; Standard,
45.00 - 50.00, Utility, 42.00 - 46.00;
Cull 90 - 120 pounds, 34.00 - 40.00;
Cull 70 - 85 pounds, 29.50 - 32.00.
Farm Calves: Bulls 85 - 110
pounds, 34 00 - 45.00; Heifers 85 -
120 pounds, 43.00 - 54.00
320 Head of Hogs
Barrows and Gilts: U.S. 2-3 190
- 250 pounds, 20 25 - 20.35; 2-4195 -
260, 19 50 - 20.10.
Sows - U S. 1-3 300 - 500 pounds,
16.25 - 17.00 , 2-3 300 - 600, 16.00 -
16.50.
Boars: (few) 13.85 - 14.10.
31 Head of Feeder Pigs
U S 1-3 20 - 35 pounds (few),
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
Friday, October 22
Beef Cows
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
Paradise, Pa.
10 mi. East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Kenneth E. Hershey, Sales Manager
Box 100
Composite
Report
Friday Weekly, October 29
Lancaster, Vintage, and New
Holland Market
This week
Last week
Last year
CATTLE Slaughter steers
uneven, few steady with closing
sales steady to 50c higher. Cows
50 to 1.00 lower; Bulls 50 to 75c
lower Supply included an
estimated 35 percent slaughter
steers, 20 percent cows, 10 per
cent bulls with balance mainly
feeder steers
SLAUGHTER STEERS High
Choice and Prime 1075-1275 lbs
35 50-36.35, Choice 950-1350 lbs
33 25-35.50, High Good and Low
Choice 32.00-33.25; few late sales
33.75-34.75; Good 29.75-33.75;
Standard and Low Good 26.50-30
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 750-950 lbs. 30.10-32.85;
few Good 28.25-30.
COWS Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 21-23.25, few
earlier in the week 23.25-23.60;
Cutter 19.50-22; Canner and Low
Cutter 17.50 - 19.75.
BULLS Choice 29.50-31.50; 5
head 31 60-33.10; Good 27.50-
29 50; Utility and Commercial 27-
30, few 30.-30.75 ; 8 head 31.10-
32 50.
VEAL CALVES Vealers
steady,- instances 1.00 lower.
Some culls off 2 00.
VEALERS Choice 50-54.50,
few 55-57; Good 45-50; Standard
40-46; Utility 34-40; Cull 90-120
’bs. 28-33, 65-85 lbs. 22-28.
Local Grain
Thursday, October 28
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, except for
ear corn which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, October 28,
1971, are as follows:
Bid+ Offered-f-
Ear Corn (old) 22.50 28 50
Ear Corn (new) 38.00 44.33
Shelled Corn 1.19 137
Oats (local) .71 88
Barley 1.01 1.21
Wheat 1.44 1.61
+Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer
delivered to the mill. Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for at
his mill.
6.75 - 10.25.
13 Head of Sheep and Lambs
Good, 60 - 110 pounds (few),
20.00
Ewes, 5.00 - 7.50.
Tuesday, October 26
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 938 728 718 49
Last week 698 850 467 98
Last year 748 571 552 38
Goats - Today 36 Last week 203
CATTLE Compared to last
Tuesday, Slaughter Steers steady
to weak, instances off 50, Cows
25-50 lower, instances 75 lower on
Cutter, Bulls strong to 50 higher.
Supply included 33 percent Cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High-Choice and Prime 1075-1275
lbs 35 50-36 25, few 975-1075 lbs
35 00-35 50, Choice 950-1375 lbs.
33 25-35 60, high-Good and low-
Choice 32.00-33 50, Good 29 75-
33 00, Standard and low-Good
27.75-29.75, few lots Standard
25.25-27 75
Cattle Calves
5200 1600
4464 1733
5305 1468
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 21.25-23.25, few
23 25-23 60; Cutter 19.75-22.25;
Canner and iow-Cutter 17.75-
19.75.
BULLS Choice 29.50-31.00,
few 31.00-31.50, Good 27.75-29.25;
Utility and Commercial 27.75-
30.75, five head 31.10-32.50.
VEAL CALVES Good and
Choice Vealers weak to 2.00
lower, Cull to Standard fully
steady. A good demand on 90-130
lbs. Calves returned to farm with
best demand on Holstein Heifers.
VEALERS Choice 49.00-
53.00, few 53.50-56.50; Good 44.00-
49.50; Standard 40.00-46.00;
Utility 34.00-40.00; Cull 90-120 lbs.
29.00-34.00, 65-85 lbs. 22.00-29.00.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM Bulk 90-120 lbs. 36.00-
48.00, with several Holstein
Heifers 50.00-55.00, few 57.00-
60.00.
HOGS Barrows and Gilts 50-
LOO lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS US
1-2 200-245 lbs. 20.75-21.10; Five
head US 1 215-235 lbs. 21.50-22.00;
US 2-3 195-255 lbs 20.00-20.60.
SHEEP Market not repor
ted.
Fat Hogs and Feeder Pig Sale
Saturday, October 23
HOGS 851: Barrows & Gilts 25c
to 50c lower. US No. 1-2 210-230
lbs. 21.75-21.85 US No. 2-3 195-245
lbs. 21.00-21.60 US No. 2-4 185-250
lbs. 20.50-21.00 US No. 3-4 250fe300
lbs. 18.10-20.35 US No. 2-4 110-185
lbs. 15.75-19.60.
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs.
16.00-16.60.
Boars: 14.50-16.25.
Friday, October 22
Eight loads hay, including: few
loads Alfalfa, 43.50 - 57:00; few
loads Timothy, 35.50 - 45.00;
couple loads Mixed hay, 35.00.
Two loads straw, 34.00 and
41.00.
Auction News
Vintage
Auction
Green Dragon
Hay Market
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.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, October 28
Today
Last week
Last Year
CATTLE Compared to last
Thursday, Slaughter Steers 50-75
higher, Cows 50-1 00 lower; Bulls
50-75 lower. Supply included 43
percent Cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Choice 950-1350 lbs. 34.00-35.50,
few lots Choice with end of Prime
35.50- high-Good and low-
Choice 32.50-34.75; Good 30.75-
33.75; Standard and low-Good
26.50-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Few Choice 785-820 lbs. 31.25-
32.75.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 21.00-22.75, six
head 22.85-23.35; Cutter 19.50-
21.75; Canner and low-Cutter
17.50-19.50.
BULLS Choice 29.50-31.50,
five head 31.60-33.10; Good 27.50-
29.50; Utility and Commercial
27.00-29.75, few 30.00-30.50.
VEAL CALVES Vealers
mostly steady, instances 1.00
lower.
VEALERS Choice 50.00-54-
50, few 55.00-57.00; Good 45.00-
50.00; Standard 39.00-46.00;
Utility 33.00-39.00; Cull 90-120 lbs.
28.00-32.00, 65-85 lbs. 22.00-28.00.
SHEEP Few Utility and
Good Slaughter Ewes mostly
steady at 3.00-8.00.
Monday, October 25
Market 1.00 lower.
HOG RECEIPTS 1037 - Market
1.00 lower. Retail 21-23.50;
Wholesale 2s, 3s, 4s, 20.50-21;
Heavyweights 18.50-20.50; Sows
14-17; Boars 14.50-15.50.
Monday, October 25
CALF RECEIPTS 184 - Market
steady. Choice and Prime 49-55;
Standard 37-42.50; Good and Low
Choice 43-48.50; Common 25-
36.50.
Monday, October 25
Ten loads of hay and one load of
straw sold as follows: Mixed Hay
33-37.50, Timothy 34.50-40; Straw
33; com fodder 36.50.
COMPLETE
LIVESTOCK
BUYING SERVICE
Specializing in order buying
of Stockers & Feeders
Frank Dussinger
livestock order buyer
Phone: (717) 397-7539
MARTIN LIVESTOCK
Washington Boro, Pa. 17582
John Bowman
Phone: (717) 872-5491
New Holland, Penna.
Cattle Calves Sheep
828 507 33
899 495 30
817 450 17
Phone: 717-354-2184