Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, June 10, 1972, Image 2

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    —Lancaster Fan
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Local Livestock
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, June 7
CATTLE CALVES HOGS
Today 1216 154 720
Last Week 1443 159 518
Last year 1188 95 380
This Weeks 1059
Auction
Last Weeks 1433
Auction 157 486
SHEEP—Today, 23; Last week,
84; Last year, 30; This weeks
auction, 22; Last weeks auction,
84
CATTLE—Compared to
Monday, Slaughter Steers
uneven, Choice and Prime 50-75
higher; Standard and Good
steady to strong; Cows 25-50
higher; Bulls strong to 50 higher,
full advance on Utility and
Commercial.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 950-1325 lbs.
38.00- Choice 950-1350, few
head 1400-1500 lbs. included,
36.25-38.35; high-Good and low-
Choice 35.00-36.50; Good 34.00-
35.50; Standard and low-Good
32.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS—
Choice 700-950 lbs. 34.00-35.35, 15
head 35.85-36.10; Good 31.25-33.50.
.Utility and high-dressing
Cutter 28.00-30.00, 10 head 30.10-
31.10; Cutter 27.25-28.85; Canner
and low-Cutter 25.50-27.00
BULLS—Choice 34.00-36.00,
couple 36.10-36.25; Good 32.75-
34.00; Utility and Commercial
32.50-35.50, few 35.50-36.00.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers 1.00-
2.00 lower.
VEALERS—Prime 58.00-61.00;
Choice 54.50-58.50; Good 49.00-
56.00; standard 45.00-52.00.
SHEEPCoupIe lots Good 80-95
95 lbs. Spring Lambs steady at
35.00-
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, Junes
Reported receipts of 388 head of
horses; market steady with last
weeks market.
Load Virginia riding horses,
175 - 240.
Load Oklahoma riding horses,
135 - 200.
Load Kansas riding horses, 16S
- 330.
Load Ohio riding horses, 175
295
Load Ohio riding horses, 150 -
250.
Locally consigned work horses,
165 - 240, one pair 600; riding
horses, 130 - 185; mules 150 - 170;
driving horses 140 - 560, few
better horses 240 - 330.
Mare Ponies 10-35; Geldings
10-30, Colts 5-10, Larger Ponies
40 - 70; Killers 8 -10.
Green
Dragon
Livestock Soles
Ephrata, R. D. 3, Pa.
Walter Rlsser, 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.
!, Saturday, June 10, 1972
Monday,June 5
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 877 247 1042 172
Last
Week
Last
Year 1403 245 1042 199
CATTLE—Compared to last
Wednesday, Slaughter Steers
steady, instances 25 lower; Cows
weak to 50 lower; Bulls steady to
50 lower. Supply included 542 in
afternoon auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1050-1350 lbs.
37.50- couple lots 1480-1500
lbs. 37.10-37.35; Choice 950-1400
lbs. 35.75-37.85, 30 head 1425-1515
lbs. 35.25-36.60; high-Good and
low-Choice 34.75-36.00; Good
33.50- Standard and low-
Good 32.00-34.00.
COWS—Utility and high
dressing Cutter 28.00-29.60, few
30.00- Cutter 26.00-28.50;
Canner and low-Cutter 24.75-
26.50.
BULLS—Choice 34.00-36.00;
Good 32.00-34.00; Utility and
Commercial 32.00-34.60, couple
34.75-35.50.
VEAL CALVES—Prime 60.00-
63.00; Choice 55.00-60.00; Good
50.00- Standard 45.00-52.00;
Utility 41.00-45.00.
SHEEP—Spring Lambs steady
to 50 lower; ewes scarce.
SPRING LAMBS—Choice 70-96
lbs. 36.00-37.50; Good 32.00-36.00
143 726
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, June 6
331 Head Cattle
Compared with last Tuesday’s
market, slaughter steers steady
to 50c higher. Slaughter cows 25c
to 75c 'higher. Slaughter bulls
strong to $1.50 higher.
Steers: Choice 1,000 - 1,150
pound 36.10 - 37.10, couple to
37.25; Good 34.00 - 35.85; Stan
dard 32.60 - 33.60; Utility 30.50 -
32.35.
Heifers: Good (few) 32.75 -
36.35; Utility and Standard (few)
30.00 - 32.75.
Cows: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 28.75 - 30.60, few
to 31.60; Cutters 27.25 - 28.75;
Canners 25.00 - 27.25; Shells down
to 23.00.
Bulls: Good 35.35 - 36.75; Utility
and Commercial 33.25 - 37.75,
individual at 38.25; Cutters (few)
30.25 - 31.60.
209 Head Veal Calves
Vealers about steady
Prime 57.00 - 61.00; Choice 54.00
- 57.00; Good 52.00 - 55.00;
Standard 51.00 - 53.00; Utility 90 -
120 pounds 46.00 - 50.00; 70 - 85
pounds 39.00 - 44.00.
Farm Calves: Bulls 80 - 115
pounds 47.00 - 59.00; Heifers 80 -
180 pounds 57.00 - 79.00.
8 Sheep
Choice 80 - 90 pound spring
slaughter lambs (few) 36.00 -
38.25; Good 65 - 70 (few) 34.00 -
35.50.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
Lancaster
Market
HOLIDAY
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 717-4424181
Box 100
Paradise, Pa.
10 mi. East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Kenneth E. Hershey, Sales Manager
Market, Auctio
Composite
Report
Lancaster County
Friday Weekly, June 9
Lancaster, vintage and New
Holland Markets
Cattle Calves
This Week 5300 14(k)
Last Week 4410 1180
Last Year 5032 1260
CATTLE—Slaughter Steers 25-
75 higher; Cows steady to weak,
instances 5*3 lower; bulls strong
to 50 higher, Utility and Com
mercial at full advance. Supply
included an estimated 65 per cent
Slaughter Steers, 12 per cent
Cows, 10 per cent Bulls, with the
balance mainly Feeder Steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 950-1325 lbs.
37.75-39.25; Choice 950-1375 lbs.,
few head 1400-1500 lbs. included,
36.25-38.75; high-Good and low-
Choice 35.00-36.75; Good 33.50-
36.00; Standard and low-Good
31.35-34.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS—
Choice 750-1000 lbs. 34.00-36.00,
few head Choice and Prime 36.00-
37.25; Good 700-900 lbs. 31.10-
34.00.
COWS—Utility and high
dressing Cutter 28.00-30.00, few
30.10-31.35; Cutter 27.00-29.00;
Canner and low-Cutter 24.75-
27.25.
BULLS—Choice 34.00-36.50,
few 36.50-37.35, Good 31.75-34.50;
Utility and Commercial 32.50-
36.00, few 36.00-37.35.
VEAL CALVES-Vealers
uneven, Choice and Prime
generally 1.00-2.00 lower, in
stances 4.00 lower than last
week’s high time; Utility to Good
steady to weak.
VEALERS—Prime 58.00-62.00,
few head 62.00-65.50; Choice
54.00-59.00; Good 49.00-54.00;
Standard 42.00-50.00; Utility 85-
120 lbs. 38.00-44.00,65-85 lbs. 34.00-
40.00.
RETURNED TO FARM—
Bulk 90-120 lbs. 54.00-63.00, few
63.00-65.00.
Local Grain
Thursday,June 8
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 com which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, June 8,1972 are
as follows:
Bid
Ear Corn 39.00
Shelled Corn 1.37
Oats (local) 100
Oats
(western) » .71
Barley 1.01
Wheat 1.41
+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.
Tuesday. June 6
Cattle Calves Hogs
Today 1421 586 346
Last Week 1205 476 359
Last Year 975 501 654
SHEEP—Today, 47; Last
week, 32; Last year, 55.
CATTLE—The largest receipts
in the history of Vintage Sales
Stables. Slaughter Steers steady
to strong, instances 25 higher;
Cows steady, instances 50 lower;
Bulls strong to 50 higher with
Utility and Commercial at full
advance. Supply included 15 per
cent Cows and 10 per cent Bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1000-1400 lbs.
37.75-38.85, 10 head 39.00-39.50;
Choice 950-1400 lbs. 36.00-38.00,
few Choice 1425-1565 lbs. 36.00-
37.25; high-Good and low-Choice
34.50-36.00; Good 33.50-36.00;
Standard and low-Good 32.00-
34.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS—
Choice 34.00-36.00, few 36.00-
36.75; Good 32.00-34.50; Utility
and Commercial 32.50-35.00, few
35.50-36.75.
VEAL CALVES-Vealers
steady to strong, instances 2.00
higher on Choice and Prime.
VEALERS—Prime 61.00-63.00,
few head 63.50-65.50; Choice
57.00-61.00; Good 51.00-
57.00; Standard 45.00-52.00;
Utility 90-120 lbs. 40.0045.00,65-85
lbs. 34.0040.00
RETURNED TO FARM—Bulk
90-120 lbs. 54.00-63.00, few 63.00-
65.00.
SHEEP—Market not reported.
Regional Hay Prices
For Southeastern and
South Central
Pennsylvania
Monday,June S
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the farm
price per ton).
Old crop hay slow, steady to
weak. Some dealers buying little
or none. New crop hay market
not fully established.
Old Crop Alfalfa, few 38.00-40.00
Old Crop Timothy hay 25.00-30.00
Old Crop Mixed hay 30.00-35.00
Straw 20.00-28.00
Mulch 17.00-20.00
New Crop Alfalfa 20.00-32.00
New Crop Mixed hay 18.00-20.00
West Nottingham Auction
Rt. 276, Rising Sun, Ml
Offered-f
45.33
1.56
1.10
Calves: 80 -115 pounds, 50.00 -
66.00; 115 - 140, 53.50 - 62.00; 140 -
240, 50.50 - 60.50.
.97
1.26
1.59
Cows: Good Commercial, 26.00
- 30.00; Culls down to 24.00.
Feeder Heifers: 28.00 - 30.00.
Feeder Bulls: 28.00 - 34.00.
Goats: Little, 14.00 per head;
milk, up to 42.00 per head.
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, Pemia.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager PhoM: 717-3M-ZIM
Vintage
Auction
Monday, June 5
n News
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, Junes
Cattle Calves Sheep
1039 366 21
Today
Last
1377 439 30
Week
Last
Year
1188 377 21
CATTLE—Compared to last
Thursday, Slaughter Steers 50-75
higher, instances 1.00 higher;
Cows steady to weak, instances
50 lower; Bulls strong to 50
higher. Supply included 18 per
cent Cows and 19 per cent Bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1000-1325 lbs.
38.35- Choice 950-1375 lbs.
36.35- high-Good and low-
Choice 35.50-36.75; Good 33.75-
36.00; Standard and low-Good
31.35-
COWS—Utility and high
dressing cutter 28.25-30.50, few
30.50-31.35; Cutter 26.75-29.00;
Canner and low-Cutter 24.75-
27.25.
BULLS—Choice 34.75-36.50,
few 36.50-37.35; Good 31.75-34.50;
Utility and Commercial 32.50-
36.00, few 36.25-37.35.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers weak
to 1.00. instances 2.00 lower.
VEALERS—Prime 59.00-62.00,
few 62.00-63.50; Choice 54.00-
59.00; Good 50.00-54.00; Standard
42.00- Utility 85-120 lbs.
38.00-
SHEEP—Spring Lambs mostly
steady on small supply.
SPRING LAMBS—Good and
Choice 60-85 lbs. 34.00-39.50, one
lot Choice 44 lbs. 42.00.
Monday, June 5
Calf Receipts 106. Market
Steady. Choice and Prime 58-
62.50; Standard 45-52; Good and
Low Choice 52-58; Common 35-45.
Monday, June 5
Thirty five loads of hay and
straw sold as follows; Alfalfa 33;
Mixed hay 28-53; Timothy 28.50-
48; Straw 31.50-42.50.
Green Dragon
Hay Market
Friday, June 2
27 loads hay, including: Few
loads Alfalfa, 35.00 - 42.00; few
loads Timothy, 27.00 - 43.00;
Mixed hay, 26.00 - 38.00.
21 loads straw, 28.50 - 34.00.
One load corn, 41.00.
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