Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, August 19, 1972, Image 2

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    —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19, 1972
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Local L
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, August 16
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 845 85 364 31
Last Week 1076 120 387 33
Last Year 922 106 450 55
This Weeks
Auction 719 91 366 34
Last Weeks
Auction 1004 122 347 37
CATTLE—Compared to
Monday, Slaughter Steers
unevenly steady, instance 25
higher on high-Good and Choice;
Cows 50higher; Bulls strong to 50
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High-
Choice and Prime 1100-1400 lbs.
37.85-38.50; Choice 950-1250 lbs.
36.00-38.10, 1250-1430 lbs. 35.75-
37.60; high-Good and low-Choice
35.50-36.35; Good 33.85-35.85;
Standard and low-Good 32.60-
34.25.
COWS—Utility and high
dressing Cutter 28.00-29.50, few
29.50-30.10; Cutter 26.35-28.25;
Canner and low-Cutter 23.75-
26 00.
BULLS—Choice 34.25-36.00;
Good 32 50-34 50; Utility and
Commercial 32.00-35.50, few
35.75-36.75.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers
strong to 1.00 higher.
VEALERS—Prime 60.00-63.00,
couple 64.00; Choice 57.00-60.00;
Good 52.00-57.00; Standard 42.00-
50 00; Utility 36.00-45.00.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, August 15
295 Head of Cattle
STEERS: Choice 36.00 - 38.10;
Good 34.50 - 35.85; Standard 33.00
- 34 25.
HEIFERS - Choice (individual)
34.25 and 35.60, Good (few) 31.10-
33 50.
COWS: Utility (individual)
27 85 - 29.60; Cutter 26.00 - 28.00;
Canner 23.10 - 25.85; Shells down
to 21.00.
BULLS: Choice (few) 36 85 -
37.00; Good 34.50 - 37 00, Utility
and Commercial 31 50 - 35.50;
Cutter (few) 29.10 - 31.00
210 Head of Veal Calves
Prime (few) 58.00 - 62 00;
Choice (few) 56.50 - 58.00; Good
(few) 48 00 - 56.00; Standard
(few) 44.00 - 48 00; Utility 90 -120
pounds 39 00 - 45.00 , 70 - 85 pounds
37 00 - 41.00.
FARM CALVES: Bulls 80 -110
pounds 41.00 - 52.00, Heifers 90 -
120 pounds 55.00 - 68.00.
21 Head Sheep
Choice 70 - 110 pounds (few)
29 00 - 32 50; Good 60 - 90 27.00 -
28 00.
EWES' (few) 5 00 - 5 50,
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET. INC.
1 mile east of
Fredericksburg
along Route 222
PHONE JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday at
1:30 P.M. starting with
feeder cattle and pigs.
ivestock Market, Auct
Lancaster
Market
Monday, August 14
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 781 147 793 167
Last Week 620 213 821 166
Last Year 660 291 955 144
CATTLE—Compared to last
Wednesday, Slaughter Steers
weak to 50 lower; Cows strong to
50 higher; Bulls fully steady.
Supply included 643 in afternoon
auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1100-1375 lbs.
37.60-38.85; Choice 950-1325 lbs.
36.00-38.10, few 35.60-36.00; high-
Good and low-Choice 34.50-36.10;
Good 33.60-35.50; Standard and
low-Good 32.35-33.00.
COWS—Utility and high
dressing Cutter 27.25-29.35;
Cutter 25.75-27.75; Canner and
low-Cutter 23.60-25.50.
BULLS—Good 32.50-34.00;
Utility and Commercial 31.85-
34.60, few 35.00-35.35.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS—
Choice 34.50-36.00, few 36.60-
37.35; good 32.25-34.00.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers 1.00-
3.00 higher.
VEALERS—Prime 60.00-63.00;
Choice 55.00-60.00; Good 49.00-
55.00; Standard 43.00-49.00;
Utility 90-120 lbs. 38.00-45.00,65-85
lbs. 34.00-39.00.
SHEEP—Spring Lambs mostly
steady; Ewes steady.
SPRING LAMBS-Choice 70-95
lbs. 30.00-31.00, few 32.00; Good
60-90 lbs 25.00-30.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES—Utility
and Good 5.00-10.00
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, August 14
Reported receipts of 329 head of
horses, market steady with last
weeks market.
Load Ohio riding horses, 145 -
320.
Load Ohio riding horses, 125 -
285.
Load lowa riding horses, 150 -
455.
Load Kansas riding horses, 95 -
200.
Locally consigned riding
horses 85-190; driving horses 90 -
320; few better horses 210 - 370;
work horses killer way; mules
killer way; Killers 5 - 7.
Mare ponies 5 - 30; geldings 5 -
20; colts 4 -10; larger ponies 35 -
50.
Green Dragon
Hay Market
Friday, August 11
10 loads hay, including; one
load Alfalfa 45.00; few loads
Timothy 30.00 - 45.00; few loads
Mixed hay $O.OO - 60.00.
12 loads straw, 30.00 - 35.50.
One load ear com 49.00.
One load oats, 86c per bushel.
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.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager Phone: 717-354-21 M
Composite
Report
Friday, August 18
Lancaster, Vintage
and
New Holland Markets
Cattle Calves
This Week 4000 1500
Last Week 4557 1566
Last Year 4560 1751
CATTLE—Slaughter Steers
steady to 25, instances 50 lower
than last week’s close; Cows
strong to 50 higher; Bulls steady,
instances 50 higher. Supply in
cluded an estimated 50 percent
Slaughter Steers, 20 percent
Cows, 20 percent Bulls, with the
balance mainly Feeder Steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1025-1250 lbs.
37.85-38.50, few 38.50-38.85, 12
head early part of week 39.00-
39.25; Choice 950-1325 lbs. 36.00-
38.10, few 35.75-36.00; high-Good
and low-Choice 34.50-36.25; Good
33.35-35.50; Standard and low-
Good 31.60-34.25, few early sales
34.50-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS-
Choice 850-975 lbs. 34.50-36.00, few
36.60-37.35; Good 32.25-34.00.
COWS—Utility and high
dressing Cutter 27.00-29.50, few
29.50- Cutter 25.50-28.25;
Canner and low-Cutter 23.50-
25.50.
BULLS—Choice 33.75-36.00,
few 36.50-37.50; Good 31.00-34.00;
Utility and Commercial 31.75-
35.50, few 35.75-36.75.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers
strong to 1.00 higher; good
demand on Calves returned to
farm.
VEALERS—Prime 60.00-63.00,
few 64.00-66.00; Choice 55.00-
60.00; Good 49.00-56.00; Standard
44.00- Utility 90-120 lbs.
38.00- 65-85 lbs. 32.00-40.00.
RETURNED TO FARM—Bulk
85-130 lbs. Holstein Heifers 65.00-
77.00, few 80.00-85.00, 150-200 lbs.
Holstein Heifers 60.00-69.00, bulk
90-120 lbs. Bull calves 49.00-57.00.
Local Grain
Thursday, August 17
These prices are made up of the
average prices quoted by five
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, August 17,1972
are as follows:
Bid+
Offered+
Ear Corn 43.00 49.33
Shelled Corn 1.43 1.58
Oats (local) .74 .93
Oats (western) 1.01 1.08
Barley 1.05 1.27
Wheat 1.56 1.74
+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.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, August 15
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 1121 786 441 63
Last
Week 1317 735 424 51
Last Year 1212 826 559 251
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday, Slaughter Steers
uneven, average-Good to Prime
25-75 lower, Standard and low-
Good strong to 25 higher; Cows
steady to 50 higher; Bulls 50-1.00
higher, most advance on Utility
and Commercial.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High-
Choice and Prime 1025-1375 lbs.
38.00-38.85, 12 head 39.00-39.25,
few 1375-1450 lbs. 37.50-38.50;
Choice 950-1400 lbs. 36.50-38.35;
high-Good and low-Choice 35.50-
37.00; Good 34.35-36.25; Standard
and low-Good 32.60-35.25.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 27.00-29.00, few
29.25-30.10; Cutter 25.50-27.85;
Canner and low-Cutter 23.00-
25.60.
BULLS: Choice 34.75-36.50, few
37.00-37.50; Good 32.75-34.75;
Utility and Commercial 32.75-
35.75, few 36.00-36.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers 1.00-
2.00 higher, instances 3.00 higher
on Utility, an estimated 65 per
cent of the 85-130 lbs. Calves
returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 60.00-63.00,
few 64.00-66.00; Choice 56.00-
60.00; Good 48.00-56.00; Standard
44.00- Utility 90-120 lbs.
41.00- 65-85 lbs. 39.00-41.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
85-130 lbs. Holstein Heifers 70.00-
77.00, few 80.00-85.00, 150-180 lbs.
Holstein Heifers, 60.00-67.00, bulk
90-120 lbs. Bull Calves 49.00-57.00.
Oklahoma City
Thursday, August 17
Estimated Receipts 11,000
Same Day Last Week 10,174
Same Day Last Year 8,587
Moderately active, compared
to late last week, feeder cattle
and calves in thin to moderate
flesh under 600 pound generally
steady; offerings over 600 pound
and fleshy cattle 50c to 1.50
lower; partly fattened steers
over 800 pound 1.50-2.50 lower
with most of these passed out
unsold on the first turn; majority
receipts High Good and Choice
450-825 pound steers and 400-650
pound heifers; fairly large at
tendance buyers.
SALES AS OF 12:30 P.M.
FEEDER STEERS: Choice
300-400 pound 52.00-58.00, few 225-
266 61.50-67.00; 400-500 47.00-49.75;
500-600 44.25-47.50 ; 600-700 41.25-
42.75; 700-800 39.50-43.00, load 769
pound at 43.10 ; 800-900 38.00-41.00,
part load 802 pound at 42.50; part
load fleshy 974 pound at 36.05;
Mixed Good and Choice 300-350
49.00- 400-500 44.00-47.00-
500-600 42.25-44.50; 600-700 40 00-
41.50; 700-800 37.75-39.00; 800-979
34.50-36.75; Good 300-500 42 00-
47.00; 500-700 37.50-41.50; 700-800
36.00- mostly Good 645-853
Holstein steers 34.00-36.50.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
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.
Fof 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
ion News
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, August 17
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1150 473 5
Last Week 1240 484 14
Last Year 1276 498 22
CATTLE—Compared to last
Thursday, Slaughter Steers
steady to weak, instances 25
lower; Cows strong to 50 higher;
Bulls steady to weak. Supply
included 22 percent Cows and 19
percent Bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS—High-
Choice and Prime 1025-1250 lbs.
37.85-38.25, few 38.25-38.60;
Choice 950-1325 lbs. 36.00-38.10,
few 35.75-36.00; high-Good and
low-Choice 34.50-36.00; Good
33.35-35.25; Standard and low-
Good 31.60-33.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS-
Few Choice 850-975 lbs'. 35.25-
35.75.
COWS—Utility and high
dressing Cutter 27.00-29.50;
Cutter 25.50-27.85; Canner and
low-Cutter 23.50-25.50.
BULLS—Choice 33.75-36.00,
few 36.25-37.00; Good 31.00-34.00;
Utility and Commercial 31.75-
34.75, few 35.00-35.60.
VEAL CALVES—Vealers fully
steady, instances 1.00 higher.
VEALERS—Prime 60.00-64.00;
Choice 55.00-60.00; Good 49.00-
55.00; Standard 45.00-50.00;
Utility 90-120 lbs. 38.00-44.00,65-85
lbs. 32.00-39.00.
Monday, August 14,1972
Calf Receipts 110. Choice and
Prime 49-60; Standard 39.50-
43.50; Good and Low Choice 44-
48.50; Common 34-39.
Monday, August 14.1972
Twenty six loads of hay and
straw sold as follows:
Timothy 34-42; Mixed Hay 22-
46; Clover and Alfalfa 43;
Timothy and Alfalfa 50.50;
Timothy and Clover 24-25;
Meadow Grass 27; Straw 28-33;
Oats Straw 35; Ear Corn 47.50;
Bird Foot 30.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS; Choice
300-400 pound 42.00-49.00, small
lot 255 pound at 51.50; 400-500
39.75-42.50; load 446 pound at
42.80 and part load 440 pound at
43.60; 500-600 37.75-41.50, part
load 513 pound at 42.70; small lot
603 pound at 37.70 and small lot
718 pound at 34.40; Mixed Good
and Choice 400-500 38.00-39.50;
500-650 35.50-37.75.
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
PARADISE, PENNA.