—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 6, 1973
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Local Livestock Market
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, January 3
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 913 109 359 83
Last week 939 98 782 48
Last year 515 120 184 35
This weeks
Auction 911 125 331 33
Last weeks
Auction 877 108 729 45
CATTLE Slaughter Steers
50-1.00 higher; Cows 50-1.00
lower; Bulls 50-75 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High-Choice and Prime 1100-1350
lbs. 39.25-40.10; Choice 950-1250
lbs. 38.00-40.00, one lot 40.50;
Choice 1250-1475 lbs. 36.25-39.50;
high-Good and low-Choice 1100-
1400 lbs. 36.75-38.35, few Good
34.75-37.00; Standard and low-
Good 33.75-35.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 750-950 lbs. 36.50-38.10, few
Prime 38.50-38.85; Good 33.00-
35.00.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 27.00-29.00;
Cutter 25.25-27.25; Canner and
low-Cutter 24.00-26.00.
BULLS Choice 38.25-39.60;
Good 34.85-38.25; Utility and
Commercial 34.85-39.00, few
39.00-39.85.
VEAL CALVES Vealers 1.00-
2.00 higher.
VEALERS Prime 69.50-
72.00; couple 72.50-74.50; Choice
64.00-70.00; Good 56.00-63.00;
Standard 48.00-57.50.
SHEEP Wooled Lambs fully
steady.
WOOLED LAMBS Choice SO
HO lbs. 32.00-33.50.
New Holland
Dairy Cattle
Wednesday, January 3
Reported receipts of 55 cows, 5
heifers, 3 bulls; market lower
than last weeks market.
Load Pennsylvania cows,
fresh, 495 - 680.
Load Pennsylvania springers,
360 - 500.
Load Franklin County cows,
fresh, 415 - 630; springers, 440 -
565.
Load Vermont cows, fresh, 420 -
665.
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
585 - 600.
Local Cows, 325 - 570.
Springing heifers, 285 - 365.
Bulls, 360 - 485.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, January 4
No market report available.
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.
Lancaster
Market
Tuesday, January 2,1973
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 166 78 580 213
Last week 68 85 1381 269
Last year 171 5 0 0
CATTLE Insufficient
volume Slaughter classes for
market test; no report sales
Feeder Steers.
VEAL CALVES Vealers 1.00-
2.00 lower.
VEALERS Prime 67.00-
69.00; Choice 60.00-67.00; Good
55.00-60.00.
SHEEP Wooled Lambs
steady to 50 lower; Ewes scarce.
WOOLED LAMBS Choice 70-
100 lbs. 31.50-33.50; Good 29.00-
31.50.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, January 2
306 Head of Cattle
Compared with last weeks
market, slaughter steers grading
Standard and Good steady to 50c
higher. Slaughter cows steady to
75c lower. Slaughter bulls 25c to
ViicrfiAY*
STEERS: High Choice (few)
40.00 - 40.50; Choice 950 - 1250
pounds 37.60 - 39.25; Good 36.00 -
39.10; Standard 34.10 - 35.50;
Utility 33.00 - 34.00.
HEIFERS: Utility (few) 30.85 -
33.00.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutters 27.60 - 29.10,
couple to 29.85; Cutters 26.50 -
28.00; Canners 23.60 - 26.35; Shells
down to 22.50.
BULLS; Choice (few) 37.85 -
39.00; Good 36.35 - 38.60; Utility
and Commercial 34.50 - 38,50;
Cutters (few) 32.75 - 33.75.
307 Head of Veal Calves
Prime 63.00 - 65.00; Choice 59.00
- 63.00; Good 55.00 - 58.00;
Standard 50.00 - 54.00; Utility 90 -
120 pounds 40.00 - 47.00; 70 - 85
pounds 35.00 - 38.50.
FARM CALVES: bulls $2
higher.
Bulls 85 - 120 pounds 47.00 -
68.00; Heifers 85-150 pounds 55.00
- 77.00.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday,January I
Reported receipts of 270 hor
ses; market stronger.
Load Kansas riding horses, 105
- 185; pair work horses, 710.
Local work horses, 225 - 390,
pair 425-455; driving horses, 130 -
295; riding horses, 135 - 200;
better horses, 205 - 260; killers, 10
- 12.
Mare ponies, 15-30; colts, 5-8;
geldings, 10-25; larger ponies, 40
- 60.
AUCTIONS mokes 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: 717-354-2194
Composite
Report
Weekly, January 5
Lancaster, Vintage and
New Holland Markets
Cattle Calves
This week 3000 1400
Last week 2688 1200
Last year 2745 1447
CATTLE Slaughter Steers 50
higher, instances 1.00 higher on
weights over 1250 lbs.; Cows 1.00-
2.00 lower; Bulls strong to 50
higher. Supply included an
estimated 35 percent Slaughter
Steers, 30 percent Cows, 15
percent Bulls, with the balance
mainly Feeder Steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High-Choice and Prime 975-1350
lbs. 39.25-40.35; Choice 950-1250
lbs. 38.00-40.00, few 40.00-40.50,
around 15 head high-Good to low-
Prime 950-1225 lbs. yield grade 2
and 3 40.50-41.35; Choice 1250-1425
lbs. 36.25-39.50; high-Good and
low-Choice 36.75-38.75, around
two loads 1325-1425 lbs. 35.50-
36.50; Good 35.00-38.00; Standard
and low-Good 333.50-35.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 750-950 lbs. 36.50-38.10, few
Prime 38.50-38.85; Good 33.00-
35.00.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 26.50-28.75, few
28.75-29.75; Cutter 24.50-27.50;
Canner and low-Cutter 22.75-
25.50.
BULLS Choice 37.75-39.50,
few 39.50-40.10; Good 34.75-38.00;
Utility and Commercial 34.75-
39.00, few 39.00-40.25.
VEAL CALVES Vealers
mostly steady; Good demand for
Calves returned to farm.
VEALERS Prime 68.00-
72.00, couple 72.50-74.50; Choice
63.00-69.00; Good 53.00-63.00;
Standard 47.00-55.00; Utility 90-
120 lbs. 39.00-46.00,65-85 lbs. 36.00-
40.00, one lot 59 lbs. 26.25.
Local Grain
Thursday, January 4
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, January 4,
1973, are as follows:
Bid+ Offered+
Ear Com 41.00 47.00
Shelled Com 1.72 1.92
Oats, Local .90 1.12
Oats, Western 1.27 1.36
Barley 1.31 1.54
Wheat 2.04 2.33
+Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer
delviered to the mill. Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for at
his mill.
, Auction News
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday,January 2
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 908 682 416 22
Last week 858 631 1228 20
Last year 864 658 431 6
CATTLE Compared to last
Tuesday, Slaughter Steers
steady, instances 50 lower on
weights over 1250 lbs.; Cows
mostly 2.00 lower; Bulls mostly
steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
High-Choice and Prime 1100-1300
lbs. 39.25-40.00; Choice 950-1250
lbs. 38.25-39.85, around ten head
Choice and Prime 40.00-40.85;
Choice 1250-1420 lbs. 37.25-39.50;
high-Good and low-Choice 37.00-
38.60; Good 35.00-37.25; Standard
and low-Good 33.75-35.50.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 26.75-28.50, few
28.75-29.75; Cutter 24.50-27.35;
Canner and low-Cutter 22.75-
24.75.
, BULLS Choice 38.50-40.10,
few 40.50-41.10; Good 36.00-38.60;
Utility and Commercial 34.60-
38.60, few 39.00-40.00.
VEAL CALVES —Vealers 1.00-
2.00 lower; good demand for
Calves returned to farm. Supply
included 366 graded Calves.
VEALERS Prime 66.00-
69.50, few 70.00-71.00; Choice
59.50-66.00; Good 53.00-60.00;
Standard 45.00-53.00; Utility 90-
120 lbs. 40.00-46.00,65-85 lbs. 36.00-
40.00, one lot 59 lbs. 26.25.
RETURNED TO FARM
Bulk 90-125 lbs. Holstein Heifers
74.00-80.00; bulk 90-120 lbs. Bull
Calves 59.00-64.50.
Oklahoma City
Thursday, January 4
Estimated Receipts 7,200
Same Day Last Week 3,359
Same Day Last Year 6,204
Active, compared to late last
week, feeder cattle and calves
50c to 1.00 higher; majority
receipts Good and Choice 400-750
pound steers and 350-650 pound
heifers; large attendance buyers.
Sales as of 12:30 P.M.
FEEDER STEERS: Choice,
few Prime 300-400 pound 56.50-
59.00; 400-500 50.00-57.00, short
load 437 pound bull calves 57.80;
500-600 47.50-51.75 ; 600-700 45.25-
49.75, part load 654 pound at
50.20; 700-800 44.75-48.80, largely
46.00- 800-918 40.20-45.70,
mostly 41.80-45.00; part load 797
pound at 48.20; mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 48.50-54.75; 500-660
43.00- few Good 400-565
42.75-47.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS; Good
277-400 pound 44.00-48.25; 559-700
40.90-42.00; 700-900 39.40-41.60.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice,
few Prime 300-400 pound 44.00-
47.00, small lot 369 pound at 49.00;
400-500 43.00-45.25; 500-600 41.00-
44.25, small lot 521 pound at 45.00;
600-700 40.50-42.90; two small lots
704-722 40.90-41.60; and small lot
891 pound at 39.40; mixed Good
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.
Box 100
VEAL CALVES Good
demand for Vealers with most of
the Calves under 120 lbs. being
sold to return to farm.
VEALERS Prime 68.00-
72.00; Choice 63.00-69.00; Good
54.00-63.00; Standard 47.00-54.00;
few low-Utility 75-115 lbs. 34.00-
40.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES -
Choice 350-450 lbs. 44.00-48.00;
Good 300-450 lbs. 39.00-45.00.
Monday,January 1
Calf Receipts - 69
Choice and Prime 62-70;
Standard 51-56.50; Good and Low
Choice 57-61.50; Common 35-
50.50.
Monday, January 1
50 loads of hay and 25 loads of
straw sold as follows: (prices per
ton)
Alfalfa, few loads 59.00-81.00;
Timothy 30.50-51.00, few loads
62.00- Mixed hay 35.00-70.00,
one load at 78,00; Clover, one load
at 61.00; Grass Hay 29.50; Straw
34.00- Com, 5 loads 42.50-
48.50.
PARADISE, PENNA.
For Marketing Information
Phone Area Code 717-442-4181
Paradise, Pa.
10 mi. East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Kenneth E. Hershey, Sales Manager
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, January 4
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 885 525 18
Last year 831 401 0
Last year 691 419 3
CATTLE Trends on
Slaughter Cattle not comparable
due to market not being reported
last week; very good demand for
Slaughter Steers, good demand
for bulls, with early fair demand
for Cows. Supply included 44
percent Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS - High
Choice and Prime 975-1325 lbs.
39.25- Choice 950-1350 lbs.
33.25- few 40.00-40.50, ten
head high-Good to low-Prime 950-
1225 lbs. yield grade 2 and 3 40.50-
41.35; mixed-Good and Choice
950-1300 lbs. 36.75-38.75 around
two loads 1325-1425 lbs. 35.50-
37.50; Good 36.00-38.00; Standard
and low-Good 33.50-35.75.
COWS Utility and high
dressing Cutter 26.50-28.75, few
28.85-29.25; Cutter 25.50-27.50;
Canner and low-Cutter 23.50-
25.50.
BULLS Choice 37.75-39.35,
few 39.60-40.00; Good 35.50-38.00;
Utility and Commercial 34.85-
38.50, few 38.50-39.25, couple
40.00-40.35.
md Choice 300-500 39.75-43.00;
100-900 36.75-40.00.
COMPLETE
LIVESTOCK
81/YING SERVICE
Specializing in order buying
of Stockers & Feeders
, Frank Dussinger
livestock order buyer
.. Phone: (717)397-7539
MARTIN LIVESTOCK
Washington Boro, Pa. 17582
Office Phone (717) 872-5491
John Bowman
Phone; (717) 653-5728