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Lancaster.
Market
Monday, June 18
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 1236 104 993 144
Last Week 963 147 661 136
Last Year 1048 152 842 113
CATTLE: Compared to last
Wednesday slaughter steers
uneven, Choice and Prime mostly
steady, Standard and Good
steady to 50 lower; cows steady to
weak, instances 25 lower; bulls
steady to strong, instances 50
higher. Supply included 1043 in
afternoon auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1100-1475 lb.
47.25-48.75; Choice 950-1455 lb.
45.60-47.25, few 47.25-47.60; high
Good and low Choice 44.50-45.85;
Good 41.75-45.25; Standard and
low Good 40.50-42.10.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 800-950 lb. 43.00-44.75;
Good 42.00-43.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 36.00-38.00, few
38.00-38.25; Cutter 34.50-36.50;
Canner and low Cutter 33.00-
34.50.
BULLS: Choice 44.50-45.75;
Good 41.50-43.50; Utility and
Commercial 41.50-44.75, few
45.50-46.60.
FEEDER STEERS: Couple
loads Choice and Prime 1050-1125
lb. with Good to low Choice
slaughter finish 46.50-47.25;
Choice 900-1050 lb. 45.50-46.35;
load Standard and Good 1050-1125
lb. with Standard and Good
slaughter finish 41.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady. Demand fair for
calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 71.00-73.00,
few 74 00; Choice 67.00-71.00;
Good 59.00-67.00; Standard 52.00-
60.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-125 lb. Holstein heifers 80.00-
90.00; Bulk 90-120 lb. bull calves
55 00-65.00.
SHEEP: Spring lambs mostly
steady; ewes steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice 65-95
lb 38.00-40.00; Good 36.00-39.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 12.00-15.00.
Green Dragon Hay
Friday, June 15
17 loads hay, including: One
load Alfalfa 53 00; few loads
Timothy 30.00 - 42.00; few loads
Mixed hay 33 50 - 44.00; one load
Clover 34 00; one load Grass hay
35 00.
11 loads straw 32.00 - 44.00,
5 loads corn 56 00 - 76.00.
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.
June 23. 1973
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, June 19
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1302 531 67
Last Week 1154 588 74
Last Year 1282 667 39
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers 25-50
lower, instances 75 lower; cows
25-75 lower; bulls steady to
strong.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1050-1300 lb.
47.35-48.00, eight head 48.00-48.50;
Choice 950-1350 lb. 45.35-47.50;
high Good and low Choice 44.00-
45.60; Good 42.00-45.00; Standard
and low Good 40.50-41.75, few low
Standard 38.85-40.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 780-950 lb. 43.25-44.85.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 35.50-37.50, few
head 37.60-38.10; Cutter 33.85-
36.25; Canner and low Cutter
32.00-33.85.
BULLS: Choice 43.50-45.00, few
45.00-46.75; Good 41.00-43.00;
Utility and Commercial 40.85-
45.10, several 45.50-47.25.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers fully
steady. Demand fair for calves
returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-73.00,
few 74.00-75.00; Choice 67.00-
72.00; Good 60.00-68.00; Standard
54.00-60.00; Utility 60-110 lb. 45.00-
54.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-125 lb. Holstein heifers 92.50-
95.50; Bulk 90-135 lb. bull calves
69.00-76.00.
SHEEP; Spring lambs 1.00-2.00
lower; slaughter ewes 1.00-2.00
lower.
SPRING LAMBS: Few Choice
60-95 lb. 36.00-39.00, few 40.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility
and Good 11.00-16.00.
Growing Degree
Days, Rainfall
A report from Penn State of
weekly crop and weather
roundups with a report on
weather conditions for the week
ending June 18.
In Lancaster, the average
temperature for the week was 68
degrees, -2 degrees below the
normal average for the time of
year.
Growing degree days for crops
that start at 50-degrees totaled
749 degrees, or 23 degrees more
than m an average year.
Rainfall for the week totaled
1 74 inches; rainfall from April 1
totaled 12.81 inches, or 3.05 inches
more than normal.
AUCTIONS makes the difference in
marketing livestock!
New Holland mokes 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
Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, June 20
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 840 39 308 88
Last Week 1080 130 467 36
Last Year 877 66 469 69,
This Week’s Auc
tion 781 46 312 87
Last Week’s Auc
tion 1164 124 428 44
CATTLE; Compared to
Monday slaughter steers steady,
instances 25 higher on average
Good to average Choice; cows 50-
1.00 lower, instances 1.50 lower;
bulls fully steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1100-1350 lb.
47.25-48.00, few 48.35-48.50;
Choice 950-1325 lb. 45.85-47.35;
high Good and low Choice 44.50-
45.60; Good 41.75-45.00; Standard
and low Good 39.85-41.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-950 lb. 42.75-44.25;
Good 39.50-43.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.85-36.00, few
36.25-36.85; Cutter 33.50-35.50;
Canner and low Cutter 31.75-
33.00.
BULLS: Choice 44.00-45.50;
Good 40.75-43.50; Utility and
Commercial 41.00-44.85, few
45.25-46.25.
VEAL CALVES,
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 72.00-74.00,
Choice 67.00-71.00; Good 59.00-
67.00.
SHEEP; Spring lambs 50-1.00
lower.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice 80-95
lb. 37.00-39.00, few 35-45 lb. 50.00-
55.00; Good 60-90 lb. 32.00-37.00.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, June 19
375 Head of Cattle
Compared with last weeks
market, slaughter steers steady
to 25c higher. Slaughter cows
weak to $1 lower. Slaughter bulls
mostly steady, spots 50c higher.
STEERS: High Choice
(couple) 47.35 and 47.85; Choice
1100 - 1300 pounds 46.10 - 46.85;
Good 44.00 - 45.85; Standard 41.85
- 43.10; Utility 40.00 - 41.50.
HEIFERS: Good 42.25 - 43.50;
Standard (few) 40.35 - 41.85.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 34.75 - 37.60;
Cutters 34.00 - 36.25; Canners
30.85 - 33 50; Shells down to 28.00
BULLS; Good 44.00 - 46.00,
individual at 47.25; Utility and
Commercial 42.00 - 45 75, in
dividual at 48.35, Cutters (few)
38.00 - 40.25.
230 Head of Veal Calves
Choice and Prime (few) 68.00 -
73.00; Good (few) 62.50 - 70.00;
Utility 90 - 120 pounds (few) 46.00
- 55.00
FARM CALVES: Holstein
Bulls 90 -135 pounds 65.00 - 83.00;
Holstein Heifers 90 - 135 pounds
100 00 - 134.00.
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, June 21
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1146 463 25
Last Week 1267 389 28
Last Year 650 155 0
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
steady to 75 higher; cows weak to
1.25 lower; bulls steady to 75
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1050-1300 lb.
47.85-48.85, individual 49.00;
Choice 950-1350 lb. 45.75-47.75;
High Good and low Choice 45.00-
46.50; Good 43.00-45.35; Standard
and low Good 39.75-43.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 880-1060 lb. 44.35-46.35.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 35.25-36.75, few to
38.10; Cutter 33.75-35.35; Canner
and low Cutter 31.75-33.75.
BULLS: Choice 43.25-44,75, few
45.75- Good 41.50-43.75;
Utility and Commercial 40.75-
44.00, with a few to 44.85; Cutter
38.75-
FEEDER STEERS: One load
Good to Choice 545 lb. feeder
heifers 42.00.
Vealers
VEAL CALVES: Vealers 2.00-
3.00 higher. Demand good for
calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 74.00-77.00;
Choice 71.00-74.00; Good 63.00-
70.00; Standard 58.00-65.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 300-500 lb. 40.00-55.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
80-150 lb. bull calves 60.00-85.00;
bulk 70-90 lb. Holstein heifers
70.00-85.00; 95-150 lb. 90.00-120.00.
SHEEP: Slaughter ewes 14,50-
19.00.
Monday, June 18
Calf Receipts -101.
Choice and Prime 69-75;
Standard 60-63.50; Good and Low
Choice 64-68.50; Common 40-
59.50; Back-to-farm calves 50-75.
Monday, June 18
28 loads of hay and 17 loads of
straw sold as follows: (prices per
ton)
Alfalfa 49.00-64.00; Timothy
38.00-52.00; Mixed hay 35.50-
54.00; Clover, few loads 39.50-
53.00; New Grass hay, one load at
30.00; Straw 33.00-44.00; Corn, 2
loads 59.00 and 74.00.
Remove the “tar” on your
hands after peeling sweet
potatoes by rubbing the
hands with cooking shorten
ing and then washing with
soap and water.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
PARADISE, PENNA.
BULLS, STEERS, BUTCHER COWS,
LAMBS AND VEAL CALVES
SOLD ON COMMISSION
SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 NOON
HOG SALES
Every Saturday At 9:00 A.M.
Every Wednesday 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, June 22,1973
Cattle Calves
5000 1150
4044 1253
4177 1043
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
steady to 50 lower; cows 25-1.00
lower; bulls steady to 50 higher.
Supply included an estimated 40
per cent slaughter steers, 15 per
cent cows and 15 per cent bulls
with the balance mainly feeder
steers. This week’s weekly does
not include Thursday’s New
Holland auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1050-1350 lb.
47.25-48.00, few 48.00-48.75;
Choice 950-1455 lb. 45.35-47.50;
High Good and low Choice 44.50-
45.85, few 44.00-44.50; Good 41.75-
45.25; Standard and low Good
39.85-42.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 780-960 lb. 42.75-44.85;
Good 39.50-43.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.85-37.50, few
37.50-38.25; Cutter 33.50-36.25;
Canner and low Cutter 31.75-
33.75.
BULLS: Choice 43.50-45.75; few
46.00-46.75; Good 40.75-43.50;
Utility and Commercial 40.85-
45.10, several 45.25-47.25.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers fully
steady. Demand fair for calves
returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-74.00,
few 74.00-75.00; Choice 67.00-
72.00; Good 59.00-68.00; Standard
54.00-60.00; Utility 60-110 lb. 45.00-
54.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-120 lb. Holstein heifers 92.50-
95.50; bulk 90-135 lb. bull calves
69.00 V 6.00.
Regional Hay Prices
Monday, June 18,1973
(All hay No. 2 and better prices
paid by dealers at the farm price
per ton.)
Little old crop hay to move,
market not fully established on
New crop hay; Straw slow.
Alfalfa (New) 35.00-40.00;
(Old) few 45.00-50.00; Mixed hay
(New) 30.00-35.00; (Old) few
35.00-40.00; Timothy hay (New)
25 00-32.00; (Old 25.00-35.00;
Straw 20-00-30.00; Mulch (New)
10 00-20.00.
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
Office Phone (717) 872-5491
John Bowman
Phone: (717) 653-5728