—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13. 1973
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Local Livestock
Lancaster
Market
Monday, October 8
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 1240 161 790 83
Last
Week 778 99 1177 109
Last Year 720 188 646 125
CATTLE: Supply included 589
in afternoon auction.
MARKET NOT REPORTED
DUE TO HOLIDAY.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday. October 9
234 Head Cattle
Compared with last weeks
market, slaughter cows mostly
50c, spots $1.50 lower.
STEERS: Good and Choice
44.00 - 46.10; Standard 42.00 -
43.50; Utility (few) 40.50 - 41.85.
HEIFERS: Choice (few) 43.85 -
44.35.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 36.10 - 38.75,
couple to 39.60; Cutters 34.85 -
37.10; Canners 32.35 - 34.60; Shells
down to 29.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice (couple)
48.00 - 48.60; Good (few) 44.50 -
46.75.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 900 -
1350 pound slaughter bulls 42.00 -
44.60; 1-2 1400 - 1700 44.00 - 46.00.
210 Veal Calves
Choice (few) 70.00 - 75.00; Good
64.00 - 69.00; Standard (few) 60.00
- 65.00; Utility 90 - 120 pounds
53.00 - 58.00; 70 - 85 pounds 46.00 -
53.00.
Farm Calves: Holstein bulls 90
-120 pounds 56.00 - 65.00; Holstein
heifers 70 - 85 61.00 - 69.50 ; 90 -150
71.00 - 90.00.
21 Sheep
Good 55 - 65 pound wooled
slaughter lambs 31.50 - 32.50.
Local Grain
Thursday, October 11
These prices are made up of the
average prices quoted by five
participating local feed and gram
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 gram prices
quoted Thursday, October 11,
1973, are as follows;
Bid-1- Offered+
Ear Corn, Old 60.00 71 50
Ear Corn, New 46.00 54.00
Shelled Corn 2.45 2.68
Oats, Local 1.15 1.35
Oats,
Western
Barley
Wheat
1.69 1.81
2.02 2.27
3.85 4.09
-t-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.
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.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, October 9
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 658 743 46
Last Week 778 623 50
Last Year 765 777 31
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday, slaughter steers 50-1.00
higher; cows fully steady, in
stances 50 higher; bullocks weak
to 1.00 lower; bulls strong to 1.00
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 950-1175 lb.
45.75-47.10; Choice 950-1300 lb.
43.60-46.75, few 46.8547.25, with a
couple 48.2549.00; few Choice
1350-1500 lb. 39.5043.00; high
Good and low Choice 43.0045.25;
Good, including around 30 head
1250-1500 lb. Holsteins, 42.00-
44.10; Standard and low Good
40.0042.10.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
head Choice 44.75-45.75, couple
47.50-48.75.
■ COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 35.00-38.00,
couple 38.25-38.85; Cutter 34.75-
37.25; Canner and low Cutter
QO 7K.OK Kft
BULLOCKS: Few Choice 44.25-
49.25; Good 43.25-44.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 11150-1600
lb. 45.00-47.35, few 49.50-49.75,
with a couple 50.60-51.25; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 41.60-45.50.
VEAL CALVES
strong to 1.00 higher
VEALERS: Prime 80.00-86.00,
couple 87.00-89.00; Choice 74.00-
80.00; Good 67.00-74.00; Standard
61.00-67.00; Utility 90-120 lb. 52.00-
61.00, 70-90 lb. 48.50-51.00, one lot
59 lb 39 50.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-125 lb. Holstein heifers 76.00-
80.50, Utility Holstein heifers 90-
1151 b. 65.00-71.50; bulk 100-115 lb.
Holstein bulls 77.50-80.50, one lot
123 lb. 70.00, Utility 90-125 lb. bulls
60.50-66.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs and
slaughter ewes mostly steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 60-
90 lb. 34.00-37.50.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 14.00-17.00.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, October 8
Reported receipts of 370 head of
horses and ponies; market
stronger than last weeks market.
Load Kansas riding horses, 160
- 355.
Local work horses 275 - 400;
driving horses 160 - 380; riding
horses 150 - 210; better horses 250
- 460.
Killers: Lightweight 8-11;
heavyweight 18 - 25.
Mare ponies 10-40; colts 5 -15,
geldings 10 - 35; larger ponies 40 -
75
AUCTIONS mokes the difference in
morketing livestock!
New Holland makes the difference
in auctions!
MONDAY 10 30 A M. FAT HOGS and SHOATS
2 30P.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 1230 PM.
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES INC.
New Holland, Penna.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager Phone: 717-354-3431
Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, October 10
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 512 114 447 56
Last
Week 1007 97 447 63
Last Year 771 117 278 14
This Week’s
Auction 282
Last Week’s
Auction 713 133, 420 58
CATTLE: Compared to last
Wednesday, slaughter steers
mostly steady; cows steady to
1.00 lower; bullocks and bulls SO
LDO lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1300 lb. 44.25-46.25,
Choice 1300-1425 lb. 41.50-44.75;
high Good and low Choice 42.50-
45.00; Good 41.25-44.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-37.00, few
37.00-37.50; Cutter 34.00-36.00;
Canner and low Cutter 32.00-
34.00.
BULLOCKS; Good 43.00-45.00,
few Choice 45.00-46.25.
BULLS; Yield grade 11000-1600
lb. 43.75-45.25, few 47.00-48.50;
yield grade 2 1000-1400 lb. 40.75-
43.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
strong to 1.00 higher.
VEALERS: Prime 77.00-84.00,
few 84.00-87.00,14 head 260-300 lb.
88.00-90.50; Choice 72.00-78.00;
Good 67.00-72.00; Standard 60.00-
67.00; Utility 70-110 lb. 46.00-55.00.
Vealers
SLAUGHTER CALVES:
Choice 27(p400 lb. 52.50-58.50;
Good 47.00-53.00.
SHEEP; Wooled lambs 4.00-
5.00 higher.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 75-
100 lb. 36.50-38.50; Good 30.50-
35.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 14.50-18.50.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, October 10
Reported receipts of 130 cows, 8
heifers, 2 bulls; market steady
with last weeks market.
Load Vermont cows, fresh, 510 -
890.
Load New York State cows,
fresh, 620 - 855; springers, 560 -
950.
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
660 - 930.
Load Pennsylvania cows,
fresh, 555 - 660; springers, 650 -
850.
Load Franklin County cows,
fresh, 590 - 750; springers, 785 -
865.
Delaware herd dispersal, 51
head, all stages of production, 400
- 940.
Locally consigned cows, 390 -
1000.
Springing heifers, 365 - 560.
Bulls 440 - 510.
Thursday. October 11
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 926 478 6
Last Week 686 546 23
Last Year 1092 534 18
CATTLE: Compared to last
Thursday, slaughter steers
steady to 1.00 lower, instances
2.00 lower on Choice over 1300 lb.;
cows 3.00-4.00 lower; bullocks
1.00-1.50 lower; bulls 1.00-2.00
lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1200 lb. 43.25-46.00, few
46.7547.50; Choice 1200-1300 lb.
42.0045.00, 1300-1425 lb. 41.00-
42.10, one lot yield grade 4&5 1270
lb. 40.75; high Good and low
Choice 950-1250 lb. 41.0044.50, few
1250-1400 lb. 38.8541.50; Good
41.0044.00; Standard and low
Good 39.0042.25.
COWS; Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-35.50, few
35.50-36.60; Cutter 32.00-34.75;
Canner and low Cutter 29.85-
32.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 44.50-
46.75; Good 41.7544.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 11000-1600
lb. 43.2545.00, few 46.2546.60;
yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 40.00-
44.75.
144 443 66
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady to 1.00 lower.
VEALERS: Prime 76.00-85.00,
few 85.00-89.00; Choice 68.00-
76.00; Good 62.00-70.00; Standard
58.00-63.00; Utility 90-120 lb. 50.00-
59.00, 65-85 lb. 45.00-50.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient volume
for a market test.
Choice and Prime 72-82.50;
Standard 56-65.50; Good and Low
Choice 66-71.50; Common 40-
55.50.
23 loads of Hay and 3 loads of
straw sold as follows; (prices per
ton)
Alfalfa, five loads 40.00-70.00;
Timothy, five loads 40.00-51.00;
Mixed hay 37.00-50.00, in
dividual’s 65.00 and 84.00; Ear
Corn, five loads 50.00-59.00.
A report from Penn State of
weekly weather conditions for the
week ending October 8.
In Lancaster, the average
temperature for the week was 62
degrees, 3 degrees above the
normal average for the time of
year; weekly high was 80
degrees, low 39 degrees.
Precipitation for the week
totaled .33 inches; rainfall from
April 1 totaled 23.66 inches, or -
1.88 inches less than normal.
There is a problem for people
who live in glass houses they
just might as well answer the
doorbell
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, Inc.
PARADISE, PENNA.
BULLS, STEERS, BUTCHER COWS,
LAMBS AND VEAL CALVES
SOLD ON COMMISSION
SALE EV|RY 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
New Holland
Auction
Monday, Oct. 8,1973
Calf Receipts 114
Monday, Oct. 8,1973
Ag Weather Report
Glass Houses
Composite
Report
Friday Weekly, Oct. 12
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
steady to 1.00 lower,instances
2.00 lower on Choice over 1300 lb.;
cows 3.00-4.00 lower; bulls and
bullocks 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply
included an estimated 30 per cent
slaughter steers, 20 per cent cows
and bulls, with the balance
mainly feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 950-1175 lb.
mainly on Tuesday 45.75-47.10;
Choice 950-1200 lb. 43.25-46.50, few
46.50-47.50; Choice 1200-1300 lb.
42.0045.00, 1300-1500 lb. 39.50-
42.50; high Good and low Choice
950-1200 lb. 41.00-44.50, few 1250-
1400 lb. 38.8541.50; Good, in
cluding around 35 head 1250-1500
Holsteins, 41.0044.00; Standard
and low Good 39.0042.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
head Choice 44.7545.75, couple
47.5048.75.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-36.00, with
sales early part of the week at
36.50-38.00; Cutter 32.00-35.00;
Canner and low Cutter 29.85-
33.00. *
BULLOCKS: Choice 44.50-
46.75, couple 48.00-49.25; Good
41.75-44.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 11000-1600
lb. 43.25-46.00, few 46.00-47.50,
with a couple on Tuesday 50.60-
51.25; yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb.
40.00-44.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady, instances 1.00 higher on
high Choice and Prime. Demand
fair for calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime -77.00-84.00,
few 84.00-87.00, around 20 head
250-300 lb. 88.00-90.50; Choice
70.00-78.00; Good 66.00-72.00;
Standard 60.00-67.00; Utility 90-
120 lb. 52.00-61.00, 65-85 lb. 45.00-
51.00, one lot 59 lb. 39.50.
SLAUGHTER CALVES:
Choice 270-400 lb. 52.50-58.50;
Good 47.00-53.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-125 lb. Holstein heifers 76.00-
80.50, Utility Holstein heifers 980-
115 lb. 65.00-71.50; bulk 100-115 lb.
Holstein bulls 77.50-80.50, one lot
123 lb. 70.00, Utility 90-125 lb. bulls
60 50-66.00.
COMPLETE
LIVESTOCK
BUYING SERVICE
Specializing in order buying
of Stockers & Feeders
Frank Oussinger
livestock order buyer
Phone:(7l7 ) 397-7539
MARTIN LIVESTOCK
Washington Boro. Pa. 17582
Office Phone (717) 872-5491
John Bowman
, Phone: (717) 653-5728
Cattle Calves
4400 14%
4189 1388
4450 1700