—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20, 1973
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Local Livestock
Lancaster
Market
Monday, October 15
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 1121 133 707 110
Last
Week 1240 161 790 83
Last Year 747 189 685 161
CATTLE: Compared to last
Wednesday, slaughter steers
uneven, yield grade 2-3 50-1.00
lower, yield grade 3-5 1.00-1.50
lower; cows steady to 1.00 lower;
bulls and bullocks 50-1.00 lower.
Supply included 694 in afternoon
auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 950-1250 lb.
yield grade 2-3 43.25-44.35, 1150-
1375 lb. yield grade 3-5 40.35-
43.10, Choice 950-1300 lb. yield
grade 2-3 43.00-44.35, few 44.75-
45.35, Choice 1100-1300 lb. yield
grade 3-5 41 25-43 35; high Good
and low Choice 1000-1300 lb. 41.50-
43 50; Good 1100-1300 lb. 40.50-
42.75, one lot Standard 41.35.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-37 00, few
37.00- Cutter 33.00-35.50;
Canner and low Cutter 31.00-
33 00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 43.50-
46.50, couple 47.00-47.50; Good
39 25-43.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 11150-1650
lb. 43.00-46 25, few 46.50-47.10,
couple 48.60-49.75, five head 1900-
2100 lb. 46 50-47.35; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 40.50-43.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady, although Prime
scarce.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-83.00,
few 83.00-86.00; Choice 72.00-
78.00; Good 67.00-72.00, Standard
60.00-
SHEEP; Wooled lambs mostly
1.00 lower; slaughter ewes steady
to 1.00 lower
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 75-
1001 b. 34.00-35.50, few 35.50-36.50;
Good 30.00-34.00
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 14.00-17.00
Local Grain
Thursday, October 18
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 corn which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, October 18,
1973, are as follows:
Bid+ Offered+
Ear Corn, Old 60.00 71.66
Ear Corn, New 49.00 57.00
Shelled Corn 2.37 2.61
Oats, Local 1.10 1.32
Oats,
Western 1.63 1.74
Barley 2.00 2 21
Wheat 3.38 4.01
+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
BBB— i
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 16
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 722 706 19
Last Week 658 743 46
Last Year 782 752 45
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday, slaughter steers 50-1.00
lower, instances 2.00 lower,
mainly on Prime; cows steady,
instances 50 higher; bulls 1.00-
2.00 lower. Supply included 35 per
cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1075-1325 lb.
43.00-44.50, couple 45.25-45.50;
bulk Choice 950-1350 lb. 42.50-
45.50, several mainly yield grade
2 46.50-48.25, with yield grade 3-5
40 00-43.00; Good 41.50-43.25;
Standard and low Good 39 00-
41.75
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-1000 lb. 42 50-45 75,
couple 46.50-47.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 35 50-37.75, few
38.00-38.50; Cutter 34.50-37.50;
Canner and low Cutter 3175-
34.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 11100-1600
lb. 43.00-45.25, couple 46.60-48 75,
individual 1540 lb. 55 25; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 41.85-43.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Couple
loads Choice 950-1100 lb. with
Good to low Choice slaughter
finish 42.00-44.75; around 35 head
970-1000 lb Holsteins 41.85-42.00.
VEAL CALVES- Vealers 1.00-
2 00 lower.
VEALERS; Prime 78.00-83.00,
couple 85.00-86.00; Choice 70.00-
78 00; Good 66.00-71.00; Standard
61 00-66.00; Utility 90-120 lb. 50.00-
59.00, 65-85 lb. 43.50-50.00, one lot
59 lb. 39.75.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Holstein heifers 90-120 lb. 77.50-
84.00, Utility heifers 80-105 lb.
62.00- bulk 90-125 lb. bull
calves 73.00-79.50, one 25-head lot
102 lb. 83.00; Utility 90-115 lb.
59.00- with a couple lots BO
SS lb. 54.50-55.00.
SHEEP: Small supply wooled
lambs mostly steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: Few Choice
80-95 lb. 35.00-39.00, couple head
50 lb. 43.00-45.00; Good 50-85 lb.
26 00-30.00.
Green Dragon Hay
Friday, October 12
18 loads hay, including: Few
loads Alfalfa 65.00 - 70.00; few
loads Timothy 36 50 - 49.00, one
load 58 00; few loads Mixed hay
37.00 - 53 00, one load Clover
37.00.
9 loads straw 39.00 - 43.00.
7 loads corn, few 48.00 - 50.50,
few 67.00 - 71.00
Wife Picking
I chose my wife, as she did her
wedding gown, not for a fine,
glossy surface, but such qualities
as would wear well.
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 AM.
DAIRY SALE —WEDNESDAY at 12:30 P.M.
FAT STEERS, BULLS, COWS & VEAL THURSDAY
at 12-30 PM
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES INC.
New Holland, Penna.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager Phone: 717-354-4341
Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, October 17
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 767 89 400 27
Last Week 512 114 447 56
Last Year 958 Hi' 348 55
This Week’s
Auction 343 89 387 26
Last Week’s
Auction 282 144 443 66
CATTLE: Compared 'to
Monday, slaughter steers steady
to strong; cows mostly steady;
bulls steady to weak.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1200 lb. yield grade 2-3
43.00- couple 45.50; Choice
yield grade 3-5 950-1300 lb. 41.35-
43.35, Choice 1300-1460 lb. yield
grade 2-4 40.50-42.50, Good 40.75-
43.00; Standard and low Good
40.00- 75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-1000 lb. 42.00-44.00,
Good 40.00-42.25
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.75-36.60, few
38 00-38.85; Cutter 33.50-35.85.
BULLOCKS - Choice 44 00-
45.00; Good 41.50-43.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1500
lb 42.00-44.00, few 44.10-46.35,
couple 1500-1630 lb. 48.00-49.85;
yield grade 2 40.75-43.25.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 79.00-84.00,
Choice 73.00-79.00; Good-63.00-
73.00.
SHEEP: Few Good 55-75 lb.
wooled lambs steady at 28.50-
33 50.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, October 16
308 Head Cattle
Compared with last weeks
market, slaughter steers and
bulls $1 to $2 lower. Slaughter
cows mostly steady, spots 50
cents higher.
STEERS: Choice 1000 - 1150
42.50 - 44.10; Good 42.25 - 44.60;
individual at 45.60; Standard
39 75 - 42.50.
HEIFERS: Utility and Stan
dard (few) 39.75 - 39.85.
COWS; Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 36.75 - 38.85;
Cutters 35.00 - 37.00; Canners
32.25-34.50; Shells down to 25.00.
BULLOCKS: Good 43.50 - 44.35;
High Yield Good 45.00 - 47.00;
Standard 42 50 - 43.50.
BULLS: Yield-Grade 1-2 1200 -
1550 pounds 43.00 - 44.00.
227 Head Veal Calves
Choice (few) 70.00, Good (few)
64.00 - 70.00; Standard (few) 61.00
- 67.00, Utility 90 - 120 pounds
52.50 - 58.50; 70 - 85 43.00 - 50.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls
70 - 85 pounds 50.00 - 55 00; 90 -135
53.00 - 72.00; Holstein heifers 70 -
85 pounds 55 00 - 65.00 ; 90 - 135
70.00 - 86 00.
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, October 18
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 631 505 2
Last Week 926 478 6
Last Year 1133 510 17
CATTLE: Compared to| last
Thursday, slaughter steers weak
to 1.00 lower, most decline on
Choice and Prime yield grade 3-
5; cows 1.00-2.00 higher; bulls
weak to 1.00 lower; bullocks
scarce.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
head Prime yield grade 3-4 1175-
1325 lb. 41.00-42.00; Choice 950-
1300 lb. yield grade 2-3 43.00-45 50,
few 45.75-46.75, yield grade 3-5
41.25-43.50; Choice mainly yield
grade 3-5 1300-1475 lb. 40.00-42.00,
few 39.00-40.00; Good 41.00-43.75;
Standard 40.00-41.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 35.50-37.50,
several 37.75-38.75; Cutter 33.50-
36.25; Canner and low Cutter
31.75-33.50.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice 44.50-
45.75, couple 47.00-47.25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1000-1600
lb. 43.00-44 25, couple 44.75-45.85,
couple 2195-2275 lb. 43.75-44.60;
yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 40.00-
43.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady to 1.00 lower, Prime
scarce.
VEALERS: Few Prime 78.00-
84 00; Choice 69.00-76.00; Good
63.00-69.00; Standard 57.00-63.00;
Utility 90-120 lb. 50.00-57.00, 65-85
lb. 45.00-50.00.
SHEEP: No market test.
Monday, October 15
Calf Receipts - 84
Choice and Prime 73-82;
Standard 61-66.50; Good and Low
Choice 67-72.50; Common 45-
60.50.
Monday, October 15
19 loads of hay and 8 loads of
straw sold as follows (prices per
ton):
Alfalfa, 2 loads 64.50 and 87.50;
Timothy, one load at 29.00; Mixed
Hay 32.00-54.50; Clover, one load
at 45.00; Hay, few loads 40.00-
51.50; Straw, 8 loads 33.00-51.00;
Ear Corn, 4 loads 53.00-67.50.
Ag Weather Report
A report from Penn State on
weather conditions for the week
ending October 15.
In Lancaster, the average
temperature for the week was 59
degrees, three degrees above the
normal for the time of year;
weekly high was 73 degrees, low
43 degrees.
There was no rainfall recorded
for the week; rainfall from April
1 totaled 23.66 inches, or -2.62
inches less than normal.
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
Composite
Report
Friday Weekly, October 19
Cattle Calves
4200 1450
4628 1496
5131 1567
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
uneven, yield grade 2-3 50-1.00
lower, with yield grade 3-5 1.00-
2.00 lower; cows closed the week
1.00- higher; bulls and
bullocks weak to 1.00 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 1075-1325 lb.
43.00- few 45.00-45.50, few
yield grade 3-5 41.00-42.00; bulk
Choice 950-13501 b. 42.50-45.50, few
mainly yield grade 2 45.75*48,25,
with yield grade 3-5 40.00-43.00;
Choice 1300-1450 lb. yield grade 2-
4 40,00-42.50, few 39.00-40.00;
Good 40.50-43.50; Standard and
low Good 39.00-41.75
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-1000 lb. 42.00-44.00;
Good 40.00-42.25.
COWS- Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.75-37.50,
several 37.75-38.85; Cutter 33.50-
36.25; Canner and low Cutter
31.75-34.00.
BULLOCKS; Choice 43.50-
45.75, few 46.00-47.50; Good 39.50-
43.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 11100-1600
lb. 43.00-45.00, few mainly early
part of week 46.00-47.50, around
15 head 1900-2300 lb. 45.00-48.50,
individual 1540 lb. 55.25; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 40.00-43.50.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers 1.00-
200 lower, Prime and Choice
supply scarce. Demand good for
calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-84.00,
few 85.00-86.00; Choice 69.00-
78.00; Good 63.00-70.00; Standard
57.00- Utility 90-120 lb. 50.00-
59.00, 65-85 lb. 43.50-50.00, one lot
59 lb. 39.75; bulk 90-120 lb.
Holstein heifers 77.50-84.00, few
85.00-
RETURNED TO FARM:
Utility heifers 80-105 lb. 62.00-
67.50; bulk 90-125 lb. bull calves
73.00-79 50, one 25-head lot 102 lb.
83.00; Utility 90-115 lb. 59.00-60.00,
with a couple lots 80-85 lb. 54.50-
55.00.
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