—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 27, 1973
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Local Livestock
Lancaster
Market
Monday. October 22
Cattle Cal\ es Hogs Sheep
Today 1539 161 763 64
Last
Week 1121 133 707 110
Last Year 808 217 888 226
CATTLE Supply included 684
in afternoon auction.
MARKET NOT REPORTED
DUE TO HOLIDAY
Green Dragon
Livestock Sale
Dairy Cow Show and Sale
Friday, October 19
The grand champion, shown by
Norman Kolb, Lancaster, was
purchased by Marvin Eshleman,
Strasburg, for $2,600. The grand
champion was the first place dry
Holstein
Other placings, consigners,
buyers and prices paid were:
Holstein Dry Cows
First - grand champion, second
- cow shown and purchased by
Melvin Kolb, Lancaster, $2,850;
third - shown by Kolb, purchased
by Ken Brown, Lancaster, $2,600,
fourth - shown by Kelly Bowser,
Worthington, to Kolb for $1,580.
Holstein Fresh Cows
First - Cow shown by Alfred
Albright, Landisburg, purchased
by Glenn Fite, Quarryville for
$1,200, second - shown by Kolb,
to Raymond Smucker, Narvon
RDI, $1,100; third - shown by
Albright, purchased by Charles
Myers, Lancaster, $975; fourth -
by Sam Kennedy, Mars, to
Myers, $1,500.
Mixed Breed Class
First - Shown by Kelly Bowser,
Worthington, to Norman Kolb,
$900; second - shown by Albright,
sold to Myers, $B2O, third and
fourth - shown by Kolb, sold to
Myers, for $950 and $770.
Guernsey Class
First - Shown by Bowser, sold
to Kolb, $575; second - shown by
Kolb, to Wilbur Price, Mt Bethel,
$590, third - shown by J. R.
Zimmerman, Plainfield, sold to
J. Aaron Hoover, Denver RDI,
$670, fourth - shown by Robert
Kennedy, Gibsonia, to Fred
Potteiger, Carlisle, $490.
Judges for the show were
Herbert Dickerson, Mt. Hope,
Ontario, Canada; Marvin
Eshleman, Strasburg, and Paul
B. Zimmerman, Ephrata RDI
Manager of the show and sale
was Walter Risser, Palmyra
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LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile east of
Fredericksburg
along Route 222
PHONE JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday at
1 30 PM starting with
feeder cattle and pigs
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, October 23
Cattle Calves Sheep
1048 703 28
Today
Last Week 722 706 19
Last Year 1140 820 57
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday, slaughter steers
uneven, mostly 1.00-2.00 lower,
with some sales Choice and
Prime 1300-1550 lb. yield 3-5 off
4 00, cows 1 00-1.50 lower, bulls
strong to 1.00 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1100-1300 lb.
yield grade 2-4 41 7544.50, 1300-
1450 lb yield grade 3-5 39.75-
42 00; bulk Choice yield grade 24
950-1300 lb 40.504 4 50, several
mainly yield grade 2 45.0046.50,
yield grade 3-5 39.0041.00; Choice
1300-1530 lb yield grade 2-3 40.00-
43 50, yield grade 3-5 35.0040.00;
Good 100043501 b 41.0042.50, load
Good 1340-1540 lb Holsteins 40.10-
40.85; Standard and low Good
1000-1400 lb 40 0042 00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-36.25, few
36.25-37.00, Cutter 33.00-35.00;
Canner and low Cutter 30.00-
33.00
BULLOCKS: Choice 44.75-
47 25, individual 49 00; Good
41 75-44.25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1600
lb. 43 50-46.75, few 47.00-48.00,
individual 1785 lb. 49.85; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 41.75-43.75.
VEAL CALVES- Vealers 1.00-
2.00 lower with the decline mainly
on Utility.
VEALERS: Prime 78 00-82.00,
few 84.00-86.00, Choice 69.00-
77.00; Good 62.00-69.00; Standard
57.00- Utility 85-115 lb. 50.00-
57.00, 70-85 lb. 37.00-46.00, few 60-
70 lb. 31.00-36.00
RETURNED TO FARM:
Holstein heifers 90-120 lb. 65.00-
67 00 Utility heifers 80-105 lb.
49.00- bulk 90-125 lb. bulls
71.00- one 25-head lot 122 lb.
62.50
SHEEP: Slaughter lambs fully
steady.
WOOLED LAMBS- Choice 60-
90 lb 30 00-36.00, few head 65.75
lb. new crop lambs 45.00-49 00.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, October 24
Reported receipts of 102 cows,
14 heifers, market steady with
last weeks market
Load New York state springers
535 - 820
Load Vermont cows, fresh, 590 -
855
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
770 - 880
Load Pennsylvania cows,
fresh, 550 - 750
Maryland herd dispersal, 40
head, all stages of production, 300
- 690
Locally consigned cows 430
940
Springing heifers 380 - 580
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 TOO Paradise, Pa
10 mi East of Lancaster on Rt 30
Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, October 24
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 886 79 399 43
Last Week 767 89 400 27
Last Year 771 108 426 19
This Week’s
Auction 657 148 407 62
Last Week’s
Auction 343 89 387 26
CATTLE - Compared to last
Wednesday, slaughter steers
1.00-2.00 lower, instances 4.00
lower on weights over 1300 lb.;
cows 50-1.00 lower, instances 1.50
lower on Utility; bulls 50-1.00
higher. Supply included 657 in
afternoon auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1100-1325 lb
40.85-43.00, Choice 950-1200 lb.
41 75-43.50, few 43.50-44.00;
Choice 1200-1400 lb. yield grade 2-
3 40.00-43.00, 1200-1400 lb. yield
grade 3-5 38.75-40 00, 1400-1560 lb.
yield grade 3-5 35.00-38 75, one lot
1500 lb. 32.00; Good 39.75-42.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-1000 lb. 41 60-43.35;
Good 36.50-40.60.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.50-36.50;
Cutter 32.00-34.50; Canner and
low Cutter 30.00-43.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 44.75-
46.35; Good 40.25-44.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1600
lb. 44.0047.75, few 47.7548.75,
couple 1800-1900 lb. 49.7549.85,
yield grade 2 1200-1800 lb. 41 00-
43 75.
VEAL CALVES • Vealers
strong to 2 00 higher
VEALERS; Prime 81 00-86.00,
few 86.00-70.00; Choice 75.00-
81.00; Good 64.00-74.00; Standard
58.00-64.00
SHEEP: Wooled lambs fully
steady
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 75-
85 lb. 34.00-35.50, Good 30.00-
32 00.
Local Grain
Thursday, October 25
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 ear
corn which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, October 25,
1973, are as follows;
Bid+ Offered+
Ear Corn, Old 60.00 72 50
Ear Corn, New 49.50 57.50
Shelled Corn 2 34 2 66
Oats, Local 1.08 130
Oats,
Western
Barley
Wheat
1.62 1.75
2.00 2 26
3 78 4 06
+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
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, October 25
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 961 499 22
Last Week 631 505 2
Last Year 658 458 13
CATTLE: Compared to last
Thursday, slaughter steers 1.00-
2 00 lower; cows 1.00-1.50 lower;
bulls and bullocks 1.00-2 00
higher. Supply included 28 lots of
six steers in the show and sale.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1100-1275 lb.
42 00-43.25, few yield grade 4-5
38.60-40 00, Choice 950-1300 lb
40.50-43 75, few mainly yield
grade 2 43.75-44.50, several yield
grade 4-5 38.00-40.50; Choice 1300-
14501 b yield grade 4-5 34.00-38 50,
few mainly yield grade 3 39 50-
40 50, Good 40.00-42 00; Standard
and low Good 37.75-41.00.
(SHOW AND SALE): All sales
made in lots of six. Lot Choice
and Prime yield grade 2-3 1220 lb.
50.00; high Choice and Prime
1225-1310 lb. yield grade 3-5 41.25-
42 85; Choice yield grade 2-31090-
1370 lb. 43 7545 75, Choice yield
grade 34 41.60-43.25, lot Choice
yield grade 4-5 1265 lb. 40.50, five
lots 910-1020 lb. with Choice
slaughter finish sold as feeders at
44.2545.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-36.50, few
36.50-37.60; Cutter 32.50-35 00;
Canner and low Cutter 30.00-
32 60, few 29.50-30.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 46.50-
48.00, few 49.0049.75; Good 42.50-
45.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1800
lb. 44 7548 00, several 48.00-49 75,
three head 50 75; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 42.7545.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Around 50
head Choice and Prime with
Choice slaughter finish 950-1050
lb. 44.00-45.60
VEAL CALVES; Vealers
mostly steady, although Utility
2 00-3.00 lower.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-82 00,
few 84.00-87.00; Choice 70.00-
76.00; Good 63 00-7/3 00; Standard
56.00-63.00; Utility 90-120 lb. 45.00-
52.00, 65-85 lb 39.00-45 00.
SHEEP; Insufficient volume
for a market test.
Ag Weather Report
A report from Penn State on
weather conditions for the week
ending October 22.
In Lancaster, the average
temperature for the week was 51
degrees, -3 degrees below the
normal average for the time of
year, weekly high was 74
degrees, low 33 degrees
Rainfall for the week totaled .08
inches, rainfall from April 1
totaled 23.74 inches, or -3 31 in
ches less than normal.
Two Sides?
He who knows only his own
side of the case knows little of
that
AUCTIONS
New Holland
in auctions!
MONDAY 10 30 A M FAT HOGS and SHOATS
2 30 PM 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: 717-354-4341
Composite
Report
Friday, Oct. 2G
Cattle Calves
5600 1450
5100 1461
4981 1629
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
1 00-2.00 lower, instances 4.00 off
on yield grade 3-5 over 1250 lb.;
cows 1.00 -1.50 lower; bulls and
bullocks 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply
included an estimated 30 per cent
slaughter steers, 15 per cent cows
and bulls, with the balance
mainly feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 1100-1325 lb
40 85-43.00, several on Tuesday
43 00-44.50, 1300-1450 lb. yield
grade 3-5 38.60-42.00; Choice 950-
1300 lb. 40.50-43.50, few mainly
yield grade 2 44.50- 46.50, yield
grade 3-5 38.00-40.50; Choice 1300-
1560 lb. yield grade 3-5 35.00-39.00,
one load 1500 lb. 32.00; Good 39.75-
42.50; load Good 1340-1540
Holstein included at 40.10-40.85;
Standard and low Good 37.75-
4100
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-1000 lb 41.60-43.35;
Good 36.50-40.60.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.00-36.50, few
36 50-37 60; Cutter 32.50-35.00;
Canner and low Cutter 30.00-
33 00, few 29.50-30.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 90(1-1250
lb 44.75-47.25, few 48.00-49.75,
Good 40.25-45.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1800
lb. 44.00-48.00, several 48.00-49.85,
three head 50.75; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb 41.00-43.75, few to
45.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady, although Utility
1.00-3.00 lower. Demand fair for
calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-84.00,
few 86.00-90 00; Choice 72.00-
78 00, Good 62.00-70.00; Standard
56 00-64.00, Utility 85-115 lb. 45.00-
52.00, few to 57.00, 70-85 lb 37.00-
46.00, few 60-70 lb. 31.00-36 00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Holstein heifers 90-120 lb 65.00-
67 00, Utility heifers 80-105 lb.
49 00-55.00, bulk 90-125 lb bulls
71 00-77 50, one 25-head lot 122 lb.
62 50
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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
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