—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. January 19. 1974
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Local Livestock Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Market
Monday,January 14
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
171 17V 717 28
Last Monday
CM 141 Ml 18
Last Year
m 127 114 221
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday, slaughter
steers grading Choice and
Prime 2.50-3.50 lower,
Standard to average Good
50-1.00 lower; cows 50-1.00
higher; bulls 50-1.00 lower.
Supply included about 792 in
afternoon auction.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1150-
1350 lb. 48.50-49.85; Choice
950-1350 lb. 47.00-49.25,
several mainly yield grade 2
49.35-49.85, four head 50.25-
50.75; high-Good and low-
Choice 44.85-47.50; Good
41.60-45.75; Standard and
low-Good 38.50-41.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 900-1050 43.7544.85;
Good 40.6043.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 32.50-34.00,
few 34.25-35.75; Cutter 31.00
33.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950
1250 lb. 44.85-46.50, couple
47.50- Good 43.25-45.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1200-1800 lb. 45.50-48.00,
several 48.00-48.85, couple
1310-1510 lb. 50.00-51.60,
individual 2065 lb. 53.35;
yield grade 2 1000-1600 lb.
42.50- few 41.50-42.50.
FEEDER STEERS:
Around 80 head Choice 925-
1075 lb. with Good to low-
Choice slaughter finish 47.50
48.50, few 47.00-47.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
fully steady.
VEALERS; Prime 78.00-
83.00; Choice 70.00-78.00;
Good 62.00-72.00; Standard
52.00-62.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
40.0046.00, 65-85 lb. 35.00-
40.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs SO
LDO lower.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice
75-105 lb. 39.00-41.00, few
41.50-42.00; Good 60-100 lb.
34.00-39.00.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, January 14
Reported receipts of 544
head of horses, mules and
ponies. Market steady with
last week’s market.
Load Kansas riding hor
ses, 160-350.
Load Tennessee riding
horses, 175-480.
Load North Carolina work
horses, 355-520.
Locally consigned work
horses, 425-660; mules 140-
240; driving horses 180-450;
riding horses 175-225; better
horses 240-315.
Lightweight killers 18-22;
heavyweight killers 23-25.
Mare ponies 20-45; colts 10-
20; geldings 20-40; larger
ponies 55-110.
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
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, January IS
Cattle Calves Sheep
575 500 8
Today
Tuesday 786 847 12
Last Year 845 604 8
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday, slaughter
steers uneven, Choice and
Prime 2.00*3.00 higher,
Standard and low-Good no
more than steady to strong;
cows 1.00 to mostly 1.50
higher; bulls strong to 50
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS,:
Choice 950-1325 lb. 48.50-
52.50, few 52.75-53.75; mixed
Good and Choice 48.00-50.00;
Good 44.00*48.00; Standard
and low-Good 39.00-42.50, few
low-Stanciard 36.50-39.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-925 lb. 44.0046.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.00-34.50,
few 34.75-35.75; Cutter 31.00
34.00; Canner and low-Cutter
30.00-31.25.
BULLOCKS: Good and
Choice 900-1200 lb. 45.00
47.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 45.50-48.75, few
49.1050.00; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 43.50-45.50,
individual 2005 lb. 44.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
fully steady, instances 1.00
higher on Good and Choice,
although Prime not fully
tested.
VELAERS: Choice 68.00
75.00, couple Prime 76.00
81.00; Good 60.00-66.00;
Standard 48.0055.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 40.00-47.00, 6555 lb.
35.0040.00, few 55-65 lb. 33.00
34.50.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Few 100-120 lb. Holstein
heifers 55.00-63.50, few
Utility Holstein heifers 80-110
lb. 45.00-52.50; 85 head 100-
125 lb. bull calves 57.00-62.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient
volume for a market test.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, January 16
Reported receipts of 84
cows, and 22 heifers. Market
steady with last week’s
market.
Load Pennsylvania cows
fresh 530-725; springers 580-
670.
Load Pennsylvania cows
fresh 750-1050; springers 830-
900.
Load New York State cows
fresh 595-1030-springers 675-
730.
/ Load Lucerne County cows
.springers 435-590.
Locally consigned cows
385-830.
Springing Heifers 380-585.
Open Heifers 260-310.
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
Lebanon
Valley
Livestock
Tuesday, January 15
Cattle 294
Compared with last
Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers grading Good &
Choice steady to $1.50
higher. Slaughter cows $1.50
to $3 higher. Slaughter bulls
about steady. Few High
Choice & Prime slaughter
steers 48.00-49.50, Choice
1000-1200 pounds 48.10-50.00,
individual at 50.85, Good
44.25-46.00, few Standard
40.85-41.75. Choice slaughter
heifers 42.00-43.60, few
Standard 40.0041.50. Utility
& High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 34.50-36.25,
Cutters 32.50-34.00, Canners
30.00-32.75. Few Choice
slaughter bullocks 45.85-
49.10, Good 43.8545.50, few
Standard 42.8543.60. Yield
Grade 1-2 1500-1800 pounds
slaughter bulls 44.7546.25.
235 Calves
Vealers about steady; Hol
stein heifer calves to $25
lower. Few Prime vealers
68.00-74.00, Choice 66.00-
71.00, Good 55.00-61.00, few
Standard 50.00-52.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 40.00-45.00, 70-
85 35.00-39.00. Farm calves,
Holstein bulls 90-130 45.00-
57.00; few Holstein heifers
80-150 50.0068.00.
Local Grain
Thursday, January 17
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
com which'is per ton.
The average local grain
prices quoted Thursday,
January 17, 1974, are as
follows:
Bid+ Offered+
Ear Com, New
64.00 73.00
Shelled Com
2.94 3.16
Oats, Local
1.25 1.45
■Oats, Western
1.93 ' 2.11
Barley 2.54 2.81
4.34 4.57
Wheat
Soybeans 5.41 5.90
•4-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.
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2:30 P.M. —Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows & Veal
Horse SaIe—MONDAY at 10:00 A.M.
Hay, Straw & Ear Com —MONDAY 11:00 A.M,
Dairy SaIe—WEDNESDAY at 12:30 P.M.
Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows & Veal—Thursday
at 12:30 P.M.
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Abram W Diffenbach, Manager Phone 717-354-4341
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, January If
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
774 77 MO 17
Last Week
182 2* m If
Last Year
81f 120 252 fO
Wed.’s Auction
72f 94 f2B 17
Last Wed.’s Auction
489 50 414 IS
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday, slaughter steers
uneven, high-Choicc and
Prime mostly steady, low to
average Choice strong to 50
higher, Standard and low-
Good 50-1.00 higher; cows SO
LDO higher; bulls 50-1.00
lower; around 135 Good to
low-Choice slaughter steers
sold as feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1000-
1400 lb. 48.85-49.85; Choice
950-1300 lb. 47.60-49.85, load
Choice yield grade 2 1200-
1250 lb. 50.75-51.60; high-
Good and low-Choice 1050-
1325 lb. 46.50-47.50; Good
42.25-46.75; Standard and
low-Good 39.10-42.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Choice 850-1000 lb. 43.50-
45.35; Good 38.50-43.00.
CPW& and high
dressing Cutter 32,75-35.75,
few 36.10-36.50; Cutter 32.25-
34.75; Canner and low-Cutter
29.7561.75. ‘ ~ "
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1250 lb. 47.00-48.35; Good
44.00-46.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 44.00-45.85, few
46.25-47.85, couple 50.00-
50.75; yield grade 21000-1500
lb. 42.50-44.50, few 41.50-
42.50.
FEEDER STEERS: Load
Choice and Prime 960-1025
lb. with Choice slaughter
finish 49.50t50.35; around
four loads Choice with Good
to low-Choice slaughter
finish 950-1125 lb. 47.2548.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-
82.00; Choice 68.50-77.50;
Good 60.50-70.00; Standard
49.00-59.00; few Utility 40.00-
45.00.
SHEEP; Small supply
wooled lambs about steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice
105-120 lb. 37.50-38.50.
Regional
Hay Prices
Monday, January 14,1974
(All hay No. 2 and better
prices paid by dealers at the
farm price per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady.
Alfalfa 55.00-60.00
Mixed Hay 40.00-50.00
Timothy Hay 30.0040.00
Straw 35.00-38.00
Mulch 20.00-26.00
New Holland
Auction
Tbanday» January 17
Cattle Calves Sheep
1026 512 14
Today
Last Thur
sday
Last Year
396
400
806
916
CATTLE: Compared to
last Thursday, slaughter
steers uneven, Choice and
Prime 2.004.00 lower, with
Choice yield grade 4-5 fully
4.00 lower. Standard and
Good steady to 2.00 lower;
cows unevenly steady; bulls
1.00-2.00 lower with bullocks
mostly 4.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1100-
1325 lb. 48.7549.50; Choice
950-1300 lb. 46.7549.00, few
49.25-50.75, Choice 1175-1425
lb. yield grade 4-5 44.50-
47.00; high-Good and low-
Choice 46.0048.00; Good
42.0047.00; Standard and
low-Good 38.0042,50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 875-1050 lb. 42.75-
44.25.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.5065,50,
few 35.7566.75; Cutter 32.00-
35.00; Canner and low-Cutter
29.0062.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1200 lb. 44.25-46.00, few 46,00-
47.50; Good 41.75-44.25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. with a few 1600-
2000 lb. 44.75-47.00, few 47.50-
48.10, individual 49.85; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 42.50-
44.50, few 41.00-42.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-
82.00; Choice 68.00-77.00;
Good 59.00-67.00; Standard
50.00-60.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
38.0045.00, 65-85 lb. 36.00-
40.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient
volume for a market test.
Monday, Jan. 14
Calf Receipts -107
Choice and Prime 68-77;
Standard 47-67; Good and
Low Choice 63-67.50;
Common 2046.50.
Monday, Jan. 14
91 loads of hay and 25 loads
of straw sold as follows:
(prices per ton)
Alfalfa 44.00-86.00, one at
100.00; Timothy 35.0047.00;
Mixed hay 33.00-75.00; Hay, 2
loads 36.00 and 41.00; Grass
hay, 2 loads 36.00 and 68.00;
Clover 35.00-62.00; Straw
40.00-55.00; Com Fodder, one
load at 46.00; Ear Cora, 4
loads 74.00-76.00.
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Inc.
PARADISE, PENNA.
BULLS, STEERS, BUTCHER COWS,
LAMBS AND VEAL CALVES
SOLD ON COMMISSION'
SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 MOON
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Every Saturday At 9: OO A.M.
Every Wednesday At 9; 00 A.M.
For Marketing Information
Phone Area Code 717-442-4181
Box 100 Paradise, Pa
lO mi East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Composite
Report
Weekly, January It
Cattle Calves
This Week 3400 1300
Last Week 3841 1225
Last Year 3557 1350
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
uneven, high-Choice and
Prime 2.00-4.00 lower,
Standard and Good steady to
2.00 lower; cows closed the
week mostly steady;
bullocks 2.00-4.00 lower;
bulls 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply
included an estimated 35 per
cent slaughter steers, 30 per
cent cows, 15 per cent bulls,
, with the balance mainly
feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
High-Choice and Prime 1000-
1400 lb. 48.50-49.85; Choice
950-1300 lb. 46.7549.00, few
49.25-50.75, several on
Tuesday 52.50-53.75; high-
Good and low Choice 46.00-
48.00; Good 42.0047.00;
Standard and low-Good
39.5042:50, few low-Standard
36.50-39.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-1050 lb. 42.75-
46.00; Good 38.50-43.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 32.75-35.50,
few 35.75-36.75; Cutter 32.00-
35.00; Canner and low Cutter
29.00-32.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1250 lb. 44.25-47.00, few 47.50-
48.35; Good 41.75-44.25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 44.00-47.00, few
47.00-50.00, six head 50.00-
53.35; yield grade 21000-1500
lb. 42.50-45.00, few 41.00-
42.50.
FEEDER STEERS: Load
Choice and Prime 960-1025
lb. with Choice slaughter
finish 49.50-50.35; around 170
head Choice with Good to
low-Choice slaughter finish
950-1125 lb. 47.25-48.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
unevenly steady. Demand
fair for calves returned to
farm.
VEALERS: Prime 78.00-
82.00; Choice 68.00-77.00;
Good 59.00-67.00; Standard
48.0049.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
40.0047.00, 65-85 lb. 35.00-
40.00, few 55-65 lb. 33.00-34.50.
Green
Dragon Hay
Friday, January 11
29 loads bay, including:
Alfalfa, few loads 49.00-
95.00; Timothy 35.0047.50,
one load 63.00; Mixed hay,
few loads 41.00-64.00; Clover,
one load at 65.00; Subble hay,
one load at 56.00.
Four loads straw, few
loads 44.00-54.00.
Corn, two loads 74.00 and
78.00.