—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 2. 1974 2 Local Livestock Market, Auction News Lancaster Market Monday, February 25 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Today 453 135 744 142 Last Monday 461 173 631 176 Last Yr6lB 220 875 125 ' CATTLE: Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter steers uneven, small supply Choice 950-1250 lb. strong to 25 higher, other weights and grades mostly steady, although Standard and low- Good Holsteins weak to 1.00 lower; cows fully steady on very small supply; bulls SO LDO lower. Supply included 272 m afternoon auction. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 950-1200 lb. 47.85- 49.25, couple 49.85-50.35; Choice 1200-1300 lb. 47.00- 48.10; higb-Good and low- Choice 45.60-48.00; Good 42.75-46.00; Standard and low-Good 38.00-42.00. COWS; Utility and high dressing Cutter 35.00-36.60; Cutter 32.75-35.00; Canner and low-Cutter 31.50-33.00. BULLOCKS: Few Choice 45.50-46.75, couple 49.25- 49.75; Good 43.00-45.50. BULLS; Yield grade 1 1100-1800 lb. 44.35-46.75, few 47.00-48.35, six head 1835-2310 lb. 44.25-48.00; yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 41.50-45.00. VEAL CALVES; Vealers mostly steady. Demand fair for calves returned to farm. VEALERS; Prime 80.00- 85.00; Choice 72.00-80.00; Good 65.00-71.00; Standard 55.00-62.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 90-120 lb. Holstein heifers 70.00-78.00, with 90- 120 lb. bull calves 62.00-70.00. SHEEP: Wooled lambs mostly steady. WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 70-95 lb 40.00-42.00, few lots 43.00; Good 65-90 lb. 37.00- ■10.00; one lot Choice 70 lb. new crop lambs 58.00, and one lot Good and Choice 40-55 lb. 55.00 HAY MARKETS PAUL 1. MARTIN Wednesday, February 27 69 loads of Hay and Straw sold as follows: Alfalfa 58-89; Timothy 40- 47; Mixed 35-70; Orchard Grass 30-39; Straw 44-52; Com 82.50-86.00. REGIONAL Monday, February 25,1974 (All hay No. 2 and better pnces paid by dealers at the farm price per ton.) Hay & straw steady to $5 lower. Alfalfa 60.00-65.00 Mixed Hay 35.00-50.00 Timothy Hay 30.00-40.00 Straw 35.00-38.00 Mulch 17.00-26.00 GREEN DRAGON Friday, February 22 48 loads hay, including Alfalfa 55 00-86.00; Timothy, few loads 31.00-45.00; Mixed hay 32.50-59.00, few loads to 84.00, Clover, one load at 5100; Orchard Grass, one load at 34 50. 26 loads straw, 43.00-49 00. Com, one load at 90 50. Vintage Auction Tuesday, February 2S Cattle Calves Sheep 575 499 14 Today Last Week 558 591 6 Last Year 1024 559 384 CATTLE; Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter steers unevenly steady to 50 lower, with most sides of Good and Choice to retail trade; cows 50-1.00 lower, although several sales Utility mostly steady; bulls 50-75 lower. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 950-1325 lb. 47.85- 50.10, several 50.25-51.00, with six bead Good and Choice yield grade 2-3 51.25- 52.50; higb-Good and low- Choice 46.50-48.50; Good, including load 1350-1550 lb. Holsteins, 42.25-47.50; Standard and low-Good 40.50-43.00. COWS: Utility and high dressing Cutter 34.25-36.50, few 36.75-37.50; Cutter 32.75- 34.75; Canner and low-Cutter 30.50-32.75. BULLOCKS: Choice 900- 1250 lb. 42.25-46.10; Good 41.25-43.50. BULLS; Few yield grade 1 1400-1700 lb. 46.50-47.75, couple 49.50-51.00; yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 42.00- 44.75. VEAL CALVES; Vealers 1.00-3.00 lower, with slaughter calves 3.00-6.00 lower. VEALERS: Prime 78.00- 82.50; Choice 72.00-77.00; Good 62.00-72.00; Standard 53.00- Utility 75-120 lb. 44.00- few 60-75 lb. 35.00- 36.00. ~ SLAUGHTER CALVES: Choice 375-525 lb. 44.00-47.00; Good 39.00-45.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Few 80-125 lb. Holstein heifers 66.00-78.00, with 75-95 lb. Utility heifers 50.00-61.00; bulk 100-115 lb. bull calves 70.00-71.50, one lot 120-125 lb. 61.50, and one lot 90-95 lb. 58.50. SHEEP: Insufficient volume for a market test, few Choice 60-75 lb. wooled lambs 51.00-53.00. NEW HOLLAND Monday, February 25 53 loads of Hay and 22 loads of Straw sold as follows: (prices per ton) Alfalfa 57.00-90.00; Timothy 32.00-53.00; Mixed hay 42.00-82.00; Clover, 4 loads 30.00-80.00; Orchard Grass, 2 loads 44.00 and 51.00; Straw 45.00-54,00; Ear Com, 5 loads 85.00-90.50; Oats, 1 bushel at $2.25. 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, February 26 Cattle 326 Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter steers about steady. Slaughter cows 25 cents to 75 cents higher. Slaughter bulls & bullocks steady to 75 cents higher. Few Choice 1050-1300 pounds slaughter steers 46.0048.10, Good 44.1047.25, Standard 42.0043.75, few Utility 40.2541.50. Few Choice slaughter heifers 44.6046.35, few Good 42.00- 44.00,' few Standard 40.00- 43.25. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 35.00-37.60, few to 38.60, Cutters 33.60-36.10, Canners 31.00-33.35. Individual Choice slaughter bullock at 49.85, Good 45.0047.10, Standard 42.8544.10, few Utility 41.75- 42.60. Yield Grade 1-2 1400- 1900 pounds slaughter bulls 45.0047.85, individual at 48.85. Calves 290 Few Choice vealers 68.00- 73.00, few Good 65.00-70.00, few Standard 59.00-65.00, Utility 90-120 pounds 46.00- 58.00, 70-85 39.00-45.00. Farm calves, Holstein bulls 90-135 50.00- Holstein heifers 90-140 80.00-102.00, 70-85 45.00- Sheep 27 Good & Choice 55-85 pounds new crop lambs 40.00-44.00. Slaughter ewes 18.50-21.50. Local Grain Thursday, February 28 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, February 28, 1974, are as follows: Bid+ Offered+ Ear Com, New 74.00 82.00 Shelled Com 3.17 3.32 Oats, Local 1.50 1.75 Oats, Western 2.08 2.25 Barley 2.55 2.74 4.88 4.91 Wheat Soybeans 5.60 5.95 -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. 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 Wed nesday 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 Lancaster Auction Wednesday, February 27 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Today 484 120 789 32 Last Wk. 564 84 596 12 Last Yr. 948 90 391 17 2f 522 85 789 32 Last Wed.’s Auction 106 597 12 CATTLE; Compared to Monday, slaughter steers uneven, Choice steady to 50 lower, with standard and Good steady to 1.00 higher; cows mostly steady, few sales Utility strong to 50 higher; bulls 50-1.00 lower, few. early sales mostly 2.00 lower. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few high-Choice and Prime 1100-1200 lb. 48.50-50.00; one lot Choice yield grade 2 1170 lb. 49.85, Choice 950-1300 lb. 47.50-49.25, few 47.00-47.50, load Choice 1290-1550 lb. 44.10-46.60; high-Good and low-Choice 900-1250 lb. 46.25- 47.85; Good 43.50-47.10; Standard and low-Good 41.75-43.50, few 39.25-40.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 900-1025 lb. -46.50- 47.35; Good 39.00-43.00. COWS: Utility and high dressing Cutter 34.75-36.75, few 37.00-37.50; Cutter 32.75- 34.75; Canner and low-Cutter 31.50-33.00. BULLOCKS; Good 900- 1200 lb. 41.75-45.00, couple Choice 46.10. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1700 lb. 43.75-46.60, few 46.85-47.75; yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 41.00-44.00, few 39.5041.00. VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady to 2.00 lower. VEALERS; Prime 78.00- 82.00, few 83.00-86.00; Choice 70.00-78.00; Good 62.00-70.00; Standard 53.00-61.00; Utility mainly 40.50-49.00. SHEEP: Supply mainly new crop slaughter lambs and slaughter ewes. NEW CROP LAMBS: Choice 65-75 lb. 64.50-69.50, one lot Good and Choice 85 lb. 52.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility and Good 10.50-20,00. New Holland Horse Auction Monday, February 25 Reported receipts of 447 head of horses, mules and ponies. Market steady with last week's market. Load Kansas work and riding horses; work 375-600; riding 195-385. Load Ohio work horses 330- 520. Load North Carolina riding horses 165-360. New Holland Auction Thursday, February 28 Cattle Calves Sheep 890 435 5 Today Last Thur. Last Year 672 470 8 966 497 0 CATTLE: Compared to last Thursday slaughter steers uneven, Choice and Prime steady to 50 lower, Standard and Good 50-1.00 higher; cows 50*1.00 higher with Utility mostly 1.00 higher;, bulls and bullocks steady, instances 1.00 lower on Good bullocks. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 1100- 1275 lb. 49.00-50.00, couple 50,50-51.00; Choice 950-1300 lb. 47.25-50.00, few mainly yield grade 2 50.00-51.25, few Choice 1300-1400 lb. 46.50- 47.25; high Good and low Choice 950-1250 lb. 44.75- 47.75; Good 43.25-46.75; Standard and low Good 40.00- 42.75, few 39.00-40.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few head Choice 800-950 lb. 42.75-46.75; Good 39.00-43.00. COWS: Utility and high dressing Cutter 34.75-37.00, few 37.25-38.25; Cutter 33.50- 36.00; Canner and low Cutter 31.50-33.75. BULLOCKS: Choice 900- 1250 lb. 44.00-46.00; Good 41.0043.50. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1700 lb. 43.7546.00, 12 head 46.5048.50; yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 40,2543.00. FEEDER STEERS: Couple loads Good and Choice 860-955 lb. 44.50-47.00; load Choice 425-660 lb. bulls 45.50-45.75. VEAL CALVES: Vealers 1-2.00 lower, although few sales Prime about steady. VEALERS: Prime 80.00- 86.00, few 87.00-92.00; Choice 73.00- Good 63.00-70.00; Standard 54.00-61.00; Utility 90-120 lb. 42.00-48.00, 65-85 lb. 36.00- SHEEP: No market test. Load Tennessee riding horses 145-260. Locally consigned work horses, 360-630; mules 120- 175; driving horses 175-435; riding horses 150-225; better horses 265-455. Lightweight killers 17-20; heavyweight killers 21-24. Mare ponies 20-55; colts 10- 15; geldings 20-45; larger pomes 65-110. AUCTIONS makes the difference in marketing livestock! New Holland makes the difference in auctions! " MONDAY 10:00 A.M. - Fat Hogs 2:30 P.M. Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows & Veal Horse Sale - MONDAY at 10:00 A.M. Hay, Straw & Ear Com—MONDAY 11:00 A.M. Dairy Sale - WEDNESDAY at 12:30 P.M. Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows & Veal Thursday at 12:30 P.M. NEW HQIUND SALES STABLES INC. New Holland, Penna Abram W Diffenbach. Manager Phone 717-354-4341 Composite Report Weekly, March 1 Cattle Calves This Week 2500 1200 Last Week 2976 1321 Last Year 3795 1459 CATTLE: Slaughter steers grading choice and prime steady to 50 lower with standard and good closing strong to 1.00 higher. Cows steady to 50 higher, in stances 1.00 higher on utility. Bullocks 50-1.00 lower. Bulls mostly steady with last week’s low close. Supply included an estimated 40 per cent slaughter steers, 30 per cent cows, 10 per cent bulls with the balance mainly feeder steers. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High-Choice and Prime 1100- 1275 lb. 48.50-50.00, Choice 950-1300 lb. 47.25-50.10, several 50.25-51.00. Six head Good and Choice yield grade 2 51.25-52.50, Choice 1300-1400 lb. 46.50-48.00 with'the load yield grade 3-5 1290-1500 lb. 44.10-46.60. High Good and Low Choice 46.00-48.00, Good 42.25-47.00, Standard and Low Good 40.00-43.50, few early 38.0040.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 900-1025 lb. 44.00- 47.35, Good 39.0043.50. COWS: Utility and High Dressing Cutter 34.75-37.00, few 37.25-38.75. Cutter 33.00- 36.00. Canner and Low Cutter 30.50-33.00. BULLOCKS: Choice 900- 1250 lb. 43.0046.00, couple 49.2549.75. Good 41.0043.50. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1100-1800 lb. 43.7547.00, few 47.0048.50 with couple 49.50- 51.00. Yield grade 21000-1500 lb. 40.2544.00, few 39.50- 40.00. VEAL CALVES; Vealers 1.00-3.00 lower, although few sales prime mostly steady. Slaughter calves 3.00-6.00 lower. VEALERS; Prime 78.00- 86.00, few 87.00-92.00, Choice 70.00- Good 62.00-70.00,- Standard 54.00-62.00. Utility 90-120 lb. 42.00-52.00, late 42.00- 65-85 lb. 35.00- 42.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES; Choice 375-525 lb. 44.00-47.00, Good 39.00-45.00. 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