—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 30, 1974
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Local Livestock Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Market
Monday, March 25
Cattle Calve* Hogs Sheep
Today 1140 131 820 150
Last
wk.
Last
Yr
630 133 845 84
715 105 832 66
Mon’s
Auc. 888 150 832 148
Last Mon's
Auc 512 118 853 90
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday, slaughter
steers uneven, Choice 950-
1150 lb. steady to 50 lower,
with Choice 1150-1450 lb. 1.00-
3.00 lower, Standard and
Good 50-1.00 lower; bulls SO
LDO higher, instances 2.00
higher on yield grade 1.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1125-
1300 lb. 43.75-44.75; Choice
950-1200 lb. 44.00-45.35;
Choice 1200-1375 lb. 40.50-
43.75, few 1350-1470 lb. 36.75-
41.00; Good 39.25-43.00;
Standard 38.00-46.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-1000 lb. 40.50-
42.50, couple 43.50; Good
qq nn_4i fln
BULLOCKS; Choice 43.50-
45.50, few 46.0046.85; Good
40.0043.00.
BULLS; Yield grade 1
1100-1700 lb. 43.75-46,50,
several 46.7547.75, couple
48.6049.50; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 41.7544.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
1.00- lower; slaughter
calves slow, 2.004.00 lower.
VEALERS: Prime 72.00-
76.00, couple 78.00; Choice
66.00- Good 59.00-66.00;
Standard 46.00-58.00; Utility
75-100 lb. 30.0040.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES:
Choice 325425 lb. 46.00-53.Q0;
Good 43.5047.00.
SHEEP: Slaughter lambs
and slaughter ewes fully
steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice
70-95 lb. 41.50-44.50; Good
rtft-dl on
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
and Prime 70-85 lb. 51.50-
54.00, one lot 70 lb. 57.00 and
one small lot 40 lb. 75.50.
HAY MARKETS
GREEN DRAGON
Friday, March 22
68 loads hay including
Alfalfa 69.00-86.00; Timothy
36.00-45.00; Mixed hay 35.00-
70.00, few to 91.00; Clover,
few loads 39.00-48.00; Grass
hay, couple loads 58.00 and
60.00.
24 loads straw 43.00-51.00.
Corn 82.50-85.00, couple
down to 56.50.
NEW HOLLAND
Monday, Marcn 25
71 loads of Hay and 22
loads of Straw sold as
follows: (prices per ton)
Alfalfa 53.00-100.00
Timothy 36.00-65.00
Mixed hay 42.00-89.00
Clover, few loads 66.00-
73.00
Straw 44.00-56.00
Com, 5 loads 82.00-83.00
PAUL Z. MARTIN
Wednesday, March 27
Market slightly higher.
57 loads of hay, straw and
com sold as follows:
Straw 42-55
Cora 69-74
Mixed Hay (Bright) 92.95,
others 36-84
Alfalfa 51-92
Clover 66-70.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, March 26
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 933 505 240
Last Tues. 521 463 34
Last Yr. 979 695 153
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday, slaughter
steers steady to weak, in
stances 1.00 lower; cows
1.50-2.50 lower; bulls weak to
1.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1075-
1250 lb. 44.60-45.35, few 1300-
1450 lb. 36.00-42.00; Choice
950-1225 lb. 42.75-44.85,
several mainly yield grade 2
45.00-47.00; Choice 1225-1350
lb. 40.0043.25; Good 38.75-
42.00; Standard and low-
Good 36.5040.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Good 660-760 lb. 36.25-
38.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.50-35.00,
few 35.00-35.35; Cutter 31.50-
33.50; Canner and low-Cutter
29.00-30.50.
BULLOCKS: Good 900-
1150 lb. 40.0043.00, few
Choice 43.5044.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1700 lb. 42.75-46.00,
couple 46.5046.85, with an
individual 1700 lb. 47.85;
yield grade 2 40.5043.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
Choice 365465 lb. 52.50-53.00;
Good and Choice 700-880 lb.
42.2543.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Couple lots Choice 330420 lb.
44.5047.00; Good 550-710 lb.
35.00-
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
1.00- higher, instances
5.00 higher on Utility.
VEALERS: Prime 76.00-
80.00, few 80.00-83.50; Choice
66.00-75.00; Good 58.00-67.00;
Standard 50.00-58.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 40.0047.50,80-85 lb.
35.5040.00, 60-75 lb. 34.00-
35.50.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 80-100 lb. Holstein
heifers 52.00-57.00, couple
lots 100-115 lb. 60.00-61.00,-
Utility heifers 70-105 lb.
36.00-46.00; bulk 100-125 lb.
REGIONAL
Monday, March 25,1974
(All hay No. 2 and better
prices paid by dealers at the
farm price per ton.)
Hay slow, steady, lower
quality hay weak and slow;
straw steady.
Alfalfa
Mixed Hay
60.00-65.00
35.00-50.00
few to 55.00
Timothy Hay 30.00-40.00
Straw 35.00-38.00
Mulch 17.00-25.00
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, March 26
Cattle 282
Compared with last
Tuesday’s market slaughter
steers 75 cents to |1.75 lower,
slaughter cows |1.25 to |2.25
lower. Good slaughter
bullocks steady to strong.
Few Choice 1100-1300 pounds
slaughter steers 40.6044.60,
Good 40.1043.25, Standard
39.00- Few Choice
slaughter heifers 41.3541.50,
few Good 39.5041.00, Utility
35.00- Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 32.50-35.75, Cutters
31.85-33.85, Canners 30.00-
32.85, Shells down to 28.25.
Individual Choice slaughter
bullock at 47.35, Good 43.10-
44.60, few Standard 42.00-
43.85.
Calves 207
Vealers"grading Utility to
Good uneven, about steady.
Few Choice vealers 68.00-
73.00, Good 61.00-66.00,
Standard 51.0041.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 41.0047.00, 70-
85 35.00-38.50. Farm calves,
Holstein bulls 90-130 45.00-
65.00; Holstein heifers 90-150
55.00-69.00.
Sheep 29
Good & Choice 70-85
pounds spring slaughter
lambs 46.0046.50, few mixed
Good & Choice 25-50 60.00-
76.00. Few Slaughter ewes
18.00-25.00.
bull calves 52.00-55.00.
SHEEP: Spring lambs
3.00-5.00 Ibwer, slaughter
ewes 2.004.00 higher.
SPRING LAMBS: Few
Choice and Prime 30-42 lb.
60.00- Choice 30-80 lb.
51.00- several Good and
Choice 40-70 lb. 43.0049.00.
SLAUGHTER -EWES:
Around 30 head Utility and
Good 19.00-27.00.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, March 27
Reported receipts of 145
cows, 12 heifers, 6 bulls.
Market stronger than last
week’s market.
Load Virginia cows,
springers 480-740. .
Load Pennsylvania cows,
fresh 575-1060.
Load Canada cows, fresh
740-950.
Load New York cows,
springers 620-890.
Herd dispersal of 65 head
from Delaware, all stages of
production, 345-820.
Locally consigned cows,
360-775; springing heifers
550-600; open heifers 210-260;
bulls 165-605.
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
, HorseSale—MONDAY at 10:00 A.M.
Hay, Stray & Ear Com—MONDAY 1 ! 1:00 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
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, March 27
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 466 71 657 34
Last
Wk. 419 103 629 54
Last
Yr. 1321 64 415 13
Wed.’s Auction
665 71 673 34
Last Wed’s Auction
527 104 657 63
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday, slaughter steers
uneven, Choice and Prime
under 1200 lb. steady to
weak, weights over 1200 lb.
50-1.00 higher, standard and
Good steady; cows steady to
1.00 lower; bulls 50-1.00
lower, instances 2.00 lower
on yield grade 2.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
High-Choice and Prime 1075-
1300 lb. 42.8544.85; Choice
950-1250 lb. 43.50-45.10,
Choice 1250-1400 lb. 38.25-
43.00; high-Good and low-
Choice 1000-1300 lb. 42.00-
43.50; Good 39.50-43.00;
Standard 36.25-39.75.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 32.75-34.10,
couple 34.60-35.35; Cutter
31.75-33.50; Canner and low-
Cutter 29.25-30.75.
BULLOCKS: Choice 42.75-
44.00, couple 45.00-45.75;
Good 41.0043.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 42.5045.00, few
45.7547.00; yield grade 2
1000-1400 lb. 39.0042.50, few
38.00-
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
1.00- lower.
VEALERS; Prime 70.00-
75.50; Choice 64.00-70.00;
Good 58.00-64.50; Standard
50.00-
SHEEP: Small supply
spring lambs 2.00-3.00
higher.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
65-75 lb. 60.00-64.00, one lot 35
lb. 80.00.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, March 25
Reported receipts of 579
head of horses, mules and
ponies. Market stronger than
last week’s market.
Load Ohio riding horses
165-435.
Load Tennessee riding
horses 110-350.
Load Kansas riding horses
180-400.
Load New York driving
horses 220-860.
Load Virginia riding
horses 260405.
Load Virginia work hor
ses, pairs, 1375-2050.
Local work horses, 380-
700; mules 155-220; driving
horses 180410; riding horses
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, March 28
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 944 413 143
Last Thursday
754 531 18
Last Yr. 952 364 45
CATTLE; Compared to
last Thursday, slaughter
steers steady to 50 lower;
cows mostly 1.00 lower, after
early sales being 1.00-2.00
lower; bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1075-
1300 lb. 43.1045.60; Choice
950-1200 lb. 43.5045.00,
Choice 1200-1450 lb. 40.00-
43.50, few 1500-1525 lb. 38.25-
40.00; high-Good and low-
Choice 1000-1300 lb. 41.75-
44.00; Good 40.0042.00, few
Standard 38.5040.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-975 lb. 41.5043.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 32.00-34.00,
few 34.25-35.10; Cutter 31.50-
33.00; Canner and low-Cutter
oq 5/UQI nn
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1200 lb. 41.0044.50, three
head 46.0047.75; Good 38.75-
41.25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 39.7543.00, few
43.5045.50; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 37.2540.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady, instances 1.00 lower.
VEALERS; Prime 73.00-
78.00; Choice 67.00-74.00;
Good 59.00-67.00; Standard
50.00-60.00; Utility 70-95 lb.
35.0042.00.
SHEEP: Spring lambs
mostly steady. Supply in
cluded 72 goats.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
20-35 lb. 81.00-85.00; Choice
35-50 lb. 67.00-72.00; Choice
55-60 lb. 60.00-68.00; few
Good 20-35 lb. 57.50-70.00.
GOATS: AH goats sold by
the head from 15.00-24.00.
Monday, March 25
Calf Receipts 80
Choice and Prime 66-78;
Standard 48-56.50; Good and
Low Choice 57-65.50;
Common 3047.50.
Conklin Meet
Conklin Garden Spot
Association, Manheim RIM,
will hold a meeting on
Thursday April 4 at the Penn
Ram Motor Inn, Lincoln
Highway East, Lancaster.
Speaker for the evening will
be Robert Conklin, president
of Conklin Co., Inc., and a
teacher, realtor .and author
from Minneapolis.
160-230; better horses 280-
660.
Lightweight killers 17-21;
heavyweight killers 21-25.
Mare ponies 1540; colts 6-
18; geldings 15-35; larger
ponies 75-115.
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
lO rru East of Lancaster on Rt 30
Composite
Report
Weekly, March 29
Cattle Calvei
This Week 3900 1150
Last Week 2650 1265
Last Year 4439 1231
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
uneven, Choice and Prime
950-1200 lb. study to 50
lower, weights over 1250 lb.
50-1.00 lower, after early
sales being as much as 3.00
lower. Standard and Good
steady to 50 lower; cows
closed the week mostly 1.00
lower; bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.
Supply * included an
estimated 40 per cent
slaughter steers, 30 per cent
cows and bulls, with the
balance mainly feeder
steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
High-Choice and Prime 1075-
1300 lb. 43.0045.35, few 1300-
1450 lb. early part of the
week 36.00-42:00; Choice 950-
1250 lb. 43.50-45.00, few
mainly yield grade 2 45.00-
47.00; Choice 1200-1450 lb.
40.0043.50, few 1500-1525 lb.
35.0040.00; mixed Good and
Choice 1000-1300 lb. 41.75-
44.00; Good 38.75-42.00;
Standard and low-Good
36.5040.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-1000 4b. 41.00-
43.50; Good 36.2541.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 32.00-35.00,
few early part of week 35.00-
35.35; Cutter 31.50-33.50;
Canner and low-Cutter 29.00-
31.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1200 lb. 41.0044.50, few 46.00-
47.75; Good 38.7542.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1700 lb. at the close
39.7543.00, several to 45.50,
with a few early part of week
46.5049.50; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 37.2541.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady to 1.00 lower.
VEALERS: Prime 72.00-
78.00, few 78.00-83.50; Choice
66.00-74.00; Good 58.00-65.00;
Standard 50.00-60.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 40.0047.50, 80-85 lb.
35.0040.00, few 60-75 lb. 34.00-
35.50,
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