—Lancaster Farming Saturday, April 20. 1974
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Local Livestock Market, AuctloiLNews
Lancaster
Market
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 1241 124 1095 5
Last Monday
834 121 1009 1211
Last Year
381 105 740 1121
Monday’s Auction
1091 113 1168 10
Last Mon.’s Auction
587 109 987 1552
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday slaughter
steers about steady; cows
mostly 50 lower; bulls
opened 50*1.00 lower,
although closing sales
mostly steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1075-
1275 lb. 43.6044.50, one lot
13101 b. 42.75; Choice 950-1300
lb. 41.8544.25, few 44.35-
44.85; Choice 1300-1400 lb.
39.5042.50; high Good and
low Choice 1000-1300 lb. 40.60-
43.00; Good 39.2542.00, few
1300-1450 lb. 38.0040.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-975 lb. 40.0042.60;
Good 36.0040.00; Standard
34.00-36.60.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.00-34.75,
couple 34.85-35.10; Cutter
32.50-34.00; Canner and low
Cutter 30.00-32.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1250 lb. 42.2544.10, few 44.10-
44.60; Good 40.0042.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 41.5044.50, few
44.5044.50, individual 1975 lb.
48.10; yield grade 2 1000-1500
lb. 39.6042.00.
VEAL CALVES: Small
supply Choice and Prime 2-
3.00 higher, Utility to Good
fully steady.
VEALERS; Choice 68.00-
72.00, couple Prime 76.00-
77.00; Good 56.00-65.00;
Standard 49.00-55.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 41.00-46.00, 65-85 lb.
35.0041.00.
SHEEP: No market test
HAY MARKETS
Regional
Monday, April 15,1974
(All hay No. 2 and better
prices paid by dealers at the
farm price per ton.)
Hay & straw steady.
Alfalfa 60.00-65.00
Mixed Hay 35.0040.00
few to 50.00
30.0040.00
35.00
17.00-25.00
Timothy Hay
Straw
Mulch
Paul Z. Martin
Wednesday, April 17
68 Loads of hay, straw and
com sold as follows;
Alfalfa 69-98; Clover 42-82;
Timothy 41-53; Mixed Hay
50-84; Straw 42.50-54; 1 load
broom Grass 56.00.
Green Dragon
Friday, April 12
54 loads of hay including
Alfalfa, few loads, 56.00-
88.00; Timothy, few loads
35 00-56.50; Mixed hay 35.00-
60.00, one load at 80.00;
Clover, one load at 41.00.
13 loads of straw 43.00-
49.00
5 loads of com 79.00-86.00.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, April 16
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 902 497 51
Last Tuesday
575 501 1064
505 455 1192
Last Yr.
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers very uneven, Good to
Prime 50-1.00 lower, in
stances 2.00 lower on weights
over 1300 lb.; Standard
mostly steady; cows steady,
instances 50 lower on Cutter;
bullocks 1-2.00 lower; bulls
50-1.00 lower. Supply in
cluded 23 per cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice '950-1250 lb.'yield
grade 2-4 41.75-43.00, some
43.00-44.10, 13 head high
Good and Choice yield grade
2 45.0047,00; Choice 1250-
1400 lb. yield 3-4 39.35-42.50,
few 1380-1450 lb. yield grade
3-5 37.75-39.50; few high
Choice and Prime yield
grade 3-4 1050-1250 lb. 41.85-
42.85, 1300-1375 lb. 40.75-
42.00; Good 950-1300 lb. 38.00-
42.00, few mainly yield grade
2 950-1150 lb. 42.00-43.00;
Standard 37.75-39.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 950-1070 lb. 41.50-
44.00; Good 35.0039.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 32.75-34.75,
few 34.85-35.75; Cutter 31.00-
34.00; Canner and low Cutter
29.0031.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1250 lb. 41.0042.00; Good
38.7541.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1650 lb. 40.85-43.50,
couple 46.50-47.10, couple
1930-1935 lb. 42.1044.10; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 39.50-
41.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS; Prime 70.00-
75.00; Choice 65.00-71.00;
Good 58.00-65.00; Standard
49.00-55.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
41.0048.00, 65-85 lb. 33.50-
41.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Couple lots 100-115 lb
New Holland
Monday, April 15
73 loads of Hay and 28
loads of Straw sold as
follows: (prices per ton).
Alfalfa 65.50-84.00, in
dividual’s 92.00 and 102.00;
Timothy 33.50-51.00; Mixed
Hay 40.00-65.00, few 30.00-
36.50, few to 96.00; Clover, 3
loads 35.00-73.00; Fodder,
one load at 43.00; Grass Hay,
one load at 35.00; Straw
40.50-56.00; Com, 2 loads
80.50 and 83.00.
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
teeder cattle and pigs
Lebanon
Valley
Livestock
Tuesday, April 16
Cattle 270
Compared with last
Tuesday’s market, slaughter
cows 50 cents to 75 cents
higher. Few Choice 1000-1200
pounds slaughter steers
40.75-43.10, few 1300-1400
pounds 38.00-41.10, Good
39.50- Standard 38.25-
41.10. Few Good slaughter
heifers 38.25-40.35, few
Standard 37.1038.60. Utility
& High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 34.0036.10,
Cutters 33.3534.75, Canners
31.50- Shells down to
29.50. Few Choice slaughter
bullocks 44.10-47.00, few
Good 40.00-44.00, Standard
40.00-41.50. Few 1-21200-1750
pounds slaughter bulls 39.85-
44.60.
Calves 180
Few Choice vealers 68.00-
70.00, few Good 62.5068.00,
few Standard 55.0060.00, few
Utility 90-120 42.00-55.00, few
70-85 36.00-40.00. Farm
calves about steady.
Holstein Bulls 85-135 49.00-
65.00; Holstein heifers 85-135
52.00-72.00.
Holstein heifers 64.0068.00,
Utility 80-105 lb. Holstein
heifers 45.00-54.00; bulk 90-
125 lb. bull calves 65.50-70.00,
one lot 111 lb. 60.00.
SHEEP: Supply mainly 25-
35 lb. Choice spring lambs
selling from 65.00-77.00; few
Utility and Good slaughter
ewes 11.50-20.00.
Local Grain
Thursday, April 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 ear
com which is per ton.
The average local grain
prices quoted Thursday,
April 18, 1974 are as follows:
Bid-f Offered+
Ear Com, Old
72.00 80.00
Ear Com, New
74.00 83.00
Shelled Com
2.72 3.01
Oats, Local
1.30 1.63
Oats, Western
1.62 1.84
Barley 2.26 2.70
3.78 4.10
Wheat
Soybeans 5.33 5.65
+Bid is the price the
dealer will buy from the
fanner 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 Wednesday At 9 • 00 A.M.
For Marketing Information
Phone Area Code 717-442-4181
Box 100 Paradise Pa
lOmi Fast of Lahcasteron Ut 50
Lancaster
Auction
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 865 131 842 54
Last Wednesday
663 64 600 360
Last
Yr.
469 54 374 121
Wednesday Auction
717 139 820
Last Wed. Auction
773 75 601 383
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday slaughter steers 50-
LOO lower, instances 2.00
lower on Choice under 1200
lb.; cows 50-1.00 higher;
bullocks 1-2.00 lower; bulls
50-1.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice yield grade 2-4 95i
-1250 lb. 40.75-41.85, few yield
grade 2 42.25-43.10; Choice
1100-1475 yield 3-5 38.00-40,50;
Good 38.0041.00; Standard
37.25-39.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 900-1050 lb. 40.50-
42.60.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.50-35.00,
few 35.0035.75; Cutter 33.00-
34.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1250 lb. 41.0042.00; Good
39.5041.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1175-1600 lb. 40.6042.75, few
1400-1650 lb. 43.75-45.35,
individual 1600 lb. 48.25;
yield grade 2 1000-1400 lb.
39.00-40.50.
FEEDER STEERS: Sixty
Five head Choice 920-1120 lb.
with mostly Choice slaughter
finish 40.75-42.25.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
fully steady.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-
76.00; Choice 67.00-72.00;
Good 58.00-66.00; Standard
49.00-58.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
42.0049.00.
SHEEP: Few Choice 50-70
lb. spring lambs 57.00-60.00,
one lot Good 25 lb. 50.50.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, April 15
Reported receipts of 636
head horses, mules, and
ponies. Market steady with
last weeks market.
Load of Kansas riding
horses, 170-340.
Load of Tennessee riding
and work horses, work 440-
510; riding 245470.
Load of Virginia riding
horses 250-770.
Load of Tennessee riding
horses 180-350.
Load of Illinois riding
horses 255-480.
Local work horses, singles,
400-515; pairs 1575-1850;
mules 170-265; driving
horses 175-350; riding horses
175-240; better horses 275-
630.
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, April 18
Cattle Calves Sheep
1037 344 10
863 275 117
515 296 81
Today
LasfWk.
Last Yr.
CATTLE: Compared to
last Thursday, Slaughter
Steers 1.00-2.00 lower; Cows
fully steady, instances 50
higher; Bullocks and Bulla
fully steady. Supply included
37 lots of 6 each Slaughter
Steers in show and sale.
54
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1275 lbs. yield
grade 24 41.00-42.35, few
yield grade 2 42.35-42.75;
Choice ,1150-1350 lbs. yield
grade 34 40.0041.50, few
1450-1525 lbs. yield grade 4-5
35.25-36.60; Good 950-1250
lbs. 39.50-41.50; Standard
and low-Good 36.75-37.75.
SHOW AND SALE: Three
lots Choice and Prime 1100-
1200 lbs. yield grade 34 44.60-
45.00,3 lots Choice 1040-1200
lbs. yield grade 2-3 43.60-
44.85; Choice and Prime
1035-1310 lbs. yield grade 24
42.1043.60, three lots 1280-
1450 lbs. yield grade 3-5 40.35-
40.75, couple lots Choice 1065-
1185 lbs. yield grade 34 41.35-
41.85 and one lot yield grade
4 to mostly 5 1405 lbs 39.85.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 860-1040 lbs. 39.50-
41.75.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.50-35.75,
few 35.75-36.75; Cutter 32.50-
34.25; Canner and low-Cutter
29.50-32.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1225 lbs. 41.75-44.50, couple
44.75-45.25; Good 39.00-42.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1000-1600 lbs. 41.75-44.00,
comple 46.25-47.60; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lbs. 38.75-
42.00, few 38.00-38.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
uneven, Choice and Prime
2.00-4.00 lower, Utility to
Good mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 72.00-
76.00; Choice 67.00-72.00;
Good 61.00-68.00; Standard
50.00-60.00; Utility 90-120 lbs.
40.0047.00, 65-85 lbs. 35.00-
41.00.
SHEEP; Insufficient
volume for a market test.
Monday, April 15
Calf Receipts • 51
Choice and Prime 66 to 73;
Good and Low; Choice 58 to
65.50; Standard 51 to 57.50;
Common 36 to 50.50.
Lightweight killers 17-20;
heavyweight killers 21-25.
Mare ponies 1540; colts 5-
10; geldings 15-35; larger
ponies 60-125.
AUCTIONS makes the difference in
marketing livestock!
New Holland makes the difference
in auctions!
MONDAY 9:00 A.M. Fat Hogs
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 12:00 Noon
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES INC.
.. U 1 New Holland, Penna
Abram W Diffenbach, Manager Phone 717-354 4341
Composite
Report
Friday, April 19
Cattle Calves
4750 lioo
3391 966
2490 913
This Week
List Week
List Year
CATTLE: Slaughter
Steers uneven, Good to
Prime 1.-00*2.00 lower,
Standard mostly steady;
Bulls generally 50-1.00 lower,
although closing the week
steady; Bullocks 1.00*2.00
lower; Cows closed the week
mostly steady. Supply in
cluded an estimated 45
percent Slaughter Steers, 20
percent Cows and Bulls, with
the balance mainly Feeder
Steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1250 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 40-75-42.50, few
head high-Good and Choice
yield grade 2 42.75-45.00, with
13 head 45.0047.00; Choice
11501475 lbs. yield grade 3-5
38.0041.00; Good 38.0041.50;
Standard and low-Good
36.75-37.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 8501050 lbs. 39.50
42.60, few early 43.0044.00;
Good 35.0039.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.50-35.75;
few 35,75-36.75; Cutter 32.50
34.50; Canner and low-Cutter
29.5032.50.
BULLOCKS; Choice 900
1250 lbs. 41.0044.50, couple
44.75-45.25; Good 39.00-42.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
11001700 lbs. 40.75-43.00, few
43.0045.00, couple 16001975
lbs. 48.1048.25; yield grade 2
10001500 lbs. 38.75-42.50, few
38.0038.75.
VEAL CALVES: Com
pared to last week’s close,
Choice and Prime Vealers
2.00- lower; Utility to
Good mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-
76.00; Choice 67.00-72.00;
Good 58.00-68.00; Standard
49.00- Utility 90-120 lbs,
40.00- 65-85 lbs. 33.00-
41.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Couple lots 100-115 lbs.
Holstein Heifers 64.00-68.00,
Utility 80-105 lbs. Holstein
Heifers 45.00-54.00; bulk 90-
125 lbs. Bull Calves 65.50-
70.00, one lot 111 lbs. 60.00.
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