—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 27. 1974
2
Local Livestock Market. Auction Mews
Lancaster
Market
Monday, April 22,1974
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1449 134 768 143
Monday
1241 124 1095 5
Last Year
884 103 739 532
Monday’s Auction
1132 120 746 143
Last Mon.’s Auction
1091 113 1168 10
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday slaughter
steers 75-1.50 higher,
although Choice yield grade
305 only steady to strong;
cows 50-1.00 higher; bulls
and bullocks 50-1.00 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1100-1325
1325 lb. yield grade 2-4 43.25-
44.25; Choice 950-1375 lb.
yield 2-4 41.75-43.75, 1200-1425
lb. yield 3-5 39.10-41.10; high
Good and low Choice 1000-
1300 lb. 40.00-42.35; Good
38.5041.50; Standard and low
Good 38.00-39.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Couple Choice 900-1100 lb.
44.0041.85; Good 800-950 lb.
35.00-38.25.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.50-36.00;
Cutter 33.00-35.00; Canner
and low Cutter 31.00-33.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1250 lb. 42.3543.85, couple
44.0044.35; Good 40.7542.85.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1700 lb. 42.0043.75, few
44.0046.00, three head 47.00-
48.50; yield grade 2 1000-1500
lb. 39.8542.00, few 37.50-
39.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prune 72.00-
75.00, few 76.00-78.00; Choice
67.00-72.00; Good 57.00-66.00;
Standard 49.00-57.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 40.0049.00, 65-85 lb.
35.0040.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Few 90-120 lb. 55.00-65.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs
steady, spring lambs 1-2.00
lower.
WOOLED LAMBS: Few
HAY MARKETS
Green Drogon
Friday, April 19
54 loads of hay including
Alfalfa, few loads 71.00-
89.00; Timothy 34.00-53.00,
load at 66.00; Mixed hay
40.00-77.00, few to 91.00;
Clover, few loads 61.00-74.00.
12 loads of straw 45.00-
57.00, one load at 61.00.
2 loads of com 85.00-88.00,
New Holland
Monday, April 22
66 loads of Hay and 10
loads of Straw sold as
follows (prices per ton).
Alfalfa 61.00-91.50, one at
95.00, Timothy 42.00-56.00;
Mixed Hay 38.00-66.00;
Clover, 4 loads 46.50-60.00;
Straw 45 00-55.00; Corn, 2
loads 85 00 and 87.50.
Regional
Monday, April 22,1974
(All hay No. 2 and better
prices paid by dealers at the
farm price per ton.)
Hay & straw slow, steady
to weak.
Alfalfa 60.00-65.00
Mixed Hay 30.00-45.00
Timothy Hay 30.00-35.00
35.00-
17.00-
Straw
Mulch
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, April 23,1974
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 669 410 25
Last Tuesday
902 497 51
Last Year
1185 420 187
CATTLE; Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers 50-1.00 higher, with
Choice and Prime 1150-1400
lb. yield grade 3-5 mostly 2.00
higher; cows 50-1.00 higher,
instances 2.00 higher; bulls
and bullocks 50-1.00 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
High Choice and Prime 1075-
1300 lb. yield grade 24 42.00-
44.25; Choice 950-1325 lb.
yield 24 42.0044.00, several
mainly yield 2 44.0045.00,
couple 45.10-45.35; Choice
1200-1450 lb. yield 3-5 39.75-
41.50; Good 39.0042.00, few
Standard 38.0039.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Good 750-975 lb. 36.7539.75,
few Choice 40.5043.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 34.0036.00,
few 36.0036.50; Cutter 33.00-
34.75; Canner and low Cutter
31.5033.25.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1250 lb. 41.3542.25; Good
40.0041.50.-
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 41.5044.00; yield
grade 2 1000-1400 lb. 40.50-
41.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady, although
Utility 1-3.00 higher.
VEALERS: Choice 65.00-
70.00, few Prime 71.00-76.00;
Good 56.00-65.00; Standard
49.00-56.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
43.0048.00, 65-85 lb. 38.00-
44.00, few 60-70 lb. 26.50-35.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 85-115 lb. Holstein
heifers 73.50-84.00, one small
lot 90-95 lb. 93.00; bulk 100-
125 lb. bull calves 58.00-65.00.
Choice 65-85 lb. 40.5045.00,
Good 60-95 lb. 38.5040.50.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
70-105 lb. 45.50-53.00, one lot
50 lb. 73.00.
Paul Z. Martin
Wednesday, April 24
58 Loads of hay and straw
sold as follows:
Alfalfa 60 to 90; Mixed Hay
42 to 67; Timothy 46 to 56; 2
loads Clover 52 and 69; 1 load
Sudan Grass 40; Straw 50 to
56.
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
AD!
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, April 23
Cattle 458
Compared with last
Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers grading Standard &
Good 25 cents to |2.2S lower.
Slaughter cows steady to
Mostly 50 cents lower.
Choice 1100-1300 pounds
slaughter steers 40.0042.75,
Good 38.7540.35, Standard
38.0039.50, few Utility 36.25-
38.25. Few Standard
slaughter heifers 37.0038.85.
Utility fc High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 33.50-
36.50, couple to 36.75, Cutters
33.0034.75, Canners 31.25-
33.25, Shells down to 28.50.
Choice slaughter bullocks
42.1043.50, Good 40.0043.35,
Standard 39.0043.00. Yield
Grade 1-2 1200-1550 pounds
slaughter bulls 40.7543.75.
Calves 205
Few Choice vealers 69.00-
70.00, Good 64.00-67.00, few
Standard 53.00-63.00, few
Utility 90-120 pounds 44.00-
55.00, few 7035 37.0042.00.
Farm calves $2 to $lO higher.
Holstein Bulls 85-125 51.00-
73.00; holstein heifers 80-140
65.00-78.00.
Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, April 25
Compared to the previous
week’s close; Closing prices
on slaughter steers mostly 50
cents lower than late
previous period or steady
with preceding midweek.
Heifers were weak to 25
cents lower and cows 2.50-
3.00 lower. Bulls were strong
to 1.00 higher but closing
slow. The small feeder
supply sold 50-1.00 lower.
Four day receipts 18,300 as
compared 16,500 previous
week and 14,000 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 37 percent with
liberal precentage Choice
including many weighing
1150-1300 pounds yield grade
3-4 and several loads 1300-
1400 yield grade 3-5. Heifers
36 percent, cows 15 percent,
and feeders 7 percent.
STEERS: Early, three
loads Choice and Prime 1053-
1211 pounds 3-4 42.75-43.15
and eight loads 1063-1272
42.50. At midweek, same
grades 1100-1230 3-4 41.75-
42.00, load High-Choice and
Prime 1303 84 40.00. Choice
1000-1250 2-4 40.50-41.75.
Choice 1225-1400 3-5, mainly 4
39.0041.00, load 1400 pounds
5 37.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 975-1225 40.0040.50
late. Good 37.5040.00, 2-3
Holsteins 37.50-38.50.
Standard and low-Good
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 AM.
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 .10
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, April 24,1974
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today 887 58 576 38
Last Wednesday
865 131 842 54
Last Year
614 88 392 96
Wednesday’s Auction
937 73 703 38
Last Wed’s Auction
717 139 820 54
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday slaughter steers 25-
50 lower, instances 1.00
lower; cows 50-1.00 lower;
bullocks steady; bulls
strong.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1100-
1300 lb. yield grade 24 42.10-
43.35, small lot yield 4-5 1360
lb. 40.35; Choice 950-1425 lb.
yield 24 40.7543.25, few yield
2 43.2543.85; Choice 1075-
1350 lb. yield grade 33 39.00-
40.75; high Good and low
Choice 950-1225 lb. 39.75-
41.50; Good 38.10-40.25;
Standard 37.50-38.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-1025 lb. 40.50-
41.75; Good 37.2540.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.0035.50,
couple 35.00-35.50; Cutter
32.0034.00; Canner and low
Cutter 30.5032.00.
BULLOCKS; Choice 900-
1275 lb. 41.5043.60, few 45.25-
45.60; Good 39.5041.60.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 42.2544.75, few
47.0047.35, an 1810 lb. 48.00
and 2145 lb. 45.85; yield
grade 2 1000-1400 lb. 39.00-
42.50.
VEAL CALVES: Good and
Choice vealers 24.00 lower,
Prime absent; Utility and
Standard mostly steady.
VEALERS: Choice 64.00-
68.00; Good 55.00-63.00;
Standard 48.00-55.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 40.0047.00,65-85 lb.
35.0040.00.
SHEEP: Slaughter lambs
24.00 lower.
WOOLED LAMBS: Good
60-85 lb. 30.00-35.00.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
75-105 lb. 40.5043.50.
37.00-38.00,
HEIFERS: Early, six
loads Choice and Prime 930-
1141 pounds 34 42.00. In later
trading same grade 966-1052
34 41.5041.75. Choice 875-
1100 24 40.5041.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 850-1000
39.5040.50. Good 36.50-39.50.
Standard and low-Good
34.50-36.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commerical 27.50-29.00, a
few Utility dairybreds 29.50-
30.00. Canner and Cutter
25.00-28.00, Mixed Cutter and
low-Utility 28.25-28.50.
BULLS: 1-2 1400-1800
New Holland Composite
Auction Report
Thursday, April 25
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1304 368 75
Last Wk. 1037 344 10
Last Yr. 906 439 79
CATTLE: Compared with
last Thursday, Slaughter
Steers steady to 50 higher;
Cows uneven, Utility steady
to SO lower, Canner and
Cutter steady to 50 higher;
Bullocks and Bulls 50-1.00
lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1100-
1300 lbs. yield grade 24 42.25-
43.50, one lot 1405 lbs. 40.00;
Choice 950-1300 lbs. 41.00-
43.10, Choice 1100-1400 lbs.
yield grade 34 39.5041.00;
high-Good and low-Choice
950-1200 lbs. 40.0041.50;
Good 38.0040.50; Standard
and low-Good 37.2539.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 820-1050 lbs. 39.00-
42.25; Good 37.5039.75.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.7535.00,
few 35.0035.75; Cutter 32.75-
34.60; Canner and low-Cutter
30.0032.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1200 lbs. 41.50-43.00, few
Good 38.5041.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1700 lbs. 41.5044.00,
three head 44.7545.85; yield
grade 2 1000-1600 lbs. 38.50-
42.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady to 2.00 lower, decline
on Choice and Prime.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-
72.00, couple 72.00-74.50;
Choice 65.00-70.00; Good
59.00-65.00; Standard 49.00-
57.00; Utility 90-120 lbs. 40.00-
46.00, 65-85 lbs. 35.0041.00.
SHEEP: Supply mainly
Good 30-35 lbs. Spring Lambs
and Slaughter Ewes.
SPRING LAMBS: Few
lots Good 30-35 lbs. 49.00-
58.00,
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Utility and Good 15.00-20.00.
Monday, April 22
Calf Receipts 103.
Choice and Prime 68-75;
Good and Low Choice 61-
67.50; Standard 56-60.50;
Common 35-55.50.
pounds 37.00-41.00, few 1
41.50-42.50. Two loads Choice
1100-1150 bulls 1-2 40.00.
FEEDERS: Outshipments
from regular market trade
approximately 1000 head,
prices 50-1.00 lower.
STEERS: Two loads Good
and Choice 611-637 pounds
45.80. High-Good and Choice
733-109139.50-40.50, few loads
and part loads Choice 41.25-
41.50, few consignments
Good 631-654 40.0041.50.
HEIFERS: Part load
Choice 43543.50, two loads
Good and Choice 467470
38.50.
AUCTIONS
makes the difference in
marketing livestock!
NOW Holland makes the difference
in auctions!
MONDAY 9:00 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 12:00 Noon
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES INC.
New Holland, Penna.
Abram W Diffenbach, Manager Phone: 717-354-4341
Weedkly, April 28
Cattle Calves
This Week 4900 1000
Last Week 4953 1110
Last Year • 4250 1050
CATTLE: Slaughter
Steers 25-50 higher, in
stances 1.00 higher; Cows
uneven, closing sties Utility
steady to 50 lower. Canner
and Cutter steady to 50
higher; Bulls and Bullocks
closed the week steady to 50
lower, instances 1.00 lower.
Supply included an
estimated 40 percent
Slaughter Steers, 25 percent
Cows and Bulls, with the
balance mainly Feeder
Steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High-Choice and Prime 1050
1325 lbs. yield grade 2-4 42.10
43.50, several early part of
week to 44.25, few lots 1350
1405 lbs. yield grade 4-5 40.00
40.35; Choice 950-1425 lbs.
yield grade 2-4 40.75-43.25,
few lots mainly yield grade 2
43.25- Choice 1100-1450
lbs. yield grade 3-5 39.00
41.50; Good -.38.00-42.00;
Standard and low-Good
37.25-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 820-1050 lbs. 39.00
42.25, few 42.50-43.50; Good
750-1000 lbs. 36.7540.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 33.00-35.00,
few 35.00-35.75; Cutter 32.00
34.50; Canner and low-Cutter
30.00-32.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900
1250 lbs. 41.50-43.50, few
44.5045.60; Good 38.5041.50.
BULLS; Yield grade 1
11001700 lbs. 41.5044.00, few
44.5047.00, five head 47.50
48.50; yield grade 2 10001600
lbs. 39.0042.50, few 37.50
39.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
uneven, Good to Prime 1.00
4.00 lower; Utility and
Standard mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 69.00
72.00, few 72.0076.00; Choice
64.0070.00; Good 57.0064.00;
Standard 48.00-57.00; Utility
90120 lbs. 40.0047.00, 65-85
lbs. 35.0041.00, few 6070 lbs.
26.5035.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 85-115 lbs. Holstein
Heifers 73.50-84.00, one small
lot 9095 lbs. 93.00; bulk 100
125 lbs.
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