Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Sept. 21. 1974
Local livestock Market. Auction News
Lancaster
Market
Monday, September 16
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
631 290 632 97
Last Monday
926 144 833 64
Last Year
892 129 1194 151
Monday’s Auction
368 300 694 52
Last Mon.’s Auc.
709 156 923 72
CATTLE: Moderate
Monday supply
predominately Good to
average Choice, quality not
as attractive as last Wed
nesday, Demand only fair.
Slaughter steers and heifers
mostly 50 lower, instances
1.00 lower. Cows mostly 50
lower than last Wednesday.
Bullocks steady; yield grade
1 and 2 bulls 50-1.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Bulk Choice 950-1250 lb. yield
grade 3-4 43.35-45.75; in
dividual head Choice and
Prime 46.10-48.00; scattered
consignments Choice 1100-
1150 lb. yield grade 2 45.75-
47.75; mixed Ugh Good and
Choice 950-1200 lb. 41.00-
43.25; Good 900-1250 lb. 36.50-
40.00, including Good 1100-
1350 lb. yield grade 2-3
Holsteins 36.50-37.85;
Standard 1000-1200 lb. 28.00-
33.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Small showing Choice 850-
1000 lb. 39.25-42.00; Good 795-
920 lb. 35.75-38.50.
COWS: Small supply
Utility and high dressing
Cutter 24.00-26.50; Cutter
23.00-24.00; Canner and low
Cutter 20.85-22.85.
BULLOCKS: Choice 850-
1200 lb. 37.00-39.75* instances
40.50-41.25. Good grade
scarce.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 33.00-34.00, few
individual head 34.10-37.00;
yield grade 2 1000-1600 lb.
29.50-32.50.
VEAL CALVES: Mostly
steady, quality not as at
tractive as last Wednesday.
VEALERS: Prime 73.00-
77,00; Choice 58.00-68.00;
Good 44.00-54.00; Standard
HAY MARKETS
New Holland
Monday, Sept. 16
17 loads of Hay and 4 loads
of straw sold as follows:
(prices per ton).
Alfalfa, few loads 44.00-
77.00; Timothy, few loads
41.00-50.00; Timothy Seed,
one lond 30.50 per pag;
Mixed hay, few loads 38.00-
57.00; Straw, 4 loads 40.00-
45.00; Corn, 4 loads 112.00-
123.00.
Paul Z. Martin
Wednesday, Sept. 18
10 loads of hay sold as
follows;
Mixed Hay 36, 45, 50; 1
Load Timothy 51.50; 2 loads
of Straw 50, and 54.50.
Green Dragon
September 13,1974
Prices per ton; 25 loads
hay. Alfalfa, few loads 38.00-
58.00; Timothy 40.50-54.00;
Mixed Hay 34.50-60.00;
Straw, 5 loads 35.00-44.00.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, Sept. 17,1974
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 611 655 13
Last Tuesday
916 770 78
Last Year
1094 805 42
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
and heifers 50-1.00 lower
than previous week.
Bullocks near steady; bulls
scarce, weak to 1.00 lower.
Cows steady to 50 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1250 lb. yield
grade 34 44.00-46.35, several
head these weights yield
grade 2 45.75-48.00, three
head 48.2549.50; mixed Good
and Choice 42.0044.00; Good
900-1250 lb. 36.5041.75 in
cluding yield grade 2
Holsteins 36.50-39.50;
Standard Holsteins 32.00-
36.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Small showing Choice 830-935
lb. yield grade 34 39.10-
42.00; Good 35.00-38.10.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 25,00-26.75,
few 26.85-27.50; Cutter 23.50-
25.00; Canner and low Cutter
21.00- shelly Canner
16.00-
BULLOCKS; Choice 900-
1250 lb. 34.25-38.50; Good
30.00-34.00; few Standard
26.50-29.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
scarce. Yield grade 2 1100-
1660 lb. 30.75-32.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
weak to 1.00 lower.
VEALERS: Few head
Prime 70.00-75.00; limited
showing Choice 57.00-69.00;
Good mostly 45.00-56.00;
Standard 37.00-47.00; Utility
90-220 lb. 26.00-37.00; 6000 lb.
21.00-27.00, lew 17.00-19.08.
SHEEP: Not enough for a
market t«st.
31.0042.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
23.00-28.00, 60-90 lb. 18.00-
23.00, a few 17.00.
SHEEP: Small supply
mostly Good and low Choice,
average Choice to Prime
absent. Mostly 1.00 lower.
SPRING LAMBS: Small
lots Good and low Choice 69-
96 lb. 33.00-35.00.
Regional
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady, but
slow.
Alfalfa 48.00-60.00; Mixed
hay 34.0040.00, few to 55.00;
Timothy hay 30.00-40.00;
Straw 20.00-35.00; Mulch
15.00-25.00.
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
September 17,1974
CATTLE 331. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Standard & Good about
steady. Slaughter cows weak
to 75 cents, lower. Couple
Choice slaughter steers 43.85
and 44.00, Good 39.0043.00,
Standard 33.00-38.85, few
Utility 31.00-32.75. Few Good
slaughter heifers 36.75-38.60.
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 24.75-
26.85, couple to 27.35, Cutters
Canners 21.00-
23.00, Shells down to 19.25.
Few Choice slaughter
bullocks 36.00-39.10, few
Good 35.75-38.00, few
Standard 32.35-33.85, Utility
28.00-31.85. Few 1-2 1300-1950
pounds slaughter bulls 29.00-
34.25. Few Good 450-475
pounds feeder steers 32.75-
33,10.
CALVES 235.. Few Choice
vealers 55.00-57.00, few Good
49.50-56.00, Standard 38.00-
45.00, Utility 90-120 20.00-
26.00. 70-85 18.00-21.00. Farm
calves, Holstein bulls 85-125
pounds 22.0042.00; Holstein
heifers 90-140 30.0045.00.
SHEEP 4. Not enough of
any one grade to establish a
market.
Oklahoma
City
Thursday, Sept. 19
Estimated Receipts 6,000
Same Day Last Week 5,515
Trade moderately active.
Feeder steers and heifers
steady to sft .cento higher
with best demand noted on
weights over 550 pound. Bulk
supply Choice and Mixed
Good and Choice 400050
pound feeder steers and 350-
600 feeder heifers. Moderate
attendance buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
Choice 345-400 pound 29.20-
31.00; 400-500 28.00-30.50; 500-
660 27.25-30.50; few 700-800
28.90-30.50; 3 lots 810-838
28.00-29.80. Mixed Good and
Choice 400-500 24.40-27.75;
Few 525-580 24.40-26.70; Few
640-680 24.90-27.80. Good 400-
576 22.25-25.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Lot
Choice 435 pound 28.40. Low
Choice 300-450 24.00-25.70.
Other Choice 500-650 25.00-
27.30. Mixed Good and
Choice 350-500 23.00-25.00;
few 500-575 23.75-24.90.
For the week: Compared
to the close of last week,
feeder cattle and calves
generally 1.00-1.50, instances
2.00 lower. Slaughter cows
mostly 1.00-2.00 lower.
Slaughter bulls remained
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
10 mi East of Lancaster on Rl 30
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, September 18
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
873 88 503 17
Last Wednesday
984 120 530 89
Last Year
906 107 458 29
Wednesday’s Auction
454 100 739 30
Last Wed.’s Auc.
864 127 573 106
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday slaughter steers and
heifers, weak to 1.00 lower,
mostly 50-1.00 lower. Cows
steady to SO lower. Bullocks
and bulls mostly steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Bulk Choice 950-1250 lb. yield
grade 34 43.0045.35, several
head these weights yield
grade 2 45.5046.00, two head
47.00; mixed Good and
Choice 900-1250 lb. 40.75-
43.00; Good 850-1250 lb. 36.50-
40.00 including yield grade 2
Holsteins 36.60-39.35;
Standard Holsteins 29.00-
34.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
A small showing Choice 745-
1025 lb. yield grade 34 40,00-
43.10; Good 750-865 lb. 34.75-
38.85.
COWS: Small supply
Utility and high dressing
Cutter 23.75-25.75; Cutter
22.60-23.50; a few fleshy beef
bred Utility cows 19.50-20.75;
Canner 19.00-22.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 850-
1250 lb. 36.75-39.00, a few
40.35-41.25; Good 31.25-34.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 33.60*35.75, a few
36.00-37.50; yield grade 2
1000-1600 lb. 29.10-32.50.
VEAL CALVES: Fully
steady on small Wednesday
supply.
VEALERS: A few Prime
75.00- instances 81.00-
84.00; Choice 58.00-68.00;
Good 44.00-54.00; Standard
31.00- Utility 20.00-
28.00.
SHEEP; Small supply
1.00-2.00 higher on improved
quality.
SPRING LAMBS; A few
small lots 65-87 lb. mostly
Choice 41.00-42.00.
steady. Salable receipts near
13,900 head, compared to
14,994 last week and 24,769
the same week a year ago.
Cows 18 percent of cattle
receipts, feeders 80 percent
of total.
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, September 19
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 792 550 50
Last Thursday
1085
Last Year
502
997 547 44
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
mostly 50 lower than
previous Thursday; heifers
too scarce for a price test.
Cows 50 to mostly 1.00 lower.
Bulls and Bullocks fully
steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 940-1260 lb. yield
grade 3-4 43.50-46.00, a
modest showing Choice 950-
1290 lb. yield grade 2-3 44.50-
46.50, a few head yield grade
2 46.75-18.00; mixed high
Good and low Choice 850-1250
lb. 41.25-43.25; Good mostly
36.50-40.75 including yield
grade 2 Holsteins 36.606-
38.75; a few Standard
Holsteins 33.00-37.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 24.75-27.Q0, a
few 27.00-27.75; Cutter 23.75-
24.75; Canner 20.00-23.50;
shelly Canner 18.00-20.00; a
few fleshy Utility 1390-1610
lb. 22.10-24.60.
BULLOCKS: Bulk Choice
950-1250 lb. 36.00-39.00, in
stances 40.00; Good 32.00-
35.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 32.00-35.75; yield
grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 30.50-
33.50.
VEAL CALVES: Mostly
steady with previous week.
VEALERS: Limited
showing Prime 72.00-78.00,
individual head 82.00-86,00;
Choice mostly 57.00-68.00;
Good 45.00-55.60; Standard
36.0045.00; numerous Utility
90-120 lb. 25.00-31.00 and 60-90
lb. 20.00-24.00, a few 16.00-
19.00.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS
AND EWES: A few head
Good and Choice Spring
Lambs 50-70 lb. 37.00-39.50;
slaughter ewes 12.00-16.00.
Cold Cash
These days, it seems that cold
cash is just what they keep in
air-conditioned banks.
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BUYING SERVICE
Specializing in order buying
of Stockers a Feeders
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PHONE-[7l7| 397-7539
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Washington Boro, Pa 17582
Office Phone [7l7] 872-5491
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Phone [7171653-5728
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marketing livestock!
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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 Corn 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.
New Holland, Penna
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager
Composite
Report
Friday, Sept. 20
Cattle Calves
2907 1581
This Week
CATTLE; Slaughter steers
and Heifers closed mostly
1.00 lower. Cows mostly 50c
lower. Some 1.00 lower late.
Bullocks mostly steady.
Bulls weak to 1.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Bulk Choice 940-1260 lbs.
yield grade 3-4 43.50-46; a
modest showing Choice 950-
1290 lbs. yield grade 2-3 44.50-
46.50; a few yield grade 2
46.75-48.00; mixed High
Grade and' Low Choice 850-
1250 lbs. 40.5043.25; mostly
good 36.50-40.50 including
yield grade 2 Holsteins 1150-
1400 lbs. 36.50-39.00; Stan
dard Holsteins 33-37.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
A small showing Choice 745-
1025 yield grade 34 4043.10;
Good 750-865 lbs. 34.75-38.85
COWSf Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 24-27, few 27-
27.75. Cutter 23.50-24.50.
Canner mostly 20-23, Shelly
Canners 18-20.
BULLOCKS: Bulk Choice
950-1250 lbs. 36-39, few 39.50-
40.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1100-1800 lbs. 32.50-35.75, few
36-37.50; yield grade 2 1000-
1600 lbs. 30.50-33.50.
VEALERS: Weak to 1.00
lower.
VEAL CALVES: Prime 72-
78, few 81-86; Choice mostly
56-68; Good 45-55; Standard
36-45; numerous Utility 90-
120 lbs. 25-31 and 60-90 lbs. 20-
24, a few 16-19.
New Holland
Horse .
Auction
Wednesday, Sept. 18
Reported receipts of 596
head of horses, mules and
ponies. Market lower than
last week.
Load of Kansas riding
horses 205-345.
Load of Illinois driving
horses 220-250.
Load of Virginia riding
horses 225-540.
Load of Tennessee riding
horses 195-480.
Load of Tennessee riding
horses 185-375.
Load of Ohio riding horses
210-300.
Local work horses 305-345,
mules 150-390, driving horses
150-325 riding horses 140-220,
light-weight killers, 12-15,
heavy weight killers 19-21.
Geldings 15-40, mare ponies
1545, colts 5-15 and larger
ponies 65-100.
Phone: 717-354-4341