Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 23, 1974, Image 2

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    —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 23, 1974
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Local Livestock Market. Auction News
Lancaster
Market
Monday, November 18
Cattle Calvea Hogs Sheep
Today
1090 156 838 85
Last Monday
684 226 588 136
Last Year
525 137 676 122
Monday’s Auction
524 227 774 112
Last Monday’s Auction
330 168 628 143
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday slaughter
steers steady to weak; cows
steady to SO lower; bullocks
fully steady, few sales
Choice 2.00 higher; bulls
steady to 50 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1325 lb. 39.00-
41.00, couple 41.25-41.85; high
Good and low Choice 37.85-
39.00; Good 35.00-38.50;
Standard 32.25-36.75, one lot
29.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Good 800-950 lb. 29.25-30.25;
Individual Choice 34.00;
Standard and low Good 650-
850 lb. 20.75-24.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 21.50-22.50,
couple 22.75-23.00; Cutter
19.50-21.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
1300 lb. 35.00-39.25, few 40.00-
42.50, individual 1670 lb.
50.00; Good 31.75-34.50.
BULLS; Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 23.25-30.00,
couple 30.50-32.25; yield
grade 2 900-1500 lb. 25.50-
23.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady.
VEALERS: Choice 60.00
68.00; few Prime 70.00-78.50;
Good 45.00-58.00; Standard
32.0042.00; Utility 90-115 lb.
20.00-25.00, 65-85 lb. 17.00
20.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs
2.004.00 higher.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice
70-100 lb. 42.0044.00; Good
65-110 lb. 34.00-38.50.
HAY MARKETS
New Holland
November 18
PRICES PER TON: 30
LOADS HAY AND 9 LOADS
STRAW.
Alfalfa, few 50.00-72.00;
Timothy 46.00-68.00; Mixed
hay 42.00-78.00; Straw 35.00-
48.00; New Com, 5 loads
64.00-73.00; Clover, one load
at 44.00; Wheat Stubble, one
load at 30.00; Com Fodder,
one load at 34.00; Alfalfa
Mulch, one load at 39.00.
Paul Z. Martin
Wednesday, Nov. 20
10 loads of hay & straw
sold as follows:
Clover 59; Timothy 38 to
57; Mixed Hay 61 to 66;
Straw 40 to 45.
Regional
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay and Straw steady to
strong.
Alfalfa 55.00-60.00, few to
70 00; Mixed hay 40.00-45.00;
Timothy hay 30.00-40.00;
Straw 30.00-35.00; Mulch
20.00-32.00.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, November 19
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 706 652 38
Last Tuesday
606 603 28
Last Year
561 580 33
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers 1.00-2.00 lower,
although around IS head
Choice sold to the retail
trade only steady to weak;
cows 1.50 to mostly 2.00
lower; bullocks steady to
weak; bulls steady to 1.00
lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1325 lb. 39.25-
42.00, around 15 head mostly
Choice yield grade 2-3 43.00-
44.85, few Choice 1200-1425 lb.
37.50-39.00; high Good and
low Choice 37.75-41.00; Good
34.00-37.50; Standard 30.00-
35.50, few 28.00-30.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Choice 750-850 lb. 33.25-
35.75; Good 24.25-28.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 19.00-21.00,
few 21,00-21.75; Cutter 17.00-
20.00; Canner and low Cutter
14.75-17.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1250 lb. 33.75-36.25; Good
28.75-30.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1150-1650 lb. 27.5030.25; yield
grade 2 26.00-28.30.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady to weak, with Utility
3.004.00 lower.
VEALERS: Few Choice
52.00-60.00; Good to low
Choice 38.00-52.00; Standard
110-125 lb. 32.0035.00, 100-110
lb. 25.00-32.00; Utility 90110
lb. 21.50-24.50, 7535 lb. 19.00-
20.50, few 60-75 lb. 13.00-18.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
125 head 100-125 lb. Holstein
bulls sold in five lots 29.00-
31.00, three small lots 100-125
lb. Holstein heifers 27.00-
33.00.
SHEEP; Small supply
wooled slaughter lambs 1.00
3.00 higher; slaughter ewes
2.00-3.00 higher.
WOOLED LAMBS: Few
Choice 7095 lb. 39.0045.00;
Green Dragon
November 15,1974
Prices Per Ton:
28 loads hay and 10 loads
straw
Alfalfa 56.00-70.00, few to
82.00; Timothy 47.0063.00;
Mixed hay, few 43.0061.00;
Clover Seed, 8 bushels at
30.00 per bushel; Straw 40.00-
56.00; Com 67.0073.50,
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
November 19,1974
CATTLE 380. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter cows $1.25 to $2.25
lower. Few Good slaughter
steers 36.00-41.50, few
Standard 31.50-34.85, few
Utility 26.50-29.85. Couple
Good slaughter heifers 32.25
and 32.75, few Standard
29.00-30.00. Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 19.60-22.00, couple to
23.00, Cutters 18.60-20.75,
Canners 17.50-19.10, Shells
down to 15.00. Few Good
slaughter bullocks 34,00-
37.00, Standard 28.10-30.60,
Utility 25.25-27.50. Few Yield
Grade No. 1, 1100-1760 lbs.
slaughter bulls 29.25-32.00.
CALVES 216. Vealers
grading Utility $2.50 to $4.50
lower. Few Choice vealers
53.50-55.50, few Good 40.00-
49.50, Standard 30.00-40.00,
Utility 90-120 lbs. 21.50-28.00,
70-85 lbs. 17.50-20.50. Farm
Calves: Holstein Bulls 90-120
lbs. 23.00-32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 7. NOT
ENOUGH OF ANY ONE
GRADE TO ESTABLISH A
MARKET.
SHEEP 13. Choice 85-110
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
39.00-40.50, lot Good 70 lbs.
feeder lambs at 26.00.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, November 20
Reported receipts of 186
cows, 19 heifers and 9 bulls.
Market lower compared to
last week.
Load of Pennsylvania
cows, fresh 625-735.
Load of Franklin County
cows, fresh 430-590.
Load of New York State
cows, fresh 515-810,
springers 410-625.
Load of Wisconsin cows,
fresh 475-750.
Herd dispersal of 40 head
from Lancaster County in all
stages of production - 270-
750.
Herd dispersal of 20 head
from York County in all
stages of production - 315-
510.
Locally consigned cows
325-760, springing heifers
425-580, open heifers 125-235
and bulls 100-245.
Good 50-80 lb. 31.00-37.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Utility and Good 10.00-17.00,
AUCTIONS mokes the difference in
marketing livestock!
New Holland mokes 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 Corn 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 Diflenbach, Manager Phone 717-354 4341
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, November 20
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
840 131 642 43
Last Wednesday
856 89 682 16
Last Year
323 39 229 27
Wednesday’s Auction
428 131 717 48
Last Wednesday’s Auction
430 92 578 24
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday slaughter steers
uneven, small supply Choice
fully steady; mixed Good
and Choice steady to 1.00
lower, Standard and Good
1.00- lower; cows 2.00
lower; bullocks 1.00-3.00
lower; bulls 50-1.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 1000-1225 lb. 39.50-
41.50; high Good and low
Choice 950-1275 lb. 37.00-
39.00; Good 900-1325 lb. 32.00-
37.00; Standard 29.00-33.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Good 700-900 lb. 22.00-
25.00, couple Choice 39.85;
Standard 14.75-17.75.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 19.00-20.00,
couple 20.25; Cutter 17.25-
19.25; Canner and low Cutter
16.00-
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
13501 b. 33.75-36.75; Standard
24.00-25.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1000-1600 lb. 26.50-29.50, few
31.00-33.75; yield grade 2 900-
14501 b. 23.50-26.50, few 21.75-
23.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
1.00- lower, instances 4.00
lower on Choice.
VEALERS: Choice 52.00-
55.00; Good 43.00-50.00;
Standard 28.00-40.00; Utility
85-110 19.00-23.00, 65-85 lb.
15.00-
SHEEP: Small supply
wooled lamb and slaughter
ewes mostly steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: Couple
lots Choice 65-85 lb. 40.00;
couple lots Good 34.00-35.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Utility 85440 lb. 8.00-10.50.
Automobile Service Tips
THE FUEL PUMP HASA
PULSING CIRCULAR DIAPHi
To pump Gasoline from t
Fuel tank: to carburet?
ACTIVATED BYA PUSMI3OI
FROM THE CAMSAFT THI
diaphragm rises and i
with each camshaft
AS IT RISES, THE MAI
CREATES A PARTIAL I
THAT SUCKS GASOLINE: iim,^
CHAMBER THROUGH A ONE-WAY
INLET VALVE. AS THE INLET CLOSES,IHE DIAPHRAGM
IS PUSH® DOWNWARD BYA SPRING, FORCING IRE TRAPPED FUEL
Past the one-way outlet yalve id the carburetor
PUMP MUST EE REPLACED WHEN Low PRESSURE LEAKAGE
OR FAILURE RESULT
New Holland
Auction
Thursday, November 21
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 935 430 21
Last Thursday
1034 539 22
Holiday
Last Year
CATTLE: Compared to
last Thursday slaughter
steers 1.00 lower, instances
2.00 lower; cows 3.00-4.00
lower; bullocks 2.00-4.00
lower; bulls 3.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1350 lb. 38.50-
42.00, few 1100-1200 lb. 42.50-
43.75, couple 45.00; high
Good and low Choice 36.50-
39.00; Good 33.50-38.50;
Standard 27.50-32.25; Utility
22.00-26.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 18.25-20,00,
few 20.25-20.85, five head
21.00-21.50; Cutter 16.85-
18.85; Canner and low Cutter
14.75-16.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1250 lb. 32.75-34.00, couple
35.75-37.00, three head 39.00-
39.85; Good 26.75-30.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1700 lb. 24.85-27.60, few
27.85-29.25; yield grade 2
1000-1500 lb. 22.75-25.25.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
1-2.00 lower, instances 4.00
lower.
VEALERS: Prime 73.00-
77.00; Choice 48.00-63.00;
Good 38.00-48.00; Standard
110-135 lb. 28.00-38.00,100-110
lb. 23.00-28.00; Utility 66-110
lb. 18.00-22.50, few 65-85 lb.
15.00-18.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 105-115 lb. Holstein
bulls and heifers 33.00-40.00,
few 95-105 lb. 22.00-25.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient
volume for a market test.
There will be no Fat
Steer, Bull, Cow and
Veal Sale at the New
Holland Sales Stables,
Inc., New Holland, Pa.
on Thursday, Nov. 28,
Thanksgiving Day.
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. OO A M.
For Marketing Information
Phone Area Code 717-442-4181
H«\ 100 Paradise, Pa
10 mi East of Lancaster on Hi 30
Composite
Report
Friday, November 22
Last Week
This Week 5033 S
Last Year 1709 ye,
C A TTLE: Slaughter steers
.50 - $l.OO lower, with stan
dard and low good off 12-
cows closed the week *2-3
lower with some sales $4
lower; bullocks $l-3 lower
f" 1 , 18 * l-3 lower. Supply
included an estimated 25
percent slaughter steers, 20
percent cows, 10 percent
*»“• the **2
mainly feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS-
Choice 950-1325 lb, 33.50!.
42.00; around 40 head Choice
mostly yield grade 2-3 42.50-
45.00, few Choice 1200-1425 lb.
37.50-39.00; high Good and
Low Choice 36.50-39.00; Good
900-1325 lb. 32.00-38.00-
Standard 27.50-33.00; few
early part of week 33.00-
35.50; Utility 22.00-26.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Choice 700-850 lb. 33.25^
35.75; Good 22.00-28.00;
Standard and low Good 650 l
850 lb. 20.75-22.50; few
Standard 14.75-17.75.
COWS: Utility and high
Dressing Cutter closed the
week at 18.75-20.00, few 20.50-
21.50 with around 10 head on
Monday 22.50-23.00, cutter
16.85-19.00, Canner and low
Cutter 14.75-16.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 900-
1250 lb. 32.7M9.25, few 39.50-
42.50, individual 1670 lb.
50.00; Good 26.75-32.00;
Standard 24.00-25.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1000-1600 lb. 25.00-29.50, few
30.00-33.75; yield grade 2 900-
1450 lb. 22.75-26.50, few 21.75-
22.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
$l-2 lower, instances $4
lower.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-
78.50; Choice 52.00-65.00;
Good 38.00-50.00; Standard
110-135 lb. 28.00-38.00, 100-110
lb. 23.00-28.00; Utility 65-110
lb. 18.00-24.50, few 60-85 lb.
13.00-18.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk
100-125 lb. Holstein bulls
29.00-37.00; few 100-125 lb.
Holstein heifers 33.00-40.00;
95-105 lb. Holstein heifers
and bulls 22.00-28.00.
COMPLETE
LIVESTOCK
BUYING SERVICE
Specializing in order buying
of Stockers & Feeders
FRANK DUSSINGER
LIVESTOCK ORDER BUYER
PHONE- 1717] 397-7539
MARIM LIVESTOCK
Washington Boro, Pa. 17582
Office Phone |717|872-5491
John Bowman
Ph0ne:17171653-5728