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Local Livestock Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Market
Monday,January I
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
731 205 564 162
Last Monday
783 205 500 210
Last Year
668 148 801 162
Monday’s Auction
598 217 599 178
Last Monday’s Auction
631 228 727 250
CATTLE: Compared to
last Monday slaughter steers
steady, instances 50 lower on
Standard and Good; cows
mostly steady, instances SO
higher on Cutter; bullocks
steady to 1.00 lower; bulls
mostly steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1150-
1325 lb. 38.60-39.50; Choice
950-1350 lb. 37-50-39.10; high
Good and low Choice 34.8&-
38.00; Good 32.50-36.25;
Standard 26.85-30.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-950 lb. 33.00-35.00,
couple 38.25-37.85; Good
30.00-32.00.
COWS: Utility and liigh
dressing Cutter 20.50-22.50,
couple 22.75; few Utility
yield grade 3-4 18.50-20.00;
Cutter 19.25-22.00; Canner
and low Cutter 17.00-19.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-
1390 lb. 33.00-35.00; Good
28.50-33.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1600 lb. 29.00-31.10, six
head 1845-2060 lb. 31.00-33.25;
yield grade 2 27.50-29.50.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers
2.00- higher.
VEALERS: Prime 62.00-
67.50; Choice 48.00-58.00;
Good 33.0045.00; Standard
27.00- Utility 95-120
22.00- 65-90 lb. 35.00
20.00.
SHEEP; Wooled lambs
stssdy*
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice
90-108 lb. 41.0042.50, few
43.0044.00; Good 50-90 lb.
37.0041.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Good 11.00-16.50.
HAY MARKETS
New Holland
January 6, 1975
Prices Per Ton:
Sixty-seven loads hay & 25
loads straw.
Alfalfa 57.00-78.00, few
loads 80.00-90.00; Timothy
45.00-56.00; Mixed hay 42.00-
65.00, few loads 67.00-78.00;
Straw 35.00-42.00, one load at
45.00; Clover, one load at
46.00; Com, 5 loads 70.00-
77.50; Oats, $1.05 per bushel.
Paul Z. Martin
Wednesday, Jan. 8
22 loads of hay & straw
sold as follows:
Alfalfa 60-97.50; Mixed
Hay 57-68; Timothy 54-61;
Straw 38-47.50; 1 load Com
71.00.
Regional
All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay & Straw mostly
steady, spots weaker.
Alfalfa 55.00-70.00; Mixed
hay 40.00-50.00, few down to
30.00; Timothy hay 35.00-
40.00; Straw 35.00-38.00;
Mulch 20.00-35.00.
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, January?
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 788 574 14
Last Tuesday Holiday
Last Year
786 647 12
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers mostly steady; cows
steady, instances 50 higher;
bullocks and bulls fully
steady. Supply included 36
per cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1075-
1325 lb. 39.7541.60; Choice
950-1350 lb. 37.7540.50, 12
head 41.2542.25; high Good
and low Choice 37.00-38.60;
Good 33.00-37.25, few 32.25-
33.00; Standard 28.5043.00;
few Utility and low Standard
22.50-27.00. •*
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Choice 925-980 lb. 31.85-
33.85.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 20.50-22.00,
few 22.25-22.50; Cutter 18.50-
21.50; Canner and low Cutter
17.00-18.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1400 lb. 33.0034.00, couple
35.1038.00; Good 27.2532.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1750 lb. 29.5031.50, few
31.8533.75, individual 34.75;
yield grade 2 1000-1350 lb.
27.5030.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
3.004.00 higher, instances
8.00 higher on Choice and
Prime. Demand good for bull
calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 64.00-
69.00; Choice 52.00-62.00;
Good 40.00-50.00; Standard
28.0038.00; Utility 90-120 lb.
21.00-26.00, 65-85 lb. 16.00-
21.00,
RETURNED TO FARM:
Few 100-125 lb. Holstein
heifers 21.00-24.00; bulk 100-
115 lb. Holstein bulls 25.00-
29.00, couple lots 120-125 lb.
32.50-36.50.
SHEEP: Insufficient
volume for a market test.
Few Choice and Prime 45-
65 lb. new crop slaughter
lambs 49.00-63.00.
Green Dragon
January 3,1975
' Prices per ton: 67 loads
hay & 41 loads straw.
Alfalfa 47.00-69.00, few
76.00-85.00; Timothy 47.00-
56.00; Mixed hay 44.00-67.00;
□over, few loads 49.00-61.00;
Grass hay, one load at 41.00;
Straw 37.00-42.50; Com, 4
loads 54.00-76.00; Corn
Fodder, one load at 30.00;
Oats, 353 bushels at $1.95 per
bushel.
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
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday,January 8
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
747 98 623 5
Last Wednesday Holiday
Last Year
580 120 677 57
Wed.’s Auction
SOI 108 636 5
Last Wed.-s. Auc.
Holiday
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday slaughter steers 50-
1.00 higher; cows 1.00-2.00
lower; bullocks steady,
instances 1.00 lower on
Choice; bulls fully steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1075-
1330 lb. 39.6040.85; Choice
950-1325 lb. 38.00-39.85, few
40.1040.35; high Good and
low Choice 36.25-38.00; Good
34.7547.00; Standard 28.00-
33.50; Utility and low
Standard 22.50-23.50.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 18.75-20.00,
couple 20.10-20.50; Utility
yield grade 34 17.00-18.50;
Cutter 17.50-19.50; Canner
and low Cutter 15.50-17.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 950-
13001 b. 31.7544.75, few 35.00-
36.00; Good 29.0043.00.
BULLS; Yield grade 1
1200-1750 lb. 29.00-33.75,
couple 34.25-35.10; yield
grade 2 1000-1400 lb. 27.00-
29.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Choice 50.00-
59.00; few Prime 60.00-66.00;
Good 35.0045.00; Standard
27.00- Utility 90-120 lb.
21.00- 65-65 lb. 18.00-
21.00.
SHEEP: No market test.
Omaha
' Weekly 51 - cattle - com
pared with the previous
week close.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
50-1.00 higher, most advance
on Choice and Prime 1050-
1250 lbs. heifers 25-75 c
higher, instances 1.00 higher
on high-choice and prime.
Cows 2.00-3.00 lower, most
downturn on canner and
cutter. Bulls steady.
Four day receipts 22,000 as
compared 12,300 for previous
holiday week and 20,300 a
year ago. Slaughter steers
approximately 40 percent,
heifers 30 percent, cows 13
percent and feeders for
Friday auction 15 percent.
STEERS: Closing at the
high time of the week, high
choice and prime 1084-1250
lbs. yield grade 34 38.50-
39.00, two loads at outside
price. Choice 975-1325 lbs.
AUCTIONS mokes 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 Sale —MONDAY at 10:00 A.M.
Hay, Straw & Ear Corn —MONDAY 11:00 A.M.
and WEDNESDAY 12:00
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
New Holland
Auction
Friday, January 10
Cattle Calves
This Week 3600 1400
Last Week 2505 1215
Last Year 3899 1228
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
mui las n 50 ' 1 - 00 hlgher ’ ■J tho "g h
** 385 . , utility and Standard mostly
, C^™LE^ Comi l tre l. t 0 steady; cows closed the
last Thursday slaughter k V. 063.00 lower; bulla
steers strong to 1.00 higher, . hniinrks generally
except Utility and Standard “S df b g^ B & lower
mostly steady; cows 2.00300 JjJ* few an
S3E|. h i lo i! k Tim estimated 40 per cent
steady, bulls weak to 1.00 s i aU ghter steers, 20 per cent
Slaughter steers-. w°a^ r maWMeSS
High Choice and Prime 1200- U'Jr
1350 lb. 39.75-41.25; Choice attphtfr STEERS*
950-1325 lb. 39.00-41.25, few Prime lSt
41.2541.75, few sales 1100- i? 39 eO4l SO^Choice
1300 lb. 38.50-39.00; load JJJ ifew
Choice 1425-1550 lb. 39.25-
40.75, couple 41.1041.75; high S l42^
Good and low Choice 37.50- SSsfli M 2M07? hi£
39.25; Good 33.25-37.50; "
Standard 27.2532.50; Utility M&fsf
and low Standard 21.00-25.75. JJ- 2 ® >- J 5! of™. 0 flfjj ’
COWS; Utility and high
dressing Cutter 17.75-20.00, heifeM-'
few2o.oo-20.75; Cutter 16.75-
18.25; CannerandlowCutter aoiM^lb-32.00^00
14.50- - ;
BULLOCKS: Choice 34.00- 30^- 00 - TT .. 1 .. .
34.75, few 36.7539.00; Good co^:
97nnloiM dressing Cutter closed the
BULLS:’ Yield grade 1 W f k
1100-1600 lb. 28.00-31,50, few ■ f « w 1 jSSsR
32.00-33.50; yield grade 2
1000-1350 lb. 25.50-28.00, few aSNoS
22.50- IOW
VEAL CALVES: Vealers C SSV^f% fflice ggo .
SefonUtilitf*” 068 13001 b. 32.5535.00, few 35.50-
64 00- 39.00; Good 27.0633.00,
5200452(2. BULLS: YieW B*«ie 1
SS’ O- KdSSd nWW7O ° lb ‘ few
32.00-33.75, couple 34.25-
55Sio 35.10; yield grade 21000-1400
21.06-26.00, 6535 lb. IU.OO- lb 26.00-29.00, few 22.50-
CALVES: Vealers
25.0630.00, few 30.0034.00. 2.00-4.00 bigh * r -
SHEEP: No market test.
feeding.
Thursday, January 9
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1045 502 3
Last Thursday
766 505 11
Last Year
Cattle
yield grade 24 37.00-38.25,
three loads 1050 lbs. ; yield
grade 3 for Canadian ship
ment 38.50. Few loads choice
1475-1550 lbs. yield grade 3-5
32.75-33.00 during week.
Mixed good and choice 36.50-
37.25, several loads high
good and choice for
Canadian shipment 37.25
forepart of week. Good 32.00-
36.25. Standard and low-good
30.00-31.50.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 36.63
average weight 1136 lbs. as
compared 36.04 and 1119 lbs.
previous week and 47.33 and
1160 lbs. a year ago.
HEIFERS: Load and part
loads Choice and Prime 991-
1032 lbs. yield grade 34 37.75-
38.00, moderate volume
same grade 925-1100 lbs.
37.25-37.50. Choice 850-1050
lbs. yield grade 24 closed
Phone:7l7-354-4341
Composite
Report
VEALERS: Prime 60.00-
65.00, few / 65.0069.00; Choice
52.00- Good 79.00-50.00;
Standard 27.00-35.00; Utility
90-120 lb. 21.00-27.00, 65-65 lb.
16.00-
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 90-115 Holstein bulls
25.00-29.00, few lots 30.00-
36.50; few 100-125 lb. Holstein
heifers 21.00-28.00.
36.00-37.25. Mixed good and
choice 750-1000 lbs. 35.00-
36.00. Good 30.50-34.50. Small
lots standard and good 29.00-
30.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 14.50-16.00, a few
16.50. Canner and cutter
10.00-14.50, mixed cutter and
low-utility 14.75-15.00. Shelly
canner 8.00-9.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1&2
1400-1800 lbs. 21.00-24.00.
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
For 24 Hour Market Reporting Service,
Call 717-768-3117
Box 100 Paradise, Pa
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt 30
Lebanon
Valley
Livestock
January 7,1975
CATTLE 225. Compared
with last Tuesday's market,
Good slaughter steers 32.00-
37.50,' Standard 28.35-32.00,
Utility 20.85-28.00. Two Good
slaughter heifers at 31.50,
few Standard 20.10-24.00.
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 19.10-
21.10, individual at 22.00,
Cutters 17-85-19.50, Canners
16.10-18.00, Shells down to
13.10. Few Good slaughter
bullocks 30.00-33.75, Stan
dard 25.10-29.85, few Utility
21.00- Few Yield Grade
No. 1 1455-1770 lbs. slaughter
bulls 27.25-29.85, one Yield
Grade No. 21160 lbs. at 25.10.
CALVES 244. Few Choice
vealers 51.50-56.00, Good
45.00- Standard 29.00-
40.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. 21.50-
27.00, 70-85 lbs. 18.00-22.50,
40-70 lbs. 15.00-18.00. Farm
calves, bolstein bulls 90-120
lbs. 24.00-35.00.
SHEEP 1. Individual
Choice 100 lbs. wooled
slaughter lamb at 42.00.
Feeder
Sales
Friday, January 3,1975
FEEDER CATTLE: A
fairly active demand with
best demand for steers over
750 Ib.
FEEDER STEERS: One
lot Choice and Prime .785 jb.
33.00; Choice 740-960 lb.
29.75-32.75;, mixed>jGood and
Choice 700-865 1b'.27.85-28.85,
lot 520 lb. 28.1f1;i Good 425-635
lb. 26.00-26.50; one lot
Standard and Good Holsteins
940 lb. 22.50.
FEEDER BULLS; Couple
lots Choice 785-865 lb. 24.00-
24.25; mixed Good anc
Choice 450-515 lb. 22.25-22.50
one lot 420 lb. 23.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Few
Good and Choice 670-840 lb.
20.25-21.10.
COMPLETE
LIVESTOCK
BUYING SERVICE
Specializing in order buying
of Stockers & Feeders
FRANK DUSSIN6ER
LIVESTOCK ORDER BUYER
PHONE: [7171397-7539
MARTIN LIVESTOCK
Washington Boro, Pa. 17582
Office Phone {7171872-5491
John Bowman
Phone: [7171653-5728