Omaha Cattle
Feb. 20
Weekly 51
CATTLE; Compared with
the previous week’s close:
Prices on slaughter steers
and heifers stood 1.00-1.25
higher through midweek
with closing trade 50-75
higher in limited trading.
Cows were 2.00-3.00 lower,
some thin canner 3.50 off.
Bulls were fully steady.
Four day receipts 19,300 as
compared 22,700 previous
week and 17,400 a year ago.
Steers approximately 47 pet.
week’s total, heifers 30 pet,
cows 13 pet. and feeders for
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Phone 717-354-4341
Daily Market Report Phone 717-354-7288
Abe Diffenbach, Manager .
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Manheim, RD2
HEISEY FARM
SERVICE, INC.
Mount Joy
HEISTAND
BROTHERS
Elizabethtown
auction 8 pet.
STEERS: A
choice and prime, clean 1190
lbs. yield grade 3-4 37.00,
load choice and prime 1139
lbs. yield grade 3-4 36.25.
Choice 975-1325 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 34.50-36.00 at
midweek, closing sales 34.00-
35.25, part loads high-choice
35.50- During week, few
loads choice 1350-1524 lbs.
yield grade 3-5 32.00-34.50.
Mixed good and choice 950-
1250 lbs. 33.25-34.00 late,
some mostly choice but quite
muddy 33.50-33.75. Good
29.50- yield grade 2-3
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Bowmansville
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
Columbia, RD2
RED ROSE FEED
& FARM SUPPLY
Quarryville & Buck
Holsteins 30.00-30,35 at
midweek. Standard and low
good 28.50-30.00.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 34.35
average weight 1118 lbs. as
compared 33.71 and 1117 lbs.
previous week and 45.60 and
1158 lbs. a year ago.
HEIFERS: Load and part
loads choice and prime 1000-
1034 lbs. yield grade 3-4 35/0
at midweek. Several loads
same grade 975-1025 lbs.
35.00- Choice 850-1050
lbs. yield grade 2-4 33.50-
35.00 at midweek limited late
sales 33.00-33.75. Mixed good
and choice 750-1000 lbs. 32.00-
33.00 late. Good 28.50-32.00.
Small lots standard and good
27.00-
load high-
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 16.00-18.00, latter
price sparingly. Canner and
cutter 10.50-16.00, mixed
cutter and low-utility 16.25-
16.50. Shelly canner 8.00-
10.00, some extremely thin
7.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1&2
1400-2000 lbs. 20.00-23.00, few
yield grade 1.
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MohlersChurch Road
Ephrata, PA
E. P. SPOTTS, INC.
Honey Brook, RD2
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS
Witmer
J. C. WALKER CO.
Gap
Richard B. Stein, District Manager
Mountville, PA (717) 285-5650
JOHN W. ESHELMAN & SONS
Red Rose Feed, York, PA
A Division of Carnation Co
Carlisle
Livestock
Auction
Carlisle, PA
February 18
CATTLE 269. Supply in
cluded 95 head feeder cattle;
bulk of which was sold by the
head. Compared with last
Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers grading Standard
steady to 50c lower.
Slaughter cows weak to $1
lower. Few Choice slaughter
steers 33.50-34.75, few Good
30.25- Standard 25.00-
30.00, few Utility 23.00-24.50.
Few Good slaughter heifers
26.75-27.25, two Standard
25.00 and 25.25. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 18.50-20.75,
Cutters 17.75-19.00, Canners
16.25- Shells down to
12.50. Few Good slaughter
bullocks 26.10-31.25, few
Standard 24.10-24.35, Utility
21.25- Few Yield Grade
No. 1 1210-2235 lbs. slaughter
bulls 22.75-25.50; two Yield
Grade No. 21190 and 1515 lbs.
23.75 and 26.50.
CALVES 152. Vealers
grading Utility & Standard
steady to $2 lower. Two
Choice vealers 50.00 and
58.00, few Good 44.50-51.00,
Standard 33.00-44.50, Utility
90-115 lbs. 20.00-27.00, few
115-120 lbs. 29.00-32.00, 70-85
lbs. 16.00-20.50. Farm calves,
holstem bulls 100-125 lbs.
25.50-34.50.
HOGS 306. Barrows & gilts
mostly steady. US No. 1-3
200-235 lbs. barrows & gilts
41.00-41.50, No. 2-3 195-250
lbs. 39.50-41.00, US No. 1-3
275-410 lbs. sows 32.00-37.50, ‘
few No. 2-3 420-660 lbs. 31.00-
33.75. Few Boars 25.50-28.25;’
few light weights 34.00-38.00.
FEEDER PIGS 166. US
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
14.00-15.00 per head. No. 1-3
45-50 lbs. 20.00-26.00, few No.
1-3 60-70 lbs. 23.00-28.00,
Utility 30-50 lbs. 9.50-12.50,
few 65 lbs. 24.00-27.00 per
head.
SHEEP 7. Lot Utility 57
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
26.50. One slaughter ewe at
12.50.
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