—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 2, 1975
2
Local Livestock Market, Auction News
Lancaster
Market
Monday, July 28
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1183 189 937 101
Last Monday
977 212 713 112
Last Year
815 146 896 147
Monday’s Auction
1134 271 936 82
Last Monday’s Auction
839 221 687 112
CATTLE: Compared with
last Wednesday slaughter
steers firm with best buyer
demand centering on Choice
over 1100 lb.; limited supply
slaughter heifers
moderately active, steady;
reduced supply slaughter
cows active 1.00-1.50 higher
to a broad demand; bulls and
bullocks slow, steady to
weak.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 1100-1250
lb. yield grade 3-4 52.00-55.00,
individual Prime 1210 lb.
yield grade 4 56.35; Choice
950-1300 lb. yield grade 2-4
43.50-33.00; high Good and
low Choice 45.50-48.50; Good
40.0046.00; Good 1250-1450
lb. Holstein steers yield
grade 2-3 37.00-39.50;
Standard and Good 1100-1400
lb. 35.00-37.50; Standard
31.00-36.00; Utility and
Standard 900-1300 lb. 24.50-
31.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few lots Choice and Prime
900-1050 lb. yield grade 3-4
47.00-49.50; Choice 750-900 lb.
yield grade 2-4 43.00-47.00;
Good 31.75-37.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 22.00-25.00,
individual Utility up to 26.25;
Cutter 20.50-23.00; Canner
and low Cutter 17.00-21..00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1250 lb. yield grade 1-2 37.50-
40.00; Good 30.00-38.00, 900-
1100 lb. yield grade 2-3 22.75-
30.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1200-1800 lb. 27.00-30.00, few
up to 35.75; yield grade 2 950-
1100 lb. 24.00-28.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
slow, steady to 2.00 lower.
VEALERS: Choice 50.00-
60.00; individual Prime up to
67.00; Good 25.00-35.00;
Standard 80-110 lb. 18.00-
25.00.
SHEEP: Spring
slaughter lambs slow, 1.00-
1.50 lower.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
80-100 lb. 51.50; Good 75-85 lb.
41.00-44.00.
Local Grain
Thursday, July 31
These prices are made up
of the average prices quoted
by a number of participating
local feed and grain con
cerns. It should be noted,
however, that not every
dealer or broker handles
each commodity. All prices
are per bushel except ear
corn which is per ton.
The average local gram
prices quoted Thursday,
July 31, are as follows:
Bid+Offered+
Ear Corn 70.00 76.00
Shelled Corn 301 3.22
Oats
Local 161% 1.85
Western 178 1.99
Barley 1.79 1.97
Wheat 3 09 3.36
+Bid is the price the
dealer will buy from the
farmer delivered to the mill.
Offered is the price the
dealer will sell for at his mill
Vintage
Auction
Tuesday, July 29
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 878 684 23
Last Tuesday
1131 657 65
Last Year
1048 598 40
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday’s auction
slaughter steers uneven,
average Choice to Prime
slow 50-1.00 lower; high Good
to average Choice slow
steady to weak, however
Standard to average Good
moderately active steady to
1.00 higher; cows fairly
active, steady to 50 higher;
small supply bullocks slow,
steady to weak; bulls
moderately active, steady to
50 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 1150-
1250 lb. yield grade 3-4 52.00-
54.00, few Prime up to 55.25;
Choice 1000-1300 lb. yield
grade 2-4 48.00-52.50, Choice
850-1000 lb. yield grade 24
47.0049.10;/ high Good and
low Choice 1000-1300 lb. 46.00-
49.50; Good 38.00-46.00; Good
1200-1450 lb. Holstein steers
yield grade 2-3 39.0041.50;
Standard and Good 1100-1400
lb. 37.00-39.50; Standard
30.00-37.50; Utility and
Standard 22.75-30.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few individual Choice 800-
900 lb. yield grade 2-4 37.75-
39.25; Good 800-1000 lb. 31.00-
37.25.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 22.50-24.25,
few Utility up to 24.85; Cutter
19.00-23.00; Canner and low
Cutter 16.00-19.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1200 lb. yield grade 2-3 33.50-
36.00; Good 28.00-34.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1400-1800 lb. 28.00-31.00;
individual yield grade 1 up to
34.00; yield grade 1-2 1000-
1400 lb. 25.00-30.00; few yield
grade 1 up to 33.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
fairly active, steady to 2.00
higher except Utility and low
Standard 5.00-8.00 higher.
VEALERS: Choice 40.00-
48.00; few Choice to low
Prime up to 57.00; Good to
low Choice 34.00-41.00; Good
110-130 lb. 25.00-34.00;
Standard and Good 90-110 lb.
20.00-26.00; 65-85 lb. 17.00-
23 00
RETURNED TO FARM:
90-115 lb. Holstein bulls 30.00-
35.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient
volume for a market test.
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
along Route 222
PHONE JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday at I 30
P M starting with feeder cattle
and pigs
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, July 30
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1091 86 957 19
Last Wednesday
897 43 785 0
Last Year
902 84 526 26
Wednesday’s Auction
1061 118 852 19
Last Wednesday’s Auction
881 73 790 0
CATTLE: Compared with
last Monday’s auction
slaughter steers slow, steady
to 50 instances 1.00 lower
with most decline on weights
under 1050 lb.; slaughter
heifers slow, steady to 50
lower; small supply cows
slow, steady, however
hardly enough for an
adequate market test; bulls
and bullocks moderately
active, firm.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 1050-1300 lb. yield
grade 2-4 43.00-52.00, in
dividuial up to 53.25; Choice
950-1050 lb. 47.50-51.00,
mostly 48.00-49.00; mixed
Good and Choice 950-1300 lb.
46.00- Good 40.0047.00;
few small lots Good 1100-1400
lb. Holsteins yield grade 2-3
37.50-41.25; Standard and
Good 35.00-37.50; Standard
30.00- few Utility 900-
1000 lb. 24.00-26.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few lots Choice 900-1100 lb.
38.0041.25, individual 1075 lb.
yield grade 4 44.75; Good
32.00-33.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing Cutter 22.00-24.25;
Cutter 20.50-23.00; Canner
and low Cutter 18.00-21.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1250 lb. yield grade 1-2 37.50-
39.00; few Good 30.00-35.00;
yield grade 2-3 900-1100 lb.
23.00-30.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1200-1800 lb. 27.00-31.00;
individual yield grade 1 up to
36.00; yield grade 2 950-1200
lb. 24.00-26.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
active, 2.00-6.00 higher.
VEALERS: Choice 55.00-
65.00; individuial Prime up
to 75.00; Good 30.00-40.00;
Standard 80-110 lb. 21.00-
25.00, few 60-70 lb. 18.00-21.00.
SHEEP: Spring slaughter
lambs fairly active, firm
couple shirments Choice 92
lb. 51 00
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New Holland
Auction
Cattle Calves Sheep
This Week
1506 556 6
Last Thursday
1199 500 9
Last Year
1494 450 44
CATTLE: Compared to
last - Thursday’s auction
slaughter steers and heifers
slow, 1.50-2.00 lower; Cows
slow steady to 50 lower;
Bulls & Bullocks 50 to 1.50
lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High choice and prime 1100-
1300 lb. yield grade 34,52.00-
53.85, choice 1100-1300 lb.
48.00-52.00; 950-1100 lb. 45.50-
48.00; high good and low
choice 1100-1300 lb. 44.00-
48.50; good 40.00-47.00;
standard and low good 34.00-
40.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS:
Few lots good 1100-1600 lb.
yield grade 2-3 37.00-40.00,
standard and good 30.00-
37.00, standard 28.00-31.00,
utility and standard 900-1300
lb. 24.00-29.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few lots choice 900-1050 lb.
yield grade 24 38.5040.25;
good 750-1000 lb. 30.00-35.00.
COWS: Utility and high
dressing cutter 23.00-25.00,
individual up to $26.10;
Cutter 19.00-23.50; Canner &
Low cutter 17.00-20.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1300 lb. 35.0040.00, individual
up to 41.75; good 29.00-34.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1600 lb. 27.50-31.00; few
up to 35.25; yield grade 2
1000-1400 lb. 25.00-29.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
active unevenly steady to
5.00 higher with high choice
and prime noted at the full
advance.
VEALERS: Choice 45.00-
60.00, individual prime up to
'65.00; good and low choice
35'.0048.00, good 25.00-38.00;
standard and low good 90-110
lb. 15.00-25.00; 65-90 lb. 10.00-
18.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk
90-115 lb. holstem bulls
heifers 19.00-27.00
dividual up to 37.00; sheep
insignificant volume for an
adequate market test.
Cattle Calves
This Week 5800 1515
Last Week 5205 1444
5553 1292
Last Year
CATTLE: Closing sale of
slaughter steers and heifers
slow, 1.50 to 2.00 lower in
instances and was down
trending dressed beef trade.
Weight and grade major
price determining factor.
Cows steady 50 lower; Bulls
and bullocks slow, steady to
1.50 lower. Receipts included
an estimated 70 percent
slaughter steers, 20 percent
cows, 15 percent bulls with
the remainder mostly feeder
steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Early in the week high
choice and prune 1100-1300
lb. 53.00-55.00, individual
prime up to 56.35, closing
sales high choice and prune
York
Livestock
July 30,1975
CATTLE 51. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market; few Choice 955-1145
lbs. slaughter steers 45.00-
46.00, few Good 40.0041.00,
Standard 35.00-38.75, few
Utility 23.85-24.35. One
Choice slaughter heifer at
40.75, one Good at 34.85, few
Standard 25.35-33.00, one
Utility at 20.50. Few Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 20.10-23.85,
few Cutters 18.50-19.75, few
Canners 16.00-18.75. Couple
Utility slaughter bullocks
23.75-23.85. Couple Yield
Grade No. 11240 and 1250 lbs.
slaughter bulls 24.50 and
26.35.
CALVES 52. Vealers
grading Utility $5 to $7
higher. Couple Choice
vealers 52.00 and 57.00, few
Good 40.00-54.00, few
Standard 32.0045.00, Utility
90-115 lbs. 25.00-28.00, 85-110
lbs. 26.00-28.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 85-110 lbs.
26.00-28.00.
HOGS 28. One lot US No. 1-
3 212 lbs. barrows & gilts
58.00, No. 2-3 195-240 lbs.
58.00- one lot No. 1-3 185
lbs. 56.00. One US No. 1-3 400
lbs. sow at 47.50. Few Boars
35.00-
FEEDER PIGS 11. One lot
US No. 1-3 45 lbs. feeder pigs
29.00 per head, Utility 15-25
lbs. 12.00-17.00 per head.
SHEEP 5. Not enough of
any one grade to establish a
market.
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900 A M Fat Hogs
10 00 A M Horse Sale
11 00 A M Hay Straw & Ear Corn
230 P M Fat Steers Bulls Cows & Veal
WEDNESDAY’S ACTION
12 00 Noon Hay Straw & Ear Corn
1230 PM Dairy Sale
THURSDAY'S ACTION
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Order of Sale Bulls Fat Steers Cows & Veal
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, New Holland, PA
Abram W Diffenbach, Manager Rhone; 717-354-4341
Composite
Report
1100-1300 lb. yield grade 3-4
52.00-53.85,' choice 1100-1300
lb. 48.00-52.00, 950-1100 lb.
45.50-48.00; high good and
low choice 1000-1300 lb. 44.00-
48.50; good 40.00-47.00;
standard and low good 34.00-
40.00. Holstein steers few lots
good 1200-1400 lbs. yield
grade 2-3 early in the week
up to 41.50, however closing
sales 1100-1600 lb. 37.00-40.00;
standard and good 30.00-
37.00, standard 28.00-31.00,
utility and standard 900-1300
lb. 24.00-29.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Early in the week few lots
choice and prime 900-1050 lb.
yield grade 3-4, 47.00-49.50,
choice 950-1000 lb. 40.00-47.00,
with weight the major price
determining factor; few
closing sales choice 900-1050
lb. yield grade 2 - 4 38.50-
40.25.
COWS: Closing sales
utihty and high dressing
cutter 23.00-25.00, however
early in the week individual
utility up to 26.25; cutter
19.00-23.50, canner and low
cutter 17.00-20.00.
BULLOCKS: Closing sales
choice 1000-1300 lb. 35.00-
40.00, individual up to 41.75,
good 29.00-34.00.
BULLS: With the decline
yield grade 1-2 1100-1800 lb.
27.50-31.00, few early in the
week up to 33.75; yield grade
2 900-1400 lb. 25.00-29.00.
VEALERS: Closing sales
choice 45.00-65.00, individuial
prime up to 75.00, good and
low choice 35.00-48.00, good
25.00-38.00, standard and low
good 90-115 lb. 15.00-25.00, 65-
90 lb. 10.00-21.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk
90-115 lb. holstein bulls and
heifers 20.00-35.00, individual
up to 37.00. Spring lambs few
lots choice 80-100 lb. 51.00-
51.50.
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