—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Dec 13, 1975
6
Livestock market and auction news
Pa. Auction
Summary
Week Ending
December 5,1975
CATTLE 5263. Compared
with 4963 head last week, and
4239 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers
steady to SI lower, spots S 2
lower. Slaughter cows &
bulls about steady.
STEERS: Choice 45.00-
48.50, Good 38.00-46.00,
Standard 30.0040.00, Utility
24.85-32.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 38.00-
45.00, Good 32.00-39.00,
Standard 25.25-32.00, few
Utility 21.00-28.00.
COWS: Utility & High
Dressing Cutter 22.75-25.50,
few to 26.00, Cutters 21.00-
23.75, Canners 17.00-21.50,
Shells down to 11.50.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice
36.85-43.00, Good 31.00-37.00,
few Standard 26.00-31.00, few
Utility 22.75-26.75. BULLS:
Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2000
lbs. 25.75-32.00; yield grade
No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 23.75-29.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Godo&
Choice 300-900 lbs. feeder
steers 30.00-35.00, Good 22.00-
30.00, Medium 17.00-25.00;
Good & Choice 300-700 lbs.
feeder heifers 18.00-28.00,
Medium 14.75-21.00; Good
300-800 lbs. feeder bulls 21.00-
30.00, Medium 13.50-26.00.
CALVES 4629. Compared
with 3628 head last week, and
3762 head a year ago.
Vealers fully $2 higher, spots
HAY MARKETS
New Holland
New Holland, PA
Dec. 8,1975
PRICES PER TON:
62 loads hay & 23 loads
straw.
Alfalfa 59.00-90.50,
Timothy 54.00-65.00, 2 loads
70.00 and 80.00; Mixed hay
50.00-72.00, 2 loads 81.00 and
90.00; Straw 43.00-53.00;
Cover, one load at 63.00;
New Ear Com, 4 loads 64.00-
66.00; Old Ear Com, one load
at 85.00; Cora Fodder, 2
loads 41.00 and 42.00; Wood,
one load at 22.00.
Paul Z.
Martin -
Wednesday, Dec. 10
40 loads of hay, straw and
ear com sold as follows-
Alfalfa 62-89; Timothy 56-
65; Cover 58-74; Mixed Hay
44-92; Grass Hay, 1 load 45;
Orchard, 1 load 43; Straw 54-
60; Old Cora 1 load 77 and
New Com 57-67.
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S 4 higher,
VEALERS: Prime 60.00-
70.50, Choice 50.00-65.00,
Good 42.00-53.00, Standard
30.00-45.00, Utility 110-130
lbs. 26.00-36.00, 90-115 lbs.
20.5030.00, 70-85 lbs. 17.00-
24.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90-110 lbs. 24.00-35.00.
HOGS 6605. Compared
with 7099 head last week, and
5183 head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts 25 cents to
$1 lower.
BARROWS & GILTS: US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 53.60-
55.00, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
52.00- No. 2-3 190-260
lbs. 51.00-53.10, No. 2-4 245-
300 lbs. few No, 1-
3 120-190 lbs. 42.75-49.00.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-600
lbs. 49.00-49.60, few to 25.75,
No. 2-3 300-650 lbs. 35.50-
41.25. Boars 33.00-41.50.
FEEDER PIGS 926.
Compared with 1447 head
last week, and 1149 head a
year ago. US No. 1-3 20-35
lbs. feeder pigs 15.00-36.50
per head. No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
24.00- No. 1-3 50-100 lbs.
36.00- per head.
SHEEP 468. Compared
with 943 head last week, and
541 head a year ago. Wooled
slaughter lambs about
steady on a small supply.
Choice 75-110 lbs. wooled
slaughter lambs 40.00-46.00,
Good 65-95 lbs. 32.00-40.00,
Utility 40-80 lbs. 26.00-32.50.
Slaughter ewes 9.00-19,00.
Regional
HAY PRICES FOR
SOUTHEASTERN
& SO. CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady to $5
higher.
Alfalfa 60.00-80.00; Mixed
hay 50.00-65.00; Timothy hay
45.00-60.00; Straw 35.00-
45.00; Mulch 20.00-35.00.
Green Dragon
December 5,1975
PRICES PER TON:
65 loads hay & 27 loads
straw.
Alfalfa, few loads 66.00-
95.00; Timothy 54.00-66.00,
one at 78.00; Mixed hay 55.00-
80.00, one at 93.00; Clover,
one load at 66.00; Straw
44.00-53.00, one at 57.00;
Com, 10 loads 59.50-67.00, 4
loads 76.00-87.00; Corn
Fodder, 2 Ids. 47.00 & 48.00.
Middleburg Auction
Mlddleburg, PA
Dec. 9.1975
CATTLE 247. Compared
with last Tuesday's market,
slaughter cows mostly weak
to 75 cents lower, spots 50
cents lower. Few Low Choice
slaughter steers 44.75-40.00,
Good 40.85-44.85, Standard
32.50-38.25, Utility 26,00-
31.00. Couple Good daughter
heifers 33.25 and 36.10, few
Standard 28.50-33.25, few
Utility 24.00-26.00. Utility &
High Dressing Cutters
slaughter cows 22.75-24.75,
couple to 26.85, Cutters 21.35-
22.85, Canners 18.50-21.50,
Shells down to 14.50. Couple
Good slaughter bullocks
33.75 and 34.75, few Standard
28.00- few Utility 23.00-
27.00. Yield Grade No. 1 975-
1850 lbs. slaughter bulls
26.00-
CALVES 191. Vealers
grading Choice $1 to $2
higher, Utility to Good about
steady. Choice vealers 53.00-
62.50, one at 63.50, Good
39.00-50.00, few Standard
32.0040.00, Utility 90-110 lbs,
23.50-27.50, 70-85 lbs. 20.00-
23.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 24.00-32.00.
HOGS 466. Barrows & Gilts
steady to 75 cents lower. US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows &
gilts 53.60-54.20, No. 1-3 190-
240 lbs. 53.30-63.80, No. 2-3
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Compiled from North Carolina Swine Parasite Control Program,
October 1975 Ext Folder No 259 and selected Shell data
240-260 lbs. 52 6053 40. US
No. 13 300550 lbs. sows
42.00-17 25. Few Boars 35.00-
43.00.
FEEDER PIGS 151. US
No. 15 10-20 lbs. feeder pigs
12.00-20.00 per head. No. 13
30-55 lbs. 30.00-54.00 per
head.
SHEEP 1. Not enough of
any one grade to establish a
market.
Thick
Stomach
Worms
Whip
worms
Nodular
Worms
95-100%
90-100%
90-100%
80-100
50 2
Monday, Dec. 8
Reported receipts of 348
head of horses, mules and
ponies. Market lower than
last week.
Load of New York riding
horses 175-260; load of
Tennessee driving horses
210535; 200825.
Local consigned work
• For pigs, boars, open or bred gilts and sows
• Stops a// four of the feed-robbing worms
• Kills worms before expulsion
• Worm pigs at weaning
• Worm sows 7-10 days before breeding and farrowli
• Always read and follow label directions
AVAILABLE FROM YOUR LOCAL FEED
& FARM SUPPLY DEALER
Serviced by New Holland Supply Co.
or for additional information contact
SHELL CHEMICAL CO.
515 Haverhill Road
Lancaster, PA
Phone 717-569-7562
New Holland Horse
horses 330450; mulei
340; driving horses U
riding horses 140-245;
horses 285-350; lighh
killers 16-18
heavyweight killers
mares 15-40; colts
geldings 15-35 and
ponies 50-90.
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