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Chambersburg Auction
Ckambenbtirg. PA
December 11. 1975
CATTIJ-: 357 Compared
with Ust Thursday's market,
slaughter steer* SO cenU to
tl 23 higher Slaughter cowa
weak to mostly 30 rents
lower Good slaughter steers
40 O(H3 00, Standard 33 50
39 00. Utility 27 00-31.75
Couple Good slaughter
heifers 37 00 and 38 25. few
Standard 27 25-31 75. few
Utility 21 75-27 75 Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 22 35-24 60,
Cutlers 20 60-22 60, Canncrs
18 00-20 75, Shells down to
14 00 Few Good slaughter
bullocks 30 00-39 75, few
Standard 28 00-30 25, Utility
24 25-27 25 Few Yield Grade
No 1 1200-1900 lbs slaughter
bulls 25 75-30 50
CALVES 640 Vcalers
grading Good & Choice |1 to
14 higher, Utility |1 to mostly
J 2 lower Few Prune vealers
Leesport
Leesport, PA
Dec. 17.1975
CATTLE 277. Supply in
cluded 115 head feeder
cattle. Compared with last
Wednesday’s market,
slaughter steers about
steady. Slaughter cows
steady to $1 higher. Few
Choice slaughter steers
46.00- Good 41.10-46.00,
Standard 32.0041.25, Utility
25.00- Good slaughter
heifers 32.00-38.00, few
Standard 31.00-32.00, few
Utility 22.75-27.00. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 24.00-26,75,
one at 27.25, Cutters 21.50-
24.50, Canners 18.85-22.75.
One Good slaughter bullock
at 39 00, Standard 27.00-32.25.
Few Choice 430-820 lbs.
feeder steers 36 50-39.00,
Good & Choice 800-1000 lbs.
39.00- Good 300-770 lbs.
29.00- Medium 300-900
lbs. 21.00-29.75; few Choice
590-650 lbs. feeder heifers
25.25-26.00, few Good 500-600
lbs. 20.00-23.75, Medium 200-
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72 00-73 50. Choice 58 50-
89 00, Good 44.00-50 00,
Standard 33 00-43 00, Utility
90-115 lbs 24 5031 50, 7085
Iba 21 00-24 00 Farm calves,
holatcln bulls 90-110 lbs
25 00-30 00, hoLsleln heifers
95-120 lbs 27 00-40 00,
Slaughter calves. Good &
Choice 150300 lbs. 35 00
47 00
HOGS 107 Barrows 8c Gilts
$2 50 to (3 lower. US No 13
200235 lbs barrows 8c gilts
50 0050 25, lot No 23 230 lbs.
49 60 Few US No 13 300625
lbs sows 37.75-46 75 Few
Boars 28 0036 25
FEEDER PIGS 64. US No.
1-3 2035 lbs. feeder pigs
22 0032 50 per head, No. 13
40-60 lbs. 33.50-41 50 per
head
SHEEP 52. Good & Choice
70-90 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 40.50-47.00, lot Utility
60 lbs. 33.00. Several lots
ewes 27 00 per head.
Auction
600 lbs. 14.50-20.00; Medium
300-700 lbs. feeder bulls 15.75-
20 50
CALVES 148. Vealers
grading Standard to Good
about steady; Utility $3 to $5
lower. Good vealers 40.00-
50.00, Standard 35.00-40.00,
Utility 110-130 lbs. 22.00-
30.00, 90-110 lbs. 17.00-22.00;
70-85 lbs. 12.00-18.00.
HOGS 222. Barrows & Gilts
50 cents to $2 lower. US No. 1-
3 210-235 lbs. barrows & gilts
51.10-52.00, No. 2-3 190-245
lbs. 50.60-51.25, No. 2-4 260-
280 lbs. 47.25-50.09. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 40.0046.75,
No. 2-3 200625 lbs. 37.00-
40.00. Boars 27.00-34.00, few
120-275 lbs. 38.50
FEEDER PIGS 124. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
24.0040.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 34.0049.00, No. 1-3
50-75 lbs. 45.50-57.00 per
head.
SHEEP 15. Choice 70-120
lbs. 44.00-50.00; few
yearlings 15.00-27.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 5.00-16.00.
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Compared wllh the
previous week's close
Slaughter Steers 1 00-I.M
lower Heifers 1 50-2 00
lower, Instances 2.25-2 SO off
on 700450 lb# Cows SO-1 00
higher, bulls firm
Four Day Receipts 18,200
as compared 19,400 previous
week and 18,700 a year ago
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 39 percent,
heifers 31 pet, cows 17 pci.
and feeders for Friday
auction 12 pet. Christmas
trade on carcass beef the
forepart of week brought live
prices under severe down
ward pressure with most of
decline coming at midweek.
STEERS: Few loads
mostly High-Choice 1000-1250
lbs. Yield Grade 3-4 46.25-
46 50 early. At midweek low
time, few loads Choice with
few Prime 1150-1250 lbs
Yield Grade 3-4 45.75-46.00.
Bulk Choice 1050-1250 lbs.
Yield Grade 2-4 44.00-45.50
late. Choice 950-1050 lbs
mainly Yield Grade 3 43.00-
44.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 900-1225 lbs. 42.00-
43.50. Good 38.50*42.50.
Standard and low-good 36.00-
37.00.
The average of LS-214
quotations for Choice 900-
1100 lb. steers this week
44.65; Choice 1100-1300 lbs.
45.00.
HEIFERS: Early, few
loads Choice and Prune 975-
1050 lbs. Yield Grade 3-4
45.00-45.50. At the close,
three loads Choice with few
Prime 975-1000 lbs. Yield
Grade 3-4 43.50. Choice 900-
1025 lbs. Yield Grade 2-4
closed 42.00-43.00. Choice 800-
900 lbs. Yield Grade 3 41.00-
42.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 750-975 lbs. 39.00-
41.00. Good 35.00-40.00.
Standard and low-good 30.00-
32.00. -
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 20.50-23.50, a
few 24.00. Canner and Cutter
16.50-21.00, mixed Cutter and
low-Utility 21.25-21.50. Shelly
Canner 13.00-15.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1400-1800 lbs. 23.00-26.50, few
Yield Grade 27.00-28.00.
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Martin* burg, PA
December 15,1975
CATTIJB 193. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter cows oboul steady.
Few Good slaughter steers
40 10-41 00, few Standard
30 00-36 25, few Utility 25 DO
-26 25. Few Good slaughter
heifers 33.25-35.25, few
Standard 24.00-29 85, few
Utility 20.75-22.00. Utility and
High Dressing Cutler
slaughter cows 22.25-23.85,
individual at 24.50, in
dividual at 25.75, Cutters
20 85-22.85, Canners 16.00-
20.25, Shells down to 13.00.
Few Standard slaughter
bullocks 24.50-28.10, Utility
22 00-24.50. Individual Yield
Grade No. 2, 1345 and 1585
lbs. slaughter bulls 26.10 and
28 00. Few Good 400-600 lbs.
feeder steers 21.00-29.50,
Medium 340-800 lbs. 16.50-
21.25; Medium 300-700 lbs.
feeder heifers 12.50-21.75.
Medium 400-800 lbs. feeder
bulls 14.50-21.00.
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all the joys of the Holiday Season, and to join all men of
good will in a prayer for worldwide peace and understanding.
May your Holidays be merry and bright!
Martinsburg Auction
CALVES 248. Vcalera
grading Standard to Choice
$1 to |2 higher, Utility $1 to |5
lower. Choice vealers 55.00-
65.00, Good 46.00-55.00,
Standard 34.00-44.00. Utility
110-125 lbs. 24.00-28.00, 90-110
lbs. 18.50-22 00, 70415 lbs.
14.50-19.00. Farm Calves;
Holstein bulls 90-110 lbs.
20 50-28 50
HOGS 227. Barrows and
gills weak to 75 cents lower
US No 1-3 195-240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 51.90-52.70,
No 2-3 185-245 lbs. 51.25-
52.10, No 2-4 250-285 lbs.
47.00-50.90, No. 1-3 170-180
lbs. 41.75-47.00 US No. 1-3
300-525 lbs. sows 43.00-46.50,
No. 2-3 335-660 lbs. 39.50-
41.25. Few Boars 30.25-41.50.
On a recent Sunday af
ternoon, the Solanco F F.A.
held a walk-a-thon to raise
money for the Solanco Fair
Association. There were
thirty-eight members who
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LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA (717)626-8561
Lancaster feeder
Cattle
Friday. Dec. 12
Today
Last Friday 705
TREND: Choice feeder
steers 1.00-1.50 lower,
Standard and Good steady to
50 lower; feeder bulls 50-1.00
lower.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 800-975 lb. 37.75-41.00,
Choice 500-750 lb. 36.00-37.50;
mixed Good and Choice 600-
900 lb 33.50-37.00; Good 550-
700 lb. 32.00-34.50; Standard
and Good 3604135 lb. 22.75-
29,75.
FEEDER BULLS:
Standard and Good 500-935
lb. 22.25-26.00; few Choice
400-550 lb. 26.00-29.75.
*450 raised
walked seven miles and were
sponsored by seventy-six
different people. A total of
$450 was raised and
presented to the fair board at
the December meeting.
Mlessintjs...
Every Christmas candle
beams the light of the Star
that shone over Bethlehem the
night when Christ was born
May the holy, blessed meaning
of that Birth be reflected in
this Christmas season, for you
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