—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Feb. 21, 1976 6 Livestock market and auction news Pa. Auction Summary Week Ending February 13,1976 CATTLE 5569. Compared with 5702 head last week, and 4675 head a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers uneven, mostly steady to 50 cents higher. Slaughter heifers strong to $1 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to $1 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly |1 lower. STEERS: Few High Choice & Prime 42.(KM3.00, Choice 39.50-42.00, Good 35.75-40.50, Standard 31.00 37.50, few Utility 26.50-31.00. HEIFERS: Choice 37.00- 41.00, Good 32.00-37.50, few Standard 27.75-34.00, few Utility 24.00-31.50. COWS: Utility & High Dressing Cutter 27.00-29.50, few to 30.00, Cutters 24.25-27.50, Canners 22.00-25.00, Shells down to 17.00. BULLOCKS: Few Choice 38.75-42.25, few Good 34.00-37.50, few Standard 29.00-34.00, few Utility 24.00-30.00. BULLS; Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2000 lbs. 29.8536.00; yield grade No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 27.0032.50. FEEDER CATTLE: Good 300-900 lbs. feeder steers 26.5035.50, few Medium 300 750 lbs. 18.0031.50; Good 300 800 lbs. feeder heifers 22.00 28.00, Medium 300-800 lbs. 19.00-24.50; Good 300-700 lbs. feeder bulls 24.0032.00, Few Medium 400-850 lbs. 18.75- 27.85. CALVES 4192. Compared with 4055 head last week, and 3301 head a year ago. Vealers mostly $1 to $3 lower, spots $5 lower. VEALERS: Prime 73.00- 81.00, Choice 63.00-74.00, Good 48.00-63.00, Standard lf cows could talk C+J they’d ask for " WL ALFALFAS WL 311 WL 305 WL 318 Resistant to Anthracnose and Bacterial Wilt High Yielding- Excellent Stand Persistence Rapid growing Dark green color fine stems Excellent seedling vigor and stand estal Developed by Waterman Loomis Co., specialized alfalfa breeders. WL 318—Resistant to phyfophtora BEACHLEY-HARDY SEED CO. Leesport Auction PA February 11,1971 CATTLE 222. Supply in cluded 55 head feeder cattle. Compared with last Wed nesday's market, slaughter steers 50 cents to 31 lower. Slaughter cows about steady. Choice slaughter 35.00-50.00, Utility 110-120 lbs. 31.00-42.00, 90-110 lbs. 24.0031.50, 65-85 lbs. 20.00 26.50. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 27.0043.00. HOGS 7587. Compared with 6682 head last week, and 5303 head a year ago. Barrows & Gilts steady to 50 cents higher. BARROWS & GILTS: US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 50.50 52.00, No. 13 200-250 lbs. 49.50-51.00, No. 23 190-260 lbs. 48.00-50.10, No. 2-4 240 300 lbs. 40.0049.00, No. 13 150-190 lbs. 42.0050.00. US No. 13 300575 lbs. sows 42.00-50.00, No. 23 300-650 lbs. 38.0042.50. Boars 33.00 41.50. FEEDER PIGS 966. Compared with 1191 head last week, and 496 head a year ago. Feeder pigs $2 to $3 lower per head. US No. 13 20-25 lbs. feeder pigs 18.00 25.00 per head, No. 13 3550 lbs. 25.0045.00, No. 13 50100 lbs. few Utility 25-55 lbs. 13.50-35.00 per head. SHEEP 528. Compared with 433 head last week, and 397 head a year ago. Wooled slaughter lambs steady to $2 lower. Few Choice 65-90 lbs. new crop lambs 49.0001.00, Choice 70-120 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 42.00-49.00, Good 60-100 lbs. 31.00-48.50, few Utility 35-75 lbs. 24.00- 37.00. Slaughter ewes 10.00- 19.00. AVAILABLE AT TOUR LOCAL SEED DEALER Shiremanstown, PA 17091 steers 40.0043.50, Good 37.25- 40.75. Standard 31.5037.25, few Utility 26.5031.00. Few Good slaughter heifers 33.50 36.25, few Standard 31.00 34.00. Utility & High Dressing Cutter. slaughter cows 28.0029.75, two 30.00 and 30.85, Cutters 26.0027.85, Canners 22.6026.25. Couple Good slaughter bullocks 36.75-37.25. few Standard 30.0033.00, few Utility 24.00 30.50. Couple Yield Grade No. 1 1380 and 1540 lbs. slaughter bulls 30.00 and 34.50. Choice 495340 lbs. feeder steers 36.25-41.00. Good 400900 lbs. 32.5035.50, few Medium 225-750 lbs. 22.0031.50; few Medium & Good 370300 lbs. feeder heifers 23.25-26.75; Good 300 700 lbs. feeder bulls 28.00 32.50. few Medium 535-700 lbs. 20.25-27.85. CALVES 170. Vealers 81 to 83 lower. Good vealers 50.00 63.00, Standard 41.0052.00, Utility 110130 lbs. 29.00 41.50, 90110 lbs. 25.0029.50, 6085 lbs. 20.0025.00. Farm calves, active, holstein bulls 90120 lbs, 27.00-43.00. HOGS 300. Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to $1 lower. One lot US No. 1-2 200 lbs. barrows & gilts 51.50, No. 1-3195-245 lbs. 50.85-51.35, No. 2-3 180-250 lbs. 49.75-51.00, No. 24 240- 300 lbs. 40.00-52.25, No. 1-3 115-180 lbs. 43.50-50.10. US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows 37.00- Boars 35.7541.00. FEEDER PIGS 100. US No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. feeder pigs 27.00- per head, few No. 1-3 5040 lbs. 44.0047.50 per head. SHEEP 18. Choice 85-110 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 42.00-48.00, few Good 60-85 lbs. 32.00-42.00. Few Slaughter ewes 12.00-20.00. iment TEST RESULTS (1 4 yrs PA type climates) WL 305 out yielded Vernal by 10 9% Wi 311 out yielded Vernal by 12 69% and Saranac by 10 26% W 31K out yielded Vernal by 11 3% (Mean annual yields test data available February 19 Weekly Summary Cattle Receipts This Week 5500 Last Week 5000 Year Ago 4800 Compared with last week’s close. Slaughter steers 50- LOO lower. Slaughter heifers mostly 1.00 lower. Cows FI to SO higher. Bulls firm. Receipts about 65 percent slaughter steers, 25 percent slaughter heifers, balance mainly cows. Slaughter steers and heifers worked lower under the influence of a lower dressed meat trade. Most decline noted in yield grade 4-5 slaughter steers and heifers. SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice and Prime 1150-1325 lbs. yield grade 3-4 39.50- 40.25, early up to 41.00; Choice 1000-1350 lbs. yield grade 2-4 38.50-40.50, mostly 38.50- 1200-1350 lbs. yield grade 3-5 38.00-39.00; Mixed Good and Choice 900- 1300 lbs. 37.0039.00; Good 35.00-37.00; -Duple loads Standard and Good Holsteins 33.50- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice and Prime 900-1050 lbs. yield grade 3-4 38.00- 38.25; Choice 850-1025 lbs. yield grade 2-4 36.50-38.00, early up to 39.00; 900-1100 lbs. yield grade 4-5 32.00- 35.00; mixed Good and Choice 750-1000 lbs. 34.00- 37.00; Good 29.0034.50. 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