Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, February 21, 1976, Image 6

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    —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.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 25.00-28.50;
high-dressing Utility 29.00-
on request)
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