—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28, 1976
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Livestock market and auction news
East Coast Carlot Meats
August 25
Compared to Tuesday’s
close: Beef trade slow,
demand poor as reported by
the USDA. Choice 4 steer
beef steady, Good 3 steer
beef .50 higher. Utility
boning cow beef .25 higher;
Canner and Cutter 1.00-2.00
lower. Choice primal arm
chucks .50 lower; rounds
weak. Fresh pork cuts slow,
hams 26 lbs. up steady;
bellies steady. Spring lamb
weak to 1.00 lower.
Steer Beef
Choice 4 600-800 lbs. 57.00
steady, 4 800-900 lbs. 56.00
steady; Good 3 600-800 lbs.
58.50 .50 higher.
Heifer Beef
Choice 4 500-800 lbs. 57.00
no comparison; Good 3 500-
700 lbs. 57.50 no comparison.
Cow Beef
Utility Bng 1-2 600 up 53.00
.25 higher; Canner-Cutter 1-2
350 up 50.00-51.00 1.00-2.00
lower, 350 lbs. dn 48.00 no
comparison.
Choice 4 Primal
Beef Cuts
Steer Hinds 145-190 lbs.
75.50 no comparison; Arm
Chucks 90-130 lbs. 47.00,
St. Louis Cattle
August 26
Receipts This Week 10,500
Week Ago
Year Ago 8000
As compared to last
week’s close, Slaughter
Steers and Heifers uneven,
mostly 50 higher. Cows
steady to 50 higher, bulls
fully steady. Supply mainly
Choice 2-4 1000-1150 lb.
slaughter steers, around 25
percent heifers, 10 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
1050-1200 lbs. 36.75 to mostly
37.00; 34 1125-1250 lbs. 36.50-
37.00. Choice 24 950-1250 lbs.
36.00-37.00. Couple loads 2-3
1025-1050 lbs. 37.25. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 900-1200
lbs. 35.00-36.25. Load 2-3
Holsteins 1300 lbs. at 33.75.
Good 2-3 33.50-35.25. Stan
dard to Good Holsteins 975-
1250 lbs. 32.00-33.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prune 24
875-1025 lbs. 35.25 to mostly
35.50, few loads 35.75 and
36.00. Choice 24 800-1050 lbs.
34.50-35.50, few lots 3-5 900-
1025 lbs. 34.00-34.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 700-950
BEEFALO HYBRID
CATTLE
BEEFALO - IPS GREAT
- Rapid gams on grass and roughage
- 55-65 lb Births - up to 1100 lb yearling
- Test data show 62 percent carcass dress out
- We stock and distribute Pureblood Beefalo
Semen and Half-Blood Beefalo heifers and
bulls
- Visit our farm and see our animals
SEMEN *l2 an ampule
NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR J A BULLS i HEIFERS
BEEFALO N & J
4270 Quakerbndge Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-896-0336
Member World Beefalo Association
limited 48.00 mostly .50
lower; Steer Rounds,
straight cut 70-90 lbs. 73.00
weak.
Spring Lamb Carcass
Choice and Prime 3-4
55 lbs. down 83.00-84.00,
load 82.00 weak to 1.00 lower;
65 lbs. down 82.00 1.00-4.00
lower than mostly 3.00 lower
than late last week.
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins 14 lbs. dn 88.00 no
comparison, 14-17 lbs. 86.50
no comparison; Picmcs 8
lbs. up 49.75-50.00 no com
parison; Spareribs 3 lbs. dn
92.25 no comparison; Sknd
Hams 17-20 lbs. 78.00-78.50 no
comparison, 26 lbs. up 73.25
steady; Bellies, Sdls 14-16
lbs. 80.25 steady, 18-20 lbs.
75.25 steady, 20-25 lbs. 65.25
no comparison; C.T. Butts
1.50-3 lbs. 101.25 no com
parison.
Smoked Pork
Sknd Hams 16-19 lbs. 78.00
no comparison.
Boneless Beef 90 pet. chem
lean, fresh 73.00 .50-1.00
higher.
Boneless Beef 85 pet. chem
lean, fresh 69.00 .50 higher.
lbs. 33.00-34.50. Good 2-3
30.25-33.50.
7600
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 24.50-26.50.
Cutter 1-2 22.50-25.50. Canner
and low Cutter 20.50-23.00.
Low dressing canner 18.00-
20.50.
Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Friday, August 20
Today
Last Friday
TREND; Insufficient
volume to fully test the
trend, few sales steady to
firm.
FEEDER STEERS; Few
low Choice 350-500 lb. 38.00-
40.00, 500-700 lb. 37.00-37.50,
700-1000 lb. 35.85-37.50; Good
and Choice 800-1000 lb. 35.25-
37.00; Good 600-91)0 lb. 32.50-
35.50; few shipments
Standard and Good 650-950
lb. Holsteins 26.75-28.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS;
Couple shipments low Choice
350450 lb. 29.75-32.00.
CATTLE 239. Compared
with last Thursday’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Standard & Good steady to 50
cents higher. Slaughter cows
25 cents to $1.25 lower. Few
Choice No. 2-3 1000-2000 lbs.
slaughter steers 35.60-37.75,
Good 34.50-36.10, Standard
31.75- few Utility 30.00-
30.75. Few Choice slaughter
heifers 34.35-36.25, few Good
31.75- Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 26.25-28.35, one at 29.35,
Cutters 24.50, Canners 22.25-
24.50, Shells down to 20.00.
Utility slaughter bullocks
27.10-30.50. Yield Grade No. 1
1100-2000 lbs. slaughter bulls
27.50-35.75.
CALVES 548. Vealers
grading Good & Choice about
steady. Few Prime vealers
59.00- Choice 49.00-
60.50, Good 37.00-47.00,
Standard 34.00-38.00, Utility
90-110 lbs. 31.00-34.50, 70-85
lbs. 29.00-32.00. Slaughter
calves, Choice 150-300 lbs.
35.00- Good 25.00-35.00.
HOGS 63. Barrows & Gilts
about steady. US No. 1-2 200-
230 lbs. barrows & gilts 46.35-
46.75, few No. 1-3 190-250 lbs.
45.25-46.10. US No. 1-3 300-475
NOTICE
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 Miles East of Lancaster on Rt 30
NOW STARTING WEEKLY
HAY, STRAW AND GRAIN SALE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1976
At l:OOP.M.
and every Thursday thereafter.
For Information Call
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Office 717-442-4181
Home 215-458-5060
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Chambersburg Auction
Chambersburg, Pa.
August 19,1976
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET FOR YOUR
HOGS BEFORE THEY LEAVE YOUR FARM.
PENN PACKING BUYING STATION
lbs. sows 33.50-37.50. Few
Boars 25.75-29.00.
FEEDER PIGS 32. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
18.00-23.00 per head.
SHEEP 30. Mixed Good &
Choice 70-110 lbs. spring
slaughter lambs 35.50-40.50.
Few Slaughter ewes 11.50-
20.50.
New Holland
Dairy
Wednesday, August 25
Reported receipts of 109
cows, 11 heifers, and no
bulls. Market stronger than
last week’s market.
Load of Franklin County
springers 725-1475; Load of
Franklin County fresh cows
650-940; Load of Wisconsin
fresh cows 680-880; Load of
Pennsylvania fresh cows,
635-835; Load of Penn
sylvania fresh cows 785-1050;
Load of Pennsylvania
springers 670-1075; Guernsey
herd dispersal, all stages of
production, 39 head 275-540.
Locally consigned cows
450-700; Springing heifers
450-650.
PAID IMMEDIATELY!
VERY MONDAY. TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY
AT GREEN DRAGON LIVESTOCK SALE
1 Mile North of Ephrata RD3, Pa,
Call for Market Quotes each morning
717-733-9154
Martinsburg, Pa.
August 23,1976
CATTLE 208. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers mostly 50
cents to $1 higher. Slaughter
cows mostly 50 cents to $1
lower. One Prime No. 4 1260
lbs. slaughter steer at 39.85,
one High Choice at 38.00,
Choice No. 3-4 910-1230 lbs.
36.75- Good 35.25-36.50,
Standard 30.75-34.50, Utility
& Low Standard 28.25-30.25.
One Good slaughter heifer at
31.50, few Utility & Standard
25.75- Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 26.25-28.00, Cutters
24.00- Canners 21.00-
23.75, Shells down to 16.50.
One Good slaughter bullock
at 34.75, few Standard 29.00-
33.50, few Utility 27.0030.25.
Few Yield Grade No. 11310-
1650 lbs. slaughter bulls
33.00- few yield grade
No. 2 1170-1425 lbs. 29.25-
33,10. Few Medium 800-880
lbs. holstein feeder steers &
bulls 27.00-27.75; lot Medium
& Good 665-810 lbs. holstein
feeder heifers 40.00; lot Good
420-550 lbs. feeder bulls 33.75-
38.75.
BEEFALO CALVES
- Produce tender, lean, full flavored meat,
without the fat and cholesterol which is
required for taste in regular beef.
- Tremendous amount of true hybrid vigor
- Can be registered as Beefalo half blood
breeding stock for progression to a Purebred
herd.
- Good supply of Beefalo x Holstein dairy calves
on hand. (Calves guaranteed healthy and
vigorous when sold).
- Bred heifers for Beefalo calving in Sept., Oct
SEMEN $ lO PER AMPULE
(50 ampules or more)
WALNUT HOLLOW FARM
Creek Road, Pipersville, PA 18947
.215-795-2452
Member American Beefalo Association
8 A.M. to 1 P.M
Martinsburg
CALVES 403. Vealers
grading Standard & Good $3
to $4 lower, Utility unevenly
steady. Few Choice vealers
45.00- Good 38.0044.00,
Standard 33.00-37.50, Utility
90-115 lbs. 28.00-33.00, 65-85
lbs. 22.00-29.00, few 55-70 lbs
10.00- Farm calves,
holstein bulls 80-115 lbs
28.00- holstein heifers
70-105 lbs. 28.00-35.00. Good 4
Choice 220-375 lbs. slaughter
calves 27.50-39.00.
HOGS 319. Barrows & Gilts
mostly steady to 50 cents
higher. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs
barrows & gilts 45.40-46.00,
No. 1-3 195-240 lbs. 44.50-
45.40, No. 2-3 185-250 lbs
43.5044.50. few No. 24 250-
260 lbs. 40.0042.00. US No. 1-3
335-525 lbs. sows 38.0040.25,
No. 2-3 375-660 lbs. 33.75-
38.50. Few Boars 28.25-37.50
FEEDER PIGS 20. Few
US No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. feeder
pigs 24.50-28.00 per head, lot
No. 1-3 60 lbs. 42.00 per head
SHEEP 19. Good & Choice
85-102 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 36.00-38.50, One Good
60 lbs. at 31.00. Two
Slaughter ewes 10.00 and
24.50.
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