Livestock market and auction news
Peoria Auction
Nov. 24,1976
Federal State
Receipts this week 4500;
Last week 5300; Last year
4500.
Compared with last weeks
close, Slaughter Steers and
Heifers 1.00-1.50 higher.
Cows 50-1.00 higher. Bulls
steady. Receipts about 65 per
cent Slaughter Steers, 25 per
cent Slaughter Heifers and
the balance mostly cows.
OUR GOAL IS GETTING
TOP DOLLAR FOR YOU
SHIP TO THE
DANVILE LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Old Rt. 11 Danville, Pa. -
Phone (717) 275-2880
SALE EVERY MONDAY 2 P.M.
Horse Sale 2nd Sat Every Month 10; 30 A.M.
OWNER: MELVIN M. LEHMAN
717-275-2880 Bus.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
Choice and Prime 3-4, 1150-
1300 lbs. 40.0041.50; YG 4-5,
1395-1455 lbs. 38.00-38.50;
Load YG 5, 1670 lbs. 32.50.
Choice 24,950-1250 lbs. 40.00-
41.50; Load 1150 lbs. 42.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 24,
900-1300 lbs. 38.5040.00. Good
2-3, 36.50-38.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4, 900-
1050 lbs. 38.50-39.50. Choice 2-
4, 850-1050 lbs. 37.50-38.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-4,
800-1000 lbs. 36.00-38.00. Good
2-3, 34.50-36.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-3, 21.00-22.00;
Few 22.50-23.50. Cutter 1-3,
18.00-21.50. Canner 15.50-
18.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2, 1100-1800
lbs. 24.00-28.00; Few YG 1,
29.00.
GREEN DRAGON
LIVESTOCK SALES M
1 mile North of Ephrata, PA
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and veal calves.
11:00 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M. - Dairy Com
7:00 P.M. - Small Animal Sale
We will have consignments from Alfred
Albright, Bob Kennedy, Ray Keiper,- Kelly
Bowser, and Dale Brewer.
Bring a Load and Buy a Load.
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the
farm or at our barn or other market information
call: Office 717-733-2444.
Walter H. Risser, Proprietor
Oiambersburg
November 18,1976
CATTLE 491. Compared
with last Thursday’s
market; few Choice
slaughter steers 37.75-38.75,
Good 33.85-37.25, Standard
30.50-33.75, Utility 26.60-
29.85. Few Choice slaughter
heifers 34.35-36.85, few
Standard 29.50-31.00, Utility
24.00-27.00. Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 22.75-25.10, couple
26.00, Cutters 21.60-23.25,
Canners 19.00-21.75, Shells
down to 17.00. Few Good
slaughter bullocks 33.10-
36.60, few Standard 28.00-
31.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 27,1976
1100-1700 lbs. slaughter bulls
29.85-31.60. Few Choice 650-
900 lbs. feeder steers 31.75-
34.10.
CALVES 585. Prime
vealers 63.50-67.50, Choice
50.00- Good 44.00-51.00,
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
35.00- 90-110 lbs. 25.00-
27.50, Standard 70-85 lbs.
20.00- Utility 50-65 lbs.
14.00- Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
27.00-
HOGS 69. Few lots US No.
1-2 205-235 lbs. barrows &
gilts 34.00-34.75, few lots 245-
256 lbs, 33.75-34.50. US No. 1-3
350-550 lbs. sows 28.25-32.75.
Few Boars 18.00-19.75.
N0v.24,1976
Estimated Receipts 800.
Same Day Last Week
7,387.
Trading little more than a
clean up affair; light supply
cows and bulls generally
steady; represented sales
Feeder Cattle and calves
little changed. Cows and
bulls near 25 percept cattle
receipts; Feeders 75 percent
of the total.
SLAUGHTER COWS:
Utility and Commercial 2-3
19.50-22.50; Cutter 18.50-
20.00; Canner and Low
Cutter 16.75-18.75.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1000-1500 lbs. 26.00-28.75.
OTHERS: Few Good and
Choice replacement cows
18.00-21.50.
FEEDER STEERS: Small
lot Choice 319 lbs. at 38.00;
Choice 575-700 lbs. 33.90-
FEEDER PIGS 93. US No,
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 6.00-
13.00 per head, No. 1-3 40-60
lbs. 14.00-20.00 per head.
SHEEP 47. Choice 90-100
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
37.50-42.00, Good 70-80 lbs.
34.25. Few Slaughter ewes
11.00-15.00.
Oklahoma
34.90; few 700-780 lbs. 33.90-
35.00; Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lbs. including
few bull calves 32.00-35.75;
700-800 lbs. 32.75-33.50; Good
300-800 lbs. 30.00-32.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300-500 lbs. 28.50-
30.00; few 350585 lbs. 28.75-
29.55; Mixed Good and
Choice 395-460 lbs. 26.00-
28.75; 500-700 lbs. 27.00-28.00;
Good 300-660 lbs. 24.75-26.50.
For the week: Compared
to late last week. Feeder
Cattle, and calves generally
steady; cows in good
demand 75c to 1.50 higher;
bulls near steady; salable
receipts near 8,600 head
compared to 25,399 last week
and 8,689 the comparable
period a year ago. Cows and
bulls near 28 percent cattle
receipts; Feeders 68 percent
of the total.
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