—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Dec. 11, 1976
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Livestock market and auction news
Pa. Auction Summary
Harrisburg, Pa.
Decembers, 1976
CATTLE 5709. Compared
with 4540 head last week, and
6187 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers
steady to $2 higher, most
advance on High Choice &
Prime. Slaughter heifers
steady to $1,50 higher.
Slaughter cows steady to
$2.50 higher. Slaughter
bulls strong to $2 higher.
STEERS: High Choice &
Prime No. 3-4 41.50-44.75,
Choice No. 2-4 38.50-44.50,
Good 34.00-40.00, Standard
31.00- Utility 27.00-
32.50. HEIFERS: Choice
35.00- Good 30.75-36.50,
Standard 28.00-32.00, few
Utility 22.50-27.50. COWS:
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter 24.00-28.10, Cutters
21.50-26.35, Canners 18.50-
24.50, Shells down to 13.00.
BULLOCKS: Few Good
37.60-41.75, Standard 31.00-
38,00, few Utility 28.25-34.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1
1000-2100 lbs. 28.00-37.00;
few Yield Grade No. 2 900-
1700 lbs. 25.90-30.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good &
Choice 300-700 lbs. feeder
steers 27.00-34.50; few Good
& Choice 300-600 lbs. feeder
Heifers 22.50-33.00; Medium
& Good 400-700 lbs. feeder
bulls 19.50-32.50.
CALVES 4677. Compared
with 3227 head last Week,
and 4890 head a year ago.
Vealers $3 to $8 higher.
Martinsburg
Martinsburg, Pa.
December 6,1976
CATTLE 244. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter cows 50 cents to
$1.50 lower. Choice slaughter
steers 37.50-40.50, Good 34.00-
38.00, Standard 31.,00-34.00,
Utility 26.00-30.00. Good
slaughter heifers 32.00-34.50,
Standard 29.00-32.00, Utility
23.00- Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaugher
cows 23.75-26.10, Cutters
21.50- Canners 18.50-
22.00, Shells down to 16.00.
Choice slaughter bullocks
34.00- Good 32.00-34.00,
Standard 28.50-31.00, Utility
25.50- Yield Grade No. 1
1000-2000 lbs. slaughter bulls
32.00- yield grade No. 2
900-1600 lbs. 28.50-31.00.
Medium & Good 500-650 lbs.
feeder steers 24.00-32.00;
Medium & Good 500-650 lbs.
feeder heifers 22.00-24.00.
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BEEFALO - irs GREAT
- Rapid gams on grass and roughage
- 55-65 lb Births -up to 1100 lb yearling
- Test data show 52 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 V> BULLS & HEIFERS
BEEFALO N & J
4270 Quakerbndge Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-896-0336
Member World Beefalo Association
VEALERS: Prime 63.00-
77.00, Choice 53.00-70.00,
Good 42.00-59.00, Standard &
Good 110-130 lbs. 30.00-46.00,
90-110 lbs. 24.00-37 50,
Standard 70-90 lbs. 20.00-
30.00, Utility 50-100 lbs. 15.00-
26.00, Farm calves, holstem
bulls 90-120 lbs 29.00-50.00.
HOGS 539,7 Compared
with 6658 headlast week, and
5277 head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to
$1 higher.
BARROWS & GILTS: US
No. I*2 200-240 lbs. 35.50-
37.90, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
34.50-37.25, No. 2-3 190-265
lbs. 33.00-35.75, few No. 2-4
250-330 lbs. 30.00-35.25, few
No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 30.50-
35.75. SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-
575 lbs. 23.75-35.50, few No. 2-
3 300-650 lbs 22.00-28.00.
Boars 16.00-21.60.
FEEDER PIGS 937.
Compared with 1454 head
last week, and 926 head a
year ago. Feeder pigs
unevenly steady. US No. 1-3
25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 8.50-
19.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50
lbs. 14.00-33.00, No. 1-3 50-80
lbs. 20.50-34.00 per head.
SHEEP 453. Compared
with 619 head last week, and
495 head a year ago. Wooled
slaughter lambs steady to $2
higher. Choice 70-110 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs
39.5046.50, Good 60-90 lbs.
32.00- Slaughter ewes
8.00-
CALVES 357. Vealers
unevenly steady. Choice
vealers 57.50-64.00, Good
49.00-56.00, Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 35.00-46.00,
Standard 65-85 lbs. 20.00-
30.50. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 95-115 lbs. 32.00-45.50.
HOGS 268. Barrows & Gilts
$1.25 to $2 higher. US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts
37.25-38.50, No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 37.00-38.00, No. 2-3 190-
260 lbs. 36.00-37.00, No. 1-3
160-190 lbs. 30.00-35.00. US,
No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows
26.50-30.00, No. 2-3 300-600
lbs. 25.00-26.50. Boars 18.00-
20.00.
FEEDER PIGS 64. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 6.00-
13.00 per head,-No. 1-3 35-50
lbs. 13.00-23.00 per head.
SHEEP 0. No sales on
offer.
Joliet Cattle
Joliet, 111.
December 8,1976
CATTLE. Friday through
Wednesday’s salable
receipte 10,801, 5 days last
week 10,484, last year 11,758
At mid-week Slaughter
Steers and Heifers Steady to
25, instances 50 Higher than
last Friday. Steer supply
mostly Choice 24 1000-1300
lb. Heifers mostly Choice 24
850-1050 lbs.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
On Monday few loads High
Choice and Prime 3-5 1200-
1400 lbs. 37.00-39 50, 4 and 5
1400-1600 lbs. 35.00-37.00,
Load mostly 5 1640 lb. 33.00.
Choice Few Prune 24 1000-
1300 lbs. 39.5041.10, Mostly
40.00- Monday, Wed
nesday 40.5041.75, Load 34
1310 lbs. 42.00.
MIXED GOOD AND
CHOICE 2-3 900-1300 lbs.
38.00- Monday, 39.00-
40.50 Wednesday. Some
Mixed Good and Choice
Holsteins 2 31.00-33.00
Monday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
High Choice and Prime 34
950-1050 lb. y 38.,25-39.00
Monday, 39.25-40.50 Wed
nesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 700-1000 lb. 36.00-
37.50 Monday, 37.00-38.00
Wednesday.
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES INC.
WEEKLY FEEDER
SALE EVERY
WEDNESDAY
Sale To Start Promptly At 1 P
WE WILL RECEIVE YOUR PIGS ANYTIME FROM 7
State Graded Until 12 Noon. All pigs inspected by State Approved Veterinarian.
SPECIAL MENTION:
LARGE
i i
YORKSHIRE & 3
WAY-CROSS BRED
GILTS.
1 PUREBRED
YORKSHIRE BOAR,
RENO THOMAS
STRAIN.
NORMAN KOLB
Baltimore
USDA
U.S. Dept, of
Agriculture
Dec. 6,1976
CATTLE 400: Moderate,
slaughter steers firm to 50
higher, heifers 1.00 higher
cows $l.OO to mostly 1.50-2.00
lower, bulls; $2.50 lower, few
feeders 50-1.00 higher.
Supply 25 per cent slaughter
steers & heifers, 55 per cent
cows, 15 per cent feeder
cattle, balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS-
Choice 24 1045-1300 lbs.
39.0041.00; Good & Choice 2-
4 1050-1200 lbs. 38.00-39.10;
Good 2-3 985-1200 lbs. 34.50-
38.00; Standard & Good 2-3
1050-1700 lbs. 31.00-33.25;
several Standard 2’s 1000-
1280 lbs. 27.35-30.00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 835-965 lbs. 35.00-
36.50; one package 910 lbs.
38.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 22.00-
26.00; several 26.25-26.50;
Commercial 20.60-22.50;
Cutter 20.00-24.85; Canner &
low Cutter 17.00-20.00
' BULLS plus Yield Grade 1
1400-1900 lbs. 29.75-33.50;
1000-1400 lbs. 27.50-32.00;
'several yield Grade 2 1000-
1400 lbs. 24.60-27.00
FEEDER CATTLE: few
Choice steers 710-860 lbs.
35.60-37.50; Good & Choice
745-875 lbs. 33.00-34.00;
several Good 630-850 lbs.
31.00-32.50; Choice bulls
calves 370-490 lbs. 28.75-
12 miles east of Lancaster on Route 23, New Holland, PA.
PIG
Tags delivered if you call 717-3544341 our office in advance.
717-397-5538
Receipts this week 7000;
Last week 8100; Last year
8500.
Compared with last weeks
close, Slaughter Steers and
Heifers Steady to 50 higher.
32.00; few Choice heifers 235-
480 lbs. 26.50-27.50
HOGS: 600: Compared
with last Monday closing
sales Barrows & Gilts $l.OO
- higher
US 1-3 200-230 lbs. 36.50
mostly 36.75 few 37,00, US 2-3
230-250 lbs. 35.50-36.50 Sows;
25-50 cents higher US 24
250-280 lbs. 34.00-35.50 US 1-3
300-600 lbs. 24.50-25.50 few
26.00
VEAL & CALF AUCTION:
few Choice vealers 190-225
lbs. 54.50-63.00; Good 125-270
lbs. 40.0048.00; Standard 65-
105 lbs. 24.00-30.00
SHEEP AUCTION: 50:
Choice wooled slaughter
lambs 82-86 lbs. 36.35-37.10;
package 110'lbs. 39.85;
couple high Good 70 lbs. 33.10
State tags available at our office for you to
tag pigs at home to save 25* tagging charge.
CALF SALE TO BE HELD IN NEW SALES PAVILION
EVERY THURSDAY AT 6:30 P.M.
Peoria Auction
Peoria, 111.
Dec. 9,1976
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Route 2
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SEE JOHN FOR ALL YOUR WIRING HEEDS.
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215-267-7610
A.M. WED. MORNING
ABE DIFFENBACH
717-393-4464
Cows 50-1 00 lower. Bulls
steady. Receipts about 65 per
cent Slaughter Steers; 25 per
cent Slaughter Heifers and
near 10 per cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
At midweek Choice and
Prime 3-4, 1150-1300 lbs
40.50-41.75; Load 42.00;
Early Load YG 4-5, .1350 lbs
38.00. Couple Loads 1465-1510
lbs. 35.00. Choice 2-4, 950-1250
lbs. 40.00-41.50. Mixed Good
and Choice 2-4, 900-1300 lbs
39.00-40.00. Good 2-3, 37.00-
39.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice and Prune 3-4, 900-
1050 lbs 39.50-40.00 Choice 2-
4, 850-1050 lbs. 38.00-39.50
Mixed Good and Choice 2-<i.
800-1100 lbs 37.00-38.50. Goocr
2-3,35.50-37.00. Standard and
Good 2-3, 32.50-35.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-3, 20.00-21.50,
Few High Dressing Utility
22.00-22.50. Cutter 1-2, 19.00-
21.00. Canner 14.50-19.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2, 1100-1800
lbs. 24.00-28.50; Few YG 1,
29.00.