—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 22, 1977 6 Pa. Auction Summary Harrisburg, Pa. January 14,1977 CATTLE 5623. Compared with 6486 head last week, and 7800 head a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers highly uneven, extremes 52 higher to $1 lower. Slaughter heifers uneven. Slaughter cows strong to mostly $1 higher with prices in creasing throughout the week. Slaughter bullocks & bulls uneven on very short supply. STEERS: High Choice & Prime No. 3-4 41.25-43.50. Choice No. 2-4 39.00-43.25, Good 34.00-39.00, Standard 30.00-34.50, Utility 26.75- 32.00. HEIFERS: Choice 34.00- 38.50, Good 30.00-35.00, Standard 27.00-30.00, Utility 22.00- COWS: Utility & High Dressing Cutter 25.00- 29.75, Cutters 24.00-28.00, Canners 21.00-25.00, Shells down to 15.00. BULLOCKS: Few Choice 35.00-39.00, Good 33.00- few Standard 28.00- few Utility 24.00- 19.00. BULLS; Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2100 lbs. 31.00- 36.75; few yield grade No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 29.00-34.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Choice 300-700 lbs. feeder .steers 32.00- few Good 300-750 lbs. 29.00-34.00, Medium & Good 300-800 lbs. 25.00-32.00; Dewart Auction Dewart, Pa. January 17,1977 CATTLE 215. Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter cows strong to $1.75 higher. Few Choice slaughter steers 37.60-39.60, individual High Choice at 40.00, Good 35.00-37.85, Standard 32.00-34.50, few Utility 28.00-31.85. Few Choice slaughter heifers 34.00-35.75, Good 33.00-34.50, few Standard 30.50-33.10, few Utility 28.00-30.75. Utility and High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 27.00-29.25, individual at 29.60, Cutters 24.60- Canners 23.00- 25.00. Few Standard slaughter bullocks 31.50- 32.50. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1500-1850 lbs. slaughter bulls 31.60- CALVES 173. Vealers grading Standard and Good 70-110 lbs. $ 2 to $4 higher. Individual Prime vealer at 85.00, Choice 72.00-82.00, Good 50.00-65.00, Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 42.00- 50.00, 90-110 lbs. 34.00-40.00, Standard 70-85 lbs. 25.00- 35.00, Farm Calves: Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs. 38.0045.00. HOGS 243. Barrows and gilts strong to 75 cents higher. US No. 1-2 200-200 lbs. barrows and gilts 43.10-45.00, No. 1-3 210-230 lbs. 42.30- 43.80. US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows 28.50-34.00, few No. 2-3 600-675 lbs. 26.50-30.75 Couple Boars 18.75 and 21.25. FEEDER PIGS 149. US No. 1-3 10-15 lbs. feeder pigs 5.00-7.00 per head. No. 1-3 35- 50 lbs. 20.50-25.50 per head. SHEEP 7. Few Good and Choice (mixed) 80-100 lbs. wooled slaughger lambs 43.00-52.50. Few Slaughter ewes 10.00-14.50. Livestock market Medium & Good 300-700 lbs. feeder heifers 21.00-28.50; Good 300-650 lbs. feeder bulls 25.00-31.00. CALVES 3696. Compared with 4834 head last week, and 4502 head a year ago. Vealers steady to $3 higher, spots to $9 higher. VEALERS: Few Prime 70.00- Choice 65.00- 77.00, Good 50.00-65.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 36.00- 90-110 lbs. 30.00- 45.00, Standard 65-90 lbs. 25.00- Utility 50-100 lbs. 15.00- Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 33.00- few holstein heifers 90-115 lbs. 32.00-46.00. HOGS: -5333. Compared with 6071 head last week, and 7630 head .a year ago. Barrows & Gilts mostly $1.25 to s3.2s.higher. BARROWS & gilts; us no. 1-2 200-235 lbs. 41.50-44.00, No. 1-3 200-245 lbs. 40.00- 42.50, No. 2-3 190-265 lbs. 39.0041.00, few No. 2-4 250- 325 lbs. 37.00-41.00, few No. i -3 140-190 lbs. 34.00-41.00. SOWS: Steady to $3 higher. US No. 1-3 300-560 lbs. 29.00- 35.00, few to 37.25, No. 2-3 300- 625 lbs. 25.00-31.00. Boars 17.00-22.00, few to 30.00. FEEDER PIGS 1222. Compared with 2187 head last week, and 1275 head a year ago. Feeder pigs uneven, mostly $5 to $6 lower per head. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 9.00-15.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 12.00- 25.00, No.-l-S 50-85 lbs. 20.00- 32.00, Utility 20-45 lbs. 7.00- 14.00 per head, few to 20.00 per head. SHEEP 310. Compared with 459 head last week, and 670 head a year ago. Wooled slaughter lambs $2 to $6 higher on small supply. Choice 60-110 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 49.00-58.00, Good 60-100 lbs. 45.00-54.00, few Utility 50-75 lbs. 31.00- 46.00, Slaughter ewes 10.00- 21.00, Middleburg Middleburg, Pa. January 18,1977 CATTLE 276. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows $1 to $2 higher. Choice 1050-1375 lbs. slaughter steers 38.00-39.85, Good 950-1250 lbs. 36.00-38.00, Standard 32.00-36.00, Utility 28.00- Choice 950-1375 lbs. slaughter heifers 35.75- 37.60, • Good 32.00-35.75, Standard 28.00-32.00, Utility 25.00- Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 26.75-30.85, one at 31.60, Cutters 25.00-27.75, Canners 24.00- Shells down to 22.25. Good slaughter bullocks 34.00-36.00, Stan dard 32.00-34.00. Yield Grade No. 1 1200-1675 lbs. slaughter bulls 32.00-36.10; yield grade No. 2 900-1200 lbs. 28.00-32.00. Medium 300-700 lbs. feeder steers 30.00-35.75; Medium 500-700 lbs. feeder heifers 34.00- CALVES 175. Vealers $2 to $3 higher, instances $lO higher on Prime. Prime vealers 72.00-84.50, Choice 68.00- Good 55.00-68.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 45.00- 90-110 lbs. 34.00- 50.00, Standard 75-85 lbs. 28.00- Farm calves, holstein bulls 95-115 lbs. 42.00- HOGS 416. (Monday, January 17,1977), Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to 75 cents higher. US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. barrows & gilts 43.25-44.30, No. 1-3 190-240 lbs. 42.20- 43.00, No. 2-3 180-250 lbs. 41.00- No. 2-4 250-300 lbs. 38.0041.00. US No. 1-3 300-625 lbs. sows 26.00-34.75. Boars 200-600 lbs. 19.00-26.25. FEEDER PIGS 100. US No. 1-3 10-20 lbs. feeder pigs 5.75-15.00 per head, No. 1-3 2040 lbs. 15.00-20.00, No. 1-3 40-60 lbs. 20.00-29.50 per head. SHEEP 7. Few Choice wooled slaughter lambs 59.00- few Good 55.00- 59.00. Chambersburg Chambersburg, Pa. January 13,1977 CATTLE 372. Compared with last Thursday’s market, slaughter steers steady. Slaughter cows $2 to $3.25 higher. Choice No. 2-4 1000- 1285 lbs. slaughter steers 37.75- one at 39.50, Good 35.00- Standard 32.00- 34.50, few Utility 26.75-30.85. Couple Choice 945 and 1035 lbs. slaughter heifers 35.25 and 36.50, few Good 30.35- 35.85, few Standard 27.25- 28.75, few Utility 25.10-26.00. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 27.60- 30.85, one at 31.10, Cutters 25.75- Canners 23.10- 26.35, Shells down to 18.75. Few Good slaughter bullocks 34.75- few Standard 30.00- Few Yield Grade No. 1 slaughter bulls 1285- 1675 lbs. 35.60-38.25. Choice 425-725 lbs. feeder steers 33.5038.00. CALVES 404. Vealers grading Good & Choice $5 to $lO higher, Standard $2 to $4 higher. Few Prime vealers 75.00-79.50, Choice 65.00- 77.50, light Choice 120-130 lbs. 61.50-69.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 41.00-59.50, 90-110 lbs. 34.0041.00, Standard 70- 85 lbs. 29.5035.50, Utility 55- 85 lbs. 25.00-29.50. Farm calves, holstein Imlls 95-110 lbs. 36.0042.00, few holstein heifers 95-110 lbs. 38.0044.00; slaughter calves, Good & Choice 350-600 lbs. 26.00- 33.50. ' HOGS 146. Barrows & Gilts $1 lower. US No. 1-2 220-235 lbs. barrows & gilts 40.25- 40.35, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 39.0040.00, one lot No. 2-3 260 lbs. 38.50, one lot No. 1-3 130 lbs. 34.00. US No. 1-3 300-630 lbs. sows 27.75-33.25, few No. 2-3 400-500 lbs. 26.50-27.50. Few Boars 17.00-18.00. FEEDER PIGS 92. Few US No. 1-3 30-35 lbs. feeder SHEEP 40. One Choice 105 pigs 11.00-12.00 per head, No. 'bs. wooled slaughter lamb 1-3 35-50 lbs. 15.50-22.00, one at 52.00, few 140-145 lbs. lot No. 1-3 60 lbs. 22.00, few 40.0043.00, Utility & Good 65- Utility 4045 lbs. 13.00 per 75 lbs. 41.0046.00. 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