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Steers; High Choice & Prime 39.10-40.85, Choice 37.00- 40.25, Good 33.75-37.75, Standard 30.50-34.90, few Utility 26.00-31.75. HEIFERS: Choice 33.75- 38.50, Good 30.00-35.00, Standard 28.00-32.00, few Utility 23.00-30.00. COWS: Utility & High Dressing Cutter 28.00-32.50, Cutters 26.00-30.00, Canners 23.75- 27.50, Shells down to 18.00. BULLOCKS: Few Choice 37.60-40.50, Good 33.50-38.00. BULLS; Yield Grade No. 1 1000-1800 lbs. 32.00-38.75; few The most accurate fertilizer spreader you can buy The Vicon Spreader uses an ex clusive fast-action spout moving back and forth at 540 times per minute tb give even, rectangular coverage instead of the usual circular pattern. That means increased profit be cause you get uniform fertilizer coverage, resulting in better stands and higher yields Give the Vicon fertilizer spreader a try. It costs no more than others. But it’s better. We also sell Vi-Con rakes and power harrows (in stock) ABRACZINSKAS FARM EQUIPMENT, (Jg) ck market and auction news yield grade No. 2 900-1400 lbs. 31.00- FEEDER CATTLE: $2 to $3 higher. Good & Choice 350-650 lbs. feeder steers 35.00-44.25, Medium & Good 350-700 lbs. ‘28.00-39.50; Medium & Good 250-600 lbs. feeder heife; 24.00- Medium & Good 400-700 lbs feeder bulls 30.00- 38.50. CALVES 5236. Compared with 5239 head last week, and 5129 head a year ag. Vealers grading High Good & Choice steady to $2 higher and Standard & Low Good $1 to $3 lower. VEALERS: Prime 69.00- 78.00, Choice 58.00-75.00, Good 43.00-65.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 34.00-53.00, 90-110 lbs. 28 00-44.00, Standard 70-90 lbs. 20.00- 32.00, Utility 55-1001b5.11.00- 28.00, Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-115 lbs. 29.00-49.00. HOGS 7857. Compared with 7665 head last week, and In Stock: g 400 p S soot RS 100 IT PS 500 ps 600 S R. D. No. 1 Catawissa, Penna. Ph: 717-356-7409 (south on Route 42) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 26,1977—9 7375 head a year ago. Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to $1.25 lower. BARROWS & GILTS: US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 38.00- 40.60, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 37.50-39.70, No. 2-3 230-260 lbs. 35.50-38.50, No. 2-4 250- 299 lbs. 33.00-35.90, No. 1-3 x3O-180 lbs. 28.00-37.10. SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. 28.75-35.00, few No. 2-3 350-600 lbs. 26.00-31.50. Boars 16.50- FEEDER PIGS 1405. Compared with 1553 head last week, and 913 head a year ago. Feeder pigs $2 to $5 higher. US No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 16.00-28.00, No. 1- 3 35-50 lbs. 25.00-44.00, No. 1-3 50-75 lbs. 38.00-49.00 per head. GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES 2329. Compared with 678 head last week. Feeder Pigs $2 to $3 lower, spots $lO lower. All prices cwt. basis. US No. 1-2 35-45 lbs. 85.00-95.00, 45-65 lbs. 71.00-90.00, No. 2-3 3545 lbs. 78.50- 45-65 lbs. 68.00- (Jg) 76.50, US Utility 25-40 lbs. 50.00-66.00. SHEEP 598. Compared with 412 head last week, and 346 head a year ago. Spring slaughter lambs steady to strong; wooled slaughter lambs mostly steady. Choice 55-75 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 60.00-74.50; Choice 70- 100 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 50.00-56.00, Good 60-95 lbs. 40.00-50.00. Slaughter ewes 7.00-22.00. Greencastle Auction CATTLE 126. Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter cows steady to 50 cents higher. Few Choice 2-4, 900-1225 lbs. slaughter steers 36.60-37.10, few Good 33.25- 34.85, few Standard 31.00- 32.85. Couple Standard slaughter heifers 25.25 and 26.75. Utility and High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 29.25-31.00, few to 32.25, Cutters 26.00-29.10, few Canners 24.85-27.25. Couple Standard slaughter bullocks 31.60 and 33.85. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1250-1450 lbs. slaughter bulls 33.85-36.25, few Yield Grade No. 2, 1200- 1560 lbs. 31.50-33.85. Good 300-675 lbs. feeder steers 37.0043.50. Few Good 550-750 lbs. feeder bulls 32.25-34.00. CALVES 166. Vealers 50 cents to $1 lower. One Prime vealer at 72.00, few Choice 62.00-69.00, few Good 46.00- 50.00, few Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 32.5047.00, 90-110 lbs. 27.00-30.50, Standard 70- 90 Is. 27.50-27.00, few Utility 50-100 lbs. 16.00-24.50. Farm Calves: Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs. 30.0046.50. HOGS 51. US No. 1-2 215- 220 lbs. barrows and gilts 37.0037.50, one lot No. 1-3 220 lbs. at 36.60, one lot No. 2-3 245 lbs. at 34.85. Few US No. 1-3 335470 lbs. sows 29.00- 31.00, few No. 2-3 350390 lbs. 26.75-28.60. One Boar at 20.00. FEEDER PIGS O. NO SALES ON OFFER. SHEEP 1. NOT ENOUGH FOR A MARKET TEST. INC. Greencastle, Pa. March 21,1977
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