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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4. 1977
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster
Market
No report due to holiday.
Cattle
records
made
LANCASTER - Cattle were
brought to Lancaster County
auctions in record numbers
this week, partially because
of the three-day Memorial
holiday. By Thursday, Jive
consecutive auctions had
been held within ten days,
each marketing more than
1400 head of cattle.
The New Holland Sales
Stables posted a run of 1541
head on Thursday,
compared to 1472 head the
week before. Vintage set an
all-time record on Tuesday
with 1544 head crossing the
scales. Lancaster
Stockyards, which set a
numbers record just two
weeks ago, broke that
milestone by auctioning off
1840 head.
Peoria Auction
Peoria, 111.
June 2,1977
CATTLE: Receipts this
week: 5000 Last Week: 5100
Year ago: 5000
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers
steady to 50 lowers Slaughter
Heifers 50-1.00 lower. Cows
and Bulls mostly steady.
Receipts about 65 per cent
slaughter steers, 30 per cent
slaughter heifers, balance
mainly cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4 1150-
1275 lbs. 39.5041.00, late
39.5040.50; Choice 24 950-
1250 lbs. 39.5041.00, mostly
40.0040.50, Load Tuesday
41.50; Mixed Good and
Choice 24 900*1300 lbs. 38.50-
39.50; Good 2-3 37.00-38.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 34 900-
1075 lbs. 39.0040.00, late
39.00-39.25; Couple lots 40.00-
40.25; YG 4-5 36.5057.50;
Choice 24 850-1050 lbs. 38.00-
39.00; Mixed Good and
choice 800-1100 lbs. 36.50-
38.00 Good 2-3 34.50-36.50.
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Vintage
Market
Tuesday, May 31,1977
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 1544 450 75
Last Tuesday
1114 524 71
Last Year
1356 520 76
CATTLE: The largest
receipts in history of Vintage
Sales, previous high 1511 on
June 27, 1972. Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers 50-75 lower; slaughter
heifers 25-50 higher; cows
mostly steady; bullocks
steady; bulls mostly steady.
Supply included 76 per cent
slaughter steers and 16 per
cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 2-4
1100-1350 lb. 40.60-42.00,
couple lots Prime 4-5 1350-
1425 lb. 37.10-38.00; Choice
mainly 2 1050-1300 lb. 41.75-
42.50, few head 42.50-43.10;
Choice 2-4 1000-1425 lb. 39.50-
41.75, mainly 40.0041.25; few
Choice 4 1150-1425 lb. 38.50-
39.75; high Good and low
Choice 24 37.75-39.85; Good
2-3 34.00-39.00; Standard 1-2
32.00-34.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 2-3 925-1125 lb. 38.75-
40.10, one lot 1060 lb. 42.00;
Good 2-3 750-900 lb. 31.75-
34.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 27.50-29.25,
few 29.25-30.25; Cutter 1-2
25.50-28.25; Canner and low
Cutter 23.00-25.50.
BULLOCKS: Good and
Choice 1000-1250 lb. 34.75-
37.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1650 lb. 33.75-36.75; yield
grade 2 1000-1350 lb. 32.00-
35.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
slow, Good and Choice 1.00-
3.00 lover; standard and
Good 70-110 lb. mostly
steady. Supply included 334
in graded sale of which 44
per cent sold to return to
farm.
VEALERS: Choice 56.00-
63.00; high Good and low
Choice 50.00-56.00; Good
42.00-48.00; Standard and
Good 90-115 lb. 32.0042.00;
Standard 70-90 lb. 26.00-32.00,
few 60-80 lb. 21.50-26.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Lancaster __ __ „ _
Auction New Holland
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1775 144 947 95
Last Wednesday
1415
Last Year
74 831
1565 138 1037
Wednesday’s Auction
1841 159 977 98
Last Wednesday’s Auction
1432
CATTLE: The largest
receipts in the history of
Lancaster Livestock
Auction. Compared to last
Wednesday slaughter steers
weak to 1.00 lower with
Choice and Prime mainly 50-
1.00 lower; slaughter heifers
steady; cows uneven, Utility
steady, instances 50 higher,
Canner and Cutter steady to
weak; bullocks steady to
weak; bulls mostly steady.
Slaughter steers accounted
for 82 per cent of supply of
which 264 were in the Show
and Sale.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 3-4
1075-1375 lb. 40.5041.25, few
41.2541.60; Choice mainly 2
1100-1400 lb. 40.7541.60, one
lot 41.85; Choice 241000-1350
lb. 39.3540.85, mainly 39.75-
40.50; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 38.2540.00, Good 2-
3 34.00-38.00; Standard 1-2
31.75-34.25.
SHOW AND SALE: (All
steers sold in lots of six.) One
lot Choice and Prime 3 1150
lb. 44.25; one lot Prime 34
1235 lb. 43.35; high Choice
and Prime 34 1120-1250 lb.
41.2542.60; Choice mainly 2
1135-1325 lb. 41.2541.85;
Choice 241050-1320 lb. 40.25-
41.75; mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 985-1200 lb. 39.05
40.50; Good and Choice 1205
1400 lb. Holsteins 35.3536.85.
90 head Standard and Good
Holstein bulls 100-115 lb.
43.50-47.50, one 22 head lot
100-105 lb. 40.00; 35 head 90-
105 lb. Standard and Good
Holstein heifers 38.50-40.50.
SHEEP: Small supply
spring lambs 5.00-10.00
lower.
SPRING LAMBS: Good 35-
90 lb. 40.00-44.00, few Choice
55-85 lb. 44.00-50.00.
Thursday, June 2,1977
' Cattle Calves Sheep
Today * 1541 534 35
Last Thursday
1472 547 70
Last Year
CATTLE: Compared to
last Thursday slaughter
steers 50-1.00 lower; cows SO
LDO higher, instances 1.25
higher on Canner and
Cutter; bullocks steady;
bulls steady to weak.
828
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 3-4
1075-1375 lb. 40.25-41.50;
Choice mainly 21050-1300 lb.
40.75-41.50, few 41.50-42.50
with five head 43.00-43.75;
Choice 2-4 950-1350 lb. 39.25-
41.00; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 37.50-40.00; Good
2-3 35.00-38.50; Standard 1-2
31.00-34.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 23 850-1000 lb. 37.75-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 8751050 lb. 37.50-
39.75; Good 2-3 7751000 lb.
34.50-37.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 27.00-28.50,
few Utility 28.5529.35; few
early sales Commercial 34
25.5527.00; Cutter 1-2 24.75
26.50, few 26.5527.50; Canner
and low Cutter 22.7524.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1005
1275 lb. 35.2538.85; Good
10051250 lb. 32.2536.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 34.75-37.50,
couple 38.10-38.60; Yield
Grade 2 10051350 lb. 32.05
35.50; load 140517501 b. Yield
Grade 3 30.2534.75.
FEEDER STEERS:
Around 85 head Choice 825
1040 lb. with Good to low
Choice slaughter finish 37.85
39.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 68.00-
75.00; Choice 55.00-65.00;
high Good and low Choice
48.00- Good 42.00-48.00;
Standard and Good 80-110 lb.
35.00-
SHEEP: Spring lambs
5.00-8.00 lower.
SPRING LAMBS; Choice
60-90 lb. 48.00-52.00; Good 80-85
85 lb. 38.00-46.00.
Friday, Jun’e 3,1977
Cattle Calves
This Week 5700 1150
Last Week 6184 1297
Last Year 5054. 1099.
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
weak to 1.00 lower with most
sales 50-1.00 lower;
slaughter heifers fully
steady, instances 50 higher;
cows steady to 50 higher,
instances 1.00 higher;
bullocks steady; bulls steady
to weak. Supply included 66
1635 438 29
38.50,0ne lot 965 lb. 3-4 36.85;
Good 2-3 750-950 lb. 33.00-
36.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 28.00-30.00,
few 30.00-31.00 with couple
31.50-32.00; Cutter 1-2 26.75-
28.50, few 28.50-30.00; Canner
and low Cutter 24.25-26.25.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1275 lb. 35.50-38.35; Good
1000-1250 lb. 32.50-35.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 35.00-36.75,
couple 36.75-37.50; yield
grade 2 10051350 lb. 32.55
34.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
fully steady, instances 2.00
higher on Choice and Prime.
VEALERS: Prime 70.05
74.00; Choice 57.00-69.00;
high Good and low Choice
49.0557.00; Good 41.0550.00;
Standard and Good 95110 lb.
29.0038.00, few Standard 65
90 lb. 22.0531.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 95110 lb. Standard and
Good holstein bulls 42.05
49.00, few 39.0042.00. •
SHEEP: One lot Choice
spring lambs 5.00 lower;
slaughter ewes fully steady.
SPRING LAMBS: One lot
Choice 87 lb. 53.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Utility and Good 16.00-20.00.
John Bowman
Ph: (717) 653:5728
Ron Ranch
Ph: (717)656-9849
Abram H. Dtffenbxh, Manager
Lancaster
Weekly
B & R CATTLE CO.
Washington Boro, PA
17582
Office Phone
(717)872-5491
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Stockers & Feeders
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1100 AM Hay Straw & Ear Corn
1:30 P M. - Fat Steers, Bulls. Cows & Veal
WEDNESDAY'S ACTION.
12 00 Neon Hay Straw & Ear Corn
12-30 P.M.- Dairy Sale
1:00 P.M. - Feeder Pig Sale
THURSDAY'S ACTION:
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Order of Sale- Bulls. Fat Steers. Cows. Veal
6:30 P.M. - Calf Sale
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per cent slaughter steers, 12
per cent cows, 4 per cent
heifers and 4 per cent bull.
SLAUGHTER STEERS-
High Choice and Prime ;u
1075-1375 lb. 40.50-41.50, f ew
early part of week to 42.00-
Choice mainly 2 1050-1350 lb’
40.7542.00, few 42.0043.25
Choice 24 950-1375 lb. 39 25!
41.25, mainly 39.7540.75;
high Good and low Choice 2-3
37.5040.00; Good 2-3 3400-
39.00; Standard and low
Good 1-2 31.00-34.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 2-3 850-1125 lb. 37.50-
40.10, one lot 1060 lb. 42.00
Good 2-3 750-1000 lb.’ 33.0 fr
37.50, few 700-750 lb. 31.50-
34.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 27.50-30.00,
few 30.00-31.00; Cutter 1-2
25.75- few late 28.50-
30.00; Canner and low Cutter
22.75-
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1300 lb. 35.25-38.85; Good
1000-1250 lb. 32.25-36.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1100-1800 lb. 34,75-37.50, few
37.50-38.60; yield grade 2
1000-1350 lb. 32.00-35.50, load
yield grade 3 1400-1750 lb
30.25-34.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady with last
weeks close, although Choice
and Prime firm to 2.0(1
higher.
VEALERS: Prime 68.00-
75.00; Choice 55.00-67.00;
high good and low Choice
48.00- Good 42.00-50.00;
Standard and Good 90-110 lb.
29.00- Standard 6595
lb. 22.00-32.00.
RETURNED TO FARM,
Bulk 90-110 lb. Holstein bulb
42.0049.00, few 39.00-42.00; 3S
bead Standard and Good 9(1
105 lb. Holstein heifers 38.50-
40.50.
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VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
along Route 22
PHONE JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday at 130
P.M. starting with feeder cattle
and pigs. .
Phone:7l7-354-4341