Market steady with last ■ # m ■ ■ _ ■ _ 0 week’s market. livestock market and auction newsggggsg Tennessee Saddlebreds 500- RalHmnra 650; load of Standardbreds DailliilUl c 400-600; 1 top driving horse USDA 750; few better riding horses 650-900; choice killers 25-30; CATTLE 600: Slaughter thin killers 15*25; ponies 50- steers steady to weak, 150; ponies 10-30. slaughter heifers steady, cows 50 cents higher, bulls steady. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs. 38.00-39.50; Good and Choice 35.5037.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 24 800-1100 lbs. 33.00- 33.60; Good and Choice 28.00- 32.00. COWS: Utility 23 22.50- 26.50; Cutter 20.50-23.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1000-1600 lbs. 30.5033.35. _ HOGS: 1000. Compared with last Monday, Barrows & Gilts $2.00 lower. US 1-2 200-240 lbs. 43.50- 43.75, few at 44.00. US 13 230- 260 lbs. 43.2543.50. SOWS: 50 cents lower. US 13 300-600 lbs. 33.00- 34.50. VEAL AND CALF AUCTION: Prime vealers 200-300 lbs. 51.00-57.00, Choice 150300 lbs. 40.50- 48.00; Good and Choice 75-90 lbs. 22.50-27.50, 90-125 lbs. 25.50-34.50. Choice calves 300375 lbs. 37.0041.50. SHEEP AUCTION: Prime and Choice spring slaughter lambs 102 lbs. 47.35. Leesport Auction Leesport, Pa. August 3,1977 Choice 37.60-38.90, Good CATTLE 393. Supply in- 35.00-38.10, Standard 32.00- cluded 104 feeder cattle. 35.00, Utility* Low Standard Compared with last Wed- 28.00-31.60. Few Choice nesday’s market, slaughter slaughter heifers 33.00-36.75, steers mostly steady, spots Good 30.75-34.10, Standard to $1 higher. Slaughter cows 26.00-29.10, few Utility & Low F i»r Cnmjilviv Inf.Kiniimn Pm vs A 1 >*■ .... u,„,„P„, w / m JnT.W Ult INGS RD 4 Box 34A, Gettysburg. PA 17325 Ph: 717-334-2168 Box 126, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 Ph; 201-454-7900 RD 6. Meadville, PA 16335 Ph: 814-336-5085 steady to 81.25 lower. High Choice & Prime 3-4,1150-1290 lbs. slaughter steers 40.00- 41.10, Choice 2-4,950-1285 lbs. 38.85-40.10, High Good to Low T T E E Standard 24.50-26.00. Utility and High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 25.00-26.10, two 26.85-27.75, few Com mercial 22.60-24.35, Cutters 23.35-25.10, Canners 21.00- 23.60, few Shells down to 19.00. Good slaughter bullocks 32.10-35.75, few Standard 30.00-33,85, few Utility 27.25-29.00. Yield Grade No. 1, 1500-1925 lbs. slaughter bulls 32.60-36.60, Yield Grade No. 2, 1200-1790 lbs. 30.85-34.60. Good and Choice 290-520 lbs. feeder steers 35.75-40.00, few Medium 275-700 lbs. 30.00- 36.00. Good 350-650 lbs. feeder heifers 29.50-34.50. Good and Choice 290-640 lbs. feeder bulls 33.50-36.75. CALVES 192. Vealers unevenly steady. Choice vealers 49.50-56.00, Good 39.00-48.00, Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 33.00-40.00, 90-110 lbs. 28.00-32.00, Standard 70-90 lbs. 22.00- 28.00, Utility 60-120 lbs. 15.00- 22.00. HOGS 357. Barrows and gilts 75 cents to $1 higher. US No. 1-2 195-240 lbs. barrows and gilts 45.85-46.35, No. 1-3 185-240 lbs. 45.00-45.85, few No. 1-3 190-255 lbs. 44.50- 45.00, lot No. 24 280 lbs. at 42.75, Few No. 1-3135-180 lbs. 37.00-42.25. Sows uneven. US No. 1-3 275-560 lbs. sows 33.50-35.00, No. 2-3 320-625 lbs. 31.25-33.75. Boars 22.00- 28.00. FEEDER PIGS 273. ALL SALES ON PER HUN- DREDWEIGHT. Few US No. 1-3 18-20 lbs. feeder pigs 98.00-107 per head, No. 1-3 20- 35 lbs. 70.00-95, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs, 67.00-79, lot at 88.00, few No. 1-8 50-60 lbs. 60.0064, few 95-155 lbs. 36.00-40; few Utility 2265 lbs. 39.0060.00 few 88-140 lbs. 32.0041.00 per head. SHEEP 16. Few Choice 95 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 45.0048.00, few Good 6065 lbs. 40.00-40.50. Few Slaughter ewes 10.00-15.00. New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, August 3,1977 Reported receipts of 132 cows, 72 heifers, and 1 bull. Market fully steady for cows and heifers, very active for fresh cows and closed springers. Load of fair quality first calf heifers 400-550; load of upstate Pa. heifers 500-600; load of fancy fresh first calf heifers 700-910; load of outstanding springers and fresh cows 850-1050; local colored cows 200-250; local springing heifers and fresh cows 450-600; open heifers and shortbred heifers- 300- 375; 2 herd dispersals, cows in all stages 450-650; several nice fall calves up to 850; 1 bull 385. Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 6.1977 New Holland Horse New Holland Sales Stable Monday, August 1,1977 Reported receipts of 312 horses, mules, and ponies. Joliet Cattle Joliet, m. August 4,1977 Friday through Wed nesday’s salable receipts 6,870,5 days last week 7,449, same period last year 9,731. At mid-week slaughter steers and heifers 50 lower than Wednesday of last week. Supply mostly choice steers and heifers. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 3-4 1100-1350 lbs. 39.75-40.25 Monday; 40.00-40.50 Wed nesday. Choice 2-4 1000-1375 lbs. 38.50-40.00 Monday, 39.0040.00, mostly 39.5040.00 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1250 lbs. 37.00- 38.50 Monday, 37.50-39.00 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2 Holsteins 1200-1500 lbs. 35,0037.00. Some Mixed Standard and Good Holsteins 1-2 32.0035.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice, Few Prime, 2-4 900 1075 lbs'. 37.75-38.50 Monday, mostly 38.0038.75, 2 loads 39.00 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs. 36.0037.75. 9
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