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
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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
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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.
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