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VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
10 mi. East of Lancaster
on Rt. 30
Box 100, Paradise, PA
717-442-4181
or 768-8204
EVERY THURSDAY AT 12 NOON
Hay, Straw & Grain Sale
We have plenty of good buyers each week.
We need consigners.
Contact:
L Robert Frame, manager
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Livestock market and auction news
Pa. Auction
Summary
August 19,1977
CATTLE 8903. Compared
with 8943 head last week, and
6890 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers
steady to 50 cents higher,
spots 75 cents higher.
Slaughter heifers $1 to $1.50
higher. Slaughter cows
steady to $1 higher, spots $2
higher. Slaughter bullocks &
Please call us collect!
bulls unevenly steady.
STEERS; High Choice &
Prime 3-4 40.0042.00, Choice
No. 24 39.0041.50, Good
34.00- Standard 31.00
34.00, Utility 28.00-32.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 35.00
38.50, Good 32.00-36.00,
Standard 27.00-32.00, few
Utility 25.00-27.00. COWS:
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter 26.50-29.00, Cutters
24.50-27.00, Canners 21.00
25.00, Shells down to 16.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 35.00
38.00, Good 32.00-36.00,
Standard 29.50-32.00, few
Utility 27.00-30.00. BULLS:
Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2100
lbs. 31.85-37.00; yield grade
No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 30.00-35.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good &
Choice 300-750 lbs. feeder
steers 31.75-39.00, few to
47.00; Good & Choice 300-700
lbs. feeder heifers 26.00
35.00, Medium 300-700 lbs.
22.00- Medium & Good
300-700 lbs. feeder bulls 23.00
31.00,
CALVES 247. Compared
with 5274 head last week, and
5150 head a year ago.
ether!
BABCOCK FARMS
Box 285 Lititz, PA (717)626-8561
♦ Dave Delaney (717) 898-0234
♦ Harold James (717) 587-3301
♦ Walt Weydman (716)649-5987
♦Lee Walker (304)496-7807
♦ Glenn Morgan (717) 394-3320
BABCOCK POULTRY FARM, INC.
Box 280
Ithaca, NY (607)272-5990 .
♦ Bob Grander (607) 387-3941
Vealers $1 to $lO higher.
VEALERS: Few Prime
60.00- Choice 50.00-
70.00, Good 44.00-55.00,
Standard & Good 110-135 lbs.
35.0045.00, 90-110 lbs. 32.00-
40.00, Standard 70-90 lbs.
28.00- Utility 50-100 lbs.
20.00- Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
34.0048.00,
HOGS 6046. Compared
with 5971 head lastweek, and
6139 head a year ago.
Barrows Gilts mostly 75
cents to |1.50 higher.
BARROWS & GILTS: US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 46.50
48.00, few to 48.60, No. 1-3
200-250 lbs. 45.0047.10, No. 2-
3 190-260 lbs. 43.0045.50, No.
24 280325 lbs. 39.0044.00,
No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 37.00
43.00, SOWS: US No. 1-3 300
550 lbs. 33.0038.50, No. 23
300600 lbs. 28.0034.50. Boars
21.5029.00,
FEEDER PIGS 1539.
Compared with 2077 head
last week, and 1512 head a
year ago. Feeder pigs
mostly steady to $5 higher
per head. US No. 13 2035
lbs. feeder pigs 10.0024.00
per head, No. 13 35-50 lbs.
23.0037.00, No. 13 5030 lbs.
35.0047.00, few Utility 1530
lbs. 11.0027.00 per head.
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GRADED FEEDER PIGS
2800. Compared with 1155
head last week, (all prices
cwt). Feeder pigs $5 to $lO
spots higher, spots $l5
higher. US No. 1-2 2540 lbs.
97.00- 40-50 lbs. 88.00-
106.00, 50-70 lbs. 70.00-96.50;
No. 2-3 3040 lbs. 91.00-102.00,
40-50 lb. 83.00-92.50,50-70 lbs.
67.00- Utility 25-50 lbs.
53.00-
SHEEP 658. Compared
with 587 head last week, and
780 head a year ago. Spring
slaughter lambs mostly
steady. Choice 70110 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs
43.0049.00, few 53.00, Good
60100 lbs. 35.0044.00, Utility
35-80 lbs. 25.00-35.00.
Slaughter ewes 8.0019.00.
Dewart
Auction
Dewart, Pa.
August 22,1977
CATTLE 206. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers about
steady. Slaughter cows
mostly steady to 50c. higher.
Choice No. 2-4 1000-1175 lbs.
slaughter steers 38.60-40.60,
one at 41.00, few High Good
to Low Choice 37.60-38.60,
Good 34.50-37.50, Standard
32.85-34.10. Few Mixed Good
& Choice slaughter heifers
32.75- Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows
26.75- couple to 29.50,
Cutters 24.85-27.25, Canner &
Low Cutter 22.85-25.25, few
Shells down to 22.00. One
Good slaughter bullock at
36.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1
1060-1840 lbs. slaughter bulls
31.25-37.00. Few Good 350-600
lbs. feeder steers 37.0041.00.
CALVES 191. Vealers $1 to
$4 lower. Few Prime vealers
58.00- Choice
49.00- Good 40.0049.00,
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
34.00- 90-110 lbs.
30.50-35.00, Standard 70-85
lbs. 28.00-31.00. Farm calves,
Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs.
3100-37.00.
HOGS 250. Barrows & Gilts
$1 higher. US No. 1-2 200-220
lbs. barrows & gilts
48.90-50.00, No. 1-3 200-230
lbs. 48.0049.20. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 35.0040.00,
couple to 42.00, few No. 2-3
450-500 lbs. 30.75-34.75. Few
boars 23.00-26.00.
GREEN DRAGON
LIVESTOCK SALES tO
1 mile North of Ephrata, PA ctWx
cows cows coiys
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from Ray Kyper, Bob
Kennedy, Dale Brewer and Ed Stover plus local
consigners.
Lots of good Northern Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and veal calves
11 00 AM. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders
200 to 250 each week.
12 30 PM. - Dairy Cows
7.00 PM. - Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the
farm or at our barn or other market information
call' Office 717-733-2444.
Walter H. Risser, Proprietor
ust 27. 1977—5
FEEDER PIGS 305. US
No. 1-3 12-20 lbs. feeder pigs
15.00-23.00 per head, No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. 20.00-35.00, No. 1-3
3545 lbs. 31.00-37.00, few lots
No. 1-3 55-75 lbs. 40.0043.00
per head.
SHEEP 32. Choice 90-115
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
47.00- 120-140 lbs.
33.00- Slaughter ewes
9.00-
Peoria
Auction
August 25,1977
Estimated receipts this
week 5400; last week 5739;
last year 6054. Slaughter
steers over 1100 lbs. and
grading choice and prime
fully 50-75, instances 1.00
higher; under 1100 lbs. and
standard to low choice steers
firm to fully 50 higher.
Slaughter heifers 50 higher.
Small percentage of receipts
cows; about 3 pet. cows and
prices 50 lower on bulk of
sales. Bulls steady.
Best demand this week
continued to be concentrated
on choice and prime 1100 lbs.
steers and on over 900 lb.
heifers. Steer and heifer
supply good and choice with
large share of steers 1000-
1125 lbs. andheifers 829 lbs.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Loads mixed choice and
prime mostly 34, 1100-1225
lb. 40.04130, mostly 40.50-
41.00. Choice 24, 1075-1200
lbs. 39.7541.50, mostly 40.00-
41.00 Wednesday with load 3,
1215 lbs. 41.25; lighter 3,950-
1050 lbs. 39.0040.00. Mixed
goodjmd choice 3, 900-1150
lbs. 38.00-39.50. Good 2-3,
34.00-39.00. Some good and
choice 1-3, 1100-1300 lbs.
holsteins 34.00-36.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed choice and prime 34,
900-975 lbs. 38.50-39.00, small
lot Monday 39.50. Choice 24,
850-1000 lbs. 37.50-38.50; 800-
850 lbs. 36.00-37.50. Good 2-3,
750-850 lbs. 33.00-36.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 2-3, 23.50-26.50, few
utility 27.00-28.50. Cutter 1-2,
21.50-24.00. Canner 20.00-
21.50.
BULLS; YG 1-2, 1100-1600
lbs. 29.00-33.00, few 33.50.