6 —Uncaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977 Livestock market an Martinsburg, Pa. October 31,1977 CATTLE 315. Compared with last Monday’s market; Choice slaughter steers 40.50- Good 38.00-41.00, Standard 32.50-36.00, Utility 26.50- Choice slaughter heifers 37.50-40.00, Good 33.00- Standard 31.00- 34.00, Utility 25.00-28.00. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 25.50-28.50, few 29.00, Cutters 23.85-27.00, Canner & Low Cutter 22.50- 24,50, Shells down to 18.00. Choice slaughter bullocks 34.00- Good 31.50-33.50, Standard 29.50-32.00, Utility 27.0030.00, Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2000 lbs. slaughter bulls 33.00- yield grade No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 30.5033.00. Few Medium & Good 350600 lbs. feeder steers 28.5035.00; few Medium & Good 350-600 lbs. feeder hiefers 22.00-28.00. October 31,1977 CATTLE 600: Slaughter steers and heifers steady on limited test. Cows steady to 50 lower, bulls steady. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 24 1000-1300 lbs. 40.00-42.50; Good 2-4 35.50- 38.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: few Choice 2-4 800-1000 lbs. 33.50-35.00. COWS: Utility 2-3 23.00- 26.50; few Commercial 2-4 20.50-23.35; few Cutter 1-2 20.75-23.50. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1000-1800 lbs. 30.00-33.75. HOGS 800; Compared with Thursday Barrows & Gilts steady, instances 25 cents lower. US 1-2 200-240 lbs. 40.50-40.75; few at 41.00. US 2-3 230-260 lbs. 40.00-40.50. SOWS: Steady US 1-3 300- 600 lbs. 33.00-34.00. VEAL & CALF AUCTION 180: Few Prime vealers 150- 200 lbs. 57.00-63.00; few Choice 150-260 lbs. 34.00- REMEMBER US when you purchase cattle in the South... call us collect from the sale. HAPPY TO SERVE YOU!! S. K. SHOT7BERGER. INC. LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION Gene Zwally, President Marvin Johns, Secy.-Treasurer P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, Pa. 17604 Phone; (717) 393-4641 (day or night) AVON GROVE HAY, STRAW & FODDER AUCTION Guaranteed not less than $6O per ton for dry hay. Every Thursday 12:00 NOON AVON GROVE Routes 1 and 41 Martinsburg Auction CALVES 308. Choice vealers 68.00-75.00, Good 53.00- Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 43.00-52.00, Standard 70-105 lbs. 32.00- 42.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 46.0035.00; holstein heifers 90-120 lbs. 42.00- HOGS 361. US No. 1-2 barrows & gilts 41.5043.50, No. 1-3 40.2541.50, No. 2-3 39.5040.50, No. 1-3 34.00- 37,00. US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows 34.50-39.00, No. 2-3 31.50-34.00. Boars 22.00-28.00. FEEDER PIGS 115. US No. 1-3 2035 lbs. feeder pigs 14.00-22.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 18.0032.00 per head. SHEEP 31. Choice wooled slaughter lambs 50.00-57.00, Good 45.5048.00. Baltimore USDA 45.00; Good 150-300 lbs. 20.00- 31.00; Good and Choice 75- 100 lbs. 29.00-39.00; 100-125 lbs. 37.50-46.50. Sheep Auction 20: Few Prime and Choice wooled slaughter lambs 99-117 lbs. 51.50-52.00. New Holland Horse New Holland Sales Stables Monday, October 31 Reported receipts of 312 horses and ponies. Market lower than last week’s market. Load of driving and riding horses out of Tennessee, driving 725-1100, riding 325- 1250; local work horses 500- 730; driving horses 150-510; riding horses 150-300; better horses 325-400; lightweight killers 16-22; heavyweight killers 26-29; mares 1545; colts 10-25; geldings 1540; larger ponies 55-125. • SPECIAL CALF SALE Abington, Va. October 31,1977 There were 1586 head sold. All cattle were graded by Representatives of the VDAC’s Division of Markets, Livestock Section on VDAC standards and sold by the hundredweight. STEERS Good & Choice, 275400 lbs. 41.7545.25; 400-500 lbs. 41.2543.75 ; 500-600 lbs. 36.5040.75 ; 600-700 lbs. 36.7540.00 ; 700-845 lbs. 35.00-38.50. Medium, 38.7541.00; 35.00-44.00; 36.25-38.50; 35.75-37.00. 235-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. Lancaster Feeder Cattle Lancaster, Pa. Choice 400-500 lbs, 37.00- Fnday, 0ct0ber28,1977 38.75,500400 lbs. 36.WW8.75, Feeder Cattle 600-900 lbs. 36.00-39.35, lot 930 a llnl lbs - 39 - 6 °: mixed Good and 1336 Choice 600-875 lbs. 34.00- TREND: Compared to two 37.25; lot Standard and Good weeks ago feeder steers 740 lbs. Holsteins 30.50. steady to 1.00 lower. Supply FEEDER HEIFERS; Lot included 1160 in graded sale, Choice and Prime fleshy 455 sold m lots of 10 or more. lbs. 28.00; lot Choice 625 lbs. Bulk of supply Choice 600-800 29.25; few Good and Choice 520-660 lbs. 26.00-27.85. FEEDER STEERS: Few VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INQ. 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 t Grain Sale We have plenty of good buyers each week. We need consigners. L Robert Frame, manager GREEN DRAGON LIVESTOCK SALES figl 1 mile North of Ephrata, PA COV4S COWS COWS 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 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders 200 to 250 each week. 12:30 P.M. - Dairy Cows 7:00 P.M. - 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 Special Va. Calf Sale Common, 273-400 lbs. 30.00- 400-500 lbs. 33.75-35.00; 500-600 lbs. 32.00- HEIFERS Good & Choice, 286-400 lbs. 25.00-28.00 ; 400-500 lbs. 26.10-24.10, mostly 26.40-32.00; 500-600 lbs. 26.75-29.90. Medium, 23.00- 24.00- 25.75-27.00; 25.50-26.75. Common, 22.75-23.00; 23.50- 23.50- Contact: miction news Cow market reported standard 22.00-26.00; utility higher than last week. 21.00-23.00; cutters 20.00- Steers: Good to choice 22.00; canners 18.00-20.00. 38.85-41.50; standard to good Calves: High to choice 36.00- others 28.00- 64.00-70.00; good to choice 36.00. 40.00-60.00; standard to good Heifers: Good to choice 25.00-40.00; bobs 15.00-25.00; 32.00- others 24.00- farm bull calves, 100 to 120 32.00. lbs. 40.00-54.00; farm heifer Feeder Steers: Good to calves, 90 to 120 lbs. 40.00- choice, 300 to 500 lbs. 36.00- 48.00. 260-400 400-500 500-600 600-700 lbs. Ibs. lbs. lbs. 40.00; 500 to 800 lbs. 32.00- Hogs: 190 to 240 lbs. 41.75- 36.00; standard to good, 300 42.85; No. 2, 160 to 280 lbs. to 500 lbs. 32.00-36.00; 500 to 34.00-40.00. 255-400 400-500 500-600 lbs lbs lbs 800 lbs. 30.00-34.00; others Sows: 33.00-40.00. 26.00-30.00. Bulls: No. 1, 1000-1300 lbs. 35.00-37.00; No. 2, 1000-1450 lbs. 30.00-36.00, Friday Evening November 11 7 P.M. If you have cattle to consign contact L. Robert Frame, Manager. 717-4424181 or 768-8204. Home phone: 215-458-5060. Box 100 Paradise, PA 10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30. BEEFALO SEMEN SALE Dealer C lose Out $6 per ampule, 50 amps or approx. 200 amps ' with tank included. j i $7 per ampule, 25 amps or more . I $8 per ampule, 10 amps or more Semen from Basolo sires HG-13, HB-14 & HB-9 WALNUT HOLLOW FARM Creek Road, Pipersville, Pa. 18947 I 215-795-2452 I For greater root system, looser soil, less water run off, in creased yields. University data available. More than 15. years of proven performance. Medina has been used on all types of crops and soils - in almost all of the United States and in 25 foreign countries. ROl Box 529 PH: 717-569-6576 GM Livestock Market Duncanville, Pa. October 31,1977 VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC. SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION ATTENTION FARMERS!! SPRAY MATERIALS INSECTICIDES CONKLIN PRODUCTS IM—PRUV—ALL GOLDEN ACRES ■flT=f»3lMEl Check our Prices before you buy. MELVIN R. WEAVER Cows: High choice to prime 26.00-27.85; good to Boars: 20.00-29.00. Sheep: None. Manheim, PA
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