Livestock market an Leesport Auction Lees port, Pa. February 22,1978 CATTLE 374. Supply in cluded 34 head feeder cattle. Compared with last Wed nesday’s market, slaughter steers grading Good & Choice steady to $1 lower. Slaughter cows 75 cents to $3 lower. Slaughter bulls $1 to $2 lower. Choice No. 2-4 950- 1350 lbs. slaughter steers 44.75-47.00, few to 47.75, Good 38.5043.00, Standard 35.00 38.00. Choice slaughter heifers 41.0043.75, one at 45.60, Good 37.00-40.75, Standard 33.50-35.50, few Utility 29.00-33.00. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 29.50-32.00, few to 32.75, Cutters 28.50-31.00, Canner & Low Cutter 25.00-28.50, Shell down to 22.00. One Choice slaughter bullock at 43.85, few Good 37.25-39.85, few Standard 35.00-37.25. Yield Grade #1 1100-1770 slaughter bulls 35..7540.00. Few Good & Choice 550-750 lbs. feeder steers 38.0040.00. CALVES 209. Vealers grading Choice $4 to $6 lower; Standard & Good 70 : WE WILL HAIM. : HAY, STRAW, & GRAIN To Lpcai Auctions ! or Buy Outright f Paid at Scales : MEADOW GREEN FARMS : Call 717-933^080 : or 717-9334377 Babcock B-300V IS 20" Results of the 20th Pennsylvania Random Sample Egg Laying Test confirm the reports we’ve been receiving from egg Pennsylvania on the outstanding ..' , performance of the Babcock B-300V. If you’ve been buying chicks based on Random Sample performance, isn’t it time to buy today’s winner -- the Babcock B-300V. 130 lbs. weak to $3 higher. Couple Prime vealers 75.00 and 76.00, Choice 57.00-71.00, Good 50.00-58.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 43.00-53.00, 90-110 lbs. 37.00-42.50, Standard 70-85 lbs. 28.00 35.00, few Utility 60-100 lbs. 10.00- Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 41.00- HOGS 298. Barrows & gilts steady to 75 lower. US No. 1-2 195-235 lbs. barrows & gilts 50.00-50.25, couple lots 50.75, No. 1-3 195-250'' lbs. 48.50-50.00. US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 37.0040.75, couple to 42.50, Utility 175-300 lbs. 20.00- Boars 26.00-31.00. FEEDER PIGS 169. All prices cwt. Few Lots US No. 1-3 20-30 lbs. feeder pigs 81.00- No. 1-3 40-55 lbs. 60.00- No. 1-3 85-150 lbs. 41.00- few Lots Utility 70-95 lbs. 38.0056.00. SHEEP 33. Choice 50-80 lbs. new crop lambs 71.00 79.00, one at 96.00. Slaughter ewes 12.0022.00. Chambersburg Auction Chambersburg, Pa. February 16,1978 CATTLE 566. Compared with last Thursday’s market, slaughter steers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows 50 cents to mostly $1 lower. Choice 970-1360 lbs. slaughter steers 44.35-46.85, Good 40.0043.85, Standard 36.75-40.25, Utility 30.00- 34.85. One Choice slaughter heifers at 41.85, Good 34.10- 38.10, Standard 32.00-35.00, few Utility 27.10-30.25. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 29.75-34.00, few 35.35, Cutters 28.00-31.35, Canner & Low Cutter 26.00-28.85. Few INCOME OVER FEED & CHICK COSTS PENNSYLVANIA RANDOM SAMPLE TEST Babcock B-300V Shaver 288 DeKalb XL HJsex IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have received several questions concerning Babcock’s showing in European Egg laying tests as advertised in this paper. The Babcock B-300V was not entered in the recently completed Wissinkenke and Putten Laying Tests. P.O. BOX 280 1 ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 1 U.S.A. I PHONE: (607) 272-5990 Good slaughter bullocks 38.5041.75, Standard 35.00- 37.60. Yield Grade §1 1325- 1725 lbs. slaughter bulls 37.75-39.85, one at 40.00; yield grade #2 1100-1600 lbs. 33.75- 37.00. Few Good & Choice 400-560 lbs. feeder steers 40.00- few Good 500-860 lbs. feeder bulls 34.0040.00. CALVES 714. Vealers $6 to $lO lower; most decline on High Good & Choice. Few Prime vealers 80.00-85.00, Choice 65.00-77.00, Good 50.00- Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 40.00-60.00, 90-110 lbs. 32.00-39.50, Standard 70- 85 lbs. 28,00-35.00, Utility 55- 100 lbs. 15.00-25.00. Farm calves active, holstem bulls 90-120 lbs. 35.00-67.00, mostly 45.00- slaughter calves, grading Good & Choice 250- 450 lbs. 34.0040.50. HOGS 125. Barrows and gilts steady to strong. US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs. barrows and gUts 48.1049.00, No. 1-3 190- 250 lbs. 47.1048.10, one lot No. 1-3 185 lbs. 45.35. US No. 1-3 280-650 lbs. sows 36.50- 39.50, one at 40.75. Few Boars 27.00-28.35. FEEDER PIGS 32. US No. 1-3 25-30 lbs. feeder pigs 21.50-23.00 per head. SHEEP 41. Choice 80-120 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 59.00- few Good 60-80 lbs. 51.00-58.00, couple to 65.00. Slaughter ewes 17.00- 24.50. Middleburg Auction Middleburg, Pa. February 21,1978 CATTLE 424. Compared ■ with last Tuesday’s market, , slaughter steers 50 cents to $2 lower. Slaughter cows 50 cents to $1 lower. Choice No. 2-4 1000-1200 lbs. slaughter INCOME OVER CHICK & FEED COST FLOOR 6.74 6.27 5.96 6.43 CAGE 6.07 5:52 5.85 6.04 steers 42.75-45.50, couple to 46.50, Good 37.50-40.50, Standard 35.00-38.00, Utility 32.00-34.50. Few Choice slaughter heifers 37.2544.00, Good 33.00-35.75, Utihty & Standard 28.75-33.00. Utihty Si 'Commercial slaughter cows 30.00-32.75, few to 34.00, Cutters 28.00-31.00, Canner & Low Cutter 25.00-28.50, SheUs down to 21.50. Few Good slaughter bullocks 37.10- 37.75, few Standard 36.00- 36.60. Few Yield Grade #1 1150-2120 lbs. slaughter bulls 34,35-38.85. Mixed Good & Choice 275-500 lbs. feeder steers & bulls 39.0044.50, Choice 300-500 lbs. 28.50- 34.00; Common Medium 500- 700 lbs. feeder heifers 26.50- 29.50. CALVES 250. Vealers $2 to $6 lower. One Prune vealer at 77.00, Choice 65.00-76.00, Good 50.00-65.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 43.00-50.00, 90-110 lbs. 35.00-41.00, Standard 70-85 lbs. 28.00- 35.00. Farm calves, holstem bulls 40.00-57.00, couple to 62.00. HOGS 730. (Monday, Feb. 20, 1978). Barrows & gilts $1 to $1.50 lower. US No. 1-2 200- 235 lbs. barrows & gilts 49.00- 50.00, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 48.8049.00, No. 2-3 190-270 lbs. 46.0048.50. US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows 37.5040.00, No. 2-3 500-600 lbs. 29.25- 36.75. Boars 26.25-28.00. HOGS 150 HEAD ON TUESDAY, February 21, 1978. FEEDER PIGS 129. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 26.50-33.00 per head, No. 1-3 45-60 lbs. 38.00-46.50. SHEEP 5. Few Choice 75- 100 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 60.00-65.00. EGG PRODUCTION PER HEN HOUSED FLOOR 275.7 273.1 275.7 268.3 CAGE 256.1 245.5 253.3 258.8 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1978 auction news Lebanon Valley Auction Fredericksburg, Pa. February 21,1978 CATTLE 339. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter steers mostly steady to 50 cents lower, spots $1 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 25 cents, spots $1 lower. Few High Choice & Prime 34,1080-1260 lbs slaughter steers 46.25- 48.75, Choice 2-4,950-1405 lbs. 43.6045.75, few 47.10, Good 39.00- Good holstems 37 5041.50, Standard 34.35- 37.75, Choice 24, slaughter heifers 42.1044.50, few Good 38.0040.85, Standard 33.85- 38.25, few Utihty 25.00-32.50. Utihty and Commercial slaughter cows 31.50-33.75, few 35.75, few Commercial 4- 5, 29.-00-33.00, Cutters 28.75- 31.75, Canner & Low Cutter 26.00- few Shells down to 22.00. Few Good slaughter bullocks 38.00-41.35, few Standard 36.35-39.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1,1220-2295 lbs. slaughter bulls 38.25- 43.10, individual Yield Grade No. 2,1420 lbs. at 41.10. CALVES 196. Vealers $2 to $5 lower. Prune vealers, individual's 68.50 and 69.50, Choice 65.00-70.00, one at 75.50, Good 50.00-57.50, fejv 63.50, Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 40.0045.50, 90-110 lbs. 30.00-39.00, Standard 70- 90 lbs. 25.00-30.00, Utihty 50- 100 lbs. 15.00-21.00. Farm Calves: Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 45.00-63.50, few down to 36.00; Holstein heifers 90-115 lbs. 50.00-60.00. HOGS 479., Barrows and gilts $1.25 to $2 lower. US No. 1-2 190-240 lbs. barrows and gilts 48.10-49.60, lot 50.35, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 47.75-48.60, No. 2-3 185-245 lbs. 46.10- % LAYING°HOUSE MORTALITY CAGE FLOOR 3.1 1.0 5.2 3.0 2.1 3.0 4.2 7.0 \ ■ftv 'X < BABCOCK B-300V Ist CAGE AND FLOOR. LB. FEED PER LB. EGGS FLOOR 2.33 2.44 2.59 2.36 CAGE 2.36 2.44 2.43 2.43 48.00, No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 36.25-45.25. US No. 1-3 300-620 lbs. sows 37.00-40.50. Few Boars 27.25-32.00 FEEDER PIGS 33. US No. 1-3 40-50 lbs. feeder pigs 28.00-29.50 per head, lot No. 1-3 60 lbs. at 35.00 per head. SHEEP 8. Few Choice 95- 130 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 55.00-66.50. Individual Slaughter ewes at 16.00. New Holland Horse New Holland Sales Stables Monday, February 20 Reported receipts of 276 head of horses, mules, and pomes. Market steady with last week’s market. Load of work horses out of Michigan, pairs 1350-1650, singles 775-850; local work horses, singles 650-1200; driving horses 150-500; riding horses 150-325; better horses 350-525; lightweight killers 25-29; heavyweight killers 36-40; mares 15-60; colts 10-20; geldings 15-55; larger pomes 75-180. Lancaster Feeder Cattle Lancaster Pa. Friday, Feb. 17,1978 Feeder Cattle 366 262 Today Last Friday TREND: Insufficient volume to fully test trends. Load Choice 735-835 lb. feeder steers 43.75-43.85; part load mixed Good and Choice 750 lb. 41.25. 9
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