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USDA
March 6,1978
CATTLE 400: Moderately
active, slaughter steers and
heifers steady to 50 cents
lower, cows $2.00-2.50 higher
than last Monday, few bulls
firm. Supply 35 per cent
slaughter steers and heifers,
50 per cent cows, 10 per cent
feeders, balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
Choice 24 1035-1315 lbs.
44.00-46.50; Good and Choice
2-4 975-1200 lbs. 42.50-43.75;
couple Choice Holsteins 2’s
x 1225 lbs. 40.00; few Good 24
»25-1400 lbs. 38.50-42.00;
Good Holsteins 2-3 1240-1500
lbs. 35.35-36.85.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 885-970 lbs. 41.50-
43.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 32.00-
36.85; Cutter 29.00-33.85,
BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1000-1400 lbs. 35.85-39.85;
couple 1670-1690. lbs. 40.50-
42.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: few
Choice steers 950-1000 lbs.
43.75-44.25; Good to low
Choice 700-750 lbs. 36.50-
40.00.
HOGS 700: Compared with
Thursday Barrows and Gilts
75-1.00 higher. US 1-2 200-240
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2213 Leabrook Road, Lancaster, PA. 17601
PH: 717-898-8354 or 569-6576
which Is the Monday before Easter, and
APRIL 24th. which is the Monday before the Greek Easter, all lambs will be sold at auc
tion beginning at noon. All these lambs will be sorted and weighed upon arrival and we
recommend that these be the days, Monday, March 20th, and Monday April 24th, to
have your lambs on the market, and your consignments are respectfully solicited. For
further information contact Horace Plank. Tel.: Area 717 397-5136 (office), or Area
717 392-2304 (residence).
N MONDAY. MARCH 20th
lbs. 48.5048.75; 30 head
49.00; US 2-3 230-260 lbs.
47.5048.50.
SOWS: 50 cents higher. US
1-3 300-600 lbs. 36.50-37.50.
VEAL & CALF AUCTION:
50 few Choice 210-260 lbs.
Vealers 63.50-70.50; several
good 150-235 lbs. 48.00-55:50;
100-120 lbs. 42.0047.50; 70-100
lbs. 30.00-44.00; calves
returned to farm 43.00-56.50.
SHEEP AUCTION: 60:
package Good & Choice
wooled slaughter lambs 88
lbs. 55.00; lot Good 83 lbs.
46.00.
Dewart
Auction
Dewart, Pa.
March 6,1978
CATTLE 211. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers steady to 75
cent higher. Slaughter cows
$1 to $2.50 higher. Two High
Choice slaughter steers
47.10-48.60, Choice No. 2-4
975-1250 lbs. 44.6047.75, Good
39.0043.25, Standard 35.75-
39.00. Few Choice
slaughter heifers 39.50-
42.00, few Good 36.50
40.75, few Standard 35.00-
36.10. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 33.00-36.50,
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO ALL CONSIGNORS OF LAMBS
WALTER M. DUNLAP and SONS
Cutters 30.75-34.10, Canner &
Low Cutter 27.50-31.00. Few
Choice slaughter bullocks
41.5044.00, few Good 38.50-
40.75, few Standard 38.00-
38.25. Few Yield Grade #1
1300-2100 lbs. slaughter bulls
39.2542.00. One small lot
Choice 500-550 lbs. feeder
steers 45.00.
CALVES 195. Vealers
grading Good and Choice $5
to $lO higher, Standard &
Good 70-110 lbs. $4 to $5
higher. Choice vealers 69.00-
84.00, Good 55.00-68.00, few
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
53.00- 90-110 lbs. 45.00-
53.00, Standard 70-85 lbs.
41.0046.00, Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
48.00-
HOGS 229. Barrows and
gilts steady to 25 cents lower.
US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs.
barrows & gilts 48.8049.00,
one lot 49.60, No. 1-3 195-250
lbs. 48.0048.80, few lots No.
2-3 235-255 lbs. 47.6047.90. US
No. 1-3 300-625 lbs. sows
38.5041.00. Boars 28.50-32.50.
FEEDER PIGS 96. US No.
1-3 30-50 lbs. feeder pigs
26.5044.50 per head.
SHEEP 3. Couple Choice
85 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 72.00 and 72.50.
GREEN DRAGON t*v
LIVESTOCK SALES ifJ
1 mile North of Ephrata, PA .
COINS COWS COINS
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
Lancaster Stockyards
Sechrist
Auction
Stewartstown, Pa.
March 6,1978
CATTLE 87 Steers r High
Choice and Prime 47.50
49.50; Good Choice 44.00
46.85; Good 42.00-45.50;
Holsteins Good 38.00-42.50;
Standard to Good 35.00-37.75.
Heifers - High Choice and
Prime 42.0044.75; Good to
Choice 38.0041.,85; Good
33.00- Holsteins Good
34.00- Standard Good
30.00- Feeder Steers -
Good and Choice 42.75-45.50;
Standard Good 38.0043.00.
Bulls - Good and Choice
Commercial 38.00-42.50;
Standard to Good 34.00-39.10.
Cows - High Yearling
Commercial 34.00-36.25;
Cutters 31.50-33.85; Canners
Low Cutters ’28.50-32.00;
Shells 24.00-27.85.
CALVES 93 Calves -
Choice and Prime 73.00-
81.50; Good and Choice 65.00
72.50; Standard and Good
55.0068.50; Utility to Good
110-140 lbs. 48.00-62.50;
Utility 90110 lbs. 40.0060.00;
Culls 25.0035.00.
HOGS 199 Hogs-U.S. No. 1
and 2,190-220 lbs. 49.00-50.25;
U.S. No. 1 and 3,190-230 lbs.
48.2549,00; U.S. No. 1 and 3.
N MONDAY
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1978
180-250 lbs. 47.5048.10. Sows -
250-375 lbs. 30.00-36.75; 400-
500 lbs. 34.00-37.00.
SHEEP 1 Lambs - Good to
Choice 55.00-62,00.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
Select No. 1 and 2, 190-215
lbs. 48.2548.50.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
No. 1 and 2.190-220 lbs. 48.00-
48.25.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
No. 1 and 3,290-220 lbs. 47.00-
47.75.
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
May 6,1978
CATTLE 222. Compared
with last Monday’s market;
High Choice & Prime
slaughter steers 47.0049.10,
Choice 46.0048.00, Good
44.0046.00, Standard 38.50-
44.00, Utility 33.50-37.00.
Choice slaughter heifers
44.0047.50, Good 41.5044.50,
Standard 38.5042.50, Utility
34.00- Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows
33.75-37.75, Cutters 31.50-
34.50, Conner & Low Cutter
29.00- Shells down to
27.00, Choice slaughter
bullocks 43.0048.00, Good
41.5045.00, Standard 38.00-
42.00, Utility 32.00-35.00.
Yield Grade #1 slaughter
bulls 39.0044.00; yield grade
#235.50-38.50.
CALVES 299. Choice
vealers 68.50-77, Good
58.00- Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 48.00-62.00, 90-110
lbs. 45.00-57.00, Standard 70-
-‘9O lbs. 28.5045.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 90-120
lbs. 55.00-68.00; holstein
heifers 85-130 lbs. 48.00-60.00.
HOGS 392. US No. 1-2 200-
230 lbs. barrows & gilts 48.50-
49.25, No. 1-3 200-240 lbs.
47.5048.75, No. 2-3 200-240
lbs. 46.5048.00, No. 1-3 130-
165 lbs. 32.0040.00. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 37.5042.50,
Telephone 717/569-2654 Evenings 717/653-2397
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17604
No. 2-3 300-600 lbs. 34.00-
38.(f0. Boars 22.00-32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 43. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
15.00-30.00 per head.
SHEEP 19. Good wooled
slaughter lambs 55.00-66.00.
Peoria
Auction
Peoria, Illinois
March 9,1978
CATTLE: Receipts this
week: 4400 Last week: 4100
Year ago: 4200.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers 50-
LOO, instances 1.50 higher,
slaughter heifers 50-1.00
higher. Cows 1.00-2.00
higher. Bulls steady.
Receipts about 60 per cent
slaughter steers, 30 per cent
slaughter heifers, balance
mainly cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4 1150-
1270 lbs. 48.9049.00; Load
1330 lbs. 49.25; Choice 2-4
1050-1250 lbs. 47.00-48.00; 900-
1050 lbs. 46.00-47.00; Mixed
Good and Choice 2-4 900-1300
lbs. 43.50-47.00; Good 2-3
41.50-43.50; Choice 2-3
Holsteins 41.00-42.00; Few
Good 2-3 40.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4 900-
1085 lbs. 45.50-46.00, load
46.25; Choice 24 850-1050 lbs.
44.00-45.50; 800-900 lbs. 43.50-
44.50; Mixed Good and
Choice 2-4 750-1000 lbs. 42.00-
44.00; Good 2-3 39.0042.00;
Standard and Good 2-3 36.00-
39.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 30.00-33.00;
High-dressing Utility 34.00-
35.00; Cutter 1-2 29.00-31.00;
Canner 26.00-29.00,
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 30.00-39.00;
Few Yield grade 141.00.
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