Livestock market an
G & M Livestock
Market
Duncanville, Pa.
March 6,1978
Market report higher than
last week’s market.
STEERS: Good to choice
- 42.00-44.85; standard to good
38.00-42.00.
HAY, STRAW AND EAR CORN SALE
Every Wednesday at 12 Noon
At David Good’s Farm Equipment Sale
North Maple Ave., Leola, PA
HARVEY Z. MARTIN
Home Phone 215-445-5303
▲ Bos. Phone Wed. Only
J 717-656-7270
+ We also buy hay and straw privately.
Our Son of Gay
is now Gold Medal!
15HI80 Le-Del Ideal SUPERIOR - VG
Gold Medal; Production & Type Qualified (Jan./78)
Production: USDA Summary
_67 Daughters in 52 Herds Average 16.809 M
Predicted Difference (73% rpt) +1.435M
10 Classified Daus. Ave. 78.7 (act.) 80.9 (age-adj.)
Predicted Difference (44% rpt.) + .66
His Sire: Harrisburg Gay Ideal EX (92) & 6M
His Dam: Le-Del Fury Design Stardust EX-3E
two records over 25.000 M & 900 F
Superior is among 21 Gold Medal Holsteins now in daily service!
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BREEDERS COOPERATIVE
LIVESTOCK
SERVICES
Member - NAL Affiliated Breeders
24-Hour Toll-Free Phones for Service f
Lancaster area 569-0411
Pennsylvania 800-732-0391 Del. & Md. 800-233-0216
HEIFERS: Good to choice
38.00-42.00; others 32.00-
38.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Good
to choice, 300 to 500 lbs. 42.00-
48.00; 500 to 800 lbs. 34.00-
42.00.
BULLS: 1000 to 1502 lbs.
39.00-43.00.
COWS: High choice to
prime 34.00-36.50; good to
On Orders
Weßu;
standard 30.00-34.00; cutters
28.00-30.00; canners down to
25,00; dairy cows 350.00-
850.00.
CALVES: High to choice
74.00- good to choice
50.00- standard to good
40.00- utility 20.00-
30.00; farm calves, 90 to 120
lbs. 55.00-65.50; heifers 55.00-
64.00.
HOGS: 200 to 240 lbs. 48.00-
49.50; 170 to 200 lbs. 40.00-
47.00.
SOWS: 36.00-41.00.
BORAS: 25.00-31.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 21.00-
45.50.
Carlisle
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
March 7,1978
CATTLE 207. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market;
Good slaughter steers 42.50-
45.75, Standard 37.75-42.00,
Utility 29.00-38.00. Good
slaughter heifers 40.5044.25,
Standard 36.85-38.50, Utility
33.25-37.00. Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows
33.60-35.35, Cutters 31.75-
34.00, Canner & Low Cutter
29.00-33.00. Good slaughter
bullocks 38.3541.50, Stan
dard 35.50-37.50.
CALVES 165. Choice
vealers 62.50-75.00, Good
45.00-70.00, Standard & Good
110-130 lb. 39.00-51.00, 90-115
lb. 29.0040.00.
569 F
+24F
3.4%
+slo6
auction news
HOGS 273. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lb. barrows and gilts
48.85-50.10, No. 1-3 200-250 lb.
46.0049.00, No. 2-3 190-250 lb.
41.0045.00. US No. 1-3 300-500
lb. sows 39.0042.00, No. 2-3
300-600 lb. 30.00-36.50. Boars
27.00-27.25.
FEEDER PIGS 86. US No.
1-3 2540 lb. feeder pigs 17.00-
26.00 per head, No. 1-3 40-70
lb. 32.00-38.00 per head.
SHEEP 2. Not enough of
any one grade to establish a
market.
Pa. Auction
Summary
March 10,1978
CATTLE 7518. Compared
with 7075 last week and 7179
head a year ago. Compared
with last week’s market,
slaughter steers 1.50-2.00
higher, spots $2.75 higher.
Slaughter heifers 2-3 higher.
Slaughter cows 2.50-3.50
higher. Slaughter bullocks
steady to sl.oo v higher.
Slaughter bulls mostly $2
higher. High Choice & Prime
yield grade 34 lbs. slaughter
steers 49.50-51.10. Choice
yield grade 24 46.0050.85,
Good 4047, Standard 3642,
Utility (few) 3038. Choice
yield grade lbs. slaughter
heifers 42.0047.50, Good
37.0043.00, Standard 32.00-
Andersons
t
BLENDS 80 lb. bags bags
5-20-20 118.50
6-24-24 132.00 133.50
8-32-16 143.50 144.50
10-20-10 119.50*
10-30-10 138.50*
10-20-20 129.00
12-24-24 144.50 146.00
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 1978
47.00, Utility 29.00-32.00.
Utility and commercial cows
33.00-38.00, cutters 31.00-
37.00, Canncers and low
cutters 28.50-32.75, Shells
down to 23.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 42.00-
47.00, Good 38.00-43.00,
Standard (few) 36.00-38.25,
Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2200
lbs. slaughter bulls 38.00-
44.00, Yield Grade No. 2 900-
1600 lbs. 35.5040.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good
and choice 350800 lbs. 37.00-
47.00, few choice to 49.50,
Good and choice 300-700 lbs.
heifers 32.0089.25. Good and
choice 350-800 lbs. bulls 34.00-
35.75.
CALVES: 4520. Vealers 4
higher, spots 6 higher. Prime
vealers (a few) 78.00-86.00,
Choice 65.0030.00, Good
54.00-70.00, Standard and
Good 110-130 lbs. 50.0058.00,
90-110. lbs. 43.00-53.00,
Standard 70-90 lbs. 32.00-
45.00, Utility 50-100 lbs. 20.00-
38.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 46.0063.00,
Holstein heifers 80-115 lbs.
48.00-70.00.
HOGS 7536 compared with
7457 last week, 7665 a year
ago. Barrows and gilts
mostly steady to 1.50 higher.
US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
501 b.
Per ton
barrows and gilts 49.50-51.00
few 52.10, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
47.50-49.75, No. 2-3 190-260
lbs. 45.00-48.50, No. 2-4 (few)
260-300 lbs. 42.00-45.00,N0. 1-3
(few) 140-190 lbs. 41.0045.00,
US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows
38.0042.50, No. 2-3 300600
lbs. 34.0038.00. BOARS 22.00
33.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1205
compared with 1038 last
week and 1553 a year ago.
Feeder pigs steady to 2
higher per head. No. 1-3 20-35
lbs. 16.00-37.00, No. 1-3 35.00
55.00 lbs. 36.0043.00, No. 1-3
50-85 lbs. 39.00-48.00.
SHEEP 726 compared with
466 last week, 412 a year ago.
Wooled slaughter lambs
steady to strong, choice 70-
110 lbs. 57.0&-70.50, good 60-
100 lbs. 50.00-62.00, choice 40-
100 lbs. SSL 65.0068.00, few
100. Slaughter ewes 15.00-
25.00.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS
1153, compared with 4061 last
week, 678 a year ago, feeder
pigs highly uneven, ex
tremes $7 higher to $4 lower
per hundredweight. No. 1-2
25-35 lbs. 95-112; 35-50 lbs. 92-
105; 5060 lbs. 78-95; 60-75 lbs.
73-85; No. 36 2540 lbs. 85-
106; 4065 lbs. 81.00-96.00; 55-
80 lbs. 62.00-92.00; utility 35-
75 lbs. 42.0066.00.
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