6 — Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25,1978 Livestock market and auction news Dewart Auction Dewart, Pa- March 20,1978 CATTLE 268. Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter steers grading Good and Choice 75 cents to $2.50 higher. Slaughter cows 50 cents to $2 lower. Few- High Choice & Prime slaughter steers 50.75-51.50; Choice No. 2-4 1050-1300 lbs. 47.1049.10, Good 42.0046.60, few Standard 37.2541.50, Few Choice slaughter heifers 42.75-48.00, few Standard 38.2540.00. Utility and Commercial slaughter cows 33.00-36.60, couple 37.75, Cutters 31.75-34.50, Canner and Low Cutter 28.00-31.75, Shells down to 25.00. Couple Good slaughter bullocks 44.00 and 44.25, couple Standard 41.0041.50. Few Yield Grade #lll5O-1975 lbs. slaughter bulls 39.25- 44.00. Few Choice 450600 lbs. feeder steers 45.50-52.00; few Medium and Good 300450 lbs. 41.7545.00; few Good 400500 lbs. feeder bulls 47.00 51.50. CALVES 226. Vealers grading Good & Choice steady ters2 lower; Standard & Good 70-110 lbs. $6 to $9 lower. Few Prime vealers 73.00- Choice 65.00- 75.00, Good 53.00-63.00, few Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 45.00-55.00, 90-110 lbs. 39.00- Standard 70-85 lbs. 35.00-39.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 39.50- HOGS 388. Barrows arid gilts $2.50 to $3 lower. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows and gilts 46.4046.80, one lot 47.20; No. 1-3 190-240 lbs. 45.00- 46.50, No. 2-3 220-250 lbs. 44.50- No. 1-3 150-180 lbs. 32.0043.00. US No. 1-3 300-575 lbs. spws 37.5042.75. Boars 28.50-33.75. FEEDER PIGS 92. Few lots US No. 1-3 15-20 lbs. feeder pigs 20.50-22.00 per head, No. 1-3 3540 lbs. 27.50- 38.00, one lot 75 lbs. 50.00 per head. SHEEP 50. Choice 2540 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 85.00-109.00, one at 128.00,45- 65 lbs. 65.00-80.00. Couple slaughter ewes 12.00. GREEN DRAGON LIVESTOCK SALES O 1 mile North of Ephrata, PA CO>NS COWS COIVS 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 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. RI3SER. Proprietor Joliet Cattle Joliet, Illinois March 23,1978 Receipts 6,000 this week, 5,996 a week ago, and 7,350 a year ago. Continued small receipts made for fairly active trading. Trading on slaughter steers very uneven, mixed high choice and prime 1.502.50 higher at mid-week. Good and average choice 1.001.50 higher. Slaughter heifers 1.001.50 higher, few high choice and prime as much as 1.50-2.00 higher. Cows steady. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed high choice and prime 34 1125-1350 lbs. 51.50-53.25 Wednesday, after selling 51.50 and down on Monday. Choice 24 1075-1200 lbs. 49.50-51.00 late, 49.00-50.75 early; mixed good and choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 45.00-’ 49.00, mostly 46.0049.00. Load Good 2-3 1200-1350 lbs. holsteins 45.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed choice and prime 34 950-1075 lbs. 48.00-49.50, mostly 49.0049.50 late. Choice 24 875-1000 lbs. 47.75- 48.50, down to 47.25 Monday; 2-3 800-875 lbs. 46.0047.75. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs, 44.5047.00. COWS: Utility and few commercial 1-3 32.00-35.50, few high dressing utility 1-2 35.50-36.00. Carlisle Auction Carlisle, Pa. March 21,1978 CATTLE 177. Compared with last Tuesday’s market; Choice slaughter steers 42.2546.75, Good 37.7541.00, Standard 29.00-35.00. Choice slaughter heifers 43.5044.10, Good 38.8541.00, Standard 29.00-37.00. Utility & Com mercial slaughter cows 32.25-34.00, Cutters 30.00- 33.00, Canner & Low Cutter 25.50-29.50, Shells down to 23.00. One Good slaughter bullock at 43.35, Standard 34.75-36.85. CALVES 203. Choice’ vealers 65.00-77.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 42.00- 67.00, 90115 lbs. 32.0048.00, Standard 7090 lbs. 27.00 38.00. HOGS 364* US No. 1-2 200 240 lbs. barrows & gilts 44.35- 47.50, No. 1-3 200250 lbs. 42.0045.00, No. 2-3 190250 lbs. 37.0040.00. US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows 38.7541.00, No. 2-3 300600 lbs. 32.00 37.00. Boars 28.0031.25. FEEDER PIGS 179. US No. 1-3 2540 lbs. feeder pigs 19.0027.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-60 lbs. 38.0045.00 per head. SHEEP 45. Choice 4065 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 80.00115.00. Lancaster Feeder Cattle Lancaster, Pa. Friday, March 17,1978 Feeder Cattle 813 241 Today Last Friday SPECIAL NOTICE VINTAGE SALE STABLE, INC. | Box 100, Rl 30 I | Paradise, Pa I I 12:30 P.M. I I Needs more hay and straw, ear corn I I and fodder for each Thursday Auction. I | Our prices are as good as any sale in I f the East. I Commission rate - $1.50 per ton. For information, contact: L ROBERT FRAME 'L | “One drop does not an ocean make!” V' V ” It IT II II f 'P t t- 't' TREND: Trend not fully comparable because of insufficient colume in recent weeks. Supply included 450 in graded sale sold in lots of 10 or more. Demand good with Choice 500-700 lb. 2.00- 3.00 higher, with weights over 750 lb. film to 1.00 higher. FEEDER STEERS: Load Choice and Prime 690 lb. 51.10, lot Choice and Prime 990 lb. 48.00; Choice 525-680 lb. 52.75-55.75, Choice 795 1010 lb. 48.85-47.25; Couple lots mixed Good and Choice 425-620 lb. 52.25-54.60, mixed Good and Choice 640-730 lb. 43.7546.75, one lot 890 lb. 44.25; Couple lots 375405 lb. mixed bulls and steers 49.75 51.25. FEEDER HEIFERS r Choice 445660 lb. 40.2541.00; mixed Good and Choice 600- 765 lb. 36.7537.75; Couple lots Good 425510 lb. 34.00- 34.25. i Auctioneer 717-442-4181 This scattergram represents 29 individual flocks totaling over 900,000 DEKALB XL Links in production! Each dot represents one individual flock's production at that age. A variety of houses, sizes and locations are represented. *4 CHICKS, INC. .™ E OUa ms?s3i3*- 5 1 5 t951 SISSSS? EGGLAYERS (215)535-3155 BROILERS u 21 it i* j« it Ji n I* =?C r CA* HAfcOCV 7 llwiil Modern cows give up to 10 times more milk than cows of centi’ry ago because of selective breeding. NOTICE 11 Extra HAY AUCTION Every Monday 4f at 12 Noon 44 Located 1 mile South of Gap 44 on East Side of Route 41. 44 Phone 717-443-9221 Mondays 44 HAY, STRAW & EAR CORN SALE 4* Every Wednesday at 12 Noon IT At David Good’s Farm Equipment Sale North Maple Ave., Leola, PA 44 HARVEY Z. MARTIN XT Home Phone 215-445-5303 -We Buy On Orders A 4 Bus. Phone Wed. Only 717-656-7270 We also buy hay and straw privately. ATTENTION FARMERS!! CIBA-GEIGY AATREX SUTAN+, LASSO, ETC. CONKLIN PRODUCTS 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. Check our Prices before you buy. MELVIN R. WEAVER 2213 Leabrook Road, Lancaster, PA. 17601 PH:7I7-898-8354 or 565-6576 So here's a "bucketfull" of XL-Link production graphs DEKAL - V* II >, - # ll tl (I M t) M 47 U «t jf 71 >1 II 74 >5 H 77 71 4* 4* i* . ~ n u si s* WEEKS FURADAM 10-G PYFONATE 20-G Jp^ 7 __ x> o r. r uV V
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