Livestock market an Indiana Livestock Indiana, Pa. April 13,1978 CATTLE 267. Compared with last week’s market, Slaughter cows $1.25-$2 higher. Few Choice Slaughter Steers 50.00-53.50, Few Good 46.00-50.00, few Standard 40.00-44.00, Few Choice Slaughter heifers 40.00-44.50, Good 36.0040.00, standard 32.00-36.00. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 36.0040.00, few 41.75- 33.00-36.50, 43.00, Cutters canners and low cutters jj 30.00-33.00. Choice slaughter bullocks 43.00-46.50, good 39.0040.00. Yield Grade No. 1 1200-1670 lbs. slaughter bulls 40.0046.75. FEEDER CATTLE: Good and Choice 350-600 lbs. steers 40.00-55.00. Good and medium 300-550 lbs. feeder heifers 32.00-36.00. Good and choice 400-500 lbs. bulls 40.00- 49.50. CALVES 183. Vealers to. x a, A little T h Joesn’t rnmuJL^ *v Treat em like you love ’em. They’ll respond with better health, faster gains and best results. Ag Best hugs them with an ideal environ ment: accurate control of temperature and humidity; better engineered, better designed air inlet, fan, and heating , systems; durable fiberglass wails that clean easier; self clean ing Uni-vent flooring systems. Ag Best hugs ’em best. . S ||M| , Write us for information. , %op/ulc MANUFACTURED ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED BUILDINGS For Farrowing, Nursery and Finishing Operations. Manufactured Total Confinement Building For Calves Too! KIMMKH FARM i~ LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT P.0.80X 5190 NEFFSVILLE, PA 17601 A Complete Line of Swine Equipment Available For Remodeling Your- Existing Building. grading good and choice $l-2 higher. All standard grades mostly $3 higher. Few choice 68.00- late 76.50, good 57.0068.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 59.50-60.00, 90-110 lbs. 46.00-55.00, Standard 70-90 lbs. 36.00- 40.00, few Utility 50-140 lbs. 28.00- FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 57.00-68.50, Holstein heifers 80-110 lbs. 54.00-69.00. HOGS 93. Barrows and gilts were weak, $1 to $1.75 lower. US No. 1-2 200-220 lbs. barrows and gilts 47.0047.25, No. 1-3 200-230 lbs. 45.75- 46.25, No. 2-3 190-250 lbs. 43.2545.25, few No. 24 250- 325 lbs. 41.5043.00,1 lot No. 1-3 175 lbs. 41.25. SOWS US No. 1-3 300-575 lbs. sows 38.0041.00, few 42.0045.25. BOARS 20.75-22.00. FEEDER PIGS 10, US No. 1-3 40 lbs. feeder pigs 29,00 per head, No. 1-3 85 lbs. 38.00 per head. SHEEP: None. AG BEST CAPSULE □ Farrowing □ Nursery □ Finishing □ Calf Name: I Address: | Tel. No: 1 Lancaster Feeder Cattle Lancaster, Pa. Friday, April 7,1978 FEEDER CATTLE 559 510 Today Last Friday TREND: Feeder steers mainly steady to 1.00 lower although few lots of Choice and one lot mixed Choice and Prime in the graded sale sold fully steady. Supply in cluded 225 in graded sale sold in lots of 10 or more, balances mainly in lots of three or less. FEEDER STEERS: Part load mixed Choice and Prime 585 lb. 57.25; Choice 520-735 lb. 52.75-54.25; Choice 885-985 lb. 49.00-50.50; mixed Good and Choice 850-1000 lb. 47.25-48.85. FEEDER KIEFERS: One lot Choice 530 lb. 45.25, one lot mixed Good and Choice 390 lb. 45.50, couple lots mix ed Good and Choice 475-495 lb. 44-25-44.75. auction news Pa. Auction Summary April 14,1978 Of 17 Livestock Auction Markets. CATTLE: 9471. Compared with 8777 last week and 8313 a year ago, slaughter steers, heifers, bulls, and bullocks sl-$2 higher; si. cows steady to $1.50 higher. High Choice & Prime YG 54.00-56.75; Choice YG 51.00-55.75; Good 45.00-51.00; Standard 40.00- 48.00; Utility 35.0040.50. Choice YG si. heifers 43.00-, 51.23; Good 40.0048.00; few standard 35.0040.00; few Utility 31.00-35.00; Utility & Commercial si. cows 36.00- 40.50, few to 42.50; Cutters 33.50-38.50; canners and low cutters 30.00-36.00; shells down to 25.00; Choice si. bullocks 46.0061.00; Good 41.0049.00; few Standard 39.0044.00. Yield Grade No. 1 1100-2100 lbs. si. bulls 42.00- 48.00. Yield Grade No. 2 800- 1600 lbs. 39.0044.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Good & Choice 300-800 lbs. steers 43.00- Med. 400-900 lbs. 40.00- Good & Choice 300-600 lbs. heifers 36.00- 46.00. Med. 300-700 lbs. 30.00- 40.00. Good & Choice 400-800 lbs. bulls 40.00-50.00. CALVES 4035. Compared to 4306 last week and 3886 a year ago. Vealers grading food and choice steady to $1 higher. Prime vealers 80.00- 87.00, Choice 66.00-81.00, Good 55.00-70.00, Standard & low Good 110-130 lbs. 50.00- 64.00, 90-110 lbs. 43.00-55.00, Standard 70-90 lbs. 35.00- 52.00, few Utility 50-100 lbs. 25.00-38.00. FARM CALVES: Active. Hoi. bulls 95-120 lbs. 50.00- Andersens BLENDS 80 lb. bags bags 5-20-20 6-24-24 127.00 128.50 8-32-16 138.50 139.50 10-20-20 124.00 12-24-24 139.50 141.00 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15,1978 /0.00; Hoi. heifers 90-120 ibs, 50.00-83.00. HOGS 7744. Compared to 8123 a week ago and 6589 a year ago. Barrows and gilts steady. US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. barrows and gilts 46.50- 48.50, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 45.5047.50; No. 2-3 190-260 lbs. 42.0046.50, few No. 1-3 150-190 lbs. 38.0044.50; US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 36.0042.00, No. 2-3 400-650 lbs. 33.00-38.00. BOARS 22.00-35.00. FEEDER PIGS 1197. Compared to 1313 last week and 1563 a year ago. Steady to $5 higher. US No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 25.0040.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 38.00-50.00 per head. WHAT'S NEW SKID MOUNTED SPRAYERS Skid mounted 300, 400 or 500 gallon field sprayers offer high volume field operation and road speed efficiency between fields. The 300 gallon tank is polymer - the 440 is either polymer or stainless and the 500-is stainless. All tanks feature large fill holes, anti splash lids and full length stainless steel sparger for “bottom sweep” agitation of chemicals. Large gathering sump assures complete emptying of valuable chemicals. Polymer tanks have a two year guarantee and resist punctures and cracking. The new skid mounted sprayer fits in almost any Per ton 50 lb, 113.50 Graded feeder pigs. 2960. Compared to 1519 last week and 2244 a year ago. Highly uneven, extremes $7 higher to $ll lower. All sales per hundredweight. US 1-2 30-40 lb. 123.00- 143.00; 40-5011). 115.00-132.00; 50-60 lb. 99.00-129.00; 60-75 lb. 91.00- US 2-3 35-45 lb. 122.00- 45-55 lb. 109.00- 124.00; 55-90 lb. 72.00-111.00. US 3 35-45 lb. 84.00-97.00. SHEEP 504 Compared to 466 last week and 399 a year ago. Spring si. lambs steady to $4 higher. Choice 25-50 lbs. 85.00-105.00; Choice 60-100 lbs. 65.00-79.00; Slaughter ewes 10.00-24.00. pick-up truck bed. Double folding booms move up and out of the way for open ac cess to tank and side of truck. Booms come in 35,40, or 47 foot lengths. Center fed booms provide low pressure drop and accurate ap plication rates. “Swing away” boom design absorbs impact and returns to spray positon automatically. Nozzle spacing is adjustable. All plumbing is 3/4 in. 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