16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 29,1978 Livestock market and auction news (Continued from Page 15) pasture; fairly large at tendance of buyers. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 60.00-63.75, package 286 lb. at 64.00; 500- 600 lb. 54.2549.25, small lot 507 lb. at 60.60; 600-700 lb. 53.25- 700-800 lb. 53.00- 55.50 ; 800-950 lb. 52.00-53.75; Mixed good and choice 300- 500 lb. 57.50-59.50 ; 500-600 lb. 52.25- part load 688 lb. 52.80 ; 706-850 lb. 51.06-52.00; good 300-500 lb. 52 25-56.00; small lot 533 lb. at 50.50, few good 400-1000 lb. holstem steers 44.75-48.50. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 50.50-53.00; 500-710 lb. 48.50-50.75; mixed good and choice 300-500 lb. 48.25-50.50; 500-600 lb. 48.00- 48.50; good 400-650 lb. 46.00- 47.00. FOR THE WEEK: Compared to late last week, feeder calves 1.00-3.00 lower, feeder steers 500-700 lb. weak to 1.00 lower, feeder steers over 700 lb. 50 cents to $l.OO higher, feeder heifers over 500 lb. 50 cents to 1.00 lower; slaughter cows closed steady to weak, late sales utility and commercial 2-3 36.75-39.90; cutter 1-3 33.50- 36.50; bulls closed mostly 1.00 higher, late sales yield grade 1-2 1000-2000 lb. 42.25- 49.50; salable receipts near 23,400 head compared to 13,081 head last week and 22,364 head the same week a year ago Cows and bulls LEON B HERSHEY Box 265 Paradise, PA 717 442 4807 RON L HERSHEY R 2 Gap, PA 717 442 8573 B RUSSELLSAUDER R 5 Box 322 A Manheim PA 717 665 4153 JASON E MILLER 169 Strasburg Pike Lanraster PA 717 393 7244 WM J tODER 23 N BridpeSr Christiana PA 215 593 2101 near 9 per cent of cattle receipts, feeders near 91 per cent of the total. Pa. Auction Summary April 28,1978 CATTLE 8134. Compared with 8062 last week, and 9839 a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers and heifers steady to $2 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 50 cents higher. Slaughter bullocks steady to strong. Feeder cattle steady to $2 higher. Slaughter steers 54.00- choice YG 51.00- 55.00, good 45.00-52.00, standard 40.0048.00, few utility 36.5042.00. Choice slaughter heifers 45.00-52.00, good 42.0048.00, standard 38.0045.00, few utility 37.00- 42.00, Utility & commercial slaughter cows 38.0043.00, cutters 36.0040.00, canners and low cutters 32.00-37.50, shells down to 27.00. Few choice slaughter bullocks 47.00- good 43.0048.75, few standard 41.0048.00. Yield grade No. 1 1100-2200 lbs. slaughter bulls 43.00- 49.00, yield grade No. 2 800- 1500 lbs. 41.0045.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Good and choice 350-700 lbs. steers 45.0030.00, Med. 300-700 lbs. 38.00- Good and choice 300-600 lbs. heifers 40.00- 51.00, Good and choice 300- 750 lbs. bulls 40.00-51.00. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES LISTED BELOW RAYE HILLARD, JR Rl, Box 220 A Milroy, PA 717 667 2421 ALVIN ESH Box 72 Intercourse, PA 717 768 3128 PAUL BITTNER Germansville, PA 215 767-7140 H MELVIN CHARLES Rl Washington Boro PA 717 684-5783 PETE CALDWELL Rl Windsor PA 717 246 1046 CALVES 3473. Compared to 3453 last week and 4465 a year ago. Vealers steady to $4 higher. Most advance on standard and low good. Prime vealers 78.0037.00, choice 68.0031.00, good 60.00- 74.00, standard & good 110- 130 lbs. 55.0037.00,90-110 lbs. 47.0032.00, standard 70-90 lbs. 40.0037.00, few utility 55- 100 lbs. 30.0045.00. FARM CALVES: Active. Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 60.00-74.00, Holstein heifers 90-130 lbs. 60.0031.00. HOGS 8559. Compared to 7310 last week and 8151 a year ago. Barrows and gilts steady. US No. 1-2 200-225 lbs. barrows and gilts 46.50- 48.50, No. 13 190-240 lbs. 45.5047.50. No. 23 190-250 lbs. 44.0046.00, few No. 24 250-290 lbs. 42.0044.00, few No. 1-3 140-180 lbs. 40.00- 44.00. Sows steady to weak. US No. 13 300300 lbs. sows 37.0041.00, few No. 23 400- 700 lbs. 30.0038.00. BOARS 22.0033.00. FEEDER PIGS 1178. Compared to 1155 last week and 1675 a year ago. Steady to $2 higher. US No. 1-3 2535 lbs. feeder pigs 24.0040.00 per head, No. 13 3530 lbs. 37.0032.00, No. 13 50-100 lbs. 50.0030.50. GRADED FEEDER PIGS 2945. Compared to 1240 last week and 4127 a year ago. Uneven, mostly steady to $5 higher, spots $lO higher. Prices per hundred weight. US 1-2 30-45 lbs. 123.00-145.00, Figure it for yourself. You get better feed conversion lower cost of gain with corn-soy Vigortone. If you’re feeding hogs from birth-to-market. com soy and Vigortone will make you more money. Your figures will prove it. Start out with more uniform litters at less cost with Vigortone’s Sow Prep No. 4A. When feeding less than four lbs. of feed, use Sow Prep No. 54. You’ll have big savings over self-feeding programs. Then, save 50% on your pre-starter rations with Vigortone’s Creep Wean No. 3. This highly potent pre-mix contains vitamins, minerals and ammo acids that assure fast growth right through weaning. Your baby pigs will really go for this highly palatable pre-starter because you grind and mix it yourself—fresh. Add your choice of antibiotic to your pre-starter, or use Creep Wean No. 3C with Mecadox.* It con trols swine dysentery and bacterial swine enteritis. VIGORTONE PRE-MIXES Ifs Time To Compore! 00 branch offlcaa 0000 daalart 3 manufacturing plants RALPHE BRUNGART Loganton, PA 717 725 2355 CLIFFORD GRUBE Rl Womelsdorf, PA 717 933 8763 CHESTER SOLTYS. JR Spring City, PA 215 948 3647 JAMES STUTZMAN SONS R 3 Kutztown, PA 215 683 7198 215 682 2624 SHERWOOD A WITMER Box 138 Berrysburg, PA 717 362 8823 40-50 lbs. 104.00-137.00, 50-70 lbs. 93.00-121.00. US 2-3 25-40 lbs. 125.00-139.00, few 151.00, 40-50 lbs. 105.00-130.00, 50-70 lbs. 86.00-105.00. SHEEP 2487. Compared to 1890 last week and 579 a year ago. Spring slaughter lambs active, supply mainly 25-60 lb. for Greek Easter trade. Choice 20-40 lbs. 100.00- 136.00, choice 40-60 lbs. 80.00- 115.00, few choice 65-100 lbs. 70.00- Slaughter ewes 8.00- Chambersburg Auction Chambersburg, Pa. April 27,1978 CATTLE 475. Compared with last Thursday’s market, slaughter cows 50c to $2.50 lower. High Choice & Prime Yield Grade 2-4 1050-1300 lbs. slaughter steers 52.25-54.50, Good 47.00- Standard 43.5047.00. Slaughter heifers Good 45.0048.00, couple to $50.75, Standard 42.5045.50, Utility 40.0042.50. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 38.00- Cutters 37.00- Canners and low Cutter 33.50-37.75, Shells down to 30.00. Yield Grade No. 11100-2250 lbs. slaughter bulls 41.0048.00,1 at 48.85. FEEDER CATTLE: Choice 300-700 lbs. steers 49.00-60.00, Good 300-600 lbs. 38.0047.00. CALVES 410. Vealers THOMAS R. WORTHINGTON R 3 Muncy, PA 717 546-2313 grading Good and Choice $2-$4 lower, Standard and Good 70-110 lbs. about steady. Prime vealers 81.00- Choice 68.00- Good 60.00-67.00, Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 59.00- Standard 70-85 lbs. 48.00-60.00, few Utility 60-80 lbs. 40.00-60.00. FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 60.00-71.50, few Holstein heifers 90-120 lbs. 60.00-78.00. No carryover! Denver + Lasso" herbicides Applied any time after planting until Now you con apply the Donvel- Losso tank mix from immedi ately after planting through early post when corn is no more than three inches toll and/or weeds/grasses reach the two leaf stage. For excellent control of broad- leaf weeds and grasses WITH OUT carryover to soybeans Bonvel + Lasso works os long os you need it But not next year when you don't' No incorporation' Chemical barrier in top layer of soil kills weeds as they germinate We have your supply Call today At 45 pounds, put your pigs on Vigortone 16% starter ration. Your cost of gam will be lower, because you again prepare it yourself usmg homegrown feedstuffs and Vigortone. Keep your pigs on com-soy and Vigortone right on through growing and finishing. Your hogs are assured the essential balance and levels of ammo acids, major minerals, trace mmeials, and vitamins. Make more money this year by lowering your feed costs from birth-to-market. Feed Vigortone fortified corn-soy rations. Now is the time to compare See your Vigortone dealer soon. He’s ready to compare the performance of Vigortone’s low-cost swine feeding programs with any other you name. *Me < ariox is ihi l*fi/t r 'ratk mark for its brand "1 < arbadux PAULL. KREIDER R 2 Palmyra. PA 717-964-3791 WILMER J. WEAVER R 1 Fredericksburg, PA 717 865-6710 J CLYDE BRUBAKER 2418 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster. PA 717 898 8984 C GEORGE BOOK R 2, Box 80 Mifflmtown, PA 717 527-2228 3-inch com/2-leaf weeds pennfieid corporation 717-299-2561 DAVID RADWANSKI Box 51, R 2 Mehoopany, PA 717-833 2752 ELAMG HOOVER R 2, Box 531 Reading, PA 215-926-2908 PHILIP A HAYES Oxford R 2 215 932-8736 CHRISTIAN L STO^TZFUS R 2, Box 409 Elverson, PA 215-286-5995 HARRY SC I, ENCK R 1 Mill Hail, PA 717 726-6153 ELWINH REAM Hughesville, PA 717 584-4085 HOGS 75. Barrows and gilts 50C-$1 lower. US No. 1-2, 1 lot, 230 lbs. barrows and gilts 47.00, No. 1-319(1-255 lbs. 44.50-46.00. SOWS US No. 1-3 400-575 lbs. sows 35.00-38.50, few BOAES 29.00-32.00. FEEDER PIGS 69. US No. 1-3 35.50 lbs. feeder pigs 32.00-45.50 per head. SHEEP 12. Slaughter ewes, a few, 16.00-27.0 w. 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