Livestock market an
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
May 23,1978
CATTLE 245. Compared
with Tuesday’s market two
week’s ago: Few High
Choice and Prime 34 1060-
1265 lbs. slaughter steers
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60.00- individual at
63.35, Choice 24,955-1465 lbs.
58.00- Good 54.00-58.35,
Good & Choice holstein 51.10-
53.85, few 55.35, Standard
48.25-51.25. Choice slaughter
heifers, couple at 52.00, few
Good 46,25-50.00, few
Standard 42.6045.25, few
Utility 39.2541.75. Utility
and Commercial slaughter,
Babcock's B-300V:
The layer that’s never been beaten
in Pennsylvania Random Sample Testing.
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cows 42.25-43.85, few 44.60,
individual at 46.25, Cutters
39.5041.85, few 42.25, Canner
and Low Cutter 36.75-39.75,
few Shells down to 30.00.
Individual Good slaughter
bullock at 51.00, few Stan
dard 45.1049.00. Few Yield
Grade No. 1, 1295-1585 lbs.
48.10-50.00. Few Medium and
Good 470-830 lbs. feeder
steers and bulls 50.25-52.35.
Few Medium 425-690 lbs.
feeder heifers 36.25-39.75.
CALVES 154. Individual
Prime vealer at 81.00, few
Choice 70.00-86.00, Good
63.00-75.00, few Standard and
Good 110-130 lbs. 65.00-71.00,
90-110 lbs. 60.0065.00, 65-90
lbs. 54.00609.00, Utility 60-90
lbs. 30.00-50.00. Farm
Calves: Holstein bulls 90-120
lbs. 62.00-76.00; Holstein
heifers 90-130 lbs. 85.00-94.00;
few Beef cross bulls and
heifers 90-100 lbs. 58.0065.00,
What characteristic do you look for in the layer you buy? High production numbers or
efficient feed conversion? Large eggs or low mortality?
Why not pick the layer with the balanced performance that means profit for Penn
sylvania egg producers the Babcock B-300V.
In her very first year of testing, Babcock’s B-300V swept the 20th} Pennsylvania
Random Sample Test, with the highest lOFCC for both divisions cageand floor.
Test results listed below confirm field reports we’ve been receiving on the B
-300 V’s outstanding performance top egg production, great livability, competitive
feed conversion, legendary resistance to stress, plus strong, beautiful shells.
STRAIN 3
BABCOCK B-300V
HISEX
DEKALB XL-LINK
SHAVER SX-288
HUBBARD
HOGS 287. US No. 1-2 200-
230 lbs. barrows and gilts
52.85-53.60, few 53.85, No. 1-3
190-255 lbs. 52.0063.00, few
No. 2-3 190-245 lbs. 51.00-
52.35, few No. 24 285405 lbs.
41.2546.10, few No. 1-3 ISO
-175 lbs. 45.5046.10, US No. 1-
3 250480 lbs. sows 44.0046.25,
No. 2-3 200-735 lbs. 38.25-
45.25. Few Boars 36.75-37.75.
FEEDER PIGS 10. US No.
1-3 (lot) 35 lbs. feeder pigs at
40.00 per head.
SHEEP 17. Lot (14 head)
Choice 41 lbs. spring
slaughter lambs at 69.50.
Few slaughter ewes 21.50-
32.00.
Baltimore
USDA
May 22,1978
CATTLE 400: Moderately
active, slaughter steers
$1.25-1.75 higher, heifers 50-
HEN
HOUSED
PRODUCTION
lOFCC 1
265.9
6.41
6.24
263.6
5.91
264.5
259.3
5.90
5.23
244.5
1 Combined results, cage and floor, 20th Pennsylvania Random Sample Test
2 Multiple Performance Testing ... ask your Babcock representative for test
results
3 Hylme and H&N were not entered in Pennsylvania R.S.T.
If you’re looking for profitability in the layer you buy,
you're looking for the Businessman’s Bird. Babcock’s B
300V . . . first choice of poultry businessmen wherever
eggs are produced at a profit.
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auction news
1.00 higher, cows weak to 50
cents lower, bulls $l.OO-2.50
higher, feeder market un
tested. Supply 40 per cent
slaughter steers and heifers,«
40 per cent cows, balance
scattered lots feeders and
bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 24 1000-1225 lbs.
55.25-57.75; Good & Choice 2-
4 1000-1200 lbs. 53.5065.25;
Standard and Good Holsteins
2-3 1100-1450 lbs. 48.7560.25;
Individual 1585 lbs. 47.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 900-1000 lbs. 53.85-
54.60; Individual' 1080 lbs.
56.50; few Good 2-3 800-1100
lbs. 47.0061.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 &
Commercial 36 39.3545.00;
Cutter 37.7541.75; Canner &
low Cutter 33.50-37.75.
BULLS: YG 1-2 950-1320
% LARGE 1
LBS. FEED/ 1
LBS. EGGS
X LARGE
99.0
2.35
2.49
96.9
2.51
95.5
2.44
100.0
2.46
93.4
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1978
BODY 1
WT. LBS.
• %
MORTALITY 1
2.05
5.60
2.55
4.10
6.60
lbs. 45.00-51.00; 1630-2055 lbs
48.7W3.60.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few
choice steer calves 345-415
lbs. 68.00-72.00; few Good &
Choice 675-910 lbs. 55.00-
58.50; package Choice
heifers 608 lbs. 49.85.
HOGS: 800: Barrows &
Gilts 25-75 cents lower. US 1-
2 200-240 lbs. 50.00-50.50; 40
head 50.75; US 2-3 230-260 lbs.
49.00-50.00.
SOWS: Steady US 1-3 300-
600 lbs. 40.5042.00.
VEAL & CALF AUCTION
50: Choice 165-265 lb. Vealers
70.00- Good 110-150 lbs.
56.00- few calves
returned to farm 65.00-73.00.
SHEEP AUCTION 100:
Choice & Prime Spring
lambs 98-102 lbs. 72.00-75.00;
slaughter ewes 17.00-19.00;
few Choice Feeder lambs 45-
77 lbs. 67.00-77.00.
SHELL
BREAKING
STRENGTH LBS,
9.6
4.1
8.5
4.1
8.7
4.2
8.9
4.7
NA
4.4
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