Livestock market an Peoria Livestock Peoria, 111. July 6,1978 CATTLE: Receipts this week: 3000 Last week: 4300 Year ago: 4600. Compared with last week’s close, slaughter steers 2.00-3.00 higher. \ v o J V SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 1.50-2.50 higher. Cows 1.00 higher. Bulls Firm. Receipts about 60 percent slaughter steers, 35 per cent slaughter heifers balance mainly cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Couple loads and part-load Choice and Prime 3-4 1125- 1200 lbs. 57.00; Choice 24 Babcock's B-300V: The layer that’s never been beaten in Pennsylvania Random Sample Testing. , 1000-1250 lbs. 55.00-56.00, several loads 56.25-56.50; Mixed Good and Choice 24 900-1300 lbs. 53.00-55.00; Load Holstems 2-3 49.00; Good 2-3 50.00-53.00. , SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice and Prime 34 900- 1050 lbs. 53.50-54.25; Couple loads 54.50; Choice 2-4 850- 1050 lbs. 52.00-53.50; Mixed Good and Choice 24 750-1075 lbs. 49.50-52.50; Good 2-3 44.0049.50; Standard and Good 2-3 41.0044.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 1-3 35.00-38.50; High-dressing utility 39.00- 39.50; Cutter 1-2 32.50-35.00; Canner 29.00-32.50. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1100-1700 lbs. 40.00-46.00; Individual 47.00. 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 - cage and floor. Test results 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 Belleville Auction Belleville, Pa. July 5,1978 CATTLE 115. Compared with last Wednesday’s market, slaughter cows $2 to $4.75 higher. Couple Stan dard slaughter steers 49.10 and 50.60. Few Utility slaughter heifers 42.5045.50. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 39.5043.85, one at 45 50, Cutters 38.00- 41.35, Canner & Low Cutter 35.00-37.75, Shells down to 32.00. One Good slaughter bullock at 48.35. Yield Grade #1 1150-1700 lbs. slaughter bulls 41.6047.00. Few Good 400-700 lbs. feeder heifers 44.0048 75. CALVES 160. Vealers grading Choice $3 to $5 higher. Choice vealers 72.50- HEN HOUSED PRODUCTION lOFCC 1 6.41 265.9 , 263.6 6.24 5.91 264.5 5.90 259.3 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 Hylineand H&N were not entered m 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-300 V... first choice of poultry businessmen wherever eggs are produced at a profit. P.O. BOX 280, ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 1 (607) 272-5990 auction news 76.50, few Good 65.00-72.00, Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 60.50-67.50, 70-85 lbs. 55.00- 60.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 65.0086.00. HOGS 215. Barrows & gilts strong to 75 cents higher. US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. barrows & gilts 48.0048.75, one lot 49.00, No. 1-3 210-240 lbs. 46.85- 48.25, No. 2-3 230-270 lbs. 45.0046.50, No. 24 275-350 lbs. 38 5041.50. US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows 37.00-39.50. Boars 28.25-34.75. FEEDER PIGS 488. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 25.00-38.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 33.0048.50, No. 1-3 50-60 lbs. 46.00-53.50, one lot No. 1-3 150 lbs. 60.00 per head. SHEEP 48. Good & Choice 50-100 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 52.00-62.00, couple to 65.00. Slaughter ewes 25.00- 34.00, couple to 50.00. % LARGE 1 LBS FEED/ 1 LBS EGGS X LARGE 2.35 99.0 2.49 96.9 2.51 95.5 2.44 100.0 2.46 93.4 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8,1978 SHELL BODY BREAKING WT. LBS. STRENGTH LBS. % i MORTALITY 4.1 2.05 4.1 5.60 4.2 2.55 4.7 4.10 4.4 6.60 Hunter’s Auction Rising Sun, Md. July 3,1978 BULL§: 810 lb. 36.50. COWS: High Choice to Prime 39.7542.25; Good to Standard 37.50-38.25; Utility 34.75-36.25; Cutters 28.25- 31.50; Canners2s.7s-28.75. CALVES: High to Choice 140-180 lb. 68.00-73.00; Good to Choice 120-140 lb. 58.00- 70.00; Standard to Good 90- 110 lb. 60.00-68.00; Utility 70- 85 lb. 45.00-54.00; Low Utility 67-75 lb. 35.00-42.00. FEEDER PIGS; 35 to 40 lb. $3B to $42 by the hd. SOWS: 36.50-37.50. Dollar for dollar, classifieds are your best ad buy. 9.6 8.5 8.7 8.9 NA 7
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