—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 5,1978 16 Livestock market and auction news Chambersburg Auction Chambersburg, Pa. August 3,1978 CATTLE 247. Compared with last Thursday market, slaughter steers grading good about steady. SI cows $1 25-3 25 lower. SI steers few Choice YG 52 00-53 60, Good 49 00-52.50: few Standard 46 0049.50, few Choice si heifers 48.00-49 50, few Good 46 00-48 60; Utility & Commercial si cows 37 25- 41 50, couple to 43 75, Cutters 37 75-40 00; Shells down to 31 00, 1 Good at 50.00, Yield Grade No 1 1200-1700 lb si bulls 44 75-49 50, couple to 52 50 FEEDER CATTLE few Good and Choice 200400 lbs steers 58 00-72 00 CALVES 584 Vealers grading good & Choice strong to $6 00 higher standard & Good 70-110 lb $lO 00-12 00 higher Prune vealers 80 00-85 00, Choice 72 00-82 00, Good 63 00-73 00, few Standard & Gd 110-130 lb 66 00-70 00, 90-110 lb 61 00-68 00, Standard 7085 lb 54 0082 00, Utility 50-100 lb 40 00-50 00 FARM CALVES Hoi bulls 90-120 lb 63 00-70 00 Hoi heifers, 85-140 lb 82 SO HO 00, couple to 135 00 HOGS 58 US No 1-2 200- 235 lb barrows and gilts 48 0048 25, 1 lot No 2-3 289 lb at 45 75 Sows US No 1-3 300800 lb sows 35 00-38 50 Couple Boars 33 50,35 75 FEEDER PIGS 55 US No LEON B HERSHEY Box 265 Paradise PA 717 442 4807 B RUSSELL SAUDER „ ALVIN ESH P 5 Box 322 A Manheim PA Box 72 Intercourse PA 717 665 4153 717 768 3128 JASON E MILLER 169 Strasburg Pike Lancaster PA 717 393 7244 WM J YODER 23 N Bridge St Christiana PA 215 593 2101 1-3 30-50 lb feeder pigs 33.00- 50 w per head SHEEP fa Spnng/ or/Wooled si lambs few Choice 75-90 lb. 49 00-52 50 Market courtesy of PDA Carroll’s Market Felton, Delaware July 28,1978 COWS Few 40 0041 75, Utihty 37 00-39 75; Cutter 33 00-37 00 STEERS Prime No test Choice 52 00-54 25; Good 48 00-52 00, Standard 42 00- 48 00 BULLS 44 00-50 00 VEAL CALVES Prime No test. Choice 60 00-71 00, Good 52 0080 00, Standard 40 00-52 00, Monkeys returning to farm 52 0085 00 lAMBS 53 00-72 00 , 4-H Lambs - 60 008 4 00 HOGS 48 00 for few - Not enough for test' SOWS 300800 lbs 36 GO -37 00 BOARS 300 & up 32 00- 35 00 Pigs sold between 16 GO -56 00 Special Market Special Feeder Yearling Sale Harrisonburg, Va July 25,1978 'lhere were 583 head sold All cattle were graded by Representatives of the VDACs Division of Markets, Livestock section on VDACS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES LISTED BELOW RAYE HILLARD. JR R 1 Box 220 A Milroy PA 717 667 2421 H MELVIN CHARLES R 1 Washington Boro PA PETE CALDWELL R 1 Windsor PA 717 246 1046 standards and sold by the hundredweight Steers- Choice & Fancy, 465-700 lbs 62 50-70 25, 705- 800 lbs 59 25-61 00 ; 805-1000 lbs 52.75-59 25; Choice and Good, 425-450 lbs 68 50-71 00, Good, 500-700 lbs. 61.50-67 00, 705-800 lbs 58 00-60 50 , 805- 1000 lbs 51 00-56 75, Mediums, 500-700 lbs 60 50- 66 50; 705-800 lbs 57 25-57 50, 805-1000 lbs 53.50-56 25 Heifers Choice and fancy, 605-700 lbs 55 50-56 50, 705- 800 lbs. 55 25-58 75; Good 500- 600 lbs 56 00-59 50 , 605-700 lbs 53 00-59 00; Mediums, 500-600 lbs 55 00-56 50 New Holland Horse Reported receipts of 275 horses, mules, and ponies Market steady with last week’s market Load of Saddlebreds from Kentucky 800-975, load of Standardbreds 300-850, few work horses 500-700, mules 300-600, local driving horses 300-650, lightweight killers 20, heavyweight killers 32- 36, small ponies 10-25, larger ponies 100-175 New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, August 2 Reported receipts of 96 cows, 74 heifers and 4 bulls SEE YOU AT THE LEBANON FAIR-AUG. 7-11 PAUL BITTNER Germansville PA 215 767 7140 7i7 684 5783 -,t>*t>*» - * > »“ * * 3 New Holland Sales Stables Monday, July 31 Figure it for yourself. You’re money ahead when you feed Milk Replacer No. 22. Trying to figure a way to get calves off to a healthy start at less cost’ You’re money ahead when you feed Milk Replacer No 22 This high-energy product contains 20% fat and extra levels of milk sugar along with just the right balance of vitamins, minerals, and milk proteins plus antibiotic For every 50 lb bag of No 2? you feed, you sell an extra 600 pounds of milk That’s extra money in the bank, and your figures will prove it Build your own starter for less After two or three days on Milk Replacer No 22, your calves will be ready for an 18% protein starter VIGORTONE PRE-MIXES It’s Time To Compare! 50 britnrri 5000 rtoid* m 3 fi*m fi* t m-,) iknr* RALPH E BRUNGART Loganton PA 717 725 2355 WERTZ BROTHERS R 5 Danville PA 717 275 4407 CHESTER SOLTYS JR Spring City PA 215 948 3647 JAMES STUTZMAN SONS R3Kutztown PA 215 683 7198 215 682 2624 SHERWOOD A WITMER Box 138 Berrysburg PA 717 352 8823 Preparations are underway for the Lebanon Fair’s livestock shows, which begin Monday. Boar Sale set for August 23 HARRISBURG - Penn sylvania Secretary of Agriculture Kent Shelhamer has announced the state’s First Performance Tested Boar Sale, to be held at the Department’s Meat Animal Evaluation Center at University Park, August 23 at7p m The center has been conducting progeny testing for swine for the past ten years, but this is the first toad of Northeastern Pa , fresh 850-1100, load of Western Pa , fresh cows and springers 850-1000, local sprmgers and fresh cows 600-900, springing heifers 550-825, open heifers 300-450, few registered open heifers 500, bulls 300-400, purebred bulls 500-625, shortbred heifers 500-650, several local fresh heifers 600-850 THOMAS R WORTHINGTON R 3 Muncy PA 717 546 2313 >/ f'''V V-V time the center is conducting a performance test on boars “Performance testing is the most important tool available to the swine in dustry to measure the genetic merit or breeding value of potential breeding animals,” the Secretary said “A performance test is faster than a progeny test and more desirable for traits that are high in •hentability ” Average daily gam, feed conversion, fat thickness, loin eye area, per cent lean cuts as well as a soundness score will be available on all boars sold “This is an ex cellent opportunity to pur chase boars that are genetically superior for these economically im portant traits which are so important to buyers of breeding stock,” he said By using your own gram, soybean meal, and Vigortone’s Kalf Ayd No 23, you grind and mix your own starter for a lot less than commercial products Not only will your 18% starter ration be fresher because it’s homebuilt, but it’ll be highly fortified with vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and an tibiotics thanks to Kalf Ayd No 23 Your calves will do better, and your farm record book will, too Now is the time to compare. See your Vigortone dealer soon He’s ready to compare the performance of Vigortone’s low-cost dairy feeding programs with any other you name PAULL KREIDER R 2 Palmyra PA 717 964 3791 WILMERJ 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 Miffhntown PA 717 527 2228 The genetic flow’ ot animals that have been in superiority for these traits starts with uV seedstock producer A few influential breeders, by idetifying genetically superior animals, can have a large pact on progress in the swine industry ” At present there are Chester, Duror, Hampshire, Landrace, Spotted and Yorkshire swine test Ap proximately the top 75 pei cent will sell Each boar will be indexed at the end of the test and the highest indexing boars will sell first The testing program is sponsored by the Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Penn State and the Pennsylvania Po«*« Producers Council DAVID RADWANSKI Box 51 R 2 Mehoopany PA 717 833 2752 ELAM G HOOVER R 2 Box 531 Reading PA 215 926 2908 CHRISTIAN L STOLTZFUS R 2 Box 409 Elverson PA 215 286 5995 ELWINH REAM Hoghesville PA 717 584 4085 i * f *■< A'r*. 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