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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12,1978
Livestock market an
Lancaster
Market
Lancaster, Pa.
Monday, Angnst 8,1978
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1310 217 880 60
Last Monday
1202 156 953 12
Last Year
1869 180 638 22
. Monday’s Auction
f 1167 193 815 62
Last Monday’s Auction
991 157 925 12
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday slaughter
steers mostly 50 lower, in
stances 1.00 off; heifers
mostly steady; cows mostly
1.00 higher; bullocks not
enough for a market test;
bulls steady to 50 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Few high Choice and Prime
3-4 1100-1250 lb. 54.00-55.10,
individual 55.60; few Choice
1-21150-1300 lb. 54.35-55.35; 2-
4 980-1350 lb. 53.00-54.85; high
Good and low Choice 2-4 990-
1430 lb. 52.10-53.85; Good 2-3
49.00-53.10, few Good
Holsteins - 2-3 970-1310 lb.
47.50-49.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Few Choice 2-3 850-1080 lb.
50.35-52.00; Good 2-3 850-980
lb. 48.35-51.00.
COWS;, Utility 1-3 37.00-
40.85; few 41.00-42.75; Utility
3-4 35.75-37.50; Cutter 1-2
~35.00-38.10; Canner and low
Cutter 1-2 31.00-35.50.
BULLOCKS: Few Good
975-1285 lb. 47.5051.25.
BULL: Yield grade 1 1075-
1700 lb. 47.0051.75, few 52.00-
53.00; yield grade 2 995-1590
lb. 44.10-47.25.
VEAL CALVES: Veaiers
Vintage
Livestock
Vintage, Pa.
Tuesday, Augusts, 1978
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today
1108 689 25
Last Year
962 710 22
Last Year
1210 761 41
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers were 1.00-1.25 lower;
cows steady; few bullocks
mostly 50 lower and bulls 50-
1.00 lower in a limited test.
Supply included 70 per cent
slaughter steers and 22 per
cent cows.
-SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 34
1040-1290 lb. 54.2556.00; few
Choice mainly 2 1075-1395 lb.
54.5056.25; Choice 24 1000-
1410 lb. 53.00-54.85, few early
52.7552.85; high Good and
low Choice 24 51.8553.75;
Good 2-3 48.50-52.35; few
steady to 5.00 higher, in
stances 10.00 up.
VEALERS; Choice and
Prime 200-275 lb. 75.00-82.00,
300-320 lb. 83.00-90.00; few
Prune 300-310 lb. 92.00-96.00;
high Good and low Choice
150-225 lb. 68.00-73.00, 90-115
lb. 55.00-70.00, 65-90 lb. 35.00-
45.00.
SHEEP: Uneven, mostly
steady with last Wed
nesday’s limited test.
SPRING LAMBS; Choice
and Prime 85-100 lb. 58.00-
61.00, few 55601 b. 64.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Few Utility and Good 17.00-
24.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Lancaster
Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Wednesday, Augusts, 1978
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
989 99 775 12
Last Wednesday
66 513 26
885
Last Year
1002 104 522 7
Wednesday’s Auction
1026 71 869 7
Last Wednesday’s Auction
755 52 561 30
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday slaughter steers
steady to 50 lower with most
decline on Choice under 1050
lb. and Good to low Choice;
few heifers mostly steady;
cows steady; bullocks 50
lower; bulls steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Good Holsteins 2-3 1090-JL3SO
lb. 46.00-48.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Few Choice 2-3 870-1050 lb.
49.50-50.85; few mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 48.10-50.25;
few Good 2-3 825-1120 lb.
45.0048.35.
COWS: Utility 1-3 37.10-
39.85 few 40.00-42.00, few
Utility 84 36.00-38.10; Cutter
1-2 35.25-37.75, few 38.00-
39.50; Canner and low Cutter
1-231.00-36.00.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice
1010-1215 lb. 49.25-52.00;
Good 960-1225 lb. 46.7548.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1225-1590 lb. 47.0049.00; few
yield grade 2 1195-1520 lb.
41.5046.25.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers
steady to 5.00 higher, most
advance on weights under
115 lbs. Supply include 365 in
graded sale of which 24 per
cent sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice
125-275 lb. 66.00-73.00; in
dividual Prime 285 lb. 82.00;
high Good and low Choice
120-290 lb. 56.00-69.00, 90-115
lb. 53.00-65.00, 70-90 lb. 44.00-
58.00, lew -55-70 lb. 32.00-
46.50.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Few 92-110 lb. Holstein
heifers 54.00-62.00; bulk 100-
120 lb. Holstein bulls 69.00-
78.00.
SHEEP: Few Spring
lambs steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Few
Choice and Prime 70-105 lb.
57.00-62.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Few Cull to Good 16.00-22 00.
auction news
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, August 10,1978
' - Cattle Calves Sheep
Today
1304 678 23
Last Thursday
1206 538 24
Last Year
1511 515 29
CATTLE: Compared to
last Thursday slaughter
steers 50-1.00 lower, many
75-1.00 off; heifers no
comparison available; cows
1.00 to mostly 1.50 lower;
bullocks 50 higher and bulls
50 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 34
1085-1350 lb. 53.75-55.10;
Choice mainly 2 1085-1375 lb.
54.25-55.75, couple 56.10-
57.35; Choice 241000-1400 lb.
52.50-54.60; high Good and
low Choice 24 50.85-53.25;
Good 2-3 47.00-52.00, Good
Holsteins 2-3 925-1295 lb.
45.0048.35. v '
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 1-2 900-1115 lb. 53.75-
High Choice and Prime 3-4
1100-1300 lb. 54.00-55.25,
individual 55.35; few Choice
2 1165-1370 lb. 54.35-55.00;
Choice 2-4 1030-1440 lb. 53.00-
54.75; some 950-1050 lb. 52.50-
52.75; high Good and low
Choice 2-4 51.85-53.60; Good
2-3 48.00-52.10; few Good and
Choice Holsteins 2-3 975-1440
lb. 48.75-50.60.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 870-1060 lb. 50.35-
52.25; Good 2-3 860-1035 lb.
46.35-50.75.
COWS: Utility 14 36.75-
40.85; Cutter 1-2 35.00-37.85;
Few Canner and low Cutter
1-229.75-35.00.
BULLOCKS: Good 995-
1220 lb. 47.00-50.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1175-1990 lb. 46.85-51.75; yield
grade 2 970-1940 lb.-43.00-
47.10.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady.
VEALERS: Choice'2oo-300
lb. 75.00-82.00; few Prime
300-350 lb. 90.00-92.00; high
Good and low Choice 150-225
lb. 68.00-73.00, 90-115 lb.
55.00-70.00, 65-90 lb. 35.00-
45.00.
SHEEP: Not enough of
any one class for a market
test.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Lancaster
Weekly
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, August 11,1978
- Cattle Calves
This Week 5700 1700
Last Week 4788 1470
Last Year 6908 1572
CATTLE: Slaughter
steers .75-1.00 lower; heifers
steady to .50 lower; cows 1.00
to mostly 1.50 lower;
bullocks steady to .50-lower;
bulls weak to 1.00 lower.
Supply included 59 per cent
slaughter steers, 5 per cent
heifers, 4 per cent bulls, 13
56.75; Choice 24 950-1087 lb,
50.85-52.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 14 36.00-39.25,
few 39.3540.50; Cutter 1-2
34.00-37.25; Canner and low
Cutter 1-2 30.00-34.85.
BULLOCKS. Choice 985-
1195 lb. 50.25-52.75; Good 975-
1225 lb. 47.00-50.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1125-2140 lb. 47.00-51.00,
individual 1125 lb. 54.00;
yield grade 2 990-1465 lb.
40 5A4.7 7 K
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
few over 130 lb. steady to 3.00
higher, under 120 lb. 7.00-
10.00 higher, instances 15.00
up.
VEALERS: Few Choice
180-285 lb. 76.00-88.00; high
Good and low Choice 130-300
lb. 64.00-78.00, 90-115 lb.
55.00-69.00, 70-90 lb. 50.00-
65.00, few 60-70 lb. 40.00-
55.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 90-120 lb. Holstein bulls
and heifers 65.00-78.00.
SHEEP
Few spring -
lambs steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice
and Prime 70-105 ib. 56.00-
64.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES;
Few Cull and Utility 18.00-
21.00.
Market courtesy of USDA,
f B & R CATTLE CO. j
Z RD I, Marietta, PA |
I 17547 |
- Office Phone; x
| (717) 426-1193 A
| Specializing In I
2 Stockers & Feeders
I JOHN BOWMAN I
| Ph: (717) 653-5728 j
f RON RANCH |
i Ph: (717) 656-9849 |
NEW HOUAND The Action Auction
AUCTIONS make the difference in
marketing livestock!
NEW HOLLAND makes the difference
in auctions^
MONDAY’S AUCTION:
8 00 A M - Fat Hogs
10.00 A M - Horse Sale
11 00 A M - Hay, Straw & Ear Corn
' 1.30 P M ’ Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows & Veal
WEDNESDAY'S AUCTION.
12 00 Noon - Hay, Straw & Ear Corn
12 00 Noon - Dairy Sale
1 00 P M - Feeder Pig Sale
THURSDAY’S AUCTION:
11 00 A M - Beef Sale
Order of Sale ‘Bulls, Fat Steers, Cows, Veal
4 3QPM - Calf Sale
NEW HOLLAND SALE STABLES INC.
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager Phone: 717-354-4341
per cent cows with the
balance feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 34
1085-1350 lb. 53.75-55.10, few
early in week to 56.00;
Choice mainly 2 1075-1395 lb.
54.2555.75; Choice 24 1000-
1440 lb. 52.50-54.60; high
Good and low Choice 24
50.85-53.50; Good 2-3 48.00-
52.10; Good Holsteins 2-3 925-
1350 lb. 45.0048.35.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 750-1090 lb. 49.50-
52.75; Choice 1-2 900-1115 lb.
53.75-56.75; Good 2-3 860-1035
lb. 46.35-50.75.
COWS: Utility and
Commerical 1-4
few 39.35-40.50; Cutter 1-IP
34.00-37.85; Canner and low
Cutter 1-2 30.00-34.85.\
BULLOCKS: Choice 985-
1220 lb. 49.25-52.75; Good 960-
1225 lb. 46.75-50.75.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1125-2140 lb. 46.85-51.75,
individual 54.00; Yield
Grade 2 970-1990 lb. 43.00-
47.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
over 120 lb. steady to 3.00
higher, under 115-lb. 7.00-
10.00 higher, instances 15.00
up.
VEAIEBS: Choice 180-300
lb. 76.0 C-88.00, few Prime
280-350 lb. 90.0046.00; high
Good and low Choice 130-300
lb. 9O-115 lb.
55.00-70.00, 70-90 lb. 50.QC*y
65.00. ' 9
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 90-120 lb. Holstein bulls
68.00-78.00., Holstein heifers
90-115 lb. 54.00-65.00.
Market courtesy of USDA,
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
along Route 22
PHONE:
JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale very Tuesday at
1:30 P.M. starting with
feeder cattle and pigs
New Holland, PA