Sechrist
Auction
Stewartstown, Pa.
August 21,1978
CATTLE 70: Steers - Good
Choice 48.00-50.50; Good
46.00- Standard Good
44.00- Holsteins Good
46.00- Standard to Good
43.00- Heifers - High
Choice and Prime 48.0 -
-50.00; Good to Choice 46.00-
48.00; Good 43.00-
45.85;Holsteins Good 43.00-
46.10; Standard Good 41.00-
43.00. Feeder Steers - Good
and Choice 55.00-60.50;
Standard Good 50.00-56.00;
Utility 46.00-50.00. Bulls -
Good and Choice Com
-9 mercial 48.00-50.50; Stan
dard to Good 46.00-48.50;
Utility' to Standard 44.00-
46.25. Cows - High Yearling
Commercial 40.00-41.85;
Cutters 38.00-40.10; Canners
Low Cutters 36.00-38.50;
Shells 30.00-35.85.
CALVES 158: Calves -
Choice and Prime 75.00-
82.50; Good and Choice 70.00-
76.00; Standard and Good
60.00-70.00; Bulls Good 110-
140 lbs. 60.00-82.00; Heifers,
[g, * WANTED *
f 200,000/wk. WW j
I Leghorn Hens - Heavy Hens |
| DIRECT Plant Prices - Leghorn Hens Prevailing i
I TOP PRICES PAID $
IRWINM. SECHLER & SONS POULTRY
| Box 55, Strausstown, PA 19559 |
| Phone 215-488-1188 I
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Livestock market an
Good 90-120 lbs. 60.00-105.00;
Culls 35.00-58.00.
HOGS 276: Hogs - U.S. No.
1 and 2, 190-220 lbs. 51.00-
52.00; U.S No. 1 and 3,190-230
lbs. 50.50-51.00; U.S. No. 1
and 3,180-250 lbs. 49.50-50.00.
Sows - 250-375 lbs. 38.0041.00,
400-500 lbs. 35.00-37.50. Boars
-300-500 lbs. 34.00-37.00.
SHEEP 8: Lambs - Good
to Choice 55.00-60.00,
Medium and Good 50.00-
55.00; Ewes -12.00-22.00.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
Select No. 1 and 2, 190-215
lbs. 50.25-51.00.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
No. 1 and 2,190-220 lbs. 50.00.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
No. 1 and 3,190-240 lbs. 49.00-
49.50.
G&MLivestock
Market
Duncans ville, Pa.
August 21,1978
Market higher than last
week. _
STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 53.00-54.10; Good to
Choice 48.00-52.00; Standard
to Good 43.0048.00.
HEIFERS: Good to Choice
- WE BUY. LOAD & HAUL -
No Lots Too Small Or Too Large.
Call or Write:
46.00- Standard 38.00-
44.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Good
to Choice 300-500 lbs. 62.00-
69.00 ; 500-700 lbs. 51.00-59.00;
Standard to Good 46.00-34.00.
BULLS; 1200-2160 lbs.
46.00- 920-1200 lbs.
42.00-
COWS: High Choice-
Prime 40.00-44.00; Good
36.0040.00; Utility 34.00-
36.00; Cutters 32.00-34.60;
Canners down to 28.00.
CALVES: High Choice
80.00- Good to Choice
60.00- Standard to Good
40.00- Utilitly 20.00
40.00; Farm calves, bulls 90
120 lbs. 65.00-78.00; Heifers
90-120 lbs. 70.00-121.00.
HOGS: 200-240 lbs. 48.50
51.85; 170-260 lbs. 46.0048.50.
SOWS: 37.0044.50.
BOARS: 32.00-35.00;.
FEEDER PIGS: 25-35 lbs.
31.00-38.00; 35-65 lbs. 38.00-
56.00.
SHEEP: Lambs 70-100 lbs.
50.00-58.00; Sheep 15.00-32.00.
Valley
Livestock
August 21,1978
Athens, Pa.
Reported receipts of 482
calves, 128‘cows, 113 hogs, 18
heifers, 3 sheep, 14 lambs, 9
bulls, and 3 steers. Cattle
market and calf market
higher.
Top Holstein heifer calves
to 98.00; veals 60.00-77.50;
bobs, 90 to 110 lbs. 75.00-
80.00; bobs, 80 lbs. and down
55.00- grassers and
feeders 42.50-60.00; lambs
50.00- sheep 16.00-
23.50; hogs, 200 to 250 lbs.
47.00- sows 35.0040.00;
boars 30.00-38.00; pigs 25.00-
40.00; heifers 38.00-42.00;
steers, feeder 58.00-60.50;
steers, common 48.00-52.00;
bulls 47.00-52.00, top 55.25;
cows, good 38.0040.00, top
42.50; cows, medium 35.50-
37.00; cows, poor or small
32.00- horses, medium
size 28O;C0; ponies 8.00-31.00;
goats 15.0040.00.
Indiana
Auction
Indiana, Pa.
August 24,1978
CATTLE 171. Compered
with last Thursday’s
market, slaughter cows
mostly $2.00 higher.
Slaughter steers few
Standard 43.00-44.75.
Slaughter heifers Good 44.50
47.25, few Standard 41.00
43.75, few Utility 35.75-37.75;
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 37.5041.00;
Cutters 35.0038.50; Canners
and low Cutters 31.75-36.50;
Shells down to 28 75.
Bullocks 1 Good at 46.25; few
Standard 43.0044.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good
and Choice 300750 lbs. steers
50.0063.50; Good & Choice
300500 lbs. heifers 47.50
52.50.
CALVES 140. Vealers
standard and low Good $l.OO
3.00 lower. Vealers few
Choice 69.0075.00; Good
58.0070.00; Standard & Good
90-110 lbs. 55.00-64.00;
Standard 7090 lbs. 48.00
56.00, Utility 55-125 lbs. 40.00
50.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 56.00-70.00;
Holstein heifers 80-120 lbs.
60.00- Good and Choice
slaughter calves 190-300 lbs.
51.00-
HOGS 56. few US No. 1-2
200-230 lbs. barrows and gilts
51.00- No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 49.50-50.25, few No. 2-3
190-265 lbs. 45.5048.00, 1 lot
No. 1-3170 lbs. at 45.50. Sows
- few US No. 1-3 550-600 lbs.
sows 42.0042.50, Boars 33.75-
38.50.
SHEEP 30. Choice 70-S5
lbs. 55.00-58.00.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Chambersburg
Auction
Chambersburg, Pa.
August 24,1978
CATTLE 222. Compared
with last Thursday’s
market, slaughter cows
$1.25-2.50 higher. Choice YG
1000-1150 lb. 52.50-55.00, few
Good 48.75-53.00; Standard
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26,1978
auction news
45.1049.00; few Choice YG
heifers 46.00-48.25; few Good
45.00-46.85; Utility and
Commercial slaughter cows
39.0044.00; Cutters 37.75-
41.75, Canners and low
Cutters 35.0038.75; Shells
down to 33.00. Yield Grade
No. 111001800 lbs. slaughter
bulls 44.0050.10.
FEEDER CATTLE;
Choice 550700 lbs. heifers
52.0053.50.
CALVES 613. Vealers
grading good to prime
steady to $2.00 higher,
standard and low Good $4.00
lower. Prime vealers 85.00
90.50, Choice 76.0084.00;
Good 65.0076.00; Standard &
Good 90110 lbs. 62.0066.00;
Standard 7085 lbs. 56.00
62.00; Utility 50100 lbs. 35.00
52.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 65.00-85.00;
Holstein heifers 85-135 lbs.
65.00-115.00.
HOGS 48. Barrows and
gUts $l.OO-1.25 higher. US
No. 1-2 210-230 lbs. barrows
and gUts 50.85-51.10, No. 1-3
210-250 lbs. 49.85-50.35. Sows -
few US 1-3 450-500 lbs. sows
38.0043.00. Couple Boars
OQ AA QA Art
FEEDER PIGS 24. US No.
1-3 3545 lbs. feeder pigs
37.0044.50 per head.
SHEEP 58. Spring/or/
wooled slaughter lambs
Good and Choice 70-100 lbs.
48.00-53.50.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Special
Market
Special Feeder Calf
and Yearling Sale
Staunton, VA
Aug. 18
There were 993 head sold.
All cattle were graded by
Representatives of the
VDAC’s Division of Markets,
Livestock Section on VDAC
standards and sold by the
hundreweight.
Steers
Choice & Fancy 350-500
lbs. 64.00-67.00; 501-600 lb.
62.25- 601-700 lbs. 59.00-
62.75; 701-800 lbs. 56.00-59.25;
801 and Up 56.00-57.25; Good
350-500 lbs. 63.50-67.00; 501-
600 lbs. 58.50-65.25; 601-700
lbs. 52.00-60.75; 701-800 lbs.
54.25- 800 and Up 51.25-
56.00; Medium 350500 lbs.
58.0059.50; 501-600 lbs. 54.00-
56.50; 601-700 lbs. 54.0057.25;
701-800 lbs. 49.5054.25.
Heifers
Choice & Fancy 350-500
lbs. 55.00-57-00; 501-600 lbs.
56.00-57.75; 601-700 lbs. 55.50-
56.25; Good 350-500 lbs. 50.00-
54.75; 501-600 lbs. 50.00-53.50;
Medium 350-500 lbs. 46.00-
49.50.
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