14 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14,1978 Livestock market and auction news Lebanon Valley Auction Fredericksburg, Pa. October 10,1978 CATTLE 310. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter steers steady, spots 50 cents higher. Slaughter cows $1 to $2 lower. Choice No. 2-4 990-1355 lbs. slaughter steers 53.85-56.00, few to 56.75, Good 51.25-54.25, few Standard 46.00- Choice No. 3-5 885-1055 lbs. slaughter heifers 50.00-52.85, one at 53.85, Good 47.25-49.00, few Standard 43.25-46.75, few Utility & Low Standard 37.50-40.75. Utility & Com mercial slaughter cows 39.75-43.00, few to 45.50, Com mercial No. 3-5 38.00-42.10, Cutters 37.5041.00, Conner & low Cutter 33.75-37.75, few Shells down to 30.75. Few Good slaughter bullocks 48.00- few Standard 45.0048.85. Yield Grade #1 1065-1675 lbs. slaughter bulls 48.25-50.85, two 53.50 and 54.60; two yield grade #2 1200 and 1450 lbs. slaughter bulls 48.10 and 50.25. CALVES 335. Vealers unevenly steady. Two Prime vealers 91.00 and 97.00, Choice 79.00-91.00, Good 69.00- Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 70.00-79.00,90-110 lbs. 67.00-76.50, Standard 70-90 lbs. 60.00-73.00, Utility 50-110 lbs. 42.00-56.0 G. Farm calves, Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 76.00-86.00; Holstein heifers 90-140 lbs. 90.00- few 8085 lbs. 78.00- HOGS 419. Barrows & gilts $1 to $1.25 higher. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts Cows. Utility and Com -54.50-55.10, No. 18 210-260 slercial5 lercial T J 2 '* 38.50-42.00. lbs. 54.00-54.50, few No. 2-3 42.0043.50. 240-270 lbs. 52.0084.00, few Cutter 1-2 37.0040.50. Canner No. 2-3 305-335 lbs. Cutter 34-o#- 44.75-48.50, few No. 1-3 j 140-175 lbs. 40.0043.75. US BuUs: Yield Grade 1-2 No. 18 250815 lbs. sows 100(W700 43.0048.00. 43.00-46.25, few to 49.75, No. 2-3 few 485-690 lbs. 36.0041.00. Boars 38.00-38.75. FEEDER PIGS 25. US No. 1-3 30-50 lbs. pigs 90.00-106.00 cwt., few 1-3 50-70 lbs. 77.00-80.00 cwt. SHEEP 1. One Ram at 32.25. Market courtesy of PDA, St. Louis Cattle National Stockyards October 12,1978 Weekly Cattle Review: Receipts this week 5900; week ago 6600; year ago 83 00. Compared last week’s close, slaughter steers 1.00- 1.50 higher. Slaughter heifers 1.50-2.00 higher. Cows and bulls steady. Slaughter supply about 50 per cent slaughter steers 30 per cent heifers and about 15 per cent cows. Slaughter Steers: Mixed Choice and Prime 24 1050- 1250 lbs. 55.50-56.50, closing 56.00-56.50; Choice 24 900- 1250 lbs. 54.00-55.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1150 lbs. 53.00-54.50. Good 2-3 900- 1150 lbs. 50.00-53.00. Part load Choice 2-3 1350 lb. Holsteins 51.00. Few Stan dard and Good 2-3 1000-1150 lb. Holsteins 47.0049.00. Slaughter Heifers: Mixed Choice and Prime 24 900- 1025 lbs. 53.00-54.00, late sales mostly 53.50-54.00. Choice 24 900-1025 lbs. 52.00- 53.50, 800-900 lbs. 51.00-52.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 700-975 lbs. 49.50-51.00. Good 2-3 700-950 lbs. 46.50-50.00. Few Yield Grade 1 1500-1800 lbs. 49.00 and outstanding Yield Grade 1 1875 lb. in dividual 50.00. Feeder Cattle: Including about 1600 at the regular Thursday auction. Feeder steers firm to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers firm to 2.00 higher. Demand good. USED TRACTOR John Deere 1520 w/lnd. PTO & new 143 All Hydraulic Loader Real Sharp *0,270. USED COMBINE John Deere 55 Corn Soybean . _ nA Special 12’ Head *11,7(10. USED HAYBINE SPECIALS John Deere 1209 New Holland 479 USED BALER SPECIALS New Holland 67 Baler John Deere 14T John Deere 14T w/ejector John Deere 24T John Deere 24T w/thrower New Holland 275 w/thrower NH 259 w/thrower USED HARVESTER SPECIALS NH 717 single row head, 9 knife cutter bar JD #l2 w/smgle row head • USED TILLAGE SPECIALS John Deere 4-16" Hyd Reset Three Point Ford 4-18" Semi-Mount Spring Reset MF 720 Disk Harrow, 28 Blade, 26” Blades w/hyd cylinder Maximize your crop savings on slopes to 18 percent with a John Deere Side Hill Combine On-the-go, automatic separator leveling from feeder house through cleaning shoe is yours with a Side Hill 6600 Combine As the separator levels on slopes to 18 percent, the header pivots to parallel the ground Keeping the separator level maximizes your crop savings because no material drifts to the downhill side as with a conventional combine And to master hilly fields, you get a 128 hp. 404 cubic inch diesel engine. The cylinder is 44 inches wide Matched headers include 4- and 6-row corn heads and row-crop heads. Platforms with rigid cutterbar in sizes from 13 to 22 feet... with flexible cutterbar in sizes from 13 to 22 feet. a Evergreen Tractor Co. Inc. 30 EVERGREEN RD., LEBANON, PA 17042, PHONE (717)272-4641 Supply mainly choice and mixed good and choice 350 700 lb. steers and 300-600 lb. heifers. Feeder Steers: Choice 300 500 lbs. 68.50-73.00; 500-675 lbs. 64.25-66.50, few lots 750 775 lbs. 61.00-64.00, 800625 lbs. 56.75-59.50. Mixed Good and Choice 450-700 lbs. 450- 52,450.00 2,750.00 $1,150.00 750.00 700.00 950.00 1.750.00 2.350.00 1.750.00 1,750 00 350.00 52,250.00 2,450.00 3,950.00 700 lbs. 61.2563.75. Few lots Good 550650 lbs. 58.0060.25 Feeder Heifers: Choice 300-550 lbs. 58.0062.25, 600 . 685 lbs. 54.00-57.50. Mixed Good and Choice 300600 lbs. 65.5059.25. Others: Lot Good and Choice stock cow and calf pairs 570.00 per pair. Market courtesy of USDA. USED GRAIN DRILL MF 21x7 Plain. USED HARVESTER New Holland 880 2-row CCA narrow row head *S,DDU. USED TRACTORS MF 175 Diesel MF 65 Diesel USED PLANTER SPECIALS Tag 11650 John Deere 1250 - 6 Row Plateless 11941 John Deere 494 A - 4 Row 11934 John Deere 494 A - 4 Row USED GRAIN DRILLS John Deere 17x7 $750.00 Co-op 15x7 Fert Gram Drill w/grass seed attach 750.00 USED COMBINE SPECIALS AC - C w/4 Row Corn Head 14’ Platform $8,750.00 Cockshutt 427 w/Power Steering & 10' Platform 1,450.00 MISCELLANEOUS New Set 18 4x30 Snap on Duals w/New Goodyear 6 Ply Tires 3pt Hitch for 630 tractor 2 Used Gravity Bin Wagons w/lOton running gears, 10 00x16 tires, like new ea. 1,000.00 It’ll cost less to heat the water to 140 if the heater is wrapped in an insulation blanket. Ordinary fiberglass batts taped around the unit should suffice. The in sulation’s initial cost will be more than offset by the money you’ll save each year. *1,650 $5,850.00 2,250.00 $2,350.00 650.00 1,275.00 $1,050.00 400.00
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