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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November
Livestock market an
Pa. Auction
Summary
of 14 Livestock
Auction Market Reports
Friday, November 3,1978
CATTLE 5419. Compared
to 5746 last week and 7120 a
year ago. Compared with
list week’s market,
slaughter steers and
slaughter heifers & bulls
- steady to $l.OO higher.
Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00
higher, most advance latter
part of week. High Choice &
Prime slaughter steers
55.85-58.50. Choice YG
53.00- Good 49.00-54.00,
standard 46.00-50.00, few
utility 40.00-45.00. Choice
slaughter heifers 50.00-54.35,
good 45.1XV51.00, few stan
dard 40.00-46.00, few utility
37.00- Utility & com
mercial slaughter cows
38.50-44.00, few 46.00, cutters
37.00- Canner & L. Cut
ter 34.00-40.00, shells down to
32.00. Few choice slaughter
bullocks 52.00-59.00, few good
48.00- few standard
44.00- Yield Grade #l,
1000-2000 lbs. 47.00-53.00,
Yield Grade #2,900-1500 lbs.
43.00-
FEEDER CATTLE:
Choice 350-900 lbs. steers
55.00- Good 450800 lbs.
50.00- med. 400-1000 lb.
44.0052.00. Good & choice
300-600 lbs. heifers
50.0056.50. Good & choice
400700 lbs. bulls 50.0058.00,
medium St good 500700 lbs.
40.0048.00.
CALVES 3715. Compared
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St 1-2 & 3-4V2 - 35 tip.. HR 2-3-4 & 6-17-113 hp.
6 SR 2-12 hp. 1 Fetter PH2 15 hp.
1 HR 2-29 hp. 1 DVAISOO Slanzi 20 hp.
1 Fetter PHI 7Vz hp. ' 2 FL 712 Duetz 11 hp.
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SMUCKER’S
ENGINE SHOP
RD 1, GORDONVILLE, PA.
17529
SALES & SERVICE
DIESEL & GAS
4,1978 k
to 3968 last week and 4823 a
year ago. Vealer weak to
$2.00 lower. Few prime
vealers 90.00101.00, choice
78.0092.00, good 70.00-83.00,
standard & good 90110 lbs.
68.00-80.00, 70-90 lbs.
60.0075.00, Utility 60100 lbs.
40.0065.00.
FARM CALVES: Active.
Holstein bulls 90120 lbs.
80.00100.00. Holstein heifers
90130 lbs. 75.00135.00.
HOGS 6440. Compared to
6674 last week and 7133 a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
50 cents to 1.50 lower. US No.
1-2 200240 lbs. barrows &
gilts 52.0054.60, No; 1-3
190260 lbs. 51.0053.50, few
No. 2-3 240-280 lbs.
49.0052.00, SOWS steady to
strong. US No. 1-3 300550 lbs.
sows 42.0049.50, few No. 2-3
400-650 lbs. 41.50-46.00.
BOARS 31.0038.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1559. Com
pared to 1878 last week and
2032 a year ago. Uneven. US'
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
22.00- per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 33.00-53.00, No. 1-3
50-75 lbs. 50.00-61.50.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS
4347. ALL SALES CWT.
Compared with 3185 head
last week, and 4083 head a
year ago. Feeder pigs
uneven, 40 lbs. $5.00-10.00
higher, over US No. 1-2 20-40
lbs. 116.00-143.00, 40 lbs.
3.00- lower, 40-50 lbs.
109.00- 50-60 lbs.
90.00- US 1-2 60-80 lb. '
78.00- US No. ,2-3 2045
lbs. 105.00-140.00, 45-60 lbs.
87.00- Utility 2540 lbs.
70.00112.00 a few 4050 lbs.
52.0060.00.
SHEEP 563. Compared to
920 last week and 665 a year
ago. Wooled slaughter lambs
steady to weak. Choice 70115
lbs. 55.0062.00, good 60100
lbs. 50.0058.00. Slaughter
ewes 14.00-33.00.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Belleville
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
' November 1,1978
CATTLE 155. Compared
1 with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter cows
steady to 75 cents lower. In
dividual Good slaughter
steer at 48.85, few Standard
46.10-49.00. Few Good
slaughter heifers 45.00-46.75.
Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 39.60-43.50,
Cutters 38.50-41.25, Canner
and low Cutter 35.25-38.35.
Few Yield Grade No. 1,
1200-1700 lbs. slaughter bulls
44.25-48.50. - Few choice
400-575 lbs. feeder steers
57.5086.00.
CALVES 163. Vealers
grading Choice $5-$7 higher.
Choice vealers 86.50-94.50,
few good 77.50-85.00, Stan
dard and Good 90-110 lbs.
70.50- 70-85 lbs.
65.00-70.00, few Utility 50-80
lbs. 46.00-60.00. Farm
Calves: Holstein bulls 90-120
lbs. 79.00-95,00; Holstein
heifers 90-120 lbs.
86.50-
HOGS 157. Barrows and
gilts 25 cents higher. US No.
For lower cost per
hour power, rely on
Tsfer.
DIESEL POWER
d
1-2 215-230 lbs. barrows and
gilts 53.0053.60, No. 1-3
210-245 lbs. 51.5052.80. US
No. 1-3 300-450 lbs. sows
42.50-45.00, couple to 47.00.
Individualßoarat 34.00.
FEEDER PIGS 358. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
29.0039.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 36.0050.50, No. 1-3
6070 lbs. 53.5055.00, one lot
No. 1-3 150 lbs. at 68.00 per
head.
SHEEP 27. Good and
Choice 65-100 lbs. wooled
slaughter lambs 55.00-63.00,
individual 66.00, Utility 5065
lbs. 50.00-57.00.
Market courtesy of PDA,
Joliet
Cattle
Joliet, Illinois
November 2,1978
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable
receipts 5,800, 5 days last
week 6,008, sme period .last
year 8,026. Trading slow for
the week. Slaughter steers
closed the week steady to
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instances 25 higher than
Wednesday of last week
Slaughter heifers closed the
week steady to 25, instances
50 lower than early last
Wednesday. Cows steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed hog Choice and Prime
3-4 11501350 lbs. 55.25-55.75.
Choice 2-4 10501250 lbs.
54.0055.25, 10001050 lbs.
53.50-54.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 10001200 lbs.
52.5054.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 3-4
9501100 lbs. 53.5053.75, 1
load 54.00 Monday; 53.00
53.25, 2 loads 53.50, 1 load
53.75 Wednesday. Choice 2-4
9001050 lbs. 52.5053.50
Monday, 52.2053.00 Wed
nesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 8001000 lbs. 51.00
52.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 39.5041.50.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland Sales Stables
- Wed., November 1,1978
Reported receipts of 170
cows, 139 heifers, and 10
bulls. Markef stronger than
last week’s market.
_ Load of' N.Y. purebreds
and grades, fresh 1080-3000,
springers 960-2050; load of
Pa. fresh 960-1025; local
cows 525-1150; springing
heifers, grades 675-1020;
open heifers 300-500; bulls
320-590; herd dispersal of 26
head in all stages of lactation
475675; herd dispersal of 60
head, purebreds, in all
stages of lactation 470-2400.
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