—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 27,1979 12 Livestod Western Maryland Market January 23,1979 BUTCHER CATTLE: Light run due to the weather. Fat steers strong demand! Top 64.75; good-choice 58.00- 64.75; standard 50.00- 57.00;heifers good to 59.50; cows 50 cents to $l.OO lower. Good cows, 49.00-51.50; standard & utility 46.00- 48.00; canners 44.5046.50; shelly 44.50-down; bulls few offered good to $59.25. BUTCHER HOGS: $l.OO higher! Top hogs 53.35; bulk 200-225 lbs. 52.75-53.35; 230- 260 lbs. 52.00-52.75; 170-190 lbs. 50.00-52.00; sows to $45.25. VEAL CALVES: Good run very active! Tops, to 120.00 one formula fed calf 275 lb.* $139.00; good-choice 100.00- 120.00; standard 85.00-100.00; light calves 65.00-85.00; weak & rough 65.00-down. Farm heifers to $105.00 bulls to 123.00. LAMBS: Few offered good & choice to $72.00. STOCK CATTLE: light k market and run active bidding. Stock steers 55.00-82.75; stock heifers 50.00-75.00; stock bulls 50.0065.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: Light run. By the head 15.00- 40.00 shoats to 50.50. By the lb. to 54.00. Chambersburg Auction Chambenbnrg, Pa. January 25,1979 CATTLE 214. Compared with last Thursday’s market, slaughter steers grading good 25 cents to $1.25 higher; si. cows 1.50-3.50 higher; couple choice 65.60, 66.10; good 59.75-64.25 few standard 58.00-62.25; 1 choice si. heifers at 68.00 few good 58.75-63.00; utility & commercial si. cows 49.50- 56.00 few cutters 50.00-55.00. Canner and I. cutter 46.50- 50.50 shells down to 42.25. Yield grade #l, 1100-1800 lbs. 57.35-65.00,1 at 67.25 CALVES 440. Vealers grading good & choice 5.00- 12.00 higher, standard & good 3.00-5.00 higher. Few prune vealers 137.00-139.00, Choice 115.00-135.00 good 90.00-117.00; few standard & good 110-130 lbs. 90.00-95.00, 90-110 lbs. 86.00-90.00, 7065 lbs. 77.00-88.00, few utility 50-' 100 lbs. 50.00-75.00. FARM CALVES: Hoi. bulls 90-120 lbs. 95.00-118.00, few 126.00 Hoi. heifers 90-120 lbs. 88.00-98.00. HOGS ,100. Barrows and gilts about steady. US No. 1-2 210-240 lbs. barrows & gilts 54.60-55.10, No. 16 230-240 lbs. 54.00-54.50. US No. 16 300600 lbs. sows 46.0049.25. 1 Boar at 38.00. FEEDER PIGS 30. Few lots US No. 16 3040 lbs. feeder pigs 35.0069.00 per head. SHEEP 7. Wooled si. lambs few choice 60.3 lbs, 69.00-73.50. Pa. Auction Summary Pa. Auction Summary of 14 Livestock: Auction Market Reports January 26,1979 CATTLE 3911. Extreme auction news weather conditions thru the week reduced some sales considerably. Compared to 5841 last week and 6500 a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers .50-1.00 higher. SI. heifers, si. cows, and si. bulls unevenly steady. SI. bullocks 2.00-3.00 higher. High Choice & Prime YG 3-4 si. steers 63.75-67.00, Choice YG 24 62.0046.75, Good 59.50-63.00, Standard 57.00-60.50, few Utility 53.00- 58.00. si. heifers 58.00- 63.50, Good 55.00-61.00, Standard 48.00-55.00, few Utility 45.0048.00, Utility 8s Commercial si. cows 48.00- 54.00, Cutters 47.0050.50, Canner 8s L. Cutter 44.00- 47.50, Shells down to 42.00. Choice si. bullocks 63.00- 66.75, Good 60.00-63.75. Yield ' Grade #llOOO-2200 lbs. 58.00- 66.00, Yield Grade #2 900-1750 lbs. 55.00-61.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Good & Choice 300-750 lbs. steers 61.00-85.50. Good & Choice 300-700 lbs. heifers 54.00- 68.50. It takes a special breed of hybrids for high performance corn silage. Not just stalk and leaf tonnage that might look impressive. But with the extra grain production that packs silage with protein power as well as taste appeal. That extra feeding value can be measured in terms of better milk and beef production. There’s a high performance, high energy Funk’s-G silage hybrid in every maturity range. Your Hoffman Seed Man cap help you select the best ones for your growing conditions. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC. ' LANDISVILUE. PENNSYLVANIA 17538 Serving Northeast Agriculture Since 1899 CALVES 3152. Compared to 2630 last week and 4215 a year ago. Vealers steady to 8.00 higher. Few Prime vealers 100.00-139.00, Choice 95.00- Good 88.00- 110.00, Standard & Good 110- 130 lbs. 90.00-100.00, 90-110 lbs. 75.00-90.00, 70-90 lbs. 65.00- Utility 50-110 lbs. 50.00- FARM CALVES: Active, strong to 5.00 higher. Hoi. Bulls 90-120 lbs. 80.00-118.00, few 135.00. Hoi. Heifers 80- 135 lbs. 85.00-135.00. HOGS 6196. Compared to 5805 last week and 7585 a year ag-j. Barrows and gilts steady to 1.50 higher US No. L 2 200-240 lbs. barrows St gilts 55.0056.50, few 58.00, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 53.50- 55.50. No. 2-3 190-265 lbs. 52.0054.00. No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 45.00-53.00. SOWS steady to strong. US No. 1-3 300600 lbs. sows 44.0050.00, No. 2-3 300-700 lbs. 40.00-45.00. BOARS 32.0040.00. FEEDER PIGS 656. Compared to 867* last week and 1383 a year ago 2.00-5.00 lower. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 16.00-32.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 31.00- 45.00. Utility 20-30 lbs. 13.00- 20.00 per head. GRADED FEEDER PIGS 3569. ALL SALES CWT. Compared with 2513 head last week, and 1634 head a year ago. Feeder pigs grading U.S. 1-2 unevenly steady, 2-3 steady to 15.00 lower. US No. 1-2 20- 40 lbs. 115.00-137.00,40-50 lbs. 101.00-128.00, 50-60 lbs. 90.00- 110.00, 6035 lbs. 80.00-100.00, US 2-3 30-40 lbs. 95.00-110,00, 4050 lbs. 88.00-105.00, 50-90 lbs. 67.00-95.00. SHEEP 308. Compared to 321 last week and 316 a year ago. Wooled si. lambs unevenly steady. Choice 60- 100 lbs. 69.00-76.00, few 82.00. Good 50-110 lbs. 50.00-69.00. Slaughter ewes 36.00-46.00, few down to 15.50. Able and Baker Able and Baker were two female monkeys shot into space in separate containers in the nose cone of a Jupiter rocket fired by the United States in 1959.
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