—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979
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Livestoc
Lancaster
Market
Lancaster, Pa.
Mon., February 5,1979
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
757 95 790 106
Last Monday
1000 114 979 100
Last Year
791 138 848 35
Monday’s Auction
675 99 835 106
Last Monday’s Auction
879 115 986 98
CATTLE: Compared to
last Wednesday slaughter
steers 1.00-1.50 lower;
slaughter heifers weak to
1.00 lower; cows weak to 50
lower; bulls and bullocks not
fully tested.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 34
1150-1325 lbs. 66.5006.75;
Choice 24 1000-1350 lbs.
62.1065.50, few mainly yield
grade 2 65.75-66.75; high
Good and low Choice 2-3
60.50-64.00; Good 2-3 60.00
62:25; Standard 1-2 58.00
60.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 875-1075 lbs. 62.20
64.25; Good 2-3 8501025 lbs.
58.0061.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 50.00-52.50,
couple 53.5055.00; Cutter 1-2
49.25-50.75; Canner and low
Cutter 45,0048.50.
BULLOCKS; Couple
Choice 11001250 lbs. 66.75-
68.75; few Good 10001250 lbs.
58.0062.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
13001650 lbs. 63.75-66.25;
yield grade 2 10001400 lbs.
57.0060.50.
VEAL CALVES: Choice
and Prime vealers 5.0010.00
lower; high Good and low
SPECIAL GRADED
FEEDER CATTLE SALE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1379
12 NOON
500 HEAD ON SALE
All Breeds - All Weights
Prime - Choice - Good Grade
Sold in lots of 10 or more.
Graded by Jim Anderson - USDA
Vintage
Livestock
Vintage, Pa.
Toes., February 6,1979
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today 618 525 4
Last Tuesday 751 540 7
Last Year Market closed due
to severe snow storms. ■
CATTLE: Compared to
last Tuesday slaughter
steers 50-1.00 higher;
slaughter heifers not fully
tested; cows uneven, Utility
and Commercial mostly
steady. Canner and Cutter
50-1.00 higher; bullocks not
tested; bulls steady. Supply
included 46 per cent
slaughter steers and 43 per
cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 34
1175-1425 lbs. 65.00-67.75;
Choice mainly 2 1100-1400
lbs. 65.7567.85,12 head 68.25-
69.60; Choice 24 975-1375 lbs.
64.2566.50; high Good and
low Choice 2-3 62.5065.00;
Good 2-3 60.0063.50; few
Standard 1-2 59.0060.60.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 50.75-55.00,
Choice 70120 lbs. fully
steady.
VEALERS: Prime 290350
lbs. 110.00115.00; Choice 150
290 lbs. 95.00105.00, 120160
lbs. 90.0098.00; high Good
and low Choice 90120 lbs.
78.0089.00, few 7080 lbs.
76.0080.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs
2.003.00 lower; slaughter
ewes fully steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice
90-110 lbs. 72.00-74.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES:
Utility and Good 39.0042.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
k market and
Lancaster
Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Wed., February 7,1979
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
283 26 754 9
Last Wednesday
680 57 934 10
Last Year
525 78 787 0
Wednesday’s Auction
303 33 711 9
Last Wednesday’s Auction
571 57 904 10
CATTLE: Compared to
Monday small supply Choice
slaughter steers steady to
1.00 higher, Good to low
Choice mostly steady;
slaughter heifers weak to 50
lower; cows 1.001.50 higher
on small supply; bulls and
bullocks not fully tested.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Couple Prime 3-4 1325-1440
lbs. 66.25-66.85; Choice 2-4
10001350 lbs. 63.0065.25, load
Choice 3-4 14001660 lbs.
61.75-65.00; high Good and
low Choice 2-3 61.5064.25;
Good 2-3 60.0062.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 8701050 lbs. 61.70
64.00, few yield grade 2 950
few 55.2057.25; Cutter 1-2
49.5052.75, several 53.00
55.00; Canner and low Cutter
46.0049.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
14502280 lbs. 62.0064.00,
couple 64.85-65.75; couple
yield grade 2 60.25-60.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady, instances 3.00
lower on Choice and Prime.
Supply included 327 in
graded sale of which 47 per
cent sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 290-350
lb. 104.00-115.00; Choice 160
290 lbs. 100.00-111.00, couple
119.00- Choice 120-160
lbs. 92.00-101.00; high Good
and low Choice 120-180 lbs.
75.00- 90-120 lbs. 83.00
90.00, 70-90 lbs. 75.0086.00,
few 6070 lbs. 66.00-77.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
20 head 100125 lbs. Holstein
heifers 115.00120.00,10 head
95 lbs. 104.00, one lot 80 lbs.
85.00, few 130155 lbs. 89.00
99.00; 80 head 100115 lbs.
Holstein bulls 116.00119.00,
one lot 120125 lbs. 104.00, few
90105 lbs. 93.00110.00.
SHEEP: No market test.
Market courtesy of USD A.
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Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
auction news
New Holland
Livestock
Thors., February 8,1979
CATTLE: 861. Compared
to last Thursday slaughter
steers fully steady;
slaughter heifers steady;
cows uneven, Utility steady
to 50 higher. Commercial
steady with Conner and
Cutter 1.50-3.00 higher;
bullocks not fully tested;
bulls fully steady. Supply
included 53 per cent
slaughter steers, 35 per cent
cows, 7 per cent heifers and 5
per cent bulls and bullocks.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice and Prime 3-4
11501375 lbs. 65.7068.00;
Choice mainly 2 10501375
lbs. 66.7068.00,15 head 68.25-
69.50; Choice 2-4 10001400
lbs. 64.0066.75, few 63.50
64.00; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 62.2064.75, one
load 10201180 lbs. 65.00
65.35; Good 2-3 60.0064.00,
couple lots mixed Good and
Choice 14801515 lbs. 60.00
62.10.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 9501155 lbs. 62.50
64.50; Good 2-3 9001050 lbs.
59.5062.00.
COWS: Utility 1-3 51.25-
54.50, few 54.50-55.50;
Commercial 24 49.50-53.00;
Cutter 1-2 50.00-54.50, several
54.75- few 57.9057.75;
Canner and low Cutter 47.00
51.00.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice
11001250 lbs. 66.5068.50,
three head 69.00-70.00;
couple Good 10501150 lbs.
63.75-
BULLS: Yield grade 1
11001700 lbs. 64.5067.00,
1050 lbs. 64.5066.50; Good 2-3
8501075 lbs. 59.0062.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 51.50-55.75;
Cutter .1-2 51.00-53.75, few
53.75-55.00; Canner and low
Cutter 48.00-50.50.
BULLOCKS; Few Choice -
1000-1300 lbs. 63.00-64.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
13001800 lbs. 63.25-65.00.
VEAL CALVES: Small
supply vealers mostly
steady.
VEALERS: Choice 270320
lbs. 99.00107.00; high Good
and low Choice 85-115 lbs.
72.0084.00.
SHEEP: Couple lots
Utility and Good slaughter
ewes 38.0042.50.
Market courtsy of USDA.
Lancaster
Weekly
Friday, February 9,1979
Cattle Calves
This Week 2800 1020
Last Week 3682 1154
Last Year 2553 1012
CATTLE: Slaughter
steers mostly steady,
slaughter heifers weak to .50
individual 2570 lbs. 69.10;
yield grade 2 1000-1350 lbs.
59.50-62.00.
VEAL CALVES: 360.
Choice and Prime vealers
over 250 lbs. 8-10.00 higher,
other weights and grades
firm to 5.00 higher.
VEALERS: Prime 280-350
lbs. 108.00-120.00, few 120,00-
124.00; Choice 160-300 lbs.
104.00- 120-160 lbs.
100.00- few 112.00-
119.00; high Good and low
Choice 120-260 lbs. 90.00-
105.00, 90-115 lbs. 85.00-91.Q0,
few 70-90 lbs. 79.00-85.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 95-120 lbs. Holstein
bulls and heifers 105.00-
115.00, few 115.00-126.00;
bulk 85-100 lbs. 90.00-105.00.
SHEEP: 30. Insufficient
volume to test market
trends, supply included 22
goats sold by the head
mainly at 19.00-31.00, four
Choice 50-60 lbs. new crop
lambs 84.00-90.00; four
Utility slaughter ewes 32.00-
40.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
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MONDAY’S AUCTION:
800 AM -FatHogs
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 30 P M - Calf Sale
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New Holland. PA r
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager Phone: 717-354-4341
lower, cows uneven, Utility
firm to .50 higher, Com
mercial, mostly steady,
Canner and Cutter closed the
week 1.50-3.00 higher, bulb
and bullocks generally
steady and reduced supply.
Supply included 49 per cent
slaughter steers, 27 per cent
cows, 9 per cent heifers, {
per cent bulls with die
balance feeder steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS.
High Choice and Prime 3-4
' 1150-1425 lbs. 65.75-68.00,
Choice mainly 2 1150-1400
lbs. 66.0008.00,30 head 68.25-
69.60; Choice 24 975-1400 lbs
64.0066.75; high Good and
low Choice 26 62.00-65.00,
one load 1025-1180 lbs. 65.00-
65.35; Good 26 60.0064.00;
few Standard 1-2 58.0060.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS,
Choice 2-3 875-1150 lbs. 61.7 i
64.50, few yield grade 2 951 F
1050 lbs. 64.50-66.50; Good 2-3
850-1075 lbs. 58.00-62.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 51.25=54.50,
few 54.50-55-75; Commercial
24 49.50-53.00; Cutter 1-2
50.00-54.50,' several 54.75-
56.75, few at the dose 57.00-
57.75; Canner and low Cutter
47.0051.00. .
BULLOCKS: Few Choice
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LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
along Route 22
PHONE:
JONESTOWN i
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday at
1:30 P.M.- starting with
feeder cattle and pigs.
Also Hay Sale every
Tuesday at 12:30.