fr-Lancaster Faming, Saturday, March 10,1979
livestock market and auction news
Four States
Auction
Four States '
Livestock Sales, Inc.
Wed., February 28,1979
SLAUGHTER; Fed Steers
& Heifers - $2.00 higher;
Choice $67.00-70.00; Good
63.00- Medium 62.00
Down. Heifers - Choice 64.00-
65.50; Good 60.00-63.00;
Medium 59.00 Down. Cows -
Large run, mostly steady to
$l.OO lower, few $57.0058.50;
High Yield 54.0n-56.00;
Average 50.00-53.00; Big
Middle 45.0049.00; Shelly
48.00 Down. Fat Bulls -
•Active & steady prices. Good
$82.00-66.75; Medium 55.00-
61.00. Veal Calves - Good
run, $2.00 to $6.00 higher.
Choice $114.00-122.50; Good
100.00- Medium 85.00-
99.00; Farm Hfrs. $187.50;
Farm Bulls to $130.00; Light
& Weak $83.00 Down. Lambs
- Few offered; Good $69.00;
Medium 67.00. Sows - 300-550
lbs. $46.0051.00. *
STOCKER: Steers 300-550
lbs. - Strong demand &
higher prices. Choice $86.00
90.50; Good 80.00-85.00;
Medium 74.00-79.00; Culls
73.00 Down. Steers 600-850
lbs. - Choice $72.0075.00;
Good 66.00-71.00; Medium
65.00 Down. Heifers (All
Weights) - Choice $82.00
Good 71.00-81.00;
Medium 70.00 Down. Bulls -
Choice $82.00-86.00; Good
75.00-81.00; Medium 74.00
Down. Springing Heifers - to
$1040.00. Pigs - Hd. Steady
prices. 20-30 lbs. $28.00-39.00;
40-60 lbs. 40.00-47.00. Shoats
by lb. - to $65.00. Slaughter
Hogs - $3.00 Under last week.
210-230 lbs. $49.85-52.00; 240
260 lbs. 49.00-51.00; 180-200
lbs. 47.25-50.10; 270-325 lbs.
46.5048.50.
Baltimore
USDA
March 5,1979
CATTLE 500: Slaughter
steers and heifers firm, cows
|l.OO lower, instances $2.00
lower on Utility grade, bulls
$l.OO lower. Supply 30%
slaughter steers and heifers,
50% cows, 15% feeders,
balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
high Choice & Prime 341100-
1150 lbs. 68.75-69.35; Choice
SPECIAL
NOTICE
HAY, STRAW &
EAR CORN SALE
DAVID H. GOOD’S
FARM MACHINERY
EVERY WED. AT 12 NOON
ON NORTH MAPLE AVE., LEOLA, PA.
Home Phone 717-656-8911
Bus. Phone Wed. Only 717-656-9558
24 975-1200 lbs. 65.50-67.00;
high Good & Choice 24 975-
1275 lbs. 64.25-65.50; few
Standard & Good 2-3 1075-
1500 lbs. 58.2553.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 24 835-1150 lbs. 63.75-
65.10; lot high Choice 24 925
lbs. 65.75; Good & Choice 25
850-1000 lbs. 6L50-63.10;
Good 23 735-1100 lbs. 57.00-
60.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 &
Commercial 34 49.5055.00;
few 55.10-56.00; Cutter 1-2
47.5052.50.
FEEDER CATTLE:
several Choice steer and bull
calves 285395 lbs. 95.00-
103.00; package Choice
steers 631 lbs. 85.25; 795-860
lbs. 67.50-70.00; 935-1035 lbs.
65.0056.85; few Choice bulls
465-575 lbs. 80.00-88.00;
several Choice heifers' 355-
4501b5. 74.0031.00.
BULLS: few YG 1 1235-
1970 lbs. 62.0038.25; 1-2 1165-
1440 lbs. 58.2559.25.
HOGS; 1000: Compared to
last Wednesday Barrows &
Gilts weak to 25 lower. US 1-2
200-240 lbs, 52.75-53.00; US 40
head 53,25-53.50; US 2-3 230
260 lbs. 52.00-53.00.
SOWS: steady to 50, in
stances to $l.OO higher. US 1-
3 300400 lbs. 45.0046.00; US
1-3 400600 lbs. 46.0046.50,
few 47.00.
VEAL & CALF AUCTION
50: Choice 150-290 lbs.
Vealers 103.00115.50, In
dividual 119.50; Good &
Choice 105-115 lbs. 84.00
92.00; 80100 lbs. 79.5089.50;
Good calves 265-330 lbs.
83.5087.00; couple Choice
98.00106.00.
SHEEP AUCTION:
several Choice wooled
slaughter lambs 105-115 lbs.
70.00.
Dewart
Auction
Dewart, Pa.
March 5,1979
CATTLE 230. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
.slaughter steer grading
Good & Choice $1.25 to $2
higher. Slaughter cows 50
cents to $1.50 lower. Choice
No. 2-4 1000-1375 lbs.
slaughter steers 68.00-71.00,
one at 71.50, Good 64.75-67.50,
few Standard 62.50-64.00.
Few Standard slaughter
heifers 57.50-59.50. Utility Si
AT
SALE
Commercial slaughter cows
52.0056.75, Cutters 50.50-
54.50, Canner & Low Cutter
45.50-51.00. Few Good
slaughter bullocks 66.00-
67.10. Yield Grade #1 1200-
1550 lbs. slaughter bids 63.00-
66.10. Few Choice 350325 lbs.
feeder steers 79.0036.00;
Good & Choice 400300 lbs.
feeder hogs 64.00-75.00.
CALVES t 915 V Vealers
about steady. Couple Prime
vealers 115.00 and 119.00,
Choice 108.00-117.00, few
Good 96:00-103.50, 90-110 lbs.
88.00- 7035 lbs. 83.00-
89.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 94.00-130.00;
holstein heifers 90-150 lbs.
120.00-
HOGS 305. Barrows & gilts
75 cents to $2 lower. US No. 1-
3 200-235 lbs. barrows & gilts
53.70-54.40, one small lot
54.50, No. 1-3 200-260 lbs.
52.00- No. 2-3 250-275
lbs. 46.0049.00. Few US No.
1-3 330480 lbs. sows 47.75-
48.00. Few Boars 34.0040.00.
FEEDER PIGS 120. US
No. 1-3 20-25 lbs. feeder pigs
31.00- per head, No. 1-3
50-65 lbs. 50.00-61.00 per
heacL
SHEEP 6. Few Choice 85-
105 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 76.00-85.
Market courtesy of PDA,
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
March 5,1979
CATTLE 190. Compared
with last week’s market;
High Choice and Prime
slaughter steers 68.00-70.50,
Choice 67.50-7-1.00, Good
66.00-68.50, Standard 62.00-
65.00, Utility 58.00-62.00.
Choice slaughter heifers
SHAVER MAKES IT A FULL DOZEN! 41
USDA RANDOM SAMPLE TESTS TWO YEAR COMBINED SUMMARIES
SHAVER 288
Hisex White
Duchess 60
Babcock B-300V
DeKalb X-L Link
Colonial Mini
Ideal 236
Carey Nick
H & N Nick Chick
Hubbard White
Tatum T-100 White
■■■ . *For the 12th time in fourteen years ,
KSIppI Shaver 288 has led the USDA Random
sta»c»SS Sample Test 2 year summaries.
% , How’s That For Performance!
Order your Shaver chicks or started pullets from
GREIDER FARMS
Mt. Joy, PA
717-658-1855
66.00- Good 64.00-66.00,
’Standard 60.00-62.00, Utility
57.00- Utility - and'
Commercial slaughter cows
53.50-57.00, few to 58.50,
Cutters 52.00-55.00, Canner
and Low Cutters 48.0052.00,
Shells down to 45.00. Few
Choice slaughter bullocks at
69.00, Good 60.00-64.00,
Utility 55.00-58.00. Yield,
Grade No. 1, 1400-1800 lbs.
slaughter bulls 67.00-70.00,
Yield Grade No. 2, 900-1600
lbs. 62.00-65.00.
CALVES 234. Choice
vealers 120.00-135.00, Good
98.00-120.00, Standard and
Good 90-110 lbs. 110.00-
140.00; Holstein heifers 95-
130 lbs. 130.00-208.00.
HOGS 285. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lbs. barrows and gilts
52.5053.50, No. 1-3 190-250
lbs. 50.0052.00, No. 2-3 240-
280 lbs. 48.50-52.00, No. 1-3
130-185 lbs. 46.00-50.00. US
No. 1-3 300450 lbs. sows
48.0053.50, No. 2-3 300500
lbs. 46.0052.00, BOARS:
J 7.00-45.00.
FEEDER PIGS 19. US No.
1-3 26-35 lbs. feeder pigs
25.00-40.00 per head, few No.
1-3 35-50 lbs. at 50.00 per
head.
SHEEP 0. No sales on
offer.
Market courtesy of PDA,
Special
Market
Special Slaughter
Cattle Sale
February 28,1979
Orange, Va.
There were 119 head sold.
All cattle were graded by
Representatives of the
VDAC’s Division of Markets,
Livestock Section on USDA
standards and sold by the
hundredweight.
1967-77/ 1977-78
Net
Income
$ 5.09
5.05
5.02
4.95
4.89
4.73
4.69
4.64
4.43
4.40
4.12
- Choice Steers w/few prime
1,000-1,225 lbs. 65.7069.50;.
Choice Single. Steers 65.00-
70.00; Good Steers 1,0001,218
lbs. 63.00-66.00; Good Single
Steers 61.00-66.50'; Choice
Holstein Steers 1,3301,590
; HAY «■ SIMW SUE i
I WILL BE DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. J
■ HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL BUY HAY J
| A STRAW PRIVATELY AND OH ORDERS. ■
I For More Information ■
I Phone: 215-445-5303 Jj
Green Dragon , .
Livestock Sales Ip?}
I mile North of Ephrata, PA
COWS COKfs
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from Ray Kyper, Bob
Kennedy, Dale Brewer and Ed Stover plus local
consigners.
Lots of good Northern Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and Veal Calves.
11:00 A. M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders
200 to 25,0 each week.
12:30 P.M. - Dairy Cows.
7:00 P.M. - Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the
farm or at our barn or other market information
call: Office 717-733-2444.
WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor
Average
■ Egg
Weight
(oz/doz)
Egg
Prod./
hen
housed
26.8
256
257
25.5
X 24.4
255
249
25.8
25l
25.8
25.0
- 233
26.3
236
25.2
244
238
25.2
245
25.8
25.9
234
lbs. 60.25-60.50; Good
Holstein Steers 1,442-1,452
lbs. 60.90-61.80; Choice
Heifers 920-1,015~1b5. 64.75-
66.50; Good Heifers 850-980
lbs. 57.60-60.00; Good Single
Heifers 56.50-60.00.
Laying
House
Mortality
Lb/Kg Feed
per
Lb/Kg Egg
2.41
2.42
2.46
2*42
2.45
2.40
2.48
2.-5 4
2.57
2.49
2.52
5.0
5.3
6.2
6.2
6.0
6.1
7.0
6.2
6.9
7.7
9.6