Livestock market and auction news Shenandoah Valley Livestock „ Shenandoah Valley Livestock Sales, Inc. Harrisonburg, Virginia March 10,1979 STOCKER, FEEDER AND SLAUGHTER CAT TLE: Good Light Steer Calves 100.00 to 116.00; Medium 95.00 to 100.00; Plain 90.00 and down; Good Heavy Steers 38.00 to 93.50; Medium 84.00 to 88.00; Plain 78.00 and down; Slaughter Steers 68.75 and down; Good Light Heifer Calves 79.00 to 84.00; Medium 75.00 to 79.00; Plain 70.00 and down; Good Heavy Heifers 72.00 to 74.50; Medium 68.00 to 72.00; Plain 67.50 and down; Good Slaughter Heifers Not enough to quote; Slaughter Cows 50.00 to 57.00; Utilities 44.00 to 49.75; Canners and Cutters 4150 and down; Milk & Stock Cows 700.00 and down; Stock Bulls 79.00 and down; Slaughter Bulls 57.75 to 66.25. CALVES: Veal Calves 103.00 and down; Baby Calves 120.00 and down. LAMBS: Choice Blue 0 70.00; Good Red 0 64.50; Feeder Lambs 67.00; Slaughter Ewes 32.00 to 35.00; Stock Ewes 104.00. HOGS: Top 50.50; Medium 48.25; Heavy 47.00 to 48.00; Boars 41150 and down; Sows 36.50 to 47.00. Western Maryland Market Western Maryland Stockyards, Inc. Westminster, Md. March 6,1979 BUTCHER CATTLE: Good run, active bidding. Fat Steers - Good Demand; Top 68.75; Good-Choice 63.00-68.75; Standard 60.00- 62.50; Heifers Standard to $58.75; Cows Good run $2.00 lower; Good Cows, few to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17,1979 56.00; Standard & Utility 52.00-54.00; Canners 50.50- 52.00; Shelly 50.50 Down; Bulls few offered, Good to 62.50. BUTCHER HOGS: Light ran, few top hogs offered. ‘ 200-225 lbs. 50.00-50.75; 230- 260 lbs. 49.50-50.00; 170-190 lbs. 48.00-49.50; Heavy Weights to 44.75; Sows to 47.75. Bulk 45.00-47.00. VEAL CALVES: Good ran, Good & Choice $5.00- 10.00 lower, small calves mostly steady. Tops to 110.50; Good-Choice 100.00- 110.50; Standard 90.00- 100.00; Light calves 75.00- 100.00; Weak & Rough 75.00 Down. Farm Heifers to $195.00 Bulls to 100.00. STOCK CATTLE: Good ran, very active, prices higher! Stock Steers 65.00- 95.00; Stock Heifers 60.00- 83.00, lightweight holsteins to $106.00; Stock Bulls 60.00- 77.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: Prices steady. By the head 20.00-48.00; By the lb. 50-60 lbs. to 89.50; 125-160 lbs. to 48.00. G&M Livestock Duncannsville, Pa. March 12,1979 STEERS: Good to Choice 66.00- Standard to Good 62.00- HEIFERS: High Choice and Prime 66.00-68.50; Good to Choice 62.00-66.00; Standard 54.00-62.00. FEEDERSTEERS: Good to Choice 300 to 500 lbs. 70.00- 85.00. BULLS: 1200 to 1836 lbs. 66.00-69.20. COWS: High Choice to Prime 56.00-58.50*, Good 54.00-56.00; Utility 52.00- 54.00; Cutters 50.00-52.00; Canners Down to 44.00. CALVES: High Choice 100.00- Good to Choice 90.00- Standard to Good 80.00-90.00; Utility 60.0000.00. Farm Calves Heifers 160.00- HOGS: 200 to 240 lbs. 49.50- 51.35; 190 to 260 lbs. 48.00- 50.10. SOWS: 45.00-49.50. BOABS: 40.0042.00. Feeder Pigs 25 to 35 lbs. 4 ' 30.0040.00; 35 to 50 lbs. 40.00- 54.00. Lambs Med. 64.00-68.00; Lambs Good 71.00-75.00. Special Market Special Slaughter Cattle Sale MarcliS, 1979 Fredericktbnrg, Va. There were 68 head sold. All cattle were graded by representatives of the VDACS’s Division of Mar kets, Livestock Section on USDA standards and sold by the hundred weight. Choice Steers 1,000-1,190 lbs. 68.00-69.30; Choice Single Steers 67.75-69.75; Good Steers 950-1,100 lbs. 67.00-69.50; Choice Heifers 720-1,080 lbs. 62.50-66.50; Good Heifers 800-1,050 lbs. .00-67.00. 13
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