—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,1979 6 Livestock market an Four States Livestock Market SLAUGHTER FEEDER STEERS & HEIFERS: Few offered. Steady prices. Choice $67.00- 70.00. Good 64.00-68.00. Medium 63.00 down. HEIFERS: Choice $63.00- 63.50. Good 59.00-62.00. Medium 58.00 down. COWS: Large run steady to $l.OO lower. High Yield $55.00-56.25. Average 51.00- 54.00. Big Middle 47.00-50.00. Shelly 49.00 down. FAT BULLS: Very active, steady prices. Good $64.00- 66.75. Medium 59.00-63.00. VEAL CALVES: Heavy calves - higher. light calves - lower. Choice $llO.OO 124.50. Good 99.00-109.00. Medium 88.00-98.00. Farm hfrs. to $135.00. Farm bulls to $lOO.OO. Light & weak $84.00 down. SOWS: 300-600 lb. $37.00 47.50. STEERS: 300-550 lb. Higher prices few It. wt. $107.00-111.00. Choice $98.00 106.00. Good 93.00-96.00. Medium 88.00-92.00. Culls 87.00 down. STEERS: 600-850 lb. Choice $BO.OO-86.00. Good 74.00-79.00. Medium 73.00 down. HEIFERS (all weights): Light wts. to $91.00. Choice $82.00-85.00. Good 75.00-81.00. Medium 74.00 down. BULLS: Choice $92.00 99.00. Good 83.00-91.00. Medium 82.00 down. DAIRY COWS: To $900.00. SPRINGING HFRS. TO 970.00. PIGS; Hd. Large Run. $2.00 lower. 20-30 lb. $27.00- 37.00.4000 lb. 38.0049.75, SHOATS BY LB. TO $59.00. SLAUGHTER HOGS: $2.00 under last week. 205-230 lb. $47.5048.00. 240260 lb. 47.0048.10. 180200 lb. 46.00 46.50.270300 lb. 43.0045.50. Middleburg Auction Middleburg, Pa. March 20,1979 CATTLE 250, Compared Green Dragon Livestock Sales •Ipj 1 mile North of Ephrata, PA £O>N5 COWS C(%5 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 250 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 with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter steers $2-$4 higher. Slaughter cows steady to $1 higher. High Choice and Prime slaughter steers 73.85-76.35, Choice 1000-1500 lbs. (2-4) 71.25- 74.35, Good 66.85-71,50, Standard 64.50-69.00, few Utility 59.50-62.00. Few Choice slaughter heifers 68.00- few Good 64.00- 66.75. Utility and Com mercial slaughter cows 53.00- couple to 58.00, Cutters 53.25-56.00, Canner and Low Cutters 49.00-52.60. Few Good slaughter bullocks 66.00- Yield Grade No. 1, 1200-1550 lbs. slaughter bulls 62.00-69.50. Few Good 300-800 lbs. feeder steers 68.00- Few Good 300-500 lbs. feeder heifers (holsteins) 77.50-100.50. Couple Choice 600 lbs. feeder bulls at 82.00. CALVES 141. Vealers $2-$7 higher. Individual Prime vealer at 126.00, Choice 110.00-123.50, Good 97,0 107.00, Standard and Good 90-110 lbs. 82.00-97.00, 7085 lbs. 85.60-91.00. Farm Calves: Holstein bulls 90120 lbs. 95.00125.00; Holstein heifers 90130'lbs. 130.00 202.50. HOGS 774. (3/20/7OTues. 106) Barrows and gilts 50 cents lower to 50 cents higher. US No. 1-2 200240 lbs. barrows and gilts 50.50- 51.00, few to 51.75, No. 1-3 190250 lbs. 49.75-50.50, No. 2- 3 230270 lbs. 46.5048.50. US No. 1-3 250-500 lbs. sows 42.00-46.00. Boars 35.0040.00. FEEDER PIGS 185. US No. 1-3 35-45 lbs. feeder pigs 42.0050.00 per head. No. 1-3 45-60 ibs. 48.0057.00, few to 64.00 per head. SHEEP 21. Few Choice 80- 100 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 71.00-72.50, one lot Good 87 lbs. at 66.00. Few Slaughter ewes 36.00-39.00. Market courtesy of USDA. Shenandoah Valley Livestock Harrisonburg, Va. March 17,1979 STOCKER, FEEDER & SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Good light steer calves 100.00- Medium 94.00- 100.00. Plain 89.00 and down. Good heavy steers 85.00- 90.00. Medium 80.00-85.00. Plain 75.00 and down. Holstein steers 74.00-76.00. Slaughter steers 68.00 and down. Good light heifer calves 79.00-84.00. Medium 74.00- Plain 69.00 and down. Good heavy heifers 75.00- Medium 70.00- 75.00. Plain 65.00 and down. Good slaughter heifers - none offered. Slaughter cows 50.00- Utilities 45.00- 50.00. Canners and cutters 56.25 and down. Milk & stock cows 835.00 and down. Stock bulls 55.00-75.00. Slaughter bulls 55.00-67.00. CALVES: Veal calves 103.00 and down. Baby calves 135.00 and down. AN IMPORTANT NOTICE It All CONSIGNORS Of LAMS V On Monday. April 9th. which is the Monday before Easter, and on Monday. April 16th. which is the Monday before the Greek Easter, all lambs will be sold at auction beginning at Noon. All these iambs will be sorted and weighed upon arrival and we recommend that these be the days, Monday, April 9th, and Mon day, April 16th, to have your lambs on the market, and your consignments are respectfully solicited. For further information contact Horace Plank. Tel.: Area (717) 397-5136 (office), or Area (717) 392-2304 (residence). WALTER H. DUNLAP and SONS Lancaster Stockyards SHAVER MAKES IT A FULL DOZEN! * 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 iHAVm D m LAMBS; Choice Blue O 68.00. Good Red O 61.50. Feeder Lambs; 65.00. Slaughter ewes 12.50-35.75. Stock ewes 125.00 and down. HOGS: Top 48.00. Sows 35.00-38.00. Boars 37.85, Heavy hogs 40.5046.50. G&M Livestock Duncans ville, Pa. March 19,1979 Market report (steady, lower, etc.) Steers higher. Cows - steady, Hogs - weak. STEERS: High Choice and Prime 71.35-72.85, Good to Choice 68.00-70.00, Standard to Good 65.00-68.00. HEIFERS: High Choice and prime 68.00-69:85, Good Net Income $ 5,09 5.05 5.02 4.95 4.89 4.73 4.69 4.64 4.43 4.40 4.12 *For the 12th time in fourteen years Shaver 288 has led the USDA Random Sample Test 2 year summaries. How's That For Performance! Order your Shaver chicks or started pullets from GREIDER FARMS auction news to Choice 64.00=68.00, Stan dard 55.00-60.00. FEEDER STEERS: Good to Choice 300 to 500 lbs. 88.00- 500 to 700 lbs. 75.00- Standard to Good 65.00- BULLS: 1200 to 1700 lbs. 63.00-69.50, 800 to 1100 lbs. 62.25-84.50. COWS: High Choice Prime 58.60-61.50, Good 56.00-58.00, Utility Canners down to 47.00. CALVES: High Choice 118.00- Good to Choice 100.00- Standard . to Good 80.00-100.00, Utility down to 60.00. HOGS: 200 to 240 lbs. 49.50-51.10, 180 to 270 48.00-50.00. SOWS; 42.0048.50. BOARS; 37.0048.50 - 1967-77/1977-78 Egg Prod./ hen housed Average Egg Weight (oz/doz) 256 26.8 257 25.5 255 24.4 249 25.8 251 25.8 233 25.0 26.3 236 244 25.2 238 25.2 25.8 245 25.9 234 Mt. Joy, PA 717-653-1855 LAMBS: 71.00-74.00. SHEEP: 20.00-38.00. Crime Continues According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Index published recently, one property crime is committed in this country every three seconds. In addi tion, one larceny theft is recorded every five seconds, one forcible rape every eight minutes, one murder every 27 minutes, one burglary every ten seconds, one motor yehicle accident every 33 seconds, one violent crime every 31 seconds, and one aggravated assaults every minute! 1 Laying House Mortality Lb/Kg Feed per Lb/Kg Egg 2.41 2.42 2.46 2.42 2.45 2.40 2.48 2.54 2.57 2.49 2.52 •HAVIR D’j STA? C *55i Medium 5.0 5.3 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.1 7,0 6.2 6.9 7.7 9.6
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