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Leesport
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
August 15,1979
CATTLE 151. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter steers $5
to $8 higher. Slaughter cows
$2 to mostly $5 higher. Low
to Average Choice 1000-1200
lbs. slaughter steers 65.10-
67.10, Good 59.00-64.00, few
Standard 58.00-59.75. Choice
slaughter heifers 58.75-61.00,
one at 65.35. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows
51.00-54.35, couple 55.25,
Cutters 50.00-53.50, Canner &
Low Cutter 45.00-49.50.
Couple Choice slaughter
bullocks 69.75 and 70.75,
couple Good 61.50 and 66.25.
Yield Grade #1 1050-1600 lbs.
slaughter bulls 58.85-68.25.
Few Choice 375-775 lbs.
feeder steers 67.00-78.00.
CALVES 158. Vealers
grading Good & Choice $5 to
$lO lower; Standard & Low
Good steady to $3 higher.
Choice vealers 78.00-93.50,
Good 67.00-78.00, Standard &
Good 90-110 lbs. 66.00-72.00,
70-85 lbs. 60.00-66.00. Farm
calves, holstem bulls 90-120
lbs. 65.00-77.00; holstem
heifers 85-150 lbs. 72.50-
152.50.
HOGS 396. Barrows & gilts
steady to strong. US No. 1-2
200-230 lbs. barrows & gilts
40.0040.75, No. 1-3 195-250
lbs. 39.0040.35, one lot No. 2-
3 250 lbs. 38.35. US No. 1-3
275-550 lbs. sows 28.75-32.75.
Boars 24.00-32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 200. US
No. 1-3 12-25 lbs. feeder pigs
71.00-78.00 cwt., No. 1-3 35-60
lbs. 55.00-68.00 cwt.
SHEEP 9. Few Slaughter
ewes 31.00-38.00.
Belleville
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
August 15,1979
CATTLE 84. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market; Standard slaughter
steers 55.00-60.00. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows
51.50-56.85, Cutters 48.50-
51.00, Canner & Low Cutter
43.3548.00. Yield Grade §1
slaughter bulls 49.75-63.25.
CALVES 149. Choice
vealers 92.00-104.00, Good
88.00- Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 78.50-86.00, 90-110
lbs. 71.50-79.00, 65-90 lbs.
40.00- Farm calves,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 18,1979
holstem bulls 90-115 lbs.
82.00- holstem heifers
120.00-
HOGS 296. US No. 1-2
barrows & gilts 39.7541.50,
No. 1-3 37.2540.00. US No. 1-3
sows 25.50-30.50.
FEEDER PIGS 342. (No
prices reported).
SHEEP 51. Slaughter ewes
20.0045.00.
Special
Market
Special Slaughter
Cattle Sale
August 11,1979
Madison, Va.
There were 244 head sold.
All cattle were graded by the
Representatives of the
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
of USDA standards and sold
by the hundredweight.
Choice Steers 1025-1200 lbs.
54.00- Choice Steers
1200-1496 lbs. 54.00-56.50;
Choice Single Steers 54.00-
57.00; Few Choice Steers
Back to Feedlot at 59.10;
Good Steers 1000-1300 lbs.
53.00-
Several Group Back to
Feedlot at Good
Single Steers 52.75-56.75;
Choice Heifers 800-1000 lbs.
53.75-56.75; Choice Heifers
Singles 52.00-55.25; Good
Heifers Singles 52.75-52.50.
Lancaster
Weekly
(Continued from Page 3
lbs. 61.00-65.25; mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 875-1000 lbs.
60.25-62.10; Good 2-3 58.00-
59.35.
< COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-3 49.50-54.50,
few 54.75-57.00; Cutter 1-2
47.00-52.50; Canner and low
Cutter 1-2 44.2548.75.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-2
1000-1300 lbs. 58.00-67.00;
Good 1-2 1000-1250 lbs. 55.85-
63.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1
1000-1800 lbs. 65.75-73.00, few
74.00-76.00; yield grade 2
1000-1600 lbs. 56.00-65.75.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers
uneven, Choice and Prime
steady to 4.00 higher, Good
and Choice under 120 lbs.
3.00-10.00 lower.
VEALERS; Prime 200-325
lbs. 99.00-116.00; Choice 150-
300 lbs. 90.00-107.00, few to
113.00; Good and Choice 120-
150 lbs. 75.00-90.00, 100-120
lbs. 72.00-85.00, 70-90 lbs.
60.00-73.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs.
70.00-88.00; Holstein heifers
90-115 lbs. 140.00-192.50.
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