AB—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 5,1980
Livestock market and auction news
Four States
Livestock
Wednesday, December 26
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers
$1.50 higher. Choice 67.00
70.50; Good 63.00-66.00;
Medium 62'00 Down. Heifers
Choice 63.0065.76; Good
59.0062.00; Medium 58.00
Down. Cows large run, very
active $2.00 higher. High
Yield 55.0058.00; Average
50.0054.00; Big Middle 46.00
49.00; Shelly 48.00 Down. Fat
Bulls $l.OO higher. Good
62.0065.75; Medium 57.00
61.00. Veal Calves large run,
$2.00 higher. Choice 110.00
119.00; Good 100.00109.00;
Medium 85.0099.00; Farm
Hfrs. to 170.00; Farm Bulls
to 130.00; light & Weak 72.00
Down. Sows 300-550 lbs.
34,0039.00; Thin Sows 28.00
32.00.
STOCKER: Steers 300-550
lbs. light run, mostly steady
prices. Choice 87.00-90.00;
Good 80.00-86.00; Medium
73.00- Culls 72.00 Down.
Steers 600850 lbs. Choice
72.00- Good 65.00-71.00;
Medium 64.00 Down. Heifers
(All Weights) Dairy Type to
100.00; Choice 69.00-72.00;
Good 62.00-68.00; Medium
61.00 Down. Bulls Choice
72.00- Good 66.00-71.00;
Medium 65.00 Down. Dairy
Cows to 940.00. Springing
Heifers to 1170.00. Pigs, Hd.
mostly steady. 20-30 lbs.
10.00- 40-60 lbs. 18.00-
22.00. Shoats by Lb. to 47.00.
Slaughter Hogs $l.OO under
last week. 210-230 lbs. 40.25-
41.50; 240-260 lbs. 40.0041.35;
180-205 lbs. 36.00-39.25. '
Baltimore
USDA
Monday, December 31
CATTLE 250; Supply
mostly cows firm to 50 cents
higher. Not enough sales
other classes to establish a
market trend.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 2-4 995-1185 lbs. 68.00-
70.75; few Good 1020-1250 lbs.
63.00-66.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Individual Choice 3 935 lbs.
66.50; couple Good 2-3 950-
1200 lbs. 59.60-62.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 49.00-
54.85; couple 55.00-55.50.
Cutter 46.75-5) .10. /
BULLS; YG 1-2 1000-1820
Hee! molded counter.
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lbs. 57.0066.75; Individual 1
1720 lbs. 72.60.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Steers - Medium Frame HI
muscle thickness 750975 lbs.
66.50-69.75; 275-450 lbs.
including some bulls 80.00
93.50. Heifers - Medium
Frame #1 250475 lbs. 64.00
73,00.
HOGS 500: Barrows &
Gilts $2.00 lower. US 1-2 200
240 lbs. 39.50-39.75, few early
40.00; US 26 230260 lbs.
38.75-39.50.
SOWS; 50 cents - $1.25
higher. US 16 300600 lbs.
28.5060.25.
FEEDER PIGS,
WESTMINSTER, MD.,
FRIDAY, DEC. 28,1979,1190
head. Pigs weighed upon
arrival sold on per cwt basis.
70 head US i-2 3040 lbs.
52.0057.00; 122 head US 1-2
41-50 lbs. 54.0063.00; 183
head US 1-2 5060 lbs. 46.00
59.00; 198 head US 1-2 6080
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lbs. 39.0050.00; 71 head US 1-
2 8095 lbs. 38.5041.50.
MIXED 2’s and US 26: 44
head 2030 lbs. 51.0057.00;
132 head 31-40 lbs. 46.00
55.00; 42 head 4055 lbs. 41.00
47.00; 101 head 6080 lbs.
36.0043.00.
'VEAL AND CALF
AUCTION 35: Choice 130250
lbs. 94.00101.00; Good and
Choice 115-200 lbs. 71.00
87.00; 70110 lbs. 60.0074.50;
few calves returned to farm
74.Qfc78.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, December 29
STOCKER, FEEDER,
AND SLAUGHTER
STEERS: Good Light Steer
Calves 90.0095.00; Medium
85.0090.00; Plain 80.00 and
down; Good Heavy Steers
, 82.00-86.00; Medium 77.00- (
82.00; Plain 72.00 and down;
Holstein Steers 47.50-69.00;
Good Light Heifer Calves
68.00- Medium 63.00-
68.00; Plain 58.00 and down;
Good Heavy Heifers 58,00-
63.00; Medium 53.00-58.00;
Plain 48.00 and down;
Slaughter Cows 48.00-53.00;
Utilities 43.00-48.00; Canners
& Cutters 35.00 and down;
Milk & Stock Cows 680.00 and
down; Stock Bulls 54.50-
69.00; Slaughter Bulls 66.75
and down.
CALVES: Veal Calves
97.00 and down; Baby Calves
125.00 and down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice
Blue O 69.00; Good Red O
62.00; Feeder Lambs 62.00
and down; Slaughter Ewes
20.00 and down.
HOGS: Top 38.25; Heavy
32.00- Sows 35.00 and
down; Boars 20.00; Butcher
Hogs 32.50 and down.
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week, 9 hours, 18 minutes B& O horse-drawn railroad began
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and when was it first used to de
scribe the New England-built sailing
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