MS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19,1980
livestock market and auction news
Pa. Auction
Summary
Friday, January 18
CATTLE 4958. Compared
with 5101 head last week and
5841 head a year ago.
Slaughter steers mostly
$l.OO-1.50 lower, SI. heifers
steady to $l.OO lower. SI.
cows 50 cents -$l.OO lower,
spots $2.00 lower, SI.
bullocks & bulls $l.OO-2.00
lower. Si. bulls High Choice
& Prime YG 3-4 si. steers
68.00-70.35, Choice YG 2-4
66.50- Good 61.0067.00,
Standard 56.0062.00. Choice
si. heifers 63.0067.00, Good
60 0064.75, Standard 55.00
60.00. Utility & Commercial
si. cows 48.0054.00, Cutters
46.50- Canner & L.
Cutter 44.0049.00, Shells
down to 32.00. Choice si.
bullocks 66.00-71.25, Good
60.50-66.50, few Standard
55.00-57.00. Yield Grade #l,
Farm Calendar
Continued from Page A 10)
Center, Lancaster, at
8:30 a.m.
Inter-state District 3 annual
meeting, 11:45 a.m. at
Chestnut Level
Presbyterian Church,
Quarryville
Capital Region ornamental
school, 9 a.m.
Dover Young Farmers com
meeting, 7:30 p.m., Dover
H.S. ag classroom Adams
Co.
Dairy Records Meeting at
Brown Valley Farms,
Littlestown, 10 a.m. -
Adams Co. Dairy Records
Meeting at Leroy Deputy
Farm, East Berlin, 1:30
p.m.
Adams Co. Dairy Records
Meeting at Larry Wilkin
son Farm, Gettysburg,
7:30 p.m.
Garden Spot Young Farm
ers, Dairy Mgt. Mtg.,
7:30 p.m.
Chester County Extension
annual meeting and Ham
dinner, 7 p.m., Upper
Octorara Presbyterian
Church, Parkesburg.
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10002400 lbs. 58.0067.50,
Yield Grade #2, 9001500 lbs.
55.0064.00.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Large Frame No. 1 Choice
300600 lbs. steers 69.5087.50,
Medium Frame No. 1 Good
300700 lbs. 64.0072.50. Med.
Frame No. 1 Good 300700
lbs. heifers 55.0068.50. Few
Medium & Large Frame No.
1 Good 500750 lbs. bulls
65.0075.00.
CALVES 3172. Compared
with 3377 head last week and
2630 head a year ago.
Vealers mostly $2,005.00
higher. Few Prime vealers
118.00127.00, Choice 102.00
120.00, Good 90.00110.00,
Standard & Good 90120 lbs.
70.0090.00, 65-90 lbs. 60.00
85.00, Utility 50110 lbs. 50.00
70.00,
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 90-120 lbs. 90.00-130.00,
few down to 80, Hoi. Heifers
90-150 lbs. 100.00-252.00,
Wednesday, January 23
Area Income Tax Meeting,
Lancaster Farm and
Home Center, 9:30 a.m.
North East Holstein Con
ference, Ithaca, N.Y.
Thursday, January 24
York Co. 1980 Reorganiza
tion meeting of county
dairy princess and pro
motion committee, 7:30
p.m., extension meeting
room at Pleasant Acres.
Montgomery Co. Farm Tax
Mtg, Collegeville Inn
Dairy Interests Luncheon,
N.J. Farmers’ Week,
Pfenninger’s Hilltop
Inn, 11:30 a.m.
Regional Meeting of Pony
Express and Handi
capped Riding Program
at 10 a.m. at the Sheraton,
Hbg.
Farmers Forum, “Energy &
Agriculture in the 80’s”,
Avalongs Restaurant, 9
a.m.
Friday, January 25
4-H Tractor Maintenance
Club (Southern), 7 p.m.,
Wenger Implement, Inc.,
Buck. Lancaster Co.
SALES AND
REPAIR
SERVICE
Repaired While
You Wait!
mostly 125.00-185.00.
HOGS 7113. Compared
with 8411 head last week and
5806 head a year ago.
Barrows and gilts uneven,
mostly .50-1.00 lower. US No.
1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows &
gilts 39.50-41.50, No. 1-3 200-
250 lbs. 38.5040.50, No. 2-3
190-265 lbs. 35.00-39.00, No. 1-
3 140-190 lbs. 31.00-38.00.
SOWS $.50-1.00 lower, US No.
1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 28.00-
35.00, No. 2-3 300-685 lbs.
25.00-31.00. BOARS 21.00-
30.00.
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Livestock
Monday, January 14
Duncans ville, Pa.
Market reported steady.
STEERS: High Choice and
Prune 68.00-70.60; Good to
Choice 64.00-68.00; Standard
to Good 60.00-64.00.
HEIFERS: High Choice
and Prime 64.00-66.80; Good
to Choice 60.00-64.00;
Standard 54.00-60.00.
FEEDERSTEERS: Good
to Choice 300-500 lbs. 75.00-
95.00.
BULLS: 1200-1548 lbs.
63.00- ; 750-1200 lbs.
55.00-
COWS: High Choice to
Prune 52.00-56.50, few to
58.00; Good 48.00-52.00;
Utility 44.0048.00; Cutters
42.0044.00; Canners Down to
40.00.
CALVES; High Choice
110.00- Individual
131.00; Good to Choice 90.00-
100.00; Standard to Good
70.00-
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 100.00-129.50; Hoi.
Heifers 150.00-192.50.
HOGS; 200-240 lbs. 39.00-
41.10; 170-300 lbs. 37.00-39.00.
SOWS: 28.00-37.50.
BOARS: 25.00-27.50.
SHEEP: No Sales
Reported.
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