Al2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 19,1950
livestock market and auction news
Belleville
Auction
(Continued from Page A 9)
calves, bolstem bulls 90-120
lbs. 65.00-83.00, few to 102.00.
HOGS 502. Barrows & gilts
$1.25 to $2.50 lower. US No. 1-
2 200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts
28.00- No. 1-3 195-250
lbs. 26.00-27.60, No. 1-3 145-
185-lbs. 23.75-25.75. US No. 1-
3 300600 lbs. sows 24.25-28.25,
few No. 2-3 400650 lbs. 22.75-
24.75. Few Boars 18.00-20.75.
FEEDER PIGS 418. US
No. 1-3 25-50 lbs. feeder pigs
18.00- per head. No. 1-3
5060 lbs. 21.00-26.00, Utility
40-75 lbs. 15.00-18.50 per
bead.
SHEEP 13. Few Choice 25-
50 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 80.00-111.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 20.00-33.00.
Pa. Auction
Summary
Friday, April 18
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 6816. Compared
with 6593 head last week, and
6276 head a year ago.
Compared with last weeks
markei:: Slaughter steers
uneven, mostly steady to
weak; SI. heifers & bullocks
steady to $1.50 lower; SI.
cows highly uneven; SI. bulls
steady to strong. SI. steers
High Choice St Prime, 63.00
65.50; Choice 60.50-66.00;
Good 56.00-62.00; Standard
52.00-58.00; SL heifers Choice
58.50-63.00; Good 55.00-59.00;
(few) Standard 50.00-55.00.
SI cows: Utility & Com
mercial 48.00-54.00, few
down to 46.00; Cutters 45.50
50.00; Canner & L. Cutter
42.0047.00; Shells down to
35.00. SI. bullocks: Choice
60.0066.00; Good 57.0064.00;
(few) Standard 55.0060.00;
SI. bulls: Yield Grade No. 1,
12002100 lbs. 58.0065.00;
(few) Yield Grade No. 2,900
1400 lbs. 56.0060.00.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Steers, Medium Frame No.
1, 300750 lbs. 60.0072.00.
Heifers, Medium Frame No.
1, 300600 lbs. 56.0070.00;
(few)Large Frame No. 2 300
700 lbs. 60.0074.00. Bulls,
Medium Frame No. 2 500800
lbs. 52.0067.00.
CALVES: 3407. Compared
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with 3546 head last week and
2880 head a year ago.
Vealers steady to $5 lower,
(few) Prime 105.00-119.00;
Choice 95.00-110.00, few to
120.00; Good 75.00-100.00;
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs.
60.0060.00; 70-90 lbs. 50.00-
70.00; Utility 50-95 lbs. 30.00-
65.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 90-125 lbs. 75.00-110.00;
Hoi. Heifers 90-130 lbs.
109.00-170.00.
HOGS: 9489. Compared
with 7843 head last week and
8029 head a year ago.
Barrows and gilts 50 cents
-1.50 lower. US No. 1-2 200-240
lbs. 28.00-30.35, few 30.75;
No. 16 190-260 lbs. 27.00-
29.00; No. 2-3 190-270 lbs.
25.50-27.50; No. 16 140-185
lbs. 22.00-28.00; Sows steady
to strong. US No. 16 300680
lbs. 24.00-28.00; few No. 26
400-700 lbs. 20.00-25.00. Boars
18.00-27.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1449.
Compared with 1477 head
last week and 953 a year ago,
steady to weak. US No. 16
25-35 lbs. 9.00-20.00 per head;
No. 16 35-50 lbs. 12.00-23.00;
(few) No. 16 50-75 lbs. 19.00-
26.50.
GRADED FEEDER
PIGS: 3493. Compared with
3540 head last week , and
2944 head a year ago. All
sales by CWT. Feeder pigs
83-10 lower, spots 816 lower.
US No. 1-2 2040 lbs. 36.00
58.50, 4050 lbs. 31.0053.00,
50-60 lbs. 30.0051.50, 6085
lbs. 29.0047.00; US No. 2-3 25-
40 lbs. 35.0049.00, 4055 lbs.
32.0040.00; Utility 25-50 lbs.
24.0038.00.
SHEEP 320. Compared
with 306 head last week and
1735 head a year ago. Spring
si. lambs steady to 85 lower,
(few) Choice 25-50 lbs. 80.00
121.00, 65-110 lbs. 70.0082.00.
SI. ewes 15.0035.00.
Joliet
Cattle
Thursday, April 17
Report supplied by USDA
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable
receipts 3,800; 5 days last
week 2,512, same penod a
year ago 3,212. Trading slow
on Monday; turned
moderately active on
Wednesday. Slaughter
steers ended the week
mostly 50 higher than
Wednesday of last week.
Slaughter heifers ended the
week mostly 1.50 higher.
Cows closed the week 1.00
lower than Friday.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed high Choice and
- Prune 341150-1250 lbs. 63.00-
63.50; 2 loads 64.00 Monday;
63.75-64.00, 1 load 64.25
Wednesday; 34, few 5, 1400
lbs. 60.00-62.00 Monday;
63.00- Wednesday.
Choice 24 1050-1250 lbs.
62.00- Monday; 62.50-
64.00, 1 load 64.50 Wed
nesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 1000-1250 lbs.
61.00- Monday; 61.50-
63.00 Wednesday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 3-4
950-1100 lbs. 62.50-63.00
Monday; 63.75-64.00 Wed
nesday. Choice 2-4 900-1050
lbs. 61.50-62.50 Monday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
800-1000 lbs. 60.00-61.50
Monday; 61.0062.50 Wed
nesday.
COWS: Utility & Com
mercial 1-3 47.00-50.00.
Indiana
Auction
Thursday, April 17
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 61. Compared
with last Thursday market:
SI. cows 50 cents $1 higher;
SI. heifers few Choice 60-25-
65.00, one at 66.75; few Good
56.7569.75; Standard 53.50.
SI. cows few Utility &
Commercial 49.00-53.00;
Cutters 46.0060.00; Cannerfe
L. Cutter 42.75-47.00; Shells
down to 36.00.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Steers, few Medium No. 1,
300-450 lbs. 64.00-76.00;
Medium No. 2, 450600 lbs.
55.7562.00. Heifers, Medium
Frame No. 1 290-400 lbs.
68.00-75.00. Holsteins 600-750
lbs. 60.50-72.00. Bulls,
Medium Frame No. 1600600
lbs. 46.0064.00.
CALVES 96. Vealers
grading standard and good
$26 lower, few Choice 95.00-
105.00; few Good 85.00-97.00;
Standard & Good 90-120 lbs.
70.0063.00; 70-90 lbs. 60.00-
73.00; 55-120 lbs. 55.0065.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bull
Farm Calendar
(Continued from Page AlO)
Ephrata Township land use
meeting; 7:30 p.m.
township building.
Pleasure Rd.
Tuesday, April 22
Montgomery County Tractor
Safety Training
Program; 7-9 p.m.; Ag
room at the Vo-tech.
Poultry diseases seminar;
Host Farm, Lancaster; 6
p.m.
Cumberland Valley FFA
Banquet; 7 p.m.; High
School east cafeteria;
Mechanicsburg.
4-H Beef leaders meeting; 8
p.m.; Exchange Room of
the Lancaster
Stockyards.
Home lawn care workshop;
7:30 p.m.; Ag room,
Dover High School.
Wednesday, April 23
York County Farmers
Association Emergency
first aid for farm women;
7:30-9 p.m.; Airville Fire
Hall.
Regional Parliamentary
Procedure and public
speaking contests at
85-125 lbs. 85.00-100.00; Hoi.
Heifer 85-125 lbs. 93.00-
132.50.
HOGS 65. No. 16 195-229
lbs. 27.00-28.75; No. 2-3 250-
275 lbs. 26.50-27.00; No. 1-3
140-150 lbs. 24.75-28.50; Sows
No. 1-3 300600 lbs. 24.00-
27.25,1 at 29.00. Boars 18.00-
20.60.
FEEDER PIGS 37. 1 lot
No. 1-3 30 lbs. 9.50 per head;
No. 16 5065 lbs. 10.00-22.00;
1 lot 120 lbs. 30.00/cwt.
SHEEP 4. Wooled si.
lambs 1 lot Choice 110 lbs.
60.00; Couple si. ewes 15.00-
30.00.
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