Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis
Cattle
Thursday, February 5
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week
Week Ago:
Year Ago.
Compared to the previous week’s
close, slaughter steers 2 50-3.00
lower, except holstem steers
steady to weak. Slaughter heifers
through mid week 1.00-1.50 lower,
not tested late. Cows 2 00-3.00
lower. Bulls weak to 1.00 lower.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1050-1250 lbs. steers with several 3-
5 steers and heifers; 35% heifers
and 10% cows.
Green Dragon
Livestock Sales ftPj
1 Mile North of Ephrata, PA
C OVfS COWS CQty s
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from
Bob Kennedy & Ed Stover plus 15
other local consignors.
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
Mount Joy, Pa. 17552
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULLS
CHAPEL-BANK APACHE, bom 4/13/80 Dam
-83 pt. Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation 3-3,340,
23,269 823 3 6 Gr Dam 80 pt Paclamar
Astronaut 4-6 305 19,820 672 3.4
POVERTY-HOLLOW MILESTONE, born
12/8/79 Dam-87 pt Round Oak Rag Apple
Elevation 4-1 316 17,259 792 4.6 ; 5-1 295 17,163
760 4 4 ; 6-0 353 20,901 927 4 4
LAWCREST MARVEX, bom 2/20/80 Dam-67
pt Sunnyside Standout 7-3 30517,800 680 3.8
PAWNEE FARMS ARLINDA CHIEF, bom
8/30/79 Dam-Paclamar Astronaut 2-1 15,076 3 3
490
HILLTOP APOLLO IVANHOE, bom 1/23/80
Dam-Burkover Royal Star 2-1293 16,072 548 3 4
Gr Dam Paclamar Astronaut 4-6 30519,820 672
SHARDALE ARLINDA CHIEF JEMINI, bom
4/16/80 Dam-86 pt Paclamar Astronaut 6-0 332
17,748 777 4.4 Gr Dam 80 pt. Rag Apple
Charmer 5-6 31019,247 694 3 6
GLEN VALLEY STAR, bom 2/13/80 Dam-65
pt Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation 5-4 305
18,8877534 1 (proj )
PENSTATE IVANHOE STAR, bom 5/9/80
Dam-Ivanhoe Mt. Provm Jewel 2-5 348 16,525
3 5 581
STRAIGHT-PINE ELEVATION PETE, born
6/29/80 Dam-Kingpin.
Also High Quality Grade Cows and Heifers
Transportation and financing available
STEVE KELLER 808 KELLER
717-653-2284 717-653-1523
Office: 717-653-4851
SLAUGHTER STEERS. Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1050-1275 lbs.
61.00-61.50 early, not tested late, 3-
41075-1250 lbs 59.00-60.00 early, not
tested late; 3-5 1025-1175 lbs. 55.00-
57.75 late. Choice 2-4 950-1300 lbs
58.5061.00, closing 58.5060 00; 2-3
950-1100 lbs. 60.0062.00, closing
60.0060 75. Mixed Good and Choice
2-4 900-1200 lbs 58.5060.00 early,
not tested late. Good 2-3 900-1175
lbs. 57.00-58.60. Standard to Good 2-
3 1050-1425 holstems 52.00-56.00,
mostly 52.00-55.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS. Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 875-1050 lbs.
59.00, package 59.50 early, not
tested late; 34 900-1025 lbs. 56.00-
58.00, 3-5 900-1245 lbs. 53.00-57.00;
package s’s 1170 lbs. 45 00. Choice
3,900
5,000
4,500
FEEDERS; (Including around
700 at the regular Thursday auc
tion ) Feeder steers generally 1 00-
300 lower, except scattered lots
875-1000# steady to firm. Feeder
heifers wak to 2.00 lower Light
supply mamly medium frame 1
and mixed medium frame 1-2 400-
650# steers and 350-600# heifers
FEEDER STEERS. Medium
Frame 1 lot 287# 81 00; 300475#
68 50-71 50; lot thin 445# 74.25 , 525-
600# 67 00-68.00, scattered lots 875-
1000# 60.00-62.00. Medium Frame 1
and some Small Frame 1. 350-500#
60.00-66 00, mostly 62.50-65.00 , 600-
800# 58.00-62 00. Scattered Lots
Medium Frame 1-2: 450600# bulls
58.0062 50; lot 385# 65 25. Large
Frame 2 Holstems: Scattered lots
400-990# 50.00-55 25.
FEEDER HEIFERS Medium
Frame 1 350600# 57.5061 00; few
lots 535-540# 57 25-59.00. Medium
Frame 1-2 and Some Small Frame
1 370425# 55.00-55.50 , 525-560#
50 00-53 00.
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HAT AUCTION
EVERY FRIDAY -1:30 P.M.
HORSE AUCTION MB P.H.
BEIL'S SALES
1 Mi. North of York Springs on Rt 15
717-334-7224, David W Martin
24 800-1050 lbs. 57.50-59.00 early,
not tested late. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs 56.00-57.50.
Good 2-3 700-950 lbs. 54.00-56.00.
COWS Closing week sales
Utility and Commercial 2-4 38.00-
42 00. Boning Utility 1-2 42.0044 00
Few High-Yielding Holstems 44 50-
45 00. Cutter 1-2 37 0041.00. Canner
and Low Cutter 1-2 33.00-37.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050-
1900 lbs 49.00-54.00 Individual
Yield Grade 11130 lbs. 54 75.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 7,1981— hi
FEB. 9-15, 1981
Get out your shovel or stay in your hovel.
Timber cut now is less subject to decay Northern thunder now,
as strange as it seems, means fine fall crops First quarter of the
moon Fet> 11 Average length of days for the week, 10 hours, 30
minutes Civilian auto production halted for duration of WWII
Feb 10,1942 London Bridge fell down Feb 13,1098 Money
is like an arm or leg use it or lose it
Ask the Old Farmer: I have just finished a chair
caning class and 1 am wondering, why did anyone
cane a chair in the first place 7 IL, Cleveland
The "rush-bottomed' chair-was used in Europe long
ago, because people couldn't afford to buy lumber for
wooden chair scats, or leather either, still they appre
ciated a comfortable chair
Home Hints. To add extra life to sweaters beginning to
wear thin at the elbows, cut a piece of nylon mesh hose
and sew it to the inside of the sweater sleeve at the point
of weakness
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Snow in mountains at start of week, then partly
sunny, showers, and mild, weekend is sunny
Greater New York-New Jersey: Partly sunny skies, mild tem
peratures, showers through midweek, then flurries north, and rain
south weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal. Week begins very warm, with showers,
ram midweek, changing to snow by week's end
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal- Showers and mild all week, then
sunny and warm, rain central, end of week
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Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va. '
Saturday, January 31
Report supplied by auction
STOCKER, FEEDER, AND
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Good
Light Steer Calves 75.00-80.00;
Medium 70.00-74.75; Plain 69.00
and down; Good Heavy Steers
65.00- Medium 60.00-64.75;
Plain 59.00 and down; Holstein
Steers 57.50 and down; Good Light
Heifer Calves 55.00-59.00; Medium
50.00- Plam 45.00 and down;
Good Heavy Heifers 50.00-55.00;
Medium 45.00-49.75; Plam 40.00
and down; Slaughter Cows 45.00-
49.00; Utilities 40.00-44.75; Canners
& Cutters 40.25 and down; Milk &
Stock Cows 500.00 and down; Stock
Bulls 53.75 and down; Slaughter
Bulls 53.50 and down.
CALVES: Veal Calves 94.00 and
down; Baby Calves 108 00 and
down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice Blue
O 54.50; Good Red 0 44.25; Feeder
Lambs 41.50-43.75; Slaughter Ewes
20.00 and down; Stock Ewes 68 00
and down.
THE OLD
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HOGS. Top 41.60, Heavy 37.50-
40.70; Sows 34.00 and down; Boars
26.75; Butcher Hogs 40.50
Valley Livestock
VaUey Stockyards
Athens,Pa.
Monday, February 2
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 83 cows, 7
bulls, 318 calves, 6 heifers, 5 steers,
62 hogs, 0 lambs, 2 sheep. Cattle
market reported higher, calf
market reported steady
Holstein Heifer Calves to 137.50;
Veal Calves to 100.00; Bobs, 90 to
110 lbs. 68.00-110 00; Bobs, 80 and
down lbs. 50.00-63.00; Grassers &
Feeders 42.00-68 00, Lambs none;
Sheep 15 00-32.00; Hogs, 200-250
lbs. 36.00-44.00; Sows 33.00-38.00;
Boars 24 00-28.00; Pigs 6.00-10.50;
Heifers 48.00-53.00; Steers,
medium 45.00-50.00; Steers, feeder
46.00-58.00; Bulls 49.00-58.25; Cows,
utility 4G.00-48.00; Cows, fat 42.00-
43 50; Cows, medium 43.00-45.00;
Cows, poor or small 32.0041 00;
Horses small to 540.00; Ponies to
135.00; Goats to 45 00.
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