AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14,1981
livestock market and auction news
Spring begins March 20 at 12 03 PM EST Oysters spawn on
full tides now Full moon March 20 (Fn ) Average length of
days for the week, 12 hours, 10 minutes Capistrano, Calif, gets
its swallows back this week Young Men's Hebrew Association
organized March 22, 1874 A good wife is a rich treasure
Ask the Old Fanner. I recently
purchased a small oak desk
one I discovered was given years
ago as a premium by the Larkin
Soap company How could they
give a desk of this kind as a pre
mium for selling soap 7 GS,
Atlanta
The profit on the soap was substan
tial They gave desks, bookcases, dishes, ana teapots We own a desk and
bookcase combined Don't know haw many hundred-weights of soap it
took to earn it
Home Hints Pierce the end of an egg with a pm, and it will not break when
placed in boiling water
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Mild with light ram early week, cold near week's
end, with ram south, snow north
Greater New York-New Jersey: Ram to begin, then milder and
seasonal through end of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Mild temperatures to start, with cloudy
skies, possible showers, rainy, cold, then warming at week's end
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Partly cloudy with seasonal tem
peratures begin the week, then heavy rams rest of week ana
weekend
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Shenandoah Valley
livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, March 7
Report supplied by auction
STOCKER, FEEDER, AND
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Good
Light Steer Calves 79.00-86.50;
Medium 74.00-78.75; Plain 69.00
and down; Good Heavy Steers
68.00- Medium 63.00-67.75;
Plain 58.00 and down; Holstein
Steers 51.50-53.50; Good Slaughter
Steers Not enough to quote; Good
Light Heifer Calves 55.00-61.00;
Medium 50.0054.75; Plain 45.00
and down; Good Heavy Heifers
53.00- Medium 48.0052.75;
Plain 43.00 and down; Slaughter
Cows 38.0044.75; Utilities 33.00-
37.75; Canners & Cutters 32.75 and
down; Milk & Stock Cows 600.00
and down; Stock Bulls 63.00 and
down; Slaughter Bulls 47.0055.00.
CALVES: Veal Calves 89.50 and
down; Baby Calves 120.00 and
down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice Blue
O 58.00; Good Red O 55 25;
Slaughter Ewes 15.00-29.50; Stock
Ewes 105.00 and down.
HOGS; Top 40.20; Medium3B 75;
Sows 25.00-36.50; Boars 31.00 and
down; Butcher Hogs 39.75 and
down.
THE OLD
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MARCH 16-22, 1981
Spring is here!
New Holland
Horse
Monday, March 9
New Holland Sales Stables
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 166 head of
horses, mules, and pomes. Market
stronger.
Better horses 550.00-800.00;
Driving horses 400.00-700.00,
Riding horses 375.00475.00; Few
registered horses 850.00-1400.00;
Lightweight killers 375.00-500.00;
Heavyweight killers 550.00-795.00;
Mares 40.00-110.00; Colls 15.00-
40.00; Geldings 40.00-110 00;
Larger ponies 150.00-295.00
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CATTLE 243. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows mostly $2 higher. Choice
slaughter steers 60 00-62.75, one at
63.75, Good 56.00-59.25, Standard
52 00-55.75. Choice slaughter
heifers 57.00-60.00, few Standard
47.75-49 50. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 43.5047 00, Com
mercial No 4-5 37.00-43.50, Cutters
41.50-44.75, Canner & Low Cutter
36.25-41.50, Shells down to 25.00.
Yield Grade #1 1040-2045 lbs
slaughter bulls 51 00-57.00; few
yield grade H 2 940-1135 lbs 43 50-
50.74. Few Medium & Large
Frame #1 360-660 lbs. feeder steers
68 00-77.00, Medium & Large
Frame #1 330-560 lbs. feeder
heifers 58 00-70.00; Large Frame
#2 465-890 lbs. feeder bulls 51.50-
58 50
CALVES 311 Vealers grading
Good & Choice $5 to $lO lower,
Standard Steady. One Prune
vealer at 108.00, Choice 90 00-
100.00, Good 74.00-90 00, Standard
50.00-70.00, Standard & Good 90-120
lbs. 48.00-59.00, 65-85 lbs. 44.00
51.00, Utility 40-70 lbs. 25.00-38.00.
Farm calves, holstem bulls 95-135
lbs. 80.00-92.00; holstem heifers 85-
135 lbs. 100.00-116.00.
HOGS 597. Barrows & gilts $1
higher US No. 1-2 205-245 lbs
barrows & gilts 42.0043.00, No. 1-3
195-255 lbs 41.0042.10, No. 2-3 205-
270 lbs. 38.0041.10. Sows mostly $2
higher US No 1-3 240-585 lbs. sows
35.0040 00, few 42.50. Boars 27.00
32.80.
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New Wilmington
Auction
New Wilmington, Pa.
Monday, March 9
Report supplied by PDA
F FOR SALE FEEDER PIGS f
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TRANSPORTATION ON STOCK OR
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We Have 2 Possum Bellied
Trailer Rigs Available.
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VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
Paradise, Pa.
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Phone: 717-768-8204
or Home: 215-458-5060
Call Anytime
FEEDER PIGS 79 US No. 1-3 25-
35 lbs. feeder pigs 19.00-22.00 per
head, no. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 22.00-32,00,'
No 1-3 50-70 lbs. 30.00-37.00 per
head.
SHEEP 13 One lot Choice 85 lbs.
new crop lambs 76.00, one lot Good
85 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
61.00. Few Slaughter ewes 23.50-
31.00
Joliet Cattle
Thursday, March 12
Report supplied by USDA
Friday through Wednesday’s
salable receipts 3,800 ; 5 days last
week 4,146, same period a year ago
3,503. Trading moderate on
Monday, slow on Wednesday. YG 2
& 3 slaughter steers ended the
week steady to .50 higher than
Wednesday of last week. YG 3-5
steers ended the week mostly
steady. Slaughter heifers ended
the week steady to .50 lower. Cows
ended the week 1.00-2.00 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
High Choice and Prime 3-4 1150
1300# 60.0062.00 Monday; 60.00
61.75 Wednesday; YG 3-4, few 5,
1150-1350# 59.00-60.00; Choice &
Mixed Choice and Prime YG 4-5
couple loads 1385-1485# 55.0057.00
Monday. Choice 2-3, few 4, 1175-
1250# 2 loads 62.50; 2 loads 63.00
Monday; package 1225# 62.50
Wednesday. Choice 2-4 1050-1350#
60.50-62.25. Mixed Good and Choice
2-31000-1250# 59.0060.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 3-4 950-1125#
60.5060.75, load 61.25 Monday;
58.7559.50, load 60 25, package
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1290# 61.25 Wednesday. Load
Choice 2-3 1000# 61.00 Wednesday.
Choice 2-4 900-1100# 59.0060 50
Monday; 58 50-60.00 Wednesday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-
1000# 58.00-59.00 Monday; 57.00-
58 50 Wednesday.
COWS: Cutter & Utility 1-3 39 00-
43.00, few 43.50 Monday; 41.00-44.00
Wednesday; 41 00-44.00, few 45.00
Thursday.
Valley Livestock
Valley Stockyards
Athens,Pa.
Monday, March 9
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 117 cows, 19
bulls, 460 calves, 13 heifers, 0
steers, 71 hogs, 3 lambs, 3 sheep.
Cattle market reported unsteady,
calf market reported steady.
Holstein Heifer Calves to 136.00;
Veal Calves to 103.00; Bobs, 90 to
110 lbs 55.00-63.00; Bobs, 80 and
down lbs. 48.00-60.00; Back To
Farm 70.00-100.00; Lambs 58 GO
-63 00; Sheep to 19.00; Hogs, 200-250
lbs. 36.00-41.00; Sows 28.00-36.00;
Boars 24.00-30.00; Pigs 12.00-27.50;
Heifers 47.00-50.50; Steers Not
enough to est. market; Steers,
feeder 48 00-57.00; Bulls 49.00-
55.00, Cows, utility 43.5045.50;
Cows, fat 38.00-42.00; Cows,
medium 36.0041 50; Cows, poor or
small 32.00-36.00; Horses to 680.00,
Mules to 140.00; Goats to 45.00.
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BRED GILT SALE
Sate to start promptly at 1:00 X
Every 4 weeks J
Located 18 miles south of Lancaster, PA, 6 ♦
miles south of Quarryville, take Rt. 272 to Little *
Bntian, turn north, follow Little Bntian Rd. to f
Jackson Rd. 2nd farm, OR Take Rt. 222 out of ♦
Quarryville to Cedar Hill Rd. to Little Bntian X
Rd to Jackson Rd. Watch for sale arrows. ♦
50 to 60 Head ♦
more or less ♦
2 & 3 Way Crossbred Gilts ♦
York & Hampshire - & Duroc ♦
Due to farrow 3 days to 4 weeks after sale ♦
date. Now everything vaccinated for both *
Lepto St Erysipelas, wormed and sprayed for ♦
lice. X
Local trucker available.
No hogs sold on commission.
CHRIST A. BEiLER
' 8 bred gilts
due before sale
date
RD 2, Quarryville, PA
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS
$175 each
Abe Diffenbach £
Auctioneer ♦
NEXT SALE DATE—FRIDAY, APRIL 17 |
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