Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, June 25
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts this week: 4,500;
Week Ago: 4,100;
Year Ago: 5,700;
Compared last weeks close,
slaughter steers 1.00-1.50- higher.'
Slaughter heifers .30-1,50 higher.
Cows 1.00 higher. Bulls steady.
Slaughter supply fully 50% steers,
about 30% heifers and near 15%
cows. Both slaughter steers and
heifers registered fairly sharp
upturns Monday, but these were
partly offset later by,declines
apparently the result of declining
wholesale, beef carcass prices
Monday arid Tuesday.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 241150-1250 lbs.
70.00-70.50/two small lots about
1175 lbs. 71.00 Monday, highest
pnce ' locally since September.
Choice 241000-1250 lbs. 68.0069.50;
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At Hamilton Bank one of our
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and help preserve, the family
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We still believe that agriculture is
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family farm is the cornerstone of
agriculture in our area.
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Cherry Hill Orchtrds of RD #6, Lancaster The largest Sweet Cherry Orchard in Pennsylvania is owned and operated by Richard and
Joy Haas “Picking Your Own" cherries has become a tradition with many area people and the entire cherry crop is harvested this way
Richard and Joy are checking the cherry crop with Darvln E Boyd, Vice President and Director of the Agri-Finance Department for
Hamilton Bank In addition to the sweet chemes, this 200 acre orchard produces peaches, pears, apples, nectannes, apncots,
and quinces -
scattered lots 900-1025 lbs. 66.75-
68.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
950-1150 lbs. 66.00-68.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 950-1150 lbs.
66.00-68.00. Good 2-3 900-1100 lbs.
63.00-66.00. Lot mostly Choice 2-3
1300 lbs. holstems 61.50; mostly
Good 2-3 1150-1400 lbs. holstems
59.0060.00; few lots 9501150 lbs.
56.0058.00.
SLAUGHTEKHEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 2-4 9501075 lbs.
65.5066.50; load 973 lbs. early
Monday 67.50. Choice 2-4 875-1000
lbs. 63.50-66.00, mainly 63.5064.75
at mid-week. Choice 2-4 725-830 lbs.
60.00-63.00. Mixed Good and Choice
2-3 800950 lbs. 62.0065.00, late
mostly 62.0064.00. Good 2-3 700800
IBs. 59.0063.00.
COWS: Late Sales Utility and
Commercial 2-4 42.0044.00, few
Boning Utility 1-2 44.00-46.00.
- Cutter. 1-2 41.00-44.00. Canner and
JLow.Cntter 1-2 37.0041.00.
With the value of farm production
in our area increasing every year,
the need for capital continues to
nse along with it. We are here,
and will continue to help you meet
that need.
. When we work together, through
a relationship of mutual trust, we
can all continue to move ahead.
We can continue to keep
agriculture strong.
- Contact your local office for
complete details on Hamilton
Bank Agri-Finance Programs.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 9001600
lbs. 50.0054.00, individual yield
grade 11320 lbs. 55.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
800 at the regular Thursday auc
tion.) Feeder steers generally
steady, 1.00-2.00 higher on weights
over 600 lbs. Feeder heifers firm to
2.00 higher. Supply mainly
Medium Frame 1 and Mixed 1-2
500-900 lbs. steers and 400-700 lbs.
heifers.
FEEDER STEERS. Medium
Frame 1: 525-675 lbs. 64.75-66.75;
875-1000 lbs. 62.00-63.50. Medium
Frame 1-2: and some Small Frame
1: 600-800 lbs. -58.2562.75. Large
Frame 2 Holsteuis: Lot 490 lbs.
59.G0; scattered lots 700-950 lbs.
52.50-55.25; lot 1050 lbs. 50.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1; Lot 320 lbs. 67.00; 375-500
lbs. 58.5061.25; 550-775 lbs. 58.00-
61.25. Medium Frame 1-2 and few
gy
HAMILTON BANK
Lancaster Famine, Saturday, June 27,1951-=A9
lots Small Frame 1: 375-600 lbs.
54.5057.50.
STOCK COWS AND CALF
PAIRS; Lot Medium Frame 1-2
and middle aged and aged cows
with 100200 lbs. calves at side
592.50 per pair.
G&M Livestock
Monday, June 22
Duncwisville, Pa.
Report supplied by auction
Compared to last week, market
report steers higher, bulls higher,
cows higher, hogs higher.
STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 65.00-67.90; Good to Choice
61.0065.00; Standard to Good 55.00-
61.00; Utility4B.oo-55.00.
HEIFERS: High Choice and
Prime 62.0064.00; Good to Choice
58.0062.00; Standard 52.00-58.00.
FEEDERSTEERS: Good to
Choice 300-500 lbs. 55.00-; Heifers
300-500 lbs. 55.00-62.00.
BULLS: 1200-1778 lbs. 55.00-
67.25; 900-1200 lbs. 52.00-64.50.
COWS: High Choice' to Prune
49.00- one at 55.25; Good 47.00-
49.00; Utility 45.00-47.00; Cutters
43.00- Canners Down to 39.60.
CALVES: High Choice 85.00-
97.50; Good to Choice 75.00-85.00;
Standard to Good 65.00-75.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls
90.00- Hoi. Heifers 124.00-
168.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 15-25 lbs. 15.00-
25.00; 25-40 lbs. 25.00-35.00.
HOGS: 200-240 lbs. 50.00-53.85;
170-290 lbs. 47.00-50.00.
SOWS: 42.00-50.00.
BOARS: 33.25-38.50.
SHEEP: 15.00-46.00.
LAMBS: 55.00-70.00.
GOATS: 10.00-37.00.
Friday, June 19
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Friday
Last Year
CATTLE: Insufficient volume
sold for a full market test. Few lots
of 5-12 on offer, but bulk of supply
sold in lots of ior less.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame #1 Couple lots 785-950 lbs.
60.50-62.75; Large Frame #1 Couple
lots 775-830 lbs. 61.00-63.10;
Medium Frame 1-2: One lot 720 lbs.
58.50; Large Frame #2 (HOLS):
One lot 770 lbs. 51.75.
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