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Keisters Middleburg
Livestock
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, August 25
Report (applied by PDA
CATTLE 407: Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
cows about steady. High Choice &
Prime slaughter steers 68.50-69.85,
Choice No. 2-4 975-1375 lbs. 63.50
67.75, couple to 68.60, Good 58.00
62.85, Standard 52.00-57.50. Few
Choice slaughter heifers 56.85-
61.00, few Good 56.0 Cf-57.50. Utility /
Commercial slaughter cows 53.35-
47.35, couple to 48.00, Cutters 42.50
45.50, Canner & Low Cutter 36.00
42.00, Shells down to 32.75. Few
Choice slaughter bullocks 58.00
61.50, few Good 54.00-59.00. Yield
grade #1 1100-1750 lbs. slaughter
bulls 50.25-57.75. Few Medium
Frame #1450-600 lbs. feeder steers
& bulls 49.00-58.00.
CALVES 200; Few Choice
vealers 87.00-91.00, few Good 70.00
80.00, Standard & Good 70-95 lbs.
54.00- Utility 60-100 lbs. 45.00
54.00, Farm Calves, holstein bulls
85-130 lbs. 62.00-103.00, mostly
80.00- holstein heifers 80-120
lbs. 85.00-140.00.
HOGS 316: (Monday, August 24,
1981). Barrows & gilts .50-.75
lower. US No. 1-3 210-230 lbs.
barrows & gilts 53.50-54.25, few to
55.25, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 52,50
53.50, No. 2-3 190-270 lbs. 50.00
52.50. US No. 1-3 350-635 lbs. sows
45.00- No. 2-3 350-650 lbs.
40.00- Few Boars 40.25-42.00.
(Tuesday Headage 88.) One Lot US
No. 1-2 220 lbs. barrows & gilts at
54.00, No. 1-3 205-245 lbs. 52.10
52.60.
FEEDER PIGS 209: US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 21.50-38.50 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 36.00-40.00,
No. 1-3 60-70 lbs. 41.00-46.00 per
head.
SHEEP 9: Few Choice 85-105 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 54.0036.50.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, August 22
Report supplied by auction
STOCKER, FEEDER, AND
SLAUGHTER CATTLE:' Good
Light Steer Calves 60.0046.b0;
Medium 55.00-59.50; Plain 54.00
and down; Good Heavy Steers
58.00-64.00; Medium 54.00-57.75;
Piam 52.50 and dawn; Holstein
Steers 39.0050.50; Good Slaughter
Steers 65.0067.25; Medium 62.50
64.50; Piam 61.00 and down; Good
Light Heifer Calves 50.00-53.50;
Medium 45.0049.50; Piam 44.00
and down; Good Heavy Heifers
45.0051.25; Medium 40.0044.50;
Piam 39.50 and down; Slaughter
Cows 42.0047.00; Utilities 38.00
41.75; Canners 6c Cutters 28.25-
37.50; Stock Bulls 37.00-53.50;
Slaughter Bulls 49.75-53.50.
CALVES: Veal Calves 45.00
68.00; Baby Calves 75.00 and down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice Blue
O 52.00; Good Red O 44.00; Feeder
Lambs 31.0050.00; Slaughter Ewes
8.5015.00; Stock Ewes 20.0035.00.
HOGS: Top 51.10; Heavy 46.00.
49.00; Medium 37.00; Sows 40.00
50.50; Boars 36.40.
Special Feeder
Cattle Sale
Staunton, Va. ~
Friday, August 14
Report supplied by VDA
There were 1145 head sold. All
cattle were graded by
Representatives of the VDACS’s
Bureau of Livestock Marketing
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 29,1981—AS
Services on USDA standards and
sold by the hundredweight.
STEERS: Medium Frame 1:400
500 lbs. 55.0065.00, mostly 62.00
65.00; 500600 lbs. 55.0065.00,
mostly 63.5065.00; 600700 lbs.
61.0065.00; 700800 lbs. 61.0063.25;
800900 lbs. 60.5063.75. Large
Frame 1: 8 head 360 lbs. 61.00; 400
500 lbs. 61.0061.25; 500600 lbs.
59.5063.75; 600700 lbs. 63.25-64.25;
700800 lbs. 60.0065.00; 800900 lbs.
63.50. Small Frame 1: 400500 lbs.
56.7060.50; 500600 lbs. 58.5061.00;
600700 lbs. 55.0062.00; 700800 lbs.
60.50-61.50. Large and Medium
Frame 2: 400500 lbs. 52.5058.25;
500600 lbs. 57.5060.50; 600700 lbs.
57.0060.00; 700800 lbs. 58.5060.25.
HEIFERS: Medium Frame 1:
400500 lbs. 53.0056.00; 500600 lbs.
52.0056.50; 600700 lbs. 51.0053.75.
Large Frame 1: 500600 lbs. 47.00
53.00, mostly 51.25-53.25; 600700
lbs. 52.0055.50; 2 head 768 lbs.
51.75; 11 head 821 lbs. 57.75. Small
Frame 1: 400500 lbs. 51.5053.00;
500600 lbs. 47.5053.00. Large and
Medium Frame 2: 16 head 496 lbs.
51.25; 600700 lbs. 45.25-48.50.
Hunter’s Auction
Monday, August 24
Rising Son, Bid.
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER HEIFERS: Good to
Choice 46.00-51.00; Other 42.00-
44.50, _
COWS: High Choice to Prime
45.50-47.75; Good to Standard 45.00-
46.00; Utility 43.24-44.75; Cutters
42.25-13.50; Canners 38.75-41.50.
CALVES: Prime 180-220 lbs.
74.00- High to Choice 140-180
lbs. 72.00-89.00; Good to Choice 120-
140 lbs. 68.00-79.00; Standard to
Good 90-115 lbs. 57.00-72.00, Few
84.00- Utility 7585 lbs. 45.00-
57.00; Low Utility 65-75 lbs. 42.00-
55.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 25-35 lbs. |27 to
$3l; 3545 lbs. $32 to $36.
HOGS: 180-200 lbs. 46.50-51.00.
SOWS: 30.5044.50.
BOARS: 32.0038.50.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland,Pa.
Wednesday, August 26
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 115 cows, 87
heifers, and 3 bulls. Market steady.
Load of Pa. fresh cows, 530.00-
1250.00; Load of NY. purebred &
grade cows, 1050.00-1850.00,
spongers 1225.00-1550.00; Load of
Pa. fresh cows, 870.00-1270.00;
Load of Pa. fresh cows, 700.00-
1160.00; Load of Susquehanna Co.
fresh cows, 690.00-1100.00; Load of
Butler Co. springers, 930.00-
1400.00; Load of Canadian
purebred & grade fresh cows,
950.00-1675.00, springers 1075.00-
1675.00.
Locally consigned cow 600.00-
1325.00; Springing heifers 750.00-
1125.00; Open Heifers 325.00650.00;
Bulls 610.00430.00.
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