Al4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19,1981
Livestock market
and auction news .
Lancaster Co. Weekly
(Continued from Page A 2)
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-1400
lbs. 57.50-61.50, few 61.50-63.75;
Good 1000-1300 lbs. 53.50-58.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1300-1900
lbs. 54.00-59.75, few 59.75-62.25;
Yield grade 2 1000-1350 lbs. 50.00-
55.00, few 850-1025 lbs. 46.00-50.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly
steady. Demand good for calves
returned to farm.
VEALERS: Choice and Prime
180-350 lbs. 100.00-112.00, few
115.00- Choice 140-280 lbs.
84.00- few 100.00-108.00; high
Good and low Choice 140-250 lbs.
70.00- 105-130 lbs. 58.00-75.00,
80-105 lbs. 44.00-60.00, 60-80 lbs.
35.00- around 60 head Stan
dard 60-105 lbs, 30.0045.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; Bulk
80-120 lbs. holstein heifers 80,00
135.00, around 70 head 135.00
182.00; bulk 85-120 lb.holstein bulls
64.00- few 75.00-81.00, few
small frame 90-125 lbs. 55.00-60.00.
Weekly Summary
Friday, September 18
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 6385. Compared with
4154 head last week, and 6029 head
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market: Slaughter steers
steady to 1.00 lower; SI. heifers &
cows steady to 1.00 higher; SI.
bullocks: .50-1.00 higher; SI. bulls
uneven. SI. steers: High Choice &
Prune No. 34, 70.00-73.85; Choice
No. 24, 64.00-69.50; Good 57.00
64.50; Standard 51.00-58.00. SI.
heifers; Choices9.2s-64.00 with few
to 67.25; Good 55.00-59.00. SI. cows:
Utility & Commercial 43.0046.75
with few to 48.85; Cutters 41.00
44.75 with few to 47.00; Canner & L.
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Cutter 38.0042.50; Shells down to
30.00. SI. bullocks: few Choice
59.0064.00; Good 54.0068.50; few
Standard 51.00-54.50. SI. bulls:
Yield Grade No. 1, 1000-2400 lbs.
52.0060.00; Yield Grade No. 2,900
1450 lbs. 48.00-55.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
Large Frame No. 1, 300600 lbs.
61.0067.50; Large Frame No. 2,
400850 lbs. 47.00-52.00; Medium
Frame No. 1,300850 lbs. 52.0058.00
with few to 63.00. Heifers, Medium
& Large Frame No. 1, 300700 lbs.
45.0059.00. Bulls, Medium &'Large
Frame No. 1, 400750 lbs. 43.50
49.50.
CALVES: 4732. Compared with
3500 head last week and 4368 bead a
year ago. Vealers grading Choice
steady to 5.00 higher, Standard &
Good steady to 6.00 lower. Few
Prime 107.00125.00; Choice 85.00
106.00; Good 70.0085.00; 90110 lbs.
50.0062.00; 65-90 lbs. 40.0058.00;
Utility 50110 lbs. 35.0055.00.
FARM CALVES: Fairly active.
Hoi. Bulls 80130 lbs. 60.00100.00;
Hoi. Heifers 85-150 lbs. 75.00185.00,
m05t1y85.00130.00.
HOGS; 7658. Compared with 2771
head last week and 7441 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
unevenly steady. US No. 1-2 200240
lbs. 52.0054.00; No. 1-3 200250 lbs.
51.5053.00; No. 2-3 200275 lbs.
50.0052.00; No. 2-3 250350 lbs.
45.00-51.00; No. 1-3 140190 lbs.
45.0049.50; Sows .501.00 higher.
US No. 1-3 300600 lbs. 45.0050.50;
No. 2-3 300750 lbs. 40.0046.00.
Boars 35.0041.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1692. Compared
with 901 head last week and 1893 a
year ago. Feeder pigs 7.0010.00
higher. US No. 1-3 2035 lbs. 13.00
27.00 per head; No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
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Solanco Fair, James Kreider, general
22.00-38.50. No. 1-3 50-75 ibs. 32.00
45.00 per head.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS: 1724.
Compared with 2606 head last
week, and 2931 head a year ago. All
sales by CWT. Feeder Pigs mostly
4.00-11.00 higher. US No. 1-2 25-40
lbs. 91.00-102.00, some 105.00, 40-50
lbs. 85.00-99.00, some 105.00; 5(M>O
lbs. 75.00-96.00; 6040 lbs. 75.00
81.00; US No. 2-3 25-40 lbs. 80.00
95.00; 4060 lbs. 74.0085.00 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP: 893. Compared with 243 ‘ ~
head last week and 822 head a year
ago. Spring si. lambs 1.003.00
higher. Choice 50110 lbs. 53.00
59.00 with few to 67.00; Good 50115
lbs. 44.0056.00; Utility 4060 lbs.
30.0046.00. SI. ewes: 12.0028.00.
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