Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, September 19, 1981, Image 14

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    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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J. Luther Snyder, left, state deputy ag manager; and Rober Badger, treasurer. At
secretary, presents community fair message right is C. Eugene Wingert. regional director of
from Governor Thornburgh to officials of Pa. Department of Agriculture.
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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