Livestock market and auction news
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, March 11
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated Receipts
Same Day Last Week 3,709
Wednesday's auction sale nng
total was 18,9%. Trade moderately
active; late sales feeder steers
under 500 lbs. steady; over 500 lbs.
50c to 1.00 lower; over |5OO lbs.
steady-to 50c lower; feeder heifers
under 500 lbs. steady; over 500 lbs.
50c to 1.00 lower. Majority receipts
Medium Frame 1 and Mixed 1-2
400-800 lbs. feeder steers and
heifers. Best demand noted on thin
fleshed cattle suitable for grazing
with these holding up best.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1, few 365-380
fe* ,
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HOURS
MONDAY, TUESDAY, and
WEDNESDAY
6:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR
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| Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors
LORSBAN
CCXltrolS
cutworms
in tobacco.
See your LORSBAN insecticides dealer
Reading Bone Fertilizer Co.
Reading, PA
lbs. 65.00-71.75; 400-500 lbs. 64.25-
67.75; 500600 lbs. 63.50-66.70, pkg.
thin and-gaunt 600 lbs. 88.10; 600-
700 ibs. 62.80-66.50; 700800 lbs.
62.5085.40; 800-900 lbs. 62.3064.60;
pkg. 829 lbs. 65.40; few 922-971 lbs.
61.80. Small Frame 1, few 480-525
lbs. 55.25-59.25. Medium and
Large Frame Mixed 1-2 465-600 lbs.
62.0083.50; couple packages 473-
476 lbs. thin and gaunt 66.8087.60;
few 625880 lbs. thin and gaunt
63.8084.90; 700-1000 lbs. 61.0082.75.
Medium and Large Frame No. 2
400800 lbs. 59.0083.00; 600-700 lbs.
57.0060.20. Large Frame No. 2
holstems 600-700 lbs. 50.7585.50;
700-925 lbs. 54.2586.60.
6,000
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1 300-400 lbs.
58.7580.00; 400800 lbs. 56.0080.30;
wears
BUYING
STATION
500800 lbs. 56.0089.00; 600-700 lbs.
55.9089.75, pkg. 694 lbs. 60.50; 700-
800 Ibs. 55.2088.50; pkg. 829 lbs.
partly fattened 57.90. Medium and
Large Frame 2 425800 lbs. 49.00-
52.00; pkg. 624 lbs. thin and gaunt
53.00.
FOR THE WEEK: Compared to
late last week, feeder steers under
500 lbs. steady to 1.00 lower, over
500 lbs. steady to 50c higher with
offerings over 800 lbs. at full ad
vance and with some as much as
1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 50c
higher with some sales as much as
1.00 higher.
SLAUGHTER COWS: 1.00-1.50
higher. Late sales Utility and
Commercial 2-3 40.25-43.10; low
dressing and YG 34 39.0041.50;
Canner and Cutters in limited
Green Dragon
Livestock Sales
1 Mile North of Ephrata, PA
co>N s COWS Coiv s
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from
Bob Kennedy & Ed Stover plus 15
other local consignors.
Lots of good Northern
Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
_Lambs and Veal Calves
" 11:00 A.M.- Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M.- Dairy Cows
7:00 P.M.- Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals
on the farm or at our barn or other
market information call: Office 717-733-
2444
WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor
supply late. Slaughter bulls in
small supply steady to 1.00 lower
With YG 11300-1700 lbs. 50.0084.00.
Salable receipts this week near
31,200 head compared with 22,597
last week and 21,651 last year.
Feeder cattle and calves made up
95 percent of supply with large
percentage arriving off wheat
pastures; cows and bulls made up
5 percent of supply.
Indiana Auction
Homer City, Pa.
Thursday, March 11
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 96. Compared with
last week’s market: Slaughter
steers mostly 1.00 higher. SI.
steers: few Good & Choice 56.00-
59.00; Standard 51.25-54.50. SI.
heifers: one Good 53.50; few
Standard 45.25-48.25. SI. cows:
Commercial 41.0044.00, one at
45.25; Cutters 38.0040.00; few
Canner & L. Cutters 32.25-37.50;
Shells down to 28.50. SI. bullocks:
One Standard at 48.75. SI. bolls:
few Yield Grade No. 1, 1085-1820
lbs. 49.0053.00; one Yield Grade
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 13,1912—AS
No. 2,900 lbs. at 48.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: Heifers,
Medium k Large Frame No. 1,300-
600 lbs. 47.75-55.50; Few Medium &
Large Frame No. 1, 470-600 lbs.
41.50-45.00. Bulls Medium & Large
Frame No. 1, 445-850 lbs. 45.00-
58.00.
CALVES: 98. Vealers grading
Good & Choice mostly 5.00 higher,
other steady. Choice 96.00-106.00
with one at 111.00; Good 60.00-
96.00; Standard & Good 90-110 lbs.
52.00-61.00; 6585 lbs. 40.00-52.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90-
130 lbs. 57.00-79.00; few Hoi.
Heifers 80-135 lbs. 57.00-71.00. Beef
cross Bulls & Heifers 70-100 lbs.
57.00-67.00.
HOGS: 61. Few US No. 1-2 205-245
Ibe. 51.50-52.00; few No. 1-3 220-250
lbs. 50.50-50.75; few No. 23 205-250
lbs. 47.00-48.00; No. 1-3120-135 lbs.
38.0038.75; Sows US No. 1-3 325-520
lbs. 42.7547.00. One Bov at 33.00.
FEEDER PIGS 10. Few US No.
1-3 3040 lbs. 27.50-34.00 per head.
SHEEP: 15. One lot Choice 100
lbs. Spring si. lambs at 70.00; one
lot Good 85 lbs. Wooled si. lambs at
43.00. Few SI. ewes: 20.0033.00^