Livestock market and auction news
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, March IS
Report supplied by UBDA
Wednesday’s actual sale ring
total 20,904. Trade moderately'
active; feeder steers steady except
500-700 lb. steady to 1.00 lower;
feeder heifers generally steady.
Majority receipts Medium Frame
1 and Mixed 1-2 400-800 lb..feeder
steers and 400-700 lb. feeder
heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1 few 350-500 lbs.
67.00- 500600 lb. 63.7067.80,
package 511 lb. 59.80; 600700 lb.
63.00- package 601 lb. 66.70;
700800 lb. 62.2064.70, package 720
lb. 65.70; 800960 lb. 62.0064.00.
Small Frame 1 package 364 lb.
64.25; few 780855 lb. 60.9061.60.
Medium and Large Frame Mixed
1-2 400500 lb. 63.8065.75; 500600 lb.
61.3063.80; 600730 lb. 61.7562.40,
package 656 lb. thin and gaunt
64.80. Medium and Large Frame 2
few 540780 lbs. 60.00-61.00,
package 516 lb. thin and gaunt
62.20. Large Frame No. 2 holsteins
package 462 lb. 53.60; few 734-815
lb. 51.25-56.40.
PULLETS AVAILABLE
Locally Grown
25.000 XL- 20 weeks May 3
50.000 DK-18 weeks May 7
Contact:
TfUtyen,'*, CHICKS, INC.
266 E. Paletown Road
Quakertown, PA 18951
215-536-3155
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FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1 package 299 lb.
64.00; few 350500 lb. 55.7059.75;
500600 lb. 55.9058.00, couple
packages 500507 lb. 59.0059.70;
600700 lb. 55.5059.40; 700800 lb.
58.6058.00. Small Frame No. 1380
570 lb. 52.00-54.90. Medium and
Large Frame Mixed 1-2 400-820 lb.
53.0055.25. Medium and Large
Frame 2 430600 lb. 49.8051.75.
FOR THE WEEK: Compared to
late last week feeder steers under
500 lb. steady; over 500 lb. steady
to 1.00 lower; Feeder heifers
steady. Slaughter cows 1.001.50
lower with late sales Utility and
Commercial 2-3 40.0041.25 high
dressing 42.90; low dressing and
YG 3-4 38.90-40.10; Cutters 37.70
40.30; Conner and Low-Cutters
32.00-36.70. Bulls scarce in late
week trade; through midweek
bulls fully 2.00 lower with YG 1-2
11501700 lb. 45.0048.80. Salable
receipts this week near 37,400
head. Calves made up 96 percent of
supply with large share arriving
off wheat pastures; cows and bulls
made up 4 percent of supply
totaling near 1700 head.
SALE PRICED AS LOW AS $5BOO
Friday through Wednesday’s
salable receipts 2450; 5 days last
week 2846; same period a year ago
4,089. Trading moderate on
Monday, slow on Wednesday.
Slaughter steers ended the week
steady to 1.00 lower compared with
Wednesday of last week. Slaughter
heifers closed the week mostly
steady. Cows ended the week 1.00
lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1150-1250#
69.00- Monday; 67.50-68.00,
load 68.75 Wednesday. Choice 2-4
1100-1300# 67.00-69.00 Monday;
66.25-68.00 Wednesday, 1000-1100#
66.00- Monday; 65.0666.50
Wednesday Mixed Good and
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Thursday, March 18 ‘
AGRICULTURE:
Choice 25 1000-1350# 65.0057.00
Monday; 63.0055.00 Wednesday
Good 2-3 1000-1200# 60.0058.00
Wednesday. Load Choice 2-3 1825#
Holsteins 60.50 Monday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 950-1150#
67.0057.50. Choice 2-4 900-1050#
68.0057.00 Monday; 65.0056.50
Wednesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 800-1000# 63.5065.50
Monday; 82.0055.00 Wednesday.
COWS: Cutter & Utility 1-3 36.00-
40.50
St. Louis
Sheep
Thursday, March 18
Report supplied by auction
Receipts about 400 head.
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Pennsylvania Distributors
HAROLD WOLF GARY REPLOGLE JAMES LANDIS
Centre Hall Bedford East Greenville
814-364-1349 814-847-2851 215-679-2682
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Orangeville Stewartstown
717-784-1779 717-933-6101
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The convenient 120-inch planting
width complements the Tye line.
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design allows small tractors to per
form large planting jobs
The new model is equipped with-the
same performance proven planting
system that is standard on Tye
Stubble Drill™ and Pasture Pleaser®
models—l. Heavy-duty tapered roller
bearing coulter assemblies 2. inter
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double-disc openers and
4. Press/depth control wheels
Please Contact Your Local Dealer Or;
HAMILTON EQUIPMENT INC.
567 South Reading Road, Ephrata, PA 17522
Phone: 717-733-7951
Lancaster Fanning, SatnnUy, March 20,19i2—A13
Compared last week, slaughter
lambs 1.00-3.00 lower. Other
classes scarce.
NEW CROP SPRING
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Small lot
Choice and Prime 90 lbs. 70.00.
OLD CROP SHORN
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 97-120 lbs. with no. 1-2 pelts
65.00-09.00. Part deck 106 lbs. with
muddy fleeces 62.50. Lt. Choice 107
lbs. 63.00.
OLD CROP WOOLED
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 99-118 lbs. 60.00-62.50. Few
lots Choice 99-104 lbs. 56.00-59.50.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
Utility 10.00-13.00. Small lot cull
4.00. Few aged bucks 13.00-14.00.
The new drill has fifteen openers with
8-mch row spacing and is driven by a
center spring-loaded drive coulter,
similar to the popular Tye Pasture
Pleaser® Options include ★ Choice
of coulter blades to match the jobs to
be done, * Wide variety of press/depth
control wheels, and ★ Legume attach
ment
For a closer look—see your Tye Dealer
Manufactured by The Tye Company.
Lockney, Texas