Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 29, 1983, Image 2

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    A2—Uwo»t»r Faming, Saturday, January 29,1983
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Jan. 24
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
858 139 998 144
Last Monday
839 82 911 220
last Year
1058 117 1149 194
Monday’s Auction
915 116 1041 143
Last Monday’s Auction
CATTLE: Compared to last
Wednesday slaughter steers
mostly steady; slaughter heifers
1.00- higher; cows 1.00-1.50
higher; bullocks steady to 1.00
lower; bolls 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply
included 62% slaughter steeta, 13%
heifers, 15% cows and 10% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; High
Choice and Prime 341250-1475 lbs.
62.00- one lot 1360 lb. 64.00;
Good and Choice 1-2 1200-1475 lbs.
62.00- couple 64.25-65.00;
Choice 241100-1425 lbs. 59.8562.50,
few to 62.75, few bead 1500-1760 lbs.
58.00- few Good and low
Choice 2-31025-1300 lbs. 57.75-60.25;
good 2-3 55.00-57.50; few Choice
1100-1435 lbs. Holsteins 53.0066.50,
Good 50.00-53.00; Standard 1-2
45.5060.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 26 900-1220 lbs. 58.5062.00,
few Choice 2 62.0062.50; Good 26
850-1050 lb. 54.7568.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
1-2 43.00-45.00, several 45.00-17.00;
Cotter 1-2 40.50-43.00; Canner and
low Cutter 38.00-41.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-1475
lbs. 55.75-59.50, couple 61.00-61.50;
Good 1000-1200 lbs. 52.0056.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1300-2000
lbs. 50.7555.00, few 55.5059.25,
couple 60.00-61.25; yield grade 2
1000-1450 lbs. 46.7550.50, couple
1990-2040 lbs. 48.7549.85.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers firm to
5.00 higher. Demand good for Hol
stein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: One lot Prime
special fed 315 lb. 128.00; choice
160-275 lbs. 100.00-112.00, couple
112.00-120.00; high Good and low
Choice 160-250 lbs. 80.00-100.00,115-
160 lbs. 60.00-80.00,80-115 lbs. 52.00-
58.00, few 60-75 lbs. 48.00-52.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 70.00-85.00.
SHEEP; Wooled lambs 1.00-3.00
higher; slaughter ewes fully
steady. Supply included around 35
goats.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 85-100 lb. 65.00-69.00; Choice
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Open 24 hours a day J
365 days a year ■
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AUCTIONS |
MONDAY & WEDNESDAY
10:00 A.M. Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
11:00 A.M. Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
TUESDAY
10:00 A.M. Slaughter Hogs
1:00 P.M. Feeder Pigs
FRIDAY
11:00 A.M. Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
9:30 A.M. Slaughter Hogs
GRADED FEEDER
CATTLE SALE
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
1147 Lit itz Pike
Uincaster, Pennsjdvania_lJ76ol _
Serving The Community
For 86 Years
70-105 lb. 60.0065.00, few 120-150
lbs. 55.0068.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 25.0062.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head, mainly 32.0045.00, couple
55.00.
Vintage Livestock
Tuesday, Jan. 25
Report (applied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
930 786 5 2
Last Tuesday
86 903 296
Last Year
1090 703 3
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers mostly
steady; slaughter heifers not fully
comparable; cows uneven, early
sales Utility firm to 1.00 higher,
Canner and Cutter weak to 1.00
lower, later trading Utility 1.00
1.50 higher, Canner and Cutter
fully steady; bulls not fully tested.
Supply included 54 percent
slaughter steers, 7 percent
slaughter heifers, 37 percent cows
and 2 percent bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 3-412251450 lb.
62.0054.25, few head 64.5056.00;
high Choice and Prime mostly 4
1500-1745 lb. 59.6052.10; Good and
Choice 1-21150-1425 lbs. 62.7554.00,
couple 65.0055.75; Choice 2-4 1100-
1450 lbs. 595052.80, few 62.50
63.25; high good and low Choice 2-3
1050-1350 lbs. 56.7550.00; Good 2-3
55.5058.50; few Good 1150-1325 lbs.
Holsteins 50.5052.00.
SIAUGHTER HEIFERS: Good
2-3 825-1025 lbs. 50.0054.00, couple
Choice 54.0054.75.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
15 40.50-44.75, few '45.00-46.75;
Cutter 1-2 38.0043.00, late 39.50
43.00, few 43.00-45.00; Canner and
low Cutter 36.0038.75, few late
38.7559.50.
BULLOCKS: Few Good 975-1200
lbs. 53.00-54.75, couple Choice 58.00-
58.50.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers 3.00-
5.00 higher. Supply included 591 in
graded sale of which 70 percent
sold to return to farm.
VEALERS; Choice 150-315 lb.
99.00- couple 111.00-113.00;
high Good and low Choice 150-250 lb.
85.00- 120-150 lbs. 72.0040.00,
80-115 lb. 59.00-71.00, 60-80 lbs.
49.00-
RETURNED TO FARM: 12 head
115 lb. Holstein heifers 89.00; 31
head 100-105 lb. 77.00-81.00; and one
lot 90-95 lb. 61.00.25 head 120-125 lb.
Holstein bulls 86.00-90.00; 160 head
826 645 5 0
100-115 lb. 90.00-100.00; 45 head 90-
95 lb. 85.00-91.00; 15 bead small
frame 100-115 lb. 80.00 and 100 head
90-105 lb. 62.0065.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient volume for
a market test; few Utility daughter
ewes 14.00-19.00.
GOATS: No market test.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Jan. 26
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today"
220 15 503 0
Last Wednesday
182 22 646 45
Last Year
334 33 714 1
Wednesday’s Auction
204 15 519 16
Last Wednesday’s Auction
158 10 671 0
CATTLE; Compared to Monday
small supply all classes mostly
steady. Supply included 80 percent
slaughter steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
head high Choice and Prime 34
1175-1375 lbs. 62.7563.60; Choice 24
1075-1400 1ba.59.7562.60; high Good
and low Choice 26 1025-1310 lbs.
58.0060.00, few head 606062.00;
Good 26 54.0065.50; Standard and
Good 900-1150 lb. Holsteins 48.75-
52.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 26 975-1200 lbs. 58.5062.60;
Good 26 730-1025 lb. 51.5065.50.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
1-3 41.25-13.50, couple 44.0045.75;
Cutter 1-2 39.75-43.00, couple 44.00-
44.75; Canner and low Cotter 36.00-
40.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1050-1720
lb. 50.75-53.50; couple yield grade 2
1000-1300 lb. 49.0051.00.
VEAL CALVES: Insufficient
volume for a market test. Few 85-
115 lb. high Good and low Choice
vealers 49.0062.00. Couple 95-115
lb. Holstein bulls returned to farm
at 70.00-75.00.
SHEEP: One lot Utility and
Good slaughter ewes2s.so.
IHAY. STRAW & CORN IjSS%
SALE
Every Friday at 12 Noon
I GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-733-2334
niie North of Ephrata on N. State St.
>f State Buyers • Cash or Certified Check Only.
New Holland Auction „ slaughter calves: Few
Thursday, Jan. 27 Good and Choice 260425 lbs. 54.00-
Report supplied by USDA 7°M
CATTLE: 1031. Compared to last, TO FARM: Bulk
Thursday slaughter steers uneven, d>. Holstein bulls 74.00458.00,
Choice and Prime steady to .50 BB.OO-91.00; several 85-95 lbs.
lower, instances 1.00 lower on 62-0060.00.
Choice; Good to low Choice mostly SHEEP: 11. Insufficient volume
steady; slaughter heifers hilly for a market test, few Choice 75-115
Steady; cows .50-1.00 lower, ex- “*•gaoled lambs 60.00-67.00.
tremes 2.00 lower; bullocks mostly GOATS: 16. AH goats sold by the
steady; bulls steady on small “fad, mainly 28.00-39.00, couple,
supply. Supply included 53 percent ®-°WB-00.
Lancaster Co. Weekly
and 5 percent bulls. Friday, Jan. 28
SLAUGHTER STEERS; High Cattle Calves
Choice and Prime 341175-1525 lbs. This Weds 3400 1425
62.35-64.00, couple 64.35-64.75, few Last Week 2912 1208
1550-1650 lbs. 59.3561.00; Good and Last Year 3740 1380
Choice 1-2 62.75-64.00, few 65.50- CATTLE: Slaughter steers
62.25 Choice 24 1050-1475 lbs. steady to .50 lower, instances 1.00
60.5063.00, few 63.0063.75; high lower on Choice; Slaughter heifers
Good and low Choice 26 58.00- *» mostly LOO higher; cows
60.50; Good 26 55.0068.50; Good closed weds .50-1.00 lower,
and Choice 1140-1525 lbs. Hdsteins extremes 2.00 lower; Bullocks
53.2567.50; few Standard 1-2 48.50- steady to 1.00 lower; bulls 1.00-2.00
52.50. lower. Supply included 51 per cent
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: slaughter steers. 8 per cent
Choice 26 925-1150 lbs. 57.6060.6 C; slaughter heifers, 27 per cent cows.
Good 26825-1025 lbs. 51.7567.25. 5 per cent bulls with the balance
COWS: Utility and Commercial feeders.
16 40.5044.00, few 44.0046.00; SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Commercial 34 38.5040.50; fyttw- Choice and Prime 341175-1525 lbs.
1-2 38.0042.00, few 42.2543.25; 62.00-64.25, few head 646566.00,
Canner and low Cutter 36.0069.00. few mostly Grade 4 1500-1745 lbs.
BULLOCKS: Few head Choice 59.3561.75; Good and Choice 1-2
1125-1275 lbs. 62.0064.00, couple 1150-1475 lbs. 62.0064.00, couple
58.5060.00; Good 1000-1275 lbs. 64.7566.25; Choice 241050-1450 lbs.
53.0065.75. 59.5063.00, few 63.0063.75; high
BULLS; Yield grade 1 1350-1800 Good and low Choice 26 1050-1350
lbs. 51.7563.00, couple 55.2566.50; lbs - 57.5060.50, Good 26 55.00-
yield grade 2 1000-1350 lbs. 49.50- 58.50; Good and Choice 1140-1525
52.00. lbs- Holsteins 53.0067.50, few Good
50.0063.00, Standard 1-2 45.5061.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
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VEAL CALVES: 483. Vealers
2.005.00 higher. Demand good for
Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Couple Prime 175-
250 lbs. 118.00-123.00; Choice 160-
280 lbs. 99.00-110.00, few 110.00-
118.00; high Good and low Choice
140-250 lbs. 85.00-100.00,120-140 lbs.
65.00-90.00, 80-115 lbs. 54,0034.00,
few6s-80 lbs. 50.00-55.00.
NEW HOLLAND The Action Auction
f
all ATI Ay o makes the difference
nUUI 11/Wo j n marketing livestock!
HBM HOUAND r a uXnsT eren “
MONDAY’S AUCTION
8;00A.M. - Fat Hogs
10:00 A.M. - Horse Sale
11:00 A.M. - Hay, Straw & Ear Corn
1:30 P.M. - Fat Steers, Bulls, Cows & Veal
WEDNESDAY’S AUCTION
12:00 Noon - Dairy sale
1:30 P.M. - Feeder Pig Sale
THURSDAY’S AUCTION
11:00A.M.-Beef Sale
Order of Sale, Bulls, Fat Steers, Cows, Veal
3:30P.M. -Calf Sale
NEW HOUAND
SALES STABLES INC.
New Holland, PA
Abram W. Diffenbach, Manager
~ Phorve 717-354:4341
- »-A> -t V •*- w - fa* * ‘ - -u.
f*B&R CATTLE CO^
A RDI, Marietta, PA i
! ... I
X Office Phone: -
I (717) 653-8164 |
| Specializing In |
C Stockers & |
f Feeders I
I JOHN BOWMAN x
I Ph; (717)653-5728 I
I RON RANCH |
I Ph.(717)656-9849 i
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, OK.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
aloijg Route 22
PHONE:
JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday
at 1:30 P.M. starting
with (eeder cattle
and pigs.
Also Hay Sale
every Tuesday -at
12:30.