A2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1983
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Feb. 28
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1103 133 1010 207
Last Monday
1300 111 1127 431
Last Year
969 122 849 200
Monday’s Auction
1158 124 1008 269
Last Monday’s Auction
114 1125 410
1026
CATTLE: Trends not com
parable because market not
reported last Monday due to
holiday and last Wednesday's
small supply. Supply included 66
percent slaughter steers, 7 percent
slaughter heiefers, 14 percent cows
and 13 percent bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 3-4 1200-1490 lb.
64.00-65.25; couple'head Prime 3
and couple head Choice 2 65.25-
65.50; Choice 2-4 1000-1425 lb. 61.60-
64.00, few 64.0064.75; high Good
and low Choice 2-3 950-1275 lb.
58.7561.75; few Good 2-3 57.00-
60.00; Good and Choice 1250-1525
lb. Holsteins 52.00-55.00; few 55.50-
56.60; Standard 1-2 48.00-52.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 900-1075 lb. 58.00-61.00,
several yield grade 2 61.50-62.75;
Good 2-3 850-1050 lb. 52.50-57.50.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
1-3 42.00-43.50, few 43.5045.00;
Cutter 1-2 40.5042.50, few 42.50
44.00; Canner and low Cutter 38.00
40.50, few 700850 lb. beef bred
34.00-37.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-1275 lb.
58.50-60.25, couple 60.50-62.25;
Good 1000-1250 lb. 52.0058.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1275-2000
lb. 53.0055.75, few 56.0058.25,
couple 60.7582.75; yield grade 2
1000-1450 lb. 48.0053.50.
VEAL CALVES: Demand fair
for all classes, trend not com
parable. Supply included one lot
Prime special fed 300 lb. vealers
bought to arrive at 142.00.
VEALERS: Few Choice and
Prime 180-280 lb. 110.00-125.00;
Choice 160-250 lb. 90.00-110.00; high
Good and low choice 140-250 lb.
'BO.OO-95.00, 120-140 lb. 58.00-80.00,
80-115 lb. 45.0052.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-120 lb. Holstein bulls 60.00-80.00,
few 80.0085.00; few 95-120 lb.
Holstein heifers 75.00-80.00.
SHEEP: Trend not available;
supply included few 50-100 lb. new
crop lambs and about 50 goats sold
by the head.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 90-105
lb. 67.00-71.00, few new crop lambs
70.00-74.00; Choice 105-120 lb. 55.00-
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TUESDAY,MARCH 8
UHMSTER WC.
1147 Lititz Pike
Serving The Community
For 86 Years
65.00; Good 6060 lb. 60.0066.00.
Few 50-70 lb. new crop lambs
100.00-116.00, few 7080 lb. 80.00-
100.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 20.0035.00, mainly 27.00-
33.00.
GOATS: Bulk mature 40.00-50.00,
several 50.00-55.00, few 27.0036.00.
Vintage Auction
Tuesday, March 1
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep
Today
820 848 2 20
Last Tuesday
914 866 8 2
Last Year
939 829 6 6
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday, slaughter steers steady
to weak, instances .50 lower;
slaughter heifers not fully tested;
cows 1.00-2.00 lower, extremes 3.00
lower; bulls fully steady on small
supply. Supply included 43 percent
slaughter steers and 51 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 34 1200-1525 lb.
64.7556.35, couple 66.5067.10; good
and Choice 1-2 1175-1475 lb. 65.00
66.85, five head 67.0068.00; Choice
24 10501450 lb. 62.2555.00, few
65.0055.50; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 59.7552.50; Good 2-3
57.0060.50; Good and Choice 1200
1500 lb. Holsteins 52.0055.00;
Standard 1-2 48.0052.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Couple Choice 2-3 9501075 lb. 60.00
62.10; couple Good 2-3 8501050 lb.
53.75-58.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
15 39.5042.50, cguple 42.5043.00;
Commercial 34 38.0040.00; Cutter
1-2 38.7542.00, few 42.0044.00;
Canner and low Cutter 35.50-39.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1450-2200
lb. 52.00-56.00; few yield grade 2
1000-1400 lb. 49.75-51.75.
VEAL CALVES: Choice and
Prime vealers scarce, few head
3.00-5.00 lower; high Good and low
Choice steady to 2.00 lower. Supply
included 592 in graded sale of
which 72 percent sold to return to
farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice 180-305
lb. 89.00-100.00; high Good and low
Choice 150-240 lb. 70.0088.00, 102-
150 lb. 58.00-75.00, 80-115 lb. 48.00-
56.00,6080 lb. 39.0048.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 90 head
90-115 lb. Holstein heifers 104.00-
115.00. 35 head 120-125 lb. Holstein
bulls 82.00; 185 head 100-115 Ib.
86.0089.00; 30 head 90-95 lb. 65.00-
66.00;.and 65 head small frame 100-
125 lb. 60.00-71.00.
VINTAGE SALES
|||. STABLES, INC.
Sale Every Tuesday
11A.M.
Slaughter Cattle Auction -
Steers, Bulls, Heifers, Cows.
Feeder Cattle.
Get calves in early. We start to grade and
weigh at 2:00.
Sale Every Wednesday & Saturday
9 A.M.
Hog Sale
Hay and Straw Sales
Will Start Nov. 18at 1:00 P.M.
Every Thursday thereafter
Business Phone
717-768-8204
215-458-8518
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
SHEEP: Couple
slaughter ewes 16.00-25.00.
GOATS; All goats sold by the
head, mainly 21.00-25.00.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, March 3
Report supplied by USD A
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
247 34 547 21
Last Wednesday
147 76 845 34
Last Year
241 21 739 2
Wednesday’s Auction
164 34 576 0
Last Wednesday’s Auction
147
CATTLE: Compared to Monday,
small supply slaughter steers and
heifers mostly steady; cows 1.00-
2.00 lower; bulls not tested.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
24 1185-1365 lb. 61.7543.85; high
Good and low Choice 2-3 925-1230 lb.
59.00-62.00; Good 24 850-1200 lb.
57.0040.00; couple Choice 11901370
lb. Holsteins 53.10 and couple Good
127013151 b. 50.25-51.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 8701100 lb. 61.5042.50,
individual 1280 lb. 64.25; Good 2-3
9001100 lb. 57.0060.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
1-3 40.0041.00; Commercial 34
36.7540.00; Cutter 1-2 38.7540.00;
Canner and low Cutter 33.75-38.50;
several Good 9501300 lb.
Heiferettes 41.7546.50.
BULLS: Couple yield grade 1
16401850 lb. 56.6057.85; few yield
grade 212501500 lb. 50.0051.60.
VEAL CALVES; Supply mainly
70110 lb. vealers selling steady to
weak.
VEALERS: Couple high Good
and low choice 155-235 lb. 64.00
75.00, 90110 lb. 48.0054.00, few 70
90 lb. 35.0048.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90115 lb. Holstein bulls 53.0042.00.
‘ SHEEP: No market test.
New Holland Auction
Thursday, March 3
CATTLE; 953. Compared to last
Thursday slaughter steers firm to
.50 higher, although high Choice
and Prime not fully tested;
slaughter heifers .50-1.00 higher;
cows steady to weak, instances 1.00
lower; bulls .50-1.00 lower. Supply
included 41 percent slaughter
steers, 6 percent slaughter heifers,
43 percent cows, 7 percent bulls
with the balance feeders.
Utility
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 34 1225-1450 lb.
65.10-66.35; Good and Choice 1-2
1050-1400 lbs. 64.75-66.35; Choice 24
1000-1425 lbs. 62.25-65.00, few head
65.75-66.25; high Good and low
Choice 2-31000-1350 lbs. 60.00-62.50;
Good 2-3 57.75-60.50; Good and
Choice 1250-1475 lb. Holsteins 53.25-
55.50, few 55.50-56.75; Standard 1-2
48.50-52.56.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 950-1075 lb. 58.00-61.50;
Good 2-3 850-1050 lbs. 53.00-57,50.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
1-3 41.0043.00, few 43.0045.25;
Cutter 1-2 40.0042.25, few 42.50-
43.50, after few early sales 39.00-
40.00; Canner and low Cutter 37.00-
40.00.
848 51
BULLOCKS: Good 1000-1350 lb.
54.00-58.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 14002050
lb. 52.5055.75, couple 20502290 lb.
55.0058.10; yield grade 2 10001450
lb. 49.5052.50.
VEAL CALVES: 582. Vealers
firm to 5.00 higher. Demand good
for Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice and
Prime 225-330 lb. 112.00119.00;
Choice 1502801 b. 95.00110.00; high
Good and low Choice 140260 lb.
75.0095.00, 120160 lb. 60.0085.00,
80115 lb. 52.0059.00,6080 lb. 37.00
52.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 75.00-88.00,
several 85-100 lb. 55.0070.00.
SHEEP: 9. Insufficient volume
for a market test, few Utility
slaughter ewes 16.0025.00.
GOATS: 23. All goats sold by the
head, mainly 17.0035.00, couple
45.0040.00.
Lancaster Co. Weekly
Friday, March 4
Cattle Calves
This Week 3500 1635
Last Week 3873 1548
Last year 3464 1353
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
generallyjsteady to weak, although
few closing sales Choice steady to
.50 higher, 4 slaughter heifers .50-
LOO higher; cows steady to 1.00
lower; bulls .50-1.00 lower. Supply
included 45 per cent slaughter
steers, 5 per cent slaughter heifers,
30 per cent cows, 7 per cent bulls,
balance feeders many held for
Friday’s auction.
f*B&R CATTLE Col
I RDI, Marietta, PA X
I 17547 I
X Office Phone: X
I (717) 653-8164 |
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LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
alotyg Route 22
PHONE:
JONESTOWN
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday
at 1:30 P.M. starting
with feeder cattle
and pigs.
Also Hay Sale
every Tuesday at
12:30. '
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 341200-1525 lbs
64.50-66.35, couple 66.5067.i0-'
Good and Choice I*2 1050-1400 lbs!
64.75-66.85, 5 head 67.00-68.00-
Choice 241050-1450 lbs. 62.00-65.00 1
few 65.25-66.25; high Good and low i
Choice 2-3 950-1275 lbs. 59.00-62.50 i
Good 2-3 57.00-60.50; Good and
Choice 1200-1500 lb. bolsteins
55.50, few 55.50-56.75, Standard 1-2 ,
48.00-52.50.
' SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 23 900-1075 lbs. 58.0061.50,
few mainly Yield Grade 2 61.50!
62.75; Good 23 BSO-1050 lbs. 52.50-
57.50.
COWS: Utility'and Commercial
1-3 39.5043.00, few mainly early
part of week 43.0045.25, Com
mercial 34 38.0040.50, Cutter 1-2
39.0042.25; few 42.5044.00, Canner
and low Cutter 37.0040.00, few 700- (
850 lb. beef bred 34.00-37.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-1250
lbs. 58.50-60.23, couple 60.5062.25;
Good 1000-1250 lbs. 52.00-58.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1275-2000
lbs. 52.00-56.00, few 56.00-58.25,
couple 60.75-62.75; Yield grade 2
1000-1450 lbs. 48.00-53.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers closed
firm to 5.00 higher. Demand good
for holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice and
Prime 180-280 lbs. 110.00-125.00;
Choice 160-250 lbs. 89.00410.00;
high Good and low Choice 140350
lbs. 75.00-95,00, 120-140 lbs. 58.00-
75.00, 80-115 lbs. 48.00-59.00, 60-80
lbs.
VEAL CALVES: Few Choice
and Prime 180-280 lbs. 110.00-
125.00; Choice 160-250 lbs. 89.00-
110.00; high Good and low Choice
140-250 lbs. 75.00-95.00, 120-140 lbs.
58.00-75.00, 80-115 lbs. 48.00-59.00,
50-80 lbs. 37.00-52.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Around 100 head 90-115 lb„bolstein
heifers 104.00-i15.00j- folk 95-120 lb.
lolstein bulls 75.00-90.00, several’
5-100 lbs. 55.00-75.00.
Belleville Livestock
Wednesday, March 2 , ,
Report supplied by FDA
CATTLE 153: Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower.
Few Standard Slaughter Steers
47.75*53.85. Individual Choice
Slaughter Heifers at 58.00, few
good 54.35-56.75. Utility & Com
mercial Slaughter Cows 37.50-
41.35, couple 43.35, Cutters 36.00
38.50, few. Canner and Low Cutters
32.00-35.75, Shells down to 26.00.
Yield Grade #l, 1000-2040 lbs.
slaughter bulls 46.60-54.60.
CALVES 149: Few Choice
vealers 98.00-104.00, Standard and
Good 70-100 lbs. 50.00-58.00, Utility
50-80 lbs. 32.5045.00. Farm Calves:
Holtesin Bulls 90*120 lbs. 59.00
91.00; few Holstein Heifers 80100
lbs. 53.50101.00.
HOGS 180: Barrows and gilts
1.002.50 lower. US No. 1-2 210250
lbs. barrows and gilts 52.00-54.35,
No. 1-3 210260 lbs. 49.6053.50. US
No. 1-3 325-570 lbs. sows 43.0048.25.
Few Boars 34.00-44.00.
FEEDER PIGS 177; US No. 1-3
35-55 lbs, feeder pigs 48.50-57.00 per
head, No. 1-3 80120 lbs. 62.50-69.00
per head.
SHEEP 16: Few Choice 50-60 lbs.
new crop lambs 85.0096.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 10.0026.00. Goats
7: Few 21.0029.00 per head.
Holstein Dairy Cows 625.001125.00.
Couple 1425.00 per head.
HAY, STRAW & CORN
SALE Wj#
Every Friday at 12 Noon -
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RONo.4Ephrata.-Pa. 717-733-2334
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St.
Out of State Buyers - Cash or Certified Check Only.