Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 12, 1983, Image 2

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    A2—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, November 12,19t3
Livestock market and auction news
Late-week markets not covered
due to Friday holiday
Lancaster Market
Monday, Nov. 7
Report Supplied By UBDA
Cattle Calveo Hop Sheep
Today
1616 106 1246 460
Last Monday
1007 166 1156 558
Last Year
1162 155 887 201
Monday’s Auction
1406 202 1240 437
Last Monday’s Auction
1006 161 1128 507
CATTLE: Compared to last
Monday slaughter steers firm to 50
higher; heifers 1.00-2.00 higher;
cows uneven. Breaking Utility and
Commercial firm to 1.00 higher
instances 2.00 higher, Cutter
mostly steady, Canner and low
Cutter 50-1.00 lower; bullocks 1.00
1.50 higher; bulls weak to 1.00
lower. Supply included 51%
slaughter steers, 15% slaughter
heifers, 22% cows, and 12% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
24 1100-1350 lb. 51.5043.90, few
63.5044.10; few Choice 241000-1100
lb. 60.7541.50; high Good and low
Choice 24 1100-1325 lb. 50.5041.50;
Good 24 96.0048.50; Good and
Choice Holstelns 1150-1350 lb. 49.75-
51.00, few Choice 53.0045.50;
Standard 1-2 45.7549.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 54 890-1200 lb. 58.0041.50,
few mainly yield grade 2 62.00-
63.00; Good 24 875-1100 lb. 54.00-
57.50; Good 900-1200 lb. heiferettes
38.0042.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 37.0040.90, few to
ti.UU; Cutter and Boning Utility 14
33.5047.50, few 37.5049.00; Conner
and low Cutter 31.0044.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-1350 lb.
57.5050.90, few 60.0042.00; Good
1000-1250 lb. 54.5046.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1200-2000
lb. 47.0051.00, few 51.0052.25,
individual 1175 lb. 58.75; yield
grade 21000-1500 lb. 43.5047.50.
~ VEAL CALVES: Vealers weak
to 5.00 lower; slaughter calves
firm to 5.00 higher. Demand only
fair for Holstein bulls to return to
farm. Supply included around 20
head Prime special fed 270-330 lb.
■ 24 hours a dayl
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f AUCTIONS J
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9:00 A.M.- |
MONDAY
Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
TUESDAY
10:00 A.M.— Slaughter Hogs
1:00 P.M.— Feeder Pigs
11:00 A.M.—
WEDNESDAY
Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
ll:OOAM. Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
10:00 A.M.—
Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
9:30 A.M.—Slaughter Hogs
11:00 A.M.—
GRADED FEEDER CATTLE SALE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Starting at 11 AM
■ LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC. [
■ 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 _
I Serving Tho Community For 87 Years
bought to arrive at 120.00-122.00.
VEALERS: Choice 160-350 lb.
90.00-105.00, few 106.00-115.00; high
Good and low Choice 160-300 lb.
70.0000. 120-160 lb. 50.00-70.00,
90-115 lb. 44.00-53.00,70-90 lb. 35.00
45.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Choice
250500 lb. 50.0050.00, few 200-250
lb. 60.0080.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 50.00-70.00
SHEEP: Wooled lambs 2.005.00
lower; slaughter ewes steady to
weak. Supply included around 100
head goats.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 90110 lb. 54.0058.00. few SO
80 lb. 60.0065.00; Choice 70110 lb.
48.0055.00; Good 6090 lb. 44.00
50.00, few 4070 lb. sold as feeders
at 38.0045.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility
and Good 15.0023.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head, mainly 30.0040.00, few billies
50.0045.00, few kids 20.0040.00.
Vintage Auction
Tuesday, Nov. 8
Report supplied by UBDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
948 960 31 2
Last Tuesday
816 957 33 4
Last Year
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers steady,
instances 50 lower; slaughter
heifers not fully tested; cows
steady to firm, instances 1.00
higher; bulls steady, instances 1.00
higher on yield grade 1. Supply
included 61 percent slaughter
steers and 34 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
mixed Choice and Prime 34 1200-
1350 lb. 63.7545.85, couple 66.75-
66.85; Good and Choice 1-2 64.50-
65.50, three head 66.2546.85;
Choice 24 1060-1350 lb. 61.00-63.50,
few 63.7544.25; high Good and low
Choice 24 58.5561.00; Good 44
55.00-58.50; Good and Choice 1250-
1470 lb. Holsteins 49.0042.25;
FRIDAY
941 880 14
Standard and Low Good 43.25-
48.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 2-3 875-1050 lb. 55.0058.50,
few Good 2-3 8501050 lb. 49.75-53.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 37.00-40.00, few
40.0041.00; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 33.5038.50, few 38.50
39.50, couple 40.0041.25; Canner
and low Cutter 32.0033.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 13002000
lb. 47.5052.50, few 53.0055.10; yield
grade 2 9501500 lb. 43.0047.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
uneven, few Choice 3.00-5.00
higher; high Good and low Choice
steady to 3.00 lower. Supply in
cluded 606 in graded sale of which
65 percent sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice 160230
lb. 91.0097.00; high Good and low
Choice 140230 lb. 63.0085.00, 115-
MO lb. 52.0065.00, 80115 lb. 48.00
54.00,6080 lb. 42.0048.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-115 lb. Holstein heifers 53.00-
58.00, few 62.00-71.00. 210 head 100-
125 lb. Holstein bulls 79.5040.50; 55
head 90-95 lb. 09.00-71.00; 15 bead
small frame 110-125 lb. 08.00-71.00,
50 bead 100-105 lb. 53.0004.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient volume for
a market test. Few Good 80-110 lb.
wooled lambs 27.0042.00; couple
Choice 85-100 lb. 48.0049.00. Few
Utility and Good slaughter ewes
8.00-10.00.
GOATS: No market test.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Nov. 9
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hop Sheep
Today
008 35 844 3
Last Wednesday
713 38 785 100
Last Year
435 27 537 1
Wednesday’s Auction
183 35 736 3
Last Wednesday’s Auction
CATTLE: Compared to Monday
insufficient volume to fully test
trends, few sales slaughter steers
weak. Supply included 54 percent
slaughter steers and 36 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-31075-1325 lb. 60.7541.60; Good to
low Choice 2-3 1000-1200 lb. 55.50
60.00; Good 1250-1450 lb. Holsteins
47.60-49.00, couple Choice 50.00
50.75; Standard 1-2 11001400 lb.
43.25-48.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Couple Choice 2-3 9601005 lb. 54.25-
56.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 36.75-39.75; Cutter
and Boning Utility 1-3 33.5037.50,
few 38.0039.75; Canner and low
Cutter 31.2533.00.
BULLS; Yield grade 1-2 1300
1825 lb. 47.0052.50, couple yield
grade 2 42.75-44.50.
VEAL CALVES: Insufficient
volume for a market test. Few high
Good and low Choice 90115 lb.
44.0050.00, few 7090 lb. 35.0045.00.
SHEEP: No market test.
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, November 8
Report supplied by auction
BUTCHER COWS: Good run
$l.OO higher. High Yield 39.25-
43.00; Standard & Utility 35.00-
39.00; Canners 30.00-35.00; Shelly
30.00 down. Slaughter Bulls- Good
1000-1600 lb. 46.0048.00. Fed Steers-
Choice to 63.50; Good to 58.00;
Holsteins 45.00-51.00. Fed Heifers-
Choice to 56.50; Good 48.00-52.00;
Utility & Commercial 42.0048.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: Light run. US
#l&3 215-240 lb. few to 38.75. Sows
-300-500 lb. 31.00-36.75; one to 40.00.
VEAL CALVES: Good run.
Choice 70.00-79.00; Good 60.00-
70.00; Stocky & Thin 20.0040.00;
Killers 80-100 lb. 40.00-50.00; Weak
& Rough 40.00 down.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM: Bulls $15.00 lower.
Holstein Heifers- 95-110 lb. 49.00-
53.00. Holstein Bulls- 95-120 lb.
55.00- Beef Type- 70-100 lb.
51.00-
LAMBS; Choice 100-117 lb. 46.00-
50.00; Goats 20.00-50.00 per head.
STOCK CATTLE; Good run 140
head. Steers- Good 300-700 lb. 48,00
55.00 ; 700-950 lb. 48.00-54.00;
Holsteins 300-700 lb. 35.0040.50.
Heifers- Choice 300-500 lb. 45.00
49.00; Good 300-700 lb. 38.0045.00.
Bulls- Good 300500 lb. 45.0054.00;
Medium 40.0045.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: 140 head.
By the head-15-30 lb. 6.0010.50; 30
60 lb. 10.0018.00. By the lb.- Stock
Boars 190245 lb. 26.75-30.00.
780 14
(*B&R CATTLE C(TI
A RDI, Marietta, PA jj
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Office Phone:
(717)653-8164
Specializing In
Stockers &
Feeders
I JOHN BOWMAN |
I Ph (717)653-5728 I
i RON RANCK |
I Ph (717)656-9849 |
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
aloijg 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
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, November 1
Report supplied by auction
BUTCHER COWS: Fully 3.00
under last week.; Standard &
Utility 34.00-37.00; Canners 31.00-
34.00; Shelly 30.00 down. Slaughter
Bulls- Good 1300-1500 lb. 49.50-
51.00. Fed Steers- Choice to 60.50;
Low Choice & Good 55.00-58.00;
Good 53.00-55.00. Fed Heifers-
Good 830-1000 lb. 50.00-53.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: 2.50 higher!
US #l&2 215-240 lb. 42.35. US 1&3
215-240 lb. 40.10. Sows- 1.00 lower
300-525 lb. 28.00-33.75. Boars- 400-
6701 b. 26.50-26.75.
VEAL CALVES: Good & Choice
none offered. Killers 80-100 lbs.
43.00-50.00,42.00 down.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM: Holstein Bulls 95-125 lb.
55.00-95.00; Mainly 70.00-90.00.
Goats- 20.00-50.00 per head.
LAMBS: Choice 105-125 lb. 44.50
50.00; Yearlings 25.00-35.00; Sheep
10.00-17.00.
STOCK CATTLE: Large run of
all classes. Steers Choice 300-500
lb. 55.00-60.00; 500-700 lb. 53.00
58.50; Good 300500 lb. 50.0055.00;
500700 lb. 47.0052.00. Heifers-
Choice 300500 lb. 47.0051.00; Good
42.0047.00; Good 500700 lb. 38.00
46.00. Bulls- Good 300500 lb. 45.00
52.00; 500700 lbs. 38.0046.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS; Steady
prices. By the Head 15-30 lbs. 5.00
10.00; 3060 lbs. 15.0023.00
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, November 2
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers-12.00
higher. High Choice & Prime 65.00
70.00; Choice 60.00-64.00; Good
55.00- Medium 54.00 down.
Heifers- Choice 52.0056.00; Good
45.0051.00; Medium 44.00 down.
Cows- 81.50 lower. High Yield 39.00
42.00; Average 35.00-38.00; Big
Middle 31.0034.00; Fatty Herf
30.0034.00; Shelly 33.00 down. Fat
Bulls-$l.OO higher. Good 47.00
51.50; Medium 43.0046.00. Veal
Calves- Mostly steady. Farm Bulls
$5.00 higher. Good 65.0074.00;
Medium 55.0064.00; Farm Hfrs. to
56.00; Farm Bulls 75.0098.00;
Light & Weak 42.00 down. Lambs-
Good run $2.00 higher. Choice
47.00- Good 42.00-46.00;
Medium 41.00 down.
STOCKER: Steers 300550 Ibs.-
Choice cattle higher; Medium
lower. Choice Light Wts. 70.00
78.00; Choice 63.0069.00; Good
56.0062.00; Medium 50.0055 00;
Culls 49.00 down. Steers 600850
lbs.- Choice 55.0060.00; Good 50.00
54.00; Medium 49.00 down. Heifers
(All Weights)- Choice 50.0055.00;
Good 44.0049.00; Medium 43.00
down. Pigs, Hd.- $2.00 higher. 2030
lbs. 6.0014.00; 4060 lbs. 15.0025.00.
Slaughter Hogs- Strong demand
for heavy wts., Hogs 220230 lbs.
40.75-41.60 ; 240260 lbs. 41.5042.00;
290375 lbs. 42.0046.00; 200215 lbs.
39.5040.50. Sows- 300575 lbs. 31.00
37.00; Thin Sows 23.0030.00. Bulls-
Choice 53.0057.50; Good 46.00
52.00; Medium 45.00 down.
HAY. STRAW & CORN (Ssi 1
SALE mSJ
Every Friday at 12 Noon
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrala, Pa. 717-733-1117
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St.
Out of State Buyers - Cash or Certified Check Only