A2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1983
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Dec. 5
Report Supplied By USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1092 183 903 386
Last Monday
809 136 985 189
Last Year
1060 214 1180 285
Monday’s Auction
1136 231 1043 424
Last Monday’s Auction
1010 154 992 238
CATTLE: Compared to last
Wednesday slaughter steers 2.00
3.00 lower, or as much as 5.00 lower
than last Monday; heifers 1.00-2.00
lower; cows 2.00-3.00 lower;
bullocks steady; bulls mostly
steady. Supply included 52%
slaughter steers, 16% slaughter
heifers, 24% cows, and 8% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Small
supply high Choice and Prime 3-4
1200-1400 lb. 63.5044.35; Choice 2-4
1050-1350 lb. 61.5043.50, few head
63.5044.00; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 1050-1325 lb. 58.0041.75;
Good 24 55.0048.50; few mostly
Standard 1-2 1100-1325 lb. 51.25-
53.00; Good and Choice 1200-1400
lb. Holsteins 49.2542.75, few Choice
53.0045.00, Standard 1-2 1050-1250
lb. 39.00-45.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 900-1150 lb. 58.0061.00,
few head mainly Choice 2 61.50-
62.25; Good 24 850-1150 lb. 53.75-
57.50; few mostly Good 950-1200 lb.
heiferettes 38.50-43.50.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 37.0048.50, few
38.50-40.00, 3-4 mainly beef breed
33.5048.00; Cutter and Boning
Utility 14 34.0047.00, few 37.50-
38.50; Canner and low Cutter 32.00-
34.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-1300 lb.
56.5048.75, few head 59.2542.25;
Good 1000-1250 lb. 51.0045.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1300-2000
lb. 48.50-52.75, few 52.75-54.50; yield
grade 21000-1350 lb. 44.00-50.00, few
850-1000 lb. 42.00-44.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady
to 5.00 lower; slaughter calves
steady to 3.00 lower. Demand fair
for Holstein bulls to return to farm.
Supply included around 20 head
320-350 lb. Prime special fed
brought to arrive at 118.00-121.00.
VEALERS: Choice 160-300 lb.
85.00- few 100.00-109.00; high
Good and low Choice 160-300 lb.
75.00- 120-160 lb. 55.00-75.00,
80-115 lb. 35.00-45.00 few 45.00-50.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
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and Choice 250650 lb. 45.00-55.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; Bulk
100-120 lb. Holstein bulla 60.00
75.00, few 75.00-80.00; 85-95 lb.
50.00-60.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs fully
steady, few sales Choice and
Prime 1.00-2.00 higher; slaughter
ewes steady. Supply included
around 100 goats, sold by the head.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 90-110 lb. 58.0044.00; Choice
80-110 lb. 50.0058.00; Good 50-90 lb.
45.0050.00; few Choice 35-40 lb.
new crop lambs 85.00-110.00, few
50-75 lb. 65.00-80.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 15.00-25.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head, mainly 35.0050.00, several
mature goats 50.0055.00, few kid
goats 25.00-30.00.
Vintage Auction
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
932 954 16 0
Last Tuesday
1089 1008 13 2
Last Year
816 955 85 12
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers 4.004.00
lower; slaughter heifers 3.00-4.00
lower; cows 2.00-4.00 lower; bulls
mostly steady, few yield grade 2
2.00 lower. Supply included 32
percent slaughter steers and 58
percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
high Choice and Prime 3-4 1200-
1425 lb. 62.5044.75, couple 65.00-
65.60; Good and Choice 1-2 1050-
1325 lb. 63.5045.50, five head 66.00-
67.35; Choice 2-4 1075-1350 lb. 61.50-
63.50, few 63.5044.00; high Good
and low Choice 24 950-1275 lb.
57.7542.00; Good 24 54.5049.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 900-1075 lb. 56.5048.00;
Good 24 850-1050 lb. 52.5045.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 35.00-37.00, few
37.00- few 3-4 beef breed 33.00-
35.00; Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3
33.00- several 36.50-38.25;
Canner and low Cutter 31.00-33.50,
few 28.00-30.50.
BULLS; Yield grade 1 1300-2200
lb. 48.00-50.50, few 52.00-53.00; yield
grade 21000-1350 lb. 44.75-48.50, few
850-1100 lb. 43.00-45.00.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers 2.00-
5.00 lower. Supply included 661 in
graded sale of which 70 percent
sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice 170-280
lb. 85.00-97.00; high Good and low
Choice 150-280 lb. 55.00-75.00, 120
140 lb. 48.0055.00, 80-115 lb. 38.00
44.00,6050 lb. 35.0042.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 60 head
100115 lb. Holstein heifers 47.00
50.00; 55 head 8095 lb. 43.0055.00.
65 head 110125 lb. Holstein bulls
72.0079.00; 25 head 111 lb. 85.00;
135 head 100106 lb. 80.5052.50; 50
head 9095 lb. 60.0055.00; 15 head
small frame 115-120 lb. 63.00 and 75
head 100115 lb. 43.0060.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient volume to
fully test trend. Few Utility and
Good slaughter 323 s 8.0020.00,
mainly 12.0016.00.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Dec. 7
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
555 32 534 5
Last Wednesday
494 83 719 20
Last Year
359 24 499 13
Wednesday’s Auction
280 26 480 5
Last Wednesday’s Auction
CATTLE: Compared to Monday
small supply slaughter steers fully
steady; slaughter heifers steady;
cows 1.00-2.00 higher; bulls steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-3 1100-1350 lb. 62.00-63.00; high
Good and low Choice 2-3 1050-1250
lb. 60.0062.00; few Standard 1-2
1050-1200 lb. Holsteins 42.0045.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Supply mainly Good and Choice
800-1200 lb. heiferettes selling at
35.00-39.00, few 39.50-44.25.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 36.50-39.75, few
40.0043.00; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.5038.00, few 38.00-
38.50; Canner and low Cutter 30.75-
34.00.
BULLOCKS: Good and Choice
1000-1275 lb. 54.00-56.25, individual
59.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1400-1750
lb. 48.75-52.75; yield grade 2 1000-
1300 lb. 43.75-48.00.
VEAL CALVES: Supply mainly
high Good and low Choice 80-115 lb.
vealers selling at 35.00-48.00; few
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls returned to
farm at 75.00-90.00.
SHEEP: No market test.
New Holland
Livestock
Thursday, Decembers
CATTLE: 839. Compared to last
Thursday small supply slaughter
steers 1.00-2.00 higher, least ad
vance on Good to low Choice;
slaughter heifers steady; cows
uneven, Breaking Utility and
Commercial mostly steady,
Conner to Boning Utility firm to
1.00 higher; bullocks 2.00-4.00
higher; bulls 1.00-2.00 higher.
Supply included 272 steers and 485
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
high Choice and Prime 3-4 1200-
1375 lb. 65.50-66.85; Good and
Choice 1-2 65.5d66.00, couple 66.00-
66.85; Choice 2-41050-1425 lb. 62.00-
66.00, mainly 63.00-65.25; high
Good and low Choice 2-3 1000-1300
lb. 59.0d62.50; Good 2-3 57.50-60.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-1400 lb.
59.0d60.25, couple 62.50-64.25;
Good 95d1100 lb. 54.5d-59.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 140d2200
lb. 50.50-53.75, couple 54.0d55.75,
individual 2520 lb. 46.75; yield
grade 2100d1750 lb. 45.5d49.75.
VEAL CALVES: 572. Vealers
uneven. Choice fully steady, high
Good and low Choice 14d300 lb.
steady, 7d115 lb. weak to 2.00
lower. Demand very good for
Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALER: Few high Choice and
Prime 165-285 lb. 10S.0dll3.00;
Choice 160-330 lb. 90.0dl02.00; high
Good and low Choice 140-300 lb.
65.0d90.00, 12d140 lb. 48.0d65.00,
Bdlls lb. 38.0d48.00,6d60 lb. 32.0 d
38.00.
640 20
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-120 lb. Holstein bulls 70.00-90.00,
several 90.00-97.00,120-130 lb. 75.00-
85.00; several 80-95 lb. 57.00-75.00.
SHEEP: 13. Insufficient volume
for a market test, few Good, OQ-90
lb. wooled lambs 49.00-55.00, couple
Choice 100-145 lb. &(»40.8O; few
Utility slaughter ewes 17.00-18.00.
GOATS: 5. Few goats sold by the
head, at 20.00 & 34.00.
Lancaster Weekly
Friday, December 9
Cattle Calves
This Week 3800 1750
Last Week 4812 2015
Last Year 3944 1836
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
generally steady with last week’s
low close, although small supply on
Thursday 1.00-2.00 higher;
slaughter heifers 1.00-2.00 lower;
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LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
atoijg 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
cows closed mostly steady, in.
stances 1.00 higher on Conner and
Boning Utility: bullocks closed
2.00-4.00 higher; bulls 1.002.QQ
higher. Supply included 33 per cent
slaughter steers, 9 per cent
slaughter heifers, 36 per cent cows,
5 per cent bulls with the balance
feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; High
Choice and Prime 3-41200-1425 lbs.
63.5065.50, few head late 65.50
66.85; Good and Choice 1-2 1050
1325 lbs. 63.5066.00, 8 bead 66.00
67.35; Choice 2-4 10501425 lbs
61.5064.00, few 64.0065.25; high
Good and low Choice 03 10501325
lbs. 57.75-62.50, Good 2-3 54.50
60.00; Good and Choice 12001400
lbs. holsteins 49.25-52.75, few
Choice 53.00-56.00; Standard 1-2
10501250 lbs. 39.0047.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 9001150 lbs. 58.0061.00,
few mainly Choice 2 61.50-62.25;
Good 2-3 8501150 lbs. 52.5057.50,
several Good 8001200 lb.
heiferettes 35.00-43.50.
COWS; Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 36.50-39.50, few
39.50-41.00, 3-4 mainly beef breed
33.00-37.00, Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 33.50-37.00, several 37.00
40.00, Canner and low Cutter 30.00
33.50, few 28.0030.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-1400
lbs. 58.00-60.25, few 61.00-64.25;
Good 950-1250 lbs. 51.00-57.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1300-2200
lbs. 48.50-53.75, couple 54.0035.75,
individual 2520 lbs. 46.75; Yield
Grade 2 1000-1750 lbs. 44.00-50.00,
few 850-1100 lbs. 43.0044.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady
to 5.00 lower, slaughter calves
steady to 3.00 lower. Demand good
for holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few high Choice
and Prime 165-285 lbs. 105.00-
113.00; Choice 160-330 lbs. 85.00-
102.00; high Good and low Choice
140-300 lbs. 65.00-90.00, 120-140 lbs.
48.00- 80-115 lbs. 38.0048.00,
60-80 lbs. 32.0040.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 250-550 lbs. 45.00-55.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk 95-
120 lb. holstein bulls 65.0085.00,
several 88.00-97.00,85-100 lbs. 57.00-
75.00, few small frame 100-115 lbs.
43.00- few 80-120 lb. holstein
heifers 43.00-50.00.
Chambersburg
Livestock
Chambersburg, Pa.
Thursday, Dec. 8
Report Supplied By PDA
CATTLE: 380. Compared with
last week’s market: SI. cows .75-
2.00 lower. SI. steers: (few) Good
53.85-59.75; (few) Standard 48.25-
53.85. SI. heifers: (few) Good 57.75-
58.50; (few) Standard 46.0052.50.
SI. cows: Utility & Commercial
33.75-36.75; Cutters 31.8554.85;
Canner & L. Cutter 28.25-31.85. SI.
bulls: (few) Yield Grade No. 1,
1090-1800 lbs. 45.5051.75.
CALVES: 554. Vealers Good &
Choice grades 5.00-7.00 higher,
(few) Prime 96.50-100.00; Choice
85.00- Good 60.0052.00; (few)
Standard & Good 100-125 lbs. 50.00
55.00; 70-95 lbs. 41.00-47.00.; Utility
60-90 lbs. 20.0043.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls
10.00- higher. Hoi. Bulls 90-130
lbs. 55.00-95.00, mostly 75.00-90.00;
Hoi. Heifers 90-130 lbs. 50.0063.00.
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SALE wS#
Every Friday at 12 Noon
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-738-1117
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St. ■■
Out of State Buyers - Cash or Certified Check Only.
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