Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Feb. 27
Report Supplied By USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
1357 124 850 308
Last Monday
1155 185 756 341
Last Year
1103 133 985 207
Monday’s Auction
. 1387 137 836 316
Last Monday’s Auction
1271 205 741 354
CATTLE: Compared to last
Wednesday, slaughter steers fully
steady; cows 1.00-1.50 higher;
slaughter heifers not comparable;
bullocks 1.00-2.00 higher; bulls
1.00- higher. Supply included 70
percent slaughter steers, 15 per
cent cows, 8 percent slaughter
heifers, and 7 percent bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 3-4 1200-1450 lbs.
70.00- Choice 2-41100-1400 lbs.
67.50-70.00, few 70.25-71.00; Choice
2-3 1050-1150 lbs. 66.25-67.50; high
Gooil and low Choice 2-3 1050-1400
lbs. 64.75-67.85; Good 2-3 1000-1200
lbs. 60.00-64.50; Good and Choice
1000-1450 lb. Holsteins 56,00-58.00,
few Choice 58.00-59.25; Standard
and Good 985-1300 lbs. 49.00-54.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: 12
head high Choice and Prime 3-4
1200-1260 lbs. 67.25-68.25; few
Choice 2 1050-1170 lbs. 67.75-69.75;
Choice 2-3 900-1250 lbs. 63.25-67.75;
Good 2-3 900-1125 lbs. 56.75-64.00.
COWS; Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 45.00-47.50, few
47.5049.00; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 42.5045.50, few 45.50-
47.00; Canner and low Cutter 38.00-
42.50, few 37.00-38.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-1350
lbs. 59.00-63.00, few head 64.00-
67.00; Good 1000-1350 lbs. 55.00-
59.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1300-1800
lbs. 52.00-54.00, few 54.50-56.25;
yield grade 2 1000-1400 lbs. 48.00-
52.50, few 45.0048.00.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers firm to
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AUCTIONS
MONDAY
Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
TUESDAY
10:00 A.M.—, Slaughter Hogs
1:00 P.M.— Feeder Pigs 1
9:00 A.M.—
11:00 A.M.—
WEDNESDAY
Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
11:00 AM.- Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
10;00A.M.-
Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
9:30 A.M.-Slaughter Hogs
11.00 A.M.—
ANNOUNCEMENT
Every Wednesday The
Slaughter Sale Will Be Featuring
Weekly A Load Lot Sale (5 or More)
At 12 Noon
The Load Lot Bringing The Highest
Price Next Week Will
Receive A Dinner For Two At The
Stockyard Inn.
The Regular 10 AM Sale Will
Remain The Same
GRADED FEEDER CATTLE SALE
FRIDAY. MARCH 9
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Serving The Community For 87 Years ■
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5.00 higher; slaughter calves 5.00-
10.00 higher. Demand good for
Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: High Choice and
Prime 260-350 lbs. 115.00-120.00;
Choice 160-340 lbs. 95.00-110.00, few
110.00-115.00; high Good and low
Choice 140-300 lbs. 75.00-95.00,120-
160 lbs. 65.0060.00,80-115 lbs. 48.00-
65.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 250600 lbs. 50.00-70.00,
few 250-400 lbs. 70.00-75.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-125 lb. Holstein bulls 90.00-
115.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs and
slaughter ewes steady. Supply
included about 125 goats sold by
the head.
WOOLED LAMBS; Choice and
Prime 80-110 lbs. 65.00-70.00,
Choice 70-100 lbs. 60.0065.00; Good
50-90 lbs. 55.0060.00; Few Choice
5065 lbs. new crop lambs 95.00-
130.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 15.00-28.00.
GOATS: Bulk mature 45.0065.00,
medium 35.0045.00, with kid goats
20.00-30.00.
Vintage Auction
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Report supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
Last Tuesday
Last Year
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers weak to
1.00 lower, with most decline on
average Choice to Prime;
slaughter heifers weak to 1.00
lower; cows 1.00-2.00 higher; bulls
fully steady. Supply included 57
percent slaughter steers and 38
percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 34 1200-1450 lb.
69.00- with about 10 head
72.00- couple 73.50-74.00;
365 days a year
FRIDAY
1205 725 6 1
1141 834 4 2
820 848
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H Every Friday at 12 Noon
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GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION *1
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
6f 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.
" "Sole Every Satur Jay
9 A.M.
Hog Sale
Butler Foods, Inc.
Receiving station for hogs every Mon.,
Wed., Thurs. & Fri. from 7 A.M. -12 Noon
Heme Phene
215-458-8518
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Good and Choice 1-2 1175-1350 lb.
70.00- couple 72.50-73.35;
Choice 2-4 1100-1450 lb. 67.0069.50,
few 69.50-70.25; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 64.5067.00; Good 2-3
58.0064.50; Good and Choice 1175-
1450 lb. Holsteins 54.00-59.00, few
Choice 59.2560.00, Standard 1-2
49.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 1000-1200 lb. 63.5666.60;
few Good 2-3 975-1100 lb. 58.0064.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 43.50-48.75, several
49.5061.50; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 40.00-46.00, several 46.00-
49.00; Canner and low Cutter 38.00-
40.75, few 36.00-38.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1400-1920
lb. 49.5064.35, couple 55.0068.75.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly
steady. Supply included 590 .in
graded sale of which 69 percent
sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Couple Choice 150-
180 lb. 96.00-100.00; high Good and
low Choice 140-280 lb. 72.0065.00,
80-115 lb. 51.0063.00, 6560 lb. 40.00-
53.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 50 head
90-115 lb. Holstein heifers 60.00-
64.00 with 15 head 8065 lb. 58.00. 25
head 120-125 lb. Holstein bulls
103.50; 195 head 100-115 lb. 109.00-
113.50; 65 head 90-95 lb. 97.00-99.00;
75 head small frame 100-115 lb.
81.00-94.00.
SHEEP; No test.
GOATS: No test.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Feb. 29
Report supplieid by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
299 35 717 5
Last Wednesday
323 17 327 5
Last Year
247 34 547 21
Wednesday’s Auction
295 32 723 5
Last Wednesday’s Auction
CATTLE: Compared to Monday
slaughter steers 50-1.00 lower,
although high Choice and Prime
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Business Phene
717-768-8204
not tested; few slaughter heifers
mostly steady; cows fully steady;
instances 1.00 higher; bulls scarce.
Supply included 72 percent
slaughter steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-4 1150-1375 lb. 67.0069.10; high
Good and low Choice 26 1000-1250
lb. 64.5067.50; few Good and
Choice 1350-1425 lb. Holsteins 53.75-
56.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
head Choice 26 1050-1225 lb. 66.00-
67.60; mixed Good and Choice 2-3
940-1120 lb. 63.2565.50.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 46.7548.75, couple
50.0061.25; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 43.0046.00, few 46.50-
48.50; Canner and low Cutter 37.75-
41.75.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1270-1870
lb. 53.00-55.25; couple yield grade 2
1250-1325 lb. 47.7548.75; individual
Choice 1140 lb. bullock 61.00.
VEAL CALVES; Insufficient
volume for a market test; few high
Good and low Choice 80-115 lb.
48.0065.00.
SHEEP: No market test.
New Holland Livestock
Thursday, March 1
Report supplied by USDA
CATTLE: 1254. Compared to last
Thursday slaughter steers mostly
steady, instances .50-1.00 lower on
high Choice and Prime; slaughter
heifers .50-1.00 lower; cows weak
to 1.00 lower, instances 2.00 lower;
bulls and bullocks mostly steady.
Supply included 43 percent
slaughter steers and 47 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; High
Choice and Prime 3-4 1175-1450 lb
70.50-72.00, few 72.00-73.00; Good
and Choice 1-2 1150-1425 lbs. 70.00-
72.50, few 72.50-73.50; Choice 2-4
1075-1450 lbs. 67.00-70.00, several
70.00- high Good and low
Choice 2-3 64.75-67.75; Good 2-3
61.00- Good and Choice 1050-
1450 lb. Holstems 55 50-58.50, few
58.5060.75
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 2-3 975-1130 lbs. 62.00-67.50,
Good 2-3 950-1100 lbs. 53.50-60.75.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 43.25-47.00, few
47.00- with about 15 head 49.75-
50.00; Cutter and Boning Utility
41.75-45.25, several 47.00-48.50;
Canner and low Cutter 38.00-41.75,
few 36.00-38.00
BULLOCKS: Choice 975-1350 lb
59.00- Good 1000-1250 lbs
54.00-
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BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2000
lbs. 49.75-53.50, few 54.00-55 00;
yield grade 2 1006-1400 lbs |6 75-
49.50.
VEAL CALVES. 677 Vealers,
firm to 3.00 higher. Demand t good
for Holstein bulls to return to’farm.
VEALERS; Few high Choice
and Prime 270-350 lb. 111.00-114 00,
four head 305-350tlbs. 120 00-123 00;
Choice 170-350 lb. 96.00-105.00, few
105.00-112.00; high Good and low
Choice 140-300 lb. 78.00-98.00, 115-
140 lb. 60.00-78 00, 80-115 lb 45.00-
60.00. RETURNED TO FARM
Bulk 90-130 lb Holstein bulls 90.00-
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
112.00, few 112.00-116.00, several
small frame 80-110 lb. 58.00-85.00.
SHEEP: 16. Insufficient volume
for a market test, few Utility and
Good slaughter ewes 18.00-28.00.
SHEEP: 47. All goats sold by the
head, mainly 25.00-39.00, eight
head 46.00-54.00, individual 61.00,
few kids 15.00-20.00.
Lancaster County
Weekly
Cattle Calves
This Week 4300 1575
Last Week 4046 1618
Last Year 3474 1628
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
mostly steady, instances .50-1.00
lower on high Choice and Prime;
slaughter heifers steady to 1.00
lower; cows weak to 1.00 lower,
instances 2.00 lower; bulls and
bullocks fully steady. Supply in
cluded 56 per cent slaughter steers,
5 per cent slaughter heifers, 30 per
cent cows, 4 per cent bulls, balance
feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 3-4 1175-1450 lbs.
70.00- few 72.50-73.50; Good
and Choice 1-2 1150-1425 lbs. 70.00-
72.50, few 72.50-73.50; Choice 2-4
1075-1450 lbs. 67.00-70.00, few 70.00-
71.00; Choice 2-3 1050-1150 lbs.
66.25-67.50; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 1050-1400 lbs. 64.5fr67.00,
Good 2-3 58.0065.00; holsteins Good
and Choice 1000-1450 lbs. 55.50-
58.50, few Choice 58.5060.75;
Standard and Good 985-1300 lbs.
49.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: 12
head high Choice and Prune 3-4
1200-1260 lbs. 67.2568.25; few
Choice Grade 2 1050-1150 lbs. 67.75-
69.75; Choice 2-3 900-1250 lbs. 62.50-
67.75; Good 2-3 900-1125 lbs. 56.75-
63.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 43.2547.50, several
47.50-50.00, with about 30 head
50.00-51.50, Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 40.0046.00, few 46.00-
48.50, Canner and low Cutter 38.00-
41.75, few 36.00-38.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 975-1350 lbs.
59.00-63.00, few head 64.00-67,00;
Good 1000-1350 lbs. 54.00-59.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1300-2000
lbs. 49.75-54.00, few 54.00-56.25;
Yield Grade 2 1000-1400 lbs. 46.75-
51.00.
VEAL CALVES Vealers firm to
3.00 higher. Demand good for
holstem bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: High Choice and
Prime 260-350 lbs. 111.00-120.00 ; 4
head 305-350 lbs. 120.00-123.00;
Choice 160-350 lbs. 95.00-110.00, few
110.00-115.00; high Good and low
Choice 140-300 lbs. 75.00-98.00, 115-
140 lbs. 60.00-80.00,80-115 lbs. 45.00-
65.00, few 65-85 lbs. 40.00-50.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 250-600 lbs. 50.00-70.00,
few 250-400 lbs. 70.00-75.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk 90-
130 lb. holstem bulls 90.00-112.00,
few 112.00-116.00, several small
frame 80-110 lbs. 58.00-95.00, few 90-
115 lbs. holstem heifers 58.00-64.00.
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