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    Virginia
Auction Summary
March 1-7
Report supplied by VDA
Total of Va. Weekly Feeder
Cattle Auction Receipts: 5,293.
TREND: steady to $2 higher.
Southwestern, Va.
Auction Summary
March 1-7
STEERS; 300-500 lbs. Medium 1
62.50-64.50; Large 1 68.25-76.00;
Small 1 55.00-68.00. 500-700 lbs.
Medium 1 58.00-68.00; Large 1
61.00-72.00; Small 154.25-63.00.700
1000 lbs. Medium 1 59.0081.00;
Large 158.2583.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 lbs. Medium
1 50.0081.00; Large 1 50.0082.00;
Small 1 45.0088.75. 500-700 lbs.
Medium 1 46.0088.50; Large 1
51.5057.00; Small 140.5084.50; 700
900 lbs. Medium 153.0087.75.
Northern Va.
Auction Summary
March 1-7
STEERS: 300-500 lbs. Medium 1
63.50- Large 1 69.00-75.00;
Small 1 61.00-71.00. 500-700 lbs.
Medium 1 63.00-74.00; Large 1
62.50- Small 1 55.00-68.00. 700-
1000 lbs. Medium 1 55.00-64.50;
Large 1 57.50-64.36; Small 1 55.00-
67.50.
HEIFERS: 300-500 lbs. Medium
1 49.50-60.50; Large 1 52.01W1.25;
Small 1 43.50-51.00. 500-700 lbs.
Medium 1 50.00-56.50; Large 1
52.00- 700-900 lbs. Medium 1
52.00- Urge 151.25-59.10.
Southeast Va.
Auction Summary
March 1-7
STEERS: 300-500 lbs. Medium 1
58.50-70.00. 500-700 lbs. Medium 1
60.00-60.50; Large 160.5086.50.700-
1000 lbs. 55.50-58.50.
HEIFERS: 500-700 lbs. Medium
151 50-54.00; Large 154.00.
LOUIS LYONS & SON
Consign your cattle and hogs, feeder pigs
& calves to Louis Lyons & Son. They offer
choice service, excellent sorting &
marketing of your livestock.
Charles Diller, Manager
Phone 394-7915
Burnell Siegrist - Buyer & Seller
Phone 626-8653
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AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET I
RD 4, EPHRATA. PA 17522 x
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215-458-5677 Residence
717-733-9648 Office
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Livestock market and auction news
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, March 3
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers:
M&Lrl 300500 lbs. 69.0076.00; 500
700 lbs. 60.0074.00; 7001000 lbs.
59.0083.00; Holstein 3001000 46.00
56.00. S-1&M&L-2 300500 lbs. 64.50
69.00; 500700 lbs. 56.0086.00.
FEEDER BULLS; M&Lrl 300
500 lbs. 64.0071.00; 500700 lbs.
54.0059.75; 7001000 lbs. 47.5086.50.
S-1&M&L-2 300800 lbs. 55.0085.00.
HEIFERS; 300800 lbs. M&L-l
52.0087.00; 500700 lbs. 50.0058.00;
700800 lbs. 50.5051.50. S-1&M&L-2
300500 lbs. 48.0049.00; 500700 lbs.
42.0046.00.
STOCK COWS: Beef 372.50
520.00. Baby Calves 50.00116.00;
Small 20.00-45.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Steers-
Good 2-3 60.5083.24. Heifers- Good
2-355.0057.50.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Trend-
Steady. Utility & Commercial 24
39.50-46.25. Canner & Cutters 1-3
29.5059.75.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1 & 2 43.50
51.50.
LAMBS: Trend- Steady. High
Choice & Prime 60.00; Spring
Lambs 64.00; Choice 52.75; Feeder
Lambs Choice 56.00-56.50;
Slaughter Ewes 14.00-22.00; Head
Ewes & Lambs 34.00-77.50.
HOGS: US 1-3 200-240 lbs. 43.50;
Sows 1-3 35.0(W9.00: Boars 28.75-
29.25.
VEAL: Choice & Prime 90.00;
Good 67.00-76.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good &
Choice 52.00-57.50.
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, February 29
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers-$1.50
higher. Choice 64.00-67.00; Good
58.00-63.00; Medium 57.00 down.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
AUCTIONS
I Starting
I THURSDAY, NOV. 3,1983
I Every Thursday at 1 P.M.
I HAY, STRAW & GRAIN
■ Sold on Commission
10 miles east of Lancaster, 8 miles west
■ of Coatesville on Rt. 30, Paradise, PA.
■ L. Robert Frame, Manager
I For information
| 717-442-4181
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Every Monday
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BUYING STATION AT
SECHRIST SALES CO.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION
R.D. 1 Stewartstown, PA
.. Top Select Price on U 1 & 2 Hogs 210-
245 lbs.
.. We will receive your hogs from 6 A.M.
until 11 A.M.
.. Your hogs will be weighed & paid for
immediately
.. There will not be a commission or yard
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.. You may call our office Monday morning
for base price
.. Please give us a chance to market your
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FOR INFORMATION CALL
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Heifers - Choice 59.00-62.50; Good
53.00- Medium 52.00 down.
Cows - Good run, $2.00 to $3.00
higher, Individual at 53.00. High
Yield- 46.00-49.25; Average 41.00-
45.00; Big Middle 37.00-40.00; Fatty
Herf. 36.00-39.00; Shelly 38.00
down. Fat Bulls- Good 50.00-56.00;
Medium 45.0049.00. Veal Calves-
No Choice, mostly steady prices.
Good 75.00-89.00; Medium 65.00-
74.00; Farm Hfrs 55.00-61.00; Farm
Bulls 80.00-95.00; Light & Weak
44.00- Slaughter Sows- 350-
600 lbs. 41.0045.50; Thin Sows
34.00-
STOCKER; Steers 300-550 Ibs.-
Mostly steady prices. Choice 64.00-
67.00; Good 58.0003.00; Medium
52.00- Culls 51.00 down.
Steers 600-850 lbs.- Choice 59.00-
63.00; Good 53.00-58.00; Medium
52.00 down. Heifers (All Weights)-
Choice 50.00-54.00; Good 45.00-
49.00; Medium 44.00-down. Bulls-
Choice 60.00-64.00; Good 53.00-
59.00; Medium 52.00-down. Dairy
Cows- to 550.00. Pigs Hd.- $2.00
lower. 20-30 lbs. 9.00-27.00; 40-60
lbs. 28.00-33.00. Shoats by lb.- 43.00.
Slaughter Hogs- $2.00 under last
week. 215-230 lbs. 42.50-43.25 ; 240-
260 lbs. 42.0043.00; 195-210 lbs.
41.00- 300-400 lbs. 43.00-46.50.
Carlisle Livestock
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
Tuesday, March 6
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE: Steers were 1.00
higher; Cows were 2.00 higher and
Fat Bulls were steady. Active
bidding on all cattle. Steers: 1.00
higher and active. Choice to 68.00;
Good 60.75-65.00; Medium 58.00
down. Heifers: Strong demand.
Low Choice 59.00-60.50; Good 53.50-
55.75; Medium 52.00 down. Cows:
Good run; 2.00 higher with
strongest demand for Earlybirds.
High Yield 46.00-50,10; Good 42.00-
46.00; Average 40.00-45.00; Big
Middle 38.25-43.85; Fatty Herf to
45.00; Shelly 38.00 Down. Fat
Bulls: Few offered. Good to 53.75;
Medium 48.0049.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good run -
prices higher with active bidding
on Feeder Steers. Steers (300-550
lb.): 2.00 higher. Good Holsteins to
57.00. Steers (600-850): Steady.
Good 56.00-60.00; Medium 55.00
down. Heifers (all weights);
Steady prices. Good 50.00-57.00;
Medium 49.00 down. Bulls (all
weights): Good run. Choice 60.00-
62.00; Good 53.00-57.00; Medium
52.00 down.
VEAL CALVES: 2.00 higher.
Choice 90.00-97.00; Good 75.00-
90.00; Medium 50.00-75.00;
Light/weak 50.00 down. Farm
Bulls: 90.00-102.00.
HOGS: Barrows & Gilts 1.00
lower. 210-250 lbs. 44.60-46.00; over
260 lb. 40.0046.00, under 210 40.10-
43.85; 2&3’s 38.7541.00.
SOWS: Steady prices on heavier
sows. Over 450 lb. 38.5042.00,
under 450 40.0046.00. Boars:
Steady. 32.50-33.50; Individual
43.00.
FEEDER PIGS (by the hd):
Light run. 20 lbs. 18.00 hd. 3040 lbs.
28.00-35.00 hd. Shoats (by the lb.):
120 lbs. 39.00.
SHEEP; Lambs; Choice to
75.00; Good 61.00-66.00; Med. 56.00
down. Goats; (Lg) 37.004500 (hd);
Sm./Med 14.00-30.00 (hd).
Dewart Livestock
Auction
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, March 5
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 240. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
steers Steady to Strong. Slaughter
cows mostly $l.OO-$4.00 higher.
Choice 1070-1290 lbs. slaughter
steers 66,00-68.10, few Holstein
60.00- Good 59.7545.25, few
Holstein 55.00-59.50, Standard
50.00- few Choice slaughter
heifers 63.25-66.00, few Good 55.00-
61.25. Breaking Utility & Com-
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EVERY TUESDAY
12:00
Located Rt. 472 5 miles south of
Quarryville or 6 miles north of Oxford at
Shaub's Auction House.
No out of state checks
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215-926-3167
mercial slaughter cows 45.ft-51.85,
Couple 55.50, Cutter & Boning
Utility 41.50-47.00, Conner & Low
Cutter 37.50-41.50, Shells down to
35.00. Few Yield Grade #1 950-1500
lbs. slaughter bulls 48.00-56.25.
CALVES 207. Few Choice
vealers 84.00-107.50, Good 65.00
80.00, Standard & Good 75-105 lbs.
54.00-62.00, Utility 60ft lbs. 45.00
55.00.
FARM CALVES. Holstein Bulls
90-125 lbs. 80.00-116.00, few up to
124.00. few down to 60.00.
HOGS 126. Barrows & gilts 75
cents higher. US No. 1-2 210-230 lbs.
barrows & gilts 45.90-46.50, No. 1-3
210-240 lbs. 44.6045.80. US No. 1-3
300575 lbs. 38.25-44.00.
FEEDER PIGS 92. Few lot US
No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 32.0040.50 per
head. No. 1-3 7080 lbs. 42.0045.00.
SHEEP 13. Few Choice wool
slaughter lambs 80120 lbs. 65.00
71.00. Few slaughter ewes 12.00
25.00.
Valley Livestock
Valley Stockyards
Athens, Pa.
Monday, March 5
Report supplied by auction
Holstein Hfr. Calves to 76.00;
Veal Calves to 90.00; Vealer Bull
Calves to 118.00; Slaughter Calves
53.00- Grassers & Feeders
40.00- Light Lamb 75.00-
109.00; Lambs 35.00-59.00, Sheep
12.00- Hogs, 200 to 250 40.00-
44.00; Sows 34.00-38.50; Boars
29.00- Pigs ea. 15.50-29.50;
Heifers 34.5045.50; Bulls 47.75-
53.50; Cows, utility 44.0047.75;
Cows, fat 43.50-47.50; Cows,
medium 39.0044.00; Cows, poor or
small 25.75-35.75; Cattle Market
stronger; Calf Market steady to
stronger; Goats 11.00-56.00; Hay
87.50-125.00 per ton.
SOMETHING TO
CRM ABOUT-.
LOW
CLASSIFIED
RATES
WITH
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RESULTS!
FEEDER
PIGS
&
CATTLE
Best of Quality
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