SWECKER
POLLED DORSET
DISPERSAL
SALE
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 27,1984
(IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING VIRGINIA BRED EWE SALE)
AUGUSTA EXPOLAND
STAUNTION, VIRGINIA
(Exit 16, OFF INTERSTATE 64)
"A UNIQUE OFFERING OF SOUND, PRODUCTIVE, EWES”
★ ALL BREEDING EWES & YEARLING GUARANTEED BRED ★
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OVER 35 YEARS BREEDING DORSETS WITH THESE BLOODLINES OGAN
BIRCHWOOD, RATCLIFF, MAST, SQUIRES, PENN STATE, BAXTER.
CONTACT US
FOR CATALOG
Safe Managed by
KEN BRUBAKER
PO Box 149
Westtown. PA 19395
215/ 696- 5483
• 19 YEARLING EWES
• 16 BREEDING EWES
• 15 EWE LAMBS
• 1 STUD RAM
BRED EWE & EWE LAMB SALE
HAMPSHIRE
• Leading Consignment From Breeders In Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania
• Ewes Will Be Pregnancy Tested And Guaranteed Bred
• Yearling Ewes Fall Ewe Lambs Spring Ewe Lambs
• Health Papers And Trucking Available To Out-Of-State Buyers
• Mail Or Phone Orders Excepted By Qualified Buyers
• An Excellant Opportunity to Incorporate New Bloodlines In Your Flock
Sale Managed by:
KEN BRUBAKER
P.O. Box 149
Westtown, PA 19395
215/696-5483
SWECKER DORSETS
Star Rt. C. Box 5
Monterey, VA 24465
703/468-2308
VIRGINIA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27,1984
AUGUSTA EXPOLAND
STAUNTON. VIRGINIA
(Exit 16 Off Interstate 64)
DORSET '
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, October 4
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 2,500
Last Week 2,900
Last Year 3,300
Compared to the previous week’s
close, Slaughter Steers .50-1.00
lower. Slaughter Heifers 1.50-2.00
lower through mid-week, not
tested late. Cows fully 1.00-2 00
higher. Bulls steady. Slaughter
supply mainly choice Steers and
Heifers, around 10% Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS. Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-i 1075-1300 lbs.
60.00- early, few lat sales
61.00- part load 1285 lbs. 61.75.
Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs. 59.00-61.50,
closing 60.00-61.50; 900-1000 lbs,
57.00- ; 850-900 lbs. 56.00-57.00,
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1200
lbs. 57.0060.00. Good 2-3 900-1175
IDs. oo.uu-o8.00; 850-900 lbs. 55.00-
56.00. Mostly Good 2-3 1050-1350 lb.
Holsteins 51.00-56.00. Standard to
Good 48.00-51.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
(through mid week) Mixed Choice
and Prime 24 900-1075 lbs. 58.00-
58.50, package 1050 lbs. 59.00.
Choice 24 900-1100 lbs. 57.00-58.00;
800-900 lbs. 55.00-57.00. Mixed good
and Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 55.00-
57.00. Good 2-3 750-975 lbs. 52.00-
55.00. Few 700-750 lbs. 48.00-52.00.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
Breaking Utility and Commercial
24 37.0040.00. Cutter and boning
Utility 1-2 37.0040.00. High yielding
boning Utility 1-2 mostly 40.00, few
up to 41.00. Canner and low Cutter
1-2 34.00-37.00. Shelly canner 1-2
31.00-34.00.
BULLS; YG 1-2 1100-1950 lbs.
43.0047.00, few YG 148.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 600 head.
Compared with last week,
Slaughter Lambs sold steady, with
best demand for Lambs weighing
over 100 lbs. Feeder Lambs sold
weak.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS- Choice
WRITE OR CALL FOR CATALOGS
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6,1984-Al3
FEEDER LAMBS: Choice and
Fancy 65-75 lbs. 55.00-57 50
FEEDERS- (including around
1,000 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Light to moderate supply
of no. 1 muscled Steers and Heifers
1.00-2.00 higher. Supplies mostly
Steers under 800 lbs. and Heifers
under 600 lbs.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1: 400-600 lbs.
63.00-68.50 ; 600-800 lbs. 61.0041.00.
Medium and Large Frame 1-2: few
400-800 lbs. 53.00-58.50. Large
Frame No. 2 Holsteins: 400-925 lbs.
41.25-43.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1; 400-600 lbs.
52.00-58.00. Medium and Large
Frame 1-2; a few 450650 lbs. 44.00-
52.00. Small Frame 1: few 300-425
lbs. 45.00-47.00.
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable receipts 1400;
same period a week ago 1041;
same period a year ago 2570.
Trading moderately active for the
week. Slaughter Steers closed the
week mostly 1.00 higher. Slaughter
Heifers ended the week mostly
steady, instances .50 higher. Cows
closed the week steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice,
few Prime, 3-4 1225-1350 lbs. 63.00-
63.50 Monday; 2loads 64.00. Choice
2-4 1050-1250 lbs. 60.00-63.00, mostly
81.00- Monday, few loads
53.00- Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1200 lbs.
59.00- Monday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-4 900-1100 lb. 58.00-59.75
Monday, couple loads 60.00-61,00
Wednesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 850-1050 lbs. 56.00-58.50.
COWS: Few High Cutter 1-2
18.00-39.00 Wednesday.
SUFFOLK
and Prime wooled and shorn with
No. 1-2 pelts 95-100 lbs. 59.00-67 00.
SLAUGHTER EWES; Few
Mostly Good 11.00-13.00.
Joliet Cattle
Thursday, October 4
Report supplied by USDA