Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Dec. 3,1984
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
847 175 900 889
Last Monday
1289 157 1044 605
Last Year
1092 183 899 386
Monday’s Auction
850 187 743 975
Last Monday’s Auction
1171 164 1045 563
CATTLE; Compared to last
Monday slaughter steers 1.00-1.50
lower, of fully steady with last
Wednesday’s small supply, heifers
50-1.00 lower, instances 1.50 lower;
cows steady, instances 1.00 lower
on Commercial; bullocks scarce;
bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply in
cluded 53% slaughter steers, 17%
heifers, 20% cows, and 10% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
24 1050-1350 lb. 66.0tK68.50, few
68.50-69.10; around 15 head Good
and Choice 1-2 and Couple Prime 3-
4 1175-1400 lb. 69.00-70.00; high
Good and low Choice 2-3 1000-1400
lb. 62.75-66.25; Good 2-3 1000-1350
lb. 58.75-63.25; Good and Choice
1150-1350 lb. Holsteins 50.00-53.50,
few Choice 53.50-55.00, Standard to
low Good 1075-1550 lb. 44.75-49.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 900-1100 lb. 60.0002.50;
few Choice 2 975-1100 lb. 62.75-
65.75; Good 2-3 875-1075 lb. 55.00-
60.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 36.50-39.50, few
39.5041.00; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.00-38.50; Canner and
low Cutter 31.00-34.25.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice 2-3
1050-1300 lb. 59.75-62.75; Good 1-2
1000-1300 lb. 54.00-58.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1300-1900
lb. 50.00-53.75, couple 55.00-56.00;
yield grade 2 1000-1450 lb. 46.50-
50.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady
to weak; few slaughter calves
steady. Demand only fair for
Holstein bulls to return to farm.
Supply included 12 head Prime
special fed bought to arrive at
110.00.
VEALERS: Choice 160-270 lb.
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AUCTIONS
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| Heifers, Steers, Cows |
a 11:00 A.M. Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs ■
J TUESDAY I
■ 10:00 A.M.— Slaughter Hogs "
1 1:00 P.M.— Feeder Pigs. ■
WEDNESDAY
| 8:00 A.M. Slaughter Hogs
■ 10;00A.M.— Slaughter Bulls,
_ Heifers, Steers, Cows
* 11:00 A.M. Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
I 12 NOON Slaughter Sale Load Lot
| (5 or more)
■ FRIDAY
11:00 A.M
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J SATURDAY
■ 8:00 A.M. Slaughter Hogs
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80.00-90.00; high Good and low
Choice 160-280 lb. 60.00-75.00; 120-
160 lb. 50.00-65.00, 80-115 lb. 35.00-
45.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 260-400 lb. 55,00-65.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; Few
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 55.00-65.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs 1.00-3.00
lower; slaughter ewes steady.
Supply included 294 goats.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 80-110 lb. 62.0067.00, few
67.00-70.00; Choice 70-100 lb. 56.00-
62.00; Good 55-90 lb. 50.0056.00,
with 4060 lb. buck lambs 60.00-
80.00; around 15 head Choice 3045
lb. new crop lambs 125.00-137.00,
with 15 head Good 25-40 lb. 90.00-
125.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 15.00-28.00, mainly 18.00-
25.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head; large mature mainly 50.00-
60.00; medium sized 25.00-40.00,
few 40.00-50.00; small, mainly kids
15.00-25.00, few 25.00-30.00.
Vintage Market
Tuesday, Dec. 4,1984
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
Last Tuesday
Last Year
CATTLE; Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers 1.00-2.00
higher; slaughter heifers not fully
tested; cows steady to 1.00 lower;
bulls not fully tested. Supply in
cluded 30 percent slaughter steers
and 61 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
high Choice and Prime 34 1200-
1375 lb. 73.75-74.85; few Good arid
Choice 1-2 1175-1375 lb. 72.50-74.25;
Choice 24 1075-1375 lb. 68.50-72.00;
high Good and low Choice 2-3 1000-
1325 lb. 63.50-68.00; Good 2-3 1000-
1250 lb. 61.50-64.00; Good and
Choice 1200-1700 lb. Holsteins 54.00-
55.60, couple Choice 58.50-61.75,
Standard 48.75-52.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Few
MONDAY
\r Cattle
id Feed
Choice 2-3 1100-1450 lb. 65.0067.00;
few Good 2-3 950-1100 lb. 55.0062.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 36.25-38.75, few
39.00-40.75; Cutter and Boning
Utility 16 32.00-37.00, few 37.25-
39.25; Canner and low Cutter 29.50-
32.00.
BULLS: Few yield grade 1-2
1400-2280 lb. 46.0048.75; individual
Good 21285 lb. bullock 54.25.
VEAL CALVES: Insufficient
volume Choice vealers for a
market-test, few sales steady; high
Good and low Choice 55-110 lb.
steady. Supply included 515 in
graded sale of which 65 percent
sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Couple Choice 200
205 lb. 88.00-102.00, individual 145
lb. 83.00; high Good and low Choice
120-200 lb. 50.00-75.00, 80-110 lb.
40.00-46.00, 7080 lb. 35.0043.00, 55-
70 lb. 25.00-37.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; 25 head
100-120 lb. Holstein heifers 64.50
65.00. 225 head 100125 lb. Holstein
bulls 72.0083.00, 50 head 9095 lbs.
65.0067.00. few 85 lb. 44.0048.00; 65
head small frame 90105 lb. 43.00
47.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient volume to
fully test trends. Couple Choice 85-
115 lb. wooled lambs 62.00-66.00,
few Good 65-105 lb. 51.00-59.00;
Utility and Good slaughter ewes
12.00-18.00.
GOATS; No market test.
807 914 29 1
756 1058 24 9
932 954 16 0
Today
Last Wednesday
Last Year
555 32 534 5
Wednesday’s Auction
134 59 605 0
Last Wednesday’s Auction
CATTLE: Insufficient volume
slaughter steers, heifers, and bulls
for a market test, small supply
cows mostly steady. Supply in
cluded 55 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Couple
Choice 2-3 1200-1300 lb. 65.00-67.50;
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SALE SjtSJ
Every Friday at 12 Noon K
SKEEN 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
vary Tuesday
10.30 A.M.
Slaughter CattU Auction -
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Get calves in early. We start to grade and
weigh at 2:00.
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9 A.M.
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Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Dec. 5,1984
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
303 57 731 0
236 60 570 3
126 60 541 3
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
few head high Good and low Choice
2-3 1020-1200 lb. 62.2065.00; couple
Good 2-31150-1400 lb. 57.0060.50.
COWS; Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 34.75-38.00; Cutter
1-2 32.5065.30; couple 36.50-37.00;
Canner and low Cutter 31.00-33.50.
BULLS; Few yield grade 1-2
1175-1700 lb. 46.0060.00; individual
yield grade 11125 lb. 55.75.
VEAL CALVES: Trend not fully
tested; few sales high Good and
low Choice 80-110 lb. 35.0060.00,
couple 130-140 lb. 60.00. Supply
included 30 head Prime special fed
bought to arrive on a dressed
basis.
SHEEP: None.
New Holland
Livestock
Thursday, December 6
CATTLE: 753. Compared to last
Thursday small supply slaughter
steers 1.00-2.00 higher; slaughter
heifers mostly steady; cows steady
to 1.00 lower; bullocks and bulls
weak to 1.00 lower, instances 2.00
lower. Supply included 28 percent
slaughter steers and 54 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
24 1100-1375 lb. 68.00-71.25, few
Good and Choice 1-2 1175-1325 lb.
71.50- high Good and low
Choice 2-3 1075-1425 lb. 64,50-68.00;
few Good 2-3 60.00-64.50; few Good
to low Choice 1150-1350 lb.
Holsteins 51.75-55.00; few Standard
46.5049.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
head high Choice and Prune 24
1150-1325 lb. 66.00-68.00; Choice 2-3
920-1100 lb. 61.0062.50; Good 2-3
54.25-58.75; few Good to Com
mercial 950-1200 lb. Heiferettes
43.50-
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 38.0040.00, few
40.0041.00; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 33.50-36.75, several 37.00-
38.75; Canner and low Cutter 30.00-
33.50
BULLOCKS: Good 2-3 1000-1250
lb. 53.50-56.75; couple Choice 2-3
1150-1250 lb. 61.50-62.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1300-1900
lb. 47.75-50.00, couple 53.00-55.00;
yield grade 2 1000-1350 lb. 45.00-
47.50.
VEAL CALVES: 552. Vealers
steady to 3.00 higher. Demand
good for Holstein bulls to return to
farm.
VEALERS: High Choice and
Prime 290-370 lb. 104.00-109.00;
Choice 200-350 lb. 85.00-99.00; high
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1 17547 I
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LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
alotyg 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
1230
Good and low Choice 160-300 lb,
56.00-80.00; Good 200-325 lb. 40.00-
55.00; high Good and low Choice
120-160 lb. 48.00-74.00, 80-110 lb.
38.0048.00, few 70-80 lb. 34.00-38.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 65.00-76.00,
several 90-100 lb. 55.0065.00.
SHEEP: 70. Wooled lambs firm
to 3.00 higher; slaughter ewes
weak to 4.00 lower. ’
WOOLED LAMBS: ChoiceBs-115
lb. 64.0071.00; Good 70901 b. 55.00-
62.00; few 50-65 lb. buck lambs
91.0098.00, few 65-75
GOATS: 15. All goats sold by the
head, eight head 41.0t0-49.00, six
head 22.0030.00.
Lancaster County
Weekly
Friday, Dec. 7
Report supplied by PDA
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers 1.00
2.00 higher; slaughter heifers
mostly steady, instances 1.00
lower; cows steady to 1.00 lower;
bullocks scarce; bulls opened the
week mostly steady, later sales
weak to 1.00 lower, instances 2.00
lower. Supply included 29 per cent
slaughter steers, 7 per cent
slaughter heifers, 36 per cent cows,
6 per cent bulls with the balance
feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
High Choice & Prime 3-4 1275-1375
lbs. 73.75-74.85; Good & Choice 1-2
1175-1375 lbs. 71.50-74.25; Choice 2-4
1050-1375 lbs. 68.00-71.50; high Good
& low Choice 2-3 1000-1425 lbs.
63.50- Good 2-3 1000-1250 lbs.
59.50- Good & Choice 1150
1700 lb. holsteins 51.75-55.50, couple
Choice 58.5061.75, Standard 1075-
1550 lbs. 46.50-50.50, couple Choice
58.5061.75, Standard 1075-1550 lbs.
46.50-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
High Choice & Prime 2-4 1150-1325
lbs. 66.0068.00; Choice 2-3 900-1100
lbs. 60.0062.50; few Choice Grade 2
975-1100 lbs. 62.7565.75; Good 2-3
875-1075 lbs. 54.25-60.00; few Good
to Commercial 950-1200 lb.
heiferettes 43.50-50.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility &
Commercial 2-4 36.25-40.00, few
40.00-41.00, Cutter & Boning Utility
1-3 33.50-37.Q0, several 37.00-39.25,
Canner & low Cutter 29.50-33.50.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice 2-3
1050-1300 lbs. 59.75-62.75; Good 1-2
1000-1300 lbs. 53.50-58.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1300-2280
lbs. 47.75-53.75, couple 55.00-56.00;
Yield Grade 2 1000-1450 lbs. 45.00-
48.50.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers steady
to 3.00 higher; slaughter calves
steady. Demand fair for holstem
bulls to return to farm.-
VEALERS: High Choice &
Prime 290-370 lbs. 104.00-109.00;
Choice 200-350 lbs. 80.00-99.00; high
Good & low Choice 160-300 lbs.
56.00-80.00; Good 200-325 lbs. 40.00-
55.00; high Good & low Choice 120-
160 lbs. 48.00-74.00,80-110 lbs. 35.00-
46.00, 70-80 lbs. 34.00-43.00, few 55-
70 lbs. 25.00-37.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good &
Choice 260-400 lbs. 45.00-52.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk 100-
125 lb. holstein bulls 65.00-83.00,
several 90-100 lbs. 55.0M7.00, few
small frame 90-105 lbs. 43.00-55.00
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