A2-Uncastar Farming, Saturday, Dacambar 29,1984
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Dec. 24,1984
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
Today
528 58 651
Last Monday
919 134 1297
Last Year
789 33 1443
Monday’s Auction
604 64 611
Last Monday’s Auction
952 158 942
CATTLE: Compared to last
Monday slaughter steers firm to 50
higher; heifers 1.00-2.00 higher;
cows firm to 50 higher; couple
bullocks fully steady; bulls mostly
steady. Supply included 52%
slaughter steers, 10% heifers, 25%
cows, and 13% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
Good and Choice 1-2 and Prime 2-4
1200-1500 lb. 68.50-71.00; Choice 24
1075-1375 lb. 66.50-69.10; high Good
and low Choice 2-3 62.25-66.00;
Good 2-3 60.0062.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 950-1100 lb. 62.0065.50,
few Choice 2 65.5066.75; Good 2-3
900-1100 lb. 58.0062.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 38.0040.00, few to
41.00; load Commercial and Good
2-3 beef breed 42.0045.00; Cutter
and Boning Utility 16 35.0068.50;
Conner and low Cutter 31.0065.00.
BULLOCKS: Couple Good and
Choice 161100-1350 lb. 59.7564.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-1800
lb. 50.0062.50, couple 52.5064.00;
yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb. 45.00-
50.00.
VEAL CALVES: Small supply
vealers fully steady, although
Choice and Prime not tested.
VEALERS: High Choice and
Prime, few 140-250 lb. 65.00-78.00,
80-120 lb. 40.00-55.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 70.00-81.00,
few 90-100 lb. 60.00-70.00.
SHEEP; Wooled lambs and
slaughter ewes mostly steady.
Supply included around 189 goats.
WOOLED LAMBS; Choice and
24 hours a day
AUCTIONS
Z 9:00 A.M Slaughter Bulls,
■ Heifers, Steers, Cows
■ 11:00 A.M. Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
■ TUESDAY
I 10:00 A.M.— Slaughter Hogs
■ 1:00 P.M. Feeder Pigs
J WEDNESDAY
■ 8:00 A.M. Slaughter Hogs
■ 10:00 A.M.— Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
ll:OOA.M. Veal Calves, Lambs, Hogs
12 NOON Slaughter Sale Load Lot
(5 or more)
FRIDAY
11:00 A.M.— Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
8:00 A.M.— Slaughter Hogs
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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Z
Business As Usual ?
Monday, Dec. 31,1984 I
Cattle Auction Starts at BA.M. |
Hog Auction Starts at Noon g
No Market On New Year’s Day g
■ LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, PC. !
_ 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 ■
■ Serving Tho Community For 17 Yoon |
There will be no Virginia
Livestock reports, Vintage Sales,
Lancaster Livestock Auction, New
Holland Feeder Pig Sale, New
Holland Livestock Auction,
Lancaster Hog Auction, Lancaster
Feeder Pig Auction or Lancaster
County Weekly report due to the
holidays and vacation.
1896
2014
Prime 80-110 lb. 65.00-70.00; Good
and Choice 60-100 lb. 58.0045.00;
few Good 4040 lb. buck lambs
65.00-70.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility
and Good 20.00-30.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head; large mature 40.0060.00;
medium sized 30.0040.00; small,
mainly kids, 15.00-30.00.
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, December 27,1984
Report Supplied by USDA
Fed cattle prices ranged up 25-
50c at the close of trading this week
under a good demand. Salable
numbers were curtailed not only
by the Christmas holiday, but also
by icy road conditions Wednesday.
Overall finish continued just fair,
particularly on steers, as many
cattle being marketed with
minimum number of feeding days.
Slaughter cows 4.006.00 higher.
Bulls fully steady.
Estimated 4 day receipts 4000;
actuals last week 9052; last year
9817. Steers comprised 41 pet of the
week’s receipts; heifers 40 pet.,
cows 15 pet; feeders 3 pet.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: At the
close, choice 2-41050-1275 lbs. 66.00-
67.00, 3 loads 67.2547.50. Mixed
good and choice 2-3 1000-1150 lbs.
63.50-66.00. Few good 61.50-63.50.
Part load mixed good and choice 2-
3 holsteins 1250 lbs. 57.00, part load
365 days a year
(717)394-2611
MONDAY
strictly choice holsteins 1350 lbs.
59.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-4 950-1100 lbs. 65.0006.00,
four loads including few prime
1025-1075 lbs. 66.25-66.50. Mixed
good and choice 2-3 900-1025 lbs.
62.5065.00. Good 58.5062.50.
Average of LS 214 detailed
quotations for 9001100 lb. choice
steers 65.38; 11001300 lbs. 66.88.
Average cost steers 65.74, average
weight 1172 lbs; as compared 65.24
and 1159 lbs. a week ago. Average
cost heifers 64.26, average weight
1016 lbs; as compared 64.13 and
1040 lbs. a week ago.
SLAUGHTER COWS; Breaking
utility and commercial 2-3 37.25-
40.50, high dressing to 44.00. Cutter
and boning utility 1-2 37.5041.25,
high dressing to 44.75. Canner and
low cutter 34.00-38.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1-2 1150
1600 lbs. 41.25-46.75.
Receipts This Week 1,000; Week
Ago 4,500; Year Ago 2,700. Com
pared to last week’s close,
Slaughter Steers .50-1.00 higher.
Slaughter Heifers steady to .50
higher. Cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Bulls
steady in a light test. Slaughter
supply light due to Christmas
Holiday in the middle of the
trading week; around 30% Cows.
HAY. STRAW & CORN
SALE
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 o( State Buyers - Cash or Certified Check Only
Sole Every Tuesday
10:30 A.M.
Slaughter Cattle Auction -
Steers/Bulls, Heifers, Cows,
Feeder Cattle.
Get calves in early. We start to grade and
weigh at 2:00.
Sale Every Saturday
9 A.M.
Hog Sale
Business Phene
717-768-8204
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215-458-8518
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, December 27
Report supplied by USDA
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Light
supply Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1075-1250 lbs. 65.5046.00, part load
1100 lbs. 66.50. Choice 2-41000-1250
lbs. 64.5045.50, 900-1000 lbs. 63.00
64.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
900-1150 lbs. 63.0044.50. Good 24
900-1175 lbs. 60.0043.00. Few lots
mostly Good 24 1050-1300 lbs.
Holsteins 54.0047.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Light
supply Mixed choice and Prime 24
900-1075 lbs. 64.00, package 64.50.
Choice 24 900-1100 lbs. 62.5044.00;
800900 lbs. 61.0042.50. Mixed Good
and Choice 24 800975 lbs. 60.50
62.50. Good 24 750950 lbs. 58.00
60.50.
COWS: Closing week sales
Breaking Utility and Commercial
2-4 36.0040.00. Cutter and boning
Utility 1-2 36.00-40.00. High
yielding Utility 40.0041.00. Canner
and low Cutter 32.0046.00. Shelly
Canner 27.0032.00. Moderate
Supply commercial Heiferettes 2-4
mostly 42.0047.00.
BULLS: Few YG 1-2 12001800
lbs. 41.0046.25.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 50 head.
Compared with last week, not
enough of any one class to test
market trends. Post Holiday
supply very light.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS; Mixed
Choice and Prime shorn with No. 1-
2 pelts, two lots 103 and 115 lbs.
66.00 and 65.50 respectively.
FEEDER LAMBS: One lot 87
lbs. 56.50.
Slaughter Ewes and Goats
Scarce.
FEEDERS; (Including around
500 at the regular Thursday auc
tion.) Trading moderately active.
Supply light. Demand good for the
small supply of medium and large
frame no. 1 muscled cattle.
Slaughter steers and heifers firm
in a light test. Supply consisted
mostly of 500-900 lb. steers and 400-
800 lb. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and large frame 1: 500800 lbs.
60.00-64,00; 600800 lbs. 62.0085.00.
Two lots 900-1050 lbs. 58.0089.00.
Medium and large frame 1-2; 400-
700 lbs. 53.0088.00. Small frame 1-2
400800 lbs. 49.0085.00.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium and
large frame 1-2 : 350-900 lbs. mostly
47.0085.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and large frame 1: Two lots 300-400
lbs. 50.0082.00; 400800 lbs. 50.00-
B&R CATTLE CO.
RDI, Marietta. PA
17547
Office Phone:
(717)653-8164
Specializing In
Stockers &
Feeders
JOHN BOWMAN
Ph <717)653-5728
RON RANCH
Ph (717)656 9849
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
l-mile East of
Fredericksburg
alfttyg 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
55.00, one lot 691 lbs. 56.00. Small
frame 1-2; Few 350-600 lbs. 47.00-
52.00.
Indiana
Livestock
Homer City, Pa.
Thursday, Dec. 27
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 163. Compared with
last week’s market: SI. cows 1.50-
2.00 higher. SI. steers: Few Choice
61.0064.50, few Good 57.0060.50,
Standard 50.00-56.00. SI. heifers:
few Choice 60.0063.50, few Good
53.25-57.00, Standard 44.0051.00. SI.
cows: Breaking Utility & Com
mercial 38.00-42.00, Cutter &
Boning Utility 33.50-37.25, Canner
& low Cutter 30.00-34.00. SI. bulls:
few Yield Grade No. 1, 1400-1800
Ibk. 45.0050.00, few Yield Grade
No. 2,1000-1400 lbs. 40.00-44.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
Medium Frame No. 1, 400600 lbs.
48.00-58.00. Heifers, Medium
Frame No. 1, 350580 lbs. 43.00-
52.00.
CALVES: 159. Few Choice 73.00-
86.00. few Good 57.0062.00, 90-120
lbs. 47.0052.00, 6065 lbs. 38.00-
48.00. Hoi. Bulls 90-125 lbs. 60.00-
81.00.
HOGS; 205. .50-.75 higher. US 1-2
210-255 lbs. 51.25-52.25, 1-3 215-250
lbs. 50.00-51.50; Sows 1-3 few 300-
500 lbs. 39.00-42.00.
Belknap Livestock
Dayion, Pa.
Wednesday, December 27
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 57. Compared with last
Wednesday’s market, not enough
sales for a market test. Standard
Individual slaughter heifer 44.50.
Cutter and Boning Utility 37.50-
41.25, Few Canner and Low Cutter
32.00-36.75, Shells down to 25.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Bulls, Few
Medium and Large Frame #2 490-
610 lbs., 40.0047.50.
CALVES 105. Individual Good
Vealer 66.00, Individual Standard
Vealer 57.00, Standard and Good
90-110 lbs. 46.00-50.00, 60-85 lbs.
39.0047.00, Utility 50-75 lbs. 25.00-
36.00, Few 45-55 lbs. down 10.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls
90-125 lbs. 57.00-79.00.
HOGS 90. Barrows and gilts
mostly 50 cents higher. US No. 1-2
200:250 lbs. barrows and gilts 50.50-
51.60, Few No. 1-3 21:-245 lbs. 49.90-
50.00.
SOWS: Few US No. 1-3 325-370
lbs. sows 40.2543.00. Two Boars
29.00 and 29.25.
FEEDER PIGS 13. One Lot US
No. 1-3 30 lbs. feeder pigs 14.00 per
head, One Lot No. 1-3 40 lbs. 26.50.
Chambersburg
Livestock
Chambersburg, Pa.
Thursday, Dec. 27
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 382. Compared with
last week’s market; SI. cows .25-
1.50 higher. SI. steers: few Good
57.75-61.75, few Standard 49.50-
53.75, few Utility 38.0045.00. SI.
heifers: one Good 53.25, few
Standard 39.0047.00. SI. cows:
Utility & Commercial 38.0042.25,
Cutter & Boning Utility 35.5040.50,
Canner & low Cutter 32.50-35.75. SI.
bulls; Yield Grade No. 1,1190-1825
lbs. 46.00-53.35, few Yield Grade
No. 2,850-1200 lbs. 42.5045.75.
CALVES: 544. Few Choice 80.00-
99.00, Good 57.00-75.00; 110-120 lbs.
54.00-58.00, 70-105 lbs. 47.00-54.00.
Hoi. bulls 90-130 lbs. 54.00-98.00,
mostly 65.00-85.00, Heifers 90-120
lbs. 55.00-70.00.
HOGS: 80. US 1-3 205-230 lbs,
49.60-51.35; Sows 1-3 315-530 lbs.
38.5048.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 47. Few lots 40-
50 lbs. 34.00-35.00 per head.
SHEEP: 3. Couple Choice 50 lbs.
67.50 8c 70.00.