Livestock market and auction news Westminster Livestock Auction Westminster, Pa. Tuesday, March 19 Report supplied by auction SLAUGHTER COWS: Active bidding 50 cents higher. High Yield 44.00- Utility 40.0044.00; Canners 37.0041.00; Shelly 37.00 down. Bulls- Good Heavy Weights 50.00- Medium Weights 44.00- 48.00. Fed Steers- No High Choice offered; Good to Low Choice 53.00- 57.00; Good 50.00-53.00. Fed Heifers- 5 head. Choice 700-850 lb. 48.00- Veal Calves- Good 60.00- Standard 50.0060.00; Stocky/Thin 40.00-50.00; Killers SO HO lb. 48.00-54.00; Weak/Rough 40.00 down. Farm Calves- $20.00 lower. Holstein Bulls 100-125 lb. 60.00- 90-110 lb. 53.0056.00; OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, APRIL 4,1985 10AMto4PM Directions: At blinking light on Rt. 15, south of Williamsport, go west 4 miles; or From Elimsport, go 2 miles beyond the junction of Rt. 44 and 554. BUILDING • Pole And Steel Construction For 120 Freestalls In 4 Rows, With Drive Thru Feeding Holstein Heifers 95-110 lb. 53.00- 56.00. Butcher Hogs- Large run $l.OO lower. US # 1 & 3 215-245 lb. 42.3542.75. Sows 500-700 lb. 43.50- 46.50; 300500 lb. 35.0042.50. STOCK CATTLE: 135 head, steady prices. Steers- 300-700 lb. 60.0068.50; Good 54.0060.00; 700- 950 lbs. Choice 53.0057.50; Good 45.0053.00. Heifers- 300-700 lb. Choice 50.0055.00, Good 45.00- 50.00; Medium 37.0045.00. Bulls -500-700 lb. Few Choice 60.0062.00; Good 50:0058.00. Lambs- Smaller run but good demand. 1-140 lb. at $100.00; 60-90 lb. 67.00-79.00 ; 95-125 lb. 69.00-71.00; 1 -135 lb. at 65.00. Sheep- $5.00 lower. 15.00-23.00. Goats- Good demand. Mature 30.0055.00; Mainly 35.0045.00; Kids Fat 25.00-37.00; Small 15.00- 25.00. Pigs and Shoats- 150 head. Ken, Ray, Dave and Paul invite you to LOST BROOK FARMS Mike and Nancy Jarrett, near Elimsport, PA g Paneled Sides For Cross Ventilation ;y Flow Manure System EQUIPMENT Equipment Company’s “System 2000” Bou-Matic 'd Double 8 Pregnant Herringbone Parlor ;tachers With D.H.I.A. Approved Milk Metering imp 2030 Computer For Herd Management Efficiency iterized Feeding System, 4 Feeding Stalls With Dual Ration II Electric Crowd Gate privilege for us to work with Mike and Nancy, helping them :heir plans toward a workable dairy operation. Our THANKS and CONGRATULATIONS are extended to them. it Us Show You The Buildings, The Equipment And The Installation They Chose To Help Them Achieve Their Goal. Good quality offered. By the head few 20-30 lb. 28.00-35.00; 3045 lb. 30.00-37.00 ; 4060 lb. 35.0044.50; 9 head 103 lb. 52.50. By the lb. 1 -160 lb. 40.0045.00; Stock Boars 170-250 lb. 30.00-38.00. Good Alfalfa $Bl-89 a ton, fair to good 72-80. Alfalfa Timothy $77-90 a ton, Alfalfa Orchard Grass $Bl-86 a ton, Timothy $6062.50, Clover $1.15 a bale, Mixed Hay $65, Orchard Grass $4B, Locust Wood $63 a cord, Ix6x9’ Oak Lumber $l.lO per board, Ix6xl2’ $1.50 per board, Ix6xl6’ $2.40 per board. Special Easter Lamb & Goat Sale here at Westminster on Saturday, March 30th. Receiving form 7:00 A.M., sale times 10 A.M. Rabbits, Eggs, Poultry, 12 noon Goats, Lambs and Sheep. For Hay 25 Loads Lancaster Famine, Saturday, March 30,1985-Al5 St. Louis Cattle Thursday, March 28 Report supplied by USDA Weekly Cattle Review: receipts this week 2,900; last week 3,700; last year 4,300. Compared with last week’s close, Slaughter Steers weak to .50 lower. Slaughter Heifers weak to 1.00 lower. Cows 1.00 lower. Bulls steady. Slaughter supply mainly Choice and Mixed Good and Choice Slaughter Steers and Heifers. Overall Quality and Marketings of Slaughter Heifers below normal. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 241075-1325 lbs. 58.00-58.50, load and part load early at 59.00, not tested late. Choice 24 1000-1300 lbs. 57.00-58.50, closing 57.50-58.50; 900-1000 lbs. 56.00-57.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 56.00-57.50. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs. 53.00-56.00. Mostly Good 2-3 1100-1350 lb. Holsteins 50.0054.00. Standard to Good 2-3 950-1200 lbs. 47.0050.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Choice 2-4 900-1075 lbs. 55.0056.00; 800-900 lbs. 53.5055.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-975 lbs. 53.50 55.00. Good 2-3 750-950 lbs. 50.00 53.50. COWS: (closing week sales) breaking Utility and Commercial 2-4 39.0042.00. Cutter and Boning Utility 1-2 39.0042.00. High yielding Utility 1-2 42.0044.00. Canner and low Cutter 1-2 34.00-39.00. Shelly Canner 1-2 29.00-34.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050 2000 lbs. 45.005.00. Few Yield Grade 151.0052.00. SHEEP: Wednesday’s weekly sheep auction. Receipts around 600 head. As compared to last week, wooled and shorn Slaughter Lambs 1.50- lower. Feeder lambs weak in a light test. No comparison on spring Slaughter Lambs. Trading was moderately active, demand generally light, except for Easter trade spring Slaughter Lambs which brought good demand. Supply heavy, consisting mostly of Slaughter Lambs and Ewes, with on a few feeders. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Mixed Choice and Prime wooled 95-110 lbs. 60.00-64.00. Same grades shorn with no. 1 and 2 pelts 90-140 lbs. 66.50- Same grades spring 45- 55 lbs. 85.00, one lot 62 lbs. 90.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Cull to mostly Utility 18.50-21.00. FEEDER LAMBS: Few around 90 lbs. 64.50-67.00. GOATS: Few 11.00-20.00 per head. GIGANTIC SKLKCTION IN Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS
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