Virginia
markets
Virginia
Auction Summary
May 23-29
Report supplied by VDA
Total of Va. Weekly Feeder
Cattle Auction Receipts: 3,249.
Trend: Mostly steady to 1.00
lower.
South & Southwest Va.
Smithfield
May 23-29
Report supplied by VDA
STEERS: Medium 1 300-000 lbs.
64.00-73.00, 500-700 lbs. 61.50-70.00,
700-1000 lbs. 53.75-64.50. Large 1
CHESAPEAKE ,
BAY SPORT -vW
FISHING
SOUTHERN
MARYLAND
Trolling, Chumming and Drift
Fishing
Call
Captain Joe
301-257-2927
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 Oilier, Manager
Phone 394-7915
Burnell Siegrist - Buyer & Seller
Phone 626-8653
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300-500 lbs. 66.75, 500-700 lbs. 60.00-
73.50. Small 1 300-500 lbs. 60.00-
69.00, 500-700 lbs. 58.0066.50, 700-
1000 lbs. 59.75.
HEIFERS; Medium 1 300500
lbs. 54.5063.00, 500-700 lbs. 52.00-
58.50,700-900 lbs. 49.0057.00. Large
1300500 lbs. 55.0063.50,500-700 lbs.
52.0058.40, 700-900 lbs. 51.25-54.75,
Small 1300500 lbs. 43.0056.50,500-
700 lbs. 47.00.
Northern Va. Auction Summary
May 23-29
Report supplied by VDA
STEERS; Medium 1 300500 lbs.
64.00-75.00, 500-700 lbs. 64.00-74.00,
700-1000 lbs. 55.0065.50. Large 1
Green Dragon
livestock Sales
Location: Ephrata RD 4. 1 '
mile N. on North State St,
Ephrata.
COWS %
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Lots of good Northern Feeder
& Stockers. Slaughter Cows
- Bull Steer, Veal-lamb.
11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week.
1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale.
7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale.
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals
on farm or at our barn or other market
information call: Office 717-733-2444,
Home 717-838-4318.
WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor
All out of state and new buyers must have
cash or certified check or current letter of
credit from bank.
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Livestock market and auction news
306-500 69.00-73.00, 500-700 lbs.
65.0669.00. Small 1 300500 lbs.
55.0666.00. 500-700 lbs. 56.0661.00.
HEIFERS: Medium 1 306500
lbs. 53.0663.00, 506-700 lbs. 51.00-
59.50,706-900 lbs. 50.0656.75. Large
1 306500 56.5661.75, 506-760 lbs.
54.7562.50. SmaU 1 306500 lbs.
54.0666.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers-
M&L-l 306500 lbs. 68.00-74.50, 500-
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RD 1, Box 686, Glen Rock, PA 17327
(717) 235-3849
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, May 25
Report supplied by auction
700 lbs. 54.00-73.00, 700-1000 lbs.
39.7555.00. Holstein 300-1000 41.00-
54.25. S-IAM&I/-2 300500 lbs. 59.00-
69.00. Feeder Bulls M&L-l 500-700
lbs. 45.06-56.50, 700-1000 lbs. 46.50-
53.00. Heifers: M&L-l 306500 lbs.
53.0664.50, 500-700 lbs. 40.0659.50,
700-800 lbs. 37.0648.75.
STOCK COWS; Beef 282.56-
520.00. Baby Calves 20.00-79.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS; Utility &
■Commercial 2-4 35.00-43.75;
Canner & Cutters 1-3 29.50-34.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1 & 2:
48.00-51.50.
LAMBS: Blue O. High Choice &
Prime 76.00; Red O. Choice 73.00;
Feeder Lambs. Choice 73.00;
Slaughter Ewes 20.00-25.00.
HOGS; US 1-3200-240 lbs. 42.35.
VEAL: Choice & Prime 78.00;
Good 54.00-70.00.
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, May 22
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers- $1.50
higher. Low Choice 52.00-52.75;
Good 50.00-52.00; Medium 45.00
49.00. Heifers- Good 47.00-51.25;
Medium 42.00-46.00. Cows- Good
run steady prices. High Yield 42.50
44.00; Average 38.00-42.00; Big
Middle 35.00-37.00; Fatty Herf.
35.00- Shelly 37.00 Down. Fat
Bulls- $l.OO to $2.00 higher. Good
51.00- Medium 45.00-50.00.
Veal Calves- Heavy calves $3.00
lower. Choice 79.00-81.00; Good
75.00- Medium 65.00-74.00;
Farm Hfrs. 60.00-65.00; Farm
Bulls 80.00-93.00; Light Calves
51.00- Weak Calves 50.00
down. Lambs- $2.00 lower. Choice
67.00- Good 64.00-66.00;
Medium 58.00-63.00.
STOCKER: Steers- 300550 lbs.
Mostly steady prices. Choice 68.00
70.50; Good 60,00-67.00; Medium
52.0059.00; Culls 51.00 down.
Steers- 600850 lbs. Choice 64.00
67.00; Good 58.0063.00; Medium
57.00 down. Heifers- (All Weights)
Choice 51.0055.50; Good 46.00
50.00; Medium 40.00-45.00. Dairy
Cows to 800.00. Pigs, Hd. Steady to
$l.OO lower. 2030 lbs. 25.0036.00;
4060 lbs. 37.0044.50. Shoats by Lb.-
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SHEARSON/AMERICAN
express, inc. mmm
29 E. Ring St.
Lancaster, PA 17603
CRIPPLED AND
Cows, Steers & Bulls
For Slaughter Under
USDA Inspection
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 1,1985-A9
36.0045.00. Slaughter Hogs- $l.OO
higher. 220-240 lbs. 42.25-43.00; 250-
270 lbs. 39.7542.00; 190-205 lbs.
38.00-38.50. Sows- 500600 lbs. 37.00
39.00; 300400 lbs. 33.0036.00. Bulls-
Choice 63.0069.50; Good 56.00
62.00; Medium 48.0055.00.
We open every Wednesday at 8
A.M. to receive livestock. All
livestock is weighed when
received, not when it is sold. “This
is an inweight sale.” Hatfields
$43.50.
CATTLE. Butcher Steers-
Choice 54.0056.50, few 58.00;
Butcher Steers- Medium-Good
51.00-55.00; Butcher Heifers-
Choice 53.00-55.00, few to 57.00;
Butcher Heifers- Medium-Good
48.0054.00; Butcher Cows- Utilitv-
Good 44.0048.00, few to 50.00.
Butcher Cows- Canners and
Cutters 40.0044.00; Butcher Cows-
Shells 40.00 & down; Butcher Bulls-
Medium-Good 48.00-58.00; Stock
Steers- Medium-Good 68.00 &
down; Stock Heifers- Medium-
Good 57.00 & down.
CALVES. Medium-Good Calves
-160-220 lbs. 75.00-86.00; Medium-
Good Calves-125-160 lbs. 65.00-
75.00; Medium-Good Calves-100-
120 lbs. up to 59.00; Medium-Good
Calves-80-100 lbs. up to 55.00;
Holstein Bull Calves up to 92.00;
Holstein Heifer Calves up to 65.00;
Thin & Rough Calves 50.00 & down.
SHEEP and LAMBS. Choice
Lambs 70.00-75.00; Medium-Good
Lambs 58.00-65.00; Butchering
Ewes and Bucks 17.00-25.00.
HOGS. Good-Choice Butcher
Hogs 190-225 lbs. 43.00; Good-
Choice Butcher Hogs 225-250 lbs.
44.85; Good-Choice Butcher Sows
400 lbs., down 35.00-39.50; Good-
Choice Butcher Sows 400 lbs., up
38.00-41.50; Heavy Boars 31.25;
Light Boars 34.00; Feeding Shoats -
Per Hundred 18.00-36.00.
DISABLED
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, May 27