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Lancaster, PA 17601 717/299-3721 Barn Cleaner Chain Lancaster BELT FEEDER AND ‘NEW" Lancaster CONVEYOR Modern dairy and beef feedlots can be automated with the use of bunk feeders using belt feeder units Corn silage haylage high moisture corn and other feed material can be distributed quietly evenly and with no separation A traveling,plow unit places the feed directly to the center of the bunk trough Simple operation and very low horsepower requirements make this Lancaster belt feeder popular with dairy and beef oper ators Rubber belt and wooden trough design keeps silage from contacting or corroding metal King when others quit! 'NEW" SUPREME 1428 TURBO - IMMEDIATE 1' "V DELIVERY Lancaster Brand Single and Double y^r BERG BARN CLEANERS - i t ,n 7 1 tING DRIVE SS [N STOCK - STRONG-LIGHTWEIGHT 1 5/8" Tubing Painted UNIT WATERERS 14 GAUGE STAINLESS STEEL •Strong • Dependable "GATES'' Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 5,1985-Al3 St. Louis Cattle Thursday, Oct. 3 Report Supplied by USDA Receipts this week Week Ago Year Ago Compared to last week’s close, slaughter steers 1.00-1.50 higher. Slaughter heifers mostly 1.00 higher. Cows weak to 1.00 lower early, closing 2.00-3.00 lower. Bulls steady to weak. Slaughter supply mainly choice and mixed choice and prime steers, around 10% cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed choice and prime 2-4 1075-1350 lbs. 55.00- Load 2-3 1325 lbs. 56.00. Couple package 4-5 1400-1600 lbs. 47.0048.00. Choice 2-4 950-1300 lbs. 53.50- few lots 2-3 925-1150 lbs. 55.00- Mixed good and choice 2-3 900-1250 lbs. 52.00-54.00. Good 2- 3 900-1200 lbs. 49.50-52.00. Mostly good 2-3 1075-1600 lb. holsteins 42.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed choice and prime 2-4 900-1125 lbs. 53.50- few lots 54.25-54.50. Choice 2-4 825-1100 lbs. 52.00-53.50. Mixed good and choice 2-3 800-1050 lbs. 49.00-52.00. Good 2-3 700-1000 lbs. 47.00-49.00. COWS: (Closing week sales) Breaking utility and commercial 2- 4, 30.00-33.00. Cutter and boning utility 1-2 30.00-33.00. Few high yielding 34.00-35.00. Canner and low cutter 1-2 28.00-30.00. Shelly canner 1-2 25.00-28.00. BULLS: YG 1-2 1050-1900 lbs. 42.0046.00. Wednesday’s weekly sheep auction. Receipts around 350 head. Slaughter lambs steady to weak. Slaughter ewes steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder lambs steady to 1.00 lower. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice and prime 95-120 lbs. 62.00-67.50, package prime 70.00. Choice and prime wooled 95-120 lbs. 62.00- 66.50, package 68.00. SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility and good 15.00-19.00. FEEDER LAMBS: Choice and fancy 70-90 lbs. 60.00-65.00. FEEDERS; 1100 Feeder Steers and Hiefers unevenly steady to 1.00 lower. Increased percentage fleshy small frame cattle. Harvesting affecting buyer attendance. FEEDER STEERS: Medium Frame with a few Large Frame 1; 300-500 lbs. 64.25-70.00 ; 500-700 lbs. 60.25-67.00. Few fleshy 700-800 lbs. 55.00-58.25. Large Frame 2 Holsteins: 500-900 lbs. 42.25-47.50. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium, few Large Frame 1: 300-400 lbs. 53.00-57.00 ; 400-600 lbs. 51.50-56.25, package thin gaunt 426 lbs. Crossbreds 58.25 ; 600-800 lbs. few 50.00-53.75. 3.000 2,800 3.000 Lebanon Valley Livestock Fredericksburg, Pa. Tuesday, October 1 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 205. Trend, cows unevenly steady. Few choice 24 1055-1300 lbs. Slaughter Steers 52.00-54.25, good 50.5053.00, few Standard 39.7542.50, few choice slaughter heifers 50.50-53.00. Breaking utility and commercial slaughter cows 36.00-37.50, cutter and boning utility 34.00-36.35, canner and low cutter 30.50-33.50. A few yield grade #1 1745-1965 lbs. bulls 49.75-52.00. CALVES 200. Vealers steady to weak. Few choice 69.00-74.00, few good 62.00-68.00, standard and good 85-115 lbs. 42.0046.00, 65-80 lbs. 35.0042.00. Holstein bulls 95-130 lbs. 52.00 74.00, few Holstein heifers 100-120 lbs. 44.00-73.00. HOGS 160. Barrows and gilts mostly .75-1.00 higher. US #l-2 215- 250 lbs. 45.10-44.85, #2-3 215-265 lbs. 43.1043.85. US #l-3 330-560 lbs., sows 33.00-35.25, a few 2-3 305410 lbs. 31.25-33.50. SHEEP 48. 70-105 lbs. spring lambs 58.00-67.00, good 65-100 lbs. 45.00-50.00, few 50-65 lbs. 57.00- 63.00. Slaughter sheep 13.80-22.00. Valley Livestock Athens, Pa. Monday, September 30 Report supplied by auction Holstein Hfr. Calves to 63.00. Veal Calves 65.00-83.00. Vealer Bull Calves 60.00-80.00. Slaughter Calves 42.00-50.00. Grassers & Feeders 34.00-55.00. Lambs 60.00-71.00. Sheep 15.00-23.00. Hogs, 200 to 250 40.0047.50. Sows 36.0040.00. Boars 25.00-28.50. Pigs each 12.00-22.00. Heifers 36.00-39.75. Steers medium 35.0040.50. Steers, feeder 36.00-52.00. Bulls 39.0046.50. Cows, utility 35.50-37.25. Cows, fat 35.00-36.50. Cows, medium 33.00-34.00. Cows, poor or small 28.00-32.50. Cattle Market steady. Calf Market steady. Horses small to 70.00. Ponies 30.00-90.00. Goats each 15.0040.00. Remarks; Market real good for this time of year.
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