Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Sept. 30
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Cplves Hogs Sheep Goats
Today
1323 214 745 568
Last Monday
1421 186 703 684
Last Year
1199 99 875 422
Monday’s Auction
1156 243 641 331 396
Last Monday’s Auction
1309 203 626 461 221
CATTLE: Compared to last
Monday slaughter steers mostly
steady, instances 50 higher on
average Choice to Prime;
slaughter heifers steady, instances
50 higher; cows unevenly steady;
bullocks steady; bulls steady to
1.00 lower; although yield grade 1
not fully tested. Supply included
63% slaughter steers, 12%
slaughter heifers, 11% cows, and
14% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 2-4 1250-1350 lb.
56.00- Choice 2-4 1075-1350 lb.
53.50-56.00, few lots 56.00-56.50;
high Good and low Choice 2-3 1025-
1425 lb. 50.00-53.75; few Good 2-3
46.75- few Choice 1680-1900 lb.
Holsteins 42.00-45.00, Good and
Choice 1125-1450 lb. 42.00-46.75, few
Standard 1050-1200 lb. 40.0042.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 900-1150 lb. 50.00-53.25;
few head Choice 2 1100-1175 lb.
53.75- Good 2-3 900-1150 lb.
45.75-
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 36.50-39.00, couple
39.00- Commercial 34 mainly
'eef breed 32.00-36.00; Cutter and
oning Utility 1-3 35.00-37.00, few
j 7.00-38.00; Canner and low Cutter
33 00-35.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-2 1050-1300
lb. 48 00-51.75, individual 54.75; few
Good 1-21000-1250 lb. 46.5048.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 2 1000-1500
lb. 43.0047.00; couple yield grade 1
1200-1825 lb. 47.00-51.75.
VEAL CALVES; Vealers firm to
5.00 higher; Choice slaughter
calves firm to 5.00 highft - , Good
weak to 5.00 lower. Demand fair
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ATTENTION CATTLE FEEDERS
Every Wednesday at 12 Noon:
LOAD LOT Fat Cattle Sale 10 or more per
lot All cattle for LOADLOT Sale must
arrive by 9:00 A.M. All cattle sold in order
of arrival at market
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
| 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 M
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for Holstein bulls to return to farm.
Supply included one lot Prime
Special fed 340 lb. bought to arrive
at 125.00.
VEALERS: High Choice and
Prime 160-320 lb. 90.00-110.00;
Choice 160-220 lb. 80.00-90.00, few
90.00-95.00; high Good and low
Choice 140-325 lb. 65.00-80.00, 110-
140 lb. 45.00-65.00, 80-110 lb. 38.00-
46.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Choice
350450 lb. 50.00-60.00; Good 250450
lb. 36.0045.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; Bulk
95-115 lb. Holstein bulls 58.00-75.00,
few 50.00-58.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs mostly
steady; slaughter ewes steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: High Choice
and Prime 80-110 lb. 68.00-72.00;
Choice 70-105 lb. 65.00-68.00,
several 40-60 lb. 65.00-85.00; Good
50-90 lb. 60.00-65.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 20.00-30.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head; mostly steady, instances
5.00 lower; Large mature 55.00-
65.00, few 65.00-70.00; Medium
30.00-50.00; Small 20.00-30.00.
Vintage Market
Tuesday, Oct. 1
Report Supplied by USDA
CattlerCalves Sheep Goats
Today
1079 1093 6 3
Last Tuesday
1067 1028 14 22
Last Year
955 894 23 3
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers uneven,
Choice and Prime 24 fully steady,
Choice and Prime 4-5 50-1.00 lower,
high Good and low Choice steady to
1.00 lower; slaughter heifers
steady; cows steady to 1.00 lower,
most decline on late sales of
Canner and Cutter; bulls and
bullocks not fully tested. Supply
included 57 percent slaughter
steers and 40 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 34 1225-1425 lb.
55.75-57.50, few 57.50-59.85; high
HAY, STRAW & CORN Kim
SALE SS#
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 of State Buyers - Cash or Certified Check Only
Sale 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.
Choice and Prime 4-5 1350-1570 lb.
48.00- Good and Choice 1-2
1150-1350 lb. 57.25-59.50, six head
60.00- Choice 24 1050-1400 lb.
52.75-55.85,' several 56.00-56.35;
several Choice 3 few 4 1400-1550 lb.
52.50-55.50; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 1040-1275 lb. 50.00-53.00;
Good 2-3 47.00-51.00; Good and
Choice 1290-1490 lb. Holsteins 43.00-
46.35.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 2-3 990-1250 lb. 51.00-54.50.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 36.00-38.00, few
38.00-39.50; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.00-37.00, few 37.50-
39.50, several late 32.75-34.00;
Canner and low Cutter 31.50-33.75.
BULLS: Couple yield grade 1
1350-1800 lb. 45.0047.50; few yield
grade 21050-1400 lb. 41.5044.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly
steady, although weights over 140
lb. not fully tested; slaughter
calves fully steady. Supply in
cluded 711 in graded sale of which
64 percent sold to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice 210-265
lb. 78.00-85.00, individual 255 lb.
93.00, couple Choice 130-150 lb.
72.00- high Good and low
Choice 150-220 lb. 46.00-55.00, 110-
150 lb. 40.00-52.00, 80-105 lb. 35.00-
40.00, 70-80 lb. 30.00-35.00, 55-70 lb.
20.00-
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Choice
250-380 lb. 53.00-66.00; Good to low
Choice 250-360 lb. 48.00-57.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 80 head
110-125 lb. Holstein bulls 82.00-
84.00, 175 head 100-105 lb. 70.00-
76.00, 50 head 90-95 lb. 45.00-52.00;
100 head 90405 lb. small frame
40.0042.00, 50 head 90-105 lb.
Holstein heifers 42.00-51.00.
SHEEP: No market test,
GOATS: No market test.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Today
Last Wednesday
Last Year
416 42 492 13
Wednesday’s Auction
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
Sale Every Saturday
9 A.M.
Hog Sale
Business Phene
717-768-8204
Nome Phene
215-458-8518
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt 30
Last Wednesday’s Auction
204 52 360 11 5
CATTLE: Compared to Monday
slaughter steers mostly steady;
slaughter heifers not fully tested;
cows steady to 1.00 lower; bulls not
tested. Supply included 75 percent
slaughter steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Three
lots Choice and Prime 341285-1385
lb. 55.75-56.25; Choice 24 1100-1350
lb. 54.00-56.50; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 960-1300 lb. 51.00-53.75;
Standard and Good 1100-1400 lb.
Holsteins 40.5041.00, tew Choice
1150-1440 lb. 43.0046.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Couple Choice 2-3 960-1145 lb. 50.00-
51.75; few Good 2-3 1000-1225 lb.
heiferettes 42.7547.25.
COWS: Few Breaking Utility 2-3
36.00-36.50; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.00-36.50; Canner and
low Cutter 31.00-33.00.
VEAL CALVES: Supply mainly
high Good and low Choice 80-105 lb.
vealers selling steady at 38.00-
45.00.
SHEEP: None.
Today
CATTLE: Compared to last
Thursday slaughter steers 50 to
mostly 1.00 higher; slaughter
heifers steady; cows 1.00-2.00
lower; bullocks 50-75 higher; bulls
fully steady. Supply included 48
percent slaughter steers, 6 percent
slaughter heifers, 41 percent cows
with the balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
high choice and prime 2-41175-1375
lb. 56.10-58.10; Choice 2-4 1040-1350
lb. 54.00-56.00, several 56.25-57.25
with some late sales 53.00-54.00;
few choice and prime 4-5 1350-1600
lb. 50.00-52.50; lugh good and low
choice 2-3 950-1350 lb. 51.00-54.25;
good 950-1325 lb. 48.00-52.00; good
and choice 1040-1425 lb. holstems
41.75-45.75, few standard to low
good 1000-1300 lb. 38.00-41.50.
462 6 452 4
326 52 359 15
213 19 415 0
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RDI, Marietta, PA
17547
Office Phone;
(717) 653-8164
Specializing In
Stockers &
Feeders
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Ph (717)653-5728
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New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, October 3
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
1028 693 91 84
Last Thursday
1133 777 . 112 19
Last Year
840 625 97 78
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 2-3 950-1100 lb. 50.75-54.10,
couple yield grade 2 54.50-55.10;
good 2-3 800-1025 lb 47.00-50.00.
COWS: Breaking utility and
commercial 2-4 34.00-37.25, few
37.50-37.75; cutter and boning
utility 1-3 32.25-35.75, few 36.00-
36.50; canner and low cutter 30.50-
33.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-31000-1325
lb. 49.50-52.50, couple 53.00; good 1-
2 950-1250 lb. 45.00-49.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-1900
lb. 46.50-49.50, individual 1450 lb.
52.00, couple 2160-2360 lb. 43.50-
46.75; yield grade 2 1000-1450 lb.
43.75-47.00.
VEAL CALVES: Choice and
prime vealers 5.00-10.00 lower,
high good and low choice 140-350 lb.
weak to 5.00 lower, 80-110 lb. 2.00-
4.00 higher. Demand good for
holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: High choice and
prime 275-350 lb. 92.00-99.00, couple
101.00- choice 160-320 lb.
64.00- few 80.00-92.00; high
good and low choice 140-350 lb.
50.00- 110-140 lb. 48.00-55.00,
80-110 lb. 44.00-53.00, few 60-85 lb.
40.00-
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. holstein bulls 65.00-80.00,
few 80.00-85.00, few small frame 90-
1101 b. 48.00-60.00.
SHEEP: Wooled lambs steady to
5.00 lower; slaughter ewes mostly
steady.
WOOLED LAMBS: High choice
and prime 70-105 lb. 66.00-72.00;
choice 65-90 lb. 57.00-65.00, with 40-
60 lb. 70.00-76.00; few good 60-90 lb
46.00-
SLAUGHTER EWES Utility
and good 16.00-26.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by th
head, bulk of the supply small and
medium thin fleshed selling at
14.00- few medium, fleshy
26.00- with a couple large
45 00-53.00.
Lancaster County
Weekly
Friday, October 4
. Report Supplied by PDA
Cattle Calves
This Week 4400 2025
Last Week 4662 2048
Last Year 4024 1661
CATTLE: SI. steers .50-1.00
higher, although few sales Choice
and Prime 4-5 .50-1.00 lower; si.
heifers steady, instances .50
higher; cows closed 1.00-2.00
lower; bullock steady to .50
higher; bulls mostly steady.
Supply included 45 per cent si.
steers, 5 per cent si. heifers, 23 per
cent cows, 5 per cent bulls, with the
balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice & Prime 2-4 1175-1425 lbs.
55.75-58.10, couple head 58.25-59.85;
high Choice & Prime 4-5 1350-1570
lbs. 48.00-52.00; Good and Choice 1-
2 1150-1350 lbs. 57.25-59.50, 6 head
60.00- Choice 2-4 1040-1350 lbs.
53.50-56.00, several 56.00-57.25;
several Choice 3-4 1350-1550 lbs.
52.00- high Good & low Choice
2-3 930-1350 lbs. 50.00-54.25; Good 2-
3 950-1325 lbs. 47.00-52.00; Good and
Choice 1040-1500 lb. holstems 41.75-
45.75, few Choice 45.75-46.75,
Standard & low Good 1000-1300 lbs
38.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 2-3 900-1150 lbs. 50.00-54.10,
few Choice 2 54.25-56.50; Good 2-3
800-1150 lbs. 45.75-50.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility &
Commercial 2-4 34.00-37.50, with
several sales early part of week
38.00- Commercial 3-4 mainly
beef breed 32.00-36.00, gutter &
Boning Utility 1-3 closed 32 25-
36.50, with several early part of
week 37.00-39.50, Canner & low
Cutter 30.50-34.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3 1000-1325
lbs. 48.00-52.50, couple 53.00-54 75,
Good 1-2 950-1250 lbs. 45.00-49.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1350-1900
lbs. 46.50-49.50, couple 51.75-52 00,
couple 2160-2350 lbs. 43.50-43 75,
Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs. 43.00-
47.00.
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