A2-Uncaster Fanning, Saturday, April 19,1986
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Apr. 14
Report Supplied by USDA
* Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Monday’s Receipts
623 442 223
1904
Monday’s Auction
651 468 216
1949
Last Monday’s Auction
942 535 361
1343
Last Year’s Auction
1703 112 835 242 241
CATTLE: Compared to last
Monday slaughter steers 1.00-2.00
higher; heifers 2.00-3.00 higher;
cows 2.00-3.00 higher; bullocks
1.00-2.00 higher; bulls firm to 2.00
higher. Supply included 71%
slaughter steers, 17% slaughter
heifers, 7% cows, and 5% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 24 11901375 lb.
54.85-57.50; Choice 2-4 1075-1400 lb.
53.25-56.10, few 1400-1550 lb. 51.50-
54.25; high Good and low Choice 2-3
1050-1425 lb. 51.0053.75; few Good
2-3 48.75-52.00; Good and Choice
1225-1500 lb. Holsteins 42.5046.75,
few Standard 1150-1250 lb. 40.00-
41.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: High
Choice and Prime 24 990-1250 lb.
53.25-55.00; Choice 2-3 950-1250 lb.
49.00- few 52.50-53.50; Good 2-
3 850-1100 lb. 45.0049.25; Standard
and Good 850-1070 lb. heiferettes
34.75-38.00; around 20 head Good
and Choice 540-675 lb. Holsteins
(BOP) 25.25-30.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 33.00-36.00, few
36.00- around 10 head high
dressing 38.5041.50; Cutter and
Boning Utility 1-3 32.50-35.00,
severed 35.00-37.00; Canner and low
Cutter 30.75-32.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-31060-1350
lb. 48.00-51.50, couple 82.00-54.25;
Good 1-21000-1300 lb. 42.5tM7.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1225-1800
lb. 44.00-48.50, couple 49.50-50.75;
yield grade 2 1000-1550 lb. 40.75-
45.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly
steady; slaughter calves steady.
_ Demand good for Holsteins bulls to
return to farm. Supply included
eight head Prime special fed 367 lb.
bought to arrive at 127.00.
VEALERS; Choice 160-320 lb.
80.00- few 100.00-105.00; high
Good and low Choice 160-300 lb.
65.00- 100-160 lb. 45.00-65.00,
80-110 lb. 38.0042.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 350-500 lb. 50.00-60.00;
few Choice 350425 lb. 60.0685.00;
32 head Good and Choice 325-550 lb.
Holstein heifers (BOP) 30>00-50.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
100-125 lb. Holstein bulls 70.00-
90.00.
SHEEP: Spring lambs and
wooled lambs steady; slaughter
ewes steady.
SPRING LAMBS; Few Choice
30-50 lb. 100.00-125.00, 50-60 lb.
85.00-100.00,60-80 lb. 80.00-85.00, SO
HO lb. 75.0082.00.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 80-110
lb. 58.00-72.00; Good 65-90 lb. 62.00-
68.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 15.00-25.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head; generally steady, instances
5.00 higher. Large mature 50.00-
62.00; Medium 35.00-50,00; Small
20.00-35.00.
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RDI, Marietta, PA
17547
Office Phone:
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Specializing In
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Feeders
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Ph: (717)653-5728
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Ph: (717) 656-9849
Vintage Cattle
Tuesday, Apr. 8
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
Last
Tuesday
•Last Year
CATTLE: Compared to last
Tuesday slaughter steers uneven,
few Choice and Prime 2-31125-1250
lb. 50-1.00 higher, bulk of the
supply Choice and Prime 24
steady, with Choice and Prime
mostly 4 1250-1500 lb. weak to 1.00
lower; slaughter heifers not fully
tested; cows 2.00-3.00 higher, in
stances 4.00 higher on Canner and
Cutter; bulls not fully tested,
although few head 2.00 higher.
Supply included 80 percent
slaughter steers and 18 percent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 2-3 1090-1250 lb.
54.85-57.00, 10 head 57.75-59.10;
high Choice and Prime 34 1225-
1400 lb. 53.50-55.00, few lots mostly
4 1250-1450 lb. 52.50-53.50; Choice 2-
3 1070-1470 lb. 52.00-55.00, 34 1250-
1475 lb. 51.00-52.50, few lots mostly
4 48.00-51.00; high Good and low
Choice 2-3 1050-1425 lb. 50.75-53.50;
Good and Choice 1225-1635 lb.
Holsteins 44.0048.00, few Standard
39.0041.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
head Choice 2-3 880-985 lb. 49.50-
51.60; few Good 2-3 950-1245 lb.
43.7546.50.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 24 34.00-37.50, few
37.50-38.50; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.50-37.75, several 38.00-
39.50; Canner and low Cutter 30.00-
34.00.
BULLS: Few yield grade 1 1260-
1750 lb. 43.7547.25, couple 1750-2175
lb. 49.0049.75; few yield grade 2
950-1150 lb. 39.5042.00.
VEAL CALVES: Insufficient
volume Choice vealers to test
trends, high Good and low Choice
80-110 lb. mostly steady. Supply
included 565 in graded sale of
which 80 percent sold to return to
farm.
VEALERS; Few Choice 190-300
lb. 75.00-91.00; high Good and low
Choice 80-110 lb. 32.0043.00;
Standard 6085 lb. 25.0082.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 250
head 90-125 lb. Holstein bulls 88.00-
91.00; 30 head small frame 110-125
lb. 66.0089.00 and 75 head small
frame 90-105 lb. 45.0047.00.45 head
100-120 lb. Holstein heifers 60.00-
65.00; 25 head small frame 90-105
lb. 45.0058.00.
SHEEP: Supply mainly 30-50 lb.
spring lambs; slaughter ewes
steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Good to low
Choice 3045 lb. 92.00-104.00; couple
Choice 25 lb. 108.00 and couple
Choice 50 lb. 120.00; one seven head
lot Good 29 lb. 80.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 18.00-30.00.
GOATS: None.
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Every Friday at 12 Noon
SHEEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrata. Pa. 717-738-1117
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St.
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973 747 10 3
1321 729 23 0
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Apr. 16
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Wednesday’s Receipts
646 6 315 2 0
Wednesday’s Auction
567 6 332 2 1
Last Wednesday’s Auction
218 16 482 2 0
Last Year’s Auction
573 9 371 0 0
CATTLE: Compared to Monday
slaughter steers 1.00-2.00 lower;
slaughter heifers 1.00-2.00 lower;
cows mostly steady; bulls absent.
Supply included 72% slaughter
steers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice and Prime 34 1250-1450 lb.
51.50-53.25; Choice 2-3 1150-1270 lb.
53.75- Choice 34 1200-1425 lb.
51.75- high Good and low
Choice 2-3 1050-1375 lb. 48.75-52.75;
Choice 1320-1500 lb. Holsteins 45.85-
47.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 2-3 1050-1285 lb. 48.50-50.00;
individual Choice 2 1310 lb. 52.50;
Good 2-3 900-1150 lb. 45.0048.00;
around 30 head Standard and Good
590-9501 b. (BOP) 25.00-30.25.
COWS: Couple Breaking Utility
2-3 35.25-35.50; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 33.50-36.50; Canner and
low Cutter 32.00-34.00.'
VEAL CALVES: No market test.
SHEEP: No market test.
GOATS: No market test.
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, April 17
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 24.00-34.00, few 35.00-
39.00.
GOATS: 16. All goats sold by the
head, bulk of supply medium 26.00-
38.00, couple large 44.00-46.00 and
couple 57.00-59.00.
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New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, April 17
CATTLE 1316. Compared to last
Thursday slaughter steers weak to
mostly 1.00 lower, instances 2.00
lower on yield grade 4; slaughter
heifers steady; cows 4.00-5.00
higher; bullocks 50-1.00 higher;
bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply in
cluded 63 percent slaughter steers
and 24 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; High
Choice and Prime 2-4 1150-1375 lb.
53.50-55.75, 10 head 56.00-57.00;
Choice 2-3 1070-1325 lb. 52.00-54.85,
Choice 3 to mostly 4 1200-1500 lb.
50.00- couple head 48.00-50.00;
high Good and low Choice 2-3 48.50-
52.00; Choice 1170-1475 lb.
Holsteins 43.25-46.00, couple 46.10-
47.00; Standard and low Good 1050-
1275 lb. 38.25-42.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 970-1155 lb. 50.85-52.10;
Standard and Good 735-850 lb.
(BOP) 33.00-37.25.
COWS; Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 35.50-38.75, few
39.00- Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.75-38.50, few 38.50-
40.00; Canner and low Cutter 30.75-
35.75.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3 1050-1350
lb. 48.25-51.00, couple 53.00-54.00;
Good 1-2 950-1250 lb. 42.0047.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-1980
lb. 46.2548.50, few 49.25-51.00; yield
grade 2 975-1450 lb. 42.0046.00.
VEAL CALVES; 548. Vealers
steady to 3.00 higher; slaughter
calves steady. Demand good for
Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Prime special fed
3004101 b. 111.00-120.00; Choice 180-
350 lb. 80.00-100.00, few 100.00-
105.00; high Good and low Choice
150-300 lb. 65.00-80.00, 120-150 lb.
45.00-65.00,80-110 lb. 38.0045.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 300-450 lb. 50.0085.00.
RETURNED TO FAfIM: Bulk
100-120 lb. Holstein bulls 88.00-
105.00, around 25 head 105.00-
112.00; several small frame 90-115
lb. 65.0085.00.
SHEEP: 114. Spring lambs and
wooled lambs steady; slaughter
ewes fully steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice 20-50
lb. 105.00-118.00, 55-70 lb. 90.00-
107.00.
WOOLED LAMBS; Good 55-80
lb. 54.0085.00.
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
Lancaster County
Weekly
Friday, April 18
Report Supplied by PDA
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: SI. steers open the
week 1.00-2.00 higher; later trading
weak to 1.00 lower with YG 4
mostly 1.00 lower; instances 2.00
lower; si. heifers open 2.00-3.00
higher; small supply later in week
mostly steady; cows moved higher
throughout the week; closing 4.00-
5.00 higher; bullocks .50-1.00
higher, instances 2.00 higher; bulls
closed 3.004.00 higher. Supply
included 69 per cent si. steers; 8
per cent si. heifers; 15 per cent
cows; 3 per cent bulls with the
balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High
Choice & Prime 24, 1090-1375 lb.
53.50-57.00, few head early 57.00-
59.10; few lots mostly 4, 1250-1500
lb. 51.50-54.00; Choice 2-3,1070-1350
lb. 52.00-55.00, few early 55.00-
56.00; Choice 34,1200-1500 lb. 50.00-
52.50, few head mostly 4 48.00-
50.00; High Good & Low Choice 2-3,
48.75-53.75; Good & Choice 1200-
1500 lb. holsteins 42.5047.00; few
Choice 47.0048.00; Standard & Low
Good 1050-1250 lb. 38.2542.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: High
Choice & Prime 24, 990-1250 lb.
53.25-55.00; Choice 2-3, 950-1250 lb.
49.00-52.50, few 52.50-53.50; Good 2-
3,850-1100 lb. 45.0049.25; Standard
& Good 850-1070 lb. heiferetts 34.75-
38.00; around 50 head Standard &
Good 540-700 lb. (BOP) 25.00-31.00,
few 735-850 lb. 33.00-37.25.
COWS: Breaking Utility &
Commercial 24, 34.00-38.75, few
39.0040.00 with around 10 head
High Dressing 40.0041.50; Cutter &
Boning Utiltiy 1-3, 34.50-38.50, few
38.5040.00; Canner & Low Cutter
30.00-35.75.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3, 1050
1350 lb. 48.00-51.50, few 52.0054.25;
Good 1-2,950-1300 lb. 42.00-47.50.
BULLS: YG1,1225-1980 lb. 44.00
48.50, few 49.0051.00; YG 2, 975-
1550 lb. 40.7546.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady
to 3.00 higher; si. calves steady.
Demand good for holstein bulls to
return to farm.
VEALERS; Prime special fed
3004101 b. 111.00120.00; Choice 180
" “ >en 24 hours a clay
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AUCTIONS
MONDAY
9:00 A.M. —Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
10:00 A.M. —Goats, Veal Calves,
Lambs
12 Noon —Slaughter Hogs
TUESDAY
9:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs
1:00 P.M. —Feeder Pigs
WEDNESDAY
8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs
10:00 A.M. —Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
11:00 A.M. —Veal Calves, Lambs
FRIDAY |
11:00 A.M. —Stocker and Feeder Cattle |
SATURDAY
8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs
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