Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 11, 1986, Image 2

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    A2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11,1986
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Market
Monday, Oct. 6
Report Supplied by IiSDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Monday’s Receipts
1590 109 450 659 430
Monday’s Auction
1443
385 679 545
Last Monday’s Auction
649 579 547
1206
Last Year’s Auction
1345 169 806 463 362
CATTLE: Compared to last
Thursday slaughter steers weak to
1.00 lower; slaughter heifers
steady; cows generally steady;
bullocks 50-1.00 lower; bulls
steady. Supply included 65%
slaughter steers, 11% heifers, 14%
cows, and 10% bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-3 few 4 1000-1400 lb. 59.25-62.00,
mainly 59.75-61.50; 15 head Choice
and Prime 2-4 1100-1350 lb. 62.50-
64.50, high Good and low Choice 2-3
1000-1350 lb. 56.00-60.25; few Good
2-3 1000-1325 lb. 54.00-57.50; Good
and Choice 1250-1400 lb. Holsteins
47.25-52.60.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 900-1175 lb. 55.00-59.00,
few Choice 2 60.00-60.75; Good 2-3
850-1150 lb. 51.00-54.50.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 36.50-39.00, couple
39.50-39.75; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 33.50-38.00; Canner and
low Cutter 31.00-33.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-31000-1350
lb. 48.50-52.25, few 52.50-53.50,
couple 52.50-54.50; Good 1-2 950-
1300 lb. 45.75-49.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1225-2000
lb. 48.50-52.25, few 52.50-53.50,
couple 1700-1750 lb. 55.25-56.75;
yield grade 2 1000-1550 lb. 45.00-
48.50, few mainly 900-1050 lb. 43.00-
45.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady; slaughter calves 5.00
higher. Demand fair for small
supply Holstein bulls to return to
farm.
VEALERS: High Choice and
Prime 250-350 lb. 100.00-110.00;
Choice 160-325 lb. 75.00-95.00, few
95.00-100.00, high Good and low
Choice 140-330 lb. 60.00-78.00, 110-
140 lb. 55.00-65.00, 80-110 lb. 45.00-
55.00, few 70-85 lb. 40.0045.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 250-600 lb. 50.00-60.00,
few Choice 60.00-65.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Small
supply 95-110 lb. Holstein bulls
70 00-80 00
SHEEP: Wooled lambs 1.00-2.00
lower; slaughter ewes weak to 3.00
lower.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 80-110 lb. 65.00-72.00; Choice
80-105 lb. 60.00-65.00; Good 60-90 lb.
50.00-60.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 20.00-30.00.
GOATS: All goats sold by th<
head; Large mature 50.0005.00
Medium 35.00-15.00; Small 20.0 C
30.00, few 15.00-20.00
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I VALLEY I
I LIVESTOCK I
j MARKET, INC. f
I 1 mile East of 1
I Fredericksburg I
| along Rt. 22 1
i PHONE |
I JONESTOWN I
I 717-865-2881 I
J Flea Market Auction*
A every Tuesday at 12:30,1
(Tools, Eggs, Produce,!
| etc. 5
I Buyers ft Sellers i
1 Welcome (
Vintage Cattle
Tuesday, Oct. 7
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
915 944 11 7
Today
Last
Tues. 1038 943 18 0
Last Year 894 970 6 4
CATTLE: Compared to Monday
slaughter steers 50-75 higher;
slaughter heifers steady; cows
steady, instances 1.00 lower; bulls
not fully tested. Supply included 38
percent slaughter steers and 55
percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Few
head Choice and Prime 34 1175-
1325 lb. 61.60-62.25; 12 head Choice
and Prime 2-3 1125-1300 lb. 63.00-
65.75; Choice 2-3 few 4 1050-1350 lb.
60.00-62.25, few 62.25-62.75; high
Good and low Choice 2-3 1000-1250
lb. 57.75-60.25; few Good 2-3 54.00-
57.75; Good and Choice 1250-1550
lb. Holsteins 47.00-51.75, couple
Choice 52.60-54.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 900-1125 lb. 54.0056.50,
couple Choice 2 59.0060.00; Good 2-
3 850-1075 lb. 51.0054.00; Standard
and Good 930-1185 lb. heiferettes
37.5042.75.
COWS: Breaking' Utility and
Commercial 2-4 34.00-37.50, few
37.50-39.50; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 33.00-37.00, fed 37.00-
39.75; Canner and low Cutter 30.50-
34.00.
BULLS: Few Yield grade 1-2
1250-1700 lb. 44.0(M8.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly
steady, instances 5.00 lower on
high Good and low Choice 80-110 lb.
Supply included 564 in graded sale
of which 71 percent sold to return
to farm.
VEALERS: Couple Choice 235-
325 lb. 79.00-90.00; high Good and
low Choice 140-250 lb. 51.00-73.00,
120-140 lb. 50.00-55.00, 80-110 lb.
41.00-49.00; Standard 60-90 lb. 30.00-
38.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good
and Choice 290-445 lb. 48.00-55.00,
couple Choice 60.00-65.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 25 head
120-125 lb. Holstein bulls 98.00, 225
head 90-115 lb. 103.00-109.00, 25
head 85 lb. 55.00 ; 30 head 110-115 lb.
small frame 80.00-83.00, and 55
head 100-105 lb. 56.00. 40 head 100-
115 lb. Holstein heifers 70.00-76.00,
and 25 head 90-95 lb. 55.00.
SHEEP; No market test.
GOATS: All goats sold by the
head, few head 25.00-38.00.
Every Tuesday
10:30 A.M.
Slaughter Cattlo Auction -
Stoors, Bulls, Holfors, Cows,
Foodor Cattlo.
Get calves in early. We start to grade and
weigh at 2:00.
Sal* Every Saturday
Ivilmm Plwm
717-768-8204
H*ma Mmm
215-458-8518
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
9 A.M.
Hog Sale
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Oct. 8
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Wednesday’s Receipts
599 15 378 1 42
Wednesday’s Auction
94 16 361 1 0
Last Wed. 's Auction
80 , 20 404 0 0
Last Year’s Auction
179 18 396 7 2
CATTLE: Large share of supply
held for Thursday’s feeder cattle
sale. Supply included 94 head in
auction. Insufficient volume of any
one class for a market test.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Couple
Prime 3 1125-1155 lb. 63.0053.75;
few Choice 2-3 995-1270 lb. 59.75-
62.00; few Good and Choice' 1300-
1600 lb. Holsteins 47.25-51.25.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 1-3 34.75-37.75, couple
39.0041.25; Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 34.00-37.00, couple 37.00-
38.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 2 1170-1600
lb. 40.5045.00.
VEAL CALVES: No market test.
SHEEP: No market test.
GOATS: No market test.
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, Ort. 9
GOATS 119: All goats sold by the
head, Large mature 53.00-71.00,
with five head 75.00-87,00; supply
mainly medium 32.00-50.00, Small
19.00-30.00.
B&R CATTLE CO.
RDI, Marietta, PA
17547
Office Phone;
(717) 6534164
Specializing In
Stockers &
Feeders
JOHN BOWMAN
Ph: (717) 653-5728
RONRANCK
Ph: (717) 656-9849
©''Ten 24 hours a day
365 days a year
(717)394-2611
MONDAY
9:00 A.M. —Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
10:00 A M. —Goats, Veal Calves,
Lambs
12 Noon —Slaughter Hogs
WEDNESDAY
8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs
10:00 A.M. —Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
1 TOO AM —Veal Calves, Lambs
FRIDAY
11:00 A.M —Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
800 A M —Slaughter Hogs
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Serving The Community For 90 Years
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, Oct. 9
CATTLE 970: Compared to
Tuesday slaughter steers firmt o
.50 higher, instances 1.00 higher;
slaughter heifers fully steady;
cows 1.00 to mostly 2.00 higher;
bullocks firm to 1.00 higher; bulls
.50-1.00 higher. Supply included 46
percent slaughter steers, 6 percent
slaughter heifers, 38 percent cows,
5 percent bulls with the balance
feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
head High Choice and Prime 1100-
1325 lb. 63.75-64.35, five head 67.25-
68.25; Good and Choice 1-2 1100-
1425 lb. 63.0054.25; Choice 25, few
4 1000-1350 lb. 60.0053.00, few lots
63.00- high Good and low
Choice 25 965-1275 lb. 58.0050.50;
Few Choice 1100-1350 lb. Holsteins
50.00- Standard and Good
1100-1500 lb. 45.0048.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 25 935-1100 lb. 54.0059.00;
Good 25 900-1150 lb. 50.0054.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-4 35.50-39.50, several
40.00-42.00; Cutter and boning
Utility 1-3 34.75-38.75, couple 39.50-
41.00; Canner and low Cutter 31.50-
34.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-31050-1350
lb. 49.00-55.00, couple 57.75-59.50;
Good 1-2 975-1250 lb. 46.00-50.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1450-1900
lb. 49.00-50.50; Yield grade 2 1000-
1550 lb. 45.5048.50.
VEAL CALVES: 756. Vealers
fully steady; slaughter calves
steady; Demand good for Holstien
bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS; High Choice and
Prime 275-350 lb. 98.00-108.00,
couple 108.00-113.00; Choice 160-340
lb. 78.00-95.00, few 95.0048.00; high
Good and low Choice 140-320 lb.
58.00- 110-140 lb. 53.00-65.00,
80-110 lb. 45.00-55.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Few
Good to mostly Choice 280-425 lb.
48.00-
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
95-120 lb. Holstein bulls 85.00
108.00, several 110.00-118.00';
several small frame 90-105 lb.
55.00-
SHEEP 89; Wooled lambs
mostly steady; slaughter ewes
steady to 5.00 lower.
WOO LED LAMBS: Choice and
Prime 70-106 lb. 64.00-71.00, few 55-
70 lb. 73.00-89.00 with seven head
40-60 lb. 100.00-101.00; Good 65-115
lb. 55.00-64.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and Good 15.00-28.00.
Lancaster County
Weekly
Friday, Oct. 10
Report Supplied by PDA
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers
opened weak to 1.00 lower, this loss
recovered with late sales .50
higher; si. heifers steady; cows
closed 1.00 to mostly 2.00 higher;
bullocks firm to 1.00 higher; bulls
.50 to 1.00 higher. Supply included
37 per cent si. steers, 6 per cent si.
heifers, 24 per cent cows, 5 per cent
bulls, with the balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Small
supply high Choice & Prime 2-1
1100-1350 lbs. 62.50-64.35 with about
15 head 64.50-66.00; Choice 2-3 few 4
1000-1350 lbs. 59.7W53.00, few late
63.00-63.85; high Good & low Choice
2-3 965-1275 lbs. 57.5060.50, Good 2-
3 54.00-58.00; Good & Choice 1200
1550 lb. holsteins 47.0052.00 few
Choice 52.0054.00; Standard & low
Good 45.0048.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-3 9001175 lbs. 54.0059.00,
couple Choice 2 59.0060.75; Good 2-
3 8501150 lbs. 50.0054.50; Standard
& Good 9301185 lb. holstein
heiferettes 37.00-42.75.
COWS: Breaking Utility &
Commercial 2-4 35.50-39.50 several
40.00-42.00; Cutter & Boning Utility
1-3 34.50-38.75, few 39.00-41.00;
Canner & low Cutter 30.50-34.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3 1000-1350
lbs. 48.50-53.50, few head 54.50
59.50; Good 1-2 950-1300 lbs. 45.75-
50.00.
BULLS; YG 1, 1225-2000 lbs.
48.50-52.25 few 52.5053.50, couple
1700-1750 lbs. 55.5056.75; YG 2,
1000-1550 lbs. 45.0048.50 few
mainly 900-1050 lbs. 43.0045.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady,
instances 5.00 higher with high
Good & low Choice 80-110 lbs.; si.
calves 5.00 higher. Demand good
for holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: High Choice &
Prime 250-350 lbs. 98.00-110.00,
couple 100.00-113.00; Choice 160-340
lbs. 75.00-95.00 few 95.0006.00; high
Good & low Choice 140330 lbs.
58.0060.00, 110140 lbs. 53.0065.00,
80110 lbs. 41.0055.00; Standard 60
90 lbs. 30.0040.00.
. SLAUGHTER CALVES; Good &
Choice 250650 lbs. 48.0060.00, few
Choice 60.0065.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90125 lb. holstein bulls 90.00110.00,
several late 110.00118.00; small
frame 90125 lbs. 55.0075.00, few
75.0065.00; few head 100115 lb.
holstein heifers 70.0076.00.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, NJ
Tuesday, Oct 7
Report supplied by auction
Calves-11.0032.00.
Cows 27.5043.00.
Easy Cows 5.00-35.75
Heifers 32.0048.25.
Bulls 35.75-49.75.
Steers 33.50-50.50.
Hogs 36.00-48.50.
Roasting Pigs, each 28.00-43.00.
Boars 40.00-41.00.
Sows 42.00.
Sheep 15.00-53.00.
Lambs, each 20.00-57.00.
Lambs, per lb. .34-.81.
Goats, each 20.00-58.00.
Kids, each 17.00-38.00.
Total 1209,
HAY, STRAW & CORN
SALE iff!
Every Friday at 12 Noon
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-738-1117
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. Sta{e St.
Out of State Buyers ■ Cash or Certified Check Only
Cattle Calves
4700 1830
4359 1773
4940 1809