Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 15, 1986, Image 12

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    Al2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 15,1986
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, Nov. 10
CATTLE 621. SLAUGHTER
STEERS: Choice & Prime 60.00-
63.00, few to 64.10; Good & Choice
53.75-58.50, few to 61.00; Good &
Choice Holstein 47.00-52.00, few
to 54.00; Standard & Good-Holstein
41.50-47.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 59.00-61.85, few to 63.00;
Good & Choice 53.00-60.00; Stan
dard & Good 45.00-53.75.
COWS; Utility & Commercial
35.50-39.50, few to 42.25; Cutter &
Boning Utility 33.50-38.00, few to
40.00; Canner & Low Cutter 33.50 &
down.
BULLS-ALL WEIGHTS: Yield
Grade 1 47.5051.50, few to 53.00;
Yield Grade 2 41.5048.00.
STOCKER CATTLE-ALL
WEIGHTS. Steers Medium &
Good 48.00-57.00; Heifers
Medium & Good 42.0049.50; Bulls
Medium & Good 39.0049.00;
Steers Holstein 37.0043.50.
CALVES 477. Good & Choice
125 to 250 pounds 65.0080.00, few to
94.00; Medium & Good —125 to 250
pounds 60.00-70.00; Medium &
Good 80 to 120 pounds 52.00
65.00; Light & Cull - all weights
52.00 & down; Holstein Bulls
return to farm up to 90.00; Holstein
Heifers return to farm up to
62.00.
LAMBS, SHEEP & GOATS 81.
Choice Lambs 60.00-62.00; Medium
& Good Lambs 55.00-58.00; Light &
Feeder Lambs 58.00-65.00; Sheep,
Ewes & Bucks 18.00-25.00; Goats -
all sizes (by head) 10.0041.00.
HOGS 93. No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs
190-225 pounds 51.75-52.75; No. 1-
3 Butcher Hogs - 225-250 pounds
none offered; No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs
250-300 pounds 47.00-53.50; Good
Butcher Sows 400 pounds down
48.0052.00; Good Butcher Sows
400 pounds up 47.00-51.00; Heavy
Boars over 300 pounds 38.00-
41.00; Pigs-all sizes (by head)
30.00-42.00.
Sale every Monday afternoon at
3:30 p.m.; 12 loads Hay & straw
sale every Monday at 1:00 p.m.
Alfalfa 110.00-140.00/ton; Mixed
86.00-120.00/ton.
Frederick Livestock
Monday, Nov. 10,1986
BUTCHER COWS: Good Run
$1.50 under last week. Good 37.00-
38.00; Standard & Utility 33.00-
36.50; Canners 28.00-32.00; Shelly
30.00 Down.
BULLS: $l.OO to $2.00 Higher.
Good 43.0046.00; Medium 39.00-
42.00.
STEERS; Good 53.00-57.00;
Standard 47.00-52.00.
HEIFERS: Good 43.00-45.25;
Medium 38.0042.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: Steady. 220-
260 lbs. 52.00-52.75 ; 300-350 lbs.
We're
Buying Quality!
Farmer’s Cheese Co-Op Now Offers
Premiums For Extra Quality Milk. We
Want The Best Quality Milk Because
Quite Simply, The Best Quality Milk
Makes The Best Quality Cheese.
With the use of analytical and computer technology, we will pay you
(based on the cheese and cream market) what a hundred pounds of your
milk will yield in cheese and cream.
Farmer’s Cheese Co-Op will be paying its farmers on a bi-monthly basis,
plus offering a group hospital insurance.
V'J TTSc- rU If you want more for your milk-
CALL (412) 946-8729
kpfe-lJ Ask For Ron or Jack
——Farmer's Cheese Inc.
P.O. Box 198, New Wilmington, PA 16142 (412) 946-8729
Livestock market and auction news
47.0050.50.
SOWS: 300600 lbs. 47.0051.25;
Boars: 300485 lbs. 40.0040.75.
VEAL CALVES: Mostly Steady.
Good-Choice 60.0070.00; Standard
55.0059.00; Stocky & Thin 50.00
54.00; Light Calves 48.0053.00;
Weak & Rough 47.00 Down.
CALVES RETURNING TO
FARM; Bulls $5.00 Lower.
HOLSTEIN BULLS: 85-95 lbs.
55.0069.00; 100115 lbs. 70.0085.00.
LAMBS: Good & Choice 56.00
60.00; Medium 55.0064.00.
STOCK CATTLE: Steady to $l.OO
Higher. Steers- Choice 57.00-59.00;
Good 52.0056.00; Medium 46.00
51.00. Heifers- Choice 46.0048.00;
Good 41.0045.00; Medium 37.00
40.00. Bulls- Choice 54.00-56.00;
Good 49.0053.00; Medium 43.00
48.00. Dairy Cows 350.00-425.00.
Springing Heifers- Small 350.00
500.00; Larger Springers 525.00
600.00.
PIGS & SHOATS: $2.00 to $5.00
Higher. By The Head 2030 lbs.
21.0030.00; 4060 lbs. 42.0060.50.
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Hagerstown, Md.
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: $1.50
lower, smaller run. High Yield
none offered; Utility 33.00-36.25;
Canners 30.00-33.00; Shelly 29.00
down. Bulls: $1 lower. Good 42.50-
44.50; Medium 37.00-42.00. Fed
Steers- Few offered. No Choice
offered. Few Good to 50.00;
Standard 42.0046.00. Fed Heifers-
Good 45.00-52.00; Commercial
39.0042.00. Veal Calves- Choice 2
head, 280-3701b5. 80.0056.00; few
Good 60.00-70.00; Standard 50.00-
60.00; Killers 80-100 lbs. 47.00-52.00;
Weak/Rough 40.00 Down. Farm
Calves- Holstein Bulls 100-120 lbs.
70.00- 90-95 lbs. 60.00-75.00.
Holstein Heifers 100-110 lbs. 58.00.
Butcher Hogs- Steady prices, good
run. US #l&3 215-240 lbs. 52.50-
53.75; 1 lot 270 lbs. at 49.50. Sows
sl-$3 lower. 500-600 lbs. 46.5047.50;
300-500 lbs. 44.0048.00.
STOCK CATTLE: 125 head,
stronger demand. Steers- $2
higher. 300-500 lbs. Choice 55.00-
60.00; 500-800 lbs. Choice 56.00-
61.50; Good 48.00-55.00; 800-950 lbs.
Good 42.0048.00; 3 Good Holsteins
900-1,050 lbs. 35.00-39.50. Heifers
sl-$2 higher. 300-700 lbs. Choice
45.0048.00. 1 to 53.00; Good 42.00-
46.00; 700-900 lbs. Choice 47.00-
49.00; Good 38.00-45.00; 20
Holsteins 300-950 lbs. Good 44.00-
49.00; Thin 37.0043.00. Bulls-
Steady. 300-700 lbs. Good 48.00-
55.00; Medium 40.0047.00; 700-850
lbs. Good to 47.50; Medium 36.00-
42.00. Lambs- Light run. 2 Choice
102 lbs. at 62.00; 1 50 lb. new crop
68.00; 1 120 lb. buck 55.00; Plain
Medium 34.50. Sheep- 7 head. 19.00-
26.00. Goats- 31 head. Large belly
62.00- Nannies 35.0048.00;
QiulHy MUk Coifs Mon But Wo fhkik It's Worth If.
Medium-Small 20.0035.00. Pigs
and Shoats- 170 head. By The
Head: 15-30 lbs. 15.0024.00; 3040
lbs. 29.0038.00; 1 lot 56 lbs. at 50.00;
1 lot 62 lbs. at 59.00. By The Lb: 13
head, 147 lbs. at 54.00; Small lots
130160 lbs. 45.0051.00.
Farmers Livestock
Auction
Duncansville, Pa.
Nov. 10,1986
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 270. STEERS: H.
Choice & Prime 57.0060.50; Choice
55.00-58.25; Good 51.00-55.25;
Standard 37.5048.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 53.5055.75;
Good 44.0050.25.
COWS: Utility & Commercial
37.5039.75; Cutters 32.5035.75;
Canner & Low Cutter 26.5033.75.
BULLOCKS: Good & Choice
47.5051.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 137.50
47.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Good 51.5060.25; Standard 37.00
45.00; Bulls Good 46.00-53.50;
Standard 32.0043.00; Heifers Good
45.0053.75; Standard 33.0042.75.
CALVES 252. Prime None;
Choice 65.0077.50; Good 55.00
63.00; Standard & Good 45.0057.50;
90110 lbs. 56.0064.00; 65-90 lbs.
HSOHSOHEDHEDHSH
PROGRAMS?
Purina Mills and its Dealers hav<
been doing feeding programs foi
individual farmers for over 50 years. We have been
balancing Protein, Energy, Major, and yes,
Trace Minerals.
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We were the first in the industry with quality
control.
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So the next time someone offers you something
custom, you can be assured we offer enough
product options to make any Custom Feeding
Program.
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40.0055.00; Holstein Bulls 90130
lbs. 67.50-95.00; Holstein Heifers
90130 lbs. 57.0068.00.
HOGS 69. US No. 1-2 210260 lbs.
54.0055.25; US No. 1-3 210250 lbs.
53.0053.75.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 45.0061.00.
FEEDER PIGS 24. US No. 1-3 20
35 lbs. 26.50-34.00 per head; No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 36.0045.00.
SHEEP 10. Slaughter lambs
Choice 90120 lbs. 55.0061.00; Good
75-85 lbs. 54.0058.50; SI. Ewes
17.5027.50; 1 Goat 35.00.
2 Loads of Hay-Mixed 57.00-85.00
-per ton.
New Holland Horses
New Holland Sales Stables
New Holland, PA
Monday, Nov. 10,1986
Report supplied by auction
Registered receipts of 367 head
of horses, mules and ponies.
Market: lower.
Driving Horses 250.00-900.00.
Riding Horses 150.00-600.00.
Lightweight Killers 100.00-200.00.
Heavyweight Killers 250.00-
325.00.
Mare Ponies 30.00-60.00.
Colts 10.00-20.00.
Gelding Ponies 30.00-60.00.
Larger Ponies 75.00-150.00.
PUZZLED
BY
FEEDING
Quality Products,
Quality People!
KEYSTONE MILLS
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R.D.3
Ephrata, PA 17522
(717) 354-4616
Reported receipts of 140 cows, 87
heifers and 8 bulls. Market
steady.
Load of PA fresh cows, 760.00-
1325.00.
Load of PA fresh cows, 860.00-
1080.00.
Load of Canada fresh cows,
670.00-1010.00, springers 640.00-
970.00.
Load of Franklin Co. fresh cows,
800.00-1100.00, springers 890.00-
1050.00.
Load of Perry Co. fresh cows,
760.00-1050.00.
Load of Wisconsin fresh cows,
1125.00-1300.00.
Load of 29 head, all stage cows,
300.00-1000.00.
Load of 7 Jersey fresh cows,
475.00-810.00.
Load of 21 head, all stage cows,
350.00-810.00.
Locally consigned cows 420.00-
885.00.
Agnuultim—SUttee 1894-
1975, Route 336
Romulus, NY 14541
(315) 549-2578
New Holland
Sales Stables
New Holland Dairy
Wednesday, Nov. 12,1986
Report supplied by auction
Springing heifers 680.00-885.00.
Open heifers 275.00-410.00.
Bulls 280.00-850.00.
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