Weekly Summary Harrisburg, PA Friday, Dec. 5 Report supplied by PDA 13 Livestock Markets CATTLE: 5446. Compared with 4366 head last week and 6192 head a year ago. Steers unevenly steady; heifers and bulls mostly steady; cows steady to 1.25 higher; Few High Choice & Prime steers 66.00- 70.00; Choice 60.00-66.00; Good 52.50- Standard 43.00-51.00; Choice heifers 54.50-61.00; Good 47.50- few Standard 42.00- 46.50; Breaking Utility & Com mercial cows 36.50-40.50; Cutter & Boning 34.00-39.00; Canner & Cutter 29.00-35.75; shells 23.00; few Choice bollocks 50.50-55.25; Good 44.00-51.00; YG No. 1,1200-2300 lb. bulls 42.50-51.50; few No. 2,800-1400 lb. 39.0045.00. FEEDER CATTLE; Large & Med. No. 1 steers 375-900 lb. 46.00- 54.00; Large & Med. No. 1 heifers 350-750 lb. 39.00-46.00. SECOND ANNUAL FARMLAND PRESERVATION BENEFIT BREAKFAST *4.00 per adult Children (ages 3-9) *2.00 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14th, 1986 Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, French Toast, Sausage, Home Fried Potatoes, Danish, Muffins, Juice, Milk, Hot Coffee or Tea, Fresh Fruit, Apple Butter, Butter and Jelly. WeTamily: u , s ,^ CAS , iH PA Just east of Dutch Wonderland CjbKfy, - . A SKIADAS BROTHERS ENTERPRISE ~'RSStaufhT\t (7 i 7) 393 2323 iH ALL PROCEEDS; The Lancaster County Agricultural Land Preservation Fund We Thank The Followii Kunzler& Company Fran Kennedy/Elhs Coffee Turkey Hill Dairy Pappettis Don Miller/Meonco Foods Kegels Produce Sky Brothers G/L Clark Associates Livestock market and auction news CALVES: 3886. Compared with 3002 head last week and 4232 head a year ago. Mostly steady; few High Choice & Prime 94.00-108.00; Choice 72.00-90.00; Good 55.00- 80.00 ; 90-110 lb. 42.00-53.00; 70-90 lb. 25.0046.00; Utility 50-100 lb. 15.00- 35.00. FARM CALVES: Hoi. bulls 90- 130 lb. 70.00-99.00; few heifers 90- 125 lb. 52.00-62.00. HOGS; 3772. Compared with 4439 head last week and 4719 head a year ago. Steady to weak; No. 1-2, 210-250 lb. 53.75-56.75; No. 1-3, 200- 260 lb. 52.00-54.75; No. 2-3, 210-270 lb. 51.00-53.00; few No. 24, 240-290 lb. '46.50-51.00; sows 1.00-2.00 lower; 300-700 lb. 40.0048.50; boars 39.0044.00. FEEDER PIGS: 735. Compared with 1125 head last week and 699 head a year ago. Steady to strong; 20-35 lb. 23.0040.00; 35-55 lb. 38.00- 61.50; per head. 2 GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES: 1082. Compared with 2268 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. liers B J Saylor Ettlme Bob White Hershey Foods Lancaster County Farms La Tourame Singer Equipment PYA Monarch head last week and 1353 head a year ago. 10.00-30.00 lower; 20-25 lb. 164.00-180.00; 3040 lb. 100.00- 126.00, few 144.00 ; 40-50 lb. 91.00- 104.00; 50-60 lb. 89.00-100.00; 60-65 lb. 80.00-95.00; No. 2-3, 45-60 lb. 77.00-81.00; 80-90 lb. 66.00-70.00; all per hundredweight. SHEEP: 614. Compared with 1232 head last week and 824 head a year ago. Steady to weak; High Choice & Prime 80-120 lb. 65.00- 73.00; Choice 70-110 lb. 54.50; Good & Choice 60-90 lb. feeder lambs 60.0086.50; si. ewes 11.50-35.00. Omaha Weekly Thursday, Dec. 4 Report Supplied by USDA Slaughter steers and heifers closed 50*1.00 lower this week in the face of lower boxed beef prices, and lower prices on carcass beef as well as lower prices at direct trading points in Nebraska and lowa. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher to a good late week demand. PIK CERTIFICATES Marietta, PA (717) 426-1961 Buying and Selling Certificates and Cash Grains Serving American Agriculture For Ova-100 Yeas. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 6,1986-Al3 Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Estimated 5 day receipts this week 7,200 compared to 4 day actuals for holiday shortened week last week or 5,005 and 5 day actuals last week of 6,663. Slaughter steers accounted for 35 percent of receipts this week, slaughter heifers 33 percent, slaughter cows 8 percent and feeder cattle 22 percent. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Closing sales choice 241075-1300 lbs. 62.00- 63.50; Mixed good and choice 2-3 1050-1200 lbs. 60.50-62.00; good 58.50-60.50; few mostly choice 2-3 1250-1400 lb. holsteins 54.00-56.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Closing sales choice 24 975-1125 lbs. 61.00-62.50, small package 63.00; Mixed good and choice 2-3 925-1050 lbs. 59.50-61.00; Good 57.50- 60.00. Average of Ls 214 detailed price quotations for choice 900-1100 lb. steers this week 62.00, 1100-1300 lbs. 63.25. Average cost of all slaughter steers this week 62.40, average weight 1181 lbs. Compared to 62.16 and 1181 lbs. last week. Average cost of all slaughter heifers this week 61.87, average weight 1065 lbs. compared to 61.15 and 1059 lbs. last week. SLAUGHTER COWS; Breaking utility and commercial 2-3 35.50- 37.75. Cutter and boning utility 1-3 34.00-38.25, high dressing in dividuals to 39.00. Low to average cutter, few canner 31.00-35.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1-2 1700- 2100 lbs. 44.00-46.25, low dressing 1150-1350 lbs. 40.00-43.25. Westminster Livestock Auction State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Friday, Nov. 28,1986 1,683 Pigs: Last month 1,289 - Bidding active from a large ground. Compared to October’s sale, prices were fully 10.00-20.00 higher. 30-40 lb. as much as 30.00 higher. All pigs weighed on arrival and sold by the pound. CASH FOR 1&2; 63 hds. 26-29 lbs. 113.00- 141.00; 156 hds. 31-35 lbs. 141.00- 157.00; 39 hds. 31-39 lbs. 113.00- 130.00; 232 hds. 40-49 lbs. 130.00- 145.00; 133 hds. 42-49 lbs. 115.00- 129.00; 151 hds. 5206 lbs. 120.00- 122.00; 170 hds. 5009 lbs. 101.00- 117.00; 23 hds. 63 lbs. 112.00; 276 hds 61-68 lbs. 97.00-109.00; 88 hds. 73-79 lbs. 85.00-94.00; 119 hds 81-91 lbs. 75.0067.00. 1:23 hds. 88 lbs. 89.00. 2: 66 hds. 32-38 lbs. 101.00-132.00; 101 hds. 43-56 lbs. 93.00-114.00; 13 hds. 60 lbs. 92.00. Utility & Culls 16 hds. 4062 lbs. 40.0065.00. NEXT SALE DECEMBER 26th -1:30 P.M. Keister’s Livestock Mlddleburg, Pa. Tuesday, Dec. 2,1986 Report supplied by Auction CATTLE 328. Compared with last week’s market; Choice slaughter steers 62.50-65.35, Good 58.00- Standard 52.00-58.00, Utility 50.00-52.00. Choice slaughter heifers 56.75-60.25, Good 52.00- Standard 48.0052.00, Utility 45.00-48.00. Breaking Utility and Commercial slaughter cows 36.00- Cutter and Boning Utility 36.00-40.25, Canner and low Cutter 31.00-36.00, Shells down to 28.00. Choice slaughter bullocks 53.75-54.75, Good 50.00-53.75. Yield grade No. 1 1200-2475 lbs. slaughter bulls 46.00-47.75, No. 2,800-1200 lbs. 44.0046.00. CALVES 175: Prime vealers 91.00-100.00, Choice 75.0090.00, Good 60.0075.00, Standard and Good 90110 lbs. 55.0060.00, 6090 lbs. 40.0055.00. HOGSL101: US No. 1,220240 lbs. barrows and gilts 56.00-57.25, 1-2 215-240 lbs. 55.0056.00, 2-3 200250 lbs. 53.5055.00 ; 24 190270 lbs. 51.0053.50. US No. 1-3 350770 lbs. sows 45.0048.00, 2-3 300600 lbs. 43.5045.00. Boars 41.5043.75. FEEDER PIGS 256: US No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 33.0042.00,35- 50 lbs. 42.00-61.50 all per head. SHEEP 0: No market test, GOATS 0: No market test.
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