AMancaater Farming, Saturday, December 19, 1987 Livestock market and auction news Lancaster Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Monday, December 14, 1987 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Monday’s Receipts .880 112 537 835 652 Monday’s Auction 998 124 681 866 649 Last Monday’s Auction 962 138 417 576 536 Last Year's Auction 1039 92 505 1391 744 CATTLE: Slaughter steers weak to 1.00 lower, mostly 50-1.00 lower; slaughter heifers steady; cows steady to weak; bul locks steady, instances 1.00 lower; bulls fully steady. Supply included 58% slaugh ter steers, 13% slaughter heifers, 19% cows, and 10% bulls. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few high Choice and Prime 2-4 1100-1400 lb 67.50- couple 69.00-69.75; Choice i-3 few 4 1075-1470 lb 65.50-67.50, few 67.50- 68.10; Selact and Choice 2-3 1050-1300 lb 64.00-67.00, including few 1100- 1250 lb returned to feed at 65.00- Select 2-3 1000-1300 lb 58.75-62.25; Select and Choice 1200-1650 lb Holsteins 56.00-60.00, few Choice 60.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 950-1325 lb 62.75-66.00, few Choice 2 66.00- 67.50; Select 2-3 900-1150 lb 57.00- COWS: Breaking Utility and Commercial 2- 45.50-47.50, few 47.50-49.00, couple high dresiing 49.50-50.50; Commercial 3- 42.00-45.00; Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 43.00-45.50, few high drening 45.50- Canner and low Cutter 40.50- low drening 38.00-40.00. BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1150-1350 lb 62.00-65.75; few Select 1-2 1050-1250 lb 57.50-60.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2000 lb 58.75-62.00, few 62.25-65.75; yield grade 21050-1500 lb 55.75-58.50, few 950-1050 lb 52.00-55.00. VEAL CALVES: Vealers fully steady; , slaughter calves steady. Demand good for Holstein bulls to return to farm. VEALERS: Couple high Choice and Prime 270-350 lb 100.00-110.00; couple Choice 160-300 lb 85.00-100.00; high Good and low Choice 140-320 lb 70,00- 85.00, 80-110 lb 68.5p.78.00 few 78.00-85.00; Standard and low Good 50-80 lb 45.00-65.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and Valley Livestock Athens, Pa. Monday, Dec. 14, 1987 Report supplied bj auction CATTLE MARKET WAS STEADY TO HIGH. CALF MARKET WAS STEADY. HOLSTEIN HFR. CALVES TO 108.00. VEAL CALVES TO 92.00. VEALER BULL CALVES TO 125.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES 65.00-70.00. GRASSERS & FEEDERS 40.00-70.00. LAMBS 60.00-80.00. HOT-HOUSE LAMBS TO 225.00. SHEEP n.OO-36.00. HOGS, 200 TO 250 39.00-45.50. SOWS 32.00-34.00. BOARS 23.00-36.50. PIGS, EACH 20.00-42.00. HEIFERS 40.00-50.25. STEERS MED. 42.00-55.25. STEERS, FEEDER 50.00-75.00. BULLS 48.00-54.50. COWS. UTILITY 44.00-47.00, TOP 50.00. COWS, FAT 43.00-48.00. COWS, MEDIUM 42.00-44.00. COWS. POOR OR SMALL 32.00-40.00. GOATS TO 33.00. ALL LIVESTOCK PRICES STEADY TO HIGHER. HAY, STRAW & CORN SALE iff 1 Every Friday at 12 Noon GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION RD No. 4 Ephrata. Pa. 717-738-1117 1 mile Northot Ephrata on N. State St. Out of State Buyers - Cash it Certified Check Only Vintage Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Tuesday, December 15, 1987 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 689 831 4 1 Last Tuesday 934 942 28 14 Last Year CATTLE: Slaughter steers 50-I.oohigh er, slaughter heifers not tested; cows firm to 1.00 higher; bulls and bullocks not tested. Supply included 42% slaughter steers and 56% cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 1150-1425 lb 68.75-70.50. 10 head 70.50-71.75; Choice 2-3 few 4 1050-1550 lb 66.35-68.35, few 68.50- few Choice 4 1200-1500 lb 63.50- Select and low Choice 2-3 1100-1425 lb 63.50-67.00, including few returned to feed at 64.00-66.50; Select 2-3 1000- 1325 lb 58.00-63.50; Select and Choice 1200-1485 lb Holsteins 57.00-58.75, few Choice 63.50-64.75. COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI DRESSING Breaking Utility and Commer cial 2-4 45.75-48.00 48.50-50.00. Few Choice 270-500 lb, few 500-650 lb 55.00-75.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 95-125 lb Holstein bulls 110.:0*130.00; few small frame 90-115 lb 100.00-110.00. HOGS; Barrows and gilts steady; sows under 500 lb 2.00 lower, over 500 lb steady. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 210-2501b41.50-42.50. US 1 Few2lo-245 lb 42.75-43.50. US 1-3 205-250 lb 40.50-41.25. US 2-4 220-260 lb 39.00-40.25. SOWS: US 1-3 300-500 lb 25.00-28.00, 500-650 lb 27.00-30.75. SHEEP: Wooled lambs 5.00-8.00 high er, with 30-60 lb 10.00-15.00 higher, slaughter ewes 10.00 higher. WOOLED LAMBS: High Choice and Prime 80-110 lb 80.00-85.00; Choice 75-100 lb 70.00-77.00, 50-75 lb 75.00- and 30-50 lb 110.00-130.00; Good to low Choice 70-95 lb 70.00-75.00, 50-70 lb 70.00-100.00, and 30-50 lb 100.00- 115.00. NEW CROP LAMBS: Choice and prime 50-70 lb 110.00-136.00, 30-50 lb 140.00- 166.00, few 170.00-182.00. SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility and Good 30.00- with Good y catlings and two year olds 50.00-60.00. GOATS: All goats sold by the head. Laige 65.00-85.00, few 85.00-100.00; Medium 50.00-65.00; Small, mainly kids, fleshy 50.00-65.00, bulk 40.00-50.00. thin 20.00- /^A^X>pwi24houna<l»y (7l7} 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 11.00A.M —VealCalves, Lambs FRIDAY 11:00 A.M. —Stocker and Feeder Cattle SATURDAY 8:00 A.M —Slaughter Hogs HOLIDAY SCHEDULE— Closed Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 / | Reg. Hog Sales Sat, \ Dec. 26 & Jan. 2* WE WISH YOU ALL HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC. 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster. Pennsylvania 17601 Serving Tho Community For 91 Yoors I Lancaster Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Wednesday, December 16, 1987 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Wed's Receipts 70 7 340 102 14 Wed’i Auction 53 5 Lait Wed’i Auction 105 34 Lait Year’i Auction 82 28 234 0 0 CATTLE: Insufficient volume of any one clan for a market teit SLAUGHTER STEERS: One lot Select and Choice 2-3 1000-1400 lb 63.25-66.75; one lot Select and Choice 1235-1450 lb Holiteins 59.25-61.25. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Few Select 2-3 960-1135 lb 57.75-62.00. 189 0 0 323 0 0 COWS: Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 43.00-45.25; Canner and low Cutter 39.75-41.75. BULLS; Couple yield grade 2 1300-1815 lb 53.75-56.00. VEAL CALVES: No market test. HOGS: Barrows and gilts mostly 50 higher, small supply sows 1.00-2.00 high- BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 210-245 lb 42.00-43.00, Couple lots 43.00- US 1 Few 210-240 lb 44.00- US 1-3 200-250 lb 41.00- US 2-4 245-270 lb 37.00- SOWS: US 1-2 300-500 lb 27.00-29.00. US 1-3 500-650 lb 29.00-31.00. SHEEP: No market test. GOATS: No market test. Breaking uility 2-3 50.75-54.00. Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 42.00-43.25 43.75-47.00 47.25-49.50. Canner and low Cutter 38.00-39.50 39.75-42.25. BULLS: Few Yield grade 1 -21350-1800 lb 56.50-59.00. VEAL CALVES: Vcalers steady to weak although Choice and Prime not fully tested. Supply included 557 in graded sale of which 81% sold to return to farm. VEALERS; Couple Choice 140-240 lb 93.00- high Good and low Choice 130-240 lb 72.00-85.00, 80-115 lb 70.00- Standard and low Good 60-85 lb 60.00-72.00. RETURNED TO FARM: 20 head 120-125 lb Holstein bulls 125.00,230 head 90-115 lb 133.00-142.00; 35 head 110-120 lb small frame 112.00-120.00 and 85 head 85-105 lb 77.00-108.00. 35 head 100-115 lb Holstein heifers 122.00-126.00 and 30 head small frame 80-105 lb 75.00-80.00 SHEEP: No market test. GOATS: No market test CATTLE: 794. SLAUGHTER STEERS FULLY STEADY, INSTANCES 50 HIGHER: SLAUGHTER HEIFERS NOT FULLY TESTED; COWS FIRM. INSTANCES 50 HIGHER; BULLOCKS AND BULLS FULLY STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 39% SLAUGHTER STEERS. 3% SLAUGHTER HEIFERS, 49% COWS, 4% BULLS WITH THE BALANCE FEEDERS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1150-1450 LB 68.50- FEW HEAD 70.50-71.50; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1100-1425 LB 66.85-69.00, FEW 1000-1100 LB 65.50- SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1050-1450 LB 64.00-67.00; SELECT AND CHOICE 1200-1500 LB HOLSTEINS 57.50-60.60, FEW SELECT 54.00-57.00. SALUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 975-1150 LB 63.00-64.75; FEW SELECT 925-1100 LB 58.50-62.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 45.50-49.00, HIGH DRESSING COUPLE 49.50-52.75; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 BULK 43.00-48.00, HIGH DRESSING 48.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT TER LOW DRESSING 39.00-40.50. BULK 40.50-43.50. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 2-3 1100-1350 LB 60.75-64.00, FEW SELECT 1-2 1050-1300 LB 59.00-61.00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2000 LB 58.50-61.50; YIELD GRADE 2 1000-1450 LB 56.00-58.50, COUPLE 54.00- VEAL CALVES: 644. VEALERS FIRM TO MOSTLY 5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 165-405 LB 111.00-118.00, COU PLE 123.00-129.00; CHOICE 150-320 LB 86.00- FEW 105.00-111.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 160-350 LB 61.00- 80-115 LB 70.00-78.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 65-85 LB 65.00-72.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-135 LB HOLSTEIN BULLS 114.00-138.00, FEW 138.00-142.00; SMALL FRAME 95-115 LB 95.00-115.00. FEW 85-95 LB 78.00-95.00. SHEEP: 295. SLAUGHTER LAMBS AND SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY. WOOLED LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME 75-110 LB 75.00-80.00, FEW 50-80 LB 80.00-95.00; GOOD TO LOW CHOICE 70-110 LB 65.00-75.00. NEW CROP LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME 15-35 LB 202.00-225.00, 35-55 LB 140.00-194.00. 55-75 LB 100.00-130.00. SLAUGHTER EWES- UTILITY AND GOOD 28.00-45.00. GOATS: 75. ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD, LARGE 62.00-77.00, FEW 82.00-90.00; MEDIUM 43.00-60.00; SMALL 33.00-40.00, WITH FEW FLESHY KIDS 50.00-56.00. gigantic * W tILICTION »v Lancaster Farming's V.. CLASSIFIEDS New Holland Livestock New Holland, Pa. Thursday, Dec. 17 Lancaster County Weekly Friday, Dec. 18 Report Supplied by PDA Cattle Calvei 2800 1605 3747 1736 3630 1604 Thii Week Last Week Last Year CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS FIRM TO .50 HIGHER, INSTANCES 100 HIGHER; SL. HEIFERS STEADY COWS .50 HIGHER. INSTANCES 100 HIGHER; BULLOCKS STEADY TO WEAK; BULLS FULLY STEADY SUPPLY INCLUDED 43 PER CENT SL STEERS. 6 PER CENT SL. HEIFERS 35 PER CENT COWS. 5 PER CENT BULLS BALANCE FEEDERS. SLAUGHTER STEERS; HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 2-4 1100-1450 LBS 68.50- AROUND 15 HEAD 70.50- CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1100-1550 LBS. 66.35-68.50. FEW 68.50- FEW 1000-1100 LBS 65.50- SELECT & LOW CHOICE 2-3 1050-1450 LBS. 64.00-67.00 INCLUDING SEVERAL RETURNED TO FEED AT 64,00-66.60; SELECT 2-3 1000-1350 LBS. 58.00-63.50; SELECT & CHOICE 1200-1650 LB. HOLSTEINS 56.00-60.00, FEW CHOICE 60.00-63.50 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 950-1325 LBS. 62.75-66.00. FEW CHOICE GRADE 2 66.00-67.50; SELECT 2-3 900-1150 LBS. 57.00-62.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 45.00-5900 HIGH DRESSING 49.00-50.50; BREAK ING UTILITY 2-3 FEW HIGH DRESS ING 50.50-54.00; CUTTER & BON UTIL ITY 1-3 LOW DRESSING 42.00-43.00; BULK 43.00-48.00, HIGH DRESSING 48.00-49.50; CANNER & LOW CUTTER LOW DRESSING 38.00-40.50, BULK 40.50-43.50. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 2-3 1100-1350 LBS. 60.75-65.75; FEW SELECT 1-2 1050-1300 LBS. 57.50-61.00. BULLS: YG 1. 1350-2000 LBS 58.50-62.50. FEW 62.25-65.75; YG 2 1000-1500 LBS. 55.50-58.50. FEW 950-1050 LBS. 52.00-55.50. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS FIRM TO MOSTLY 5.00 HIGHER. SL. CALVES STEADY. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLS TEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 165-405 LBS. 111.00-118.00, COUPLE 123.00- CHOICE 150-325 LBS. 85.00- FEW 105.00-110.00; HIGH GOOD & LOW CHOICE 140-350 LBS. 61.00- 80-115 LBS. 70.00-78.00, STANDARD & LOW GOOD 65-85 LBS. 60.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD & CHOICE 270-500 LBS. FEW 500-650 LBS. 55.00-75.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-135 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 114.00-142.00, SMALL FRAME 95-115 LBS. 95.00- FEW 85-95 LBS 78.00- FEW 100-115 LBS. HOLS TEIN HEIFERS 122.00-126.00, FEW SMALL FRAME 80-105 LBS, 75.00- B&R CATTLE CO. RDI, Marietta, PA 17547 Office Phone: (717)653-8164 Specializing In Stockers & Feeders JOHN BOWMAN Ph (717)653-5728 RON RANCK Ph (717)656-9849 f LEBANON I VALLEY | LIVESTOCK j MARKET, INC. | 1 mile East of I Fredericksburg £ along Rt. 22 V PHONE I JONESTOWN I 865-2881 i Flea Market Auction f every Tuesday at 12:30, ZTools, Eggs, Produce, letc. I Buyers & Sellers Welcome
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