A2-Lanc«tar Farming, Thursday, Decamber 24, 1987 Livestock market and auction news Lancaster Market Monday, Dec. 21 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Monday's, Receipts 753 101 625 1306 627 Monday’s Auction 837 133 288 1331 687 Last Monday's Auction 998 124 681 866 649 Last Year’s Auction 986 137 442 235 502 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS 1.00- LOWER; SLAUGHTER HEIF ERS WEAK TO 1.00 LOWER; COWS STEADY, INSTANCES .50 LOWER; BULLOCKS AND BULLS FIRM TO 1.00 HIGHER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 55% SLAUGHTER STEERS, 17% SLAUGH TER HEIFERS, 19% COWS. AND 9% BULLS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1100-1450 LB. 65.25-67.50; FEW CHOICE AND PRIME 2-3 1150-1350L8. 67.50- COUPLE 69.25-69.75; FEW CHOICE 3-4 1200-1450 LB. 63.50-65.50; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 1100-1400 LB. 63.50-65.25; FEW SELECT 2-3 1050-1325 LB. 60.00-63.50; FEW HEAD CHOICE 1500-1775 LB. HOLSTEINS 58.00- SLAUGHTE HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 970-1150 LB. 61.75-64.00; FEW CHOICE AND PRIME 2-3 1050-1200 LB. 64.50- SELECT 2-3 875-1100 LB. 58.00- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 46.50-48.00; HI DRESSING 48.00-49.50 CUTTER AND BONING UTILIYTI-3 LO DRESS ING 42.75-44.00; BULK 44.00-48.50, HI DRESSING FEW 49.00-52.00. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 38.00- BULK 40.00-43.00. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 2-3 1100-1350 LB. 61 00-65.25, COUPLE 66.00-67.00; SELECT 1-3 1000-1225 LB. 56.00-61.00 BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-1900 LB. 59.75-63.00, FEW 63.50-66.25; YIELD GRADE 2 1000-1500 LB. 55.00- VEAL CALVES: VEALERS STEADY. INSTANCES 5.00 LOWER; SLAUGH TER CLAVES STEADY TO 5.00 LOW ER. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: FEW CHOICE 160-280 LB. 85.00- HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 140-325 LB. 70.00-85.00. 80-115 LB. 60.00-75.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES; GOOD AND CHOICE 280-480 LB. 55.00-70.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-125 •LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 110 00-130 00, SMALL FRAME 100.00-110 00 HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS STEADY; SOWS 1 00-4.00 HIGHER. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 210-245 LB. 42.00-42 75; US 1 210-240 LB. 43.00-45.00; US 1-2 200-250 LB. 41.00- US 2-4 FEW 260-280 LB 35.00- SOWS: US 1-2 300-500 LB. 30.00- US 1-3 500-650 LB. 32.00- SHEEP: WOOLED LAMBS AND SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. WOOLED LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME 80-110 LB. 75.00-80 00. FEW HEAD 80.00-84.00; GOOD TO LOW CHOICE 70-90 LB. 70.00-75.00. NEW CROP LAMBS; FEW CHOICE 15-25 LB. 200.00-235.00. 30-40 LB. 160.00- 40-60 LB. 125.00-156.00, 60-80 LB. 90.00-120.00, ONE LOT 100 LB. 90.00. FEEDER LAMBS: CHOICE AND FANCY 65-80 LB. 75.00-95 00, FEW 50-60 LB 100 00-11000 SLAUGHTER EWES UTILITY AND J HAY, STRAW & CORN SALE Every Friday at 12 Noon , GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION RD No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-738-1117 1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St Out of State Buyers ■ Cash orCertified Check Only Vintage Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Tuesday, December 22, 1987 Cattle Calvea Sheep Goata Today 606 947 16 8 Last Tueiday 689 831 4 1 Last Year 1017 927 CATTLE: Slaughter steers 75-1.00 high er, initancea 1.50 higher on Choice 2; daughter heiferi not fully tested; cows iteady, initancei 50 lower on Breaking Utility and Commercial; bulli not fully tested. Supply included 30% slaughter steers and 63% cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3, few 4 1100-1450 lb 66.00-69.00; Choice 2 1175- 1350 lb 68.50-70.50, with about 10 head 70.75-72.10; Select and low Choice 2- 3 1075-1425 lb 64.50-66.00. COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI DRESSING Breaking Utility and Commer cial 2-4 45.00-48.00 Few Breaking Utility 2-3 50.50-53.25. Cutler and Boning Utility 1-3 42.50-44.00 44.00-47.50 47.50-49.50. Canner and low Cutter 38.00-40.50 40.50-44.00. BULLS: Few Yield grade 1-21350-1800 lb SS.OO-57.25, individual 61.00; couple Choice 1150-1325 lb bullocks 60.00-62.75. VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady. Supp ly included 620 in graded sale of which 70% sold to return to farm. VEALERS: Few Choice 150-275 lb 92.00- high Good and low Choice 140- 275 lb 72.00-87.00, 80-110 lb 70.00- Standard and low Good 70-100 lb 64.00-70.00, few 60-65 lb 50.00- RETURNED TO FARM: 30 head 120-125 lb Holstein bulls 116.00-122.00, 190 head 100-115 lb 128.00-135.00; 130 head small frame 100-115 lb 90.00-115.00 and 25 head 85-90 lb 75.00-80.00; 30 head 100-115 lb Holstein heifers 129.00-136.00 and 30 head small frame 90-105 lb 93.00- SHEEP: Market not fully tested, couple Choice 30-45 lb New crop lambs 122.00- few Choice 70-115 lb wooled lambs 69.00-77.00; few Utility and Good slaughter ewes 24.00-41.00. GOATS: All goats sold by the head, few Large 66.00-68.00 and couple Medium 43.00- GOOD 30.00-40.00, WITH YEAR LILNGS AND TWO-YEAR OLDS 40.00-60.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. LARGE 50.00-80.00. WITH AROUND 30 HEAD 80.00-105.00; MEDIUM 45.00-55.00; SMALL, MAIN LY KIDS, FLESHY 45.00-60.00, THIN 20.00-45.00. 24 hour* a day 365 days a year J (n^3***6a 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 11:00 A.M. —Veal Calves, 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 LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, ING. 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 Serving The Community For SI Yean New Wilmington Livestock Auction N. Wilmington, Pa. Monday, December 21, 1987 Report Supplied by PDA MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARI CATTLE 231...PDA...Compared with Uit Monday*! market: Slaughter cows mostly $1 higher. One Choice si. steer 64.25, Select 59.00-63.00, few Standard 55.00- Few Choice si. heifers 61.25- Select 55.25-58.25, Standard 49.00- few Utility 43.50-47.50. Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows 47.00- one 51.25, Cutter & Boning Utility 43.00-48.00, few Low Dressing down 42.00, Canner & Low Cutter 38.00- Shells down to 15.00. Few Utility si. bullocks 45.00-48.25. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1420/1720 lbs. si. bulls 54.00- one No. 2, 1470 lbs. 48.00. Feeder Cattle; Few Medium Frame No. 1, 360/450 lbs. heifers 59.00-63.00, few 540/735 1b5.49.00-54.50. CALVES 307... Few Choice vealers 109.00- few Good 88.00-104.00, Slandatd & Good 90/120 lbs. 72.00-79.00, 65/85 lbs. 63.00-74.00; Utility 50/60 lbs. 52.50- Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 100/125 lbs. 105.00-133.00, 90/95 lbs. 80.00- Hoi. Heifers 90/120 lbs. 90.00- 19.00. Beef cross bulls and heifers 75/120 lbs. 75.00-97.00. HOGS 387...8arr0ws and gilts mostly .50 higher. US No. 1-2 230/255 Ibs.barrows and gilts 42.50-43.50, lot 215 lbs. 41.25, 1-3 225/255 lbs. 41.00-4.50. 2-3 220/265 lbs. 40.00-41.00, 1-3 205/215 lbs. 37.25- US No. 1-3 320/720 lbs. sows 29.50- Boars 20.00-22.50. FEEDER PIGS 32... US No. 1-3 20/30 lbs. feeder pigs 14.00-23.00, Utility 30/40 lbs. 10.00-15.00 all per head. SHEEP 83... High Choice & Prime 85/120 lbs. wool si. lambs 70.00-85.00; Good & Choice 6S/801bs. feeder lambs 82.00- few 65.00-70.00. SI. ewes 15.00- GOATS 16... Large 43.00-58.00, Medium 33.00-43.00 all per head. Grantsville Livestock Grantsville, Maryland Saturday, Dec. 19, 1987 HOGS: TOT BARROWS & GILTS 40.50-42.00; HEAVY BUTCHER 38.00- LIGHT BUTCHER 30.00- BUTCHER SOWS 25.00- FEEDER SHOATS 15.00- VEAL: GOOD 82.00-90.00; STAN DARD 72.00-80.00; UTILITY 40.00- BULL CALVES 100.00- LBS. SHEEP & LAMBS: GOOD 70.00- UTILITY 60.00-65.00. SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS: