A2-C4nbUfar Tirtamg; Saturdiy', March -26, 1988” * Livestock market and auction news Lancaster Market Monday, Mar. 21 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Monday’s Receipts 1098 95 289 1255 567 Monday's Auction 1123 116 299 1291 584 Last Monday’s Auction 1284 96 505 823 377 Last Year's Auction 1460 106 378 477 621 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS 1.00-1.50 LOWER; SLAUGHTER HEIF ERS 1.00-200 LOWER; COWS 2.00-3.00 HIGHER; BULLOCKS STEADY; BULLS FIRM TO 1.00 HIGHER. SUPP LY INCLUDED 65% SLAUGHTER STEERS, 17% SLAUGHTER HEIFERS. 9% COWS, AND 7% BULLS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1100-1475 LB. 70.50- FEW HEAD CHOICE AND PRIME MOSTLY YIELD GRADE 2 72.50- COUPLE 73.75-74.50; CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1050-1460 LB. 69.00- SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1325 LB. 67.00-69.50; FEW SELECT 2-3 65.00-68.00; CHOICE AND PRIME 1225-1650 LB. HOLS TEINS 61.00-65.50, FEW SELECT 2-3 1070-1200 LB. 54.50-60.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 960-1225 LB. 64.75-68.50, FEW CHOICE 2 68.50-70.00; SELECT 2-3 950-1200 LB. 60.00- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 49.50-5200; CUT TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 51.50- HIGH DRESSING 54.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 50.00-5200, FEW LOW DRESSING 47.50- BULLOCKS: CHOICE 2-3 1050-1375 LB. 6275-67.00, COUPLE 67.00-70.00; SELECT 1-3 1000-1400 LB. 58.00-61.75. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2225 LB. 6200-65.75, FEW 65.75-67.75, WITH THREE HEAD 1510-1825 LB. 70.00- YIELD GRADE 21000-1450 LB. 57.50-61.00. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS FULLY STEADY: SLAUGHTER CALVES STEADY. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLS TEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: CHOICE 170-300 LB. 90.00- HIGH GOOD XnD LOW CHOICE 140-320 LB. 80.00-90.00, 80-110 LB. 80.00-90.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD7O-90LB. 75.00-80.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND CHOICE 280-450 LB. 60.00-80.00. RETURNED TO FARM: 95-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 105.00-120.00, SMALL FRAME 100.00-105.00. HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS .50-1.00 HIGHER; SOWS 1.00-2.00 HIGHER. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 210-245 LB. 44.75-45.50. US 1 210-240 LB. 45.75-46.50; US 1-3 215-250 LB. 44.00- 200-215 LB. 43.00-43.75. SOWS; US 1-2 300-500 LB 32 00-34.50, US 1-3 500-650 33.50-35.50 SHEEP: WOOLED LAMBS MOSTLY STEADY; SLAUGHTER EWES WEAK TO 300 LOWER. SUPPLY MAINLY 20-75 LB. SPRING LAMBS. SOLD TO THE EASTER TRADE WOOLED LAMBS. CHOICE AND PRIME 90-110 LB 88 00-95.00, SEVER AL 120-140 LB. 76.00-81 00 SPRING LAMBS; 20-40 LB CHOICE 175.00- GOOD 155 00-178 00, 40-50 LBS. CHOICE 160 00-180.00, GOOD 140.00-160.00; 50-60 LBS. CHOICE 105.00-150.00, GOOD 100.00- 60-80 LBS. CHOICE 95.00- GOOD 90.00-100.00; 80-110 LBS. CHOICE 88.00-100.00, GOOD 78.00-9000. SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND HAY, STRAW & CORN SALE Every Friday at 12 Noon _ GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION RD No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-7381117 1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St. Out of State Buyers • Cash or Certified Check Only • Vintage Livestock ta^uctidn Lancaster, PA Tues, March 22, 1988 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 973 732 28 Last Tueiday 1013 751 5 0 Last Year 834 899 12 CATTLE: Slaughter steers weak to 50 lower, although late sales mostly steady; slaughter heifers not fully tested; cows steady, instances 1.00 lower, bullocks not tested; bulls steady. Supply included 50% slaughter steers and and 46% cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice and Prime 2-3 1175-1400 lb 71.75-74.00, 15 head 74.00-74.85;’ Choice 2-3, few 4 1100-1450 lb 68.50-71.75, few 71.75-72.25, few head mostly Choice 3 1350-1550 lb 67.50-69.50; Select and low Choice 2-3 1100-1425 1b66 00-68.75; few Select and low Choice 1170-1450 lb Hols teins 58.00-61.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few Choice 3-4 1175-1350 lb 63.75-64.75; few Select 2-3 815-1175 lb 58.50-62.50. COWS; Breaking Utility and Commer cial 2-4 49.00-51.75; few Commercial 3-4 47.00- Cutler and boning Utility 1-3 49.00- high dressing 53.00- 54.75 with 10 head 55.00-56.75; Canner and low Cutter 47.50-50.50, few low dressing 45.00- BULLS; Yield grade 1 1400-1850 lb 60.50-64.00, individual 1850 lb 68.00; few yield grade 2 1100-1500 lb 56.00-61.00. VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady. Supp ly included 586 in graded sale of which 76% sold to return to farm. VEALERS; Few Choice 160-275 lb 93.00-97.00, individual 245 lb 103.00; high Good and low Choice 140-350 lb 75.00- 80-115 lb 84.00-91.00; Stan dard and low Good 60-85 lb 68.00-85.00. RETURNED TO FARM: 195 head 100-125 lb Holstein bulls .124.00-127.00, 85 head 85-95 lb 90.00-92.00 and 105 head small frame 90-120 lb 92.00-94.00.30 head 100-115 lb Holsteins heifers 157.00- 30 head 90-95 lb 139.00- and 10 head 85 lb 119.00. SHEEP: Supply mainly 30-50 lb Spring lambs sold to the Easter Trade at 130.00-164.00. GOATS; All goats sold by the head, few Kids 25.00-34.00 and couple Medium 35.00-46.00. GOOD 15.00-30.00, WITH YEARLINGS AND TWO-YEAR OLDS 30.00-50.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. LARGE 50.00-75.00; MEDIUM 35.00-50.00; SMALL. MAINLY KIDS. THICK 50.00-65.00, MODERATELY THICK 35.00-50.00, THIN 25.00-30.00. 24 hours a day 36$ days a year (717)394-2611 MONDAY 9 00AM —Slaughter Bulls, Heifers Steers, Cows 10 00 AM —Goats. Veal Calves, Lambs 12 Noon —Slaughter Hogs WEDNESDAY 8 00 A M —Slaughter Hogs 10 00 AM —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 Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Fri. t April 15 - 11:00 A.M. Graded Cattle sold In lots of 10 or more LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC. 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster. Pennsylvania 17601 Serving The Community For 91 Years Lancaster Livestock Lancaster, PA Wed, March 23, 1988 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Wed’s Receipts 4 230 31 0 Wed’s Auction 74 7 209 0 0 Last Wed's Auction 71 2 246 0 0 Last Year's Auction 257 10 344 0 0 CATTLE: Small supply slaughter steers steady; insufficient volume of any other class for a market test SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 1120-1500 lb 69.00-70.50, couple 70.50-71.50; Select and low Choice 2-3 1050-1325 lb 67.50-69.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Couple Choice 2-3 1045-1280 lb 64.00-66.25. COWS; Couple Breaking Uulity 2-3 47.75-51.25; couple Cutter 1-2 48.00- 50.75. VEAL CALVES: No market lest. HOGS: Barrows and gilts 50-1.00 lower, tows not fully tested. BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-2 210-245 lb 44.00-44.75. US 1 210-245 lb 45.00-46.00. US 1-3 210-250 lb 43.25-43.75, Few 250-260 lb 42.50-43.00. SOWS: US 1-3 Small supply all weights 31.75-35.00. SHEEP: No market test GOATS: No market test Carlisle State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, Pa. Frl, Mar. 11, 1988 RESULTS ON 1,416 PIGS. TREND: COMPARED TO FEBRUARY’S STATE GRADED SALE STEADY TO S.OOLOW ER. ALL PIGS WERE WEIGHED ON ARRIVAL AND SOLD BY THE HUNDRED WEIGHT. US NO. I&2’S 724 HD.: 8 HD. 29 LBS. 115.00; 182 HD. 41-49 LBS. 101.00- 302 HD. 52-59 LBS. 101.00- 184 HD. 61-69 LBS. 83.00- 38 HD. 72-87 LBS. 67.00- US NO. 2’S 455 HD.: 37 HD. 25-29 LBS. 111.00- 105 HD. 35-39 LBS. 100.50- 127 HD. 40-49 LBS. 100.50- 109 HD. 50-59 LBS. 89.00- 54 HD. 63-68 LBS. 83.00- 23 HD. 73-95 LBS. 60.00- US NO. 2&3’S 151 HD.: 18 HD. 22-28 LBS. 118.00-128.00; 33 HD. 36 LBS. 88.00; 52 HD. 41-46 LBS. 92.00-107.00; 23 HD. 55-68 LBS. 69.00-96.00; 26 HD. 71 -93 LBS. 68.00-80.00. LATE CUTS: 13 HD. 36-44 LBS. 65.00- US NO. 3’S: 13 HD. 61 LBS. 66.00. UTILITIES: 24 HD. 22-41 LBS. 78.00- 2 HD. 90-140 LBS. 30.00- AS IS: 29 HD. 33-95 LBS. 16.00- NEXT STATE GRADED SALE: FRI DAY, APRIL 8. 1988 1:30 P.M. (GRAD ING 7:30 UNTIL 11:30 AM). New Holland Livestock New Holland, Pa. Thursday, March 24 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Thursday's Auction 926 Last Thursday 909 532 258 96 Last Year 1648 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS STEADY TO .50 HIGHER; SLAUGH TER HEIFERS NOT FULLY TESTED; COWS STEADY: BULLOCKS AND BULLS FULLY STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 52% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 35% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: FEW CHOICE AND PRIME 2-3 1200-1425 LB. 73.00- CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1100-1500 LB. 69.50-72.00, FEW LOTS 72.00- CHOICE 4, FEW 5 1275-1525 LB. 65.00-69.00; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1150-1425 LB. 68.00- FEW CHOICE 1070-1550 LB. HOLSTEINS 61.00-65.85. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 995-1350 LB. 65.50-68.50, FEW CHOICE 2 1185-1420 LB. 69.75-70.50, SELECT 2-3 920-1225 LB. 60.00-65.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 51.00-53.00, HI DRESSING 53.00-55.00. CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 LO DRESS ING 48.00-49.75. BULK 49.75-53.75, HI DRESSING 53.75-56.00. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 44.75-47.00, BULK 47.00-50.25. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 2-3 1175-1375 LB. 62.75-65.50; SELECT 1-2 1050-1325 LB. 58.00-62.00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1300-2300 LB. 61.50-64.50; YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1600 LB. 58.00-62.00. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS MOSTLY STEADY, ALTHOUGH COUPLE HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 5.00-8.00 HIGH ER. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS AND HEIFERS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: COUPLE HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 240-310 LB. 110.00-120.00; CHOICE 175-330 LB. 97.00-106.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 140-350 LB. 79.00-87.00, 80-110 LB. 84.00- FEW STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-85 LB. 65.00-85.00. RETURNED TO FARM; BULK 95-120 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 115.00-135.00, FEW 135.00-142.00; SMALL FRAME 90-115 LB. 92.00-112.00, FEW 95-125 LB. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 117.00-136.00. SHEEP: SUPPLY MAINLY 20-65 LB. SPRING LAMBS SOLD TO THE EAS TER TRADE. SLAUGHTER EWES MADE UP ABOUT 10% OF SUPPLY, SELLING 5.00-8.00 LOWER. SPRING LAMBS; 25 HEAD CHOICE 20-30 LB. 202.00-215.00, 30-40 LB. 170.00- 40-50 LB. 130 00-176.00, 50-70 LB. 113.00-143.00. 75-110 LB 92.00- FEW 105 00-110.00, FEW GOOD 40-60 LB. 100.00-125.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND GOOD 16.00-35 00. FEW YEARLINGS AND TWO YEAR OLDS 35 00-42.00 GOATS. ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. FEW LARGE 70 00-83 00. FEW MEDIUM 58.00-67 00; SUPPLY MAIN LY KIDS. THICK 43 00-54.00, MOD ERATELY THICK 30 00-42 00 very Tuesday 10:30 A.M. Slaughter Cattle Auction - Steers, Bulls, Heifers, Cows, Feeder Cattle. Get calves in early We start to grade and weigh at 2-00 IV«iMII PIMM 717-768-8204 H«im Mwm 215-458-8518 L. Robert Frame, Manager Box 100 Paradise, PA 10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt 30 This Week 461 722 397 Last Week 3657 1378 Last Year 4528 1343 CATTLE: SL. STEERS .50 TO MOST LY 1.00 LOWER; SL. HEIFERS 1.00 TO 2.00 LOWER; COWS 1.00 TO 2.00 HIGH ER, INSTANCES 3.00 HIGHER; BUL LOCKS STEADY: BULLS FIRM TO 1.00 HIGHER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 54 PER CENT SL. STEERS, 8 PER CENT SL. HEIFERS, 27 PER CENT COWS. 5 PER CENT BULLS, WITH THE BALANCE FEEDERS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 2-4 1100-1475 LBS. 70.50- FEW CHOICE &. PRIME 2-3 1150-1450 LBS. 72.50-72.85; CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1100-1550 LBS. 69.00-72.00, FEW 72.00-72.75; CHOICE 4 FEW 5 1275-1525 LBS. 65.00-69.00; SELECT & LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1425 LBS. 67.00- FEW SELECT 2-3 65.00- CHOICE & PRIME 1225-1650 LB. HOLSTEINS 61.00-65.85; FEW SELECT 2-3 1050-1450 LBS. 51.50- SLAUGHTER HEIFFBS: CHOICE 2-3 960-1350 LBS. 64.75-68.50; FEW CHOICE 2 1125-1425 LBS. 69.75-70.50; FEW CHOICE 3-4 1175-1350 LBS. 63.75-64.75; SELECT 2-3 950-1200 LBS. 58.50- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 2-4 49.50-53.00, HIGH DRESSING 53.00-55.00; CUTTER & BON UTILITY 1-3 48.00-53.75, HIGH DRESSING 53.75-56.75; CANNER & LOW CUTTER 47.50-50.50, LOW DRESSING 44.75-47.50. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 2-3 1050-1375 LBS. 62.75-67.00, COUPLE 67.00-70.00, SELECT 1-3 1000-1400 LBS. 58.00- BULLS: YG 1, 1300-2300 LBS. 61.50- FEW 65.75-68.00, WITH 3 HEAD 1510-1825 LBS. 70.00-73.75; YG 2, 1000-1600 LBS. 56.00-62.00. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS FULLY STEADY. FEW HEAD CHOICE & PRIME 5.00-8.00 HIGHER; SL. CALVES STEADY. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLS TEIN BULLS & HEIFERS TO RETURN TO FARM. 506 98 VEALERS: COUPLE HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 240-310 LBS. 110.00-120.00; CHOICE 170-330 LBS. 90.00-100.00, COUPLE 100.00-106.00; HIGH GOOD & LOW CHOICE 140-350 LBS. 79.00- 80-90 LBS. 84.00-91.00; STANDARD & LOW GOOD 60-85 LB. 68.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD & CHOICE 280-450 LBS. 60.00-80.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 110.00-135.00, FEW 135,00-142.00; SMALL FRAME 90-120 LBS. 92.00-112.00; 95-125 LB HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 117.00-161.00 VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC. Lancaster County Weekly Friday, March 25 Report Supplied by PDA Cattle Calves 3300 1320 B&R CATTLE CO. 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