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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
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Lancaster County
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