Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, ' Tues, May 10, 1988 CATTLE 348...PDA...Compared with last Tuesday's market: Slaughter steers $1.50 to $2 higher. Cows $1 higher. High Choice and Prime si. steers 75.50-78.50, Choice 69.50-75.00, High Yielding 75.00-78.00, Select 65.50-70.00, Standard 58.50- Choice si. heifers 67.50- few High Choice to 74.00, Select 63.00-66.00, Standard 56. 50-63.50, Utility 51-56.85. Breaking Utili ty & Commercial si. cows 51.00-56.60, several to 57.50, Cutler & Boning Utility 48.00- Canner & Low Cutter 40.50-48.50, Shells down to 33.00. One Choice bullock 67.50, few Good 63.00- Yield Grade No. 1.1000/2000 lbs. si. built 57.00-62, one No. 3.2350 lbs. 50.00. Feeder Cattle; Few Medium Frame No. 1,300/400 lbs. steers 80.00-85.00, few Large Frame No. 1, 250 lbs. 115.00. Medium Frame #l, 600/750 lbs. heifers 59.00- few Large Frame No. 2, 400/500 1b5.60.00-64.00. Medium Frame No. 1.500/750 lbs. bulls 64.00-73.50. few Medium Frame No. 2, 900 lbs. 55.60. CALVES 94...Gne Prime vealer 132.50, one Choice 111.00, few Good 100.00- Standard and Good 90/120 lbs. 92.00-105, 60/85 lbs. 80.00-98. few Utility 45/60 lbs. 40.00-60.00. Farm Calves; Holstein Bulls 90/125 lbs. 115.00- Hoi. Heifers 85/120 lbs. 110.00- Few Beef cross bulls & heifers 80/105 lbs. 108.00-140.00. HOGS 262...8arr0ws and gilts mostly steady. US No. 1-2 220/250 lbs. 45.00-45.85, lot 46.50, 1-3 220/260 lbs. 44.25-45.10, lot 2-3 203 lbs. 44.00. US No. ...when the label recommends spreader-sticker .ac** ***** Sometimes you just have to spray, even under the worst conditions. That's one reason you need Surfix® spreader/sticker. Surfix keeps your pesticide on the leaf, through wind and sun and rain. It forms a bond between droplet and leaf surface that resists washoff. . Surfix can improve your spray ap plication under most conditions. It reduces the evaporation of spray droplets, sticks droplets onto the leaf surface and spreads those droplets for more uniform coverage. Surfix contains more active ingre dients than most other spreader/ stickers.. .one-third more than most 2-3 350/600 lbs. sows 33.00-36.00, few 2-3 300/550 lbs. 30.00-33.00. One boar 30.00. FEEDER PIGS 26... US No. 1-3 15/25 1b5.11.00-21.00, few 30/35 lbs. 28.00- all per head. SHEEP 14...0ne Choice 100 lbs. spring slaughter lamb 81.00. Slaugher ewes, 20.00- GOATS 1... A Large at 45.00 per head. Carlisle Livestock Market Carlisle, Pa. Tuesday, May 10, 1988 CATTLE: STEERS: STRONG DEMAND 1 CHOICE 72.75-76.00; GOOD-LOW CHOICE 67.00-71.50; COUPLE MEDIUM 66.85 & DOWN. HOLSTEINS- CHOICE 66.00-69.25; GOOD-CHOICE 63.50-65.75. HEIFERS CHOICE 68.75-70.00; GOOD-LOW CHOICE 63.00-68.00; HOLSTEINS TO 62.00. COWS- STRONG DEMAND. EARLY BIRD PEN 2.00 TO 3.00 HIGH ER. HIGH YIELD 53.50-54.10; GOOD 49.50-53.25; BIG MIDDLE 45.00-50.00; SHELLY 45.00-50.00. FAT BULLS MEDIUM-GOOD 55.75-63.85. FEEDER CATTLE: ACTIVE BID DING ON A GOOD RUN. STEERS (3OO-650 LB.) CHOICE 90.00-96.00; GOOD 80.00-89.00 MEDIUM 79.00 & DOWN. STEERS- (600-900 LB.) GOOD 80.00-86.00; MEDIUM 66.00-76.00. HEIFERS- (ALL WEIGHTS) MOSTLY 700 TO 900 LBS. OFFERED. GOOD & CHOICE (HEAVIES) 69.00-78.00; MEDIUM 68.00 & DOWN. BULLS (ALL WEIGHTS) CHOICE 79.00-85.00; MEDIUM-GOOD 60.00-77.00. ...we recommend Surfix! VEAL CALVES: ACTIVE WITH VERY STRONG DEMAND. CHOICE 115.00- GOOD 105.00-114.00; MEDIUM 98.00-104.00; LIGHT/WEAK 95.00 & DOWN. FARM BULLS -145.0- FARM HEIFERS 135.00- 00. HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS 2.00 HIGHER ON A GOOD RUN. US NO. 1-3 210-250L85. 46.00-46.85; OVER 260 LB. 42.85-44.75; 2 & 3’S (ALL WEIGHTS) 37.00-45.50. SOWS; (350-750 LBS. 34.00-37.00) 2 & 3’S 27.00-33.00. BOARS- 27.00-30.50. FEEDER PIGS (BY THE HD) 15-20 LBS. 15.00-22.00; 30-40 LBS’. 33.00-38.00; 40-55 LBS. 39.00-40.00. SHEEP: LAMBS (ALL WEIGHTS) CHOICE 90.00-95.00; GOOD 80.0089.00; COUPLE MED. 79.00 & DOWN. EWES 27.00-35.00; YEARLYS 47.5062.50. GOATS- LG. 53.0065.00 HD.; SM./MED. 21.0051.00 HD. SALE EVERY TUESDAY EVENING: 5:30 P.M. RABBITS, POULTRY & EGGS; 7:00 P.M. LIVESTOCK. Peoria Cattle Peoria, Illinois Thurs., May 11, 1988 COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK’S CLOSE, SLAUGHTER STEERS SOLD MOSTLY 1.00 TO 2.00 HIGHER EAR LY; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS SOLD MOSTLY 1.00 TO 1.50 HIGHER. NO SALES ON LIGHT SUPPLIES AT MID WEEK AS PACKERS HAVE PUR CHASED ADEQUATE NEARBY INVENTORIES AND BECAME CAU TIOUS AND VERY SELECTIVE. competitors. This means it takes less Surfix to do the job. Surfix is the type of adjuvant rec ommended by basic manufacturers on many pesticide labels. So, when your pesticide label recommends "spreader/sticker" we recommend Surf be. SCTM CHEMICAL COMPANY 5100 Poplar Avenue, Suite 3200, Memphis, TN 38137 901/761-0050 Manufactured for Setre Chemical Co Distributed by Helena Chemical Co and other Agricultural Dealers READ AND FOLLOW LABEL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 14, 1988-Al3 SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD MOSTLY STEADY, INSTANCES 1.00 HIGHER. BULLS SOLD GENERALLY STEADY IN A LIGHT TEST. SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFRES WITH ABOUT 5% COWS. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 1000 AS COMPARED WITH ACTUAL RECEIPTS OF 1126 A WEEK AGO AND 1235 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: STEERS: CHOICE 2-4, MOSTLY 3 1100-1350 LBS. 72.50-76.00 950-1100 LBS. 71.00-73.00 SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1000-1200 LBS. 69.00-73.00. HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 2-3, PACK AGE 1310 LBS. 65.00. HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4, MOSTLY 3 1000-1200 LBS. 71.50-74.25 850-1000 LBS. 70.00-72.50 SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 68.00-72.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 46.00-49.00 CUT TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 44.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 1-2 40.00-45.00. BULLS: FEW YG 1-2 1500-1850 LBS. 60.00- Grantsvilie Livestock Grantsville, Maryland Saturday, May 7, 1988 HOGS: TOP BARROWS & GILTS 44.00- HEAVY BUTCHER 35.00- LIGHT BUTCHER 33.00- BUTCHER SOWS 30.00- FEEDER SHOATS 18.00- VEAL: GOOD 1.00-1.30; STANDARD 85.00- UTILITY 60.00-75.00; BULL CALVES 1.15-1.82*. SHEEP & LAMBS; GOOD 82.00- UTILITY 65.00-75.00; SLAUGHTER EWES 18.00-24.00. SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS: GOOD 65.00-67.50; STANDARD 60.00- UTILITY 52.00-58.00. HEIFERS: GOOD 64.00-67.00; STAN DARD 58.00-62.00; UTILITY 48.00- COWS: COMMERCIAL 48.00-56.25; UTILITY 44.00-46.00; CANNER & CUT TER 38.00-42.00. BULLS: COMMERCIAL & GOOD 55.00- CUTTER & UTILITY 48.00- STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE: GOOD 72.00- MEDIUM 60.00-70.00. STEER CALVES: GOOD 80.00-96.50; MEDIUM 65.00-75.00. HEIFER CALVES: GOOD 70.00- MEDIUM 60.00-65.00. Dewart Livestock Auction Dewart, Pa. Mon., May 9, 1988 CATTLE 144...PDA...Compared wilh Usl Monday's market: Slaughter cowl .50 to $2 higher. Few Choice 1475/1625 lbs. si. steers 69.75-74.75, few Select 62.50-67.50, few Choice holsteins 68.00-68.50, few Select 63.00-65.00. Few Choice si. heifers 67.50-71.50, few Select 63.75-69.00. Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows 49.00- couple 57.50, Cutter & Bon. Utility 50.00-54.00, Canner A Low Cutler 47.00- Few Yield Grade No. 1, 850/1725 lbs. si. bulls 58.00-64.50. Feeder Cattle: Few Medium Frame No. 1,400/760 lbs. heifers 55.00-65.00. CALVES 181... Standard and Good 70/95 lbs. vealers 110.00-118. Farm Calves; Holstein Bulls 85/135 lbs. 120.00- mostly 150.00-195JX); Hoi. Heifers 85/125 lbs. 130.00-175:00. HOGS 37... Few Lots US No. 1-3 215/240 lbs. barrows and gilts 46.80-47.10. Few US No. 1-3 33Q/500 lbs. sows 33.75-34.75. Few Boars 28.00-30.00. FEEDER PIGS 63... Few lots US No. 1-3 10/15 lbs. feeder pigs 10.00-24.00, few lots 30/40 lbs. 34.50-39.00 per head. SHEEP 12. .Jew Choice 60/95 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 74.00-80.00. Few Slaughter ewes 25.00-38.00. GOATS 5... 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