AMancajtqt. Farming, July, ?, 1988
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Monday, June 27
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Monday's Receipts
787 123 501 755 442
Monday’s Auction
783 136 581 716 643
Last Monday's Auction
1048 113 319 633 565
Last Year’s Auction
1101 144 552 533 502
CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS 1.00
HIGHER, WITH CHOICE AND PRIME
1.00- HIGHER: SLAUGHTER HEIF
ERS 1.00-2.00 LOWER THAN LAST
MONDAY; COWS FIRM TO 1.00 HIGH
ER; BULLOCKS AND BULLS 1.00-2.00
HIGHER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 66%
SLAUGHTER STEERS. 13% SLAUGH
TER HEIFERS, 10% COWS, AND 11%
BULLS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; FEW HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1120-1425 LB.
68.50- CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4
1060-1460 LB. 66.25-69.60; SELECT
AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1050-1400 LB.
63.50- FEW 925-1050 LB.
61.75-62.75; SMALL SUPPLY SELECT
2-3 57.75-62.00; SELECT AND CHOICE
1160-1485 LB. HOLSTEIN’S 58 00-63.50,
FEW CHOICE 63.75-66.25, FEW
SELECT 1050-1200 LB. 52.00-56.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS' CHOICE 2-3
950-1175 LB. 64.50-66.00, FEW
66.50- CHOICE 2-3 875-950 LB.
62.50- FEW 740-825 LB.
58.25-59.25; SELECT 2-3 850-1050 LB.
56.00-
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 44.00-46.75; CUT
TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3
42.50- COUPLE HIGH DRESSING
46.50- FEW LOW DRESSING
41.50-
BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1050-1375
LB. 59.75-61.00, COUPLE 61.00-62.50;
SELECT 1-2 1000-1200 LB. 55.75-59.00
BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1300-2000
LB. 57.50-60.00, FEW 60.00-62.75;
YIELD GRADE 2 1000-1500 LB.
53.00- FEW 900-1000 LB.
51.00-
VEAL CALVES: VEALERS MOSTLY
STEADY; SLAUGHTER CALVES 1000
LOWER. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLS
TEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM
VEALERS; CHOICE 160-280 LB
90.00- 00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW
CHOICE 130-300; LB. 75.00-90.00,
80-110 LB. 85.00-95.00, FEW
95.00- STANDARD AND LOW
GOOD 65-95 LB. 65.00-85.00
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND
CHOICE 200-450 LB. 55.00-70 00. FEW
70.00-
RETURNED TO FARM; BULK 95-125
LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 115.00-14000,
SMALL FRAME 100.00-115.00.
HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS
2.00- LOWER, EXTREMES 3.00
LOWER; SOWS 2.00-3.00 LOWER.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-245 LB. 46.75-47.50. US 1 215-240
LB. 47.50-49.00. US 1-3 210-255 LB.
46.00- US 2-4 FEW 240-260 LB.
44.75-46.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-650 LB.
26.00-
SHEEP: SPRING LAMBS WEAK TO
5.00 LOWER: SLAUGHTER EWES
STEADY. INSTANCES 5.00 LOWER.
SPRING LAMBS; CHOICE AND
PRIME 80-110 LB. 55.00-65.00, 110-130
LB. 53.00-55.00; CHOICE 50-70 LB.
65.00- FEW 30-50 LB.
80.00-
SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND
GOOD 10.00-30.00; YEARLINGS AND
TWO-YEAR OLDS 30.00-45.00.
HAY. STRAW & CORN
SALE
Every Friday at 12 Noon
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrata Pa 717-738-IU7
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St.
Out of State Buffers ■ Cash or Certified Cheth Only
Vintage Livestock
Auction
Tuesday, June 29, 1988
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today 702 897 6 4
Last Tuesday 930 866 21
3
Last Year 727 752 7 0
CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS
FULLY STEADY, INSTANCES 50
HIGHER: SLAUGHTER HEIFERS NOT
FULLY TESTED; COWS STEADY,
INSTANCES 50 HIGHER; BULLS
SCARCE. SUPPLY INCLUDED 49%
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 46%
COWS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: SMALL
SUPPLY CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4
1150-1375 LB. 69.75-72.00, 10 HEAD
72.00- CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4
1075-1450 LB. 67.00-70.00; SELECT
AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1020-1350 LB.
65.00- FEW SELECT 2-3
61.50- SELECT AND CHOICE
1095-1540 LB. HOLSTEINS 59.75-62.85.
COWS BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERFCIAL 2-4, BULK
42.50- HI DRESSING 46.00-47.75;
CUTTER AND BONING UTILTY 1-3,
LOW DRESSING 41.00-42.25, BULK
4225-46.00, COUPLE 47.75-49.75, HI
DRESSING 46.00-47.00; CANNER AND
LOW CUTTER LOW DRESSING
37.50- BULK 39.00-41.50.
BULLS: FEW YIELD GRADE 2
1150-1750 LB. 52.50-56.50.
VEAL CALVES; VEALERS STEADY
TO 5.00 LOWER. SUPPLY INCLUDED
667 IN GRADED SALE OF WHICH 70%
SOLD TO RETURN TO FARM.
VEALERS; FEW CHOICE 250-285 LB.
80.00- HIGH GOOD AND LOW
CHOICE 145-270 LB. 73.00-80.00,
80-110 LB. 82.00-92.00; STANDARD
AND LOW GOOD 60-80 LB. 70.00-84.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 35 HEAD
120-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS
120.00- 80 HEAD 110-115 LB.
131.00- 110 HEAD 100-105 LB.
137.00- AND 75 HEAD 90-95 LB.
124.00- 85 HEAD SMALL
FRAME 100-115 LB. 111.00-121.00 AND
20 HEAD 85 LB. 100.00. 35 HEAD
100-120 LB. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
100.00- AND 35 HEAD 85-95 LB.
88.00-
SHEEP: NO MARKET TEST.
GOATS: NO MARKET TEST.
GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE
HEAD LARGE FLESHY 50.00-80.00,
THIN 35.00-50.00; MEDIUM FLESHY
40.00- THlfo 30.00-40.00; SMALL,
MAINLY KIDS 25.00-35.00, THIN
15.00- 00.
24 hours a day
365 days a year
(717)394-2611
MONDAY
900 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 AM —Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers. Cows
1100 AM —Veal Calves. Lambs
FRIDAY
11 00 A M —Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
800 A M —Slaughter Hogs
Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
Fri., July 22 - 11:00 A.M.
Graded Cattle sold in lots of 10 or more
BUSINESS AS USUAL
July 4th
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Serving The Community For 91 Years
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Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Lancaster, PA
Wed., June 29, 1988
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Wed’s Receipts
9 700 19 2
Wed’s Auction
36 11 471 0 2
Last Wed’s Auction
66 7 299 0 0
Last Year’s Auction
44 42 459
CATTLE: Small supply slaughter steers
fully steady; insufficient volume any other
class for a market test.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4
1085-1405 lb 68.25-70.25; couple Select
and low Choice 2-3 1115-1520 lb
64.50-67.00; couple Choice 1285-1325 lb
Holsteins 60.00-63.00.
VEAL CALVES: Insufficient volume
for a market test.
HOGS; Barrows and gilts firm; sows
1.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-245 lb 47.00-47.75. US 1 210-240 lb
48.00- 25. US 1-3 210-250 lb
46.00- US 2-4 200-255 lb
45.00- 255-265 lb 44 00-44 50.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-650 lb 25 00-28 00.
Few 300-450 lb 28 50-29 50.
SHEEP: No market test
GOATS- No market lest
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.m.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, June 30, 1988
RETURN TO FARM CALVES
110.00-150.00.
GOOD VEAL 85.00-105.00.
COMMON VEAL 60.00-84.00.
CHOICE STEERS 66.00-70.00.
SELECT STEERS 62.00-65.00.
COMMON STEERS 52.00-61.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS 45.00-50.25.
CANNERS-CUTTERS 42.00-48.00.
SHELLS 35.00-41.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS 63.00-64.00.
HEIFERS 57.00-62.00.
COMMON HEIFERS 48.00-56.00.
GOOD FEEDERS 60.00-65.00.
COMMON FEEDERS 56.00-60,00.
BULLS 48.00-60.50.
GOOD HOGS 44.00-46 25.
HEAVIES 38.00-45.00.
SOWS 27.00-31.00
ROUGHS 22.00-2500.
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, June 30
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
Last Thursday
1007 573 55 67
Last Year
CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS
1.00- HIGHER. WITH SOME SALES
CHOICE FULLY 5.00 HIGHER FOR
THE WEEK; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
NOT FULLY TESTED; COWS 2.00-4.00
HIGHER: BULLOCKS FIRM TO 1.00
HIGHER, ALTHOUGH CHOICE NOT
TESTED; BULLS FULLY STEADY.
SUPPLY INCLUDED 59% SLAUGHTER
STEERS AND 33% COWS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: FEW HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1175-1375 LB.
71.50- CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4
1070-1400 LB. 68.25-71.00, AROUND 40
HEAD MOSTLY CHOICE 3 1230-1300
LB. 71.00-72.60; FEW CHOICE 3-4
1475-1825 LB. 67.75-70.75; COUPLE
LOTS CHOICE 2-3 980-995 LB.
66.50- SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 2-3 1050-1350 LB. 65.00-68.00;
FEW SELECT 2-3 61.00-65.00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW
CHOICE 2-3 985-1175 LB. 63.00-68.25;
FEW SELECT 2-3 980-1245 LB.
61.00-
COWS BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 47 00-50.00;
COMMERCIAL 3-4 BULK 43.50-46 00,
CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3
LO DRESSING 43.00-45.50; BULK
46.00- HI DRESSING 49.50-51.00;
CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO
DRESSING 37.50-40.50; BULK
41.00-
BULLOCKS: SELECT 1-2 1050-1325
LB. 56.25-60.00.
i o
BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2300
LB. 57.75-60.00, SIX HEAD 61.00-64.00;
YIELD GRADE 2 1000-1550 LB.
55.00-
VEAL CALVES: VEALERS FIRM TO
5.00 HIGHER. DEMAND GOOD FOR
HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO
FARM.
VEALERS: CHOICE 185-320 LB.
89.00- COUPLE 104.00; HIGH
GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 140-285 LB
78.00- 80-120 LB 86 00-94 00;
STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 65-90
LB 75.00-85.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; BULK 90-130
LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 115 00-133.00,
FEW 133 00-138.00; SMALL FRAME
85-115 LB. 94.00-115.00.
SHEEP: SPRING LAMBS MOSTLY
STEADY; SLAUGHTER EWES FULLY
STEADY.
SPRING LAMBS: CHOICE7S-100LB
60.00- FEW 40-65 LB. 69.00-77.00,
GOOD 45-90 LB. 54.00-60 00.
SLAUGHTER EWES FEW UTILITY
AND GOOD 16.00-25.00, FEW YEAR
LINGS AND TWO YEAR OLDS
28.00-
GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE
HEAD. LARGE 59.00-69.00, COUPLE
88.00; MEDIUM 33.00-50.00; BULK OF
THE SUPPLY SMALL AT 17.00-30.00
663 590 147 192
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Lancaster County
Weekly
Friday, July I
Report Supplied by PDA
Cattle Calves
2300 1620
3384 1563
2715 1485
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter fleers 3.00-4.00
higher, some late sales Choice 5.00 higher,
slaughter heifers 1.00-2.00 lower, although
tested after Monday; cows advances
through the week closing 3.00-5.00 higher,
bull and bullocks 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply
included 56% slaughter steers, 6% slaugh
ter heifers, 27% cows, 6% bulls, with
balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few Choice
and Prime 2-4,1150-1375 lb. 71.00-73,60;
Choice 2-3, few 4 1070-1450 lb.
67.50- 1.00, around 40 head Choice mostly
3 1230-1300 lb. late 71.00-72.60; few
Choice 3-4 1400-1825 lb. 67.00-70.75;
Select and low Choice 2-3 1020-1350 lb.
65.00- few Select 2-3 60.00-65.00;
Select and Choice 1160-1540 lb. Holsteins
58.00- few Choice 63.50-66.25, few
Select 1050-1300 lb. 52.00-56.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3
950-1175 lb. 64.25-66.50. few
66.50- Choice 2-3 875-950 lb.
62.50- few 740-825 lb. 58.25-59.25;
Select 2-3 850-1245 lb. 56.00-63.00.
COWS: Breaking Utility and Commer
cial Low Dressing 2-4, Bulk 46.00-48.00,
Hi Dressing 48.00-50.00; Cutter and Bon
ing Utility 1-3 Low Dressing 42.50-45.00,
Bulk 45.00-49.00; Hi Dressing
49.50-51.00; Canner and Low Cutter Low
Dressing 37.50-40.00, Bulk 40.50-43.75.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3 1050-1375 lb.
59.75-61.00, couple 61.00-62.50; Select
1-2 1000-1325 lb. 55.75-60.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2300 lb.
57.50-60.00, few 60.00-64.00; yield grade
21000-1550 lb. 53.00-57.50, few 900-1000
lb. 51.00-53.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly steady,
although high Choice and Prime absent;
slaughter calves 10.00 lower. Demand
good for Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Choice 160-320 lb.
88.00-100.00, few 80.00-88.00; high Good
and low Choice 140-300 lb. 73.00-88.00,
80-120 lb. 82.00-94.00; Standard and low
Good 65-85 lb. 65.00-85.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 280-450 lb. 55.00-70.00, few
Choice 70.00-75.00.
RETURNED TO FARM; Bulk 85-130
lb. Holstein bulls 115.00-140.00; small
frame 85-115 lb. 94.00-121.00. Few
100-120 lb. Holstein heifers 10000-101.00
and few 85-95 lb. 88.00-90.00.
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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
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