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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 -■’ > - *r» 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 &- * 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. to* B&R CATTLE CO. 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 r LEBANON 1 I VALLEY | LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. I 1 mile East of i Fredericksburg | along Rt. 22 I PHONE I JONESTOWN I I 865-2881 | IA Flea Market Auction! '{every Tuesday at 12:30.1 Z Tools, Eus. Produce, letc. I z Buyers & Sellers 1 Welcome