A2-L«nca»Hr Fanning, Saturday, September 3, 1988
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Monday, Aug. 29
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Hogf Sheep Goats
Monday'! Receipt!
1045 111 384 697 570
Monday’! Auction
999 127 357 685 514
La it Monday'i Auction
1049 148 565 731 340
Lait Year’l Auction
1023 167 478 564 319
CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS 1.00
HIGHER, INSTANCES 1.50 HIGHER;
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 1.00-2.00
HIGHER; COWS WEAK TO 1.00 LOW
ER; BULLOCKS FULLY STEADY;
BULLS STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED
67% SLAUGHTER STEERS, 11%
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS, 12% COWS.
AND 8% BULLS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1200-1425 LB.
72.00- ONE PACKAGE 1300 LB.
76.00; CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1025-1425 LB.
69.00- MAINLY 70.50-72.50;
SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3
1000-1450 LB. 65.00-69.00; CHOICE
1195-1675 LB. HOLSTEINS 61.75-65.50,
FEW HEAD PRIME 65.50-66.50. FEW
SELECT 2-3 1200-1450 LB. 57.75-61.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3
950-1225L8. 66,50-69.00; FEW CHOICE
2 1050-1200 LB. 69.35-70.75; SELECT
2-3 900-1175 LB. 62.5046.50.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4, BULK 46.50-49.75;
CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3
LO DRESSING 42.75-44.00; BULK
44.00- HI DRESSING 47.00-48.00;
CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO
DRESSING 38.00-39.50; BULK
39.50-43.00.
BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1050-1400
LB. 61.00-65.00; FEW SELECT 1-2
1000-1225 LB. 58.5061.00.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 13501950
LB. 60.50-65.00. FEW 65.50-68.75;
YIELD GRADE 2 1000-1500 LB.
54.75-60.50.
VEAL CALVES: VEALERS AND
SLAUGHTER CALVES STEADY.
DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN
BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM.
VEALERS: COUPLE CHOICE AND
PRIME 220-330 LB. 105.00-125.00;
HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE
140-300 LB. 80.00-100.00, 80-110 LB.
85.00- FEW 92.00-97.00; STAN
DARD AND LOW GOOD 60-95 LB.
80.00-
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND
CHOICE 325-475 LB. 70.00-80.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-125
LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 115.00-130.00,
FEW 130.00-140.00, SMALL FRAME
95.00-
HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS
1.00- LOWER; SOWS 1.00 HIGHER,
INSTANCES 2.00 HIGHER.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
215-245 LB. 47.00-47.75; US 1 210-245
LB. 48.00-49.00; US 1-3 215-265 LB.
46.00-46.75.
SOWS: US 1-3 350-500 LB.
32.00- US 1-2 FEW 350-400 LB.
35.00-
SHEEP: SPRING LAMBS AND
SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY.
SPRING LAMBS: CHOICE AND
PRIME 80-105 LB. 58.00-63.00; CHOICE
60-75 LB. 60.00-80.00, AND 30-55 LB.
65.00-I00.00; GOOD TO LOW CHOICE
75-105 LB. 54.00-58.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND
GOOD 15.00-30.00; YEARLINGS AND
TWO-YEAR OLDS 30.00-45.00.
GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE
HEAD. LARGE BILLIES 60.00-95.00,
HAY. STRAW & CORN
SALE
Every Friday at 12 Noon
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-738-1117
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St.
Out of State Buyers ■ Cash or Certified Check Only
Vintage Livestock
Auction
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1988
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today 981 896 3 0
Last TiiesdayloB7 957 28 5
Lait Year 743 925 22 4
CATTLE: COMPARED TO MONDAY
SLAUGHTER STEERS 50 HIGHER.
INSTANCES 1.00 HIGHER; SLAUGH
TER HEIFERS STEADY; COWS
STEADY, INSTANCES 1.00 HIGHER;
BULLS AND BULLOCKS NOT FULLY
TESTED. SUPPLY INCLUDED 56%
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 40%
COWS.
SLAUGTHER STEERS: HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1175-1450 LB
73.00- FEW CHOICE 2 1150-1375
LB 75.00-76.50; COUPLE LOTS PRIME
MOSTLY 4 1200-1400 LB 70.00-72.00;
CHOICE 2-4 1100-1475 LB 70.50-73.00,
SEVERAL LOTS 73.00-73.85. FEW
CHOICE 2-3 1025-1100 LB 69.10-71.25;
FEW CHOICE MOSTLY 4 1150-1560 LB
69.00- SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 2-3 1100-1400 LB 66.00-70.00;
FEW SELECT 1040-1250 LB HOLS
TEINS 57.00-60.00, COUPLE CHOICE
1250-1360 LB 64.1064.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW
SELECT 2-3 945-1090 LB 62.75-65.00;
FEW SELECT 1090-1310 LB HOLS
TEINS 52.00-54.75.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 45.50-49.50,
HI DRESSING 49.50-51.25; CUTTER
AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 LO DRESS
ING 42.75-44.50. BULK 44.5049.00, HI
DRESSING 49.00-51.00, FEW
52.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER LO DRESSING 38.00-40.00, BULK
40.00-
BULLS: FEW YIELD GRADE 1-2
1250-1700 LB 59.00-61.75. THREE
HEAD 65.25-66.25; COUPLE YIELD
GRADE 2 950-1050 LB 52.00-55.00.
VEAL CALVES; SMALL SUPPLY
CHOICE VEALERS FULLY STEADY,
HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE
80-110 LB 5.00-8.00 LOWER. SUPPLY
INCLUDED 679 IN GRADED SALE OF
WHICH 69% SOLD TO RETURN TO
FARM.
VEALERS; CHOICE 140-260 LB
98.00-106.00, INDIVIDUAL 240 LB
114.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW
CHOICE 120-170 LB 83.00-90.00.80-110
LB 78.00-86.00. COUPLE 86.00-90.00;
STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-85
LARGE NANNIES 45.00-60.00;
MEDIUM FLESHY 40.00-50.00, THIN '
30.00- SMALL FLESHY
20.00- THIN 5.00-15.00.
MONDAY
9:00 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 A.M. —Slaughter Bulls,
Heifers, Steers, Cows
11:00 A.M. Veal CalvesT Lambs
FRIDAY
11:00A.M. —Stocker and Feeder Cattle
Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
Fri., Sept. 9 - 11:00 A.M.
Graded Cattle Sold In Lots of 10 or More
Closed Sat., Sept. 3, 1988
Open Labor Day
Monday, Sept. 5, 1988
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Serving The Community For 90 Yoon
Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Lancaster, PA
August 31, 1988
Cattle Calvei Hogs Sheep Goats
Wed’s Receipts
Wed's Auction
43 8 270 1 0
Last Wed’s Auction
18 10 400 0 0
Last Year's Auction
54 4 299 16 108
CATTLE: Insufficient volume for a
market test
VEAL CALVES: No market test.
HOGS; Barrows and gilts mostly 50
higher, sows weak to 1.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
215-240 lb 47.35-48.00. US 1 215-240 lb
48.50- US 1-3 215-265 lb
46.50-
SOWS: US 1-3 350-5501 b 31.00-34.00,
Few 30.00-31.00. SHEEP: No market test.
GOATS: No market test
LB 60.00-75.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 20 HEAD
120-125 LB HOLSTEIN BULLS 131.00.
60 HEAD 110-115 LB 140.00, 90 HEAD
100-105 LB 147.00-149.00, AND 105
HEAD 90-95 LB 138.00-144.00; 30 HEAD
SMALL FRAME 100-105 LB
112.00- 50 HEAD 90-95 LB
128.00, AND 40 HEAD 85 LB 85.00. 40
HEAD 90-110 LB HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
125.00- AND 30 HEAD 80-85 LB
85.00- 00
SHEEP: INSUFFICIENT VOLUME
FOR A MARKET TEST.
GOATS: NO MARKET TEST.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettatown, NJ
Tuea, Aug. 30, 1988
Report supplied by auction
CALVES 35.00-147.50.
COWS 38.50-57.00.
EASY COWS 25.00-43.50.
HEIFERS 56.5063.00.
BULLS 39.0067.00.
STEERS 58.5066.25.
HOGS 20.00-58.00
ROASTING PIGS. EACH 1100-29.00.
BOARS; 26.00-40.00.
SOWS 31.00.
SHEEP 15.00-62.00.
LAMBS. EACH 5.0068.00.
LAMBS, PER LB. 41.00-93.00.
GOATS, EACH 5.00-90.00.
KIDS, EACH 3.0047.00.
HIDES. EACH 2.00
TOTAL: 1.354 ANIMALS.
SATURDAY
8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs
8 248 1 0
CATTLE; COMPARED TO TUES
DAY SLAUGHTER STEERS FULLY
STEADY; SMALL SUPPLY SLAUGH
TER HEIFERS STEADY: COWS
STEADY. INSTANCES I.OOLOWER ON
BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMER
CIAL; BULLOCKS SCARCE: BULLS
STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 55%
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 35%
COWS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1160-1400 LB
72.50- ONE LOT 1290 LB 76.10;
CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1125-1475 LB
70.75- SEVERAL LOTS
74.00- FEW CHOICE 2-3
1000-1125 LB 69.00-71.50; SELECT
AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1100-1360 LB
67.00- FEW CHOICE 1250-1450
LB HOLSTEINS 61.50-65.00; FEW
SELECT 1200-1350 LB 58.00-61.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW
CHOICE 2-3 985-1300 LB 67.75-69.75,
COUPLE CHOICE 2 70.75-71.35.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 45.00-47.00.
HIGH DRESSING 47.00-50.00; CUTTER
AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 LOW
DRESSING 42.75-44.75, BULK
44.75- HIGH DRESSING
48.50- CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER LOW DRESSING 37.00-40.00,
BULK 40.00-43.00.
BULLOCKS: FEW CHOICE 1-3
1150-1375 LB 61.00-62.50; SELECT 1-2
1000-1175 LB SB.OO-61.00.
BULLS; YIELD GRADE 1 1300-1960
LB 59.75-61.75, COUPLE 62.00-64.85;
YIELD GRADE 2 1125-1550 LB
54.75-
VEAL CALVES: VEALERS WEAK
TO 5.00 LOWER, ALTHOUGH COUPLE
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME STEADY.
DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEINS
BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM.
VEALERS: COUPLE HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 185-350 LB 114.00-21.00;
CHOICE 150-365 LB 90.00-100.00, FEW
100.00- HIGH GOOD AND LOW
CHOICE 120-280 LB 80.00-92.00,80-110
LB 74.00-80.00, FEW 80.00-86.00;
STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-90
LB 60.00-75.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: BULK
100-125 LB HOLSTEIN BULLS
120.00- FEW 150.00-157.00;
SMALL FRAME 90-120 LB
87.00-
SHEEP: SLAUGHTER LAMBS FULY
STEADY; SLAUGHTER EWES
STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 60%
75-110 LB SLAUGHTER LAMBS, 20%
50-70 LB, WITH THE BALANCE
SLAUGHTER EWES.
SPRING LAMBS: CHOICE 75-110 LB
56.00- FEW 62.00-67.00; 50-70 LB
70.00- GOOD TO LOW CHOICE
70-110 LB 50.00-55.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND
GOOD 20.00-32.00, FEW YEARLINGS
AND TO YEAR OLDS 32.00-38.00.
GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE
HEAD. LARGE 54.00-70.00, FEW
77.00- MEDIUM 34.00-50.00; FEW
SMALL 16.00-30.00.
•ry Tuesday
10:30 A.M.
Slaughter Cottlo Auction -
Stoors, Bull*. Hoifors, Cows,
Foodor Cattlo.
Get calves in early. We start to grade and
weigh at 2:00.
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, Sept 1
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
953 525 122 89
Last Thursday
1230 561 129 179
Last Year
906 652 115 106
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
Bmlmmi Mmm
717-768-8204
215-458-8518
L. Robert Frame, Manager
Box 100 Paradise, PA
10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
Lancaster County
Weekly
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, September 2, 1988
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
CATTLE: Slaughter steers 1.00-2.00
higher, instances 2.30 higher; slaughter
heifers 1.00-2.oohigher; cows weak to 1.00
lower, instances 1.30 lower on Breaking
Utility and Commercial; bollocks and bulls
hilly steady. Supply included 52% slaugh
ter steers, 5% slaughter heifers, 26% cows,
4% bulls, with the balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
and Prime 2-4 1160-1450 lb 72.50-75.50,
few 75.50-76.50; Choice 2-3, few 4
1100-1475 lb 70.50-73.75, several lots
74.00- 74.75; few Choice 2-3 1000-1125 lb
69.00- Select and low Choice 2-3
1100-1400 lb 66.00-70.50; Choice
1195-1695 lb Holsteins 61.50-65.50, few
Head Prime 65.50-66.50; Select 1040-1450
lb 57.00-61.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3
950-1300 lb 66.50-69.75, few Choice 2
69.75- 71.35; Select 2-3 900-1175 lb
62.50-66.50; few Select 1090-1310 lb
Holsteins 52.00-54.75.
COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI
DRESSING Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 2-4 45.00-48.50 48.50-51.25 Cutter
and boning Utility 1-3 42.75-44.75
44.75- 49.00-51.00 Omner and low
Cutter 37.00-40.00 40.00-42.50.
BULLOCKS; Choice 1-3 1050-1400 lb
61.00- Select 1-2 1000-1225 lb
58.00-
BULLS: Yield glide 1 1300-1960 lb
59.75-65.00, few 6S.SO-68.75; yield glide
21000-1550 lb 54.75-60.50, few 9SO-1000
lb 52.00-55.00.
VEAL CALVES: Small supply high
Choice and Prime veilert steady, other
grades weak to 5.00 lower, instances 8.00
lower on high Good and low Choice 80-110
lb. Slaughter calves steady. Demand good
for Holstein bulls and heifers to return to
farm.
VEALERS: Couple High Choice and
Prime 185-350 lb 114.00-125.00; Choice
150- 365 lb 90.00-100.00. few
100.00- high Good and low Choice
120-300 lb 80.00-92.00, 80-110 lb
74.00- few 82.00-86.00; Standard
and low Good 60-90 lb 60.00-75.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 325-47 S lb 70.00-80.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 95-125 lb
Holstein bulls 120.00-150.00, few 150.00-
157.00; small frame 90-115 lb
85.00- 16.00; few 90-110 lb Holstein heif
ers 125.00-145.00 with 30 head 80-85 lb
85.00-
B&R CATTLE CO.
RDI, Marietta, PA
17547
Office Phone:
(717) 653-8164
Specializing In
Stockers &
Feeders
JOHN BOWMAN
Ph (717)653-5728
RON RANCH
Ph (717)656-9849
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