A2-Lanca»ter Fanning, Saturday, September 17, 1988 Livestock market and auction news Lancaster Livestock Auction Monday, Sept; 13 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Monday's Receipts 815 133 307 534 441 Monday's Auction 826 150 284 576 486 Last Monday’s Auction 1310 66 1270 523 411 Last Year’s Auction 1576 121 429 672 480 CATTLE: COMPARED TO THURS DAY SLAUGHTER STEERS FIRM TO 50 HIGHER; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS FULLY STEADY; COWS WEAK TO 50 LOWER; BULLOCKS FIRM TO MOST LY 1.00 HIGHER; BULLS FULLY STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 59% SLAUGHTER STEERS. 14% SLAUGH TER HEIFERS, 17% COWS. AND 10% BULLS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1250-1475 LB 73.25-74.50; FEW CHOICE 2 1100-1325 LB 72.50-74.00; CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1000-1450 LB 70.00-73.00, FEW 73.00- SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1050-1425 LB 66.75-70.25; CHOICE 1200-1650 LB HOLSTEINS 61.00- SELECT 1140-1450 LB 59.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 950-1250 LB 66.50-70.75, FEW CHOICE 2 70.75-71.50; SELECT 2-3 900-1100 LB 62.75- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 47.00-49.50, HI DRESSING 49.50-52.00; COMMER CIAL 3-4 BULK 44.00-46.00; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 LO DRESS ING 43.00-44.00, BULK 44.50-48.50, HI DRESSING 48.50-49.50; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 39.00- 00, BULK 40.00-42.25 BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1375 LB 62.50-66.50, FEW 66.75-67.50, SELECT 1-2 1000-1325 LB 58.75-61.75. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2100 LB 60.75-65 50, FEW 66.00-67.75, YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1550 LB 55.75- VEAL CALVES: VEALERS FULLY STEADY: SLAUGHTER CALVES NOT COMPARABLE. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS AND HEIFERS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: FEW CHOICE 220-300 LB 90.00- COUPLE HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 240-320 LB 108.00-115.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 120-300 LB 80.00-90.00. 80-115 LB 85.00- STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-90 LB 70.00-85.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND CHOICE 320-450 LB 65.00-85.00, RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 100-125 LB HOLSTEIN BULLS 120.00- SMALL FRAME 90-120 LB 100.00-120.00. FEW 95-125 LB HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 130.00-150.00. HOGS: COMPARED TO LAST WED NESDAY BARROWS AND GILTS WEAK TO 50 LOWER; SOWS UNEVENLY STEADY. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 215-245 LB 42.00-42.50; US 1215-245 LB 43.00- US 1-3 210-255 LB 41.50- FEW 255-270 LB 39.50- SOWS: US 1-3 300-550 LB 29.00- US 1-2 FEW 300-450 LB 31.00- US 2-3 FEW 500-650 LB 25.00- SHEEP: SLAUGHTER LAMBS MOSTLY 5.00 HIGHER; SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 60% 70-120 LB SLAUGHTER LAMBS. 20% 40-70 LB, WITH THE BALANCE SLAUGHTER EWES. 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 Wednesday, Sept 14, 1988 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 756 915 10 5 Last TuesdayB9o 863 14 0 Last Year 1188 980 23 5 CATTLE: COMPARED TO MONDAY SLAUGHTER STEERS 1.00 HIGHER, INSTANCES 1.50 HIGHER; SLAUGH TER HEIFERS NOT TESTED; COWS FIRM TO 1.00 HIGHER; BULLS AND BULLOCKS NOT FULLY TESTED. SUPPLY INCLUDED 48% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 45% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1225-1375L8. 73.75- CHOICE 2 1175-1375 LB. 74.50- COUPLE 76.00-76.50; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1075-1450 LB. 70.75- FEW 74.00-75.10; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1050-1435 LB. 67.00- FEW SELECT 2-3 1000-1225 LB. 61.00-68.00; FEW CHOICE 1485-1545 LB. HOLSTEINS 65.00- FEW SELECT 1235-1390 LBS. 55.00-57.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 BULK 45.75-49.50, HI DRESSING 50.00-51.50; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 LO DRESS ING 44.00-46.25, BULK 46.50-49.50, HI DRESSING 49.50-51.00; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 38.00- BULK 41.50-44.50. BULLS: FEW YIELD GRADE 2 1170-1800 LB. 55.50-58.00; COUPLE YIELD GRADE 1 1385-1650 LB. 61.50- VEAL CALVES: SMALL SUPPLY CHOICE VEALERS FULLY STEADY, HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 80-110 LB. STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 656 IN GRADED SALE OF WHICH 73% SOLD TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: CHOICE 145-315 LB 96.00- 00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 140-460 LB 72.00-85.00, 80-110 LB 79.00-85.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-85 LB. 60.00-80.00. RETURNED TO FARM; 20 HEAD 120-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 122.00, 225 HEAD 90-115 LB.-i31.00-147.00; 50 HEAD SMALL FRAME 100-115 LB. 122.00- AND 55 HEAD 90-95 LB. 88.00- 50 HEAD 90-115 LB. HOLS TEIN HEIFERS 150.00-158.00 AND 45 HEAD SMALL FRAME 80-105 LB 84.00- SHEEP: INSUFFICIENT VOLUME FOR A MARKET TEST. GOATS: INSUFFICIENT VOLUME FOR A MARKET TEST. SPRING LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME 80-120 LB 65.00-75.00,60-80 LB 70.00-80.00,50-60 LB 80.00-100.00, FEW 35-50 LB 110.00-145.00; FEW CHOICE 120-145 LB 55.00-65.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND 24 hours a day 365 days a year rjTJ (717) 394-2611 10 00 A M 8.00 A M 10 00 A M 11 00AM 11 00 A M —Stocker and Feeder Cattle Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Thurs., Sept. 22 - 11:00 A.M. Graded Cattle Sold in Lots of 10 or More 1147 Lititi Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 Serving The Community For 91 Yoon Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats WED’S RECEIPTS 203 3 467 0 93 WED’S AUCTION 32 3 427 0 0 LAST WED’S AUCTION 40 9 479 11 0 LAST YEAR’S AUCTION 72 36 375 4 0 CATTLE: Insufficient volume for a market test. VEAL CALVES: No market lest HOGS: Compared to Monday barrows and gilts 50-1.00 lower, instances 1.50 lower; sows 50-1.00 lower. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 220-250 lb 41.00-42.00. US 1 220-250 lb 42.50-44.00. US 1-3 215-250 lb 40.00- US 2-4 210-255 lb 39.00- 00. Few 260-280 lb 37.00-39.00. SOWS; US 1-3 300-650 lb 27.00-30.50. SHEEP: Insufficient volume for a mark et test. GOATS; No market test. Greencastle Livestock Greencastle, Pa. Thursday, September 15 Report supplied by Auction CATTLE: 252. Cows mostly .25-1.00; spots 2.00 higher, few Standard steers 58.50- few Select heifers 57.50- Breaking Utility & Commer cial cows 46.75-50.10; Cutter & Boning 45.50- CannerA Cutter 42.75-45.50; shells 38.00; few YG 1,1125-1600 lb bulls 56.00- FEEDER CATTLE: Few Med. 1 steers 400-650 lb. 63.00-67.50. CALVES: 573. Few Choice 88.00- few Good 85.00-94 00; Standard & Good 70-100 lb. 80.00-91.00; Utility 60-90 lb 66.00-81 00; hoi bulls 90-130 lb. 90.00-168.00; heifers 90-140 lb 86 00-168.00, beef cross bulls and heifers 90-100 lb. 95.00-126.00. HOGS: 11. Couple US 1-3,400 lb sows 31 00; few boars 25.25-28.50; few light weights 30.00-40.25. FEEDER PIGS: 1. No market test. SHEEP: 16 Few Choice 95-110 lb. 57.50- GOATS: 15. Urge 40.00-80.00; Med 22.00- GOOD 20.00-35.00, FEW YEARLINGS AND TWO-YEAR OLDS 35.00-45.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. LARGE FLESHY 60.00-85.00 FEW 85.00-100.00. THIN 45.00-60.00; MEDIUM FLESHY 40.00-55.00, THIN 35.00- SMALL 25.00-35.00, THIN 20.00- AUCTIONS MONDAY —Slaughter Bulls, Heifers, Steers, Cows —Goats. Veal Calves, Lambs 12 Noon —Slaughter Hogs 900 A. M WEDNESDAY —Slaughter Hogs —Slaughter Bulls, Heifers, Steers, Cows —Veal Calves, Lambs FRIDAY SATURDAY —Slaughter Hogs 8 00 AM LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC. Lancaster Livestock Lancaster, Pa September 14, 1988 New Holland Livestock New Holland, Pa. Thursday, Sept. 16 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 1500 Un Thursday 981 644 157 125 Ust Year 1266 723 150 205 CATTLE: REPORT BASED ON SALES UNTIL 1:30; COMPARED TO TUESDAY SLAUGHTER STEERS 1.00-2.00 LOWER, EXTREMES 3.00 LOWER: BULLOCKS WEAK TO 1.00 LOWER; BULLS STEADY TO WEAK, ALTHOUGH YIELD GRADE 1 NOT FULLY TESTED. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-41175-1400 LB. 72.10-73.85; CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1050-1450 LB. 69.50-72.60, FEW 68.25-69.50; FEW HEAD CHOICE 3-4 1430-1650 LB. 68.50-71.50; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 950-1275 LB. 65.75-69.00; SMALL SUPPLY SELECT AND CHOICE 1135-1400 LB. HOLS TEINS 58.00-61.00. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1350 LB. 61.00-65.00; SELECT 1-2 1000-1275 LB. 57.75-60.50. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1400-2150 LB. 59.75-62.25; YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1550 LB. 55.00-59.50, FEW 1000-1075 LB. 53.75-57.00. Friend’s Stockyard, Inc. Accident, Md. 21520 Monday, September 12, 1988 STOCK BULLS & STEERS (200 TO 400 LBS.) 8000-103.00 CWT. STOCK HEIFERS 70.00-92.00 CWT. SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO CHOICE 68 00-68.50 CWT; MEDIUM TO GOOD 58.50-62.50 CWT. HOLSTEIN STEERS HEAVY 53 00-58.00 CWT.; LIGHT 48 00-5275 CWT. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO CHOICE 63.00-68.50 CWT; MEDIUM TO GOOD 55.00-61.50 CWT. BULLS HEAVY 55.0a60.50 CWT, LIGHT 48.00-57.00 CWT. COWS UTILITY (HOLSTEIN) 45.50-51.50 CWT.; CANNERS 38 0a46.00 CWT; COMMERCIAL TO GOOD 38.0a43.75 CWT; CULL COWS 37.50 CWT. & DOWN. VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE 82.0ai01.00 CWT.; MEDIUM TO GOOD 70.0a81.00 CWT. 808 CALVES 50.0a79.00 CWT. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES RETURN TO FARM (100 TO 120 LB.) 110.00-146.00 CWT. HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES RETURN TO FARM (100 TO 120 LB.) ss.oai 10.00 CWT. HOGS TOP QUALITY 42.5a43.75 CWT.; HEAVY 41.00-43.50 CWT.; LIGHT 35.0a41.75 CWT. SOWS 28.5a34.00 CWT. MALE HOGS 24.0a29.00 CWT. LAMBS 53.75-62.50 CWT. FEEDER LAMBS 54.00-62.50 CWT. SHEEP 15.00-24.50 CWT. EGGS LARGE 80K-85* PER DOZ; MEDIUM NONE AVAILABLE; SMALL 45k PER DOZ. V'. VINTAGE SALES F ’ STABLES, INC. Sale Every Tuesday 10:30 A.M. Slaughter Cattle Auction - Steers, Sells, Heifers, Cows, Feeder Cattle. Get calves in early. We start to grade and weigh at 2:00. Business Phene 717-768-8204 Heme Phene 215-458-8518 L. Robert Frame, Manager Box 100 Paradise, PA 10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30 Lancaster County Weekly Review September 16, 1988 THIS WEEK LAST WEEK LAST YEAR CATTLE: Due to reporter leaving early for conference, the weekly report does not include Thursday's cows or calves. Slaugh ter steers uneven, closing weak to SO lower, although some sales early part of week as much as 2.00 higher; slaughter heifers fully steady; cows firm, instances 1.00 higher, bullocks mostly steady; bulls fully steady. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 1175-1475 lb 72.10-73.85, with sales early part of week 73.75-75.60; Choice 2-3 few 4 closed mainly 69.50- 72.60, bulk of early sales 70.00-73.75, few lots 74.00-75.10; Select and low Choice 2-3 950-1275 lb 65.75-70.50, few 70.50-71.00; Choice 1200-1650 lb Hols tems 60.50-65.50, Select 1135-1450 lb 58.00-61.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2 3 950-1250 lb 66.50-70.75, few Choice 2 70.75- 71.50; Select 2-3 900-1100 lb 62.75- COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI DRESSING Breaking Utility and Commer cial 2-4 45.75-49.50 50.00-52.00 Commer cial 3-4 44.00-46.00 Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 44.00-46.00 46.50-49.50 49.50-51.00 Canner and low Cutter 38.00- 41.50-44.50. BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3 1100-1375 lb 61.00- few 66.75-67.50; Select 1-2 1000-1325 lb 57.75-61.75. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2150 lb 59.75- few early 65.50-67.75; yield grade 2 1100-1800 lb 55.00-60 50, few 60.50-61.75, small supply 1000-1100 lb 53.75- VEAL CALVES - Choice vealers mostly steady, high Good and low 80-110 lb uneven, closed steady; slaughter calves not comparable. Demand good for Holstein bulls and heifers to return to farm. VEALERS. Choice 145-315 lb 90.00- few 105.0ai09.00; couple high Choice and Prime 240-320 lb 108.00- high Good and low Choice 120-460 lb 72.0a90.00, 80-115 lb 79.0a85.00 few 85.0a90 00; Standard and low Good 60-90 lb 60.0a85.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and Choice 320-450 lb 65.0a85.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 90-125 lb Holstem bulls 120.00-147.00; small frame 9ai2o lb 88 0ai27.00. Bulk 95-125 lb Holstein heifers 140.0ai58.00, few 130.00-140.00; few small frame saios lb 84.0a88.00. B&R CATTLE CO. RDI, Marietta, PA 17547 Office Phone: (717)653-8164 Specializing In Stockers & Feeders 10HN BOWMAN Ph (717)653 5728 RON RANCH Ph (717)656-9849 jf LEBANON I VALLEY ( LIVESTOCK i MARKET, INC. | I mile East of I Fredericksburg 1 along Rt. 22 1 PHONE | JONESTOWN | 865-2881 i Flea Market Auction ; I every Tuesday at 12:30, {Tools, US. roducs, '■etc. ; Buyers & Sellers Welcome Cattle Calves 3600 1800 3730 1593 4514 1854
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