A2-L«ncaster Farming, Saturday, September 24, 1988 Livestock market and auction news Lancaster Livestock Auction Monday, Sept 19 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calve* Hog* Sheep Goat* Monday’* Receipt* 1003 346 379 428 Monday'* Auction 821 139 336 550 530 La*t Monday'* Auction 826 ISO 284 576 486 Lait Year'* Auction 782 151 370 682 438 CATTLE; COMPARED TO THURS DAY HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME SLAUGHTER STEERS STEADY, SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE WEAK TO 1.00 LOWER; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 1.00-2.00 LOWER; COWS STEADY; BULLOCKS WEAK TO 1.00 LOWER; BULLS FIRM TO 1.00 HIGH ER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 65% SLAUGHTER STEERS. 13% SLAUGHT ER HEIFERS, 11% COWS, AND 11% BULLS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1200-1525 LB. 71.25-72.75, COUPLE 73.00-73.25; CHOICE 2-3 FEW 4 1050-1500 LB. 68.00- FEW HEAD 71.50-72.00; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 950-1325 LB. 65.50-68.50; CHOICE 1250-1500 LB. HOLSTEINS 60.00-63.50, FEW SELECT 1075-1550 LB. 55.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 975-1250 LB. 64.50-67.50; SELECT 2-3 950-1200 LB. 63.50-65.50. COWS BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 47.75-50.00, HI DRESSING 50.00-51.00; COMMER CIAL 3-4 BULK 44.50-47.50; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 LO DRESS ING 44.00-46.00, BULK 46.00-49.00, HI DRESSING 49.00-50.25; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 39.00- BULK 41.00-45.00. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1375 LB. 60.75-6Z50; SELECT 1-2 1000-1350 LB. 56.00-60.50. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2150 LB 60.00-64.00, FEW 64.50-68.50; YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1550 LB 55.50-60.50. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS STEADY, INSTANCES 5.00 LOWER; SLAUGHT ER CALVES 5.00-10.00 LOWER. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: COUPLE CHOICE 220-300 LB. 90.00-110.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 120-300 LB. 75.00- 80-115 LB. 75.00-85.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-90 LB. 65.00-75.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND CHOICE 320-450 LB. 60.00-75.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 100-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 115.00- SMALL FRAME 90-120 LB. 100.00-115.00. HOGS: COMPARED TOtLAST WED- V NESDAY BARROWS AND GILTS WEAK TO .50 LOWER; SOWS UNEVENLY STEADY. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 220-250 LB. 40.75-41.75; US 1 215-245 LB. 42.00-42.50. US 1-3 220-265 LB. 40.00- US 2-4 FEW 255-270 LB. 39.50-40.00. SOWS: US 1-3 300-650 LB. 27.00- SHEEP: COMPARED TO LAST MON DAY SLAUGHTER LAMBS 5.00-8.00 LOWER; SLAUGHTER EWES WEAK TO 5.00 LOWER. SPRING LAMBS; CHOICE AND PRIME 80-120 LB. 62.00-70.00; CHOICE FEW 80-105 LB. 58.00-62.00, 50-80 LB. 70.00- AND 40-50 LB. 80.00- SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND HAY, STRAW & CORN SALE iff 1 Every Friday at 12 Noon ifwfx GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION RONo. 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, Sept 20, 1988 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 596 907 15 5 Lait Tuc«day7s6 915 10 5 Law Year 954 959 31 0 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS UNEVEN. HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 1.00- HIGHER, LOW TO AVERAGE CHOICE FULLY STEADY; SLAUGH TER HEIFERS NOT TESTED; COWS MOSTLY STEADY; SMALL SUPPLY BULLS ABOUT STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 37% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 57% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1225-1375L8. 72.75-73.85, FEW HEAD CHOICE AND PRIME 2-3 1225-1325 LB. 74.00-76.00; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1100-1425 LB. 69.00- MAINLY 69.75-71.75; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1075-1425 LB. 65.75-68.50. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 46.00-49.25. HI DRESSING 50.00-51.00; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 LO DRESS ING 43.50-45.50. BULK 46.00-49.25, HI DRESSING 49.25-51.50, CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING BULK 41.0a43.75. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1400-2000 LB. 59.0a64.00; YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1500 LB. 57.00-59.00, FEW looanso LB. 55.0a57.00. VEAL CALVES: CHOICE VEALERS FULLY STEADY. HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 615 IN GRADED SALE OF WHICH 69% SOLD TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: CHOICE 145-240 LB. 97.0ai04.0a, HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 160-395 LB. 72.00-91.00, 8a 110 LB. 78.0a85.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD6aBSLB. 60.0a75.00. RETURNED TO FARM: 235 HEAD 90-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 125.0ai43.00 AND 85 HEAD SMALL FRAME 85-110 LB. 111.0ai32.0a, 70 HEAD 9a 150 LB. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 130.0ai50.00. SHEEP: INSUFFICIENT VOLUME FOR A MARKET TEST. GOATS: INSUFFICIENT VOLUME FOR A MARKET TEST. GOOD 20.00-30.00, FEW YEARLINGS AND TWO-YEAR OLDS 30.00-35.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. FEW LARGE FLESHY 60.00- THIN 45.00-60.00; MEDIUM FLESHY 35.00-50.00, THIN 30.00- SMALL. MAINLY FLESHY KIDS 25.00-35.00, THIN 15.00-25.00. 8:00 AM , 10:00 A.M FRIDAY 11:00 A.M. —Stocker and Feeder Cattle Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Fri., Oct. 7 - 11:00 A.M. Grided Cattle Sold In Loti of 10 or More LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC. 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 Serving Tho Community For 90 Yoars Lancaster Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Wednesday, September 21,1988 0913 C ELT Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats WED’S RECEIPTS 71 10 WED’S AUCTION 65 10 365 0 0 LAST WED’S AUCTION 32 3 427 0 0 LAST YEAR’S AUCTION 51 22 314 15 0 CATTLE: Few sales slaughter steers and cows about steady. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Select and Choice 2-3 1200-1300 lb 67.50-69.85 COWS: Few Cutter end Boning Utility 1-2 45.50-46.75; Canner and low Cutter 40.75-44.25. VEAL CALVES: No madcet teat. HOGS: Compared to Monday barrows and gilts mostly steady; sows steady, instances 1.00 lower. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 220-250 lb 41.00-41.75. US 1 220-250 lb 42.00- US 1-3 215-250 lb 40.00- Few 200-210 lb 38.00-39.00. US 2-4 Few 220-265 lb 39.00-40.00. SOWS: US 1-3 300-650 lb 27.00-30.00. SHEEP: No madcet test GOATS; No market test. Thursday, September 22, 1988 TRADING SLOW. COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK’S CLOSE SLAUGH TER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD 1.00 TO 1.50 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD FIRM TO 1.00 HIGHER, INSTANCES 2.00 HIGHER. BULLS SOLD 1.00 HIGHER. ALL SALES WERE EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH NO CLASS WELL REPRESENTED MID WEEK OR LATER. SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH ABOUT 7% COWS. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 1,000 AS COMPARED WITH ACTUAL RECEIPTS OF 1.520 LAST WEEK AND 1,475 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: STEERS: CHOICE 2-4, MOSTLY 3. 1100-1350 LBS. 67.00-68.50 950-1100 LBS. 65.00- SELECT & CHOICE 2-3, 1000-1200 LBS. 64.00-67.00 SELECT 2-3, 900-1100 LBS. 61.00-66.00. HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4, MOSTLY 3. 1000-1200 LBS. 66.00-68.00 850-1000 LBS. 64.50-66.50 SELECT & CHOICE 2-3,900-1100 LBS. 63.00-66.00 SELECT 2-3, 800-1000 LBS. 60.00-65.00. COWS; BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 46.00-49.00 CUT TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 45.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 1-2 42.00-46.00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1-2 AUCTIONS MONDAY 9:00 A.M. —Slaughter Bulls, Heifers, Steers, Cows 10:00 A.M. —Goats, Veal Calves, Lambs 12 Noon —Slaughter Hogs WEDNESDAY —Slaughter Hogs —Slaughter Bulls, Heifers, Steers, Cows —Veal Calves, Lambs 11:00 A.M SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs 530 32 1 Peoria Cattle Peoria, Illinois New Holland Livestock New Holland, Pa. Thursday, Sept. 23 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 997 605 191 93 Last Thursday 1416 668 147 39 Last Year 989 562 131 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS UNEVENLY STEADY; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS NOT FULLY TESTED; COWS .50-1.00 HIGHER; SMALL SUPPLY BULLOCKS FULLY STEADY; BULLS STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 47% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 44% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: SMALL SUPPLY CHOICE AND PRIME 2-3 1175-1375 LB. 72.75-73.50, FEW PRIME 3 1450-1690 LB. 71.85-73.50; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1100-1375 LB. 69.00-72.10, FEW CHOICE 3-4 1400-1600 LB. 68.50- SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1350 LB. 67.00-69.50; FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 1145-1375 LB. HOLSTEINS 65.00-68.35, CHOICE 1135-1535 LB. 61.00-65.00, SELECT 1095-1465 LB. 56.50-60.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW CHOICE 2-3 940-1100 LB. 66.50-68.25; SELECT 2-3 950-1185 LB. 59.75-62.50. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 47.00-51.00, HI DRESSING 51.00-52.75. CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 LOW DRESSING 44.50-46.50, BULK 46.50- HI DRESSING 50.00-51.50. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 38.00-41.50, BULK 41.50- BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1350 LB. 62.00-64.00, COUPLE 64.50-66.00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1400-1850 LB. 60.50-63.50; YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1550 LB. 56.00-60.00, FEW 1000-1075 LB. 53.50-56.00. _ VEAL CALVES: CHOICE VEALERS WEAK TO 5.00 LOWER; HIGH GOOD ANDLOW CHOICE MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS; CHOICE 200-390 LB. 87.00- INDIVIDUAL 102.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 150-365 LB. 78.Q0-87.00, 80-110 LB. 78.00-85.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 65-85 LB. 60.00-75.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: FEW CHOICE 350-520 LB. 68.00-80.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 120.00-140.00, FEW 140.00-149.00; SMALL FRAME 90-110 LB. 88.00-115.00. SHEEP: SLAUGHTER LAMBS 2.00- LOWER; SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY. WOOLED LAMBS: CHOICE 65-110 LB. 58.00-62.00, FEW 35-60 LB. 70.00- SMALL SUPPLY CHOICE 115-150 LB. 45.00-52.00; GOOD TO LOW CHOICE 65-100 LB. 52.00-58.00. SLAUGHTER EWES; UTILITY AND GOOD 15.00-30.00, FEW YEARLILNGS AND TWO YEAR OLDS 30.00-42.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. LARGE 83.00-95.00; MEDIUM 35.00- SMALL 21.00-35.00. • Lancaster Weekly September 23, 1988 Cattle Calves This Week 3000 1640 Last Week 3543 1736 Last Year 3378 1693 CATTLE; Slaughter steers steady, instances SO higher on high Choice and Prune; slaughter heifers 1.00-2.00 lower; cows SO-1.00 higher, bullocks weak to 1.00 lower, bulls firni to 1.00 higher. Supply included 42% slaughter steers, S% slaugh ter heifers, 30% cows, S% bulls, with the balance feeders. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 1200-1450 lb 72.75-74.00; few head Choice and Prime 2-3 1225-1325 lb 74.00-76.00; few Prime 3 1450-1690 lb 71.85-73.50; Choice 2-3 few 4 1050-1450 lb 69.00-72.25; few Choice 3-4 1400-1600 lb 68.00-71.75; Select and low Choice 2-3 1000-1350 lb 65.50-69.50; few high Choice and Prime 1145-1375 lb Holsteins 65.00- Choice 1135-1535 lb 60.00- Select 1075-1550 lb 55.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 940-1250 lb 64.50-68.25; Select 2-3 950-1200 lb 59.75-65.50. COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI DRESSINGBreakmg Utility and Commer c i a 1 2-3 47.00-5 1.00 5 1.00-52.7 SCommerc ial 3-4 44.50-47.50 Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 44.00- 46.50-49.50 50.00- SOCanner and low Cutter 38.00- 41.50-45.50. BULLOCKS: Choice 1-3 1100-1375 lb 60.75-64.00, couple 64.50-66.00; Select 1-2 1000-1350 lb 56.00-60 50. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2150 lb 60.00- few 64.50-68.50; yield grade 2 1100-1550 lb 55.50-60.50, few 1000-1075 lb 53.50-56.00. VEAL CALVES: Vealers weak to 5.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower on Choice; slaughter calves 5.00-10 00 lower. Demand good for Holstein bulls and heifers to return to farm. VEALERS: Choice 145-390 lb 87.00- few 99.00-104.00; high Good and low Choice 120-365 lb 72.00-90.00, 80-115 lb 75.00-85.00; Standard and low Good 60-90 lb 60.00-75.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and Choice 320-520 lb 60.00-75.00, few Choice 75.00-80.00. RETURNED TO FARM. Bulk 95-125 lb Holstein buUs 115.00-143.00, few 143.00- small frame 85-110 lb 88.00- Bulk 90-115 lb Holstein heifers 130.00150.00. B&R CATTLE CO. RDI, Marietta, PA 17547 Office Phone; (717)653-81*4 Specializing In Stpckers & Feeders JOHN BOWMAN Ph (717)653-5728 RON RANCH Ph- (717)656-9849 f LEBANON I VALLEY I 'VESTOCK . IWESW I MARKET, MC. i* 1 mile East of 1 Fredericksburg i{ along Rt. 22 I PHONE J JONESTOWN | 865-2881 | Flea Market Auction {every Tuesday at 12:30 (Tool*. Eggs, Produce etc. Buyers & Sellers Welcome
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