AMancMtar Faming, Saturday, December io, 1988 Lancaster Livestock Auction Monday, Dec 6 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Monday’s Receipts 992 94 517 567 403 Monday's Auction 986 110 492 568 407* Last Monday’s Auction 909 152 419 511 447 Last Year's Auction 962 138 417 576 536 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS 50-1,00 LOWER; CHOICE SLAUGH TER HEIFERS WEAK TO 50 LOWER, SELECT TO LOW CHOICE 50-1.00 LOWER; COWS WEAK TO 1.00 LOW ER; BULLOCKS STEADY; BULLS STEADY TO 1.00 LOWER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 54% SLAUGHTER STEERS, 20% SLAUGHTER HEIFERS, 16% COWS. WITH THE BALANCE BULLS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1100-1425 LB 74.00- CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1000-1500 LB 70.75-74.00; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LB 66.75-71.50, INCLUDING AROUND 80 HEAD 1000-1285 LB RETURNING TO FEED AT 68.75-71.50; FEW SELECT 2-3 64.00- COUPLE CHOICE 1350-1470 LB HOLSTEINS 63.00-65.00; SELECT 1225-1430 LB 53.25-57.75. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1275 LB 67.50-71.25, FEW CHOICE 2 71.50-72.25; SELECT 2-3 950-1225 LB 63.00-67.50. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 45.00-48.00. HIGH DRESSING 48.00-50.00; COM MERCIAL 3-4 BULK 42.00-45.00; CUT TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 LOW DRESSING 42.00-43.00, BULK 43.00-46.50. HIGH DRESSING 46.50-47.50; CANNER AND LOW CUT TER LOW DRESSING 40.00-41.00. BULK 41.00-42.50. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1600 LB 63.00-65.50, FEW 67.00-69.25; SELECT 1-2 1050-1275 LB 60.75-63.00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2200 LB 60.75-64.25, FEW 64.50-67.25; YIELD GRADE 2 1100-1600 LB 56.75-60.00, LOW DRESSING 54.00-55.50. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS STEADY, ALTHOUGH CHOICE AND PRIME NOT TESTED. SLAUGHTER CALVES FULLY STEADY. DEMAND GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: FEW CHOICE 140-280 LB 95.00-110.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 130-300 LB 75.00-90.00.80-110 LB 65.00-72.00; STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-85 LB 60.00-65.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND CHOICE 280-470 LB 65.00-80.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-125 LB HOLSTEIN BULLS 125.00-150.00; SMALL FRAME 90-115 LB 100.00-125.00. HOGS: COMPARED TO LAST WED NESDAY BARROWS AND GILTS 25-50 LB HIGHER; SOWS WEAK TO 50 LOWER, INSTANCES 1 00 LOWER ON US 2-3. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 215-250 LB 39.00-4000; US 1 210-245 LB 40.00-41 00; US 1-3 210-255 LB 38.00- US 2-4 220-265 LB 37.00- SOWS: US 1-3 300-650 LB 25.00- US 2-3 400-650 LB 22.00- SHEEP; SLAUGHTER LAMBS UNEVEN, EARLY SALES 5.00-1000 HIGHER, LATER TRADING STEADY; SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY. WOOLED LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME 80-110 LB 65.00-75.00, WITH EARLY TRADING 75.00-85 00, 110-140 LB 60.00-65.00, FEW EARLY 65.00-70.00; CHOICE 60-80 LB HAY, STRAW & CORN SALE Every Friday at 12 Noon , GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION RDNo.4 Ephrata.Pa. 717-7381117 1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St. Out of State Buyers ■ Cash or Certified Check Only market and auct Vintage Livestock Auction Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1988 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 792 1015 4 0 Last Tuesday 862 1122 6 0 Last Year 934 942 28 14 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS FIRM TO .50 HIGHER: SLAUGHTER HEIFERS FULLY STEADY; COWS STEADY TO WEAK; BULLOCKS NOT TESTED: SMALL SUPPLY BULLS 1.00-2.00 LOWER. SUPPLY INCLDUED 32% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 62% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1200-1375 LB.. COUPLE 1500-1550 LB. 74.50-75.00, EIGHT HEAD 76.25-77.10; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1100-1400 LB. 71.25-74.60, FEW 1400-1625 LB. 70.00-73.50; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1075-1375 LB. 68.00-71.25; COUPLE CHOICE 1290-1430 LB. HOLS TEIN 61.25-65.85. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1090-1250 LB. 70.75-72.25; FEW CHOICE 2-3 1050-1200 LB. 67.25-70.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 45.75-48.50, FEW 48.50-50.25; COMMERCIAL 3-4 BULK 42.00-44.50; CUTTER AND BON ING UTILITY 1-2 LO DRESSING 42.75-44.00, BULK 44.00-47.75, FEW 48.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT TER LO DRESSING 39.50-41.00, BULK 41.00- BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1-2 1140-2410 LB. 56.75-59.00, COUPLE YIELD GRADE 1 60.00-61.25; FEW LO DRESSING YIELD GRADE 2 1000-1275 LB. 51.75-55.00. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS STEADY, ALTHOUGH CHOICE AND PRIME SCARCE. SUPPLY INCLUDED 734 IN GRADED SALE OF WHICH 67% SOLD TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: COUPLE PRIME 195-220 LB. 110.00-114.00; FEW CHOICE 150-280 LB. 102.00-108.00; FEW HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 220-275 LB. 87.00- HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 80-110 LB. 62.00-68.00, FEW 68.00- STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-90 LB. 50.00-60.00. 75.00-90.00. NEW CROP LAMBS: CHOICE 30-50 LB 140.00-180.00, 50-70 LB 110.00-150.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND GOOD 20.00-35.00, WITH YEARLINGS AND TWO YEAR OLDS 35.00-50.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. LARGE 50.00-75.00, FEW 75.00- MEDIUM 45.00-55.00, FEW 40.00- SMALL MAINLY KIDS, FLESHY 40.00-55.00, THIN 20.00-40.00. M hours a da* 'M (”7>394-26U 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 Calves, Lambs FRIDAY 11:00 A.>M. —Stocker and Feeder Cattle SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Fri. t Dec. 30 - 11:00 A.M. Graded Cattle Sold In Lots of 10 or More LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, UK. 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 Serving The Community For 90 Years Lancaster Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Wednesday, December 7, 1988 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goals Wed’s Receipts 106 Wed’s Auction 2 474 16 17 23 9 329 0 0 Last Wed's Auction 37 5 Last Year’s Auction 105 34 323 0 0 CATTLE; Insufficient volume of any one class to test trends. 241 0 0 VEAL CALVES: No maricet test. HOGS: Compared to Monday barrows and gilts 7STEADY; Sows steady, instances 1.00 higher. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 210-245 lb 39.00-40.00. US 1 few 215-235 lb 40.00-41.00. US 1-3 210-260 lb 38.00-39.00, one lot 206 lb 37.00. SOWS: US 1-2 300-450 lb 25.00-28.50. US 1-3 450-650 lb 23.00-26.00. SHEEP: No maricet test. GOATS: No maricet lest. New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1988 Report supplied by auction REPORTED RECEIPTS OF 157 COWS. 164 HEIFERS, AND 2 BULLS. MARKET STEADY. LOAD OF PA FRESH COWS, 710.00-1400.00. LOAD OF PERRY CO. FRESH COWS, 1050.00-1325.00. LOAD OF CONN. FRESH COWS, 760.00-1175.00.. HERD OF 38 HEAD, ALL STAGE COWS, 430.00.00-1110.00. HERD OF 51 HEAD, ALL STAGE COWS, 475.00-1225.00. LOCALLY CONSIGNED COWS. 500.00-1150.00. OPEN HEIFERS, 340.00-650.00. SPRINGING HEIFERS, 520.00-960.00. BULLS, 625.00-870.00. RETURNED TO FARM: 30 HEAD 120-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 119.00, 100 HEAD 110-115 LB. 129.00-132.00, 135 HEAD 100-105 LB. 137.00-140.00, AND 50 HEAD 95 LB. 119.00-120.00; 20 HEAD SMALL FRAME 110-125 LB. 105.00- 40 HEAD 100-105 LB. 93.00- AND 100 HEAD 80-95 LB. 69.00- 25 HEAD 100-120 LB. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 112.00-116.00. SHEEP: INSUFFICIENT VOLUME TO TEST MARKET. GOATS: NO MARKET TEST, on news New Holland Livestock New Holland, Pa. Thursday, Dec. 1 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 832 596 83 38 Last Thursday 970 756 71 23 Last Year 849 625 82 93 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS STEADY; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS NOT FULLY TESTED: COWS WEAK TO 1.00 LOWER, CLOSING MOSTLY 1.00 LOWER; SMALL SUPPLY BULLOCKS AND BULLS STEADY. SUPPLY INCLUDED 37% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND 55% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS; COUPLE HEAD HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1300-1400 LB. 74.35-75.50; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1060-1450 LB. 71.25-74.50, FEW 74.50-74.85; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1425 LB. 68.00-72.00; FEW SELECT 2-3 1000-1325 LB. 65.00-67.75; SELECT 1060-1310 LB. HOLSTEINS 56.00-58.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: COUPLE CHOICE 2-3 1065-1280 LB. 68.75-69.50; SELECT 2-3 1000-1235 LB. 63.00-67.60. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 45.00-47.75 FEW 48.00-49.75; CUTTER AND BON ING UTILITY 1-2 LO DRESSING 43.00-44.25; BULK 44.50-47.00; HI DRESSING 47.00-48.50; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 38.50-40.00; BULK 40.50-43.50. BULLOCKS: COUPLE CHOICE 1-3 1150-1400 LB. 65.00-67.00; COUPLE SELECT 1-2 1050-1250 LB. 58.00-60.00. BULLS; YIELD GRADE 1 1450-2000 LB. 58.75-62.75; YIELD GRADE 2 1050-1550 LB. 55.00-59.00. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS MOSTLY STEADY. DEMAND ONLY FAIR FOR HOLSTEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: TEN HEAD HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 245-320 LB. 117.00- CHOICE 140-380 LB. 98.00- FEW 112.00-117.00; HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 150-360 LB. 75.00- FEW 120-150 LB. 80.00- 80-120 LB. 60.00-70.00, FEW 105-120 LB. 70.00-75.00; STAN DARD AND LOW GOOD 65-85 LB. 50.00- RETURNED TO FARM; BULK 100-125 LB. HOLSTEIN BULLS 100.00- FEW MAINLY EARLY 125.00- SMALL FRAME 100-120 LB. 90.00-105.00,90-95 LB. 70.00-90.00. SHEEP: SLAUGHTER LAMBS STEADY: SLAUGHTER EWES STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. WOOLED LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME 80-110 LB. 72.00-80.00, 60-70 LB. 76.00-85.00, FEW 89.00-96.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: UTILITY AND GOOD 21.00-28.00, FEW YEARLINGS AND TWO-YEAR-OLDS 32.00-39.00. GOATS: ALL GOATS SOLD BY THE HEAD. LARGE 51.00-68.00, COUPLE 72.00-77.00; MEDIUM 33.00-49.00, . VINTAGE SALES lj STABLES, INC. Sale Every Tuesday 10:30 A.M. Slaughter Cattle Auction - Steers, Bulls. 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 December 9, 1988 Report Supplied by PDA Cattle Calves 3200 1725 3143 2035 3747 1736 This Week Last Week Last Year CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS WEAK TO MOSTLY 50 LOWER, INSTANCES 1.00 LOWER EARLY; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS UNEVEN. CHOICE WEAK TO 50 LOWER, SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 50-1.00 LOWER; COWS STEADY, WITH SOME LATE SALES 1.00 LOWER; BUL LOCKS STEADY; BULLS 1.00-2.00 LOWER. LATE SALES MOSTLY 2.00 LOWER. SUPPLY INCLUDED 35% SLAUGHTER STEERS. 8% SLAUGH TER HEIFERS, 37% COWS, 4% BULLS, WITH THE BALANCE FEEDERS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1100-1425 LB 74.00- FEW 75.50-771.0; CHOICE 2-3, FEW 4 1000-1400 LB 71.00-74.50, FEW 74.50-74.85, FEW 1400-1625 LB 70.00- SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1400 LB 66.75-72.00, INCLUDING AROUND 80 HEAD 1000-1285 LB RETURNING TO FEED AT 68.75-71.50; FEW SELECT 2-3 1000-1375 LB 64.00-67.75; FEW CHOICE 1290-1470 LB HOLSTEINS 61.25- SELECT 1060-1430 LB 53.25- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1090-1250 LB 70.75-72.25; CHOICE 2-3 1000-1280 LB 67.25-71.25; SELECT 2-3 950-1225 LB 63.00-67.60. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 BULK 54.00-48 00. HI DRESSING 48.00-50.25; COMMER CIAL 3-4 BULK 42.00-45.00; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 LO DRESS ING 42.00-44.00, BULK 44.00-47.00, HI DRESSING 47.00-50.00; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER LO DRESSING 38.50-40.00, BULK 40.00-43.50. BULLOCKS: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1600 LB 63.00-65.50, FEW 65.50-69.25; SELECT 1-2 1050-1275 LB 58.00-63,00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1350-2410 LB 58.75-64.00, FEW 64.00-67.25; YIELD GRADE 2 1050-1600 LB 55.00-59.00, LOW DRESSING 51.75-55.00. VEAL CALVES: VEALERS STEADY; SLAUGHTER CALVES FUL LY STEADY. DEMAND GENERALLY GOOD. ONLY FAIR LATE. FOR HOLS TEIN BULLS TO RETURN TO FARM. VEALERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 245-320 LB 117.00-125.00; CHOICE 140-380 LB 95.00-112.00, PEW 112.00- HIGH GOOD AND LOW CHOICE 150-360 LB 75.00-90.00. FEW 120-150 LB 80.00-95.00, 80-120 LB 60.00- FEW 100-120 LB 70.00- STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 60-85 LB 50.00-60.00. RETURNED TO FARM: BULK 95-125 LB HOLSTEIN BULLS 1 19.00- 140.00, FEW LATE 100.00- SMALL FRAME 90-120 LB 90.00-110.00, 80-90 LB 69.00-92.00; FEW 100-120 LB HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 112.00- B&R CATTLE CO. RDI, Marietta, PA 17547 Office Phone: (717)653-8164 Specializing In Stockers & Feeders JOHN BOWMAN Ph (717)653-5728 RONRANCK Ph (717)656-9849 f LEBANON I VALLEY I LIVESTOCK ) MARKET, INC. | 1 mile East of J Fredericksburg * along Rt. 22 I PHONE ! JONESTOWN I 865-2881. 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