Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Monday, March 26, 1990
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Monday’s Auction
1160 68 442 889 173
Last Monday's Auction
1151 85
Last Year’s Auction
1354 78
250 1212 362
517 401 392
CATTLE: Slaughter steers steady;
slaughter heifers weak to SO lower,
instances 1.00 lower, cows 1.00-2.00 low
er; bullocks and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher.
Supply included 69% slaughter steers,
14% slaughter heifers, 11% cows, and 6%
bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few high
Choice and Prime mostly 3 1085-1425 lb
78.25- 80.10, couple 80.25-81.10; Choice
2-3, few 4 1075-1425 lb 75.75-78.25, few
78 25-78.85; Choice mostly 3 1425-1550
lb 74.75-76.75; Select to low Choice 2-3
1050-1475 lb 72 75-76.25. HOLSTEINS:
Choice and Prime 1350-1660 lb
.70 00-73.00, Choice 1265-1550 lb
67 00-70 00; few Standard 1100-1200 lb
58.50-59.60.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few high
Choice and Prime 3 1130-1140 lb 77.00;
Choice 2- 3 950-1250 lb 72.75-76.25, few
76.25- 00; Select 2-3 900-1150 lb 69 00-
73.00
COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI
DRESSING Breaking Utility and Com
mercial 2-4 51.00-53.75 54.00-55.00 Cut
ter and Boning Utility 1-2 49.00-50.50
50.50- 53.00-54.00 Canner and low
Cutter 47.00-48.00 48.00-49.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1525 lb
74.50- couple 1270-1360 lb 82.00-
82.75; Select 1-3 1075-1325 lb
62.25- 25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2150 lb
66.00-71.75, six head 75.00-79.75; yield
grade 2 1050-1550 lb 62 00-66.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady;
slaughter calves steady, instances 5.00
lower Demand good for Holstein bulls to
return to farm.
VEALERS: Couple Choice 180-300 lb
105.00-130 00; high Good and low Choice
150-300 lb 75 00-105 00, 80-115 lb
70 00-76 00, Standard and low Good
60-85 lb 65 00-70 00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES; Good and
Choice 350-480 lb 70.00-85.00.
RETURNED TO FARM Bulk 95-125
lb Holstein bulls 120 00-150.00; small
frame 85-115 lb 95 00-115.00.
HOGS. Compared to last Wednesday
barrows and gilts 50 lower; sows steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-2
210-250 lb 52.50-53.00 US 1 Few
215-2351b53 00-53.50 US 1-3210-2601 b
51 50-52 50
SOWS US 1-3 300-400 lb 45.00-47.50
400-500 lb 44 00-48 00 500-650 lb
5000-52 00
BOARS: All weights 43 00-44 00.
SHEEP: Slaughter lambs firm to 5 00
higher, slaughter ewes fully steady.
V/OOLED LAMBS; Choice 80-115 lb
65 00-75 00, 120-140 lb 60.00-65 00,
Good to low Choice 60-80 lb 75 00-85 00.
SPRING LAMBS; Choice and Prime
80-110 lb 78 00-83.00, 60-80 lb
75.00-85 00.40-60 lb 85 00-125 00,25-40
lb 120 00-150.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES Utility and Good
20 00-40.00, Yearlings and two-year olds
40 00-60 00
GOATS: All goats sold by the head
Large 75 00-100.00, thin 60.00-75.00;
Medium 60 00-70 00, thin 50.00-60.00;
Small, mainly kids, 30 00-40 00, few
Fleshy 40 00-50.00
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Lancaster Co. Livestock Market Auctions
Vintage Livestock
Paradise, PA
March 27, 1990
CATTLE 887...USDA...(Supply
included 49% steers and 44%
cows)...Compared with Monday’s market:
Slaughter steers firm to .50 higher, Heifers
not fully tested; Cows weak to 1.00, or
1.50 to 3.00 for the week; Bulls 1.00 to
2.00 lower. Choice & Prime 2-3,
1090/1400 lbs. si. steers 79.25-81.00, 4
head 81.25-82, Choice 2-3 few 4,
1075/1450 lbs. 76.00-78.75, few 79-79.25,
Choice 2-3, 1450/1690 lbs. 75.00-78.00,
Select & low Choice 2-3, 1000/1350 lbs.
74.00- few Select 2-3, 1085/1285
lbs. 67.50-71; Choice & Prime 1175/1650
lbs. Holsteins 70.75-71, few Select
1280/1575 lbs. 68 75-70.00. Few Select &
low Choice 2-3, 940/1150 lbs. si. heifers
64.00- Breaking Utility & Commer
cial 2-3 bulk 50.00-53.00, High dressing
53.00- Commercial 3-4, bulk
48.00- Cutter & Boning Utility 1-2
low dressing 48.50-50.00, bulk
50.00- high dressing 53.50-55, Can
ner & Low Cutter low dressing
44.75- bulk 46.50-49.75. Yield
Grade No. 1, 1350/2290 lbs. si. bulls
63.25-67.25, No. 2, 1050/1600 lbs.
60.75-
CALVES 703... Supply mcluded 550 in
graded sale of which 81% sold to return to
farm ...Vealers steady. Few Choice
145/270 lbs. 101.00-114,00, High Good &
low Choice 145/260 lbs. 75.00-92.00,
80/110 lbs. 70.00-80.00, Standard & low
Good 60/85 lbs. 50.00-70.00. Farm Calves:
Holstein Bulls 120/125 lbs. 142.00,95/115
lbs. 160.00-173.00, 90 lbs, 129 00-132.00,
Small frame 100/115 lbs. 112.00-118,
80/95 lbs. 78.00-80.00; Hoi Heifers
80/115 lbs. 140 00-150.00.
SHEEP 4 ..Insufficient volume for a
market test.
GOATS 1 .Insufficient volume for a
market test.
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.m.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, March 29, 1990
RETURN TO FARM CALF
120 00-172 00
GOOD VEAL 80 00-119.00.
COMMON VEAL 40 00-79 00
CHOICE STEERS 74 00-79 00
SELECT STEERS 72 00-75 00.
COMMON STEERS 64 00-71 00.
COMMERCIAL COWS 48 00-58 00
CANNERS-CUTTERS 46 00-56 00
SHELLS 39 00-45 00.
CHOICE HEIFERS 70 00-75 00
SELECT HEIFERS 69 00-72 00
COMMON HEIFERS 60.00-68 00
GOOD FEEDERS 70 00-9100
COMMON FEEDERS 54 00-69 00
BULLS 56 00-66 00
GOOD HOGS 50 00-53 00
SOWS 40 00-50 75
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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., April 6 - 11:00 A.M.
Graded Cattle sold In lots of 10 or more
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1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Serving Th« Community For 90 Yoors
Lancaster Livestock
Wed., March 28, 1990
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Wed’s Auction
31 5 274 5 0
Last Wed’s Auction
57 2 334 0 0
Last Year’s Auction
103 0 375 0 0
CATTLE: Insufficient volume for a
market test.
VEAL CALVES: Insufficient volume
for a market test.
HOGS: Compared to Monday barrows
and gills and sows steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-250 lb 52.50-53.00. US 1 Few
210-235 lb 53.00-54.00. US 1-3 210-260 lb
51.50-52.50.
SOWS; US 1-3 300-500 lb 45.00-47.00.
500-650 lb 50.00-52.00.
SHEEP: Insufficient volume for market
test.
GOATS: No market test.
Keister’s Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, PA
March 27, 1990
CATTLE 393...REP0RT IS SUPPLIED
BY THE AUCTlON...Compared with last
weeks market; High Choice & Prime
slaughter steers 78.00-82.00, few #4,
76.00- Choice 76.00-80.50, Select
73.00- Standard 68.00-72.75;
Choice Holstemi 68.00-72.75, Select
65.00- Standard 60.00-64.75.
Choice si. heifers 74.00-77.25, Select
70 00-73.75, Standard 62.00-69.75. Break
ing Utility & Commercial si. cows
47.00- few 57.25, Cutter & Boning
Utility 48.00-54.75, Canner & low Cutter
45.00- 50, Shells down to 44.00. Few
Select si. bullocks 65.00-68.25 Yield
Grade No. 1, 1200/1985 lbs. si. bulls
64.00- No. 2, 800/1200 lbs.
58.00- FEEDER CATTLE: 350/875
lbs. steers 65.00-87.50. 350/825 lbs. heif
ers 56 00-75.00 350/775 lbs. bulls
55 00-72.50
CALVES 187... Choice vealers
110 00-118 00, Standard and Good 90/110
lbs 80 00-95 00, Utility 60/90 lbs.
45.00- 00. Farm Calves; Holstein bulls
No. 1, 80/90 lbs 11000-162 00, No. 2,
95/125 lbs 125 00-182.00, Ho). Heifers
90/120 lbs. 10000-147.50.
HOGS 346... US No, 1,220/250 lbs. bar
rows and gilts 54 25-55 00, 1-2 220/250
lbs 53.50-54.25, 2-3 210/260 lbs.
53.00- 190/270 lbs. 47.00-53.00.
US No. 1-3 270/650 lbs sows
48.00- few light weights 53 00, 2-3
260/575 lbs. 40.00-48.00. Boars
38.00- 00.
FEEDER PIG 358 US No. 1-3 20/40
lbs. feeder pigss 35 00-50.00, 40/60 lbs
45 00-57.00 all per head
New Holland
Livestock Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Thursday, March 29, 1990
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
1054 545 388 160
Last Thursday
957 600 203 43
Last Year
1372 504 37
CATTLE: Slaughter steers fully steady,
although few early sales Select and low
Choice weak to SO lower; slaughter heifers
steady; cows steady; bullocks and bulls
steady to weak. Supply included 60%
slaughter steers and 31% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
and Prune 2-4 1225-1500 lb 78.50-81.50;
Choice 2-3 few 4 1075-1450 lb
75.75-78.25, few 78.25-78.75; Choice 3-4
1450-1550 lb 75.00-77.25; Select and low
Choice 2-3 1100-1500 lb 72.75-76.00;
Select 2-3 1050-1200 lb 68.00-71.00.
HOLSTEINS; Few high Choice and Prime
1320-1620 lb 70.85-71.60; Choice 1250-
1500 lb 66.75-69.00; Select 1175-1300 lb
59.50-64.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; One lot
Prime 3 1200 lb 78.85; Choice 2-3
960-1180 lb 73.00-75.75.
COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI
DRESSING Breaking Utility and Com
mercial 2-4 50.00-53.00 53.00-56.00.
Commercial 3-4 47.00-50.00. Cutter and
boning Utility 1-2 48.50-50.00
50 00-52 50 52.50-55,00. Canner and low
Cutter 45 00-47.00 47.0a50.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1150-1550 lb
66.5a68.00, couple 71.0a73.50; Select 1-
3 1100-1450 lb 63.50-66.00.
BULLS- Yield grade 1 1375-2000 lb
62.75- few 69.00-69.50; yield grade
2 1050-1550 lb 61.00-63.00, low dressing
57.75-
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady.
Demand good for Holstein bulls to return
to farm.
VEALERS; Few High Choice and
Pmne 225-285 lb 130.00-135.00; Choice
185-300 lb 106.00-129.00, couple 450-480
lb 106.00-111.00; high Good and low
Choice 150-405 lb 81.00-100.00, 80-115
lb 70.00-76.00; Standard and low Good
60-85 lb 62.00-70.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 220-330 lb 82.00-95.00.
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk 90-125 lb
Holstein bulls 120.00-150.00, few 150.00-
165.00; small frame 95-115 lb
9000-120.00.
SHEEP- Spring lambs fully steady;
slaughter ewes steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice 20-40 lb
120.00-140.00, 40-60 lb 91.00-114.00,
60-90 lb 80.00-91.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility and Good
20 00-30.00; Yearlings and two-year olds
15 00-42.00.
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Lancaster County
Weekly
Lancaster, PA
March 30, 1990
CATTLE CALVES THIS
WEEK 3400 1325 LAST
WEEK 3214 1564 LAST
YEAR4IBI 1364
CATTLE: Slaughter steers firm to SO
higher; slaughter heifers weak to SO lower;
cows 1.50-3.00 lower, bullocks and bulls
closed steady to weak, after opening
1 00-2.00 higher. Supply included 55%
slaughter steers, 7% slaughter heifers, 25%
cows, 5% bulls, with the balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice and
Prime 2 to mostly 3 1090-1500 lb
78.25-81.50, couple 81.50-82.00; Choice
2-3 few 4 1075-1450 lb 75.75-78.25, few
78 25- 78.75; Choice 3-4 1400-1690 lb
74.75-78.00; Select and low Choice 2-3
1000- 1500 lb 72.75-76.25; Select 2-3
1050-1285 lb 67.50-71.00. HOLSTEINS:
Choice and Prime 1175-1660 lb
70.00-73.00; Choice 1250-1575 lb
66 75-70.00; Select 1175-1300 lb
59.50- few Standard 1100-1200 lb
58.50-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Small supply
high Choice and Prime mostly 3
1130-1200 lb 77.00-78.85; Choice 2-3
050-1250 lb 72.75-76.25. couple
76 25-77.00; Select 2-3 900-1150 lb
64.00-
COWS: LOW DRESSING BULK
HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 50.00-53.00 53.00-56.00
Commercial 3-4 47.00-50.50 Cutter and
Boning Utility 1-2 48.50-50.00
50.00- 53.00-55.00 Canner and low
Culler 44.75-47.00 47 00-50 00
BULLOCKS; Choice 2-3 1100-1550 lb
66.50-73.50, few early 74.50-80.00, cou
ple 1270-1360 lb 82.00-82.75, Select 1-3
1075-1450 lb 62 25-66.25.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2290 lb
62 75-67.50, several early 67.50-71 75, six
head 75.00-79.75; yield grade 2 1050-1600
lb 60.75-63.50, low dressing 57.75-61.00
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady,
slaughter calves steady, instances 500
tower. Demand good for Holstein bulls and
heifers to return to farm.
VEALERS; High Choice and Prime
225-285 lb 130 00-135.00; Choice
145-300 lb 101.00-130 00; high Good and
low Choice 150-400 lb 75 00-105.00,
80-110 lb 70.00-8000, Standard and low
Good 60-85 lb 5000-70 00
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Choice
220-330 lb 85 00-95 00. Good to Choice
350-480 lb 70 00-85 00.
RETURNED TO FARM Bulk 95-125
lb Holstein bulls 125.00-173.00; small
frame 90-115 lb 90.00-120 00, few 80-90
lb 78 00-85.00. Few 80-115 lb Holstein
heifers 140.00-150.00.
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