A2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1990
Lancaster Co. Livestock Market Auctions
Lancaster Livestock
Monday, May 7, 1990
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Monday’s Auction
1329 53 269 1059 219
Last Monday's Auction
1174 41 236 841 196
Last Year's Aucuon
1346 61 366 1018 296
CATTLE: Slaughter steers fully steady,
instances 50 higher on Choice and Prune;
slaughter heifers steady, although Choice
not fully tested; cows 1.00-2.00 higher;
bullocks and bulls 1.00-2 00 higher. Supp
ly includes 78% slaughter steers, 8%
slaughter heifers, 8% cows, with the
balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few high
Choice and Prime 2-4 1250-1400 lb
78.50- few Choice and Prime 2-3
1060-1375 lb 80.00-81.25; Choice 2-3,
few 4 1050-1450 lb 76.00-78.50, few
78.50- Select and low Choice 2-3
1050-1500 lb 73.00-76.00; few Select 2-3
1000-1275 lb 68.75-72.75. HOLSTEINS:
Choice 1300-1800 lb 66.00-69.50; few
high Choice and Prime 1350-1600 lb
70.00- Select 1200-1500 lb
63.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3
950-1150 lb 73.00-75.50, couple
75.50- Select 2-3 900-1125 lb
68.00-
COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI
DRESSING Breaking Utility and Com
mercial 2-3 55.00-58.00 58.00-60.00 Com
mercial 3-4 52.00-55.00 Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-2 54.00-55.00 55.00-57.00
57.00- Canner and low Cutter
51.00-
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1375 lb
66.00- five head 70.00-72.50; Select
1-3 1050-1300 lb 63.75-66.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2100 lb
65.50- 15 head 70.00-75.00, with
three head 77.00-78.00; yield grade 2
1050-1500 lb 63.00-67.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady;
slaughter calves fully steady. Demand
good for Holstein bulls to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few Choice 200-310 lb
105.00- high Good and low Choice
140-320 lb 90.00-105.00, 80-110 lb
85.00-
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 280-450 lb 75.00-85.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 90-120
lb Holstein bulls 140.00-175.00; few small
frame 85-105 lb 100.00-140.00.
HOGS: Compared to last Wednesday
barrows and gilts 1.00 higher; sows
3.00- higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-250 lb 59.00-60.00. US 1-3210-265 lb
58.00-
SOWS: US 1-3 300-500 lb 50.00-55.00,
500-650 lb 55.00-58.00.
BOARS; All weights 48.00-50.00.
SHEEP; Spring lambs steady; slaughter
ewes 5.00 higher.
SPRING LAMBS; Choice and Pnme
70-110 lb 68.00-75.00; Choice 40-65 lb
80.00- few 25-40 lb 12Q.00-130.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility and Good
15 00-30.00, Yearlings and two-year olds
30 00-45.00
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
HAY. STRAW & CORN
SALE
Every Friday At 11 AM
GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION
RD No. 4 Ephrata, Pa. 717-738-1117
1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St.
Out ot State Buyers - Cash or Certified Check Only
Vintage Livestock
Auction
Paradise, Pa.
Tuesday, May 8, 1990
Report Supplied by USDA
CATTLE 684...USDA...(Supply
included 60% steers and 35%
cows)...Compared with Monday’s market:
Slaughter steers .50 to mostly 1.00 higher.
Heifers not tested; Bullocks absent; Bulls
and Cows steady. Mixed Choice & Prime 3
few 4, 1170/1360 lbs. si. steers
79.60- few 2-3, 1100/1350 lbs.
80-81.25, couple 81.75&82.10, Choice 2-3
few 4, 1100/1450 lbs. 77.25-79.50, few
1450/1600 lbs. 75.00-78.00, Select & low
Choice 2-3, 1025/1425 lbs. 74.00-77.25;
Choice & Prime 1360/1525 lbs. Holsteins
69.60- few 2-3 Select & low Choice
1300/1350 lbs. 64.75-68.00. Breaking
Utility & Commercial 2-3, 54.75-58.75,
Cutter & Boning Utility 1-2 bulk
55.00-59.00, high dressing 59.00-60.00,
low dressing 52.75-55.00, Canner & Low
Cutter bulk 52.00-54.50, low dressing
49.50-52.00. Yield Grade No. 1,
1350/2050 lbs. si. bulls 66.00-68.75, one
1915 lbs. 71.50, couple No. 2. 1350/1500
lbs. 63.25&65.00.
CALVES 567... Supply included 481 in
graded sale of which 90% sold to return to
farm ...Vealers fully steady, very few being
sold for slaughter. Couple Choice 215/255
lbs. 116.00&121.00, High Good & low
Choice 80/110 lbs. 85.00-90.00, couple
lots Standard & low Good 60/70 lbs.
50.00- Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
120/125 lbs. 165.00-169.00, 100/115 lbs.
191.00- 95 lbs. 185.00, 90 lbs.
170.00, 80/85 lbs. 149.00, Small frame
100/115 lbs. 169.00-176.00. 80/95 lbs.
146.00- Hoi. Heifers 90/115 lbs.
208.00- Small frame 90/100 lbs.
198.00, 80/85 lbs. 117.00, 70/80 lbs.
84.00-
SHEEP 4..Jnsuffictent volume for a
market test
GOATS 0...N0 Market test
GOATS: All goats sold by the head.
Large 75.00-100.00, few 100.00-120.00,
thin 65.00-75.00; Medium 50.00-60.00,
thin 45.00-60.00; SmaU, mainly kids,
20.00-40.00, few fleshy 40.00-50.00.
Philadelphia Eggs
Thursday, May 10, 1990
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: TRADE SEN
TIMENT WAS CAUTIOUSLY STEADY.
DEMAND WAS UGHT TO FAIRLY
GOOD, MOSTLY FAIR AND BEST
WHERE RETAIL SPECIALS WERE
PLANNED AND IN PROGRESS.
LARGE SUPPLIES WERE ADEQUATE
TO AMPLE AND AVAILABLE; EXTRA
LARGE WERE SHORT TO ADEQUATE
AND MEDIUMS WERE GENERALLY
ADEQUATE. A EXTRA LARGE
.65-.72V4, A LARGE .63-.70’/., A
MEDIUM .57-.63 1 /. ■
LEBANON
VALLEY
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
1 mile East of
Fredericksburg
along Rt. 22
PHONE
JONESTOWN
865-2881
Flea Market Auction
every Tuesday at 12:30,
Tools, Eggs, Produce,
etc.
Buyers & Sellers
Welcome
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Wednesday’s Auction
26 0 240 0 0
Last Wednesday's Auction
15 0
Last Year's Auction
107 5 270 0 0
CATTLE: Insufficient volume of any
one class to test trends.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Couple High
Choice end Prime 3 1210-1330 lb
79.75-80.25; few Choice mostly 3
1120-1230 lb 76.50-78.75.
COWS: Few Breaking Utility 2-3
52.75-54.50; Cutter 1-2 54.25-56.75, cou
ple low dressing 53.50-54.00.
HOGS; Compared to Monday barrows
and gilts steady; sows steady to 2.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-255 lb 59.00-60.00. US 1 Couple lots
220-235 lb 60.50. US 2-3 240-265 lb
57.50-58.50. US 3-4 lb 50.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 350-475 lb 49.75-52.75,
500-650 lb 55.00-56.00.
Isennock Auction
New Park, PA
Monday, May 7, 1990
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: GOOD TO
LOW CHOICE 52.00-57.00; GOOD
50.00- LOW AND SHELLS 45,75
AND LOWER.
VEAL CALVES: 130-150 LBS.
127.00- 100-115 LBS.
127.00- 85-95 LBS. 98.00-170.00;
70-80 LBS. 107.00-160.00; WEAK
CALVES 82.00 AND LOWER.
FEEDER CATTLE, STEERS 440-470
LBS. 90.00; 660-920 LBS. 59.00-64.00;
HEIFERS. 1 LOT GOOD 395-510 LBS.
82.00- OTHER HEIFERS 435-700
LBS. 64.00-78.00.
BULLS; 1 AT 425 LBS. 81.00; 460-680
LBS. 60.00-64.00.
SHEEP:. 145-200 LBS. 20.00-27.00;
LAMBS 40 LBS. 57.00-60.00.
GOATS: LARGE 70.00-79.00 HEAD;
MEDIUM 42.00-56.00 HEAD; SMALL
24.00- HEAD; KIDS 21.00-28.00.
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AUCTIONS
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
11:00A.M —Veal Calves, Lambs
FRIDAY
11:00A.M. —Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
8:00 A.M. —Slaughter Hogs
Next Feeder Cattle Sale
Fri., May 18 - 11:00 A.M.
Holiday Schedule
Closed Sat., May 26th
Open Mon.. Mav 28th
I LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
I 1147 Lititz Pike Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
[ Serving The Community For 90 Years
Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Wednesday, May 9, 1990
187 0 0
VEAL CALVES; No market test
BOARS; All weights 47.00-50.00.
SHEEP; No market test
GOATS: No market test
New Holland Livestock
Thun., May 10, 1990
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today
1379 479 242 65
Last Thursday
1255 492 103 63
Last Year
1766 319 138 154
CATTLE; High Choice and Prime
slaughter steers 1.00-1.50 higher. Select to
Average Choice firm to 50 higher,
instances 1.00 higher on Choice
1225-1425 lb; slaughter heifers fully
steady; cows closed fully steady, after few
early sales 50-1.00 lower, bullocks fully
steady; bulls firm to 1.00 higher. Supply
included 71% slaughter steers and 19%
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
and Prime 3-4 1185-1400 lb 81.50-83.25;
Choice 2-3, few 4 1070-1500 lb
77.00- few 1250-1450 lb
80.25-81.00; Select and low Choice 2-3
1000-1375 lb 75.00-77.25. HOLS THINS;
Choice 1250-1600 lb 67.00-70.75, few
high Choice and Prime 1375-1500 lb
70.75- Select 1160-1400 lb
65.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3
1050-1225 lb 75.00-77.00, few Choice 2
1050-1100 lb 78.10-79.00.
COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI
DRESSING Breaking Utility and Com
mercial 2-3 54.75-58.75 few 59.00-60.00.
Cutter and Boning Utility 1-2 53.00-54.50
54.50- 58.00-61.00. Caimer and low
Cutter 50.00-51.75 51.75-54.50.
BULLOCKS; Choice 2-3 1100-1350 lb
67.75- individual 73.25.
BULLS; Yield grade 1 1350-2000 lb
67.50- couple 70.25-71.25; yield
grade 2 1100-1500 lb 64.00-67.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers steady,
instances 5.00 lower on Choice and Prime.
Demand veiy good for Holstein bulls and
heifers to return to farm.
VEALERS: Few high Choice and Prime
220-360 lb 125.00-130.00; Choice
180-350 lb 106.00-119.00, couple 405-460
lb 96.00-100.00; high Good and low
Choice 180-375 lb 88.00-100.00, couple
100.00- 80-110 lb 80.00-91.00; few
Standard and low Good 70-85 lb
72.00-
RETURN TO FARM: Bulk 95-125 lb
Holitein bulls 160.00-192.00, few
195.00- imall frame 85-115 lb
110.00- bulk 95-120 lb Holitein
heifers 170.00-210.00; small frame 85-110
lb 130.00-165.00.
SHEEP: Slaughter lambs and slaughter
ewes steady.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice and Prime
70-95 lb 74.00-85.00, 45-70 lb
86.00-102.00, few 20-30 lb 110.00-125.00;
Good to low Choice 65-95 lb 58.00-70.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility and Good
18.00- teveral Yearling! and two
year olds 30.00-40.00.
GOATS; All goats sold by the head.
Large 72.00-90.00, five head
100.00- Medium 52.00-60.00;
SmaU. mainly kids, 34.00-52.00.
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Weekly
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Friday, May 11, 1990
This Week
Last Week
Uit Year
CATTLE: Slaughter fteert 1.50-2.00
higher, extreme! 3.00 higher on high
Choice and Prime; slaughter heifers
steady; cows 1.00-2.00 higher; bullocks
1.00-2.00 higher; bulls mostly 2.00 higher.
Supply included 66% slaughter steers, 4%
slaughter heifers, 17% cows, 4% bulls,
with the balance feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
and Prime 2-4 118 S-1400 lb closed the
week at 81.S0-83.25; Choice 2-3 few 4
1070-1500 lb 77.00-80.25, few 1250-1450
lb 80.25-81.00; Choice 2-4 1450-1600 lb
75.00- Select and low Choice 2-3
1000-1425 lb 74.50-77.25. HOLSTEINS:
Small supply high Choice and Prime
1350-1600 lb 70.00-73.10; Choice
1250-1800 lb 66.00-70.75; Select
1160-1500 lb 63.00-67.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3
950-1225 lb 73.00-77.00; couple Choice 2
1050- 1100 lb 78.10-79.00; Select 2-3
900-1125 lb 68.00-72.50.
COWS: LOW DRESSING BULK
HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 54.75-58.75 59.00-60.00
Commercial 3-4 52.00-55.00 Cutter and
Boning Utility 1-2 52.75-SS.OO
55.00- 59.00-61.00 Canner and low
Cutler 49.50-52.00 52.00-54.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1375 lb
66.00- eight head 70.00-72.50;
Select 1-3 1050-1300 lb 63.75-66.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2100 lb
65.50-70.00, 20 head 70.00-75.00, with
three head 77.00-78.00; yield grade 2
1050-1500 lb 63.00-67.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealeri iteady,
instance* 5.00 lower on Choice and Prime;
slaughter calves fully steady. Demand
good for Holstein bulls and heifers to
return to farm.
VEALERS; Few High Choice and
Prime 220-360 lb 125.00-130.00; Choice
180-350 lb 105.00-120.00, few
120.00- couple 405-460 lb
96.00- high Good and low Choice
180-375 lb 88.00-100.00, couple
100.00- 80-110 lb 80.00-91.00;
Standard and low Good 60-75 lb
50.00-
SLAUGHTER CALVES; Good and
Choice 280-450 lb 75.0085.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 95-125
lb Holstein bulls 160.00-195.00, few
195.00- 203.00; small frame 85-115 lb
140.00176.00, few 100.00-140.00. Small
supply 90-115 lb Holstein heifers
198.00- small frame 85-110 lb
130.00- 165.00, few 70-85 lb
84.00117.00.
TH
1:00 P.M.
HAY, STRAW
& GRAIN SALE
ORDER BUYERS AVAIL.
FEEDER & STOCKER
ORDERS NOW
BEING TAKEN
Cattle Calves
3700 1100
3383 1136
4871 950