Lancaster
Livestock Auction
Lancaster, Pa,
Monday, April 6, 1992
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats
Monday's Auction
1278 81 177 2164 799
Last Monday’s Auction
295 1636 314
1115 76
Last Year’s Auction
1257 51 132 702" 172
CATTLE: Slaughter steprs mostly
steady; slaughter heifers 50-1.00 higher;
cows SO to mostly 1.00 lower, bullocks
steady; bulls 50-1.00 lower. Supply
included 63% slaughter steers, 13%
slaughter heifers, 14% cows, with the
balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1100-1350 lb
75.25- 3-4 1350-1550 lb
73.75-76.00; Choice 2-4 1050-1400 lb
72.50- mostly 73.00-75.25; few
Choice 2 1050-1200 lb 75.75-77.00;
Choice 3-4 1150-1550 lb 68.50-72.75;
Select and low Choice 2-3 1050-1450 lb
68.00- few Select 2-3 1000-1250 lb
65.00-
HOLSTEINS: Choice 2-3 1085-1715 lb
64.85-68.75, few 69.00-70.25; Select 1-3
1100-1400 lb 61.25-65.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4
1000-1350 lb 69.00-73.00, 20 head
73.25- Select 2-3 1000-1400 lb
62.50- few Commercial and Choice
2-4 1150-1350 lb heiferettes 59.00-61.25,
several Utility to Choice 2-4 950-1500 lb
heiferettes 53.50-58.00.
COWS: LO DRESSING BULK HI
DRESSING Breaking Utility & Commer
cial 2-3 46.50-48.00 48.00-49.00 Commer
cial 3-4 46.50-47.50 Cutter & Boning Util
ity 1-2 44.00-46.00 47.00-48.00 Canner &
low Cutter 40.00-41.25 45.00-46.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 950-1350 lb
65.00- Select 1-3 62.50-65.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1350-2000 lb
62.50- few 1500-2000 lb
67.00- Yield grade 2 1100-1700 lb
59.00- few low dressing
55.00-
CALVES; Vealers steady; slaughter
calves 5.00-10.00 lower. Demand good for
Holstein bulls to return to famt.
VEALERS: Few Choice and Prime
175-350 lb 105.00-120.00; high Good and
low Choice 150-300 lb 90.00-100, few
80-110 lb 75.00-85.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 275-550 lb 65.00-80.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: 85-120 lb
Holstein bulls 120.00-150.00.
HOGS: Barrows and gilts 50-1.00 high
er, sows 2.00-3.00 higher, boars 1.50- 2.00
higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-3
210-245 lb 40.00-41.50.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-400 lb 27.00-30.00.
425-500 lb 32.00-34.00. 500-600 lb
34.00-37.50.
BOARS: 300-600 lb 27.50-29.50.
SHEEP; Spring lambs 5.00-10.00 lower;
wooled lambs around 10.00 lower, slaugh
ter ewes about steady. Supply included
Tourist
Farm Home
Quiet Strasburg/
Paradise Area
(717) 687-7001
B&R CATTLE CO.
RD 1, Marietta, PA
17547
Office Phone:
(717)653-8164
Specializing In
Stockers &
Feeders
JOHN BOWMAN
Ph (717)653-5728
RON RANCH
Ph (717)656-9849
HAY, STRAW & CORN .
SAIE
Please Note New Sale Time! IJ
Starting Jan. 3
Sale Starts 10 AM ,
Every Friday At 10 AM
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
Lancaster Co. Livestock Market Auctions
Vintage
Livestock Auction
Paradise, Pa.
Tuesday, April 7, 1992
Report Supplied by USDA
CATTLE 930...U5DA... Supply
included 49% slaughter steers and 43%
cows... Compared with Monday's market:
Slaughter steers steady to .50 higher. Heif
ers scarce; Cows 2.50-3.00 lower; Bulls
2.00 lower; Choice 2-4 1150/1400 lbs. si.
steers 73.00-76.00. Choice and Prime 2-3,
1100/1450 lbs. 76.00-78.00, Select and
Low Choice 2-3, 1050/1375 lbs.
69.00- Choice 1-2 1350/1475 Hols
tein 65.85-69.60, 2 head Select Grade No.
2 1400 lbs. 61.25. Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 bulk 47.00-50.00, high
dressing 50.50-52.50, Commercial 3-4
bulk 44.00-47.00. Cutter & Boning Utility
1-241.00-43.50, Canner & Low Cutter low
dressing 35.00-38.00, bulk 39.00-40.50.
Yield Grade 1, 1400/2100 lbs. sL bulls,
61.50-62.00, few low dressing
48.00- No. 2 1275/2000 lbs.
58.00-
CALVES 727... Supply included 612 in
graded sale of which 83% sold to return to
farm ...Vealers unevenly steady. Choice
160/270 lbs. vealers 105.00-130.00. High
Good and Low Choice 70/90 lbs. si. calves
85.00- Standard and Low Good
60/75 lbs. 72.00-82.00. Farm Calves: Hols
tein Bulls 100 head 110/125 lbs.
149.00- 120 head 100/105 lbs.
160.00- 95 head 80/95 lbs.
149.00- 60 head 100/115 lbs.
120.00- 105 head 80/90 lbs.
136.00- 35 head Hoi. Heifers
95/110 lbs. 190.00-205.00,45 head 80/105
lbs. 150.00-172.00.
SHEEP 39...5ma1l supply New Crop
Lambs 20/55 lbs. 80.00-105.00. • all per
cwL
GOATS 3...N0 market test. - all per
head.
50% spring lambs, 30% wooled lambs,
with the balance slaughter ewes.
SPRING LAMBS: Choice and Prime
20-30 lb 100.00-130.00, few 85.00-100.00;
30- 80 lb 80.00-105.00, few 75.00-80.00;
BQ-100 lb 80.00-90.00* Good to mostly
Choice 30-40 lb 90.00-105.00; 40-80 lb
80.00-
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 100-125 lb
60.00- Good to mostly Choice
80-100 lb 60.00-70.00, 60-80 lb
70.00-
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility and Good
25.00- Yearlings and two-year olds
35.00-
GOATS: All goats sold by the head.
Large 50.00-75.00, few 75.00-100.00.
Medium 30.00-45.00; few Fleshy
50.00- Small, mainly kids,
20.00- few Medium fleshed
30.00- few Fleshy 40.00-50.00.
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, E|fs. Produce,
etc.
Buyers & Sellers
Welcome
Lancaster Livestock
Auction
Wednesday’s market report has been
discontinued until further notice because
of Insubstantial receipts.
CATTLE 82...PDA...Compared with
last weeks market: SI. cows .25 to 1.00
lower. Few Select and Low Choice si
steers 70.50 & 73.75. Breaking Utility and
Commercial few si. cows 46.00-48.00.
Cutter and Boning Utility 46.00-48.50.
Canner and Low Cutter 43.75-46.75,
Shells down to 34.00. Few Yield Grade
No. 1,1040/1840 bulls 57.00-62.25. Feed
er Cattle one small lot Large Frame No. 1,
525/660 lbs. at 72.00.
CALVES 136. ..few Utility and Low
Standard 60/85 lbs. 70.00-85.00. FARM
CALVES: No. 1,90/130 lbs. Holstein bulls
140.00- No. 2, 80/120 lbs.
100.00- few No. 1, 80/115 lbs.
Holstein heifers 125.00-190.00. Few Beef
cross 70/170 lbs. bulls and heifers
125.00-
HOGS 87... BARROWS & GILTS: US
1-2 240/260 lbs. 40.20-41.00. One lot 1-3
205 lbs. 37.70. Sows 1-3 350/550 lbs.
30.50-35.50, few Boars 25.00-28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 56...0ne lot US 1-3 20
lbs. 15.00, few lots 1-3 40/50 lbs.
30.00- all per head.
SHEEP 14... few Choice 40/95 lbs.
Spring si. Lambs 70.00-87.00, few Slaugh
ter ewes 20.00-25.00.
GOATS 10... Few Large 53.00-55.00,
few Small Mainly kids 29.00-37.00. • per
hundredweight
Salei too few to report prices. Offerings
of light type fowl are at least adequate to
fully adequate for desired processing sche
dulei. Availability of heavy hens has
increased over prior weeks, but still short
to about adequate for needs. Demand mod
erate as canner pack sales are slow to deve
lop. Undertone barely steady.
CENTS PER LB., GENERALLY FOR
SLAUGHTER THE FOLLOWING
WEEK.
HEAVY TYPE (7 POUNDS AND UP)
* AT FARM BUYER LOADING TOO
FEW TO REPORT FOB PLANT TOO
FEW TO REPORT LIGHT TYPE AT
FARM BUYER LOADING TOO FEW
TO REPORT FOB PLANT TOO FEW TO
REPORT
• WEIGHTS UNDER 7 LBS. SUB
JECT TO DISCOUNT.
►pen 24 hours aday
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
11:00 A.M. - Veal Calves, Lambs
FRIDAY
11:00 A.M. - Stocker and Feeder Cattle
SATURDAY
8:00 A.M. • Slaughter Hogs
Next Feeder Cattle Sale
Friday, April 17 - 11:00 A.M.
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, ftiC,
iM7im Pif<% tTset
Spying The Community For 9S Years
Dewart
Livestock Auction
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, April 6, 1992
Report Supplied by PDA
Eastern PA &
NJ Poultry Report
Atlanta, Ga.
Tueiday, April 7, 1992
365 days a year
(717)394*2511
New Holland Livestock
April 9, 1992
CATTLE: Slaughter steers 50-1.00 lower
•laughter heifers 1.00-2.00 higher, built
unevenly Heady. Supply includes an esti
mated IS6 cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4
11SO-13SO lb 72.00-73J0; Choice and
Prime 2-3 1150-1300 lb 74.00-76.00;
Select and low Choice 2-3 1050-1325 lb
68.75-
HOLSTEINS: Choice 1-2 1310-1400 lb
64.75- Select 2 1300-1625 lb 60.00-
64.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Choice 2-4
925-1275 lb 69.75-74.00; Select 2-3
950-1300 lb 64.00-68.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 1135-1400 lb
62.25-64.75; Yield grade 2 905-1830 lb
56.00- few low dressing
51.00-
Pennsylvania
Livestock Auction
Wayncaburg, Pa.
Thun, April 9, 1992
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 241. SL. COWS: UTILITY St
COMMERCIAL46.OO-49.50; CUTTER St
BONING UTILITY 43.00-47.50; CAN
NER St LOW CUTTER 40.00-44.00;
SHELLS 40.00 * DOWN. BULLS:
YIELD GRADE 1 15004-1870#
S3.SO-62.50; YIELD GRADE 2
1000#-1400# 52.00-57.00.
FEEDER STEERS: MAL-1 300-500#
72.00- 250-280# 85.00-98.00; M
900-1000 SO.OO-64.00. HEIFERS M
IAL-1 300-500# 70.00-8S.00; L-l
400-650# 55.00-77.00. BULLS M&L-l
300-620# 58.00-85.00.
CALVES: VEAL.. PRIME
91.00- CHOICE 75.00-87.00;
GOOD 60.00-72,00.
FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90-120# FEW 85.00-145.00; #2
HOLSTEIN BULLS 80-100# FEW
75.00- BEEF X BULL&HFRS7HD.
100.00-
HOGS: 23. BARROWS St GILTS #l-2
210-2SS# 38.50-41.00; #2-3 2SS-280#
35.00- SOWS #l-3 300-500#
28.00-
FEEDER PIGS: l-,3 23,-35#
15.00-
LAMBS: 344. SPRING LAMBS
70.00- HIGH CHOICE 68.00-80.00.
CHOICE 85-95# 70.00-80.00. FEEDER
LAMBS GOOD UP TO 65.00; EWES
15.00-
GOATS: 43. LARGE 50.00-62.00/HD.;
MEDIUM 35.00-47.00/HD.; SMALL
15.00-
HORSES; 13. 45.00-61.50; PONIES
19.00-
Farm Forum
Editors:
Thank you for reprinting my
letter to Secretary Ed Madigan in
the March 28 Lancaster
Farming.
However, there was an error I’d
like to bring to your attention. My
address is printed as being Cassa
daga, NJ. It should read: Cassada
ga. N.Y.
Please correct this in your next
issue.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
10:30 A.M.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE AUCTION
STEERS, BULLS, HEIFERS,
COWS, FEEDER CATTLE
L. ROBERT FRAME, SR., PRESIDENT
GLENN S. FRAME, MGR.
BUS (717) 442-4181 BUS (717) 768-8204
HOME (215) 458-8518
IRWIN MARTIN. FIELD REP.
(717) 733-7434
KENNETH E. HERSHEY, FIELD REP.
Lancaster County Weekly
April 10, 1992
THIS WEEK
LAST WEEK
LAST YEAR
CATTLE: Slaughter iteen unevenly
iteady, instance! 1.00 lower; daughter
heifen to LOO higher, cowi unevenly
iteady, instances 2.00-3.00 lower, bul
locks steady; bulls 1.00-2.oolower. Supply
included 58% slaughter steers, 7% slaugh
ter heifers, 24% cows, 5% bulls, with the
balance feeder!.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice and
Prime 2-3 1100-1400 lb 73.60-78.00;
Choice 2-4 1050-1400 lb 72.00-76.00;
Select and low Choice 2-3 1000-1450 lb
68.00- feW Select 2-3 1000-1250 lb
65.00-
HOLSTEINS: Choice 1-3 1085-1715 lb
64.75-69.60; Select 1-3 1100-1625 lb
60.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4
925-1350 lb 69.00-74.00; Select 2-3
975-1400 lb 62.50-68.00; few Commer
cial and Choice 2-4 1150-1350 lb heifeiet
tci 59.00- 61.25, several Utility to Choice
2-4 950-1500 lb heiferettes 53.50-58.00.
COWS: LOW DRESSING BULK
HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility &
Commercial 2-3 46.50-50.00 48.00-5150
Commercial 3-4 44.00-47.75 Cutter and
Boning Utility I-241.00-46.00Carmerind
low Cutter 35.00-41.25 39.00-46.50
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 950-1350 lb
65.00- Select 1-3 62.50-65.50.
BULLS; Yield grade 1 1135-2100 lb
61.50-66.00, few 1500-2000 lb
67.00- Yield grade 2 9QS-2000 lb
56.00- few low dressing
48.00-
CALVES: Vcalen unevenly needy,
initencei 10.00 lower. Demand good for
Holstein bulb and heifers to return to farm,
VEALERS: Choice 160-445 lb
80.00- high Good and low Choice
70-445 lb 72.00-100.00; Standard and low
Good 65-95 lb 56.00-85.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 235-550 lb 65.00-83.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 75-125
lb Holstein bolls 120.00-157.00. few
160.00- 162.00; small frame 85-110 lb
120.00- Bulk 85-110 lb Holstein
"iheifers 120.00-165.00, few
190.00- small frame 75-105 lb
1 90.00-125.00. few 150.00-17X00.
Nathan Lapp
SALE TUESDAYS
CATTLE CALVES
3800 1250
3666 1373
3235 1551
7:30 P.M.
CALVES, SHEEP, GOATS
* GET CALVES IN EARLY -
OUR STATE GRADER
STARTS AT 1:00 P.M.
TRUCKING SERVICE
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LONG DISTANCE /