A2-Lancaster Farming; Lancaster County Livestock Market Auctions Lancaster Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Monday, May 16, 1994 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goals Monday's Auction 65 433 1857 374 1042 Last Monday 1165 55 284 709 201 Last Year 1166 76 184 1177 273 CATTLE: Slaughter steers SO lower, instances 75 lower; slaughter heifers steady, instances SO lower, cows steady to weak; bullocks and bulls fully steady. Supply included 71% slaughter steers, 12% slaughterlheifers, 6% cows, and 11% bulls. SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice 2-3 few 4 1100-1400 lb 66 50-69.50, few 69.50- 69.75; mixed Choice and Prime 2-4 1150-1350 lb 69.50-70.60, couple 71.00- 72 00; few lots Choice and Prime 3-4 1400-1470 lb 65.60-67.35; Select and low Choice 2-3 1100-1450 lb 63.00-66.50; few Select 2-3 1250-1450 lb 60.00-62.50. HOLSTEINS; High Choice and Prime 2-3 1140-1580 lb 60 50-62.00, Choice 2-3 1100-1550 lb 57 00-60.50; few Select 1-3 1100-1400 lb 51.75-55 50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS- Choice 2-3 950-1200 lb 63.00-67.50; few High Choice and Prime 2-3 950-1200 lb 68.00-68,35; few Choice 2 1100-1350 lb 69.25-71.00; Select 1-3 875-1150 lb 58.00-62.50; Select and Choice 2-3 1200-16000 lb heiferettes 53.75- COWS: LOW DRESSING BULK HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility & Commercial 2-3 46.50-48.50 48.50-51.00. Culler & Boning Utility 1-2 45.00-46.50 46.50-49.00. Canner & low Cutter 38.00-42.00 42.00-45.00. BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1400 lb 63.75- couple 67.50-69.00; Select 1- 3 1050-1350 lb 58.00-61.00. BULLS; Yield grade 1 1200-2000 lb 60.75-67.75, few 68.00-69.50, eight head 1335-2120 lb 70.25-73.75, five head 2000-2160 lb 60.25-62.00; Yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb 57.00-61.00, few low dress ing 55.00-57.00. CALVES; Vealers steady. Demand good for Holstein bulls and heifers to return to farm. VEALERS: Few Choice 220-300 lb 95.00-105.00; high Good and low Choice 220- 325 lb 70.00-100.00. RETURNED TO FARM; Few 95-120 lb Holstein bulls 135.00-150.00; few 90-120 lb Holstein Heifers 150.00-200.00. HOGS: Barrows and gills 1.00-1.50 higher; sows 2.00-3.00 higher. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-3 215-255 lb 43.50-44.00. US 1-2215-250 lb 44.50-45.00. SOWS; US 1-3 300-500 lb 35.00-38.00. 500-650 lb 39.00-40.75. BOARS: 350-650 lb 28.00-29.00. SHEEP; Wooled lambs fully 5.00 high er, New Crop lambs firm to 5.00 higher; slaughter ewes 5.00-10.00 higher. Supply included 15% wooled lambs, 45% new crop lambs, and 40% slaughter ewes. : J B&R CATTLE CO. ! • RD 1, Marietta, PA 2 • 17547 • • Office Phone; 2 • (717) 653-8164 • 2 Specializing In • 2 Stockers & • i Feeders • j JOHN BOWMAN j • Ph. (717) 653-5728 • : RON ranck : • Ph. (717) 656-9849 I HAY, STRAW & CORN SALE Please Note New Sale Time! repfarl Sale Starts 10 AM Every Friday At 10 AM GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION RD No. 4 Ephrta, Pa. 717-738-1117 1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St. Out of State Buyers-Cath or Certified Check Only May 21, 1994 Vintage Livestock Auction Paradise, Pa. Tuesday, May 17/1994 Report Supplied by USDA Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 840 781 7 6 Last Tuesday 828 766 20 4 Last Year 790 789 26 CATTLE..USDA.. Supply included 54% si. steers and 36% cows ..Compared with Tuesday's market: si. steers mostly steady, instances .50 higher early, cows 1.00 to 1.50 higher, other classes scarce. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 few 4 1100/1400 lbs. 66.25-70.00, few 70.00- Choice and Prime 2-3 1100/1425 lbs. 70.50-73.25, couple 73.50-75.50, Choice and Prime 2-4 1200/1350 lbs. 69.00-70.85, Choice and Prime 3 to mostly 4 1375/1500 lbs. 65.25- Select and Low Choice 2-3 1100/1450 lbs. 63.75-66.50. HOLSTEINS; Choice and Prime 2-3 1300/1450 lbs. 61.25- one lot Select 1-2 1325 lbs. 57.00. HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 950/1300 lbs. 63.25-64.50. COWS: Breaking Utility and Commercial 2-3 bulk 47.50-49.75, high dressing 51.00- 54.25, Cutler and Bon Utility 1-3 low dressing 46.25-48.00, bulk 48.00-50.00, high dressing 50.00- Canner and Low Culler low dressing 39.00-43.50, bulk 43.50-47.75. BULLOCKS: couple Choice 2-3 1100/1400 lbs. 60.00-61.50. BULLS: cou ple Yield Grade No. 1 1400/2200 lbs. 61.75-66.00. CALVES...VeaIers steady. 35 sold for slaughter. Supply included 684 in graded sale. VEALERS: High Good and Low Choice 75/105 lbs. 70.00-85.00, few Stan dard and Low Good 60/75 lbs. 55.00- RETURNED TO FARM: 35 head 120/125 lbs. Holstein bulls 130 00-135.00, 90 head 110/115 lbs. 144.00- and 220 head 85/105 lbs. 155.00- 15 head small frame 115 lbs. 129.00 and 150 head 80/105 lbs. 133.00- lOhead 115/120lbs. Hols- WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 2-3 60-luu lb 65.00-75.00, 100-130 lb 60.00-70.00. NEW CROP LAMBS: Choice 1 -2 20-50 lb 100.00-120.00, 50-80 lb 75.00-100.00, 80-110 lb 75.00-90.00, few male 90.00-100.00, 110-130 lb 62.00-75.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Choice 1-3 40.00- Utility and Good 1-3 30.00- few Cull 25.00-35.00. GOATS; All goats sold by the head. BILLIES: Bulk 75.00-100.00, several 100.00- couple 15000-19000; Thin 60.00-75.00. NANNIES; Bulk 50.00- few 60.00-70.00; Thin 40.00- YEARLINGS: Choice 55.00- Good 45.00-55.00; Utility 35.00- KIDS: Good and Choice 3000-40.00; Utility 20.00-30.00. LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. 1 mile East of Fredericksburg along Rt. 22 PHONE JONESTOWN 865-2881 Flea Market Auction every Tueaday at 12:30, Toots, Eggs, Produce, etc. Buyers & Sellers Welcome Wednesday’s market report has been discontinued until further notice because ot insubstantial receipts. CATTLE 205.. PDA ~ Compared to lut Tuesday's market.sl. iteera steady to 1.00 higher, cows .50 lower. STEERS; Choice 1015/1425 lbs. 67.85-71.50, Select 61.00- few Standard 58.00-60.75. HOLSTEINS: Choice 1255/1530 lbs. 59.85-64.00, few Select 56.85-60.10, few Standard 48.75-55.00. HEIFERS: few Choice 950/1290 lbs. 63.10-66.35, Select 60.75-65.85. COWS: few Breaking Utility and Commercial 44.10-46.75, Cutter and Bon. Utility 43.85-48.75, Canner and Low Cutter 40.00-45.00. Shells down to 35.50. BULLS: few Yield Grade No. 1 1730/2345 lbs. 62.00-66.00, No. 2 1005/1885 lbs. 48.35-58.25. FEEDER CATTLE: Steers: few Medium Frame No. 1 270/645 lbs. 62.00- Heifers: few Medium Frame No. 1 420/500 lbs. 67.00-75.00, few Medium Frame No. 2 385/620 lbs. 55.00- Bulls: few Medium Frame No. 1 775/915 lbs. 51.00- 64.00, few 360/480 lbs. 71.00-84.00. CALVES 90..VEALERS: few Standard and Good 80/115 lbs. 72.50-90.00, few Utility 75/85 lbs. 50.00-62.00. RETURNED TO FARM: No. 1 Holstein bulls 90/130 lbs. 120.00-140.00, No. 2 85/130 lbs. 85.00-117.50; few No. 1 Hols tein heifers 90/110 lbs. 200.00-210.00, few No. 2 80/135 lbs. 120.00-180.00. Few Beef cross bulls and heifers 75/115 lbs. 80.00- HOGS 169...8arr0ws and gilts 2.50 higher. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2 235/270 lbs. 44.00-45.00, US 1-3 210/275 lbs. 42.00- 44.00, US 2-3 220/260 lbs. 38.00-41.60, few US 1-3 200/220 lbs. 39.00. SOWS: few US 1-3 610/665 lbs. 35.00-37.00. BOARS; one 715 lbs. 25.50, few 190/210 lbs. 30.00. FEEDER PIGS 33... Few US No. 1-3 75/85 Ibi. 47.00-49.00,100/160 Ibi. 36.00- 43.00. per cwt SHEEP 2.. Slaughter sheep; couple 12.00 & 13.00. GOATS 3...0ne Medium 17,50, couple Small Kids 12.00 & 13.00. per head. tem heifers 202.00 and 65 head 80/105 lbs. 215.00-225.00, 35 head small frame 75/115 lbs. 180.00-200.00 and IS head 65/70 lbs. 105.00. SHEEP...INSUFFICIENT VOLUME TO FULLY TEST MARKET! GOATS...NO MARKET TEST! 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Tuesday, May 17,1994 Report Supplied by PDA 7 13 40 WATTS (0 WATTS 75 WATTS WA 400 •00 •00 1 New Holland Livestock Auction Lancaster, Pa. Thursday, May 19, 1994 Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Today 1552 466 223 281 Last Thursday 888 264 310 301 Last Year 1034 297 192 201 CATTLE: Slaughter steers 3.00-4.00 lower; slaughter heifers 50-1.00 lower; cows 1.00-1.50 lower, bullocks 1.00-2.00 lower; bulls fully 1.00 lower, instances 2.00 lower. Supply included 57% slaughter steers and 28% cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice 2-3 few 4 1100-1400 lb 63.00-66.75, few 66.75- 67.50; mixed Choice and Prime mostly 3 few 4 1200-1500 lb 64.60-67.35; few Choice 2 1175-1445 lb 67.50-68.50; Choice and Prime 3 to mostly 4 1400-1500 lb 63.00-64.75; Select and low Choice 2-3 1050-1400 lb 60.50-64.25, few 1400-1550 lb 59.00-63.00; Select 1-3 1000-1350 lb 58.00-61.00. HOLSTEINS: High Choice and Prime 2-3 1375-1650 lb 56.50-58.75; Choice 2-3 1200-1725 lb 53.25-56.00; few Select 1-3 1190-1325 lb 52.00-54.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few Choice 2-3 975-1300 lb 60.00-62.75. COWS: LOW DRESSING BULK HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility & Commercial 2-3 48.00-50.00 50.00-51.50. Commercial 3-4 44.00-47.00, Load 2-4 1060-1500 lb 45.50-49.75. Cutter & Bon ing Utility 1-3 45.50-50.00 50.00-51.75. Canner & low Cutter 39.00-42.00 42.00- BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1400 lb 60.00- Select 1-3 1050-1300 lb 54.50-57.50. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1300-2200 lb 58.00- individual 1680 lb 67.50; Yield grade 2 1050-1500 lb 54.50-59.00. CALVES: Vealers 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand good for Holstein bulls and heif ers to return to farm. VEALERS: Few Choice 225-400 lb 99.00- couple 140-145 lb 125.00; high Good and low Choice 220-400 lb 64.00- 80-125 lb 77.00-90.00; Stan dard and low Good 60-85 lb 55.00-70.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Few Good and Choice 450-550 lb 67.00-77.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 100-125 lb Holstein bulls 135.00-160.00, few 160.00- 167.00; small frame 85-115 lb 100.00- few 70-85 lb 90.00-110.00; bulk 85-120 lb Holstein Heifers 180.00- small frame 70-105 lb 130.00- SHEEP: Slaughter lambs and slaughter ewes steady. Supply included 15% old crop lambs, 65% new crop lambs, with the balance slaughter ewes. WOOLED LAMBS; Choice 2-3 110-140 lb 67.00-78.00. NEW CROP LAMBS: Choice 1-2 40-70 lb 90.00-120.00, few 120.00-132.00, 70-105 lb 82.00-95.00. SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility and Good 2-3 22.00-35.00; few Choice 2-3 35.00-52.00. GOATS: All Goats sold by the Head Billies; Bulk 80.00-102.00, several 105.00- couple 125.00-145.00. Nannies: Bulk 50.00-70.0.'}. Yearlings: Good and Choice 43.00-67.00. Kids: Good and Choice 24.00-40.00; few Utility 14.00- VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC. 10:30 A.M. SLAUGHTER CATTLE AUCTION STEERS, BULLS, HEIFERS, COWS. FEEDER CATTLE Selling Feeders Every Tuesday At Approx. 2 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: L. ROBERT FRAME, SR., PRESIDENT BUS (717) 442-4181 BUS (717) 768-8204 HOME (215) 458-8518 IRWIN MARTIN. FIELD REP. (717) 733-7434 KEW Lancaster County Weekly Lancaster, Pa. Friday, May 20, 1994 Cattle Calves This Week Last Week Last Year CATTLE; Slaughter steers 3.0CM.00 lower, extremes 5.00 lower; slaughter heif ers 1.00-2.00 lower, cows LOO higher, after being as much as 2.00 higher; bul locks closed 1.00-2.00 lower; bulls mostly steady, some late sales 1.00 lower. Supply included 56% slaughter steers, 6% slaugh ter heifers, 21% cows, S% bulls, with the balance feeders. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 few 4 1100-1400 lb 63.00-66.75, few 66.75- 67.50; mixed Choice and Prime 3-4 1200-1500 lb 63.00-64.75; Choice and Prime 2-3 1175-1350 lb 67.50-68.50, few early part of week 70.00-73.25; Select and low Choice 2-3 1050-1400 lb 60.50-64.25, few 1400-1550 lb 59.00-63.00; Select 1-3 1000-1350 lb 58.00-61.00. HOLSTEINS: High Choice and Prime 2-3 1300-1650 lb doted at 56.50-58.75; Choice 2-3 1200-1725 lb 53.25-56.00; few Select 1-3 1190-1325 lb 52.00-54.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 950-1300 lb 60.00-63.50, with sales early part of week up to 67.50; Select 1-3 875-1150 lb 58.00-61.50. COWS; LOW DRESSING BULK HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility & Commercial 2-3 47.00-50.00 50.00-51.50 Commercial 3-4 44.00-47.00 Cutter & Boning Utility 1-3 45.50-47.00 47.00- 50.00-51.75 Canner & low Cutter 39.00-42.00 42.00-47.00. BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1400 lb 60.00- Select 1-3 1050-1350 lb 54.50-59.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1200-2200 lb 58.00- few early 65.75-69.50, with eight head 1335-2120 lb 70.25-73.75; Yield grade 2 1000-1500 lb S4.SO-60.00. CALVES: Vealers 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand good for Holstein bulls and heif ers to return to farm. VEALERS: Few Choice 225-400 lb 95.00- couple 140-145 lb 125.00; high Good and low Choice 220-400 lb 64.00- 80-125 lb 70.00-90.00; Stan dard and low Good 60-85 lb SS.OO-70.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Few Good and Choice 450-550 lb 67.00-77.00. RETURNED TO FARM; Bulk 90-125 lb Holstein bulls 130.00-160.00, few 160.00- 167.00; small frame 85-115 lb 100.00- Bulk 85-120 lb Holstein heifers 180.00-235.00; small frame 70-105 lb 130.00-170.00, with around 35 head 180.00- Greencastle Livestock Greencastle, Pa. Thuraday May 19, 1994 CATTLE: 158. STEERS ONE SELECT 60.00. HEIFERS: COUPLE SELECT 57.00 & 60.25. COWS: BR. UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 46.00-49.00 COUPLE TO 52.00, CUTTER & BON. UT. 46.75-51.75, COUPLE TO 54.75, CAN NER & LOW CUTTER 41.00-46.00, SHELLS 35.00. BULLS: FEW YIELD GRADE 1 1255-1940 LBS. 55.25-58.75 HOGS: 19 SOWS FEW 1-3 400-590 LBS. 33.25-38.50, FEW BOARS 27.25-31.75. 7:30 P.M. CALVES, SHEEP, GOATS * GET CALVES IN EARLY OUR STATE GRADER STARTS AT 1:00 P.M. 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