Lancaster Livestock LANCASTER, PA MARCH 21, 1995 Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats MONDAY’S AUCTION 1267 58 206 664 374 LAST MONDAY 1039 68 463 401 265 LAST YEAR 998 91 436 2372 697 CATTLE; Slaughter steers 50-1.00 low er than last week’s close; slaughter heifers 1.00- lower, cows steady; bullocks steady to weak; bulls 1.00- 1.50 higher. Supply included 75% slaughter steers, of which around 300 head were Holstems; 13% slaughter heifers; 7% cows, and the balance bulls. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 few 4 1100-1450 lb 65.50-67.60; few lots high Choice and Prime 2-4 1250-1450 lb 67.00- couple head 69.00; Select and low Choice 2-3 1050-1425 lb 61.75-65.50. HOLSTEINS; High Choice and Prime 2-3 1270-1500 lb 61.00-62.00, few heed 62.00- Choice 2-3 1200-1525 lb 57.50-61.00; few lots mixed Select and Choice 2-3 1200-1500 lb 54.75-58.00; Select 1-2 970-1450 lb 51.00-55.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 970-1300 lb 63.75-66,00, couple 66.00- Select 1-2 950-1250 lb 58.00- COWS; LOW DRESSING BULK HIGH DRESSING Breaking Utility & Commercial 2-3 43.00-45.00 Cutter & Boning Utility 1-3 40.50-43.00 43.00- Canner & low Cutter 1-2 39.00- 00 BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 1100-1400 lb 55.00-57.00, few 60.75-64.75; Select 1-2 950-1250 lb 51.50-55.00. BULLS; Yield grade 1 1225-2100 lb 52.00-58.00, few 60.00-62.50, four high dressing and high yielding 1545-2270 lb 70.25-72.00; Yield grade 2 1200-1500 lb 47.75-51.00. CALVES; Small supply vealers fully steady; slaughter calves steady. VEALERS; Few Choice 180-325 lb 80.00-100.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and Choice 275-400 lb 60.00-80.00. HOGS; Barrows and gilts 50-1.00 low er; sows mostly steady. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-3 210-265 lb 36.00-37.50. US 1-2 Few 215-250 lb 37.50-38.00. SOWS: US 1-3 300-500 lb 27.00-30.00. 500-650 lb 30.00-34.00. BOARS: All Weights 21.00-24.00. SHEEP; Sliughter lambs steady; slaughter ewes steady, instances 5.00 low er. Supply includes an estimated 55% old crop lambs, 20% new crop lambs, with the balance slaughter ewes. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice 2-3 HAY, STRAW, & CORN Sale Starts Every Friday At 10 AM GREEN DRAGON MARKET & AUCTION 955 N. State St. Ephrata, Pa. (717) 738-1117 1 mile North of Ephrata on N. State St. Out of State Buyert-Caah or Certified Check Only Get more capacity and better service from Chore-Time’s iSjczu Next Generation bin ,< pricing on dim. . and dollvorod to yogr firm Vintage Livestock Auction PARADISE, PA March 21, 1995 Calves Sheep Cattle TODAY 728 LAST TUESDAY 900 973 1 0 LAST YEAR CATTLE... USDA .. Supply included 40% si. steers of which around were 70 Holsteins, 49% cows ..si. steers very uneven, bulk of the Choice steady, few sales Choice and Prime 2-3 firm to .50 higher, Select to Low Choice especially late .50 to 1.00 lower, si. heifers .50 to 1.00 lower, cows 1.00 lower, instances 2.00 lower, bullocks 1.00 to 2.00 lower, bulls mostly 1.00 lower. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 few 4 1100/1450 lbs, 65.00- couple lots 66.75-67.25, Choice and Prime 2-3 1100/1425 lbs. 66.50- few 68.00-69.00, Choice and Prune 3-4 1250/1450 lbs. 66.75-68.00, Select and Low Choice 2-3 1050/1425 lbs. 61.00- few lots late mostly Choice 64.25-65.00, Select 1-3 1050/1425 lbs. 55.00- HOLSTEINS; Choice 2-3 1225/1610 lbs. 58.00-60.75, Select 2-3 1100/1450 lbs. 52.00-57.00. HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 1000/1150 lbs. 61.50-63.50, Select 1-3 975/1150 lbs. 58.00- 61.00. COWS; Breaking Utility and Commercial 2-3 bulk 40.00-43.50, high dressing 43.50- Commercial 3-4 bulk 38.00- Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 low dressing 38.00-40.00, bulk 40.00- high dressing 42.00-42.75, Canner and Low Cutter 1-2 low dressing 34.75- bulk 38.00-41.00. BUL LOCKS; couple Choice 2-3 1100/1250 lbs. 58.00- Select 1-2 1025/1150 lbs. 53.75- BULLS; Yield Grade No. 1 1500/1850 lbs. 48.75-51.00, No. 2 1300/1650 lbs. 46.75-48.50. CALVES...VeaIers steady. Supply included 721 in graded sale of which 95% sold to return to faim. VEALERS: couple 90-110 lb 80.00-85.00, 60-90 lb 80.00- NEW CROP LAMBS: Choice 1-230-45 lb 100.00-115.00, 45-60 lb 95.00-110.00, 60-80 lb 90.00-100.00. 80-100 lb 90.00- SLAUGHTER EWES; Choice 2-3 35.00- Utility and Good 2-3 25.00- few 20.00-25.00. GOATS; All goats sold by the head. Billies; Large 75.00-110.00, few 110.00- Mutton: Large 80.00- Medium 60.00-80.00. Nan nies; Large 60.00-80.00; Medium 45.00- Yearlings: Choice 50.00- Good 40.0d50.00. Kids: Choice 30.00-45.00; Good 20.00-30.00. B&R CATTLE CO. RD 1, Marietta, PA High Capacity 40* roof (loft) allowa mora atoraga and ataya elaanor than conven tional 30* roof (right) Replace your bulbe and aave electricity with SCREW IN FLOURESCENT LIGHTS 5-7*9 |l3 Watts 5.49 ea.lwatts 5.79 ea. Hydro-Shield™ Waathar Guard pravanta water from running down •tapper Light Bulbs _ . , 25 to 100 Watta 34 V Ea. Braaa Baas - 5000 Hra, $4: in Stock- 36" & 48” Wide Kraft Paper BU Northeast Agrl Systems, Inc 9 Flywoy Business Park I39A West Airport flood M T-8^673-2580 • ACCESS PLUS'" par mita oaay clean out of the Mn from the ground. Wednesday*! market report has been discontinued until further notice because of Insubstantial receipts. Goats 825 0 0 Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. March 20, 1995 Report supplied by auction HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES TO 200.00. VEAL CALVES 70.00-90.00. VEALER BULL CALVES 70.00-125.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES 60.00 AND DOWN. GRASSERS & FEEDERS 42.50-65.00. LAMBS 73.00-97.50. SHEEP 26.00-47.50. HOGS 200-250 34.00-38.50. SOWS, NONE. BOARS 16.00-19.00. PIGS, NO GOOD ONES. HEIFERS. FAT 45.00-48.50. STEERS. FAT 45.50-54.50. FEEDER STEERS 62.50-90.00. BULLS 46.00-49.75. GOOD COWS 37.00-43.25. COWS MEDIUM 34.00-36.75. COWS POOR OR SMALL, 32.00 AND DOWN. CATTLE MARKET EASIER. CALF MARKET STEADY. HORSES 625.00-725.00. PONIES, NONE. GOATS TO 85.00. High Good and Low Choice 170/210 lbs. 70.00- 80/110 lbs. 40.00-53.00, Standard and Low Good 55/75 lbs. 35.00- RETURNED TO FARM; 115 head 110/125 lbs. Holstein bulls 110.00- 240 head 90/105 lbs. 119.00- and 65 head 80/85 lbs. 82.00- 75 head small frame 100/120 lbs. 114.00-120.00 and 50 head 90/95 lbs. 105.00- lOhead 110/115lbs. Hols tein heifers 160.00, 58 head 85/105 lbs. 190.00- and 10 head 70/75 lbs. 110.00, 30 head small frame 80/105 lbs. 160.00- SHEEP...NO MARKET TESTI GOATS...NO MARKET TESTI 17547 Office Phone: (717)653-8164 Specializing In Stockers & Feeders JOHN BOWMAN ph. (717) 653-5728 RON RANCK ph. (717) 656-9849 Contracts Available Call For Information ■ Breeder ■ Pullets ■ Broilers ■ Layer ■ Turkey ■ Hog Finishing Call For Our Free Brochure "What Is Contract Production?” Lancaster Livestock Auction ; LEBANON VALLEY : LIVESTOCK : MARKET, INC. 1 mile East of Fredericksburg along Rt. 22 PHONE JONESTOWN (717) 865-2881 Flea Market Auction every Tueaday at 12:30, Tools, Eggs, Produce, Etc. Buyers & Sellers Welcome I • Mid* In USA D«lmava Store iflH m geg New Holland Livestock Report Sherry Bunting Livestock Reporter ’ NEW HOLLAND, PA , Thurs , Mar 23 —SLAUGHTER CATTLE 1282 head. Compared to Tuesday, slaughter steers Sod to mostly $1 00 lower, although Holsteins generally steady, slaughter heifers not comparable in limited test, cows generally steady, bulls weak to $1 00 lower in light test SLAUGHTER STEERS 665 head, last week 776, last year 592 Choice 2-3, few 4. 1025-1420 lb 64-66 25, mainly 64 50-65.75, high Choice and Prime 2-4, 1166-1431 lb 66-68 25, couple Choice 2 individuals to retail 68-70 50, Choice 3 to mostly 4, 1257-1576 lb 60 25-64 75, Select and low Choice 2-3, 1050-1450 lb 62-64 50, few back to 60 50 Holsteins (21% of steer receipts) Few lots high Choice and Prime 1250-1520 lb 60 75- 62 75, Choice 1336-1547 lb 58-60 00, 1600-1647 lb 54-5600. Select 1150-1410 lb 53 25-57 00, few Standard back to 5000 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 35 head, last week 44, last year 30 Few Choice 1095-1182 lb 62-63 85. few Choice mostly 4, 937-1350 lb 57 75-60 75. couple Select and low Choice 59 50 COWS 442 head, last week 364, last year 498 Breaking Utility and Commer cial 2-4, 40 25-43 50, few to 44 50. Com mercial 3-4, 35-41 00, Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3, 39 50-42 50, low dressing 36 50-40 00, Canner and low Cutter I -2, 36 25-39 25, low dressing 33 50-37 00 BULLS 40 head, last week SO, last year 45 Few Yield grade I, 1300-1835 lb 49 25-57 00, individual 62 00, yield grade 2, 1400-2045 lb 42 50-47 75 Few Select to low Choice Bullocks 53-57 00 FEEDER CATTLE 100 head Few Large I Simm Cross steers, 647-782 lb 65-68 50, heifer mates 532 lb, 64 00 Hol steins Steers - Large 2-3, 605-988 lb 44 50-46 50,450-500 lb 58 00.375-415 lb 75-8000 Bulls- Couple Large I, Blacks and Char. Crosses. 335-470 lb 69 50- 76 00 CALVES 425 head Bulk of supply returned to farm calves which sold to a good demand VEALERS Choice 260- 400 lb 70-92 00; Standard and low Good 40-60 00. RETURNED TO FARM Hol stein bulls 90-125 lb 125-140.00, small frame 85-115 00 Holstein heifers 95-115 lb 175-190 00,85-100 lb 110-150 00 SHEEP. 173 head. SLAUGHTER LAMBS. Choice 1-3, 80-110 lb 82-98 00 NEW CROP- Choice 10-15 lb 170-220 00. 25-40 lb 72-122 00, 45-65 lb 97-108 00 SLAUGHTER EWES' 14-38 00 Year lings 110-150 lb 33-64.00 GOATS-241 head Kids 14-30 00. bet ter Kids 35-62 00 Kid Billies 60-10000, couple 110 00 & 180 00 Nannies 36- 66 00, individual 82 00 Medium 20- 46 00, individual 56 00. SALE TUESDAYS 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 KENNETH E. HERSHEY, FIELD REP. (717)442-4874 Lancaster County Weekly Cattle Summary by Millie Bunting Livestock Reporter Steers $l-2.00 Lower SLAUGHTER STEERS 1905 head, last week 1852, last year 1487 Local steer prices continued their downward trend closing $I -2 00 lower for the week at the close. Choice 2-3 few 4, 1025-1450 lb steers sold $64-66 25 High Choice and Prime 2-4 1166-1431 lb $66-68 25, couple Choice 2 to retail $6B-70 50; Choice 3 to mostly 4, 1257-1576 lb $6O 25-64 75, Select and low Choice 2-3, 1050-1450 lb $62-64 50, few back to $6O 50 HOL STEINS Few lots High Choice & Prime 1250-1520 lb $6O 75-62 75, choice 1336- 1547 lb $5B-60 00, 1600-1647 lb $54- 56 00, Select 1150-1410 lb $53 25-57 00, few Standard back to $5O 00 Heifers $l-2.00 Lower SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 206 head, last week 195, last year 295 Choice 2-3, 950-1300 lb heifers sold $62-66 00, cou ple $66-67 25, few Choice mostly 4, $57 75-6075, Select 1-3, 950-1250 lb $5B-63 00 Cow Prices $l-2.00 Lower SLAUGHTER COWS 881 head, last week 954, last year 1021 Slaughter cow prices declined Tuesday and ended the week $l-2 00 lower Breaking Utility and Commercial cows closed $4O 25-43 50 few to $44 50, Commercial 3-4, $35- 41 00. Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3, $39 50-43 50, low dressing $36 50-40 00, Canner and low Cutter 1-2, $36 25-39 25, low dressing $33 50-37 00 Bulls $l-1.50 Higher BULLS 141 head, last week 142. last year 153 YG I, 1200-2100 lb bulls sold $49 25-58 00. few to $62 50 with 4 head $7O 25-72 00 Monday, YG 2, 1050-1600 lb $47 75-51 00 BULLOCKS- Choice 2- 3, 1100-1400 lb $555-57 00, few to $64,75, select 950-1250 lb $5l 50- 55 00—MM B Grantsville Livestock GranUvlUc, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction SaL, March 18, 1995 STOCK BULLS AND STEERS 200-500 LBS. 55.00-84.00. STOCK HEIFERS: SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO CHOICE, NONE AVAILABLE; MEDIUM TO GOOD 50.00-63.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS GOOD 50.00-59.00; LIGHT 44.50-52.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO CHOICE 60.50-65.50; MEDIUM TO GOOD 45.00-60.00. BULLS HEAVY, NONE AVAIL ABLE, LIGHT 45.00-55.00. COWS FEW HIGH DRESSING UP TO 44.00, UTILITY HOLSTEIN 40.00-12.50, CANNERS 32.00-39.00. CULLS 30.00 AND DOWN. VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE 70.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD 55.00- 808 CALVES: 45.00 AND DOWN. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES RETURN TO FARM 90-120 LBS. 80.00-109.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LBS. UP TO 140.00. BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN TO FARM UP TO 135.00. 7:00 P.M. CALVES, SHEEP. GOATS •GET CALVES IN EARLY OUR STATE GRADER STARTS AT 10:30 A.M. TRUCKING SERVICE AVAIL-LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE . (RT. 30,10 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER IN PARADISE, PA) vis