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LANCASTER LIVESTOCK
AUCTION
MONDAY JUNE 1, 1998
CATPLE CALVES HOGS SHEEP
GOATS
MONDAY’S AUCTION
27 27 Ml 62
LAST WEEK
49 411 246
LAST YEAR
90 428 244
CATTLE Compared to Thursday,
slaughter steers sold mostly steady to
50 lower Several bunches of high
Choice and Prime cattle sold fully
steady, but with only moderate de
mand, weakness was definite on the bulk
ot sales Some of the day’s best cattle
were heifers and prices were steady to
firm Slaughter cows sold steady to
weak in a very light test and slaughter
bulls were fully steady Supply in
cluded 64 percent slaughter steers and 11
percent cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice
and Pnme 2-4 1195-1425 lbs 63 75-
65 60 Choice 2-3 1115-1480 lbs
61 50-64 85 Select and low Choice 2-3
1060-1625 lbs 56 25-62 75 Select I
-3 1115-1465 lbs 52 00-57 25
HOLSTEIN STEERS Couple high
Choice and Prime 2-3 1360-1425 lbs
56 75-58 75 Choice 2-3 1315-1485
lbs 54 00-56 50, package 1665 lbs
52 60 Select and low Choice 2 3
1210-162'’ lbs 51 60 54 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Few high
Choice and Prime 2 4 1245-1275 lbs
65 10 65 35 couple outstanding
1340 lbs 67 25 Choice 2 3 1000-1390
lbs 60 25-63 85, individual high
diessing 1455 lbs 65 00 Select and low
Choice 2 3 1100-1505 lbs 55 25-
59 50 Hcilerettes couple Choice 3
1330 1380 lbs 58 00 58 75 Com
mercial and Standard 2-4 1000-1300 lbs
42 00 4' 00
COWS LOW DRESSING
BULK HIGH DRESSING Brkg
Ulihly/Commercial 2 4 38 00-40 00
39 75 43 7 s Cutter/honmg Utility 1
35 00 37 00 38 00-4175 up to
43 00 Canner/low Cutter 1-2
32 00 34 50 34 50-37 75
BULLS Yield grade I 1040-2090 lbs
48 00 58 25 individual Simmental X
1535 lbs 61 25 Few Yield grade 2
1165 1580 lbs 43 00-47 25 Bullocks
Select 1 3 1065-1360 lbs 51 25-
59 75, individual 1370 lbs 61 50
CALVES No recent comparison how
c\er demand was good for slaughter
calves and return to lann calves wcm
net tested
SLAUGHTER CALVES Few Good and
Choice 200-500 lbs 85 00-94 00, 500-
400 lbs 75 00-80 00, 400-500 lbs
68 00 75 00 Few Utility and low Good
500 600 lbs 55 00-60 00
SHEEP No comparison due to hoi tday
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SHEEP GOATS
TODAY
492
576 21
LASTTUESDAY 605 720
1001 48
LAST YEAR
CATTLE Compared to Monday, a light
offering of slaughter steers sold steady
Trading was active on the high-quality
supply Just as the number of cattle
weighing over 1500 lbs decreases,
discounts on those types have also
decreased Canner and Cutter slaughter
cows sold mostly steady, while the
fleshier Utility and Commercial cows
traded 50-1 00 lower Slaughter bulls
were steady in a light test Supply in
cluded 29 percent slaughter steers and
63 percent s laughter cows
SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice
and Prime 2-4 1115-1400 lbs 64 GO
-67 75 Choice 2-3 1035-1475 lbs
62 00-64 75, several high dressing
Charolais X 1-2 1180-1485 lbs
65 00-67 75 Select and low Choice 2 3
Demand was good for lambs over 70 lbs
and thin ewes Other classes were in
mostly moderate demand
SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice and
Prime 2-3 Few 40-50 lbs 75 00-85 00,
few 50-70 lbs 78 00-82 00, 70-90
lbs 88 00-100 00, 90-100 lbs 88 00-
95 00. 100-120 lbs 72 00-78 00,
120-135 lbs 69 00-72 00
SLAUGHTER EWES Utility and Good
1-2 22 00-3900 Aged Bucks 165-180
lbs 38 00-42 00, 220-260 lbs 32 00-
35 00
GOATS All goats sold by the
head Billies Few Medium and Large
I 12 00-120 00 Nannies Medium
and Large 65 00-70 00 Few Thin
45 00-52 00 Yearlings Choice and
Prime 65 00-72 00 Kids Choice
and Prime 50 00-62 00 Good 30 00-
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CALVES
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1100-1685 lbs 57 25- 62 75 Select
1-5 1010-1590 lbs 54 00-59 50
HOLSTEIN STEERS Few Select 1-2
1190-1335 lbs 49 75-53 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Few High
Choice and Prime 2-4 1240-1470 lbs
64 00-66 50
SLAUGHTER COWS LOW
DRESSING BULK HIGH DRESS
ING Brkg Utihty/Commercial 2-
436 50-40 00 39 00-43 25 up to
45 50 Cutter/Bonmg Utility 1 -
334 50-37 00 36 75-4100 40 00-
42 00 Canner/low Cutter 1-231 GO
-34 75 34 25-38 00 up to 39 50
SLAUGHTER BULLS Yield grade I
1205-2240 lbs 48 00-52 25 Yield
grade 2 1060-1505 lbs 40 00-47 00
CUTTER BULLS Few Medium 1-2 760-
915 lbs 44 00- 46 75
FEEDER STEERS Couple Medium I 570
lbs 69 50 Couple Medium 1-2 760 lbs
50 00
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pkg 670 lbs 66 75 Medium 1-2 pkg
700 lbs 52 75 Medium 1 pkg 360 lbs
63 00, pkg 510 lbs 58 00
New Holland
Livestock
New Holland, Pa.
Thursday, June 4, 1998
Report Supplied by USDA
Cattle Calves Sheep Goats
Today 1475 694 394 302
Last Thursday
1446
last Year
1658
CATTLE: COMPARED TO TUES
DAY, SLAUGHTER STEERS SOLD
MOSTLY STEADY TO WEAK. EARLY
SALES STARTED OFF FULLY
STEADY BUT WEAKNESS PREVAIL
ED, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE END
OF THE LARGE OFFERING. THE FAN
CIEST CATTLE SUFFERED THE MOST
WEAKENSS AND EVEN STRAIGHT
PRIME INDIVIDUALS RARELY
BROUGHT OVER 65.00. SLAUGHTER
KIRKWOOD
HAY AUCTION
Hay, Straw and
Grain Auction
EVERY TUESDAY
11:00
Located Rt 472 5 miles
south of Quarryville or 6 miles
north of Oxford corner of
Rt 472 and Noble Road
Lloyd H Kreider,
Auctioneer
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No out of state checks
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HEIFERS WERE NOT WELL TESTED.
SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD MOSTLY
JO LOWER AND SLAUGHTER BULLS
WERE .50-1.00 LOWER. SUPPLY
INCLUDED 58 PERCENT SLAUGHTER
STEERS AND 29 PERCENT SLAUGH
TER COWS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1140-1415
LBS. 63.50-65.75, FEW PACKAGES
YIELD GRADE 4-S'S DOWN TO 62.00.
CHOICE 2-3 1060-1470 LBS.
61 JO-64.75, FEW HIGH DRESSING UP
TO 68.75. SELECT AND LOW CHOICE
2-3 1045-1550 LBS. 57.75-62J0; FEW
1500-1740 LBS. 53.50-58 JO. SELECT
1-3 940-1380 LBS. 57.00-61.00. FEW
STANDARD 1-2 1045-1470 LBS.
53J0-55.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 2-3 PACKAGE 1575 LBS.
58.25, CHOICE 2-3 1165-1665 LBS.
54.00- SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 2-3 1315-1630 LBS.
53.00- SELECT 1-2 1120-1440
LBS. 47.00-54.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; FEW
SELECT AND CHOICE 2-4 1080-1555
LBS. 57.25-60.50. HEIFERETTES: COU
PLE CHOICE 3 1210-1280 LBS.
55.00-57.00. COMMERCIAL AND
STANDARD 2-4 880-1200 LBS.
42.50-52.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: BRKG.
UTILITY/COMMERCIAL 2-4 LOW
DRESSING 36.50-39.25, BULK
38.50- HIGH DRESSING
43.00- CUTTER/BONING UTILI
TY 1-3 LOW DRESSING 33.75-37.50.
BULK 36.50-40.50, HIGH DRESSING
40.50- CANNER/LOW CUTTER
1-2 LOW DRESSING 30.50-34.50, BULK
34.00-
216
SLAUGHTER BULLS: YIELD
GRADE 1 1015-2045 LBS. 46.50-54.00.
YIELD GRADE 2 1195-2475 LBS.
43.75-47.25, BULLOCKS: SELECT 1-3
1060-1450 LBS. 52.75-58.50, FEW HIGH
DRESSING UP TO 65.50.
CALVES: COMPARED TO MON-
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FEEDER CATTLE BEEF CATTLE
SALE TUESDAYS
DAY’S AUCTION, VEALERS SOU)
3.00- HIGHER BUT SLAUGHTER
CALVES WERE MOSTLY 10.00 LOW
ER IN A UGHT TEST. DEMAND WAS
UGHT FOR BULL CALVES RETURN
ING TO FEED AND TRADING ACTIVI
TY WAS MODERATE, AT BEST.
HOSLTEIN BULL CALVES SOLD
10.00- LOWER AND THE LOWER
PRICES CAUSED MORE LIGHT
WEIGHT CALVES THAN USUAL TO
SELLFOR VEAL. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WERE SHARP
LY HIGHER IN SHORT SUPPLY.
AROUND 72 PERCENT OF THE SUPP
LY RETURNED TO THE FARM.
VEALERS: GOOD AND CHOICE
75-105 LBS. 25.00-36.00, STANDARD
AND LOW GOOD 60-95 LBS.
15.00- FEW UTILITY DOWN TO
11.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: FEW GOOD
AND CHOICE 250-350 LBS. 80.00-95.00;
FEW UTILITY AND LOW GOOD
250-350 LBS. 70.00-85.00.
Lancaster County
Weekly
Lancaster, PA
Friday, June 5, 1998
Cattle Calves
2593 1559
2800 1517
3263 1683
CATTLE: COMPARED TO LAST
WEEK'S CLOSEINO PRICES,
SLAUGHTER STEERS SOLD WEAK
TO .50 LOWER. THE MARKET
OPENED UP SLIGHTLY LOWER AND
NEVER SEEMED TO GAIN ANY
MOMENTUM. LOWER DRESSED
BEEF PRICES APPLIED PRESSURE
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, HOWEV
ER, FUTURES PRICES WERE ON THE
POSITIVE SIDE AND WESTERN
DIRECT TRADE MANAGED TO SELL
1.00 HIGHER. DISCOUNTS WERE NOT
AS HARSH THIS WEEK FOR HEAVY
WEIGHT CATTLE, BUT PREMIUMS
FOR HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME WERE
VERY LIGHT. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
WERE ONLY LIGHTLY TESTED.
SLAUGHTER COWS TRADED MOST
LY 1.00 TO 1.50 LOWER WITH THE
FULL DECLINE PLACED ON THE
FLESHIER UTILITY AND COMMER-
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
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