Omaha Cattle
Thursday, August 19
Compared with last weeks
close Slaughter Steers steady to
25c lower, the least decline on
Choice and Prime 1150-1300 lbs
Heifers steady to stiong, in
stances 25c higher Cows weak
to 25c lower Bulls steady
Small feeder supply fully steady
Four day receipts 18,000 as
compared 16,300 previous week
and 19,900 a year ago Slaughter
Steers approximately 40 per
cent, heifers 40 per cent, pre
dominance high-Good to average-
Choice, moderate volume high-
Choice and Prime with Continued
liberal numbers 975-1050 lbs
steers and 800-900 lb. heifers.
Cows 9 per cent, feeders 8 per
cent A mifd early price advance
on Slaughter Steers more than
onset on later sessions as one
major buying interest completely
i° a U w I ? a i ke l? fter with
labor difficulties and this de
creased demand largely respon
sible for sluggish steer trade
White the recently announced
wage-pnce freeze created con
siderable confusion throughout
the livestock industry, trading
during period showed very little
variation from normal Best de
mand still centered on well
-9 2 n5-1 0 e 2 d5 ii 50 he 3 if e °rs b Steers and
Average cost Slaughter Steers
hrst three days 32 85 average
l ° 79 1n l 0 b n s as compared
32 67 and 1089 lbs previous
week and 29 87 and 1092 lbs a
year ago
Market Steers
Steers—Two loads Prime U S
3' 4 - 12 u 9 'l 3 2£ Pounds, 35 25-
psaase--
Good and Choice, 950-1250, 28 GO
-32 00; Good, 28.00-32.00, Holsteins
ll5O-1505, 28 00-29.00, Stan
dard and low-Good, 26 50-28 00
Heifers High-Choice and
Prime U S 3-4, 935-1105 pounds,
33 00-33 35, Choice 24, 825-1025,
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Harold R. Brandt
601 E. High St
Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022
717-367-1221
Haller Surge Service
Denver, Pa. 17517
717-626-6198
Aimor Welding
RD. #2
Parkesburg, Pa 19365
717-4424058
Miller Surge
W. State St.
Quarryville, Pa,
717-786-7225
Oklahoma City
Thursday, August 19
Estimated Receipts 8,000
Same day last week 12,248
Same day last year 10,117
Fairly active, compared to late
last week, feeder cattle and
calves generally steady, ma
jority receipts Average Good to
High Choice 350-750 lb offer
ings; fairly large attendance
buyers: curtailment salable re
ceipts due in part to general
31 50-32 75, Mixed Good and
Choice, 775-975, 30 50-31 75
Good, 26 50-30 50, Standard and
Low-Good, 25 50-26 50
Cows—Utility and Commercial,
21 00-22 50, Utility Dairybreds
(few), 22 75-23.00; Canner and
Cutter, 18 50-21 00, Mixed Cutter
and Utility, 21 25-21.75
Bulls Utility, Commercial
and Good, 25 50-28 50; Commer
cial, 28 75-29.50, Cutter and Low-
Utility, 24 00-26 00.
Feeder Steers
Feeder Cattle and Calves fully
steady, supplies largely High-
Good and Choice Fleshy Steers
and Heifers with moderate show
ing Choice Heifer Calves Out
shipments approximately 1500
head compared 1800 previous
week
Steers Load Choice, 693
pounds, 34 00; High-Good and
Choice, 818-1076, 30 25-32 25
Heifers Choice, 425-492
pounds, 34 50 - 34.75; 712-733,
31 50 - 31.85, High - Good and
Choice, 635-918, 29 25-31 00
U.S.ltwperted Livestock Slaughter
For the week ending Thursday, August 19
Thurs. 8/19/71
Week Ago
Year Ago
Week To Date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
Estimated daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection,
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INSTANT SHORT CUT
New Cylinder-Screen Chopper
New cylinder-screen cutting mechanism assures short,
uniform chopping on the new Gehl "600" forage har
vester Powerful blower whips crops to the back of the
box or into the silo No Jeeder apron. Unit is shorter,
front to back. Tough three-inch diameter shaft whirls
cylinder at 1000 RPM. Six 21-inch long knives. 120 sq in
throat area, 374 sq. in. screen area. Standard tungsten
carbide faced knives and cutterbar. . built-in knife sharp
ener Three attachments available: hay pickup, one-row,
and a two-row that handles both wide and narrow rows
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FARMERSVILLE N. G. HERSHEY
EQUIPMENT INC. & SON
R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa. Manheim
CHAS J. McCOMSEY ZOOK'S FARM
& SONS STORE
Hickory Hill, Pa, Honey Brook, Pa.
GRUMELLI NISSLEY
FARM SERVICE FARM SERVICE
Quarryville Washington Boro
showers over the entire market
ing area during the past week
Sales As Of 12:30 P.M.
Feeder Steers Choice, few
Prime 350-500 lb 38 25-44 00,
few small lots 290-325 lb 44 25-
46 60 and small lot 28-1 lb at
50 75: 500 650 lb 34 50-37 75,
part load 526 lb at 42 00, 650-
750 lb 34 00-34 80. 750 905 lb 32-
40-34 30; Good and Choice 400-
500 lb 35 50-37 75, 500-650 lb
33 00-34 50, 650-750 lb 32 00-34-
00; Good 385-500 lb 32 75-35 25,
500-600 lb 31 50-32 75, few 660-
935 lb 29 00 32 00, Standard and
Low Good 590-635 lb 26 50-29-
00; 800-936 lb 26 00-27 75
Feeder Heifers- Choice, few
Prime 350-450 lb 33 50-37 50,
small lot 405 lb at 38 40 and
small lot 298 lb at 39 30, 450-
610 lb 3175-35 25; Good and
Choice 400-450 lb 3150-33 50;
450-635 lb 30 00-32 00
Others: Good and Choice bull
calves 33 00-38 25
Green Dragon
Hay Market
Friday, August 13
Six loads hay, including One
load Alfalfa, 45 00, few loads
Timothy, 28 50-49 50; one load
Mixed hay, 35 00
Eight loads straw, 30 00-33 00
Three loads ear corn, 43 50-
48 00.
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
. 121,000 - 314,000 38,000
118.000 323,000 .39,000
117.000 289,000 39,000
476.000 1,286,000 153 000
467.000 1,273,000 ,155,000
463.000 1,168,000 157,000
s
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21,1971—3
FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thursday, August 19)
August
September
October
November
December
February ’72 31.65 20.40
March
April
May
June
July
August
Trend Cattle are lowei, hogs aie stiongei, potatoes aie
steady, and eggs are weaker
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets pro\ided toy Commodity Dept, Reynolds Sc Company
Blight Considered Serious
Southeastern Pennsylvania
the Southern Corn Blight and
recommendations on how to
manage the 1971 corn crop in
order to minimize losses fiom
blight
Reports by Penn State Exten
sion personnel indicated that
blight is well established
throughout the region, although
it appears to have hit some sec
tions much harder than others
While there are some “hot
spots” where the blight is tak
ing a heavy toll, corn in othei
sections is reported to be look
ing very good. .
Overall, current projections
are that there will be severe
blight losses in Southeastern
Pennsylvania, probably much
greater losses than last year
The greater losses this year are
attributed to the blight’s much
earlier start this year than last
year The later growing season
this year is believed to have
more than offset the earlier
planting this spring Also, moist
and dew weather in recent
.weeks is considered ideal for
blight
Nationwide, however, the re
cent prediction has been for a
bumpei corn crop The crop in
many of the most important
Corn Belt areas is repoited al
ready at or near the harvest
stage with only lelatively
minor blight loss The USDA
recently reported that corn
acreage nationally is up 12 5
per cent over last year The
projection is for lower losses
nationally than last year
Including blend, as well as
noimal cytoplasm corn, be
tween one third and one half of
the crop this year is resistant to
the blight and this is considered
an important factor in keeping
blight losses down nationally
Southeastern Pennsylvania
farmers have been advised to
spend time in their corn fields
to make certain they know
Hay Prices
For Southeastern and
South Central Pennsylvania
Monday, August 16
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton)
Hay and straw steady to
strong.
Alfalfa 30 00-38 00
Timothy hay 20 00-30 00
Mixed hay 24 00-35 00
Straw 18 00-25.00
Mulch 1200-16.00
Reported by Bureau of Market!
Fa. Dept, of Agriculture.
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
33.85 19.85
32.35 18.80
31.85 19.27
31.40 19.70 3.26
31.22
21.70
21.70
21.00
what’s happening in i elation to
the com blight in order to be
to act in »«rk*w«y *s'
to get the maximum possible
feed value fiom blighted fields
Extension officials have le
peatedly emphasized that the
ci op this yeai may need to be
handled somewhat diffei ently
than in the past in oidei to
minimize loss from the blight
In particular, farmers have
been urged 10 put the most
severely blighted coin into sil
age, rather than ensiling the
better fields and harvesting the
more blighted fields as gram It
is pointed out that severely
blighted corn which is left m
the field for grain may rot to
such an extent that veiy little
of the corn can be hai vested
and that which is hai vested may
continue to rot in storage
Many Lancaster County farm-
eis have signed up for vaiious
aerial spraying progi ams, in
eluding a helicopter service
from Gettysburg Helicoptei s
have been working in Lancastei
County
In addition, Lancastei Coun
ty Extension agents have urged
the use of an blast spiayeis
which are aheady available on
many Lancaster County faims
They are urging gieen chop
ping enough lows to get the
equipment through the field
and still provide total coveiage
While it is anticipated that
several thousand acres of corn
may be treated in this way, the
percentage of the county’s
nearly 150,000 of corn is not
expected to be Thrge
The spraying program is be
ing urged primarily as a means
of buying time when the crop is
near maturity One spraying is
reported to be sufficient to stop
the blight from spieading foi
seven to 14 days, the length of
time varying according to
weather, longer during dry
periods and shorter duung wet
and rainy periods
The spray does not eliminate
blight damage which has al
ready occurred, it merely coats
the leaf suiface and stops new
spores from causing damage
Therefore, faimers are being
advised that it’s usually a waste
of money in spiay seveiely dam
aged fields, except possibly
where there’s enough green ma
terial remaining that a week or
so of time could be gained to
allow the corn to build up TDN
for use as silage
Where spraying can gain a
week or two of growing time,
the spraying can be very pro-
fitable to the farmer. Extension
officials emphasized While the
corn is making its ear, it will
continue to have about 500
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Chicago
Fresh Eggs
28.50
34.10
33.70
36.60
36.75
3.05
3.86