Omaha Cattle
Wednesday, December 28
Compared last weeks close,
slaughter steers mostly 25c
lower, heifers weak to 25c lower.
Cows 50 -75 c higher, bulls steady
to 50c higher. Meager supply of
feeders steady.
Three day receipts 14,100
compared with 18,700 previous
week and 18,700 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 50 per cent, heifers"
38 per cent, cows 9 per cent and
feeder supply hardly adequate to
test trade. The fed cattle trade in
the holiday week held steady
early but declined moderately by
mid-week under the influence of
lower prices on carcass beef.
Most buyers operated cautiously
late. Many cattle continued to
carry considerable mud which
was a price determing factor.
Average cost slaughter steers
first two days 34.20 average
weight 1,117 pounds as compared
with 34.40 and 1,111 pounds
previous week and 27.20 and 1,141
pounds a year ago.
Market Steers
Steers High-Choice and
Prime U.S. 3-4,1000 -1315 pounds,
35.00 - 35.75; Choice 2-4,975 -1325,
34.00 .- 35.10; Mixed Good and
Choice, 975 - 1250, 33.50 - 34.00;
Good, 30.00 - 33.50; Standard and
Godd, 28.50 - 30.00.
Farm way
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Heifers High-Choice and
Prime U.S. 3-4, 902 - 1064 pounds,
34.50 - 34.90; Choice 2-4,850 -1050,
33.00 - 34.50; Choice, 825 - 1000,
32.25 - 33.25; Good 27.50 - 32.25;
Standard and Good, 26.00 - 27.50.
Cows Utility and Com
mencal and Good, 21.75 - 23.00;
Canner and Cutter, 18.50 - 21.75;
Cutter and Low-Utility, 22.00 -
22.25.
Bulls Utility, Commercial
and Good, 25.25 - 27.50; Com
merical, 27.50 - 28.00; Cutter and
Low-Utility, 24.00 - 26.00.
Feeder Steers
Small supply moderately ac
tive, steady, mainly High-Good
and Choice fleshy two-way steers
and small ofierings of heifers.
Outshipmer.ts approximately
400 head compared 800 previous
week.
Steers High-Good and
Choice, 950 - 984 pounds, 32.00 -
33.25; load Standard and Good
Holsteins, 800 pounds, 29.50.
Heifers Good and Choice, 607
- 889 pounds, 31.50 - 32.50.
Birds’ Sight
Birds have developed
powers of sight to a remark
able degree. Probably they
surpass all other creatures
in excellence of vision. Most
birds can see clearly both
at shorter and longer dis
tances than man.
14 Attend
ABS School
Fourteen local farmers at
tended the American Breeders
Service AI Management School
in Quarryville December 13 - 17.
At the school they learned the
skills necessary to successfully
inseminate their own herds under
the ABS Direct Herd Program.
The men studied anatomy and
physiology of reproduction, herd
health management, frozen
semen storage and use, herd
record 'keeping, correct in
semination procedures, and sire
selection principles.
Joining over 20,000 dairy and
beef men across the United
States who have been trained by
ABS to breed their own cows are:
Ken Weaver, Glenmoore; Murl
Aument, Quarryville; Douglas
Sheetz, Peach Bottom; Vernon
Umble, Christiana; Joe Rahil,
Forest Hill, Md.; Benuel Lapp,
New Holland; Raymond Witmer,
Willow-Street-; Melvin Hersbey,
Lancaster; Bill Holloway, West
Chester, and Bill Ulrich,
Quarryville.
Instructor was ABS District
Sales Manager, Gary Willier.
Local ABS Representatives, Paul
Herr, Holtwood, and Maurice
Stump, West Grove, along with
several previous graduates
helped with the practice in
struction.
Schools in Rising Sun, Md., and
in Campelltown, Pa., are planned
for the near future. Interested
persons should contact their local
ABS representative or the ABS
District Office at 545 Spring
Avenue, Lititz.
Bargaining Conference Is Scheduled
The 16th National Cooperative
Bargaining Conference will be
held January 9-10 at Phoenix,
Ariz.
Speakers will include Oren Lee
Staley, president of the National
Farmers Organization; T. K.
Cowden, assistant secretary of
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA); and C. E.
Mighton, an authority on
Canadian marketing borads.
The conference is sponsored
jointly by USDA’s Farmer
Cooperative Service and the
National Committee of
Cooperative Agricultural
Bargaining and Marketing
Associations It precedes the
annual meeting of the National
U. S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
For the week ending Thursday, December 30
First three days
Same last week
Same last year
Estimated daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1,1972 —
FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Wednesday, December 29)
January ’72
February 34.20 24.80
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
December
Trend—Cattle are lower, hogs are lower, potatoes are higher, and
eggs are steady
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds & Company
Po. Ag Hearing Set
A public hearing has been
called for taking testimony on""
proposed regulations affecting
feed, fertilizer and pet food
within the Commonwealth.
Secretary of Agriculture Jim
McHale has set the hearing for 2
p.m. January 5, 1972, Room 309,
Department of Agriculture
Council of Farmer Cooperatives,
held at the same site January 12-
13.
Registration will begin at 10
a.m. January 9, and Ralph Bunje,
president of the National
Bargaining Committee, will open
the meeting at 1 p.m Jack
Barbash, professor of economics
at the University of Wisconsin,
will discuss “Strategies and
Ideology in Labor Bargaining
Parallels for Agriculture ”
Mike Martin Mamed
Beet Club
The first meeting of the new
season was held by the New
CATTLET HOGS SHEEP
348.000 906,000 108,000
333.000 1,005,000 94,000
339.000 1,027,000 124,000 '
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
32.90 24.05 3.25
32.50 20.50
20.90
20.85
32.10
31.50
24.45
31.50
25.32
Building, 2301 N Cameron St.,
Harrisburg
Two actions have been
proposed, adopting rules and
regulations under the Penn
sylvania Commercial Feed Law
and adopting pet food rules and
regulations under the same law
All previous rules and
regulations will be rescinded
when these are adopted
The proposed regulations
follow model regulations
suggested for adoption by all
states
Oral testimony at the public
hearing should be accompanied
by a written statement to be
retained by the hearing clerk In
lieu of oral testimony, statements
postmarked no later than
December 31, 1971, will be
received at the hearing address
and will be given equal weight
with oral testimony given at the
hearing
President
Holland 4-J1 Baby Beef Club
Tuesday at the home of Linda
High, Barevillc
In an election ol olficers, Mike
Marlin, New Holland RDI, was
named president
Other olficers are Ken Groff,
Leola, vice president, Cindy
Yoder, Elverson, secretary, Tim
Hoober, New Holland RDI,
treasurer.
Rick and Larry Good,
Bareville, game leaders, Joe
Weaver, Gap, song leader, Jeff
Martin, New Holland RDI,
reporter
Elected club leaders were
Lester Weaver, New Holland
RDI, Harvey High, Bareville,
Mark Yoder, Elverson, Robert
Martin, New Holland RDI, and
John Groff, Leola
Are you getting a “tingle from
an electrical appliance? This is a
danger signal you shouldn’t
ignore Extension agriculture
engineers at The Pennsylvania
State University suggest you
inspect the faulty appliance for
electrical leaks such as worn
insulation on the cord The best
way to eliminate a shock hazard
is to ground the frame of the
appliance. The simplest way is to
connect a 3-wire cord to the
appliance and wall outlet.
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
28.15
31.25
33.75
3.04
32.20
3.74
34.25
34.20
Safe Electrical
Appliances
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