—Uncitttf.farming, Saturday,!Jan. 26. 1975
6
Pa. Auction
Summary
Week Ending
January 17,1975
CATTLE 6041. Compared
with 6429 head last week, and
6255 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers
mostly steady to 50c lower.
Slaughter cows mostly
steady. Slaughter bullocks
steady to $1 lower. Slaughter
bulls steady to $2 lower.
STEERS: High Choice &
Prime 39.35*40.35, Choice
37.00- Good 32.00-36.50,
Standard 27.75-32.50, Utility
21.00- HEIFERS:
Choice 32.50-36.35, Good
28.00- Standard 23.00-
27.25, Utility 17.75-23.50.
COWS: Utility & High
Dressing Cutter 18.00-21.00,
Cutters 16.80-19.00, Canners
15.00- Shells down to
12.00. BULLOCKS: Few
Choice 32.00-35.00, Good
37.00- Standard 23.60-
27.75, Utility 20,50-24.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1
1100-2000 lbs. 25.00-30.00;
yield grade No. 2 900-1500 lbs.
21.00- FEEDER
CATTLE: Good 300-800 lbs.
feeder steers 22.75-28.50,
Medium 17.00-25.00; Good
300-700 lbs. feeder heifers
19.75-25.50; Good & Choice
300-750 lbs. feeder bulls 23.00-
26.25, Medium 16.50-24.00.
CALVES 3611. Compared
with 4164 head last week, and
3744 head a year ago.
Omaha
January 23,1975
Weekly 51 - Cattle -
Compared with last weeks
dose - Slaughter Steers 75-
1.00 lower than late the
previous week and Heifers
50-75 cents lower. Cows
dosed weak to 50 cents
lower, bulls firm.
Four day receipts 22,900 as
compared 19,200 previous
week and 25,600 a year ago.
Slaughter Steers ap
proximately 37 percent,
weeks total, Heifers 27
percent, large share both
classes Good to Average-
Choice and Mud quite
prevalent. Cows 13 percent
and Feeders for Thursday
Bred Heifer and Cow sale
and Friday feeder Auction
approximately 20 percent.
STEERS: Several load
Choice and Prime 1000-1206
lbs. yield grade 3-4 37.00
Monday. At Midweek, three
loads same grade 1159-1215
lbs. yield grade 3-4 36.25-
36.50 load 1226 lbs. 36.00
Thursday. Choice 950-1275
lbs. yield grade 2-4 closed
35.00-36.00, load 1400 lbs.
yield grade 4 34.00 and load
High-Choice and Prime 1440
HOG PRODUCERS!
New Holland
Sold in sorted lots the auction way See them
weighed and sold and pick up your check
SALE EVERY MONDAY 9:00 A.M.
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
Phone 717-354-4341
Daily Market Report Phone 717-354-7288
Abe Diffenbach, Manager
Vcatcrs uneven.
VEAIJ3RS: Few Prime
61.00- Choice 48.00-
62.00, Good 39.00-55.00,
Standard 28.00-44.00, Utility
90-120 lbs. 19.50-30.00, 70-85
lbs. 15.00-21.50. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
21.00-
HOGS 6813. Compared
with 6818 head last week,
and 6754 head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts steady to
50c higher.
BARROWS & GILTS: Few
US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. 42.00-
43.10, No. 1-3 190-240 lbs.
40.50-42.25, No. 2-3 185-250
lbs. 39.50-41.25, No. 2-4 250-
300 lbs. 37.60-39.75, No. 2-4
120-180 lbs. 30.00-39.50.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-550
lbs. 31.00-36.25, No. 2-3 300-
650 lbs. 29.75-33.00. Boars
19.75-28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1140.
Compared with 1845 head
last week, and 1197 head a
year ago. US No. 1-3 20-35
lbs. feeder pigs 9.00-23.00 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 14.00-
24.00, No. 1-3 50-85 lbs. 18.50-
30.50 per head.
SHEEP 403. Compared
with 729 head last week, and
750 head a year ago. Wooled
slaughter lambs $1 to $4
lower. Choice 70-110 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs
37.00- Good 60-100 lbs.
26.00- Utility 5080 lbs.
23.00- Slaughter ewes
5.00-
Cattle
lbs. yield grade 4-5 31.00
Tuesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 950-1250 lbs. late
34.00-35.00. Good 30.50-34.00.
Standard and low-Good
Holsteins 28.00-30.00.
Average cost Slaughter
Steers first three days 35.07
average weight 1115 lbs. as
compared 36.38 and 1124 lbs.
previous week and 47.84 and
1150 lbs a year ago.
HEIFERS: Early, three
loads and part load Choice
and Prime 906-1040 lbs. yield
grade 3-4 36.35-36.50, several
loads 36.00-36.25. Late, two
loads and part load same
grade 964-1050 lbs. yield
grade 3-4 35.25-35.75. Choice
850-1050 lbs. yield grade 2-4
34.00- Mixed Good and
Choice 750-1000 lbs. 32.75-
34.00. Good 29.50-33.00. Small
Lots Standard and Good
28.00-
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 15.00-16.00, a
few individuals 16.50. Canner
and Cutter 11.00-15.25. Shelly
Canner 9.00-10.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 & 2
1400-2000 lbs. 20.00-23.00, two
individuals yield grade 1
24.00.
Leesport
Livestock
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
January 22,1975
CATTLE 227. Supply in-
eluded 68 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers SO cents to |1 higher.
Slaughter cows mostly
steady. Few Choice
slaughter steers 38.00-11.25,
Good 33.25-37.50, Standard
28.60-33.00, couple Utility
23.00- Few Choice
slaughter heifers 33.75-36.00,
one at 41.10, couple Good
29.75 and 33.25, two Standard
24.00- Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 18.50-20.85, one at 21.60,
Cutters 17.00-18.60, Canners
15.35-16.85. Few Good
slaughter bullocks 26.10-
30.00, Standard 23.85-25.00.
Two Yield Grade No. 1 1405
and 1415 lbs slaughter bulls
24.35 and 25.00. Good 300-750
lbs. feeder steers 24.50-30.00,
one at 32.00, few Medium 400-
800 lbs. 19.25-21.50; few
Medium & Good 250-566 lbs.
feeder heifers 19.00-22.00;
Medium & Good 265-700 lbs,
feeder bulls 20.00-26.00.
CALVES 128. Vealers
mostly steady, spots $2 lower
on Standard & Good. Few
Choice vealers 50.00-52.00,
Good 39.00-50.00, Standard
28.00- Utility 90-120 lbs.
18.00- 70-85 lbs. 15.00-
18.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 100-110 lbs. 24.00-37.00.
HOGS 161. Barrows & Gilts
steady to 25 cents higher. US
No. 1-3195-240 lbs. barrows &
gilts 41.75-42.10, No. 2-3 185-
250 lbs. 41.25-41.60, one lot
No. 2-4 280 lbs. 39.00, No. 2-4
150-180 lbs. 38.35-38.50. Few
US No. 1-3 300-445 lbs. sows
32.00- few No. 2-3 300-
620 lbs. 28.75-30.00. Boars
22.00- one at 28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 141. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
16.00-24.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 26.00-29.00, one lot
No. 1-3 60-80 lbs. 32.00, few
Utility 15-30 lbs. 11.00-16.00
per head.
SHEEP 3. Individual
Choice 95 lbs. wooled
slaughter lamb at 45.00,
individual Good 85 lbs. at
32.00, one Utility 40 lbs. at
20.00.
Oklahoma
City
January 23,1975
Thursday Feeder Cattle
Auction.
Estimated Receipts 6,000.
Same Day Last Week
8,686.
Slow, Feeder Cattle and
Calves steady to 50 cents
lower after opening 50 cents
to 1.00 lower; majority
receipts Mixed Good and
Choice and Choice 400-850 lb.
Steers and 400-650 lb.
4 Heifers; fairly large at
tendance buyers with most
interests proceeding with
extreme caution.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice, few Prime 350-500 lb.
22.25-25.50; 500-800 lb. 24.25-
25.90, part load 524 lb. at
23.30; 800-927 lb. 24.50-25.80;
Mixed Good and Choice 350-
500 lb. 20.25-22.25; 500-700 lb.
21.00- 700-900 lb. 22.75-
24.00; Good 350-500 lb. 17.25-
19.25; 500-960 lb. 19.00-22.00;
Good 438-706 lb. Holstein
Steers 12.00-15.00; few 781-
928 lb. 15.50-19.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice, few Prime 350-500 lb.
18.00- 500-700 lb 19.25-
22.00; Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lb. 15.50-17.75;
500-660 lb. 16.50-18.00; Good
380-600 lb. 13.00-15.50.
AMARILLO, TX. ■ On file
here arc more than one
million names, but unlike the
Smiths and Joneses listed in
a metropolitan phone book,
no two are alike.
Because names are the
main identifier of registered
quarter horses, the
American Quarter Horse
Association here uses an
IBM computer to help search
its files when applications
are received to assure a
name hasn’t been assigned
already to another 1 animal,
living or dead.
Also stored in the com
puter’s vast data base is
extensive information about
the pedigree, show and
racing performance of 1.2
million quarter horses.
That information, now
available instantly from
computer files at IBM 3277
display terminals, is useful
to inquirers who are plan
ning to purchase a horse, or
for breeding purposes.
Tomato Standards
Amended
United States Standards
for Grades of Fresh
Tomatoes will be amended to
include a reference to newly
developed visual aids for
color requirements, ac
cording to an announcement
by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Officials of USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) said that the
new visual aid consists of a
chart containing the color
classification section of the
grade standards and twelve
color photographs
illustrating shade and
percentage of surface color
for tomatoes described as
green, breaker, turning,
pink, light red, and red. The
new visual aid is now
available to members of the
tomato industry.
Up to now official USDA
photographs showing the
color requirements of fresh
tomatoes, have been
available only to Federal
and Federal-State inspectors
for use in grading tomatoes.
Now fresh tomato ship
pers, wholesalers, _ and
others can have official
USDA visual aids too. The'
visuals aids depicting
tomato color standards,
developed by The John
Henry Co.,' Lansing, Mich.,
in cooperation with the
United Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Association and
with USDA, are made
available under USDA
license.
The visual aids may be
purcahsed from The John
Henry Co., P.O. Box 1410,
Lansing, Mich., 48904 for
$4.00 per set. They are not
available from USDA.
Copies of the visual aids
For the Week: Compared
to late last week, Feeder
Cattle and Calves 2.50-3.50
lower; Slaughter cows m
relative good demand and 75
cents to 1.00 higher; demand
narrowed on the close for
slaughter bulls and these
were 1.00-2.00 lower. Salable
receipts near 16,500 head
compared to 18,842 last week
and 17,486 the comparable
period a year ago. Cows 17
percent .cattle receipts,
feeders 80 percent of the
total
Computer Aids
Horse Registry
The computer-assisted
equine registry, larger than
all others in the world
combined, makes it possible
for the association staff to
provide answers to mem
ber’s questions faster than
ever before, according to
Don Jones, executive
secretary.
“With the system, we can
now keep up with the nearly
250,000 registrations and
transfers we process each
year, as well as over 200,000
show and racing per
formance record entries,”
he added. “Previously, we
had a backlog of several
weeks.”
Mr. Jones also pointed out
that all the information
about a particular horse can
be relayed by telephone
when association members
and others request it.
Headquarters personnel
handling the calls sit in front
of display terminals and
may be examined in the
offices of the Fruit and
Vegetable Division,
Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, South Building,
Washington, D.C., 20250 or in
any field office of the Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Grading
Service.
AMS establishes grade
standards for fruits and
vegetables and administers
a voluntary grading
program on a fee-for-service
basis.
The amendment to the
grade standards is scheduled
to be published in the Jan. 16
Federal Register.
Last year, 1,623,636 neigh
borly services were provided
by Red Cross chapter
workers to the families of
armed forces members.
retrieve desired data from
computer files instantly.
The registration process
begins when owners of
quarter horse dams send in
application forms after
foaling. Besides indicating a
suggested name and
alternates, the owner lists
the horse’s color, sex, when
and where foaling took
place, as well as the
registration numbers of the
sire and dam.
Association employees
enter all this data into an
IBM System-370 Model 135.
“While this action
establishes a file on the
newly-registered horse, it
also updates information on
others,” Mr. Jones said.
“For example, the breeding
record of the owner, sire and
dam will be changed to
reflect the new data.”
The association also uses
the computer to keep track
of show and racing records
earned by each registered
quarter horse.
The AQHA racing
department here obtains
information on the official
results at tracks around the
country where quarter
horses are entered. 'Last
year, this involved almost
10.000 races and nearly
14.000 starters, and those
numbers are increasing
annually.
After entering the racing
data in the computer, past
performance charts are
generated fay the system
with not only current data
for use at tracks still having
meetings, but monthly and
annual-charts as well.
Another way the computer
is used is to check on all
performance claims made
when advertisements on
quarter horses are sub
mitted to the Quarter Horse
Journal.
“That way, we can assure
the ad claims coincide with
the information in our
system to make sure our
readers are getting the
correct data,” Mr. Jones
said.