St. Louis
Auction
July 24
Receipts 9,000, Last Week
10,000, Year Ago 7,300.
Compared to last Tuesday,
Slaughter Steers and Heifers
very uneven, steady to
mostly 1.00 lower. Demand
continues light for Good
Grade Steers under 1000 lbs.
and Good Grade Heifers
under 850 lbs. Cows 1.00-2.00
higher. Bulls mostly 1.00
lower. Supply near 40 per
cent steers, Good and Choice
900-1100 lbs. Yield Grade 24
with near 22 percent
Slaughter Heifers; Cows 15
percent and Feeders 20
percent.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Load Choice including Prime
1175 lbs. Yield Grade 34
52.50 on Monday. Choice
1000-1300 lbs. Yield Grade 24
47.00-51.00, load 51.75 on
Monday. Mostly Choice 900-
1050 lbs. 45.0048.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 900-1200 lbs.
43.0047.50. Good 40.0044.00;
mostly Good 800-1000 lbs.
38.0042.00. Two loads mostly
Good Holsteins 1250 lbs.
39.00. Standard and Good
1000-1200 lbs. 30.00-37.25,
mostly 34.00-36.00. Part load
Standard 975 lbs. 28.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Load and part load Choice
including Prime 900-950 lbs.
Yield Grade 34 46.5047.00.
Choice 850-1050 lbs. Yield
Grade 24 43.0046.00, closing
mostly 43.00-45.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 800-1000 lbs.
41.0044.50. Good 37.0042.00.
Standard and Good 650-900
lbs. 32.00-36.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 18.00-22.00, few
23.00. Cutter 15.00-19.00.
Canner 12.00-15.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1100-1600 lbs. 21.00-25.00, thin
900-1100 lbs. 18.00-22.00.
VEALERS; Good and
Choice 20.00-30.00, few 32.00.
FEEDERS: Including
near 1300 at Thursday
auction. Steers 1.00-2.00
higher, Heifers 2.00-4.00
higher. Supply mainly Good
and Choice 500-900 lb. steers
and 300-600 lb. heifers, also a
moderate showing Standard
and Good 400-600 lbs. steers
including many lots Bulls.
STEERS: Choice 400-600
lbs. 28.00-33.75, one con
signment pre-conditioned 517
lbs. 36.25. Choice 600-700 lbs.
30.50-36.00; 700-900 lbs. 34.75-
37.25. Mixed Good and
Choice 500-700 lbs. 24.75-
30.00. Good 375-600 lbs. 20.00-
26.75; 600-871 lbs. 18.00-22.75.
HEIFERS: One con
signment Choice 200 lbs.
25.25; mostly Choice 400-600
lbs. 24.75-30.00; Twp. lots 696-
745 lbs. 34.00-34.75. Mixed
Good and Choice 300400 lbs.
19.00-24.00 ; 400-550 lbs. 20.25-
24.50. Good 350-525 lbs. 17.00-
19.50.
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
New Holland
Dairy
Wednesday, July 23
Reported receipts of 97
cows, 21 heifers and 2 bulls.
Market steady with last
week.
Load of Maryland
springers 300-660; load of Pa.
cows fresh 330-505; springers
365-550 and fresh 315-690.
Local cows 300-780; open
heifers 185-265; bred heifers
290-380; bulls 200-360. Small
herd dispersal of 20 head in
all stages of production 275-
520.
Local
Grain
Thursday, July 24
These prices are made up
of the average prices quoted
by a number of participating
local feed and grain con
cerns. It should be noted,
however, that not every
dealer or broker handles
each commodity. All prices
are per bushel except ear
com which is per ton.
The average local grain
prices quoted Thursday,
July 24,1975 are as follows;
Buy+ Sell-I-
Ear Com 69.00 75.50
Shelled Com 2.98 3.21
Oats
Local 1.60 1.87
Western 1.88 2.08
Barley 1.67 1.89
Wheat 3.08 3.30
-1-Buy is the price the
dealer will buy from the
farmer delivered to the mill.
Sell is the price the dealer
will sell for at his mill.
Layer
production
down
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania layers produced 266
million eggs during June, 5
percent less than the
previous month and 7 per
cent less than a year earlier,
according to the Crop
Reporting Service.
The June average of 13.1
million layers was down
almost 1 percent from the
previous month and down 8
percent from a year earlier.
Egg production per 100
layers during June totaled
2,025 eggs, down 4 percent
from the previous month but
up 1 percent from a year
earlier.
The nation’s laying flock
produced 5,211 million eggs
during June, 4 percent less
than a year earlier. Layer on
hand during June averaged
270 million, down 4 percent,
from a year earlier. The
average rate of lay during
the month was virtually the
same as a year earlier.
Use the
Farm Calendar
To Publicize
Your Meetings.
ELECTRIC FENCE
CONTROLLER
REPAIRS
Authorized Factory Service
on Most Shockers
REPAIR THEM NOW
Glenn M. Hoover
Leola RDI, Oregon P'ke 17540
656-8020
Manufacturers of Kafstals
VealStallo Bale Wagons
Active
combining
of grains
HARRISBURG - Small
grain combining was active
throughout Pennsylvania for
the week ending July 14,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Barley is reported 38
percent ripe and one-third
harvested, about four days
behind 1974. Combining is 17
percent done in the north, 20
percent in central and 55
percent done in southern
counties. Lodged barley
continues to plague those
attempting to combine.
Wheat is reported at 37
percent turning, 54 percent
ripe and six percent har
vested, also behind 1974 by
four days. Harvest has
barely begun in the northern
and central counties, but is
reported 13 percent done in
southern counties. Wheat
lodging has become a
problem.
Oats are rated at 31 per
cent turning yellow and two
percent ripe - same as in
1974. Ripening is furthest
along in the south at five
percent.
The first cutting of alfalfa
hay is 95 percent complete
and the second nearly one
fourth done statewide. First
cut clover-timothy hay is
reportedly 83 percent
complete. Hay quality
continues to be rated mostly
fair. The rating is somewhat
better than the previous
week but not as good as this
time the previous two years.
Com is now three feet tall
statewide, a foot higher than
last week and two days
ahead of 1974 progress.
Height is 31 inches in the
north, 39 inches in central
and 41 inches m southern
counties.
Tobacco transplanting has
finally been completed. The
tobacco crop is reportedly
growing well.
Soil moisture is still rated
adequate statewide.
Moisture is reported shortest
in the north to wettest in the
south. Rain the past few days
may be expected to ac
centuate the problem in the
southern area.
The harvesting of sweet
com has begun and the
cherry harvest is continuing.
Some early tomatoes are
nearly ready to pick. Har
vest of snap beans is un
derway.
. An average amount of feed
continues to be derived from
pastures.
In the United States for the
week ending July 6, heavy
rains in the southern Red
River Valley of North
Dakota and Minnesota
caused wide-spread flooding,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 26,1975 —
Pa. vegetable
grower supports
direct marketing
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
More Direct Marketing
would benefit both con
sumers and producers, a
National Farmers Union
witness told the House
Agriculture Subcommittee
on Domestic Marketing and
Consumer Relations Wed
nesday.
David Zachrel, a vegetable
and grain farmer from
Clarion County, Penn
sylvania, told the Sub
committee that “consumers
would gain benefits in im
proved quality of farm
produce, savings over retail
chain store costs, and the
educational and recreational'
experience of ‘pick your
own’ buying of fruits and
vegetables.
“Farmers, in turn, would
receive greater returns
through direct marketing of
their crops to help off-set
erosion and drown-out of
crops.
Winter wheat harvested
gained momentum and
combining of the 1975 crop
has passed the half-way
mark. This is still behind the
excellent progress in 1974 of
65 percent done.
In the north central states
average height of corn
ranged from 55 inches in
Illinois to 27 inches in South
Dakota. The com crop is five
percent tassled in lowa, five
percent silked in Indiana and
10 percent silked in Ohio.
This is one week ahead of
normal.
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increasing production costs.
During the month of May,
“Zachrel told the Sub
committee, “farmers
received, on a national
average, only 34 cents out of
each dollar paid by the
consumer for fresh fruits
and vegetables.”
The Subcommittee is
considering legislation (HR
7488), introduced by
Chairman Joseph Vigorito
(D-Pa.), to assist farmers in
organizing more direct
marketing facilities,
whether they be roadside
stands, permanent
marketing facilities, or
cooperative farmer
consumer enterprises to
compete directly with retail
food chains.
Beekeeper
Effective July 15, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will no longer make
Beekeeper Indemnity
Program payments on queen
bee nuclei losses which occur
between August 15 and
December 31 each year,
according to Paul H,
Keeney, Chairman of Berks
County Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Committee.
(Queen bee nuclei are
miniature colonies used in
the production of queen bees
for sale.)
USDA has also changed
the final date for adjusting
the degree of loss on bee
colonies from November 1 to
October 1.
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