WumoiaUr Firming. Saturday, August 23. 1975
Leesport
Livestock
Lcetport, PA
August 20,1V75
CATTLE 304. Supply in
cluded 132 head feeder
cattle. Compared with last
Wednesday's market,
slaughter steers steady to $1
higher. Slaughter cows
steady to $1 lower. Few
Choice slaughter steers
44.75-48.00, Good 39.25-45 85.
Standard 32.25-40.25, UtiUty
& Standard 25.00-31.25. Few
Choice slaughter heifers
38.00- Good 31.00-36.75,
few Standard 23.00-29.00.
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 23.25-
25.25, one at 25.85, Cutters
20.50-23.10, Canners 16.00-
19.50, Shells down to 12.00.
Good slaughter bullocks
28.00- Standard 23.00-
28.00. Yield Grade No. 1 1030-
1570 lbs. slaughter bulls
27.25-29.85. Few Choice 350-
750 lbs. feeder steers 29.50-
40.50, Good 300-800 lbs. 23.50-
28.50, Medium 360-750 lbs.
17.00- few Good 350-585
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AUG. 25-31, 1975
Will swop this day for one in Mat
Mend your fences now . . . Xithan F Leopold (murderer of
Bobby Franks) died Aug 29 1071 ... 1 a«t quarter of the
moon Augr. 29 . . Tnrri nts of rain brol e the great Southwest
drought A.ug. 31, 1932 . . Aierage I< ngth of davs for the
week, 13 hours, 22 minutes . US. soldiers land in Japan
Aug. 28, 194"> . 1 les must ha\e clothes but the truth goes
naked.
cause it wouldn’t fit in the boiler,
we soit of balanced it on the top in the belief that ns it
melted it uouhl settle and slide in. Well, it settled all right,
hut it landed on top of a red-hot Kitchen stoic and ue have
seen many a thunderstorm that was far less disturbing than
the passage that immediately followed.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Mostly sunnv and much warmer all week, with
a few light showers.
Greater New .York-New Jersey: Clear and warm to start, then
showers by midweek; fair and cooler latter part.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Hard thunderstorms by midweek in
north, then becoming very hot and cloudv; ram in the west.
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Generally hot and partly cloudy
all week, with rain in the south at the beginning and mid
week, and in the north on the weekend.
Florida: Partly cloudv and still hot, with occasional rain in
the south at the beginning and end of the week, and in the
north midweek.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronfo 4 Montreal: Week begins clear
and hot, then becomes cloudy and showery; clearing latter
part.
Greater Ohio Valley: Rain to start, becoming heavy by mid
week; latter part clearing and hot, with heavy ram on the
weekend.
Deep South; Thunderstorms first part of week, somewhat
heavy m east; rest of week generally clear and hot.
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Thundershowers in the west
at first, then mostly clear and very warm thereafter.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Week begins with rain,
then becomes clear and very warm in central; week ends
with ram in west and east.
Central Great Plains: Mostly showery all week m north, ram
becoming heavy on weekend; sunny and hot m south and
central, with scattered showers.
Texas-Oklahoma: Continuously clear and hot in north
through midweek, in south through latter part, then showers.
Rocky Mountain: Showers begin the week in the north, con
tinue through midweek, ram in west latter part, then sunny
and w r arm on the weekend.
Southwest Desert: Showery all week, heavy in the west mid
week, and in the east latter part.
Pacific Northwest: Generally mild, moderate ram through
middle of week, becoming heavy in north by week’s end.
California: Early week clear in the north, morning cloudiness
in south; ram by weekend
(All Kiuhts Hestrvc<l Yankee Inc Dublin. N H 03444)
lbs. feeder heifers 19,25-
24.75, Medium 300-595 lbs.
16.50-19.00; Good 250400 lbs.
feeder bulls 21.75-25.50, few
Medium 300-570 lbs. 17.50-
20.00.
CALVES 160. Vcalers |1 to
$4 lower. Few Choice vealers
50.00- Good 38.00-47.00,
Standard 30.00-40.00. Utility
110-130 lbs. 20.00-28.00, 90-110
lbs. 17.00-20.00 ; 70-85 lbs.
12.00-
HOGS 175 Barrows & Gilts
about steady. US No. 1-3 195-
250 lbs. 59.50-60.35, No. 2-3
175-220 lbs. 57.00-59.35. US
No. 1-3 330-585 lbs. sows
46.50-50.50. Boars 40.00-42.25,
one 50.00.
FEEDER PIGS 139. Few
US No. 1-3 10-15 lbs. feeder
pigs 15.00-18.50 per head, No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. 26.00-43.50, No.
1-3 35-50 lbs. 39.50-52.00 per
head.
SHEEP 11. Few Good 70-
115 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 20.00-35.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 8.00-12.00,
one buck at 32.00.
■\sk the Old Farmer: They tell us
that the contact of heat and cold
causes thunderstorms It mav be
true, hut did you ever know of
this combination causing trouble
in any other manner 9 H. G.,
Springfield, 111.
Ye - Is a hoy ue uere drafted to
fill the wash holler, hailing the
water from a rain barrel because
our teamen-folks bettered that
rain water teas “softer” for wash
ing. Once, dating a eold snap, the
watet in the barrel uas low, but
there was a eahe of four-inch ice
in if uhleh we felt would add to
the supply uhen melted. So we
brought it into the house, and he-
. * *
Philadelphia
BEANS-SNAP
Slightly Lower
Bu hmpr ctn crt St bkt
round green type
NJ 7.50-9,00 mostly 7,50-
8.00 fair qual 6.50.
NY fair qual 0-6.50.
PA 7.00-8.00 mostly 7.50-
8.00.
CORN—SWEET
About Steady
Wircbound crt & burlap
sks4*2 doz min yellow unless
otherwise stated.
NJ fair qual 2.50-3.00 white
4-4.50.
NY 3-3.50 few best 4.00 fair
qual 2.50-3.00 white fair qual
3.50-4 00.
PA 3.00-4.00 mostly 3-3.50
fair qual 2.50-3.00 white 4-4.50
mostly 4.50.
CUCUMBERS
Slightly Lower
1 -1-9 bu crt ctn & bu bkt
waxed & unwaxed med
unless otherwise stated.
NJ 5-5.50 fair qual 4.00
poorer Iwr.
PA 5.00 one lot 6.50-7.00
fair qual 4-4.50 Ige 2.50-3.00.
NY fair qual 3.00-lge 2.25-
2.50 ctn 24s 1.50.
MICH fair qual 3.50 Ige
2.50.
Belleville
Belleville, Pa.
August 20,1975
CATTLE 146 Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter steers
steady to 50 cents lower. Few
Good slaughter steers 37.85-
43.40, few Standard 29 00-
35.50, few Utility 23.00-27.30.
Few Standard slaughter
heifers 28.00-29.75. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 23.20-25.00,
individual’s 25.90 and 27.50,
Cutters 20.70-23.10, Canners
18.50-20.60, Shells down to
16.70. Few Good slaughter
bullocks 33.90-37.70. Few
Yield Grade No. 1 1210-1980
lbs. slaughter bulls 22.00-
30.20.
CALVES 222. Vealers
grading Utility fully $2
lower. One Choice vealer at
53.00, Good 33.00-42.00, few to
44.50, Standard 22.00-31.50,
few Utility 115-130 lbs. 20.50-
26.00, 90-120 lbs.' 15.00-20.50,
70-90 lbs. 11.00-15.50, few 50-
Omaha Auction
Aug. 21
Estimated
Receipts
Same Day
Last Week 7,584
Trade Active, feeder
steers firm to 50 cents
higher. Feeder heifers
steady, instances 50 cents
higher. Majority receipts
mixed Good and Choice and
Choice 400-850 lb. Feeder
Steers, 300-700 lb. Feeder
Heifers; moderate at
tendance buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300-600 lb. 31.75-36.00,
largely 32.00-35.00,600-960 lb.
32.00-35.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 400-700 lb. 28.50-31.75,
700-900 lb. 29.50-32.50. Good
450-625 lb. 26.25-30.50. Small
lot 375 lb. Holsteins at 17.50;
other 750-1050 lb. Holsteins
19.75-21.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS;
Choice 300-500 lb. 24.00-27.50,
part load 482 lb. 28.30,500-750
TRY A CLASSIFIED AD
- . . me***. Kjm 9*o * v
Produce St Louis
NJ 4.00 sml 2-2.50.
NY 3.50 fair qual 3.00.
OHIO one lot 5-5.50 fair
qual 2.50.
BIG BOSTON
OHIO 24-qt bkt 16s 4.50 fair
qual 3.50.
8188
OHIO 12-qt bkt 3-3.50.
LEAF
OHIO 24-qt bkt 3-3.50.
ONIONS-GREEN
About Steady
NJ 4-5 bu crt bchd 36s 4-
4.25.
OHIO 4-5 bu crt bchd 36s
5.00 16-qt bkt bchd 24s 3.50.
CALIF ctn bchd 48s 7.00.
PEACHES
About Steady
44 bu crt & ctn approx 38-lb
up sizes unless otherwise
stated.
NJ no grade mark Blake
2V 9-9.50 2V 8.50-9.00
Loring 2 l 4*’ one label 10.00
Redcrest 2V*” 8.50 Sunhigh
2V fair appearance 7.50
2V4” fair appearance 6.50 2"
fair cond 6.00.
PEPPERS
Slightly Lower
Calif Wonder type green 1 -
1-9 bu crt tn & bu bkt unless
otherwise stated.
CALIF 30-lb ctn med 5.00.
NJ Ige 5.00-6.00 mostly 5-
5.50 med-lge 4.50-5.00 med 4-
4.50 sml-med 3-3.50 mixed
red med-lge 3.50-4.00 Cuban
type med-lge 2-2.50 Longhot
2.50 l /z bu crt 1.50.
PA Ige 5.00-6.00 med-lge
5.00 med 4.00.
Auction
75 lbs. 5.00-11.00.
HOGS 163 Barrows & Gilts
mostly 50 cents lower. Lot
US No. 1-2 225 lbs. barrows &
gilts 59.60, No. 1-3 200-230 lbs
58.90-59 40, few No. 2-3 185-
250 lbs. 58.00-58.75, few No. 2-
4 260-335 lbs. 51.00-56.50, few
No. 1-3 165-170 lbs. 53.50-
57.00. US No. 1-3 320-515 lbs.
sows 48.00-50.50, few No. 2-3
465-570 lbs. 47.7548.75. Few
Boars 36.00-38.50, one at
45.00.
FEEDER PIGS 384. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
22.50-33.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 27.50-39.00, No. 1-3
50-80 lbs. 38.00-47.00, few No.
1-3 100-150 lbs. 50.00-67.00,
Utility 15-30 lbs. 15.00-23.00
per head.
SHEEP 39. Few Choice 80-
95 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 32.50-36.00, Good 65-95
lbs. 26.00-34.00, Utility 45-65
lbs. 19.50-26.00. Slaughter
ewes 9.00-15.50.
lb. 24.00-26.75, several lots
and part loads 575-675 lb.
27.80-29.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lb. 21.50-24.00,
500-675 lb. 22.75-24.50, Good
425-750 lb. 20.00-22.00.
CATTLE FOR THE
WEEK; Feeder Steers
steady to 1.00 higher, with
most upturn noted on
weights over 600 lb. Feeder
Heifers steady to 50 cents
instances 1.00 higher, with
good demand noted for all
weights and grades.
Slaughter cows finished the
week mostly steady, while
Slaughter Bulls closed 50
cents to 1.00 lower. Slaughter
steers and Heifers finished
steady to firm. Salable
supply this week numbered
near 18,100, compared to
19,600 last week, and 20,192
same period last year. Cows
comprised near 22 percent,
feeders 73 percent of total.
7,200
August 21
Receipts
Last Week W.3®®
Year Ago 7,200
As compared to the
previous week's close,
choice and prime slaughter
steers and heifers 50-1.00
lower; standard and good
and mixed good and choice
steers and heifers extremely
uneven, generally steady.
Cows steady to mostly 1.00
higher. Bulls fully steady.
Supply mainly mixed good
and choice 950-1050 lb.
steers, around 25 percent
heifers; 15 percent cows and
20 percent feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
Load choice and prime
around 1200 lbs. yield grade
3-4 47.00. Choice 1000-1200
lbs. yield grade 2-4 44.00-
46.00; 900-1000 lbs. 43.00-
44.50, some 850-900 lbs. 40.00-
43.00. Mixed good and choice
950-1150 lbs. 40.00-44.00. Good
35.00- Standard to good
1000-1300 lbs. holsteins 32.00-
35.00. Standard holsteins
26.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Mixed choice and prune 950-
1000 lbs. yield grade 3-4 44.00-
44,25. Choice 850-1050 lbs.
yield grade 2-4 41.00-53.75;
750-850 lbs. 40.00-41.00.
Choice with few good 700-800
lbs. 39.0040.00. Mixed good
and choice 850-1000 lbs. 39.00-
41.50 : 700-800 lbs. 32.00-37.00.
Oklahoma Cattle
Aug. 21
Weekly 51 - CATTLE -
Compared with the previous
weeks close -
Closing prices on
Slaughter steers steady to 50
cents lower, the least decline
on available supply Choice
and Prime 1125-1300 lbs.
Heifers closed 50-1 00 lower
with Good and Low-Choice
750-850 lbs. under greatest
pressure. Cows were 1.00-
1.50 higher, instances 2.00
higher. Bulls firm
Four Day Receipts 14,500
as compared 15,400 previous
week and 13,700 a year ago.
Steers approximately 42
pet., including many 900-1050
lbs. and Heifers 32 pet. with
many 750-900 lbs. cows 17
pet., and feeders for Friday
auction 6 percent.
STEERS: At midweek
high tune, two loads Choice
and Prune 1184-1193 lbs.
Yield Grade 3-4 50.00-50.50.
Choice 1125-1312 lbs. Yield
Grade 2-4 closed 47.00-49.00,
load 1021 lbs. average and
High-Chpice Yield Grade 3
also-49.00. Choice 950-1125
lbs. Yield Grade 2-4 45.00-
47.00, occasionally 47.25-47.50
on 1050-1125 lbs. Mixed Good
& Choice 900-1150 lbs. 43.00-
Sale Report
Cumberland County
4-H Market Hog Sale
August 19,1975
Champion - 245 lbs. $2.34
per lbs.; Reserved Cham
pion - 220 lbs. 1.51 per lbs.;
Champion Trio - 225-210 & 240
1.04 per lbs.; Champion Pair
- 240 & 260 lbs. .97 per lbs.
78 head averaged 236 lbs.
averaging 63.00 cwt.
Thomasville 4-H
Hog Sale
Thomasville, Pa.
August 20
Champion - 245 lbs. 91.00;
Reserve Champion - 205 lbs’
66.00.
Remaining hogs averaged
200 lbs. and sold for an
average price of 59.00.
Auction ’
Good 33.0048.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 10.00*23.00, few
23.50. Cutter 16.00*10.00;
canncr 12.00-16.00, shelly
canncr 600*000 lbs. 10.00*
12.00.
BULLS: Yield grade I*2
1100*1700 lbs. 21.00-25.00; 000-
1100 lbs. 10.00-21.00.
VEALEKS: Mixed good
and choice 25.00-30.00, few
choice 32.00.
FEEDERS: (Including
near 1600 at Thursday’s
auction.) Steers and heifers
1.00- higher, most ad
vance on good and mixed
good and choice grades.
Supply primarily mixed
good and choice 400-750 lb.
steers and 400-700 lb. heifers.
STEERS: Choice 400-500
lbs. 29.25-32.75 ; 500-600 lbs.
31.00- 600-700 lbs. 31.00-
33.75; 700-800 lbs. 32.00-34.75.
Mixed good and choice 400-
600 lbs. 27.00-31.00 ; 600-800
lbs. 27.50-31.25; good 400-600
lbs. 18.00-25.25 ; 600-700 lbs.
25.00- few lots standard
703-789 lbs. 16.50-19.75.
HEIFERS: Few lots
mostly choice 150-385 lbs.
20.75-24.25; choice 400-500
lbs. 23.00-26.50; 500-600 lbs.
25.00- choice fleshy 600-
750 lbs. 28.50-33.75, small lot
810 lbs. 38.00. Mixed good
and choice 400-500 lbs. 18.00-
23.00; 500-600 lbs. 21.00-25.00.
Good 350-500 lbs. 15.25-20.00.
45.50. Good 900-1250 lbs
36 00-43.00, some 900-950 lbs
with small end Choice in
cluded at 40.00-41.50. Stan
dard and Low-Good 33 50-
35 00.
The average of LS-214,
detailed quotations for
Choice 900-1100 lb. steers this
week 45 70, Choice 1100-1300
lb. 47.80
HEIFERS: Two loads
mostly Choice 931 lbs. Yield
Grade 2-3 mixed steers and
heifers, half and half, 45.00
At midweek, Choice 850-1025
lbs. Heifers Yield Grade 2-4
43.75-45.00, small con
signment Choice with end
Prime 938 lbs. 46.00. Choice
750-850 lbs. Yield Grade 2-3
42.00-43.75. Mixed Good and
Choice 750-975 lbs. 40.00-
43.00. Good 33.00-40.00. Small
lots Standard and Good 29.00-
32.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 20.50-23.50. A
few High-Utility and Com
mercial 24.00-24.50. Canner
and Cutter 17.00-20.50, mixed
Cutter and Low-Utility 20.75-
21.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 & 2
1400-1800 lbs. 22.00-26.00, few
Yield Grade 1 1600-2000 BS
26.50-27.50. MGI.
UNCASTER
FEEDER CATTLE
Friday, Aug.-15
Feeder Cattle
Today
Last Friday 938
TREND: Insufficient
volume of Choice to test
trend, other grades
moderately active, firm.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
lots Choice 825-875 lbs. 37.25-
38.10; mixed-Good and
Choice 700-900 lbs. 30.00-
32.75, few lots 950-1000 lbs.
included; Good 400-600 lbs.
23.00-27.75, lot 426 lbs. 29.10,
600-850 lbs. 24.40-27.10, 850-
1000 lbs. 26.50-31.00; few lots
Standard and Good Holsteins
17.50-21.10; few lots Good
400-700 lbs. Bull Calves 19.75-
24.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Couple lots Choice 190-225
lbs. 21.50-23.50, 370-450 lbs.
18.00-18.75.