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FOUR DAY RECEIPTS 18,300 as compared 16,200 previous week and 14,000 a year ago. Slaughter steers approximately 45 pet. weeks total, Heifers 27 pet., cows 15 pet, and feeders for Friday auction little more than 20 pet. for third successive week, closing prices on Slaughter Steers and Heifers showed little net change for the period despite a sluggish movement of the finished produce at the wholesale level. However, Heifers were forced to yield somewhat in midweek trading. Supplies continued on the moderate side partially as a result of harvest operations getting into full swing over trade area and demand generally good. Monday run included liberal showing Good and Low-Choice steers and Heifers but a fair percentage Choice on later days with approximately 30 loads mostly Choice Steers and Heifers consigned on the 25th annual T-Bone special from the Audubon County lowa area on Thursday. Overall finish slightly improved over past few weeks with a noticeable decrease in 900- 950 lb. steers and 700-800 lb. Heifers. Livestock Slaughter continued to run at near Dewart Dewart, Pa. Sept. 15,1975 CATTLE 266. Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter steers steady, 50 cents higher. Slaughter cows 25 cents to $1.25 higher. Choice slaughter steers 46.25- Good 40.00-45.50, Standard 32.00-38.50, few Utility 28.00-30.25. Few Choice slaughter heifers 36.25- few Good 34.00- 36.50, few Standard 29.00- 32.00. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 24.50-27.25, Cutters 22.00-24.00, Canners 19.00- 21.75, Shells down to 13.00. Few Good slaughter bullocks 35.75- few Standard 30.75- few Utility 23.25- 27.50. Few Yield Grade No. 1 1000-1600 lbs. slaughter bulls 26.25- Good & Choice 350-650 lbs. feeder steers & SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS READY MIX CONCRETE FOR EVERY PURPOSE {poneneU A DIVISION OF A G KURTZ & SONS INC •Crushed Stone •Ready Mixed Concrete •Asphalt Paving DENVER RDI PHONE 267-7591 Auction record level. STEERS; Two loads High- Choice and Prime 1249-1286 lbs. Yield Grade 3*4 53.00, highest locally since late July. Seven loads Choice and Prime 1103-1225 lbs. Yield Grade 3-4 51.50-62.00. Choice 1150-1300 lbs. Yield Grade 2-4 mainly 49.00-50,50, several loads and prt. load average and High - Choice 50.75-51.00. Choice 975-1150 lbs. Yield Grade 2-4 48.00-50.25. Mixed Good and Choice 950-1200 lbs. 46.00- occasionally 47.75-48.00. Good 950-1300 lbs. 41.00- several loads 1150-1250 lb. Holsteins Yield Grade 2-3 41.00. Standard and Ix)w-Good 37.00-39.00. Average of LS-214, detailed quotations, for Choice 900-1100 lb. steers this week 49.00, Choice 1100-1300 lb. 50.25. HEIFERS: Load and part load higb-Choice and Prime 933-970 lbs. Yield Grade 3-4 48.25-48.50 Tuesday. Several loads and part loads same grade 950-1025 lbs. 47.50-47.75 during week and load 1005 lbs. Yield Grade 4 47.00 late. Choice 850-1025 lbs. Yield Grade 2-4 Closed 45.00-46.50, few High - Choice 975-1025 lbs. 46.75-47.00. Choice 750- 850 lbs. Yield Grade 2-3 44.00- 45.50. Mixed Good and Choice 750-975 lbs. 43.00- 45.00. Good 36.00-41.00. Small lots Standard and Good 32.50- 34.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 22.00-24.50, few Commercial 25.00. Canner and Cutter 16.50-21.50, mixed Cutter and low-Utility 21.75- 22.50. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1400-1800 lbs. 23.00-28.00, few Yield Grade 1 28.50-30.00. Auction bulls 29.00-38.50. CALVES 175. Vealers grading Utility through Good $3 to $5 higher. Choice vealers 51.00-57.50, Good 42.00-51.00, Standard 32.00- 42.00, Utility 90-110 lbs. 26.00- 30.00, 70-85 lbs. 22.00-25.50. Farm calv holstein bulls 90- 115 lbs. 28.00-31.50. HOGS 209. Barrows & Gilts $2.25 higher. US No. 1-3 195- 235 lbs. barrows & gilts 62.50- 63.00, No. 2-3 185-250 lbs. 62.40-62.60, lot No. 2-4 290 lbs. 59.80. US No. 1-3 325500 lbs. sows 47.25-51.75. Boars 36.50- 40.50. FEEDER PIGS 162. US No. 1-3 15-20 lbs. feeder pigs 24.50-29.50 per head. No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. 30.50-37.00, lot No. 1-3 40 lbs. 43.50 per head. SHEEP 3 Not enough of any one grade to establish a market. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 20.1975 Greencastie Greencastie, Pa. Setp. 15,1975 CATTLE 210. Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter cows unevenly steady. Few Good St Choice slaughter steers 41.10-44.85, one Utility at 24.60. One Choice slaughter heifer at 38.10, one Good at 33.60, one Utility 21.35. UtiUty St High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 22.10-24.10, couple to 25.60, Cutters 20.00-22.25, few Canners 17.85-19.85, Shells down to 16.00. Yield Grade No. 1140-1620 lbs. slaughter bulls 26.20-28.85. CALVES 208. Vealers grading Standard St Good |2 to $4 higher; Utility $7 to $8 Horsepower Development Paralleled Farm Growth American agriculture today has a very “high-powered” look about it because of the size of modem farm ma chinery Tractors with 175 horsepower engines pull giant tilling implements across the prairies When the grain rip ens in the wheat belt, giant self-propelled combines roar through the fields harvesting enough wheat in an hour for 20,000 loaves of bread Farmers, who as young men, once pitched hay onto a wagon with a pitchfork can now sit on the seat of a modem automatic bale wagon and zip through their hay fields picking up, stacking and unloading tons of hay m comfort and without the back breaking work experienced by their forefathers Agriculture began an immediate development in America, and in the Revolu tionary period one of the higher. Few Choice vealcra 48.00- Good 41.50-49.00, Standard 32.00439.50, Utility 90-115 lbs. 28.00-35.00, 7085 lbs. 27.00-29.00. Farm calves, few holstcln heifers 90-110 lbs. 35.50-47.00, few 70-90 lbs. 27.00- HOGS 21. One lot US No. 1- 3 230 lbs. barrows & gilts 63.00, few No. 2-3 210-220 lbs. 61.75-62.50, one lot No. 1-3 160 lbs. 48.00-50.00. One Us No. 1-3 385 lbs. sow at 45.50. One Boar at 41.75. FEEDER PIGS 9. One lot US no. 1-3 35 lbs. feeder pigs 34.00 per head. SHEEP 2. Not enough of any one grade to establish a market. greatest advances was in the development of “horsepower ” Not the kind we speak of today, but real horse power. The important development of the “Conestoga” horses m the area around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was over shadowed by the famed Con estoga Wagon, developed in the same area But it was the breeding of these horses that made productivity on the farms better and helped move the produce to the markets in Philadelphia Oxen were used for tilling and other farm jobs that re quired muscle power. But, the long haul over rough roads between the farm and markets ruled out the efficent use of oxen The Conestoga horse provided the combination of power for farm work and speed for road travel The Lancaster area was the home of the most competent farmers m the colonies and many improved farming prac tices were developed here by the Pennsylvania Germans Today, Lancaster County con tinues to led the nation in productivity of its farms. The county is the top non-imgated farm income-producing county in the United States. * * * CONSERVATION: Of the seven million barrels of gasoline consumed daily in America, about 20% is by “non-essential” driving, ac cording to an Amoco Oil Company motorist study. Also, says the company, overall energy use in 1985 will more than double 1955 figures at present consump tion levels. * * * FIRE HAZARDS; U.S, Census Bureau says there are annually some 5.6 mil lion household and person al-property fires m this country. Number one cause; household appliances. 9
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