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THE OLD
NOV. 17-23, 1975
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OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: General!) dear to Stan, with slight warming and
some showers in north b> midweek; sunny and seasonal latter part,
but still shqwers in north
Greater New Vork-New Jersey: Week begins dear and sunm.
then ver> cold, continuing fair and a bn warmer through weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunm and dry at first, with a cold spell
midweek, week ends continued sunm and near norma, tem
peratures
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Temperatures moderating first
part of week, then fair skies and seasonable, warmer latter part,
then light ram at week’s end
Florida; Earle week showers and warmer, then ram. loeall> heav)
in south, rain continues over area, locally heave in central and
'north, then warm weekend
Upstate N.V.-Toronto & Montreal: Continued cold, parti) cloud)
and sunny at first, then some light showers, variable, scattered light
rain latter part
Greater Ohio Valles; Mostly sunny and seasonable through week,
dry and warmer than normal over weekend
Deep South: First part of week continuing fair wuh warm days and
moderating nights, latter part clear and warm in north, rainy wnh
thunderstorms in central and south
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Partly sunny, seasonable and oc
casional light showers to start, week ends sunny and warmer than
normal
Northern Great Lakes: Indian summer weather throughout most
of week, except for some scattered light showers in east by end of
week
Central Great Plains; At first clear and warm, cooler in north, then
hailstorm in central, clear and unseasonably warm latter part
Te\as-OMahoma; Week begins sunny and warm, then seanered
showers and thunderstorms, clear and warm in north
showers and ihundersiorms in central and east latter part.
Rockv Mountain: Much warmer to start, then light rain in north
west. gradually spreading to central and south, clearing and warm in
central and south, light ram in east and northwest and snow on
mountains
Southwest Desert: Clear and w-armer through midweek with highs
in 80's in west, 70's in east, end of week becoming slightly cooler,
but still clear and dry
Pacific Northwest: Light ram all week, becoming fairly heavy m
souih midweek, snow in mountains, lighter ram in south and
abos e-normal temperatures latter part
California: Moderate rainfall coastal and north to centrak light
snow south
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St. Louis Auction
Nov. 13
Weekly Cattle Review
Receipts this week 9,200;
week ago 9,500; year ago
9,400.
Compared to Tuesday last
week, Slaughter Steers
steady to 50 higher,
slaughter heifers largely
steady. Cows 1.50-3.00 higher
than late last week, Bulls
steady to firm. Supply Good
and Choice 950-1150 lb. Steers
YG 2-4 with near 20 percent
Heifers, 30 percent cows and
the balance largely feeder
cattle.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Three part loads Choice
including Prime 1075-1150
lbs. YG 2-4 45.5 0-46.00 on
Monday. Choice 900-1150 lbs.
YG 2-4 43.50-45.50, closing
mostly 44.00-45.50. Mixed
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Good and Choice 900-1150 lbs.
42.00-44.00. Good 900-1200 lbs.
38.0043.00. Two loads mostly
Good Holsteins 1250 lbs.
40.0040.25. Standard and
Good 1000-1300 lbs. 38.00-
39.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Part load Choice including
Prime 975 lbs. YG 3-4 44.25 on
Monday. Choice 800-1000 lbs.
43.00-44.50, several loads
44.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 40.00-43.00. Good 800-
1000 lbs. 36.00-40.00. Two part
loads Standard and Good 575-
660 lbs. YG 2 28.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial closing 21.50-
23.50, few 24.00. Cutter 18.00-
22.00. Canner and low Cutter
16.00-20.00.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2
1100-1700 lbs. 22.00-26.00.
t Omaha
Nov. 13,1975
Weekly 51 - cattle - com
pared with previous weeks
close -
Closing prices slaughter
steers steady to 25 cents
higher. Heifers balanced out
mostly steady, instances 25-
50 cents lower late. Cows
1.50-2.00 higher and bulls
firm.
Four day receipts 16,400 as
compared 15,100 previous
week and 17,800 a year ago.
Steers made up ap
proximately 23 pet. weeks
total, heifers 27 pet, cows 12
pet, and feeders fully 35 pet.
Fed cattle prices advanced
50-1.00 initial session in a
rather forced trade as
supplies substantially
reduced by a general day-
long rain over trade territory
' on Sunday. Early advances
quickly erased on later
sessions, however, as
.marketings expanded and
carcass prices further
declined. In view of con
tinued bearish conditions
surrounging carcass im
mediate requirements. Steer
supply not particularly at
tractive with predominance
good to average-choice. In
contrast, the' heifer crop
included a rather liberal
percentage of choice grade
and A moderate number
mixed choice and crime.
Martinsburg, PA
November 10,1975
CATTLE 255. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter cows $1 to $2
higher. Few Good slaughter
steers 42.25-45.75, Standard
31.50-39.00. Few Good
slaughter heifers 32.50-35.25,
few Standard 23.00-30.50.
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 22.10-
24.75, few Commercial 25.25-
26.50, Cutters 19.50-22.75,
Canners 16.25-19.50, Shells
down to 12.00. Few Good
slaughter bullocks 32.50-
34.75, few Standard 27.00-
28.85, few Utility 20.00-23.75.
Few Yield Grade No. 1 1050-
1720 lbs. slaughter bulls
26.00- Few Choice 400-
680 lbs. feeder steers 29.50-
33.75, Good 500-700 lbs. 27.50-
29.25, Medium 300-700 lbs.
21.00- Choice 300-680
lbs. feeder heifers 25.00-
30.50, Good 300-800 lbs. 20.00-
24.00; few Good & Choice 300-
600 lbs. feeder bulls 23.75-
some
BALANCE THE SCALES IN YOUR FARM OPERATION
HATCHING /
EGGS
EARL GERLACH -
Auction
STEERS: Choice 100-1225
lbs. yield grade 2-4 45.00-
46.00 early. At midweek,
choice 975-1225 lbs. yield
grade 24 44.2545.50, some
mostly choice 950-975 lbs.
yield grade 3 44.00. Mixed
good and choice 950-1200 lbs.
43.0044.25. Good 39.5043.00.
Standard and low-good 37.00-
39.00.
The average of Ls-214,
detailed quotations, for
choice 900-1100 lb. steers this
week 44.75, choice 1100-1300
lbs. 45.38.
HEIFERS: Early, two
loads and part load choice
and prime 925-1000 lb. yield
grade 3-4 45.25-45.40. At
midweek, four loads same
grade' 1000-1025 lbs. yield
grade 34 44.0044.50. Choice
850-1050 lbs. yield grade 24
closed 42.50-44.00, mainly
42.5043.50. Mixed good and
choice 800-975 lbs. 41.5043.50.
Good 34.00-39.00. Small lots
standard and good 29.00-
32.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 20.50-23.00, a few
high-utility and commercial
23.25-23.50. Canner and
cutter 15.50-21.00, mixed
cutter and low utility 21.25-
21.50. .Shelly canner 13.00-
15.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1300-1800 lbs. 23.00-26.50, few
yield grade 1 27.00-28.00.
Martinsburg Auction
27.00, Medium 300-500 lbs
17.00-23.00.
CALVES 334. Vealers
mostly steady to $2 lower.
Choice vealers 50.00-60.00,
Good 40.00-47.50, Standard
30.0040.50, Utility 90-110 lbs.
19.00-23.50, 70-85 lbs. 15.00-
20.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90-115 lbs. 22.00-30.00;
few holstein heifers 90-110
lbs. 19.00-22.50.
HOGS 314. Barrows & Gilts
$3.50 to $4 higher. One lot US
No. 1-2 205 lbs. barrows &
gilts 54.30, No. 1-3 200-245 lbs.
53.60-54.10, No. 2-3 190-250
lbs. 53.10-53.70, few No. 24
250-300 lbs. 49.10-52.80. US
No. 1-3 300-570 lbs. sows
44.50-50.25. Boars 27.50-34.00.
FEEDER PIGS 97. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
16.00-31.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 31.00-47.00 per
head.
SHEEP 11. Few Choice 80-
100 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 38.00-45.50, few Good
80-85 lbs. 33.50-35.00.'
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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 1
dealer or broker handles
each commodity. All prices
are per bushel except ear
corn which is per ton.
The average local grain
prices quoted Thursday,
July 24,1975 are as follows;
Ear Corn
Old 69.00 73.50
New 49.00 57.00
Shelled Corn 2.42 2.65%
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA
TODAT
Local
Buy+ Sell-f-
broiler breeder
OR
717-367-1545
Grain
Oats
Local 1.44% 1.55%
Western . 1.75% 1.89
Barley 1.72 1.94
Soybeans 4.28
Wheat
Millers"
Feed
2-96 3.17%
2.10
+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.
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