—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 22, 1976 8 THE OLD W&IH AHA.; MAY 24-30, 1976 The lap of the year, the beauty of May. Your summer vacation plans should be complete b\ now Jesse Owens broke 5 world records and tied a 6th Mav 25 1935 New moon Mav 28 Long twilights now Average length of da vs tor the week, 15 hours, 1 minute Brooklyn Bridge opened Mav 24 1883 Civil War ended Mav 26 1865 Good example is halt a sermon / 4: OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Ram along the coast and m south at beginning turn to showers by week's end, warm temperatures thioughout Greater New York-New Jersey: Early week rainy and cool then sunny and much warmer, showers latter part Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cold and rainy most of week, with rain the heaviest at midweek, warming up over the weekend Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Early week cloudv and very cold with ram m east, heavier ram latter part Florida: Showers through latter part of week m central and south, all week m north, slightly cooler over weekend Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Week begins with showers and cool temperatures m higher elevations and east, clear and hot end of week (All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin N H 03444) have a nice weekend... 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OVER ONE MILLION TONS OF VARIOUS SILAGES WERE FERMENTED WITH IM-PRUV-ALL DURING ITS DEVELOPMENT PERIOD The following specific IM-PRUV-ALL formulas have been developed to afford maximum im provement of different fermented feeds. #lOl Corn and #H44 Haylage #202 Legumes #303 Grasses In addition to improving standard silages such as corn, IM-PRUV-ALL makes it possible to direct cut and successfully ensile alfalfa, clover, sudan, oats, wheat, sudex, pasture grasses, beet tops, and others. CATTLE 650. Slaughter steers & heifers Choice grade $1 to $1.50 lower, other grades 50 cents to $1 lower; cows firm 25 cents higher; bulls 25 cents to 75 cents higher; feeder cattle steady. Supply 30 percent slaughter steers & heifers; 35 percent cows; 30 percent feeders, balance bulls. STEERS: Choice No. 2-4 1040-1400 lbs. 39.00-41.50, several High Good & Choice No. 2-4 895-1100 lbs. 38.85- 39.00, several lots Good holsteins 1100-1400 lbs. 37.50. HEIFERS: Choice No. 24 835-955 lbs. 37.00-39.00, few High Good to Low Choice No. 24 750-850 lbs. 34.75-35.60, Good No. 2-3 750-950 lbs. 32.00- COWS: Utility No. 2-3 31.00-34.75, several 35.00- several Com mercial No. 3-5 28.00-31.00, Cutter 27.75-32.00, Canner & Low Cutters 23.50-27.75. BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1 1095-1600 lbs. 34.50-39.85. FEEDER CATTLE: Choice steers 400-565 lbs. 43.0045.50, several Good & Choice 700- 775 lbs. 37.50-38.25, 310-345 lbs. 41.2541.50, Good 250-500 lbs. 34.50-39.00, Good heifers No. 34 26.50-29.50, Standard & Low Good No. 3-5 21.50- 25.75. HOGS 750. Barrows & Gilts weak to 50 cents lower. US No. 1-3 190-240 lbs. 49.50 to mostly 49.75, 65 head 49.85- 50.00, No. 2-3 230-260 lbs. FERMENTABLE FEED Would you like to make more money from the ALFALFA you grow? WHAT CAN BE THE ADVANTAGES OF HARVESTING AND STORING ALFALFA AS IM-PRUV-ALL ALFALFA HAYLAGE OVER BALED HAY ON AN ACRE BASIS? These projections are based on figures from U.S.D.A., “Feeds and Feeding” by Morrison, “Applied Animal Nutrition” by Crampton and Harris, Nutritional Bulletins from N.R.C., and Triple S Lab, Inc. Results will obviously vary in individual cases. Figures for pounds of meat and milk per acre assume that the alfalfa is being fed in a balanced ration. Lbs. Dry Matter Harvested per acre Field and Handling Losses Lbs. Dry Matter Stored Storage Losses Lbs. Dry Matter to Feed Feeding Losses Lbs. Dry Matter Consumed Lbs. Protein Consumed per acre jg 2% Lbs. TDN Consumed per acre Lbs. Beef per acre Value of Beef at Lbs. Milk per acre Value of Milk & SS.OO'cwt Sorghum Balitmore USDA May 17,1976 #GSS Gram #BT66 Beet Tops #DH77 Dry Hay Peoria Cattle May 20 51 Weekly Cattle Receipts This Week Last Week Last Year Compared with last week’s close, slaughter steers 1.00- 1.50 lower. Slaughter heifers 75-100 lower. Cows steady to weak. Bulls fully steady. Receipts about 75 pet. slaughter steers, 20 pet. slaughter heifers and the balance mostly cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice and Prime 34, 1100- 1225 lbs. early 41.0041.50; late YG 3-5, 39.00-39.50; couple loads YG 4-5, 1330- 1566 lbs. 36.50-37.50. Choice 2- 4, 950-1280 lbs. early 40.00- 41.50; late 38.5040.00; half load 40.50 and load 1025 lbs. for Canadian shipment 41.00. Mixed Good and Choice 900- 1300 lbs. 37.00-39.00. Good 2-3, 36.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice and Prime 34, 900- 1100 lbs. 40.0040.50; late 39.00- load 40.00. Choice 24, 850-1075 lbs. 38.00-39.00. Mixed Good and Choice 24, 750-1100 lbs. 35.50-38.00. Good 2-3,34.00-35.50. Standard and Good 32.00-34.50. COWS: Utility and Commercial 24, 29.50-33.00. Cutter 2-4, 26.50-30.00. Canner 21.00-26.50. 48.50-49.50, No. 2-4 250-280 lbs. 47.00-48.50. Sows steady, few sales 50 cents higher. US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs. 39.00- 40.00, few 40.50-41.00. 80% Moisture 60% Moistu rc £S'E ru^:, All Im-Pruv-AIl Alfalfa Silage Alfalfa Haylage 10,000 10,000 9,400 12% 1,200 7%* 660 8,800 8,800 8 . 740 1,600 18.6% 1,625 5,368 57% 4,980 910 655 $227.50 $163.55 10,395 9,130 $519.75 $456.50 For more information, contact your ROBERT KREIDER So Lane. County 717-569-6042 RAY WEILER No Lane. County 717-733-4302 CLARENCE WEILER Lebanon County 717-866-6710 CARL EBY Franklin County Hagerstown, MD Area 301-842-2630 Oklahoma Thursday Feeder Cattle Auction Estimated Receipts 8,400 Same Day Last Week 6,066 5100 5000 4100 Trade active, feeder steers steady, instances 1.00 higher on Choice steers over 800 lb. Heifers steady to weak. Majority receipts Choice 400- 850 lb. steers, 400-700 lb. heifers. Moderate at tendance of buyers. STEERS: Few Choice 400- 500 lb. 44.2547.00, 500-600 lb. largely 41.0042.25, with thin fleshed offerings up to 45.50, 600-700 lb. 40.0042.50, 700-900 lb. 39.5042.00, few 900-1000 lb. 38.75-39.75; Mixed Good and Choice 400-500 lb. 40.75- 43.00, 500-850 lb. 39.5042.00; Good 400-700 lb. 37.2540.25, few 330-700 lb. Holsteins qq wioif Rn HEIFERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 35.25-37.00, 500-700 lb. 35.00-38.00, majority 35.75- 37.50, 700-800 lb. 35.00-37.00; Mixed Good and Choice 400- 600 lb. 33.50-35.50, scattered sales 600-800 lb. 32.00-34.75; Good 300800 lb. 31.00-34.75. FOR THE WEEK; Compared to last week’s close, feeder steers 1.00-2.00 lower, largely 1.00-1.50 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00- 2.00 lower with most decline noted on heifer over 500 lb. Slaughter cows 50 cents to 1.00 lower. Bulls remained generally steady. Salable supply this week near 16,600 head, compared to 13,795 last week, 22,148 last year. Cows and bulls near 8 percent, feeder remainder of supply. 10,000 600 13% 6% 8,740 18.0% 54% Im-Pruv-AII Dealer MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE 717-285-5422 40% Moisture Alfalfa Haylage 10,000 1,300 8,700 610 8,090 7%* - 8,090 1,456 4,370 532 $133.00 7,645 $382.25 7,100 16.9% 1,200 45% 3,905 518 $129.50 7,330 $366.50 BAIRS MILL York County 717-252-3114 RICHARD BRECKBILL Chester County 215-932-3307 NORMAN BROUSE Union & Snyder Counties 717-524-5454 808 SMITH Adams County 717-528-4383 Carlisle Carlisle, Pa. May 18,1976 CATTLE 221. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows mostly $2 to $3 lower. Good slaughlCj steers 36.85-38.75, Standard 34.85-36.85, Utility 29.00- 32.75. Good slaughter heifers 35.25-36.00, Standard 31.00- 33.00, Utility 26.50-29.35. Utility and High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 30.60- 32.85, Cutters 27.00-29.85, Canners 25.00-27.00, Shells down to 21.00. Standard slaughter bullocks 31.50- 34.85. Yield Grade No. 1, slaughter bulls 36.25-38.60, individual at 41.85. CALVES 157. Vealers $2 to $6 higher. Choice and Prime vealers 61.00-73.00, Good 50.50-60.50, Standard 42.00- 50.00, Utility 90-110 lbs. 42.00- 50.00, 65-85 lbs. 40.00-45.00. FEEDER PIGS 158. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 30.50-37.50 per head, No. 1-3 35-40 lbs. 36.50-38.50, No. 1-3 40-55 lbs. 45.00-49.00 per head. m SHEEP 23. Choice 60-flO lbs. spring slaughter lambs 58.00- Good 50-75 lbs. 42.00- HOGS 311. Barrows and gilts 25 cents to $1 lower. US No. 1-2 195-230 lbs. barrows and gilts 50.35-50.60, lot 51.10, No. 1-3 190-245 lbs. 49.50- 50.50, No. 2-3 200-255 lbs. 48.00- few No. 2-4 260- 295 lbs. 44.85-47.85. US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows 40.75-43.50, few No. 2-3 300-600 lbs. 33.00- 35.00. Boars 35.00-35.50. Baled Hay 10,000 22.4% 2,240 7,760 280 7,480 5% JJBO 3.6%*
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