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Peoria Auction
Peoria, Illinois
November 18,1976
Receipts this Week: 5100
Last Week: 5000
Year Ago: 6200
Compared with last weeks
close, Slaughter Steers SO
LDO higher. _ Slaughter
Heifers mostly steady. Cows
2.00-3.00 lower. Bulls steady.
Receipts about 65 percent
Slaughter Steers, 25 percent
Slaughter Heifers, and near
10 percent cows. \
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
At midweek Choice and
Prime 3-41150-1300 lbs. 39.50-
40.00; load 1245 lbs. 40.50;
C|oad Early Yield Grade 4-5
1300 lbs. 36.50; Choice 2-4 905-
1250 lbs. 38.50-40.00; load 1215
lbs. 40.50; mixed Good and
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OF SPRING EQUIPMENT
Big increase on the way
Why not see us
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Spring Terms Arranged
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FARM EQUIPMENT INC.
RDI, Jonestown, Pa. 1703 S Phone 717-865-4526
Located Vi mile South of Fredericksburg off Route 343
- BUS. HOURS: SAT.TILL 2:30P.M.
7 A.III. TO 5:30 P.M. EVENINGS BY APPT.
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Finishing
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Name
Address.
Phone
No. of sows or finishing interested m*
Choice 2-4 900-1300 lbs. 37.50-
38,50; Good 2-3 35.00-37.50;
few Standard and Good 2-3
Holsteins 31.50-33.00; few
Standard 30.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4 900-
1010 lbs closing 37.00-38.00;
Part-load 38.25; Choice 2-4
850-1000 lbs. 36.50-37.50;
Mixed Good and Choice 2-4
800-1050 lbs. 35.00-36.50;
Good 2-3 33.50-35.00.
COWS: - Utility and
Commercial 2-3 19.50-20.50;
Few 21.00-21.50; Early up to
22.75; Cutter 1-3 17.00-19,50;
Canner 15.00-17.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 25.00-29.00;
Few Yield Grade 1 30.00-
31.00,
Jim Thomas PH:(7I7) 656-2677
Receipts This Week 8900
Last Week 8700
Last Year 9300
As compared to the
previous weeks close,
Slaughter Steers and Heifers
50-1.00 lower. Cows 1.50 to
mostly 2.00 lower. Bulls
steady. Supply mainly Mixed
Good and Choice 950-1100 lbs.
Slaughter Steers, around 25
percent Heifers, 10 percent
Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
1050-1150 lbs. 38.00-39.00; 34
1125-1275 lbs. 38.00-38.50.
Choice 24 975-1275 lbs. 37.50-
39.00. most closing sales
37.50-38.50. Couple part loads
34 1306 lbs. at 34.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 900-1150
lbs. 36.50-38.50, Couple loads
24 around 1400 lbs. at 35.00.
Good 2-3 33.50-36.50. Stan
dard to Good 2-3 Holsteins
1000-1300 lbs. 31.50-33.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
875-1025 lbs. 36.50-37.00, one
load at latter price. Choice 2-
4 800-1050 lbs. 35.0036.50,
most closing sales 35.00-
36.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 700-950 lbs. 33.00-
35.00. Good 2-3 31.00-34.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 19.00-22.00,
closing 19.00-21.00. Few
Utility 1-2 1200-1500 lbs. early
22.00-22.50, closing 22.00.
rthco Hog Confinement Sys
good, they also pay good-
Ask anyone who owns a
item . . . his performance
ill convince you. For a profit
md practical hog production
tem check out Northco Far
owing, Finishing, Nursery and
Gestation Systems . . .
they’re all good-looking
investments.
Farrowing
Northco Farrowing Systems
provide complete control over
sow and litter Special pig
brooders create "zone heat
littlr
Stale
Zip
St. Louis Cattle
Commercial 5 19.00-20.00.
Conner and Cutter 1-2 17.00-
21.00, late 17.00-20.00. Low
Dressing Canner 14.00-18.00.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2
1000-1500 lbs. 26.00-28.00,
Individual 28.50.
FEEDERS: including
around 2700 at Thursday
auction. Feeder Steers
steady to 1.00 higher, ad
vance mainly on Choice,
Feeder Heifers 1.00-3.00
lower, most decline on
weights under 500 lbs.
Demand Good for Steers, but
rather light for Heifers.
Supply mostly Choice and
Mixed Good and Choice 400-
800 lbs. Steers and 350-600
lbs. Heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 325-500 lbs. 35.00-
39.00; 600-800 lbs. 35.00-37.75.
Mixed Good and Choice 400-
700 lbs. 32.00-35.25. Good 325-
700 lbs. 29.00-32.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 350-500 lbs. 25.00-
28.50; 500-600 lbs. 28.00-31.50;
600-700 lbs. 28.25-31.75.
Kerstetter lauds upcoming
transportation conference
HARRISBURG Pa. -
Raymond J. Kerstetter,
Pennsylvania secretary of
agriculture, last week called
the first annual Penn
sylvania Transportation
Conference a “major step
forward in efforts to provide
transportation services to
the disadvantaged.”
The conference, to be held
Nov. 22-23 at the Holiday Inn
Town in Harrisburg, is
aimed at indentifying the
many types of transportation
problems and will attempt to
coordinate solutions among
the many agencies working
in the area to achieve
maximum results.
Kerstetter expressed his
hope that the conference
would help in the develpment
of a state and national
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Lancaster Farming, Saturda
Employees honored
NEW HOLLAND, Pa. -
Sperry New Holland will
honor 10 employees who
have completed 25 years of
service with the company
this month.
Among those being
honored are: J. Paul
Eshleman, Strasburg Rl,
inspector of equipment set
up: Thomas R. Painter,
Narvon Rl, management
services manager; Samuel
Biassing, East Earl R 2, fork
truck operator; W. Eugene
' Martin, 731 E. Madison St.,
Lancaster, production parts
warehouse supervisor;
Harold R. Weaver, 577
Valley View Drive, New
Holland, tool room super
visor; and Edgar A. Baer,
227 Orlan St., New Holland,
service parts analyst.
/Each will be awarded an
/inscribed watch or clock by
' the company to com
memorate the anniversary,.
Sperry New Holland has
also announced the
retirements of two em
ployees.
Ruth E. Sensenig, of
Crestview Estates, New
Holland R2;-retired October
1 as a bulk mail assembler.
transportation policy which
would improve tran
sportation facilities.
Many state and national
transportation leaders are
scheduled to speak at the
conference, including the
acting director of the Office
or Rural Transportation
Policy, Robert Bruton,
Kerstetter said. The con
ference will be opened with
an address by Secretary of
Penn DOT, William
Sherlock.
The conference is spon
sored by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture,
the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Transportation, the
Pennsylvania Delegation of
the National Council for the
Transportation Disad
vantaged, the Pennsylvania
Nov. 20.1976
She began with the company
in 1968 as a mail clerk in
office services.
Earl E. Kyle, of 10 W. sth
St., Quarryville, retired
October 1 as a senior checker
in engineering. He began
employment with the
company in 1960 as a
checker.
On November 26,1776, at
Boston, the Massachusetts
Council sent Major Shaw
with a "tew Indians enlisted
into the Continental ser
vice," to Washington. “They
made some objection to
travelling so far on foot, a
wagon and horse have been
purchased for the sole pur
pose of conveying them
along."
Taxi Cab and Para-transit
Association, the Penn
sylvania Bus and School Bus
Association, and the Penn
sylvania State Association of
County Commissioners.
The Pennsylvania
Transportation Conference
’76 will be financed by
registration fees and cash
grants from the National
Council for the Tran
spdrtation Disadvantaged
and fee-Pennsylvania Bus
and School Bus Association.
Further information
regarding the conference
can be obtained by con
tacting the Bureau of Rural
Affairs, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture,
2301 North Cameron Street,
Harrisburg, Pa. 17120, or by
calling 717-787-8463.
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