20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan.. 1.1977
[Continued from Pate ll
copies mailed to subscribers
by Friday, there was no
market report available
from the New Holland Sales
Stables’ Thursday sale. •
Bulls at Vintage were not
fully, tested on Tuesday due
to a light run. Hie slaughter
supply there on Tuesday
consisted of about 45 per cent
slaughter steers and 42 per
cent cows.
Knowledgeable and ex
perienced personnel within
the cattle industry consider
the current price trend as
being in line with the normal
occurrences during this time
of year.
Said one veteran cat
tleman, who has 53 years of
experience in the business:
“Considering the amount of
turkey, chicken, eggs, and
hams that are being sold now
for the holidays, cattle prices
Know Where the Activities Will Be?
Read the Farm Women Calendar.
WEDLER BROS.
WISHES
THEIR
J 99 J| CUSTOMERS
A HAPPY &
j PROSPIKOUS NEW YEAR.
WHITE FARM DISPERSAL
at Bradford, N.Y.
Rte. 226 out of Savona, 15 mi. from-Bath and 20 from Corning or Lawren
ceville, Pa.
SATURDAY, JAN. Bth at 10:30 A.M.
0 •
103 top Eastern-bred and sired interstate-tested Holsteins-a lot of cows giving from 80
lbs. to 115 lbs.!! 57 cows, 5 close hfrs., 10 bred hfrs., balance young calves and yrlgs. 3
tractors and excellent line of machinery!! New White “2-105 D,” fully-equipped and
with only 280 hrs.!, Oliver “1850” w- new f.e. loader, IH “H”. Hesston “2000-100”
chopper w-2-row com, pickup, and 3-row com picker heads and “PT10" haybine (both
new this year!). 6 wagons (3 kicker and 3NI s.u., 1 new this year!). 2NH kicker balers
(new “276” and good “267”). NH 265 bu. tandem spreader. 2 sets plows (sb. and 6b.), 3
elevators, biggest model NI s.h. blower, 550 gal. Stemhorst tank, dump sta., 100 T. “hi
moisture” com, 250 T. alfalfa haylage, over 300 T. com silage, hay & straw etc. Good
72 A. farm with good farmhouse, 2 bams, milking parlor, 2 new silos, equipment shed,
etc. Mr. and Mrs. James White, Owners. For mfoor list mailed you, contact Rumsey
Sales, Bath, N.Y. (607-773-3478).
Prices and attendance were down this week.
Livestock market
held up pretty well - beef is
still a very good buy.”
Although cattle prices
were generally lower than
the week before, the outlook
for 1977 appeared to be good
according to several in
dividuals interviewed at the
Lancaster Stock Yards on
Wednesday. Prices may be
depressed, but the mood of
cattlemen generally is not.
“The country is not loaded
with cattle,” said one in
dividual, “I expect to see a
good market in early 1977 - a
steady market.”
Ihe gentleman cautioned,
however, that farmers
should “operate within their
means, and not live for the
sake of getting ahead of the
Smiths’ or Jones’. “We are
living in a prosperous time in
this country and nobody
should take advantage of the
next guy,” the veteran
cattleman said, adding that
he had travelled con
siderably to other parts of
the world and was in a
position to make some valid
comparisons between bur
way of life and those of
others.
“Too man people think
they can get rich overnight,”
he continued. “The packer
needs the farmer, and the
farmer needs the packer,”
he philosophized.
Indications at the market
are that choice and prime
cattle are being brought to
market as they become
ready - there is no hangover
of cattle. “That’s the way it
should be,” said an observer
at Lancaster. “It’s a good
thing to sell cattle when
packers want’em,” he ad
ded. The packers didn’t
seem to be all that interested
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TRY A
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in buying many cattle
however, and knowing this,
farmers didn’t bother to send
much to market.
USOA market analyst Jim
- Anderson, who maintains an
office' here at the Stock
Yards, noted that Wed
nesday’s sale showed “very
limited receipts and was not
really a good test.” Fewer
than 200 steers were offered.
Sales were„so cents to $1
lower compared to Monday’s
auction. Again, the
reasoning behind it was the
drop in prices in the Mid
west. That was brought
about by decreasing prices
in the dressed meat trade,
although the holiday season
is "also a factor in that.
Not only were cattle
numbers down at the sale
here on Wednesday, rows of
seats were empty too.
Buyers were there in usual
strength, but the farmers
weren’t.
Hogs sold here for as much
as $3 to $4 lower than the
week before, Lancaster’s
Wednesday’s receipts show.
On Monday, however, they
were $1 to $2 higher than a
week earlier. Prices for US
No. 1 hogs weighing 200-235
pounds were bringing $44.25
to $45.00 per hundredweight
at that time. As with the
cattle, the drop in prices was
attributed to trends in the
Midwest.
The Oklahoma Cify
market for feeder cattle on
Wednesday was described as
“moderately active” with
calves generally steady to
strong in a ‘'‘clean-up af
fair.” The majority of
receipts showed good and
choice feeders being offered
“All units subject to prior sale.”
That means if you get there late,
they could be gone.
power pro
■ EQUIPMENT"^
A Mustang sale that’s a sale.
Division of A & C Equipment Co., 780 East Mam Street, New Holland, Pa. 717/354-4241
weighing between 300 and possibly because
650 pounds.. .r-- ~ ; . _j)_ick tbem up aJitt!
'Vealers, in the West. It’s
oute«rlier, were the only retailer who’s faold
consistently strong item' on market here,'sai(
the cattle market this week, server,
with the possible exception Steer prices at \
of cows. Prices for vealers at Tuesday ranged
Lancaster on Wednesday between 41 and 43 c
were described as “strong to exceptions to 44. (
$2 higher.” A few' prime butcher even paid
specimens commanded per pound for om
prices in the range of 72-77 “Packers are not
cents per pound, although pay those kind of
more common payments said a farmer,
ranged between 62 and 70 The sheep ar
cents. Good specimens sold market this week
for 40-50 cents per pound. On limited that
Monday at Lancaster, the declined to comm<
word was that vealers were details are on ’
with the top Farming’s mark*
calves commanding a price
of 70 to 74 cents per pound.
Choice, animals were given
the final gavel at anywhere
between 62 to 69 cents.
Vealers sold at Vintage on
Tuesday showed the same
trend, with some price in
stances being $3 higher than
the week before.
Cows in Lancaster on
Monday brought as high as
29 cents per pound. At
Vintage jm Tuesday they
were going for as high as 32
cents. Canner - low cutter
prices ranged between $20.75
and $25 per hundredweight.
Bulls sold as high as $38.85.
Wednesday’s - Lancaster
auction had cows selling, for
$29.60 - $31.60 at best.
Anderson remarked that
the sale at Vintage on
Tuesday showed demand as
still being “relatively good -
prices a little lower, but still
a good demand by the small
retail outlets.”
Most major buyers
(packers) still aren’t
competing much, for cattle
numbers m the East,
HAT & GAVEL
AlfCnON CO.
1 Mile North of LHflz on,
" Route 501“
THURSDAY EVENING, W.
JANUARY 6,1977 5:30 P.M
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COLLECTIBLES, HOUSEHOLD & COINS
Roll top bookcase desk, blanket chest,' portablf
heaters, guitar, butter scale, pressed butter & creaxne
set, brass hom, hanging scale, pictures & frames, hand
tools & lots more good items.
Coins Will Be Sold At 8:00 P.M.
WE SPECIALIZE IN PUBLIC AUCTIONS,
ESTATES AND ANTIQUES.
WILBUR H. HOSIER
306 Owl Hill Road, Lititz
Harold K. Gdebach, Partner
HAT & GAVEL AUCTION CO. SELLS
ON COMMISSION-CALL 626-0254
Receiving Hours; Monday, Noon to 9 P.M.;
Wednesday, 9 A.M. to 5P.M.; Tuesday, Pickup Day.
Positively No Mpre Garage Sale Leftovers
Will Be Received.
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