—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 8, 1977
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JAN. 17-23, 1977
Here comes a bluster so around the fire cluster.
Feed the birds now Cary Grant born Jan 18,1904 New moon
Jan 19 Inauguration Day Jan 20 Average length of days for
the week, 9 hours, 33 minutes First atomic submarine launched
Jan. 22, 1954 Cut more firewood now First U S basketball
game Jan 20, 1892 Whatever is in the heart will come up to the
tongue
Home Hints: If heavy furniture has flattened the pile of vour rugs, erase the
marks with a steam iron Build up a good head of steam and hold the iron
over the flattened spot Don't touch the rug with the iron Brush briskly
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Week begins with thaw and ram, end of,
brings flurries
Greater New York-New Jersey: Turning cloudy and raw, week
ends sunny and fair
Middle Atlantic Coastal; Ram, then cloudy last part of week
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Ram, ending midweek, sunny and
mild for week's end
Belleville Auction
Belleville Market
January 5,1977
CATTLE; 198. Compared
with last Wednesdays
market. Slaughter cows $1 -
$2.50 loweiC Two good steers
32.25-33.10. One Standard
steer 34.00. A few Utility
28.29 and low standard. One
yield grade No. 4 slaughter
heifer 31.50; one Good 31.00;
a few Standard 26.00-28.00. A
few Utility 22.00-28.00. A few
Utility 22.00-26.50; Utility
and High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 24.10-26.10; a
few Commercial 24.60-26.75,
Cutters 22.75-24.25; Canners
20.10-22.75; Shells down to
16.75.
Bullocks, one good 31.75; A
few Standard 28.85-34.00;
One Utility 23.35. Yield
Grade No. 1 1505-1855 lbs.
slaughter bulls 32.00-32.50
CALVES: 217. Vealers
grading Standard and Good
sl-$3 higher. A few Choice
55,00-57.00; Good 39.00-51.00;
Standard and Good 110-130
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ERDENHEIM FARM
Home of the Erdenheim
Cheviot & Dorset Sheep Plus
Angus Cattle
ANNOUNCING
4-H Angus Steers For Sale &
Production of Cheviot & Dorset Sheep
on
May 28, 1977
5051 Flourtown Road
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
PH: 215-233-1848
Ask the Old Farmer: Up north I've seen
black bands around house chimneys I
heard it was a mark to keep witches
away, or that it was a sign of a hiding
depot for the underground railroad
Which is right 7 TN , Albanv, Georgia
As far as ive -know, neither is right We
think it's just for decorative purposes, but
drivers of sightseeing buses like to entertain '
their passengers so there s a lot of hokum
like this
lbs. 34.0041.50, 90-110 lbs.
28.00-34.00, Standard 60-90
lbs. 22.00-29.00, Utility 50-105
lbs. 10-20.
FARM CALVES: Holstein
bulls 100-115 lbs. 35.0040.50,
Holstein heifers 90-115 lbs,
32.5041.50.
HOG: 253. Barrows and
gilts steady to 50 cents
higher. U.S. No. 1-2 200-240
lbs. barrows and gilts 39.80-
41.00, No. 1-3 195-245 lbs.
39.5040.30 one lot 41.50; No.
2-3190-260 lbs. 37.00-39.00 one
lot 41.40; A few U.S. No. 1-3
300425 lbs. sows 27.75-32.50,
No. 2-3 375-600 lbs. 22.75-
26.75; A few Boars 14.25-
18.25.
i FEEDER PIGS 565. U.S.
£No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
7-15 per head, No. 1-3 35-50
lbs. 11-24, No. 1-3 50-80 lbs. 24-
38, No. 1-3 85-120 lbs. 38.00-
42.50, Utility 25-60 lbs. 6-15
per head.
SHEEP 8. A few Good 75-
130 lbs. 25.0044.50.
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Livestock market
Omaha
Jan. 6,1977
Weekly 51 - Cattle -
Compared with the previous
weeks close,
Prices on Slaughter Steers
and Heifers were 50-75 cents
higher, instances 1.00 higher
through midweek, but
limited closing sales not
better than steady. Cows
were steady, and bulls firm
to 1.00 higher.
For day receipts 15,000
compared 14,700 previous
week and 13,000 a year ago.
Fed cattle prices advanced
on the opening session and
the early upturns were
maintained through mid
week even in the face of an
unresponsive carcass trace.
However, demand was
stimulated by storm con
ditions which moved through
the area curtailing livestock
movement, and the early
advances were erased under
a bearish late demand. Most
interest came into the week
with minimal live in
ventories on hand and many
were in need of cattle for
immediate requirements.
Carcass trading was
generally dull under light
demand despite a reduced
daily rate of slaughter. A
large proportion of the steer
and Heifer supply was good
to average-Choice. Steers
made up approximately 39
per cent, Heifers 40 per cent,
cows 16 per cent and feeders
less than 5 per cent.
STEERS: Early, three
loads Choice and Prime 3-4
1102-19 lbs. 40.75-41.00', most
Choice 2-4 975-1325 lbs. 39.00-
40.25 through midweek,
closing sales 38.50-39.50.
During week, several loads
choice and prime 4-5 1500-
1572 lbs. 35.00-36.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 950-1275
lbs. closed 37.50-38.50,
several loads 1250-1275 lb.
Holsteins 35.00-35.25 early.
.week
- In Pennsylvania Jersey
heifers freshening as senior yearlings are making
records over 13,000 lbs. milk on their first lactations. A
Pennsylvania heifer fresh at 2-1 recently finished a
record of 18,467 lbs. milk and 911 fat in 305 days.
LONG LASTING- the Jersey’s size and agility keeps
her in the herd longer. A Pennsylvania Jersey is
finishing a lactation started at 13 years, 4 months
which will give her a lifetime production to date over
155,000 lbs. milk, 8000 lbs. fat - due to calve shortly.
PROFITABLE - Jersey dairymen make more money
with less investment than most dairymen. Jersey
herds have less capital investment, less acreage, less
expensive labor. Top herds in Pennsylvania average
over 12,000 lbs. milk, 600 lbs. fat, $BOO to $llOO over feed
costs. Jersey cows efficiently produce high-solids milk,
worth up to $2.00 per cwt. more than standard milk.
PROLIFIC - Jersey cows settle easily, calve
regularly. Jersey bulls are popular for breeding first
calf heifers of larger dairy and beef breeds due to ease
of calving.
ENJOYABLE • Lovely to look at, easy to handle,
Jerseys are popular in the show ring and as 4-H
projects as well as in the commercial dairy herd.
For more information on Jerseys, see Jersey
exhibitors at the Farm Show. To locate Jersey
breeders >n your area, write for a Directory to:
Dreisbachs’ Long Meadows Farm, RD No. 1, Ham
burg, Pa. 19526
PENNSYLVANIA JERSEY CATTLE CLUB
Omaha Cattle
Good 2-3 33.00-37.50 late,
Standard and Good 2-3“ 31.50-
32.50.
Average of ", LS-214,
detailed quotations, for
Choice 900-1100 lb. steers this
week 39.58, Choice 1100-1300
lbs. 39.50. Average weight
steers first three days 1135
lbs, compared 1130 lbs.
previous week. Average
weight heifers first three
days 991 lbs. as compared
974 lbs. previous week.
HEIFERS: Load Choice 3
1060 lbs. 39.50 early,
moderate volume Choice and
Prime 3-4 975-1085 lbs. 39.10-
39.25. Choice 2-4 875-1025 lbs.
closed 37.25-38.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 850-1000
lbs. 36.00-37.00 late. Good 2-3
31.00- Small lots
standard and Good 2-3 30.00-
31.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 22.50-24.00,
load high dressing 24.50.
Canner and Cutter 19.00-
22.50, mixed cutter and
Utility 22.75-23.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1400-1800 lbs.
27.00- individual 130.50-
31.00.
Fruit
meeting
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.
- Gettysburg will be the heart
of the fruit industry of
Pennsylvania while the
annual winter Horticulture
Association Meeting is held
Feb. 1-3. The Sheraton Inn
will be the site where the
growers from Pennsylvania,
Maryland and New Jersey
will concentrate on
programs dealing with the
Environmental Protection
Agency, Peach Marketing
opportunities, Sprays Pest
Managements. A Penn
sylvania Apple Queen will be
crowned at the Annual
Buffet Dinner on February
Ist.
JERSEY!!
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THINK
Oklahoma
January 6,1977
Estimated Receipts 6,300
Same day last week 669
Moderately active, feeder
cattle and calves steady to
weak; majority receipts
mixed Good and Choice and
Choice 400-700 lb. feeder
Steers and 350-550 lb. Feeder
Heifers; moderate at
tendance buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300-500 lb. 37.75-40.50,
two part loads 359-401 lb.
42.00-42.50; 500-600 lb. 37.00-
39.75 ; 600-885 lb. 34.75-36.50;
Mixed Good and Choice 300-
500 lb. 35.00-36.50; 500-700 lb.
36.50; mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lb. 35.00-36.50;
500-700 lb. 34.75-36.50; 700-810
lb. 34.50-35.50; Good 300-775
lb. 33.00-35.25; few good 330-
917 lb. Holstein Steers 24.50- -
28.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300-500 lb. 30.25-32.75;
part load 317 lb. at 34.40; 500-
600 30.00-33.00, part load 599
lb. at 33.30; 600-740 lb. 30.00-
32.75; Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lb. 28.00-30.00;
Two part loads 540-641 lb.
very thin fleshed, good
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weighing condition 31,
31.40; good 360-715 lb 4
28.75. ‘ 11
FOR THE WEES
Compared to late last
feeder cattle and calves ] 0
the early advance to cL
near steady; cows steady
50 cents lower; bulls 1
higher; salable receipts ne
14,600 head compared
3,243 last week and 134
head the same week a y e
ago. Cows and bulls near
per cent of the catt
receipts; feeders 86 per <>»
of the total.
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