—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Ma;
8
MAY 23-29, 1977
Fickle drops Sprinkle crops.
Tie fast-growing vines to supports now . Duke of Windsor died
May 28,1972 . First quarter of moon May 25 . Mt Everest con
quered May 28, 1953 Golden Gate Bridge opened May 27, 1937
Dionne quints born May 28,1934 He douoies his gift who gives t
in time
itet
,SOM
grocery stores, or you can sttr white
coarse hominy into boiling water until it thickens to your liking, adding a
little salt as you stir Samp is dry, hulled com
Home Hints: A brick placed in the toilet tank saves water
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Sunny through Thursday; hot with thunderstorms
over the weekend.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins clear, then ram, hot
by Wednesday through the end of the week.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunny and hot through Thursday,
week's end brings cooler temperatures and ram
Piedmont <c Southeast Coastal: Warm and sunny through Thurs
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Leesport Auction
Lees port, Pa.
May 18,1977
CATTLE 275. Supply in
cluded 42 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers 25 cents to 75 cents
lower. Slaughter cows $1 to
$1.25 lower. Few High Choice
& Prime No. 3-41100-1240 lbs.
slaughter steers 40.00-41.00,
Choice No. 2-3 & a few No. 4
900-1260 lbs. 39.50-41.25, one
at 42.00, High Good to Low
Choice 38.75-40.00, Good
35.00- Standard 33.00-
35.50, few Utility 28.75-32.75.
Few Choice slaughter
heifers 34.00-36.35, Good
31.00- few Standard
28.75- few Utility 25.25-
28.75- 00, few Standard
28.75- few Utility 25.25-
28.75. Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 27.85-29.75, few to 30.35,
Cutters 25.75-28.00, few
Canners 22.00-26.35. Few
Choce slaughter bullocks
35.00- Good 33.00-36.00,
Utility & Standard 30.00-
33.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1
1315-1640 lbs. slaughter bulls
35.00- one yield grade
No. 2 1395 lbs.-35.00. Choice
260-650 lbs. feeder steers
39.7542.50, Good 300-850 lbs.
33.75- Medium 400800
lbs. 30.00-34.50; Good &
Choice 300-775 lbs. feeder
Know Where the Activities Will Be?
Read the Farm Women Calendar.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
10 mi. East of Lancaster
on Rt 30
Box 100, Paradise, PA
717-442-4181
or 768-8204
EVERY THURSDAY AT 12 NOON
Hay, Straw ( Grain Sale
We have plenty of good buyers each week.
We need consigners.
Contact:
L Robert Frame, manager
OLD
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mahm
Ask the Old Fanner: My grand
mother used to serve a delicious
corn product called samp which
was akin to hominy Can I get it
anywhere today 7 EF, Peter
borough, N H
You can get canned hominy in many
i-sg*.
bulls 35.00-38.50.
CAtVES 'l2l. Vealers
grading Good & Choice $2 to
$5 lower, Utility & Standard
steady to $6 higher. Choice
vealers 59.00-67.00, Good
52.00- Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 43.00-55.00, 90-110
lbs. 40.00-46.00, Standard 70-
90 lbs. 38.0042.00, Utility 55-
85 lbs. 26.00-38.00. Farm
calves active, holstein bulls
85-120 lbs. 43.00-57.50.
HOGS 248. Barrows & Gilts
unevenly steady. US No. 1-2
200-235 lbs. barrows & gilts
45.00- lot 46.10, No. 1-3
200-240 lbs. 44.0045.25, No. 2-
3 190-255 lbs. 43.0044.25, lot
No. 24 295 lbs. 43.75, No. 1-3
175-195 lbs. 38.0041.10. Few
US No. 1-3 300-515 lbs. sows
31.5034.75, few No. 2-3 260-
385 lbs. 26,00-30.75. Few
Boars 23.00-26.00, lot 32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 341. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
25.00- per head, few No.
1-3 35-50 lbs. 33.00-35.50, few
No. 1-3 50-75 lbs. 41.00-52.50,
per head, No. 1-3 80-155 lbs.
35.0042.00 cwt., Utility 25-50
lbs. 17.00-25.00 per head.
SHEEP 77. Choice 35-90
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
54.0066.00, few Good 25-40
lbs. 35.00-50.00. Slaughter
ewes 14.00-22.00, few
replacements 22.00-29.50.
'lr Livestock market and
Weekly cattle summary:
Estimated receipts this week
5500; actual receipts last
week 4338; receipts last year
4931.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers 50-
LOO, instances 1.50 lower.
Slaughter heifers weak to 50
lower. Cows steady to weak.
Bulls steady. Receipts 70 per
cent slaughter steers, 25 per
cent slaughter heifers and
the balance mainly cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4, 1100-
1300 lbs. 41.50-42.00; late
40.0041.00. Choice 24, 950-
1275 lbs. 41.0042.00; load
42.25; late 40.0041.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 24, 39.00-
CATTLE 146. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market; couple Good
slaughter steers 34.75 and
36.00, few Standard 32.00-
33.25, few Utility 29.85-30.85.
Couple Standard slaughter
heifers at 33.10. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 27.75-30.50,
one at 31.00, Cutters 26.25-
28.25, Canners 23.75-26.25,
Shells down to 18.25. Few
Good slaughter bullocks
35.50-36.00, few Standard
31.75-34.10. Few Yield Grade
No. 1 1350-2050 lbs. slaughter
bulls 34.75-36.60.
CALVES 148. Few Choice
vealers 55.00-58.50, Good
47.00-56.00, few Standard &
Good 90-110 lbs. 36.00-40.00,
Standard 70-85 lbs. 29.00-
37.00, Utility 50-90 1b5.'22.00-
32.00, Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 40.00-55.00.
Peoria Auction
May 19
May 18,1977
FAT STEER
SHOW
m SALE
AT THE LANCASTER STOCKYARDS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1,1977
Judging at 9:00 A.M. Sale at 1:00 P.M.
ROBERT HEILBRON, Chairman
• Judged and sold in Lots of 6 Head
• 4 Classes: Angus, Hereford, Holstein, Crossbreds
• 2 Weight Divisions: Under 1150 lbs. & over 1150 lbs.
• All Cattle Feeders Eligible
• One Entry per Class and Weight Division
• Entries Must Be Registered with a Commission
Finn
• Ribbons Awarded to Sellers and Buyers
• Trophies to Grand Champion and Reserve
Champion
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS, INC.
(717) 394-2611
41.00. Good 2-3. 37.5040.00 on
Monday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3, Holsteins 37.00-
38.00 few 38.50. Standard and
Good 2-3, 36.50-37.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 34, 900-
1050 lbs. 40.0041.00. Choice 2-
4, 850-1050 lbs. 39.0040.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 24,
800-1100 lbs. 38.00-39.50. Good
2-3,36.00-38.50. Standard and
Good 2-3, 35.00-36.00.
COWS: 'Utility and
Commercial 27.00-28.50.
High Dressing Utility 29.00-
29.25. Cutter 23.50-27.50.
Canner 20.00-24.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2,
1100-1700 lbs. 30.50-35.50; few
36.00-36.50.
Belleville
Auction
HOGS 306. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lbs. barrows & gilts 44.70-
45.50, No. 1-3 210-240 lbs.
43.70-44.80, few lots No. 2-3
2240-275 lbs. 41.1043.40. US
No. 1-3 325-625 lbs. sows
31.50-33.25. Few Boars 18.75-
22.25.
FEEDER PIGS 678. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
20.50-38.50 per head, No. 1-3
35-55 lbs. 36.00-44,00, Utility
15-25 lbs. 12.50-15.50, 50-75
lbs. 25.00-35.00 per head.
SHEEP 24. Choice 60-100
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
58.00-69.00, one at 74.50. Few
Slaughter ewes 17.00-30.50.
auction news
Valley Stockyards 55.00 - 69.00; grassers and
„Athens, Pa. feeders 25.00 - 35.00; sheep
Monday, May 16 15.00-20.00; hogs 23.0044.50;
Reported receipts of 362 pigs 18-00 . heifers
calves, 150 cows, 56 heifers, 27.00 - 34.75; steers 33.00 -
37 bulls, 135 hogs, 13 steers, 37 25; bulls 33.00 - 39.00;
five sheep, and six goats. good 29.00 - 32.00;
Cattle market active, calf cows> med 27.00 - 29.00;
market steady with last cows, poor or small 22.00 -
week's market. 26.00; ponies 10.00 - 25.00;
Bobs 40 00 - 55.00; veals goats ig.oo . 39.00
We would be happy
to have you as a Customer ~,
S. K. SHOTZBER6ER. INC.
JJVEgOCjrrRANSPO^TATjON
Gene Zwally, President
Marvin Johns, Secy.-Treasurer
P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, PA 17604
Phone: 393-4641 (day or night)
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
12 MUe* East of Lancaster
on Route 23, New Holland, Penna.
WEEKLY
FEEDER PIG
SALE
EVERY WEONE!
Sale to Start Prom r „„
We Will Receive Your Pigs An’
From 7 A.M. Wed. Mornim
State Graded Untfl 12 Noon.
All pip inspected by State Approved Veterinarian.
State tags available at our office for yon to
teg pigs at home to save2s cents tagging charge.
Tags delivered if yon call 717-354-4341
our office in advance.
Calf Sale To Be Held In New Sales Pavilion
Every Thursday At 6:30 P.M.
NORMAN KOLB ABE DIFFENBACH
717-397-5538
Valley
Livestock
717-393-4464