—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 25, 1977
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ARMEIt
iMAKh
JUNE 27-JULY 3, 1977
Feel like you oughter plunge in the water.
Dig early potatoes now Amelia Harhart disappeared July 2,1937
. Full moon June 30 Average length of days for the week, 15
hours, 17 minutes First air clipper flew to Europe June 28, 1939
. Yellow Fever hit New Orleans this week in 1855 Battle of
Gettysburg began July 3, 1863 The journey of 1,000 miles starts
with a single step
Ask the Old Fanner: What is the
meaning of the expression "start
from scratch" and how did it
originate 7 RE, Buffalo
It is said to have originated when a
starter made a scratch in the ground
to indicate the starting line in a foot
race If true, it probably dates from
some centuries ago
Home Hints. Making a batch of biscuits to serve with a fried chicken 7 Add a
couple of tablespoons of minced parsley and a couple of teaspoons of minced
onion to a 2-cup flour recipe of the biscuits
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Warm and showery with cooler temperatures by
midweek, week's end hot, sunny, thunderstorms
Greater New York - New Jersey: Clear, hot with some showers
most of the week, end of week clear and hot
Middle Atlantic Coastal; Clear, hat, sunny most of the week,
thunderstorms over the weekend
Piedmont Sc Southeast Coastal: Clear, hot with thunderstorms all
week
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Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
June 20,1977
CATTLE 365. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers: High
Choice and Prime 37.50-
40.00, Choice 36.50-38.00,
Good 35.50-38.00, Standard
31.00- Utility 28.50-
31.00, Choice slaughter
heifers 34.50-37.00, Good
32.00- Standard 28.00-
31.00, Utility 25.00-28.00.
Utility and High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 26.50-
28.50, Cutters 23.50-25.00,
Canners 21.00-24.00, Shells
down to 15.00. Good
slaughter bullocks 33.00-
36.50, Standard 31.00-34.00,
Utility 26.50-30.00. Yield
Grade No. 1, 1000-2000 lbs.
slaughter bulls 35.00-38.00,
Yield Grade No. 2, 900-1600
lbs. 31.50-34.00. Few Medium
and Good 400-600 lbs. feeder
steers 26.00-33.00. Medium
and Good 400-650 lbs. feeder
heifers 22.00-28.00. Medium
READ LANCASTER FARMING
FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS
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PENN PACKING
BUYING STATION
At Green Dragon Livestock Sale
1 mile north of Ephrata, Pa.
WILL BE CLOSED FOR
PLANT VACATION
June 27 to July 10
♦
nit OLD
and Good 400-605 lbs. feeder
bulls 22.00-30.00.
CALVES 362. Choice
vealers 52.50-58.50, Good
42.00- Standard and
Good 90-110 lbs. 32.00-40.00,
Standard 70-90 lbs. 23.50-
35.00. Farm Calves: Holstein
bulls 90-115 lbs. 40.00-50.00.
HOGS 398. US No. 1-2 185-
240 lbs. barrows and gilts
46.2047.20, No. 1-3 200-240
lbs. 44.50-46.50, No. 2-3 200-
230 lbs. 44.00-45.50, No. 1-3
140-185 lbs. 35.00-42.00. US
No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows
32.00- No. 2-3 300-600
lbs. 30.00-33.00. Boars 19.50-
25.00.
FEEDER PIGS 44. Few
US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder
pigs 15.00-22.00 per head, No.
1-3 35-50 lbs. 22.0040.00 per
head.
SHEEP 35. Choice 70-90
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
45.00- Good 50-85 lbs.
40.00-
CATTLE 90 Steers - High
Choice and Prime 37.50-
38.25; Good Choice 35.00-
37.00; Good 34.00-34.50;
Standard Good 33.50-
33.75; Holsteins Good 35.00-
35.85; Standard to Good
28.00-32.50.
Heifers - High Choice and
Prime 34.50-35.50; Good to
Choice 33.00-34.00; Good
32.00- Standard Good
30.00- Holsteins Good
29.00- Standard Good
26.00-
Feeder Steers - Good and
Choice 35.00-37.50; Standard
Good 32.00-34.00; Utility
28.00-
Bulls - Good and Choice
Commercial 32.00-33.00;
Standard to Good 31.00-
Sl .50; Utility to Standard
28.00-
Cows - High Yearling
Commercial 25.00-26.75;
Cutters 25.00-26.75; Canners
Low Cutters 22.00-23.50;
Shells 18.00-20.00.
CATTLE 500: Active,
slaughter steers and heifers
steady, cows steady, bulls
$l.OO lower. Supply 50 per
cent slaughter steers and
heifers, 30 per cent cows, 20
per cent feeders and bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 2-4 1000-1200 lbs.
37.00-39.50; few Good 2-3
1150-1335 lbs. 31.00-36.50; few
Good 2-3 1300-1400 lbs.
Holsteins 33.00-33.60;
Standard Holsteins 28.00-
29.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 800-1000 lbs. 33.60-
35.50; Good 2-3 700-1150 lbs.
26.85-30.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 24.00-
27.50; few 27.75-28.00;
Commercial 3-4 21.00-24.00;
Cutter 20.75-24.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1025-1850 lbs. 29.85-34.00;
Individual 1815 lbs. 35.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: one
load Choice steers 750 lbs.
33.75; one load Choice
heifers 711 lbs. 31.00.
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Sechrist
Auction
June 20,1977
Baltimore
USDA
June 20,1977
CALVES 160 Choice and
Prime 55.00-62.00; Good and
Choice 50.00-54.00; Standard
and Good 45.00-48.00; Utility
to Good 110-140 lbs. 40.00-
44.00; Utility 90-110 lbs. 35.00-
39.00; Culls 25.00-30.00.
HOGS 130 - U.S. No. 1 and
2, 190-220 lbs. 46.00-47.50;
U.S. No. 1 and 3, 190-230 lbs.
45.50-45.75; U.S. No. 1 and 3,
180-250 lbs. 44.5044.75
Sows - 250-375 lbs. 32.00-
33.00; 400-500 lbs. 30.00-31.85.
Boars - 300-500 lbs. 22.00-
24.50.
SHEEP 3 - Good to Choice
40.00-45.00; Medium and
Good 32.00-38.00; Ewes - 7.00-
15.00; Private Treaty Fat
Hogs, Select No. 1 and 2,200-
215 lbs. 44.50-45.00; Private
Treaty Fat Hogs, No. 1 and 2,
190-220 lbs. 44.00-44.25;
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
No. 1 and 3,190-220 lbs. 43.50-
43.75.
HOGS 1000: Compared
with Thursday Barrows
Barrows & Gilts 50-instances
1.00 higher US 1-2 200-240 lbs.
45.0045.50 fiew 46.00, US 2-3
230-260 lbs. 44.5045.00.
SOWS: Steady US 1-3 300-
600 lbs. 32.00-33.50 few
34.00.
VEAL & CALF AUCTION
150: Prime Vealers 210-280
lbs. 47.50-59.00; Choice 150-
250 lbs. 38.0048.00; Good &
Choice 75-110 lbs. 27.50-34.00;
100-110 lbs. 34.00-40.00;
Choice calves 250-350 lbs.
35.0041.50; Good 225-300 lbs.
31.00-36.00
SHEEP AUCTION 50:
Choice •& Prime 89 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs
51.25; couple lots Choice &
Prime 83-86 lbs. bucks and
long tails 45.00.
Joliet,m.
June 23,1977
Friday through Wed
nesday’s salable receipts
8,292,5 days last week 8,370,
same period last year 9,690.
Slaughter steers 25 to 50
higher than last Wednesday.
Heifers steady to 50 higher
than last Wednesday. Supply
mostly Choice steers and
heifers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
High Choice and Prime 3-4
1100-1275 lbs. 39.00-39.50
Monday, 39.50-40.25 Wed
nesday. Some 4, few 5, 1200-
Carlisle, Pa.
June 21,1977
CATTLE 222. Compared
ith 2 week’s ago market;
ood slaughter steers 37.75-
1.00, Standard 33.50-36.50,
tility 29.00-34.00. Good
aughter heifers 30.25-31.25,
andard 26.00-29.50, Utility
-28.00. Utility & High
•essing Cutter slaughter
ws 25.35-27.35, Cutters
.85-26.00, Canners 20.75-
.00, Shells down to 16.00.
)od slaughter bullocks
.25-33.85, Standard 28.75-
.50, Utility 26.50-28.00.
CALVES 151. Good vealers
i.OO-58.50, Standard & Good
(-110 lbs. 39.50-47.50,
:andard 70-90 lbs. 28.50-
1.00.
[OGS 303. US No. 1-2 195-
0 lbs. barrows & gilts 46.50-
.00, No. 1-3 200-230 lbs.
.75-46.00, No. 2-3 200-240
s. 40.00-44.10. US No. 1-3
0-500 lbs. sows 32.00-35.00,
>. 2-3 300-650 lbs. 29.50-
.50. Boars 25.00-26.75.
FORTY-THREE YEARS OF SERVICI
to the farmer, to the dealer and to the
May we sene you?
S. K. SHOTZBERGER
LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION
Gene Zwally, President
Marvin Johns, Secy. - Treasurer
P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, PA 17604
Phone: 393-4641 (day or night)
ATTENTION
FARMERS!!
ALFALFA
INSECTICIDES
Check our Prices before you buy-
MELVIN R. WEA
Manh
PH: 717-569-6576
RDI Box 529
Joliet
Cattle
1400 lbs. 38.00-39 rv
39.50 Wednesday £
1050-1350 lbs 30
Monday, 39.00-40 j
nesday. Mixed &
Choice 2-3 900-1250 ii
38.25 Monday 37
Wednesday. Some
Good and Choice R n
1200-1550 lbs. 3300-
SLAUGHTER hj
Choice, few Prime
1100 lbs. 37.25-38 25
37.50-39.00 Wedi
Mixed Good and a
700-1000 lbs. 36.00-37
Carlisle
Auction
FEEDER pigs
No. 1-3 25-40 lbs. fa
19.50-24.00 per
35-50 lbs. 29.01
head.
SHEEP 43.
slaughter lambs
Slaughter ewes
Dan\
Auct
Danville,
June 20, 11
STEERS: Goor
35.00-37.00, St?'
31.00-
FEEDER
Standard to Good
Other 23.00-27.00,
BULLS: 28.00-t
COWS: Good to
25.00- Utili
25.00, Cutters 20.'
CALVES: Sts
Good 29.00-46.00.
HOGS: 46.00-49
SOWS: 32.00-36,
BOARS: 24r