—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Seotember 17,1977
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Livestock nwHcet and auction news
the OLD
kkmer
IMAKK
SEPT. 19-25, 1977
Say goodbye to summer this week.
Fall begins Sept 22 at 10 30 P M Dan'l Boone headed west this
week in 1773 First quarter of the moon Sept 20 Woodchucks
hibernate now Average length of days for the week, 12 hours, 9
minutes Oklahoma land rush started Sept 22, 1891 If south
wind prevails this week, autumn will be warm Joy and sorrow
are next door neighbors
Ask the Old Farmer: In several
family diaries dating back sev
enty or more years, mention is
made several times of a person's
receiving a "Philippine" gift Do
you know what that could have
been 7 EF, ShreveportJLa
Sounds like a soldier's reference to
an epidemic
Home Hmts: To iron heavily starched pieces such as crochet work that
has a tendency to scorch easily place them between two sheets of
aluminum foil to iron You will not be bothered with the iron sticking, and it
cuts ironing time in half
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Sunny, warm with scattered showers to start, then
heavy rain and cold through Friday, showers south, fair north for
week's end
Greater New York New Jersey: Heavy ram and cool through
Thursday, remainder of week sunny
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rainy and mild through Wednesday, rest
of week sunny
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Rainy and warm through Thurs
day, mild with showers north for week's end
Florida: Rain throughout the week
Upstate N.Y. Toronto & Montreal; Cloudy, rain and colder
through Thursday, week's end clear and warm
Greater Ohio Valley: Warm with thundershowers through Tues
day, mild and clear at midweek, expect clear, hot weekend
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Omaha
Cattle
Market not available by
press time.
St. Louis
Cattle
Market not available by
press time.
Join your fellow pork
producers in supporting
pork promotion and
production research to
keep hogs a profitable
farm enterprise. Tell
your market or buyer
that you want 10 cents
per market hog or 5
cents per feeder pig
deducted to support
these programs. Most
markets and buyers will
cooperate fully if you let
them know.
The PPPC was for
med and is funded and
directed by producers.
There is no Government
Agency involved.
For more information,
contact:
HERBERT SCHICK,
Secretary-Treasurer
Kutztown, R.D. 2, Pa.
Phone 215-285-6519
WE WILL HAUL
HAY, STRAW, &
GRAIN
To Local Auctions
or Buy Outright
Paid at Scales
MEADOW GREEK
FARMS
Call 717-333-4080
(ff 717-933-4377
Leesport
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
September 14,1977
CATTLE 1143. Supply
included 123 head feeder
cattle. Compared with last
Wednesday’s market,
slaughter steers steady to 50
cents higher. Slaughter cows
50 cents to $1.25 higher. Few
High Choice & Prime 1100-
1250 lbs. slaughter steers
41.75-42.00, Choice 950-1300
lbs. 39.50-41.60, Good 35.75-
39.50, Standard 33.50-36.00.
Few Choice 975-1130 lbs.
slaughter heifers 36.00-38.85,
few Good 31.10-35.35. Utility
& Commercial slaughter
cows 26.00-28.00, few to 28.85,
Commercial No. 4-5 24.00-
25.00, Cutters 25.00-27.00,
Canners 22.00-25.00, Shells
down to 15.00. Good
slaughter bullocks 33.75-
35.25, few to 37.09, few
Standard 32.00-32.60. Yield
Grade #1 1200-1650 lbs.
slaughter bulls 31.25-33.60.
Choice 300-600 lbs. feeder
steers 38.0042.00, Good 300-
850 lbs. 34.00-38.00, Medium
500-850 lbs. 29.75-34.00;
Medium 300-550 lbs. feeder
heifers 21.00-25.00.
CALVES 217. Vealers
steady to $6 higher, least
advance on Standard & Low
Good. Few Prime vealers
68.00-72.00, Choice 58.00-
66.00, Good 46.00-59.00,
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
38.0046.50, 90-110 lbs. 28.00-
BEEFALO HYBRID
CATTLE
45 LIMOUSIN-HEREFORD CROSS COWS
Bred Beefah) For Sale
- Rapid gains on grass and roughage.
- 55-65 lb. Births - up to 1100 lb. yearling.
- Test data show 62 percent carcass dress out
- We stock and distribute Pureblood Beefalo
Semen and Half-Blood Beefalo heifers and
bulls.
- Visit our farm and see our animals.
SEMEN ’l2 an ampule
NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR % BULLS & HEIFERS.
BEEFALO N & J
4270 Quakerbridge Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-896-0336
Member World Beefalo Association
Carlisle
Auction
September 13; 1977
CATTLE 203. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market;
Choice slaughter steers
39.75-41.00, Good 34.50-38.85,
Standard 30.00-34.75, Utility
27.00-30.00. Good slaughter
heifers 33.25-37.25, Standard
29.35-30.75. Utility & Com-
35.00, Standard 70-90 lbs.
22.00-28.00, few Utility 55-70
lbs. 12.00-20.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 95-115 lbs.
35.0043.00; Holstein heifers
110-120 lbs. 34.00-48.00;
Slaughter calves, grading
Good & Choice 250400 lbs.
37.0046.00.
HOGS 283. Barrows & Gilts
steady to 50 cents higher. US
No. 1-2 200-225 lbs. barrows &
gilts 43.6043.85, couple lots
44.85, No. 1-3 200-240 lbs.
43.0043.85, No. 2-3 195-250
lbs. 42.2543.00, Lot No. 1-3
145 lbs. 41.50. US No. 1-3 275-
550 lbs. sows 34.25-37.50, few
No. 2-3 375-600 lbs. 31.00-
34.75. Few Boars 25.00-27.00.
FEEDER PIGS 211. All
prices per hundred weight
basis. US No. 1-3 1540 lbs.
feeder pigs 82.00-97.00 cwt.,
No. 1-3 4040 lbs. 70.00-75.00
cwt.
SHEEP 48. Choice 70-105
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
49.00-54.00, few Good 70-105
lbs. 30.0043.50. Slaughter
ewes 10.00-19.00.
mercial slaughter cows
26.00- Cutters 22.75-
26.25, Canner & Low Cutter
20.00- Shells down to
17.25. Good slaughter
bullocks 34.75-35.85, Stan
dard 23.00-27.00.
CALVES 195, Choice
vealers 58.50-70.00, Good
42.50-60.00, Standard & Good
115-130 lbs. 34.00-45.00,90-120
lbs. 27.00-35.00, Standard 70-
90 lbs. 19.00-27.00.
HOGS 298. US No. 1-2 200-
230 lbs. barrows & gilts 41.75-
43.00, No. 1-3 200-240 lbs.
REMEMBER US when you purchase cattle in
the South... call us collect from the sale.
HAPPY TO SERVE YOU!!
S. K. SHOTZBERGER. INC.
LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION
Gene Zwally, President
Marvin Johns, Secy.-Treasurer
P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, Pa. 17604
Phone; (717) 393-4641 (day or night)
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39.7542.00, No. 2-3 190-230
lbs. 37.00-38.75. US No. 1-3
300550 lbs. sows 35.25-38.50.
Boars 23.00-24.50.
FEEDER PIGS 296. US
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
24.50-28.00 per head. No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 27.00-30.50 per
head.
SHEEP 7. Couple Good
spring slaughter kunbs 39.00
and 44.50.