Livestock market East Coast Carlot Meats Princeton, New Jersey Oct. 19,1977 Compared to Tuesday: demand and commitments good for beef as reported by the USDA. Choice steer beef fully .50 to 1.00 higher. Prime special fed steady to 1.00 lower. Good and choice boning veal steady to weak. Lamb compared to last week uneven mostly steady to 2.00 higher advance on 65 lbs. down. Steer Beef 27 Loads Choice 600-700 lbs. 6850 selected .50 to 1.00 lower. Choice 3 600-800 lbs. 6800. Choice 4 600-900 lbs. 6200. Heifer Beef 4 Loads Choice 3 550-700 lbs. 6575. Choice 3 Primal Beef Cuts 4 Loads Steer hinds 145-190 lbs. 8100 late yesterday generally steady. Lamb Carcass, Choice and Prime 3-4 33 Loads Compared to last week, 55 lbs. down 11400, few 11200 mostly 2.00 higher. 65 lbs. down 11200-11400. 75 lbs. down 10800-11200 uneven mostly steady. Bulk 11000. Veal Carcass-Hide On Prime (Special Fed) 180-250 lbs. 11200-11400, steady to 1.00 lower. Ltd. 11000. Good and choice boning type northeastern suppliers 65-75 lbs. 54.00-56.00 steady. 55-64 lbs. 52.00-54.00 steady. 45-54 lbs. 50.00-52.00 steady. 35-44 lbs. 46.00-50.00 steady. 34 lbs. down 46.00-48.00 steady. Midwest and west coast suppliers. 70-80 lbs. 56.00- 57.00 steady. 60-70 lbs. 54.00- 55.00 steady. 50-60 lbs. 52.00- 53.00 steady. 40-50 lbs. 50.00- 51.00 steady. 3040 lbs. 48.00- 49.00 steady. TTENTION GRAIN FARMERSUV Chesapeake & Delaware Grain Corporation Omaha Cattle October 20,1977 CATTLE - Compared previous weeks close - slaughter steers closed out the period steady to 25 cents lower _and Heifers were steady to weak, some scattered late sales 25 cents lower, instances 50 cents off. Cows closed 1.00-1.50 lower and bulls were weak to 1.00 lower. Four day receipts 15,500 as compared 15,000 previous week and 15,100 a year ago. The fed cattle trade followed a mildly uneven pattern during the week, although day-to-day variations were small. However, trading was often lacking in aggressiveness, and buyers were somewhat cautious and selective as most interests came into the week with fair live inventories on hand. An early price weakness was recovered on Tuesday but steer prices again turned downward on Wednesday as Fresh Pork Cuts Loins 14 lbs. down 92.00.14- 17 lbs. 91.00-91.25. Cured and Processed Meats 9 Loads Skinned hams 16-20 lbs. 92.00. Semi boneless hams 17-20 lbs. 102.00. 1 lb. sliced bacon vacuum pack 102.00 steady. Franks 70 beef, 30 pork 1 lb. pack 60.00 steady. Bologna 70 beef, 30 pork 1 lb. pack 64.00 steady. Boneless Beef 4 Loads 90 pet. chemical lean, frozen 72.00 load. 85 pet. chemical lean, fresh 64.00-65.00. Beef Trimmings 3 Loads 50 pet. chemical lean, fresh 32.50-33.00. Your business is cordially invited. Box 505, Mechanics Valley Road, off of Route 40 North East. Md. 20901 Phone 301-398-2111 carcass trading turned bearish and demand narrowed. Slaughter steers made up approximately 32 per cent of the weeks total with a large share good to average-choice; heifers comprised 31 per cent with a fairly liberal percentage choice. Cows made up only 6 per cent and feeder cattle for auction 28 per cent. STEERS: A load Choice with end prime 3 1149 lbs. 43.50, several loads same grade 3-4 1050-1282 lbs. 43.00- 43.25 during week. Choice 2-4 975-1300 lbs. 41.75-43.00, those at latter price predominantly 3 mixed good and Choice 2-3 950-1250 lbs. 40.7542.00. Good 2-3 37.50- 40.50. Standard and Good 2-3 35.00-36.50. AVERAGE of LS-214, detailed quotations, for Choice 900-1100 lb steers this week 42.22; choice 1100-1300 lbs. 42.38. Average weight steers first three days 1111 lbs. as compared 1108 lbs. previous week. Average weight heifers first three days 966 lbs. as compared 963 lbs. previous week. HEIFERS: Five loads choice and prime 3-4 960-1102 lbs. 41.3541.40, several loads same grade 34 975-1100 lbs. 41.0041.25. Choice 24 875- 1050 lbs. 39.5041.00, oc casionally 41.25. Mixed good and choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs. 38.50-39.75. Good 2-3 34.50- 38.00. Small lots standard and good 2-3 31.50-32.50. COWS: Utility and com mercial 24 closed 23.00- 24.00. Canner and Cutter 19.50-23.00 BULLS: 1-2 1400-1800 lbs, 30.00-33.00. Spicklers win four times THE BUCK - The Spickler Pulling Team from Elizabethtown took all the top honors in the modified classes at the Buck Tractor Pulls last week, and had victories in two more as well. The team, consisting of Galen, Eugen, Carl, and Annabelle Spickler, and Dick Zimmerman, took victories m the 5000 and 7000 pound modified classes, and 9000 and 12,000 pound open. Following are the details of each class’ results: 9000 pound open 1. Spickler, 285 feet, 9 inches; 2. Mike Wright, New Freedom, 277; 3. Greg Manners, Ringoes, N.J., 250- 10. 5000 pound modified 1. Spickler, 249-1; 2. Gary Mills, Fallston, Md., 248-11; 3. Mills, 240-3. 700 pound modified 1 1. Spickler, full pull; 2. Dick Zimmerman, Mt. Joy, 289-5 ; 3. Don Landis, Berlin, 287-9, 7000 pound super stock 1. Jim Brubaker, Quarryville; 2. Dave Moore, Kennedyville, Md.; 3. Coleman Wheatley, Bethel, Del. 12,000 pound open 1. Spickler, 263-11; 2. Tom Middleton, Ridgely, Md., 248-7; 3. Harry Griest, Coastesville, 222-7. 12,000 pound super stock 1. Middleton, 260-1; 2. Vern Over, Sligo, 253-3; 3. Griest, 228-7. 5000 pound super stock 1. Tom Urmson, Transfer, 269-11; 2. Tim Stauffer, Ephrata, 258-1; 3. Dale Smoker, Cochranville, 246-8. 9000 pound super stock 1. Vem Over, 2854; 2. and Delaware a grain business :ed by a group of ' to handle your Delaware Grain ,ilities include a house, a 10,000 levator, a 60 foot scale, a 3000 dryer, and wet 52,000 bushels. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22,1977 Middleton, 282-1; 3. Gnest, nabelle Spickler, 3. Ethel 25j_4 Zimmerman. 5500 open 1. Sherry Mills, 2. Jackie Flaharty, 3. Barb Rhodes Powder Puff 7200 pound modified 1. Polly Landis, 2. An- UDIA lists 1978 plans ROSEMONT, 111. - The $8,300,000 budget for United Dairy Industry Association’s (UDIA) 1978 national dairy promotion programs, ap proved by the UDIA House of Delegates at its fall meeting, includes; More than $3.4 million will be used for advertising and sales promotion by American Dairy Association (ADA). Top priority for ADA in 1978 will be fluid milk. Cheese will be second, followed by butter. Close to $2 million for nutrition research and education programs will be carried out by National Dairy Council (NDC). Seventeen nutrition research grants-in-aid projects will be continued in 1978 and 7 new projects will be initiated during the year. Slightly under % of a million dollars will be spent for product and process research and development by Dairy Research Inc. (DRINC). Objectives for DRINC in 1978 include supporting projects which reflect most promising potential within UDIA’s established product priorities; continuing development and im plementation of programs enhancing consumption of milk and milk products; and implementing the next phase of UDIA’s milk packaging study, based on knowledge gamed in 1977. For communications, it will spend $725,000. Ob jectives of the com munications division in 1978 will include developing and implementing national public relations programs to communicate activities of UDIA’s total promotion program; building and coordinating national communications programs for regional and local ex tension; continuing con sumer information programs on the nutritive benefits of dairy foods; publicizing UDIA’s leadership role to support the organization’s total promotion program; and presenting the dairy in dustry’s viewpoints to opmion leaders in the con sumer and trade press. A total of $600,000 for marketing and economic research will be used. The 1978 objectives of this UDIA division include evaluating ongoing programs as to their effectiveness; providing basic marketing data as a basis for program development; ■ id carrying out feasibility s.udies on the potential of new and alter native programs. Over a quarter of a million is set for program planning and support plus affiliated unit services. Near one million dollars is planned for administration and directors’ expenses, an increase of $40,000 over 1977, or 5.1 per cent. The House of Delegates, which is the governing body of UDIA and its organizational arms, ad ditionally approved 1978 funding at 95/100 of a cent per hundred pounds of all milk marketed within UDIA’s member organization areas. This is an increase of 8/100 of a cent over the 1977 rate of 87/100. 15
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