Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, February 04, 1978, Image 14

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    —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
14
Livestock market and auction news
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
January 31,1978
CATTLE 322. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers mostly
steady to 50 cents higher.
Slaughter cows steady to
mostly 50 cents to $1 higher.
Few High Choice slaughter
steers 46.2547.50, Choice No.
24 900-1200 lbs. 43.8546.00,
Good 39.0042.60, Standard
33.75-38.25, few Utility 31.25-
33.00. Few Prime slaughter
heifers 44.3544.60, Choice
38.3542.85, Good 36.00-38.00,
few Standard 33.60-35.10.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 30.00-33.25,
few to 34.10, Cutters 29.50-
32.00, Canner & low Cutter
26.00- few Shells down
to 22.00. Couple Good
slaughter bullocks 36.25 and
37.75, few Standard 33.00-
34.35. Few Yield Grade #1
1300-1600 lbs. slaughter bulls
37.00-
CALVES 205. Vealers
grading Good Choice $2 to $7
lower; Standard & Good 70-
110 lbs. steady to $2 lower.
One Prime vealer at 75.00,
Choice 64.00-73.50, Good
50.00- Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 44.0048.00, 90-110
lbs. 40.0044.50, Standard 70-
85 lbs. 34.00-39.00, Utility 50-
90 lbs. 10.00-32.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 90-120
lbs. 41.00-54.00.
HOGS 360. Barrows & gilts
$1.75 to $2.25 higher. US No.
1-2 200-235 lbs. barrows &
gilts 48.7549.50, few small
lots 49.85, No. 1-3 195-240 lbs.
48.5049.25. No. 1-3 135-185
lbs. 37.7544.00. US No. 1-3
300-675 lbs. sows 34.00-39.00.
Few Boars 28.00-32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 13. Few
US No. 1-3 75-100 lbs. feeder
pigs 32.00-38.00 per head.
SHEEP 5. One Choice 100
lbs. wooled slaughter lamb
at 59.00. Few Slaughter ewes
12.00-23.00.
Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
January 31,1978
CATTLE 275. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers steady to
$22.25 higher: Slaughter
cows $1.25 go $2.50 higher,
instances $3.50 higher.
Choice slaughter steers
WISCONSIN Heavy-Duty ENGINES
6 to 65 H.P.
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30 H.P. with 0/IOZ
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AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER
COMPLETE REBUILDING - LARGE PARTS INVENTORY
FKHR ENGINE SERVICE
AmosL Fisher
3141 Old. Phila. Pike Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
44 75-46.50, Good 40.0044.75,
Standard 35.0040.00, Utility
32 00-35.00. Choice slaughter
heifeis 40.0042.00, Good
38.0040 00, Standard 35.00-
38.00, Utility 28.00-34.00.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 30.00-33.85,
Cutters 28.50-30.75, Canner &
Low Cutter 24.75-27.50, Shells
down to 23.00. Good
slaughter bullocks 38.75-
40.85, Utility 35.75-38.75.
Yield Grade #1 slaughter
bulls 32.75-38.75.
CALVES 208. Vealers $2 to
$4 higher, extremes $8 to $lO
lugher on Standard & Good.
Prune vealers 77.00-80.50,
Choice 70.00-77.00, Good
60.00-70.00, Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 50.00-60.00, 90-110
lbs. 45.80-55.00, Standard 70-
90 lbs. 40.0045.00, Utility 55-
100 lbs. 33.0040.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 100-115
lbs. 45.00-55.00.
HOGS 947. (Monday,
January 30, 1978). Barrows
& gilts 50 cents to $1 higher.
US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs.
barrows & gilts 47.7548.85,
few to 49.00, No. 1-3 190-250
lbs. 46.5047.75, No. 2-3 190-
280 lbs. 40.2545.75. No. 1-3
135-180 lbs. 30.0040.00. US
No. 1-3 400-750 lbs. sows
37.0042.00, No. 2-3 275450
lbs. 27.25-37.50. Boars 200-715
lbs. 28.00-30.50.
FEEDER PIGS 148. US
No. 1-3 10-20 lbs. feeder pigs
6.50-20.00 per head, No. 1-3
20-30 lbs. 20.00-28.00, No. 1-3
30-50 lbs. 28.00-35.50 per
head.
SHEEP 14. Choice 90-120
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
60.00-61.50, Good 58.0060.00.
/shivvebs/ CIRCU-LATOR
Circa-Lator transforms your drying bin into a totally
automated Continuous Flow System with drying
capacities of 1,600 to 6,000 bushels of com per day (25
percent -15 percent) depending upon bin and fan size.
It dries high moisture grain (30 percent and above)
with ease, and operates around the clock without
babysitting..
With the Circu-Lator, your entire bin becomes a
surge tank—fill it as fast as you harvest. When ad
jacent storage bins are full, the Circu-Lator becomes a
high capacity Recirculating Batch Dryer which may
be rapidly filled to the eaves.
Check into the Circu-Lator. See why the Best Con
tinuous Flow System is Also the simplest and least
expensive.
NORMAN B. LEAMAN
HI
Willow Street, PA 17584
PH: 717464-3688
) have a
nice weekend...