—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18,1978
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FEB. 20-26, 1978
The ice crackle* like grandma's cackles.
Washington's Day Feb 20, a Monday holiday (his birthday,
however, is Feb. 22) President Nixon arrived in China Feb 21,
1972 .. Full moon Feb 22 . Average length of days for the week,
10 hours, 58 minutes . Rotary Club founded Feb 23, 1905 .Mt
Etna erupted Feb. 26, 1947 . They who love are but one step from
Heaven (James Russell Lowell)
pected to pay for his footing, or ‘acceptance
Home Hints; Shine copper-bottom pans with a squeezed lemon-half covered
with lots of salt
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Milder with moderate ram or snow south, snow
north; week's end sunny and colder with a chance of snow
Greater New York-New Jersey: Heavy ram and warm to start,
end of week seasonal with some sun
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Mild with ram to start, then seasonal
temperatures and cloudy for rest of week
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Week begins rainy and cold, then
sunny and seasonal through week's end
Florida: Rainy and cool, then clear and very warm weekend
Upstate N.Y.-Toronto tc Montreal: Fairly heavy ram and snow for
the first half of the week, week's end partly cloudy with light snow
Greater Ohio Valley: Rain with snow m mountains all week.
Deep South: Week begins warm, with intermittent ram, then ex
pect a cold snap at midweek, clear and very warm weekend
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Milder with rain or sleet to
start, turning cold east, seasonal west, light snow
Northern Great Plains: Week starts with snow east, then seasonal
with some sun and snow east for remainder of week
Central Great Plains: Ram to start, last part of week sunny and
mild
Texas-Oklahoma: Seasonal, showers and flumes north, then
sunny and seasonal temperatures throughout remainder of week
Rocky Mountain: Partly cloudy, cold with light snow northwest,
expect clearing and very warm for week's end
Southwest Desert: Clearing and hot throughout week
Pacific Northwest: Partly sunny, milder, chance of showers,
weekend promises ram, snow east
California: Sunny and hot, weekend partly cloudy with some
showers expected
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Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, Feb. 10,1978
Feeder Cattle
262
243
Today
Last Friday
TREND: Market not fully
tested, few sales steady to 50
lower. Bulk of supply sold in
lots of three or less.
FEEDER STEERS- One
lot Choice 465 lb. 44.25,
couple lots 730-890 lb 40 75-
41.60; couple lots mixed
Good and Choice 735-965 lb.
37.60-39.60; one lot Good 905
lb. 37 85
FEEDER BULLS One lot
choice 485 lb 41.85.
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G&M Livestock
Market
Duncanville, Pa.
February 13,1978
Market steady to stronger
than last week’s market.
STEERS: Choice 42.00-
44.10; good to choice 38.00-
42.00; standard to good 36.00-
38.00; others 32.00-36.00.
HEIFERS: Good to choice
37.75-40.50; others 28.00-
36.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Good
to choice, 300 to 700 lbs. 38.00-
44.50; standard to good 32.00-
38.00; other 28.00-32.00.
BULLS: 1000 to 1642 lbs.
38.50-41.00; 900 to 1200 lbs.
36.00-38.50.
COWS: High choice to
prime 32.50-34.40; good 30.00-
32.50; Utility 26.00-30.00;
canners, down to 22.00.
DAIRY COWS: 300.00-
660.00.
CALVES: Choice 80.00-
84.00; good to choice 60.00-
70.00; standard to good 40.00-
60.00; Utility 20.00-40.00;
farm bull calves, 90 to 120
lbs. 50.00-60.00; farm heifer
calves, 90 to 120 lbs. 48.00-
58.00.
HOGS: 200 to 240 lbs. 49.00-
51.35; 170 to 200 lbs. 42.00-
48.00.
SOWS: 32.0042.50.
BOARS: 24.00-33.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 35 to 50
lbs. 22.00-32.00.
LAMBS, MEDIUM; 54.00-
59.00.
Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
February 14,1978
CATTLE 384. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market;
few High Choice & Prime
slaughter steers 46.75-51.00,
Choice No. 24 950-1250 lb.
43.8546.50, Good 38.5044.00,
Standard 35.5040.75. Choice
slaughter heifers 40.5043.85,
One at 44.75, Good 36.50-
40.75, Standaid 32.00-35.00.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 31.00-33.85,
couple 34.50, Cutters 28.75-
32.00, Canner and Low
Cutter 25.50-29.50, Shells
down to 17.50. Few Choice
slaughter bullocks 40.00-
42.50, few Good 39.7541.25,
F*ew Standard 36.75-38.75,
few Utility 34.00-37.00.' Yield
Grade §1 1100-2500 lb.
slaughter bulls 38.2541.50.
Few Good 300-5501b5. feeder
steers 37.75-41.75; Few
Common & Medium 300-500
lbs. feeder hieifers 23.75-
28.75.
CALVES 340. Few Prune
vealers 82.00-83.00, Choice
67.00- Good 55.00-69.00,
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
45.00- 90-110 lbs. 42.00-
47.00, Standard 70-85 lbs.
33.00- Farm Calves,
holstem bulls 90-120 lbs.
50.00-
HOGS 901. (Monday,
February 13,1977). US No. 1-
3 200-230 lbs. barrows & gilts
50.00- No. 1-3 190-250
lbs. 49.00-50.00, No. 2-3 190-
270 lbs. 48.00-49.00. US No. 1-3
300-550 lbs. sows 40.0044.75,
No. 2-3 300-500 lbs. 36.00-
39.00. Boars - 28.00-29.75.
(202). - Tuesday, February
14, 1978 - US No. 1-3 49.325-
50.35.
FEEDER PIGS 163. US
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
28.00- per head, No. 1-3
35-55 lbs. 34.00-44.00, one lot
49.00, Utility 2040 lbs. 7.00-
21.00 per head.
SHEEP 14. Few slaughter
ewes 13.00-25.00.
Valley
Livestock
Valley Stockyards
Athens, Pa.
Monday, February 13
Reported receipts of 524
calves, 211 cows, 42 hogs, 30
heifers, 12 bulls, and 11
steers. Cattle market high
and calf market steady.
Veals 68.00-79.50; bobs, 90
to 110 lbs. 40.0048.00; bobs,
80 lbs. and down 34.00-38.00;
grassers and feeders 28.00-
39.00; hogs, 200 to 250 lbs.
45.0048.50; sows 36.00-38.00;
boars 25.00-27.00; pigs 12.00-
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We also take orders for fat
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needs.
NEXT FEEDER PIG SALE
FEBRUARY 28, 1978
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32.00; heifers 29.00-33.50;
steers, good 34.00-36.50;
steers, common 32.00-33.00;
bulls 36,00-37.75; cows, good
33.00- cows, medium
30.00- cows, poof or
small 24.00-26.00; pomes
10.00- goats 10.00-20.00.
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