Livestoc St. Louis Cattle National Stockyards May 11,1978 Receipts This Week 6,900 Week Ago 6,900 Year Ago 7,700 Compared to last weeks close, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-1.50 higher, instances 1.75 higher on high choice and prime steers. Cows 1.00-2.50 higher, most upturn on utility. Bulls 1.00 higher. Supply about 30 per cent slaughter steers, 25 per cent heifers, 15 per cent cows and 25 per cent feeders. SLAUGHTER STEERS: jafixed high choice and prime « 1050-1225 lbs. 54.50-55.50, load and part load 55.75. Choice 24 975-1275 lbs. 53.00- 54.50, load 1600 lbs. 52.50. Mixed good and choice 24 BODNDUF DKCODNTS Buy before May 31! Get big discounts on new hay and forage equipment during the John Deere Roundup of Bargains Come in soon and make a deal on any your opportunity to gam these extra new equipment described below while discounts ends May 31 Don’t let the the special $195 to $2,600 discounts savings slip away Come in today and are available No waiting for a rebate let's round up some bargains We're ready to deal anytime but MACHINES 25 and 34 Forage Harvesters, 15A and 16A Rotary Choppers 336 and 346 Balers, 100 Slack Mover 1207, 1209, and 1214 Mower/Conditioners, 466 Baler, 35 and 3800 Forage Harvesters, 800 and 830 Windrowers 100 Stack Wagon 200 and 300 Stack Movers 2250, 2270, and 2280 Windrowers 200 Stack Wagon 300 Stack Wagon 230 Stack Shredder/Feeder Discount is subiect to equipment availability ADAMSTOWN EQUIPMENT, INC. Mohnton, PA 215-484-4391 LANDIS BROS., INC. Lancaster, PA 717-393-3906 SMITH'S IMPLEMENTS, INC. Mercersburg, PA 717-328-2244 900-1225 lbs. 51.00-53.00. Good 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 48.00-51.00. Mixed good and choice 2-3 1050-1325 lb. Holsteins 49.00- 50.00. Standard and good 2-3 1050-1325. Holsteins 44.00- 48.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed choice and prime 24 875-1025 lbs. 53.50-54.00, part load 54.50. Choice 24 800-1050 lbs. 52.00-53.50, load choice 4- 5 1050 lbs. 49.50. Mixed good and choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs. 50.50-52.50. Good 2-3 700-975 lbs. 46.00-50.50. COWS: Utility and Commercial 24 36.0041.00, late sales 37.0041.00. Boning utility 1-2 40.0042.50, mostly 41.5042.50 after Tuesday. Cutter 1-2 34.00-39.00. Canner and low cutter 1-2 30.00-35.00. Few low dressing canner 500-700 lbs. 29.0031.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1050-1900 lbs. 42.00-48.00, EVERGREEN TRACTOR CO., INC. NEUHAUS’ES, INC. York - Glen Rock, PA 717-428-1953 k market and mostly 44.0048.00, couple yield grade 149.00. FEEDERS: Including around 1,600 at Thursday’s auction. Feeder steers 2.00- 3.00 higher, instances 4.00 higher on thin fleshed of ferings . Feeder heifers 1.00- 3.00 higher. Demand good. Overall quality not as high as recent weeks due to an increased percentage of mixed good and choice. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 409450 lbs. 64.25- 66.00, small lot 300 lbs. 70.25; 500-600 lbs. 60.00-64.00; 600- 700 lbs. 56.00-61.50; 700-775 lbs. 54.00-58.00. Mixed good and choice 350400 lbs. 62.00- 65.00; 450-625 lbs. 55.00-59.25. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 400-500 lbs. 53.50- 57.00, small lot 365 lbs. 58.00- 500-600 lbs. 51.00-54.00; 600- 700 lbs. 48.25-51.75; 700-750 lbs. 48.7549.75. Mixed good Discount through May 31 1978 JOHNSON BROS. {fSB Kresgeville, PA |M 215-681-4766 Lebanon, PA 717-272-4641 AGWAY, INC. Wescosville, PA 215-398-2553 and choice 300-500 lbs. 51.25- 55.50; 500-700 lbs. 48.00-52.25. Few lots good 300450 lbs. 49.25-51.25. Oklahoma Cattle May 11,1978 Thursday Feeder Cattle Auction Estimated Receipts 12,000 Same Day Last Week 6,785 ACTIVE; Feeder cattle and calves steady to firm; majority of receipts choice 450-850 lb. feeder steers and 450-700 lb. feeder heifers, with large amount of of ferings arriving from wheat pasture; fairly large at tendance of buyers. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 64.0069.25; 500-600 lb. 57.75-63.00, near one load and small lot 504-531 lb. at 64.30; 600-700 lb. 55.50- 58.50, few part loads 606-620 lb. 59.80-61.50; 700-800 lb. 55.75-57.50, two part loads 743-772 lb. 57.9058.10; 800-950 lb. 54.25-56.75, part load 813 lb. at 57.60; mixed good and choice 300-500 lb. 60.00-63.50; 500-700 lb. 54.00-56.50; small lot 703 lb. at 52.10; few good 800-900 lb. holstein steers 49.7550.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 55.50-59.50, two small lots 335-388 lb. 61.00-61.50; 500-600 lb. 53.00- 55.00; 600-700 lb. 52.00-54.50; few 700-800 lb. 52.7553.50; mixed good and choice 300- 500 lb. 53.00-54.00; 500-660 lb. 50.2553.50; small lot 772 lb. at 49.75; package good 557 lb. at 48.00. HOG ARE Penn-Jersey Harvestore would like you to join us at one of our Harvestore Pork Dinner Meetings at one of the following locations: $195 $325 $975 $650 $7BO $1,040 $1 950 $2,600 Date. Name Address Phone No. of Hoi auction news • MAY 18 ■ Morgantown Area • MAY 31 ■ Quakertown Area • MAY 23 ■ Lebanon Area • JUNE 1 ■ Lancaster Area See & hear about our recent Hog Tour to Peoria, Illinois. See slides of the most up to date operations feeding Harvestore High Moisture Corn. For Reservations Call: 717-354-4051 PEHNJERSEY HARVESTORE SYSTEMS P.O. Box 91, New Holland, PA 17557 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13,1978 FOR THE WEEK: Compared to late last week feeder cattle and calves 1.00- 2.00 higher; slaughter cows closed .50-1.50 higher, late sales utility and commercial 2-3 36.0040.25, cutter 1-3 33.25-37.00; bulls closed near steady, week sales consisted yield grade 1-2 1000-1700 lb. 42.5047.00; salable receipts near 22,600 head, compared to 15,579 head last week and 17,460 head the same week a year ago. Cows and bulls near 8 per cent of cattle receipts, feeders near 92 per cent of the total. Philadelphia Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Report Wednesday, May 10,1978 FRUIT APPLES: Steady. Con trolled atmosphere storage. Ctn Tray Pack. NY Red Delicious US ExFcy 88s 14.00; 100 s 13.75; 113-125 s 13.50. PA Romes US ExFcy 56-100 s 11.00. Ctn Film Bag 12-3 lb. US Fey 2V-t" & up. NY Red Delicious 12.00 Romes 10.50. Mclntosh 9.00. VEGETABLES ASPARAGUS: Slightly higher. Pyramid crates. NJ Fieldrun bchd 12s 19.00-20.00 loose Ige. 19.00. CABBAGE: Higher. l-% bu. crt. & ctn. mostly med. green unless otherwise stated. NY Red type 7-7.50. GREENS: About steady. Or Write dinners for me. GA 1-2/5 bu. crt. bchd. Turnip Tops. NJ bu. bkt loose Rape Turnip Tops & mustard 5.00; Broccoli Rabe 1-1/9 bu. crt. bchd 3.004.00 one lot 5.00-6.00. VA. bu. bkt. & crt. loose Turnip Tops Rape & Mustard 5.00. LEEKS: NJ 4/5 bu. crt. & ctn. bchd 12s 4.50-5.00.. MUSHROOMS: Steady. Pa. 4-qt. bkt. med.-lge. 4.50- 4.75; sml.-med. 3.50-3.75. ONIONS-DRY: Steady. 50- lb sks. US#l or generally good quality. Yellow unless otherwise stated. NY sml.- med. fair cond. 2.50. ONIONS-green; steady. NJ 4/5 bu. crt. bchd. 36s 5.00- 6.00; some best 6.50-7.00. POTATOES: About steady. 50-lb. sks. US #1 Size A wshd. unless otherwise stated. ROUND WHITES: Mame 3-25 mostly 3.25 few 3.50 ige. 3.75 Baled 10-5 lb. film sks. 4.65-4.75. NY Ige. 3.50- few 3.75. RADISHES: Steady. NJ 4/5 bu. crt. bchd. 36s Red 3.504.00. RHUBARB; NJ celery crt. bchd. 24s 4.80. SPINACH: Higher Bu. bkt. & Crates Savoy Type NJ 10.00-11.00 some 9.50. VA. 9.00. SWEET POTATOES: Steady. NC 50-lb. ctn. Porto Rico Type US #1 11.50-12.50 one lot 13.00 fair appear 9.00- 10.00. 13
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