Livestock market and auction news
Dewart
Auction
Dewart, Pa.
May 15,1978
CATTLE 231. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Choice $2.50 to $3 higher.
Slaughter cows $1 to $2
higher. Few High Choice &
Prime slaughter steers 56.85-
57.50, Choice No. 24 975-1200
lbs. 53.60-57.25, few Good
49.50- few Standard
45.0047.35. Choice slaughter
heifers 49.75-53.75, one at
55.10. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 39.0043.85,
few to 44.50, Cutters 38.50-
41.50, Canner & Low Cutter
34.50- Shells down to
32.00. Good slaughter
•bullocks 47.00-50.25. Few
Yield Grade HI 1050-1700 lbs.
slaughter bulls 45.50-53.00.
Few Good & Choice 400-800
lbs. feeder heifers 44.00-
49.00.
CALVES 154. Vealers
grading Good & Choice
steady to $2 higher; Stan
dard & Good 70-110 lbs. $4 to
$5 higher. Choice vealers
76.00- Good 70.00-76.00,
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs.
69.00- 70-85 lbs. 64.00-
70.00. Farm Calves, holstein
bulls 90-115 lbs. 70.00-76.00;
& 4 FED STEER
Isf SHOW
IWrC SALE
At the Lancaster Stockyards
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7,1978
Judging at 8:30 a.m. Sale at 12 Noon
Robert Heilbron, Chairman
• Judged and sold in Lots of 6 Head
• 4 Classes: Black, Hereford, Charolais X Bred, and
Holstein
• 2 Weight Divisions: Under 1124 & over 1125
• All Cattle Feeders Eligible
• One Entry per Class and Weight Division
• Entries Must Be Registered with a Commission Firm
• Ribbons Awarded to Sellers and Buyers
• Trophies to Grand Champion and Reserve Champion
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Profit-minded Livestock Feeders
Market With Mert McCoy
Commission agents for fat cattle, feeder
cattle, market hogs and feeder pigs.
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS.
NEXT FEEDER Pl® SALE
MAY 23, 1978 at 1:00 P.M.
Offering 200 feeder pigs from Jerry Rutter.
Feeder pig tags delivered to your farm on request.
For information call;
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holstein heifers 90-125 lbs.
71.00-91.00.
HOGS 481. Barrows & gilts
75 cents to $1.75 higher. US
No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. 50.80-
51.60, No. 1-3 195-250 lbs.
50.00-50.90, No. 1-3 220-260
lbs. 48.80-50.00. US No. 1-3
400-650 lbs. sows 41.6042.40.
Few Boars 32.1040.00.
FEEDER PIGS 155. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
33.0043.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 40.00-56.50 per
head.
SHEEP 17. Choice 85-105
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
65.00-70.00.
New Holland
Horse
New Holland
Sales Stables
Monday, May 15
Reported receipts of 319
horses, mules, and ponies.
Market steady with last
week’s market.
Local driving horses 200-
500; riding horses 200-375;
better horses 300-910;
lightweight killers 29-35;
heavyweight killers 3942;
mare ponies 15-55; colts 10-
25; geldings 15-50; larger
ponies 75-210.
Des Moines
Carlot
May 17,1978
Compared to Tuesday’s
close beef trade moderate,
demand moderate. Steer
beef steady -1.50 higher,
advance on 600-700 lbs.
Choice Heifer beef steady
-1.00 higher. Cow beef not
established. Choice Primal
arm chucks steady-1.00
lower. Sales reported on 50
loads of carcass beef.
Steer Beef
22 Loads
Choice 3 550-700 lbs. 88.50-
89.50, 50-1.50 higher; Choice
3 700-900 lbs. 90.00 steady;
Choice 2 600-700 lbs. 90.25-
90.50, 1,25-1.50 higher;
Choice 2 700-800 lbs. 91.00;
Choice 4 600-900 lbs. 84.50-
85.75; Good 2-3 600-900 lbs.
85.50 steady.
Heifer Beef
28 Loads
Choice 3 500-700 lbs. 87.75,
1.00 higher; Choice 3 500-600
lbs. 86.75, steady; Choice 3
400-500 lbs. 82.75,1.00 higher;
Choice 4 600-750 lbs. 83.00
part load; Good 2-3 500-700
lbs. 83.00 part load.
Cow Beef
No Sales Reported
Choice 3 Primal beef cuts,
11 loads. Fores 130-210 lbs.
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75.50-75.75; Arm chucks 75-
120 lbs. 70.00-71.00.
Compared to Tuesday’s
close fresh pork cut trade
slow, to moderate. Fresh
loins 1.50-2.25 higher on 14-17
lbs. No reported picnic or
spare-nb sales. No com
parable boston butt sales.
Skinned hams unevenly
steady. Bellies steady-1.00
higher except 14-16 & 18-20
lbs. 50-1.00 lower. Sales
reported on 51 loads.
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins 14&dn lbs. 96.50-
96.75; 14-17 lbs. 95.50-95.75,
1.50- higher; 17-20 lbs.
87.50- mostly 88.00-
88.50; 90.00 trimmed; 87.00
frozen; 20&up lbs. 84.00;
Picnic No sales; Boston
Butts 4-8 lbs. 73.50-74.00; 8 &
up lbs. few 75.50; Spareribs
No sales; Skninned Hams 17-
20 lbs. 80.00, 50 lower; 20-26
lbs. 79.25-80.00, 75-1.50
higher; 26-30 lbs. 77.25;
Bellies, sdls 10-12 lbs. 66.00,
50 higher; 12-14 lbs. 68.00-
69.00, steady 1.00 higher; 14-
16 lbs. 68.00-68.50, 50-1.00
lower; 16-18 lbs. 67.00,
steady-1.00 higher; 18-20 lbs.
64.00-65.00, 75 lower; 20-25
lbs. 60.00-61.50. Pork Trim 50
pet lean 55.00; 80 pet lean
82.50; Neck Bones 18.00;
Offal & Variety: Chitterlings
32.00.
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MAY 22-28, 1978
Till and toil, seed the soil.
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May 28 Average length of days for the week, 14 hours, 55
minutes Coffee first used in England this week in 1652
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Before there were any envelopes, people wrote a letter, folded it and
sealed it, and then wrote the address on the back of the packet The term
remains in spots, as we know
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OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cool, cloudy with a few light showers through most
of week, then clearing and warm
Greater New York-New Jersey: Cool and partly cloudy with
showers south, light showers and clearing for week's end
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Variable sun and showers, cool all week
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal- Sunny to midweek, then rainy on
and off, cool
Florida: Hot with a few showers, then heavy rain likely this week
Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Partly cloudy and cool with
scattered showers all week
Greater Ohio Valley: Partly sunny and cool, light rain for last part
of week
Deep South: Heavy showers north, few showers south to start,
then heavy rain and cooler
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Fair north and east, showers and
cold west, then seasonal with a few showers at midweek, cold,
cloudy over weekend
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Sunny and warm with
showers west first of week and in central region end of week
Central Great Plains: Rainy and warmer, week's end sunny and
mild
Texas-Oklahoma; Intermittent heavy ram to start, then partial
clearing and seasonal, cool and rainy for weekend
Rocky Mountain: Showers and cold throughout the region all
week
Southwest Desert: Light showers and cool, then sunny and warm
ing at midweek, dear and hot weekend expected
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My mother-in-law
who is 95 will write a
letter and then ask me
to "back" the envelope
for her, meaning ad
dress it What is the
origin of that expres-