—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 22,1978 12 Livestock market an East Coast Carlot (Continued from Page 9) mostly steady to 2.00 up, bulk 130.00-132.00. GOOD & CHOICE: Boning type, Northeastern suppliers: 65-75 lbs, 84.00- 86.00, bulk 86.00, 2.00 lower; 55-64 lbs. 82.00-84.00, bulk 84.00, 2.00 lower; 45-54 lbs. 80.0082.00, bulk 82.00, 2.00 lower; 35-44 lbs. 78.0080.00, steady; 34 lbs. down 76.00- 78.00, steady. FRESH PORK CUTS LOINS; 14 lbs. down 100.00-101.00, 1.00 to 225 higher; 14-17 lbs 98.00-99.00, 1.00 to 2.25 higher. TRIMMED LOINS. 14-17 lbs. 104.00. SKINNED HAMS: 14-17 lbs. 79.25, weak. CURED & PROCESSED MEATS 9 Loads SKINNED HAMS. 16-19 lbs 81.00, steady SEMI BONELESS HAMS 14-17 lbs 99 00 NO 1 SLICED BACON Vacuum Pack 102 00, steady FRANKS 70 beef, 30 pork No 1 Pack 85 00, steady BOLOGNA 70 beef, 30 pork No 1 Pack 94 00, steady BONELESS BEEF 85 pet. chem lean, fresh 94 00 load BONELESS PORK 80 pet chem lean, fresh 80.00 load. Market Courtesy of USD A. G&M Livestock Market July 17,1978 Market report lower. DAIRY COWS: 600.00- STEERS; Choice 54.00- Good to Choice 52.00- Standard to Good 45.00-52.00. HEIFERS; High Choice and Prune - None. Good to Choice 48.00-53.00, Stan dard to Good 40.00-48.00. 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BACHMAN & SONS I I 2501 Fallston Road I ■ ' Fallston, Md 21047 Z rje-76 (301)5 5 7 7529 - 838-74 78 J lbs. 54.00-58.50 500 to 800 48.00- Standard to Good 45.00- BULLS: 1000-1680 lbs 48.00- 900 to 1200 lbs. 44.00- COWS: High Choice to Prime 39.00-42.25. Good 37.00- Utility 35 00-37.00, Cutters 33.00- Canners down to 30.00 CALVES: Choice 80.0084.00. Good to Choice 76.00- Standard to Good 60.00-76.00. HOGS- 200-240 Ibs. 47.50-48.95, 170-200 lbs. 42 00-47.00 SOWS: 35 00-42.25 BOARS: 28.00-34 00 PIGS: 15-30 lbs. 22.0041.00. LAMBS: 48.06-53.50 SHEEP: 15.06-24.00 Omaha Cattle July 20,1978 Cattle. Compared with the previous weeks close - through midweek, slaughter steers were 1 50-1.75 lower, heifers 1 50-2 00 lower Cows were under pressure daily and closed 3 00-4.00 lower, bulls steady to 1 00 lower Four day receipts 15,000 compared 14,600 previous week and 15,000 year ago. Slaughter steer and heifer prices worked downward early but the sharpest break occurred Wednesday m hand with a lower dressed beef trade and some mcreease m the early week rate of slaughter. Some local packers continued out of the market due to plant renovation and vacations Slaughter Steers made up approximately 48 per cent of the total week’s receipts, heifers 29 per cent with a fair percentage choice included. Cows comprised 13 per cent and feeders 6 per cent of the week’s total. STEERS: At midweek, Choice and Prune 3-4 1175- 1325 lbs. 54.50-54.75, load and two part loads 1172-1244 lbs. """"T the W.'iSSS mcluded 54.75. Choice 24 1000-1300 lbs. 53.00-54.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1250 lbs. 52.00-53.00. Good 2-3 46.00-52.00, few Standard and Good 45 00- 46.00. Average of LS-214, detailed quotations, for Choice 900-1100 lb. steers this week 54.00; Choice 1100-1300 lbs. 54.60. Average weight steers first three days 1157 lbs. compared 1130 lbs last week. Average weight heifers first three days 979 Beef club tour taken CHAMBERSBURG - The Franklin County 4-H Baby Beef Club recently held its annual project tour. The tour consisted of twenty-one stops. At each member’s home County Agent Bill Reagan, Jr graded the condition of the steer, the pen, and the feed. 'The club members had a bag lunch at the Ralph Dice home and concluded the tour with a swim at the Up perman home Why leading tomato growers use Bravo fungicide full-season. t* ■ lbs. compared 968 lbs. last week. HEIFERS: Load and two part loads Choice with end Prune 3-4 977-1036 lbs. 51.75- 52.00 Choice 2-4 900-1025 lbs. 49.50- some 850-900 lbs. 48.50- Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 850-1050 lbs. 47.00- 50.00, few Good 45.0047 00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 24 34.00-35.00, few 35 50-36.00. Cutter 33.00- 34.00, Canner and Low- Cutter 30.00-33.00. BULLS; 1-2 1200-1500 lbs. MANAGE to VS prevent r<* la , /Taccidenls ; , KlflTlOKJflL \ r > FARM ' _ SRFETY UJEEFi JULY 25-311378 Jim Kohl, Jr., Manager, Furman Farms, Inc. Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Last year, Furman Farms was the Pennsyl vania State Tomato Yield Champion for machine-harvested tomatoes Manager Jim Kohl reports, “With whole-pack tomatoes, anthracnose and early blight will affect your grade tremendously We have been on a full-season Bravo pro gram since 1974 Last year we won the state yield title and had the highest grades we’ve had with machine harvest I attribute a lot of that to our Bravo pro gram We start our Bravo program in June then we make 6to 8 sprays during the season” Joseph Nicolosi, The Sarah Nicolosi & Sons Farm, Swedesboro, New Jersey. “We grow 100 acres of process tomatoes, all machine-harvested, and we’ve been auction news 42 50-46 00 single High closed 52.00-52.50 some 1100 Dressing 149.00. lbs. to 54.00 early. FEEDERS: Mostly Choice Market Courtesy of fleshy steers 950-1025 lbs. U.S.D.A. FONTANA LIQUID MANURE SPREADERS SERVICE CO. Box 231, Quentin, PA 17083 Phone 717-274-1242 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED >h Nico JULY SPECIALS 2600 Gallon, V Bottom Semi-Liquid Spreader SPECIAL s 4f 600 3300 Gallon SPECIAL s sf 100 AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR- J. M. HORST on a full-season Bravo program for about three years," says Mr Joseph Nicolosi “With our Bravo program, we definitely get better yields And we control anthracnose better, close to 100% since we’ve gone to Bravo Our grades are excellent 95 to 100 percent saleable tomatoes” See your farm chemicals supplier for BRAVO® fungicide Or write Diamond Shamrock, Agricultural Chemicals Division, Three Commerce Park Square, 23200 Chagrin Blvd, Beach wood OH 44122 Diamond Shamrock The resourceful company «
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