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Located: Clinton Rohrer Farm between Manheim &
Lititz, near Erb’s Church.
Date: Thursday, Octobers, 1978
Time: 10:30 A.M.
BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT
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STEIGER PUTS
ORSE POWER
TO
THE
DRAWBAR
THE FACTS PROVE IT:
EBRASKA TESTS SHOW STEIGER TRACTORS
TRANSMIT AN AVERAGE 84.08% OF
IT'S ENGINE H.P. TO THE DRAWBAR
THE COMPETITION AVERAGES 75.81 %.
FIELD DAY
FREE Lunch
Cooking forward to seeing you there
PIONEER HI-BRED INI., INC.
John N. Weidman
Eastern Regional Sales Mgr.
/§g\ PIONEER.
3 SEEDS
ENGINE
Pa. Auction
Summary
Of 15 Livestock
Auction Markets
September 29,1978
CATTLE 6328. Compared to
7338 last week and 8605 a
year ago. Compared with
last week’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Good & Choice 50 cents to
$2.00 higher. Standard &
Good steady to $l.OO higher.
SI. heifers unevenly steady.
SI. cows 50 cents to 1.50
higher. SI. bullocks steady to
strong. SI. bulls 50 cents to
1.00 higher. High Choice &
Prime YG 3-4 si. steers 56.00-
58.25; Choice YG 2-4 54.00-
57.85; Good 49.50-54.25;
Standard 45.00-50.00; Choice
si. heifers 49.25-53.60; Good
45.00- Standard
40.00- Utility & Com
mercial si. cows 39.5044.50,
few 47.85; Cutters
38.00- Canner & L. Cut
ter 34.50-39.00, Shells down to
30.00. Choice si. bullocks
50.00- Good 48.00-51.00,
Standard 42.0049.00; Yield
Grade #1 1000-2200 lbs.
46.5053.50, few 56.25; Yield
Grade #2 900-1600 lbs.
44.5049.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good
& Choice 300-750 lbs. steers
53.00-67,50; Good & Choice
300-700 lbs. heifers 46.00-
55.00.
CALVES 4010. Compared
to 4468 last week and 5342 a
MORE
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1978
Livestock market
and auction news
year ago. Vealers strong to,
$5 higher. Few Prime
vealers 78.00-99.50; Choice
73.00- Good 65.00-85.00;
Standard & Good 90-120 lbs.
65.00- 80-90 lbs. 60.00-
73.00; Utility 40-100 lbs. 40.00-
55.00.
FARM CALVES; Active.
Hoi. Bulls 90-120 lbs. 70.00-
96.50; Hoi. Heifers 80-130 lbs.
65.00-121.00.
HOGS 6731. Compared to
7051 last week and 7347 a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
mostly $l.OO to 2.00 higher.
US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. bar
rows & gilts 52.50-55.10, No.
1-3 190)260 lbs. 48.0052.00;
No. - 1-3 140-190 lbs.
44.2552.00.
SOWS $l.OO-2,00 higher. US
No. 15 300575 lbs. sows
42.0046.50, No. 2-3 300-650
lbs. 36.0042.00.
BOARS 30.0058.50.
FEEDER PIGS 1363.
Compared to 1719 last week
and 1511 a year ago.
Unevenly steady. US No. 15
2055 lbs. feeder pigs 20.00-
35.00 per head, No. 15 3550
lbs. 32.0050.00, few No. 15
50-75 lbs. 46.0056.00 per
bead.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS
4847. ALL SALES CWT.
Compared with 1507 head
last week, and 5089 head a
year ago. Feeder pigs $5.00-
10.00 lower, spots $25.00
lower. US No. 1-2 25-45 lbs,
107.00-128.00, few 136.00; 45-
60 lbs. 106.00-120.00, few
126.00; 60-90 lbs. 81.00-114.00;
US No. 2-3 25-45 lbs. 89.00-
Steii
Steiger Panther 111 ST-320
Steii
Steiger Cougar 111 ST-270
Steiger Cougar 111 ST-251
Steiger Cougar 111 ST-250
Steii
1HC4568
1HC4366
1HC4166
Deere 8630
Deere 8430
Case 2870
Case 2670
Case 2470
MFIBOS
MF1505
AC 7580 ..
White 4-180
White 4-150
sr Panther 111 ST-325
;er Panther lIIST-3iO
sr Wildcat 111 ST-210
STEIGER AVERAGE
Others Average 75.81
129.00; 45-60 lbs. 90.00-110.00;
60-90 lbs. 73.50-95.00, few
107.00;
SHEEP 902. Compared to
819 last week and 722 a year
ago. Choice 60-110 lbs.
55.00- Good 60-115 lbs.
50.00- Slaughter ewes
14.00-
Market courtesy of PDA.
Valley
Stockyards
Athens, Pa.
Monday, Sept 25
Reported receipts ot mu
calves, 106 cows, 98 hogs, 24
heifers, 8 sheep, 33 lambs, 12
bulls, and 11 steers. Cattle
market higher and calf
market higher.
Holstein heifer calves to
115.00; veals 65.08-81.00;
Dobs, 90 to 110 lbs. 75.00
90.00; bobs, 80 lbs. and down
50.00- grassers and
feeders 40.00-56.50; lambs
55.00- sheep 18.00
32.50; hogs, 200 to 250 lbs.
46.75-49.00; sows 38.00-43.00;
boars 30.00-32.00; pigs 20.00
38.50; heifers 41.tXM5.00;
steers, feeder 50.00-69.50;
steers, common 42.00-50.00;
bulls 42.00-49.00; cows, good
41.0043.00; cows, medium
37.00- cows, poor or
small 31.00-35.00; ponies
35.0070.00; goats 15.0035.00.
Drive Train
Efficiency
DBHP/
EHP
86.75
84.44
84.45
84.80
82.33
84.14
81.64
78:57
75.07
74.55
1.57
74.60
73.20
76.02
72.41
05
83.30
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7434
76.19
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