Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, September 30, 1978, Image 18

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    —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1978
18
Chambersburg
Auction
Ciuunbc/abnrg, Pa.
September 28,1978
CATTLE 273. Compared
with last Thursday’s market
SI. cows 50 cents to mostly
$l.OO higher. Choice YG 2-4
975-1200 lbs. 52.75-55.50, 1 at
56.00; Good 49.50-52.50 few
Choice si. heifers 49.75-52.60;
Utility & Commercial si.
cows 40.00-46.10, couple to
47.35; Cutters 41.2fr44.10;
Canner & L. Cutter
37.50-41.50, Shells down to
29.10. SI. bullocks few Stan
dard 46.7fr50.75. Yield
Grade #1 1200-1875 lbs.
46.60-54150.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few
Good & Choice 400600 lbs.
steers 53.00-63.50.
CALVES 548. Vealers
grading Good & Choice
$4.00-8.00 higher & Good
70-110 lbs. 1.50-3.50 higher.
Few Prime vealers
95.00- Choice
85.00- Good 70.00-88.00;
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs.
72.50- 70-85 lbs.
66.50- Utility 5090 lbs.
45.0065.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 90120 lbs. 82.0096.50
couple to 98.00; Hoi. Heifers
85-150 lbs. 72.00117.50.
HOGS 61. Barrows and
gilts 3.00 higher. US No. 1-2
215-245 lbs. barrows & gilts
53.75-54.00. US No. 1-3
300-575 lbs. sows 40.0046.50*,
few Boars 35.0036.00.
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“IN OUR 57th YEAR”
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JEEP
Livestock market
and auction news
FEEDER PIGS 65. US No.
1-3 20-40 lbs. feeder pigs
20.00- per head.
SHEEP 66. Spring or
Wooled si. lambs Mixed high
Good & Choice 70-110 lbs.
56.0fr62.50, Slaughter ewes
17.00-
Market courtesy of PDA,
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland Sales Stables
Wednesday, September 27
Reported receipts of 179
cows, 89 heifers, and 6 bulls.
Market stronger than last
week’s market.
Load out of Pa. fresh 850-
1075, springers 935-960; load
out of N.Y., purebreds and
grades 850-1350, springers
925-1350; load of N.J., fresh
815-1020; local springers,
grades 650-1000, purebreds
850-1525; open heifers 325-
525; open purebred heifers
750-1400; bulls 470520; local
cows 550-1025; herd
dispersal of 56 head in all
stages of lactation 445-450;
herd dispersal of 25 head in
all stages of lactation 530-
1050.
Special
Market
Special Slaughter Cattle Sale
September 22,1978
Harrisonburg, Va.
There were 84 head sold.
All cattle were graded by
Representatives of the
VDAC’s Division of Markets,
me 70s
INC
Livestock Section on USDA
standards and sold by the
hundredweight.
Choice Steers 900-1130 lbs.
53.50-55.20; Singles 805-1170
lbs. 53.75-55.00; Good Singles
925-1100 lbs. 50.05-53.50.
Choice Hiefers 825-985 lbs.
47.00-52.70, Singles 785-1110
lbs. 47.00-52.00.
CATTLE 185. Steers: 8.
Choice 900-1150 lbs. 46.00
50.50;G00d 45.00-47.50;
Standard 43.75-45.25.
COWS: 143. Utility &
Commercial 42.00-46.50;
Cutter 38.0042.00; Canner &
Low Cutter down to 35.50.
BULLOCKS: 9. Good &
Choice 47.50-50.50
CALVES: 178. Vealers
Prime 86.00 per lb.; Choice
82.00- Good 74.00-80.00;
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
75.00- 90-110 lbs. 68.00
74.00; 65-90 lbs. 47.0068.00;
Holstein bulls 95 to 115 lbs.
72.0090.00.
HOGS: 160. Barrows &
Gilts US No. 1-2 200 to 230 lbs.
53.0055.00; US No. 1-3 190 to
250 lbs. 47.00-53.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 514. US
No. 1-3 2035 lbs. 21.0038.00
per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
33.0047.00.
SHEEP 50, Slaughter
lambs Choice 54.0061.50;
Good 50.0054.00.
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Belleville
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
September 27,'1978
AMCIi
N. Alan Bair joining ABC }
N. Alan Bair
Tuesday, Oct. 3
ALL 1979 JEEPS ON DISPLAY!
(Continued from Page 1)
Dairy,, Science Association
and Alpha Zeta fraternity.
Following his graduate
study, Bair servedtwo years
with the United States Army
at Natrick Laboratories in
Massachusetts.
While working in Ex
tension, Bair was a member
of the state and national
Association of County
Agricultural Agents and won
awards for public in
formation programs. He was
also a member of Epsilon
Sigma Phi, national Ex
tension honorary fraternity.
He currently serves on the
board of directors for the
newly-formed Penn State
Dairymen’s Club and is a
member of the national
Dairy Shrine Club.
Bair participated in the
York County 4-H Dairy Club
for eight years while
growing up on a dairy farm
operated by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Newton Bair. He is
married to the former Sally
Brown of Adams County,
they have two children, and
reside at Columbia RD, Pa.