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Nov 30 Average length of davs for the week, 9 hours 18
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various liquids, especially butter
milk or whey or sourdough yeast
Home Hints Place paper tonel tubes
inside tall boots to keep them standing tall and dn quicker
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Flurries then ram at end of week ,
Greater New York-New Jersey Partly sunny to start, cold with
flumes, then rain for weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Scattered showers, light snow by mid
week, then clear and cool
Piedmont t Southeast Coastal: Freeze with flumes west first of
week, then clear and mild
Florida- Light rain, cold to start, with frosts north oy midweek,
week ends sunny
Upstate NY-Toronto t Montreal: Light ram and sleet turning
cold, with light snow for midweek, warmer partial clearing at end
of week ,
Greater Ohio Valley Cold with light snow west to midweek, then
rainy and mild
Deep South: Sunny and cold with hard frost to start, weekend
rainy and seasonal 19
Chicago tc Southern Great Lakes Flurries to start, then seasonal,
sunny weekend
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes Week begins sunny and mild,
then light ram west and snow east
Central Great Plains: Seasonal with showers south to start, rain
east, snow west by week s end
Texas-Oklahoma: Parti) sunny and cold to midweek, then rainy
Rocky Mountain. south to start snow ending, then
mild
Southwest Desert- Ram locally heaw south and east to m.dweek,
then clearing west, partly cloudv east
Pacific Northwest- Rainy all week
California. Cloudy with light rain for most of week, then clearing
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Livestock market and miction news
G & MLivestock
Market
Duncansville, Pa.
November 20,1978
Dairy Cows.
1110.00.
STEERS; Good to Choice
52.00-54.10; Standard to Good
48.0052.00.
HEIFERS: Good to Choice
48.0O51.00; Other 42.0048.00.
FEEDERSTEERS: Good
to Choice 300'to 700 lbs. 54.00-
66.00; Standard to Good
48.00-54.00.
Feeder Pigs; 15 to 25 lbs.
15.00-30.00; 25 to 50 lbs. 30.00-
50.00.
BULLS: 1100 to 1614 lbs.
51.00- 900 to 1200 lbs.
47.00-
COWS: High Choice to
Prime 42.00-44.00; Ind. 46.50;
Good 40.09-42.00; Utility
38.0040.00; Cutters 36.00-
38.00; Canners Down to
32.00.
CALVES: High-Choice
' 84.00-88.00; Good to Choice
70.00- Standard to Good
60.00- Utility 40.00-
60.00.
Farm Calves Bulls 90 to
120 lbs. 80.00-89.00; Farm
Calves Heifers 100.00-122.50.
HOGS: 190 to 350 lbs. 47.00
49.75.
SOWS: 40.0047.50.
BOARS: 32.0038.00.
SHEEP: Lambs 50.00
58.00.
, Peoria
Livestock
Peoria, Illinois
November 22,1978
CATTLE: Receipts this
week: 4800, last week: 5000,
year ago: 3500. Compared
with last week’s ■ / dose,
slaughter steers 50 higher.
Slaughter heifers 501.00
higher. Cows weak to 1.00
lower. Bulls firm. Receipts
about 60 percent slaughter
steers 35 percent slaughter
heifers balance mainly
cows.
SLAUGHTER' STEERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4 1150-
1250 lbs. 54.50-55.00; three
loads 55.25; Choice 2-4 1050-
1250 lbs. 53.50-54.50; 900-1050
lbs. 53.00-53.50; Mixed Good
and Choice 2-4 950-1050 1300
lbs. 51.50-53.50; Good 2-3
49.00-51.50.>
500.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 3-4 900-
1050 lbs.- 52.50-53,00; two
loads 53.25-53.50; Choice 2-4
850-1050 lbs. 51.50-52.50; 800-
900 lbs. 50.50ol.50; Mixed
Good and Choice 24 800-1000
lbs. 49.00-5150'; Good 2-3
48.5049.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 38.5041.00;
few 42.0042.50; Cutter 1-2
34.00-38.50; Canner 32.50-
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 41.0047,00; few
yield grade 148.0049.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Oklahoma
Cattle
November 22,1978
Wednesday Feeder Cattle
Auction & Weekly Summary
Estimatedßeceipts 1500
Same day last week 4681
Cattle and Calves 1500
CATTLE AUCTION:
Moderately active; trade lit
tle more than a dean up af
fair; all renresented dasses
near steady; receipts choice
300650 lbs. feeder steers and
heifers; 92 and bulls near 21
per cent of cattle receipts;
feeder near 81 per cent of the
total; moderate attendance
of buyers.
FEEDER STEERS;
Choice 300-50 lb. 75.25-78.00,
package 235 lb. 81.50; 500-600
lb. 67.25-71.75; 600-700 lb.
63.50- small lot 700 lb.
63.00; mixed good and choice
300-500 lb; 68.00-75.00; 500-600 .
lb. 64.50-67.00; 600-700 lb.
59.00-64.50; few 700800 lb.
58.25- good 700800 lb.
57.25-
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300-500 lb. 63.0086.50,
two small lots 348470 lb.
67.50- 500-600 lb.
57.75-61.00, partjload 517 lb.
at 63.80; mixed good and
choice 300-500 lb. 60.7583.00;
MANURE
IS PUMPED
UNDERGPOUND
THROUGH A
12" PVC PIPE
TO STORAGE
500-650 lb. 53.50-56.00; good
300-500 lb. 56.0060.75.
SLAUGHTER COWS:
Utility and commercial 2-3
40.0044.75; cutter 1-3
37.5041.50; canner and low
cutter 36 5037,75
SLAUGHTER BULLS:
Not tested. ,
/OTHERS: Good , and
choice replacement cows
40.5048.75; few utility stock
cows 39.2540.50. ,
FOR THE'WEEK: Com
pared to late last week'
feeder cattle and calves
steady to firm; slaughter
cows closed 1.00-2.00 higher,
late sales utility and com-'
mercial 2-3 40.0044.75, cutter
1-3 37.5041.50; I>ulls clpsed
1.00*2.00 higher, week sales
consisted YGI-2 1000-1700 lb.
45.00-52.00; salable receipts
near 6200 head for this holi
day shortened week, com
pared to 15,559 head last
week and 7640 head the same
holiday shortened period a
year ago. Cows and bulls
near 21 per cent of cattle '
receipts. Feeders near 79 per
cent of the total.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Pa. Auction
Summary
Friday, Nov. 24,1978
Compared to 5826 last
week and 5607 ay ear ago.
CATTLE 3733., Compared
with' last week’s • market,
daughter steers steady to
$l.OO- higher. SI. heifers &
'bulls unevenly steady; SI.
cows mostly 50 cents to $l.OO
lower. SI. bullocks' uneven;
High Choice & Prime YG 34
si. steers 56,00-57.85; Choice
YG 24 .54.50-57.75; Good :
50.00-54.50; Standard 47.00- -
51.00; few UtiUty 45s0048.00;
few Choice si. heifers 50.50-
53.75; Good .46.00-52.00;
Standard 42.0046.00; few
Utility 38.0041.00; Utility &
Commercial si. cows 39.50-
45.00; Cutters 38.0043.50;
Canner & L. Cutter 34.00- -
39.75, Shells down to 30.00;
few Qioice si. bullocks 53.50-
57.00, Good 48.00-53.50;
Standard 45.00-50.50. Yield
Grade #llOOO-2200 lbs. 48.00-
55.00, Yield Grade §2, 1000-
1600 lbs. 45.0050.00.
FEEDER CATTLE; few
Choice 300-500 lbs. steers
60.00- Good & Choice
300-750 lbs. 55.0067.50; Good
& Choice 300-800 lbs. heifers
45.00- Good & Choice
400-750 lbs. bulls 50.0063.50.
CALVES 2663. Compared
'to 4018 last'week and 3692 a
year ago. Vealers steady to
$3.00 lower. Choice 80.00-
9Q.00; few to 97.00; Good
70.00-82.00 Standard & Good
90-115 lbs." 62.00-75,00; 60-90
lbs. 58.0069.00; Utility 50-100
lbs. 50.0063.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls lbs. 68.00-100.00.
Hoi. Heifers 85-145 lbs. 68.00-
130.00, fewto 160.00.
HOGS 5884. -Compared to
7428 last, week and 6748 a
year ago. Barrows and gilts,
uneven/spots 50 cents higher
to 50 cents lower. US No. 1-2
200-245 lbs. barrows & gilts
49.00-51,00, NO. 16 200-250
lbs. 48.0050.25; No. 2-3 200-
260 lbs. 47,00-48.50; SOWS
steady to $2.00 lower. US No.
1-3 300-575 lbs. 40.0046.00,
No. 2-3 30065 b lbs. 38.00-
42.00. BOARS 32.00-38.00.
FEEDER -PIGS 1247.
Compared .to 2424 last 'week
and 2017 a year ago. Mostly
$2.00 -5.00 lower. US No. 1-3
20-35 Ibs. feeder pigs 18.00-
33.00 per head, No. 1,-3 35-50
lbs. 30.00-48.00, No. 1-3 50-70
lbs. 40.00-52.00.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS
3455. ALL SALES CWT.
Compared with 1973 head
last week, and 2793 head a
ago.. Feeder pigs
-. mostly S.OOrIS.OO higher, US
No- l-2 2540 -IbSi" ,106.00-
‘ 126.00, few to 135.00; 4060
. lbs. 93.00-116.00 few to 125.00;
6040 lbs, 74.00-99.00; US No.
2-3 3045 lbs. 101.00 & 116,00,
45-60 lbs. 89.00-106.00.
SHEEP 453. Wooled si.
lambs $l.OO lower. Choice 65-
115 lbs. 55.00-64.00, few to
66.00; Good 60-100 lbs. 50.00-
56.00; Slaughter ewes 10.00-
27.50.
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