>-4anc« ter F«rniing,Satiirday, December 16,1978
DEC 18-24, 1978
Winter is officially here!
Shortest days of the year this week Winter begins Dec 22 at
12.21 AM EST. Last quarter of the moon Dec 22 Average
length of days for the week, 9 hours, 4 minutes First American
penal colony started in Virginia Dec 23, 1617 USS Pueblo
seized by N Koreans Dec 23,1968 Tis mirth not dishes that sets a
table off
hands won't sweat or stick to the gloves
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cloudy with light snow, partly sunny for weekend
Greater New York-New Jersey: Seasonal with light ram to start,
then partly sunny with some showers or flurries for last of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rainy all week, scattered light snow
west
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Week begins with heavy rain,
snow in mts, gradual clearing and milder for remainder of week
Florida: Rain first of week, then cloudy north and sunny south to
week's end, cold
Upstate NY-Toronto & Montreal: Cloudy with snow west to start,
snowstorm for last of week
Greater Ohio Valley: Snow and cold this week
Deep South: Sunny west with ram m east and snow m mts, then
variably cloudy and colder last of week
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes:’ Flumes and light snow all
week, very cold weekend
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Light snow and flurries for
most of week
Central Great Plains: Week brings snow west and snow or sleet in
the east, sunny and cold for weekend
Texas-Oklahoma: Partly sunny and cold all week
Rocky Mountain: Mostly cold and sunny, possible snow south for
weekend
Southwest Desert: Sunny and clear, light frost, then cloudy with
light ram for weekend
Pacific Northwest: Partly sunny, some light ram, cloudy and cold
south, sunny north for last of week
California; Cloudy, then mostly dear, warm south, some frost
Central Valley '
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Carlisle
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
December 12,1978
CATTLE: Steers steady.
Cows steady. STEERS:
Choice 53.00-55.10; Good
49.50-53.00; Standard 46.00-
48.00. COWS: Utility &
Commercial 42.00-45.75;
Cutter 38.75-42.50; Canner &
Low Cutter 34.00-39.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1
51.85-53.50.
CALVES: Vealers lower.
Choice 72.50-89.00; Good
55.00-70.00; Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 48.00-60.50;
Holstein Heifers 119.00-
140.00.
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WEEK’S ISSUE
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HOGS: Barrows & gilts
steady. US No. 1-2 50.60-
51.85; US No. 1-3 46.75-50.50;
SOWS; US No. 1-3 38.5045.00.
FEEDER PIGS: US No. 1-
3 20-35 lbs. 26.00-37.00 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 40'00-
43.50.
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NUAL
AND
OUSE
Weekly cattle review
Redpts this week 6,700:
Week ago 7,000: Year ago
9,300.
Compared to the previous
weeks close, slaughter
steers and heifers uneven,
generally steady. Cows
steady. Bulls firm to 1.00
higher. Slaughter sunnlv
plainly Choice 24 1050-1200
lbs. steers, around 30 per
cent heifers and 15 percent
cows.
Note: A substantial in
crease in Yield Grade 3-5
steers and heifers apparent
this week.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
1050-1250 lbs. 54.50-55.00,
dosing 54.50; few loads 3-5
1175-1250 lbs. 53.00. Choice 2-
4 950-1250 lbs. 52.50-54.50,
closing 52.50-54.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 24 900-1175
lbs. 51.50-53.50. Good 2-3 900
1150 lbs. 50.50-52.00. Stan
dard to Good 2-3 1050-1350
lbs. holsteins 48.00-51.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
875-1050 lbs. 52.50-53.50,
closing 52.50-53.00. Part load
Prime 4 to mostly s’s 1150
lbs. 47.00. Choice 24 800-1050
lbs. 51.00-52.00, several
dosing sales 51.00-52.00;
scattered lots 3-5 975-1050
lbs. 48.00-50.00. Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 700-975 lbs.
49.00-51.00. Good 2-3 700-950
lbs. 46.0049.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 24 38.0042.00.
Boning utility 1-2 42.0043.50.
Cutter 1-2 36.5041.00. Canner
and low Cutter 1-2 33.50
36.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1050-1800 lbs. 45.00-51.00,
closing 46.00-51.00. Yield
Grade 1 1450-1800 lbs. 51.00
51.50, couple 52.00.
FEEDERS: (Including
around 2,300 at the regular
Thursday auction.) Feeder
Steers and heifers 2.00-5.00
higher. Demand good.
Supply mostly Choice and
Mixed Good and Choice 350
800 lbs. steers and 300-600
lbs. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS;
Couple lots high Choice and
Prune 325-350 lbs. 88.00-
89.00. Choice 300400 lbs.
75.00-85.00; 400-500 lbs. 72.50
77.50; 500600 lbs. 67.5071.50;
600700 lbs. 63.0068.75; 700
800 lbs. 64.75-67.00. Load thin
824 lbs. 68.00. Mixed Good
and Choice, some compact
300500 lbs. 68.0075.75; few
lots 500600 lbs. 64.0068.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300-500 lbs. 62.00
70.25; 500600 lbs. 59.0064.00;
600700 lbs. 55.0063.00. Mixed
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St Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards
December 14,1978
Good and Choice and some
compact 300-500 lbs. 68.00-
75.75; few lots 500-600 lbs.
64.0068.00.
Western
Maryland
Market
Western Maryland
Stockyards, Inc.
Westminster, Md.
December 12,1978
BUTCHER CATTLE:
Mostly cows offered, Fat
Steers Good demand; Top
56.50; Good-Choice 53.00-
56.50; Standard 50.00-53.00;
Heifers, Good to 49.25; Cows
Large run, steady to $l.OO
higher! Good Cows 43.00-
46.75, Individual at 47.60;
Standard & Utility 42.00-
43.50; Canners 40.0042.00;
Shelly 40.00 Down Bulls
Strong demand; Top 55.00,
Bulk 49.00-52.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: Prices
steady. Top Hogs 49.25; Bulk
200-225 lbs. 48.5049.25; 230-
260 lbs. 48.0049.00; 170-190
lbs. 46.00-48.00; Heavy
Weights to 44.25; Sows to
42.00, Bulk 38.0040.50.
VEAL CALVES: Good
run, very active. Tops, to
98.50; Good-Choice 85.00-
98.50; Standard 75.00-85.00;
Light calves 3.00-5.00
lower! Bulk 55.00-75.00;
Weak & Rough 55.00 Down.
Farm heifers to 128.00, Bulls
to 96.00.
LAMBS: Good demand,
few offered. Good & Choice
to 61.50; Medium to 55.00.
STOCK CATTLE: Good
run, prices higher. Stock
Steers 40.0074.00; Stock
Heifers 40.0066.50, Light
weights to 76.50; Stock Bulls
40.0075.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: Good
run, mostly steady. By the
head 15.0045.00, Shoats to
52.00; By the lb. 6090 lbs.
shoats to 81.00; 100160 lbs.
shoats to 50.00.
Carrol’s
Market
Carroll’s Sales Co., Inc.
Felton, Delaware
December 8,1978
COWS: Utility 40.0044.50;
Cutter 37.0040.00.
STEERS: Choice 55.00
58.00; Good 50.00-55.00;
Standard 45.00-50.00; 400-500
lbs. Feeder Bulls 57.00
70.00.
BULLS: 48.0054.50.
VEAL CALVES; Prime
80.0090.00; Choice 70.00
80.00; Good 65.00-70.00;
Standard 55.00-65.00;
Monkeys returning to farm
-50.0084.00.
LAMBS: 53.00-86.00.
HOGS: 50.50-53.50.
SOWS: 39.00-41.00.
BOARS: 38.00-39.75; Pigs
sold between 27.00-70.00.
Joilet
Cattle
December 14,1978
Friday through Wed
nesday’s salable receipts
7,400, 5 days last week 7,419,
year ago 9,929. Trading slow
on Monday, turning
moderately active Wed
nesday,
Slaughter steers closed the
week 75 to 1.25 higher than
Wednesday of last week.
Slaughter heifers closed the
week 25 to 50 higher. Cows 50
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed high Choice and
Prime 34, few 5, 1150-1350
lbs. 55.50-56.00 Monday,
56.25-56.75 Wednesday. Load
4-5 1100 lbs. 56.00 Wed
nesday. Choice 24, largely 3-
4, 1000-1250 lbs. 54.50-55.50
Monday, 55.25-56.25, Mostly
55.50-56.25 Wednesday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
1000-1200 lbs. 53.50-54.50
Monday, 54.00-55.00 Wed
nesday. Choice holsteins
1400-1500 lbs. 52.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 34,
few 5, 950-1100 lbs. 54.00-
54.25-, 1 load 54.50 Monday,
54.50-54.75 Wednesday.
Choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 53.25-
54.00 Monday, 53.75-54.50
Wednesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 52.25-
53.25 Monday, 52.50-53.50
Wednesday.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 41.50-43.00.
Canner and Cutter 39.00-
41.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland Sales Stables
Wed., December 13,1978
Reported receipts of 169
cows, 203 heifers, and 10
bulls. Dairy cow market
reported steady, heifers
stronger.
Load of Pa. fresh 925-1040;
load of N.Y, purebred and
grades, fresh 900-2125,
springers 850-1430; load of
Pa. fresh 720-1050; load of
Butler Co., nurebred and
grades, fresh 875-1600,
springers 710-1800; Guern
sey cows 325-800; local cows
750-1250; springing heifers,
grades 775-1050, purebreds
850-1240; bred heifers 625-
750; open heifers 275-625;
bulls 450-600; herd dispersal
of 25 head in all stages of
lactation 345-1000.
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