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COWS COHS
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from Ray Kyper, Bob
Kennedy, Dale Brewer and Ed Stover plus local
consigner^..
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Lots of good Northern Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and Veal Calves.
11:00 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M. ■ Dairy Cows
7:00P.M. • Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the
farm or at our tram or other market information
call: Office 717-733*2444.
WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor
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pf Earl B. Cinder - .
Pf RD2, Manheirti, PA 17545
pf Phone: 717-665-3126
pf JohnZehr
pf 264 Maple Ave.
pf Bird-ln-Hand. PA 17552
pf Phone. 717-393-3588
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IFT Eastern Lancaster Co.
2 Melvin Herr
nT RD2, New Holland, PA 17557
rf Phone. 717-354/5977
SouthuMkcf«irn I anract«p Pa
— - ■■■« R. Craig Bauermaster
& BenGreenawalt Roger Heller P.O. Box 162
m- RD2, Conestoga, PA 17516 RDI, Robesoma, PA Shady Grove, Pa. 17256
S* Phone: 717-872-5686 ,Phone:2ls-693-6160 Phone:7l7-597-4768
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. Henry Delong, Jr.
RD2, Box 69
Peach Bottom, PA 17563
Phone: 717-548-3471
Southeastern PA
Aldus R. King
RDI, 80x67A
Atglen, PA 19310
Phone: 215-593-5952
Berks Co. -
Paul 0. Deßoard
Longview Road RD3
Boyertown, PA 19512
Phone. 215-689-5365
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William Windle
RDI, Atglen, PA 193J0
Phone- 215-593-6143
Northeast Berks Co.
Livestock iwirket end auction news
Sechrist
Auction
Stewartstown, Pa.
January 1,1979
Very light sale reported.
CATTLE 50. Steers - High
Choice and Prime -58.00-
61.85; Good Choice 55.00-
58.00; Holsteins Good 52.00-
55.50. Heifers - High Choice
and Prime 56.00-58.85; Good
to Choice 54.00-56.00. Feeder
Steers - Good and Choice
65.00-68.50; Standard &
Good,. Heifers -60.00-65.00.
Cows High Yearling
Commercial 48.50-52.75;
Cutters 46.00-49.00; Canners
Low Cutters 44.0047.50.
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers
St Heifers - $2.00 higher;
Choice 55.00-58.00; Good
51.00- Medium 50.00
Down. Heifers - Choice 51.50-
52.25; Good 48.00-51.00;
Medium 47.00 Down. Cows -
Large run, $3.00 higher. High
Yield 48.50-50.75; Average
45.0048.00; Big Middle 41.00-
44.00; Shelly 40400 Down. Fat
Bulls - $3.00 higher; Good
54.00- Medium 48.00-
53.00. Veal Calves - $4,004.00
higher; Choice 100.00-106.00;
Good 85.00-99.00; Medium
75.00- Farm Hfrs. to
mtm'wfmt 00.00; Farm Bulls to 90.00;
irr rr irr in' Ljgjrt & Weak 64,00 Down.
Lambs - Good 55.00=62.50;
TV Medium 54.00 Down. Sows -
fif \ £ 300-600 lbs. 40.00-44.00.
& STOCKER: Steers 300450
rS7 St lbs. - Very active & higher;
'Vfy Sr prices Choice J^.oo-72.50;
" pf Good 64.00-69.00; Medium
ff 58.00-63.00; Culls 57.00 Down.
fT Steers 600450 lbs. - Choice
W 62.0045.00; Good 55.0041.00;
Medium 55.00 Down; Heifers
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Choice and Prime 90.00-
107.00; Good and Choice
80.00- Bulls 100-120 lbs.
85.00- Heifers 90-110
lbs. 80.00-105.00; Culls 40.00-
75.00.
HOGS 217. Hogs-U.S. No.
1 and 2, 190-220 lbs. 51.75-
52.50; U.S. No. 1 and 3,190-
230 lbs. 51.00-51.50; U.S. No. 1
and 3,180-250 lbs. 50.00-50.75.
Sows - 250-375 lbs. 42.00-
46.75; 400-600 lbs. 37.0040.00.
Boars --300-500 lbs. 35.00-
40.00.
Don't Guess
Lebanon Co.
Marvin Meyer
RD2, Box 157
Annville, PA 17003
Phone. 717-867-1445
SOUTH CENTRAL PA
REGIONAL MANAGER
> Earl H. Moyer
BDS, Box 277
Hagerstown, MD 21740
- Phone-301-739-5199
Washington Co. MD
Willard W. Wenger
2311 Laurel Ave.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone: 301-791-4851
Eastern Franklin
SHEEP 2. Lambs - Good to
Choice 55.00-62.00; Medium
and Good 50.00-55.00; Ewes -
20.00-30.00.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
Select No. 1 and 2, 190-215
lbs. 50,50-51.00.
Private Treaty Fat Hogs,
No. 1 and 2,190-220 lbs. 50.00-
50.25.
Private Treaty Fat Hop,
No. 1 and 3,190-260 lbs. 48.50-
49.75.
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Sales, Inc.
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PRICES GIVEN DAILY FOR
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Lancaster Firming, Saturday, January 6,1979
Save hardwood ashes and use as garden fertilizer .. Full moon
Jan. 13.. Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 17 minutes
. First shot fired in Civil War Jan. 9, 1860 ... Gray whales'go
south off California this week . . Congress legislated “a star for
every sfate" in flag Jan 13, 1794 . . He who limps is still walking
Home Hints: Fill an old hot water bottle with
sand and use it as a kneeling pad
old ‘Farmer's weather forecasts
New England: Milder with rain, snow north
Greater New York-New Jersey: Rain and sleet all week.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Ram throughout the week
Piedmont & Southeast Coa"*al: Heavy ram, snow west,
throughout week.
Florida: Showery all week, warming by week's end
Upstate NY-Toronto & Montreal: Snow, heavier in the west and
north, clear, very cold, then mild for last of week.
Greater Ohio Snow throughout the week, heavy west.
(All weights) - Choice 64.00-
70.00; Good 58.00-63.00;
Medium 57.00 Down. Bulls -
Choice 63.00-65.50; Good
58.00-62.00; Medium 57.00
Down. Dairy Cow? - to 830.00.
Spr. Hfrs. - to 1,050.00 Pigs,
hd. - Good run, mostly
WE BUY SOYBEANS
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717-426-1961 - Call Collect
2 miles North of Marietta on Hwy. 441.
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JAN. 8-14, 1979
Wet (tuff, rain and fluff.
Ask the Old Farmer: On the ceiling, fac
ing the fireplace, in an 18th-century
farmhouse in Vermont are four wrought
iron hooks Any ideas about their pur
pose? W A., Albany, N.Y.
We believe that these hooks supported a can
vas windbreak when the lady of the house took
a bath in winter.
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(All Rights Reserved, Yankee, Inc, Dublin, N H 034441
steady prices; 20-30 lbs.
25.00-36.00; 40-60 lbs. 37.00-
44.00. Shoats by lb.- to 72.00.
Slaughtef'Bogs - $1.25 under
last week; 200-230 lbs. 50.35-
50.85; 240-260 lbs. 49.5050.50;
180-195 lbs. 49.0050.00; 265-
335 lbs, 48.5050.00.
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