—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, March 24,1979
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Livestock market and auction news
Joliet
Cattle
March 22,1979
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable
receipts 3,000; 5 days last
week 4,415; same period last
year 5,640. Slaughter steers
4.00-5.00 higher, instances
5.50 higher. Slaughter
heifers 3.504.50. Instances
5.00 higher. Cows 1.50 to 2.00
higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed 'high Choice and
Prime 34, few 5, 1150-1350
Ibs. 6 loads 73.00 Monday;
75.50-76.00, 3 loads 76.00
Wednesday. Choice 24,1050-
1300 lbs. 71-72.50 Monday; 74-
75.50 Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-4,950-1250
lbs. 72.50-74.00 Wednesday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:.
Mixed Choice and Prime 34*
1000-1200 lbs. 2 loads 71.50, ll
load 71.75 Monday; 3 loads
73.50 Wednesday. Choice 24,
830-1050 lbs. 69.50-71.00
Monday; 72-73.00 Wed
nesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3,800-1000 lbs. 68.50-
69.50 Monday; 70-72.00
Wednesday.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3, 52-55.00,
few 56.00 Monday; 53-56.00,
few 57.00 Wednesday.
Market courtesy of USDA.
St. Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards
March 22,1979
Receipts this week 6,200:
week age 7,600: year ago
8,700. Compared to last
weeks close, slaughter
steers 3.504.50 higher.
Slaughter heifers 2.50-3.00
higher. Cows closing 50-1.00
higher. Bulls fully steady.
Slaughter supply mainly
Choice and mixed Choice
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and Prime 24 1025-1200 lbs.
steers around 35 percent
heifers and 15 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
1050-1250 lbs. 71.50*73.50,
most closing bales 72.50-
73.50, few 74.00. Choice 24
950-1300 lbs. 69.50-73.00,
closing 71.00-73.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 24 900-1200
lbs. 68.00-71.50. Good 2-3 900-
1175 lbs. Stan
dard to Good, few Choice 2-3
1075-1325 Ibs. holsteins 63.00-
66.00. '
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
875-1050 lbs. 68.50-70.50,
mostly closing sales 69.50-
70.50, few 71.00. Choice 24
800-1050 lbs. 67.00-70.00,
closing 68.00-70.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 700-975
lbs. 65.50-68.00. Good 2-3 700-
9501b5. 62.50-66.50.
COWS: ' Utility and
Commercial 24 50.00-55.50.
Boning Utility 1-2 54.0056.50.
Late 55.50-56.50. Cutter 1-2
48.00-54.00. Conner and Low-
Cutter 1-2 43.5049.00.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2
1050-1900 lbs. 61.0067.00,
closing 62.00-67,00. Yield
Grade 11600-2100 lbs. 68.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: In
cluding about 2500 at regular
Thursday auction. Feeder
Steers and Keifers unevenly
2.004.00 lower, instances
5.008.00 lower on Choice
kinds weighing under 400 lbs.
Supply mainly Choice and
mixed Good, and Choice 400
700 lbs. steers and 350600
lbs. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300400 lbs. 95.00
102.50, 400500 lbs. 92.50
97.50, 500600 lbs. 83.25-94.00,
600700 lbs. 78.00-85.00,
scattered lots 700775 lbs.
75.0077.50, few lots 875-950
lbs. 71.25-73.00. Mixed Good
and Choice and some Choice
compact 400500 lbs. 84.75-
93.00, 600675 lbs. 75.75-78.50.
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Few lots Good and Choice
375450 lbs. holsteins 88.00-
92.50, lot 850 lbs. 71.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300400 lbs. 82.50-
89.00, 400-500 lbs. 76.50-87.00,
500-600 lbs. 73,50-77,00, few
lots 600-700 lbs. 67.50-75.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 350-
500 Ibs. 70.00-78.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Leesport
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
March 21,1979
CATTLE 297. Supply in
cluded 66 bead feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wednes
day’s market, slaughter
steers $3.50-$5 higher.
Slaughter heifers $1 higher.
Slaughter cows steady to 75
cents higher. Choice
1050-1400 lbs. slaughter
steers 71.00-73.25, few to
73,85, Good 69.00-71.25, few
Standard 64.1048.25, few
Utility 60.0045,50. Choice
875-1100 lbs. slaughter
heifers 65.1047.25 few to
69.00, few Good 60.0045.00.
Utility and Commercial
Get all-crop versatility, plus electrically
rolled feeding and discharge
IH HAY PICKUP
ATTACH. HEW, FOR
720 FORAGE HARVESTER
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AGRICULTURAL
EQUIPMENT
slaughter cows 54.00-57.75,
few 'to 59.00, Cutters
51.00-55.00, few Canner and
Low Cutters 49.00-52.25. Few
Good and Choice slaughter
bullocks 69.75-73.50, few
Standard 63.00-66.00, few
Utility 60.00-63.00. Few Yield
Grade No. 1, 1300-2224 lbs.
slaughter bulls 65.00-65.50,
§2, 1170-1450 lbs. 57.00-64.25.
Few Choice 430-500 lbs.
feeder steers 97.00-100.00,
Good 350-700 lbs. 68.00-66.00.
Few Choice 350-600 lbs.
feeder heifers 79.00-92.00.
Few Choice 350-400 lbs.
feeder bulls 110.00-113.00,
few Medium and Good
600-850 lbs. 58.00-68.00.
CALVES 155. Few Choice
vealers 103.50-123.00, > Good
101.00- few Standard
and Good 110-130 lbs.
99.00- 90-110 lbs.
90.00- 70-85 lbs.
79.00- Utility 65-90 lbs.
40.00- Farm Calves:
Holstein bulls 90140 lbs.
98.00118.00; Holstein heifers
90175 lbs. 100.00175.00, few
200.00.
HOGS 320. Barrows and
gilts $2-$2.25 lower. US No.
2 NEW 720 FORAGE HARVESTERS (1540 S 1 1000 RPM PTO)
W/CYLINDERS, HOSES, COUPLERS *4995°°
1- 200-235 lbs. barrows and
gilts 48.75-49.25, No. 1-3
185-245 lbs. 48.0049.00, No.
2- 215-275 lbs. 45.0048.00,
few No. 1-3 155-185 lbs.
45.0047.50. Sows steady. US
No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows
40.7543.25, individual 44.50.
Boars 36.0040:00, few light
weights 41.0042.75.
High capacity. Fine-cut performance Simple, easy control.
All help make your harvest more productive, more profit
able. Interchangeable quick-attach drive-in'crop units for
row crops or hay pickup Row crop, 2-row adjustable for
wide or narrow rows fits 720 and 830,3-row narrow for 830
only. Same 6-ft. hay pickup fits both. High speed, high
helix 12-knife cutterh§ads cut 3/16-in lengths without
recutter screen Fingertip electric control' - feeding and
discharge
• 720 for tractors up to 130 PTO hp., 830 for tractors up to
175 PTO hp.
• Dual electric clutches, remote controlled for start, stop,
reverse of feed system.
• Large diameter feed rolls automatically adjust to crop
volume
• Remote electrical control of discharge deflector and
spout direction.
• Hydra-Sharp knife sharpener bevels as it sharpens for
maximum cutting efficiency
IH 2 ROW CROP
ATTACIMEKT FOR 720
FORAGE HARVESTER
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WM. HOBENSACK’S SONS
1060 Greeley Ave.
Ivyland, PA 18974
215-675-1610 215-343-2101
FEEDER PIGS 119. US
No. 1-3 35-55 lbs. feeder pigs
117.00- per hun
dreweight, few No. 1-3 6545
lbs. 82.00-97.00 per hun
dredweight.
SHEEP 54. Choice 50-70
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
98.00- one at 119.00.
Slaughter ewes 26.0041.50.
Waiver of Finance
Until 8-1-79
IHCC Financing at
Least 12 Months.
IH 6 FT. COTIER BAR
ATTACH- REH, FOR 350
FORAGE HARVESTER
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