Livestock market and auction news
Pa. Auction
Summary
Of 15 Livestock
Auction Market Reports.
■ April 13,1979
CATTLE 4973. Compared
to 7304 last week and 9471 a
year ago. Compared with
last week’s market,
slaughter steers & bullocks
mostly 1.50-2.00 higher. SI.
heifers 2.00-4.00 higher.
Feeder cattle steady t0'3.00
higher. SI. cows & si. bulls
mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. High
Choice & Prime YG 3-4 si.
steers 73.75-77.50, Choice YG
2-4 71.00-77.00. Good 66.00-
71.50, Standard 62.00-68.00.
Choice si. heifers 63.00-74.00,
Good 64.00-69.00. Few
Standard 56.00-60.00, few
Utility 53.00-57.00. Utility &
Commercial si. cows 56.00-
81.00, few 63.85. Cutters
52.00- Canner & low
Cutter 48.00-54.50, Shells
down to 45.00. Few Choice si.
bullocks' 69.00-74.50, Good
65.00- few Standard
63.50-68.00.- Yield Grade #l,
1000-2200 lbs. 67.00-72.00,
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pigweed
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I the Big Plus...to do the job. I
I Pre-emergence: Banvei tank-mixed with* Lasso® to get broadleaf I
■ weeds along with grasses... ready and waiting when later I
I weeds germinate. I
■ Early layby (in corn up to five inches high): use Banvei at a one I
H pint rate. Stop weeds before they’ve had a chance to develop. I
■ This Banvei overlay controls cocklebur, sunflower, annual I
I morningglory, other troublemakers. I
I Post-emergence (corn up to 36 inches): Banvei herbicide I
I controls the real problems—like smart- I
■ weed, velvetleaf, bindweed, and seedling ■ ■
■ Canada thistle. j "1 I
■ Before buying a less adaptable herbicide I
■ that may be short on performance, check I
■ out the Big Plus of Banvei.. .from Velsicol. I
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■ Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania South Dakota H Rtlc>D
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Yield Grade #2, 900-1600 lbs.
62.00-68.00.
■FEEDER CATTLE: Good
& Choice 300-750 lbs. steers
73.00-98.00. Good & Choice
300-700 lbs. heifers 65.00-
83.00. Good & Choice 300-800
lbs. bulls 68.00-83.00.
CALVES 2820. Compared
to 3347 last week and 4035 a
year ago.-Vealers uneven
4.00 higher to 5.00 lower.
Prime vealers 119.00-136.00,
Choice 100.00-120.00, Good
90.00-110.00, Standard &
Good 90-120 lbs. 85.00-96.00,
70-90 lbs. 75.00-90.00, few
Utility 50-100 lbs. 50.00-75.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 90-120 lbs. 93.00-130.00.
Hoi. Heifers 90-175 lbs. 93.00-
200.00.
HOGS 7186. Compared to
7630 last week and 7740 a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
mostly steady. US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts
46.00-48.00, few 48.50. No. 1-3
200-250 lbs. 45.0047.00. No. 2-
3 190-265 lbs. 44.0046.00, No.
1-3 140-190 lbs. 40.0044.00.
SOWS unevenly steady. US
No. 1-3 300-575 lbs. sows
39.0041.50, few 46.50. No. 2-3
300-650 lbs. 35.00-40.00.
BOARS 30.0040.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1239.
Compared to 1096 last week
and 1197 a year ago. 2.005.00
higher. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs.
feeder pigs 25.00-45.00 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 35.00
52.00. Graded Feeder Pigs
3322. .All Sales Cwt. Com
pared with 2287 head last
week, and 2960 head a year
ago. Feeder pigs uneven, 25-
40 lb. steady to 7.00 lower, 40
lb. and above 2.00-7.00
higher. US No. 1-2 25-40 lbs.
114.00- 40-50 lbs.
110.00- 50-60 lbs.
106.00- 60-75 lbs. 90.00-
108.00; US No. 2-3 2540 lbs.
100.00- 40-50 lbs. 90.00-
113.00. 50-60 lbs. 92.00-106.00;
60-90 lbs. 72.00-92.00.
SHEEP 4440. Compared to
3634 last week and 504 a year
ago. Bulk ofjSupply sold to
Easter trade. Spring and
Wooled si. lambs 1.00-5.00
higher. Spring Choice 20-40
lbs. 110.00-155.00, 40-60 lbs.
90.00-121.00, 60-100 lbs. 75.00-
94.00; Good 20-70 lbs. 70.00-
100.00. Wooled Choice 60-100
lbs. 70.00-90.00, Good 50-100
lbs. 50.00-05.00. Slaughter
ewes 13.00-42.00.
Special
Market
Special Holstein and
Holstein Cross Steer Sale
Harrisonburg, Va.
April 2,1979
STEERS: Good 400-500
lbs. 91.00-93.50; 505-700 lbs.
81.25-86.00; 705-800 lbs. 71.50;
805-1000 lbs. 64.25-09.50; 1005-
1300 lbs. 62.00-64.25. Medium
350-500 lbs. 94.50-102.50; 505-
700 lbs. 85.00-88.00; 700-800
lbs. 82.50; 805-1000 lbs. 62.50-
70.75; 1005-1300 lbs. 62.26-
83.25.
V
Lancaster Fanning, Situy^y fc Apry i^jt97jh:*3^
Pa. Dept, of Ag.
officers named
HARRISBURG - H.
Francis Kennedy, 60, Butler
R 6; and Dean R. Heim, 44*
Pitman, have been ap
pointed administrative of
ficers of the Region 4 and
Region 7 Office of the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, respectively.
The appointment was made
by State Agriculture
Secretary Penrose
Hallowell. They assumed
their new duties with the
Department on March 28.
Hallowell said he was
pleased that the men had
accepted the appointment.
He cited their varied
agricultural and public
service background as a
positive factor in his
selection to fill the position.
The men will be respon
sible for the day to day
operations of their offices
and will supervise the field
staff who operate out of the
office.
Kennedy was raised on a
farm, and worked in a
partnership with his father
on the family dairy farm. He
bought the farm partnership
in 1949 and has since con
tinued as a dairyman with
registered Brown Swiss
cattle.
He was elected to the State
House of Representatives in
1962 and served in the
General Assembly for
twelve years. During his
tenure m the House, he
served as both Minority and
Majority Chairman of the
House Agriculture Com
mittee. He .was the prime
sponsor of the “Clean and
Green Act of 1973,” which
provides for property tax
assessments based on use
value for farmland and
forestland.
Kennedy is Vice-President
and Director of the All-
American Dairy Show and
Chairman of the
Agricultural Committee for
the State Grange. He has
been active in Extension,
serving as President, Vice-
President and Treasurer of
the County Extension
Committee. He has been a
director of the Purebred
Dairy Cattle Association,
and the Western Penn
sylvania Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative. He served as
an elder and head of the
Stewardship Committee at
his church in Mars.
Heim graduated from
Begins Township (now Tri-
Valley) High School in 1952.
Heim is the owner and
operator of the Ch-La-Dean
Farms in Hitman. His
business consists of raising
beef, vegetables and fruit,
which he delivers weekly to
approximately 400 retail and
wholesale customers. He has
been self-employed for 22
years.
He is a member of the
Pennsylvania Farmers
Association, the F & M
Valley Lodge 797, a,member
of the Shenandoah Amvets
and is a director fo teh
Mahatango Ambulance
Association and the
Mahatango Fire Company.