—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1,1979
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THE OLD
SEPT. 3-9, 1979
A bit uncertain, so draw the curtains
Drive carefully now, kids start back to school this week Full
moon Sept 6 Average length of days for the week, 12 hours, 54
minutes Total eclipse of the moon Sept 6, will be visible
throughout most of continental U S It begins at 3 21 am EST and
ends at 8 29 A M EST fowl's are thick where love is thin
romping by night to make life a mite
miserable for a newly married couple In many places in America they
call such a thing a "charivari" or "shivarecdepending on the place In
our section they used to Mow horns and yell blue murder, the mam idea
being to keep the newlyweds up
Home Hints: Chill leftover cooked cereal, then pan fry and serve with
syrup
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Week begins sunny, cooler, with rain, mid-week,
showers by week's end
Greater New York-New Jersey. Rainy and mild at beginning of
week, then variably cloudy with showers, end of week slightly
cooler with showers
Middle Atlantic Coastal. Rainy and cool to start, then clearing and
seasonal mid-week, end of week cooler with showers
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal. Hot, with showers at week's
beginning, then partly cloudy and seasonal, weekend brings mild
showers
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Peoria
Cattle
August 30,1979
Weekly cattle summary:
Receipts this week: 5500
Last week; 5800
Year ago: 5600
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers 2.00-
3.50 lower. Slaughter heifers
2.00-3.00 lower. Cows 3.00-
6.00 lower. Bulls 3.00-5.00
lower Receipts about 65
percent slaughter steers, 30
percent slaughter heifers,
balance mainly cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and prime 34 1150-
1250 lbs. early
dosing 63.50-64.25; three
loads 4-5 1300-1350 lbs. 60.00-
62.00; choice 24 1000-1250
lbs. 62.00-65.25, late 62.00-
63.50; several loads 64.00;
couple loads 64.50-65.00; on
Monday couple loads 65.50-
66.00; mixed good and choice
24 900-1250 lbs. 60.00-62.00;
good 2-3 55.00-60.50; few good
2-3 Holstems 55.00-57.00; late
53.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and prune 34 900-1100
lbs. Monday 63.00-63.50, late
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Ask the Old Farmer: From an
old newspaper' clipping of the
notice of a wedding, 1 came
across the word "skimmelton "
Can you give its meaning 7 DB,
Reading, Pa
Skimmington" variously spelled, is
a very old word of English deriva
tion It has several meanings, one of
which is a sort of wild but harmless
61.00- couple loads
62.00; choice 2-4 850-1075 lbs.
60.00- mixed good and
choice 2-4 850-1050 lbs. 58.00-
60.00; good 2-3 53.00-58.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 1-3 43.00-46.00; few
48.00; cutter 1-2 41.0044.00;
canner 38.0042.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 55.00-58.00;
individual 60.00; early up to
65.00.
Special
Market
Special Slaughter
Cattle Sale
August 21,1979
Fauquier, Va.
There were 58 head sold,
i All cattle were graded by the
Representatives of the
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
of USDA standards and sold
by the hundredweight.
Choice Steers 1070-1193 lbs.
61.00- Good Steers 1075-
1100 lbs. 59.75-62.25; Choice
Heifers 825-925 lbs. 57.00-
61.75; Good Heifer Singles
59.00-
Livestock market and auction news
Green Dragon
Auction
August 24,1979
STEERS; Good to Choice
64.00- Standard to Good
60.00- Otherss.oo-58.75.
FEEDERSTEERS: Good
to Choice 75.00-90.50; Stan
dard to Good 65.06-75.00.
Feeder Bulls Hols.
62.00-
Beef Bred Bulls:
60.00-
Common Beef Bred:
55.0060.00.
BULLS: 65.00-67.50; Light
Hols. Bulls 60.0064.50.
COWS: Utility 52.00-54.50,
1 at 55.75; Cutters
48.00- Canners
45.00-
CALVES: Back to farm
heifers 1.60-1.85. Bull calves
90.00- Standard to
Good 60.00-90.00.
Dairy cows and betters
sale well attended, demand
good on all classes. 73 cows,
33 heifers. 1 load upstate
cows P.B. and grades. Fresh
cows 1140.00 to 1300.00 Spr.
1100.00 to 1430.00.
1 load Butler Co. cows spr.
990.00 to 1310.00.
1 load of Penn, mixed fresh
and spr. 635.00 to 1040.00.
1 load Maryland cows and
heifers 755.00 to 950.00.
Load cows 940.00 to
1150.00.
Springing Ist calf heifers
645.00 to 1020.00, 2 P.B. spr.
1155.00 and 1195.00.
Thomasville
Market
Thomasville, Pa.
Wednesday, August 29
Cattle, Steers, choice
64.10-66.00; medium and
good 62.00-63.50; choice
slaughter heifers 58.85-60.25;
medium and good 54.00-
56.50; Cows,good 46.85-49.00,
utility 43.00-44.50; good
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Hours Mon Fn 9-8 30, Sat 9-5
Wed 9 4 30. Sat 9-5
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46.85-49.00; cann'er and low
cutters 40.0041.00; Bulls,
medium and good 65.00-
66.75; standard 59.0063 00;
stock steers, choice, 250-300
lbs. 95.00-109 00, stock
heifers, medium good, 300-
4001bs ,85.00-90.00. Calves 90.
Vealers, 160 to 220 lbs. 104 00-
106.00; standard and good
140-1601b5., 94.00-102.00, 85-95
1b5.,80.00-90.00; Holstein bull
calves,9s-110 lbs., 94.00-
105.00; Holstein heifer
calves, 100-1501b5., 100,00-
110.00; Hogs 169, barrows
and gilts by private treaty
39.00; sows 4001bs. and
higher 26.00-29.50; boars
26.00- Feeder pigs,2oo
head; 20-251bs. 17.50-20.00
per head, 30-401bs. 25.00-
27.00. 40-501bs. 27.00-32.00.
Sheep, choice, 85-1001bs.,
55.00- medium and
good, 50.00-52.00, utility,
40.0043.00. ‘
East Coast
Carlot
August 29,1979
Compared to Tuesday’s
close unless specified:
Prune special fed veal
generally steady m limited
test. Good and choice boning
veal Northeasterns 2.00
higher, limited sales in
shipped late yesterday firm.
Spru g lamb 5.00-7.00 higher
compared to last week on
mixed weight loads.
Boneless beef 90 chem. lean
fresh 6.00-8.00 lower on
limited test.
VEALCARCASS
HIDE ON
180-240 lbs. few 165.00,
generally steady.
BONING TYPE
Good & Choice
Northeastern Suppliers.
65-75 lbs. 116.00-122.00,
mostly 118.00-122.00, all 2.00
higher; 55-64 lbs. 114.00-
120.00, mostly 116.00-120.00;
45-54 lbs. 112.00-118.00,
mostly 114.00-118.00; 3544
lbs. 110.00-116.00, mostly
112.00- 34 lbs. down
108.00- 00, mostly 110.00-
114.00.
Inshipped late yesterday:
70-80 lbs. ltd. 121.00-122.00,
all firm; 60-70 lbs. ltd. 119.00-
120.00 ; 5060 lbs. ltd. 117.00-
118.00; 40-50 lbs. ltd. 115.00-
116.00; 3040 lbs. ltd. 113.00-
114.00.
SPRING LAMB
CARCASS
Choice and Prime 34
9*2 Loads
Compared to last weeek:
55 lbs. down 125.00-127.00,
6.00 higher; 55-65 lbs. 125.00-
127.00, few 124.00 6.00-7.00
higher; 65-75 lbs. 123.00-
125.00, mostly 125.00 5.006.00
higher.
BONELESS BEEF
6 Loads
90 pet. chem. lean, fresh
132.00 6.00-8.00 Iwr.; 90 pet.
chem. lean, frozen 134.00 ; 85
pet. chem. lean, fresh 122.00.
Joliet
Cattle
August 30,1979
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable
receipts 5,500; 5 days last
week 6,300; same period last
year 6,156. Trading slow to
moderate for the week.
Slaughter Steers closed the
week 2.00-3.00 lower than
Wednesday of last week.
Slaughter Heifers ended the
ssss $ $
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week 2.00-2.50 lower. Cows
5.00-7.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Mixed High Choice and
Prime 3-4 1100-1300, 65.00-
65.50 Monday; 63.50-64.00; 2
loads 64.25 Wednesday; YG
4-5 1300-1400 61.00-64.00
Monday. Choice 2-4,975-1250
63.50- Monday; 62.50
63.75 Wednesday Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1000-
1250 62.50-63.50 Monday,
61.50- Wednesday
Choice Holsteins 1300-1500
57.50- 00 Monday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Mixed Choice and Prime 3-4
950-1100 63.25-63.50; *2 loads
63.75 Monday; 62.0062.50
Wednesday. Choice 24 900
1050 62.0063.00 Monday;
60.50-62.00 ’ Wednesday
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
8001000 60.50-62.00 Monday;
59.00-60.50 Wednesday/
COWS: Cutter, Utility,
Few Commercial 1-3 47.00
50.00 Monday; 45.0047.00
Wednesday.