Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster
Market
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VEAL CALVES: Vealers
mostly steady, instances
3.00- lower on Choice and
Prime. Demand good for
calves returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 280-360
lbs. 114.00-121.00, few 121.00-
123.00; Choice 160-300 lbs.
100.00- 120-160 lbs.
98.00- few 110.00-
118.00; high Good and low
Choice 120-270 lbs. 85.00-
102.00, 90-120 lbs. 84.00-98.00,
70-90 lbs. 84.00-90.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk' 90-120 lbs. holstem
heifers 130.00-185.00, around
50 head early part of week
210.00- bulk 90-115 lbs.
holstem bulls 98.00-115.00,
several 115.00-125.00.
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Belleville
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
October 24,1979
CATTLE 163. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter cows $1 to
$2.50 lower. Few Standard
slaughter steers 57.60-59.85.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 44.5047.50,
couple 49.50, Cutters 45.00-
47.00, Caflßfler & Low Cutter
40.50-44.25, Shells down to
35.00. Few Yield Grade #1
1000-1695 lbs. slaughter bulls
51.85-61.25. Few Medium
Frame §2 300-500 lbs. feeder
steers 60.50-66.50.
CALVES 142. Choice
vealers 97.00-109.00, few
Good 95.00-100.00, 70-95 lbs.
82.00-92.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-125 lbs.
GIGANTIC
SELECTION
IN
Lancaster
Farming’s
CLASSIFIEDS
90.00-130.00; few holstein
heifers 90-150 lbs. 135.00-
220.00.
HOGS 285. Barrows & gilts
$2.50 to $3 lower. US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts
34.00- one lot 35.75, No.
1-3 200-245 lbs. 33.60-34.00. US
No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows
23.00- few No. 2-3 400-
600 lbs. 19.50-23.25. Boars
20.00- -
FEEDER PIGS 520. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
8.00-15.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs 12.00-20.00, No. 1-3
80-150 lbs. 28.00-34.00, Utility
25-50 lbs. 4.00-11.00 per head.
SHEEP 42. Choice 80-115
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
55.00- Slaughter ewes
22.00-
New Holland
Horse
Monday, October 22
New Holland
Sales Stables
Reported receipts of 268
head of horses, mules, and
ponies. Market steady with
last week’s market.
Local driving horses, 275-
1220; riding horses, 275475;
better horses, 550-775;
lightweight killers, 275-400;
heavyweight killers, 450-575;
mares 30-65; .colts, 10-20;
geldings, 25-60; larger
pomes, 110-175.
HIGH PRESSURE PUMP
LAGOON PUMP
AGITATOR PUMP
VERTICAL HIGH
PRESSURE PIT PUMP
USED SPREADERS
(2) 1,875 gallon
ELIZABETHTOWN—Un
tiI October 30, USDA wfll
receive comments on its
proposal to nuke it man
datory that every package
absolutely contain no less
than the stated weight,
regardless of how the
package is handled, shipped,
used or misused.
In its summary of costs
and benefits for the
proposal, USDA’s statistical
division suggests the
following in favor of the
change: consumers would be
guaranteed the stated
weight in “consumable”
product; a drained weight
measuring system is less
subject to abuse; it would
provide incentives for in
dustry to reduce the amount
and variability of moisture
loss of products; value
comparisons between meat
and poultry would improve,
although value comparison
among brands would not
improve; it would be simpler
to enforce; and wholesale
buyers would receive full net
weight on bulk shipments.
USDA lists cost factors in
a rule change as follows:
industry costs would rise
from $59 to $ll6 million, with
the greatest overhead im
pact hitting smaller firms;
retailers would have more
frequent rewrapping costs
for in-store packaged
products and would have to
absorb costs for prepacked
packages opened but not
purchased by inspectors;
enforcement time would be
■>V N N
USDA Net Weight
Proposal Comments due
increased and more ihan
$400,000 in new equipment
would be needed by weights
and measures officials to
check compliance; and
products with higher
potential moisture losses
would be overpacked even
more, with prices boosted to
reflect overloading.
’Beef production low
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In
the coming months, beef
production will remain at
low levels. Excellent grazing
conditions this summer and
into the fall have enabled
feeder cattle producers to
hold their cattle on pastures
longer than usual keeping
feeder cattle prices high.
Feedlot operators have
balked at paying these high
prices for feeder cattle and
movement into feedlots has
been slow.
Feedlot placements for the
third quarter could be about
a fourth below the July-
September 1978 level
suggesting beef production
sharply below a year earlier
this fall and in early 1980.
LANCASTER - On October
29th and 30th, a Christmas
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27,1979
Christmas
starts Monday
Send comments to the
Executive Secretariat,
Attn.: Annie Johnson, Room
3807-S, FSQS, USDA,
Washington, D.C. 20250. Or,
call William Dubbert (202-
447-7470) directly to make
comment or ask additional
questions about how the
change would affect your
business and your products.
The October 18 Cattle on
Feed report will give a good
reading on what beef
production is likely to be
during the next 3 to 5 mon
ths.
Feedlot placements in late
fall are expected to increase
as cold and drier weather
slows pasture growth. If so,
beef production during the
first half of 1980 may be
greater than the second half
of 1979 giving pork more
competition.
And competing poultry
supplies this fall and in
early 1980 also expected to
be above year-earlier levels
adding additional
pressure to hog prices.
workshop
program will be held at the
County Extension Service,
Farm & Home Center. The
program is being held for
two days this year in order to
accommodate more people,
announced Susan Doyle,
Home Economist.
The Christmas program
will focus on three main
areas. “Gifts for Everyone”
will be presented by Ruth
Finkel, Extension Assistant
Ruth will review the “how
to-do-its” in making gifts for
babies, energy savers, for
the home, the disorganized,
the shut-in, the knitter or
crocheter, and for the hard
to please.
“Home for the Holidays”
features a food demon
stration by Judith Mentzer
and Sharon Sheaffer. These
women are free lance home
economists. They will be
providing help on Christmas
menu ideas and food gifts.
In the afternoon, Mrs.
Daniel Ebberts will be
showing the workshop
participants how to decorate
their homes with a festive
holiday garb.
For more details, contact
Susan Doyle at the Farm and
Home Center.
As petroleum costs con
tinue to rise, cotton becomes
more competitive with
polyester, and U.S.
manufacturers continue to
export more and import
fewer cotton goods.
Two of agriculture’s
ageless enemies, pestilence
and disease, are estimated
to cut the world's food supply
by up to 40 percent.
- lrr 1967,’ half the food
produced in India was lost to
fdt, : birds and insects.
Three years later, 50 percent
losses in developing coun
tries were not unusual. It’s
estimated modern pest
control could save enough
food for 40 million people
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