S—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 24,1979
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NOV. 26-DEC. 2, 1979
Not so cool, as a rule
Do not allow lawns to go mto winter more than 2 inches high
Boy's Town founded Dec 1,1917 First quarter of the moon No\
26 Average length of day for the week, 9 hours, 21 minutes
Harris revealed secrets of termites this week in 1849 First
voyage in hydrogen balloon. Pans, Dec 1 1783 Happy is the
man who does all the good he talks of
Ask the Old Farmer- What is "pointing”
a chimney and how often must it be
done 7 Who does it 7 JV , Malden Mass
Its removing alt loose mortar from the joints
in the brick work and filling the joints with
new mortar Its dom before the bricks get
loose Anyone can do it It s fussy rather than
hard work
Home Hints Keep a small magnet in vour sew
ing basket to collect stray pins and needles
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Clear and mild to start, cold mid-week with snow
by weeks end
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins sunny and cold, rain
and snow mid-week, 2" to 4" in mountains
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cold snap at week's beginning, cool for
rest of week with rain north and coast
Piedmont tc Southeast Coastal: Dry and cold through mid-week,
then ram, snow m mountains, until week s end
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St. Louis
Cattle
November 21,1979
Weekly Cattle Review;
receipts this week 2900;
Week ago 3900; year ago
3500. Compared last week’s
close, slaughter steers and
heifers steady to .50 lower,
with bolsteui steers 1.00-1.50
lower. Cows steady to 1.00
lower. Bulls 1.00 lower.
Supply mainly Choice and
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
slaughter steers, about 30
percent heifers and 15
percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEER
Prices fluctuated con
siderably as the trade
opened 1.00-1.50 higher on
Monday, but gams were
erased shortly thereafter
with additional weakness
Tuesday. Slaughter heifer
prices advanced early
Monday, but were more than
offset by declines late
Monday and Tuesday
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Load Mixed Choice and
Prime 2-3 1200 lbs. Early
Monday 69.00. Bulk Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1050
1300 lbs. 66.50-68.00, closing
66.50-67.00. Scattered lots
Choice and Prime 3-4 1125-
1300 lbs. 66.0066.50 Monday
Choice 2-4 9501275 lbs. 65.00
67.00, mostly 65.00-66 50
Tuesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 9001200 lbs. Late
64.0065.00, Good 2-3 9001175
lbs Late 60.5062.50. Stan
dard and Good 2-3 1075-1400
lb Holstems 59.0062.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
875-1050 lbs. 65.00-66.00
Choice 2-4 8001075 lbs. 63.50
65.50, closing 63 5065.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
700950 lbs. 62 5063.50 Good
2-3 700950 lbs 60 5063.00
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F New Holland, Penna. $
V Mon. Dec. 24 - 8:00 A.M. Fat Hog
P Sale ONLY
% lues. Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas
E Wed. Dec. 26-1:00 P.M.
Feeder Pig Sale ONLY
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COWS: Late Sales: Utility
and Commercial 2-4 43.00-
47.00. Boning Utility 1-2
47.00-49.00. Cutter 1-2 41.00-
46.00. Canner and low cutter
1-237.00-41.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1050-1900 lbs. 53.00-57.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: In
cluding about 300 head at
Wednesday auction. Not
enough feeder steers or
heifers on offer to fully test
prices.
FEEDER STEERS:
Medium Frame 1 couple lots
300-500 lbs. 82.50-90.00,
couple lots 935-940 lbs. 70.00-
71.50, lot 1025 lbs. 64.00.
Large frame 2 625-640 lb.
holstems 67.00-68.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS;
Medium Frame 1 couple lots
375-460 lbs. 74.00-75.50.
Special Market
Feeder Pig Sale
Tappahannock, Va.
November 19,1979
There were 530 head sold.
All pigs were graded by
Representatives of the
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
on USDA standards and sold
by the hundredweight.
US 1-2 40-59 lbs. 44.0046.00,
60-69 lbs. 39 00-40.00, 90-115
lbs 36 00.
US3’s 30-49 lbs. 46 00,50-69
lbs 37.5040.00, 70-99 lbs.
36 50,110-115 lbs. 36.50
US Utilities 3049 lbs. 33.00-
34.00,70-99 lbs. 34.00
US 4’s 3049 lbs. 36.00,50-69
lbs 35.00,70-99 lbs. 34.00.
Livestock market and auction news
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Morrison Cove
Auction
Martmsburg, Pa.
November 19,1979
CATTLE 233. Choice
slaughter steers 63.00-69.00,
Good 60 00-66.00, Standard
55 00-62.00, Utility 48.00-
55.00. Choice slaughter
heifers 64.00-69.00, Good
57.50-62.00, Standard 52.00-
60.00, Utility 48.00-55.00.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 49.00-52.50,
Cutters 46.00-50.00, Canner &
Low Cutter 42.00-47.00, Shells
down to 40.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 64.00-
68.00, Good 62.00-64.00,
Standard 60.00-62.00, Utility
57.00- Yield Grade §1
1000-2000 lbs. slaughter bulls
63.00- yield grade #2
900-1600 lbs. 60.00-64.00.
Medium 300-600 lbs. feeder
steers 52.00-89.00.
CALVES 237. Choice
vealers 103.00-117.00, Good
98.00- Standard &
Good 70-90 lbs. 70.0080.00.
Farm calves, holstem bulls
90-120 lbs. 100.00-128.00;
holstein heifers 80-130 lbs.
90.00-
HOGS 257. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lbs. barrows & gilts 39.00-
40.75, No. 1-3 195-240 lbs.
37.00- No. 1-3 130-185
lbs. 30.00-34.50. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 30.50-35.00,
No. 2-3 300850 lbs. 28.00-
30.00. Boars 23.00-30.00.
FEEDER PIGS 80. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 7.00-
30.50 per head.
SHEEP 6. No enough of
any one grade to establish a
market.
Peoria
Cattle
November 21,1979
CATTLE: Receipts this
week, 3100. Last Week, 4800.
Year Ago, 4100.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers 1.00
higher. Slaughter heifers
steady to 1.00 higher. Cows
and bulls steady. Receipts
about 70 percent slaughter
steers 25 percent slaugther
heifers balance mainly
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cows. iiciiin.cd leceipis this
holiday week coupled with
continued commodity
purchases pushed live prices
higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and prune 3-4 1100-
1225 lbs. 67.5088.00; late
couple loads 1235-1320 lbs.
68.5089.25; early few mostly
4’s 66.0086.50; load 4-5 1310
lbs 64.25; Choice 2-4 1000-
1200 lbs. 67 0089.25; Late
68.0089.25; couple loads
69.50; few 70.00; Mixed Good
and Choice 2-4 900-1300 lbs.
67.0088.00; Good 2-3 62.00-
67.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS.
Choice and prune 3-4 900-1125
lbs. 65.5087.50; Wednesday
67.0067.50; Choice 24 850-
1080 lbs. 64.5087.00; closing
66.0087.00; Mixed Good and
Choice 24 850-1075 lbs. 65.00-
66.00; Good 2-3 60.0085.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 44.0047.00;
few 49.00-50.00; Cutter 1-2
40.0045.00; Canner 38.00-
40.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 53.0080.00.
Friday through Wed
nesday’s salable receipts
3,600; 5 days last week 4,531,
same period year ago 5,696.
Trading slow on Monday;
turned active on Wednesday.
Slaughter steers ended the
week 50 to 1.00 higher than
Wednesday of last week.
Slaughter heifers ended the
week mostly 50, instances
1.00 higher than Wednesday
of last week. Cows closed the
week 50 to 1.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed high Choice and
Prime 34 1150-1350 67.75, 3
loads 66.00 Monday; 6 loads
69.50 Wednesday. Choice 24
1000-1300 66.50-67.50; 68.50-
69.25 Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1000-
1250 65.50-66.50 Monday;
Load Choice Holstems 1350
61.00 Monday. Mixed Good
and Choice holstems 1350-
1650 59.00-60.00 Monday.
VIRGINIA TEL-O-AUCTION
FEEDER PIG SALES
Phone
804-447-7161
804-786-3951
804-392-5376
703-434-6765
804-562-2143
804-443-3276
703-672-2811
804-392-5376
804-447-7671
804-562-2143
Contact:
MIKE CARPENTER
Va. Dept, of Agriculture
(804) 786-3951
(prior to sale day)
Night (804) 271-8610
Joliet
Cattle
November 21,1979
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SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prune 34
950-1100 65.5086.00, 1 load
66.25 Monday; 4 loads 66.75,1
load 68.00 Wednesday.
Choice 24 900-1050 64.5085.50
Monday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 800-1000 63.0084.50
Monday.
COWS: Cutter & Utility,
few commercial, 1-3 46.00-
48.00, few 48.50 Monday.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland,Pa.
Wednesday ,November 21
Reported receipts of 86
cows, 89 heifers, and 6 bulls.
Market steady with last
week’s market.
Load of local fresh 735-
1275; Load of local fresh
1120-1350; Load of N.Y
purebred and graded 1175-
1810, springers 1400-1700;
Load of Pa. purebred and
graded all stages 1160-1550;
Locally consigned cows, 750-
1650; springing heifers, 850-
1250; open heifers 375-710;
graded bulls 534870.
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Contact
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Call day or evenings;
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cows
REGISTERED COWS AND HEIFERS
ROUND OAK RAG APPLE ELEVATION, VG 86, 5-2,
305,16,893,631,3.6. Due 12/28/79 to Jemmi.
ARLINDA MILK FACTORY, Ist calf due early Dec.
Dam-Tidy Burke Diane, 3 yr., 284,15,308,692,4.5*
ARLINDA CHIEF ARISTORCRAT, Ist calf due early
Dec.
PACLAMAR ASTRONAUT, due April 15, to Zeldenrust
Ideal Leader. Dam-GP Elevation gr. dtr. Gr. Dam-GP
Penstate Ivanhoe Star. Next-VG Performer.
G 76 VIGO CITERION, 2-10, 321, 13,512, 553, 4.1, due
Jan. 2 to Will-Tn Frans Legacy.
HARRISBURG GAY IDEAL, born 10/13/77, Ist calf
due Feb. 27,1980 to Redwood Romona Moonshot. Dam
-6-5,308,24,907,843.
DDI APOLLO REROYAL CHRIS (Grade) 3-5, 346,
17,095, 696, 4.0. Due 12/1 to Astrohte. Dam-Kingpin gr.
dtr 5-2,318,19,751,827,4.2.
GRADE COWS AND HEIFERS
2 dozen Grade cows and heifers.
Will freshen early Dec. through early Jan.
4 large Grade heifers with well attached udders,
pregnancy checked by Vet, due Jan. thru Feb 1980.
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN RITI .T.S
ROUND OAK RAG APPLE ELEVATION bom 9/7/78.
Dam-EX 90 Our Family man 3-8, 305, 15,282, 583, 3.9.
Gr Dam-VG 86 7-4,305,20,250, 717,3.5. Nxt. VG 85,6-0, i
318,18,258,723,3.9 |
ENG-AMER IVANHOE JERRY, bora 12/31/78. j
Also High Quality Grade Cows & Heifers For Sale I
Transportation and financing available.
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717-653-2284 717-653-1523
Office: 717-653-4851 1
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