M2—Ueeastwr Fanning, Satariay, Ftbraary 9,1950
Livestock market and auction news
Pa. Auction
Summary
Friday, February 8
CATTLE 4341. Compared
with 5028 head last week and
3871 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers,
heifers and cows mostly
steady to $1 higher. SI. bulls
mostly steady. High Choice
& Prime YG 34 si. steers
67.75-70.00; Choice YG 24
66.00- Good 62.00-66.00;
Standard 58.00-63.00, few
Utility 54.00-60.00. Choice si.
heifers 64.00-67.00; Good
62.00- Standard 58.00-
C 2.00, few Utility 55.00-58.00.
Utility & Commercial sL
cows 52.00-57.00, few 58.75;
Cutters 48.00-55.50; Canner&
L. Cutter 44.0052.00; Shells
down to 40.00. Choice si.
bullocks 65.0068.00; Good
61.00- few Standard
54.0062.00 Yield Grade #1
10002400 lbs. 61.0068.00, few
71.85; Yield Grade #2, 1000
1500 lbs. 58.0064.00.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Large Frame No. 1 300600
lbs. steers 70.00-85.00, few
90.00; Medium Frame No. 1
300700 lbs. 55.0075.00;
Medium Frame No. 1300700
lbs. heifers 60.0076.00,
Medium Frame No. 2 300700
lbs. 50.0062.00.
CALVES 2931. Compared
with 3375 head last week and
2707 head a year ago.
Vealers steady to $5 higher.
Few Prime vealers 118.00
134.00, Choice 110.00125.00;
Good 95.00110.00; Standard
& Good 90120 lbs. 85.00
95.00; 65-90 lbs. 75.0090.00,
Utility 50110 lbs. 40.0070.00.
FARM CALVES. Hoi.
Bulls 90125 lbs. 100.00145.00,
few 187.00; Hoi. Heifers 90
130 lbs. 135.00250.00, few
down to 580.00.
HOGS 7746. Compared
with 7308 head last week and
5835 head a year ago.
Barrows and gilts strong
to 50 cents higher, spots $1
higher. US No. 1-2 200245
lbs. barrows & gilts 39.50
41.75, No. 1-3 200250 lbs.
38.5840.25, No. 2-3 190265
lbs. 37.0038.50; No. 1-3 140
190 lbs. 33.00-38.00. SOWS
steady to $1 higher; US No.
1-3 300-575 lbs. sows 31.00
37.00. few 41.50; No. 26 300
650 lbs. 26.00-32.00. BOARS
25.0030.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1271.
Compared with 1509 head
last week and 682 head a
year ago. $l-2 higher.'US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
12.0020.00 per head, No. 16
35-50 lbs. 18.0060.00, No. 1-3
few 5060 lbs. 25.00-34.00.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS
1989. ALL SALES CWT.
Compared with 2329 head
last week, and 2340 head a
year ago. Feeder pigs
mostly weak to $6 lower. US
No. 1-2 25-40 lbs. 50.0062.00,
4050 lbs. 50.0063.00, few
66.50; 50060 lbs. 50.0060.00;
60105 lbs. 40.0051.00; US 26
3040 lbs. 57.0063.00; 4050
lbs. 52.0053.00; 5060 lbs.
43.0050.00.
SHEEP 293. Compared
with 296 head last week and
266 head a year ago. Wooled
si. lambs mostly steady.
Choice 70115 lbs. 64.0070.00,
few new crop 75.0092.00; few
Good 75-105 lbs. 53.0(163.00.
Slaughter ewes 20.0065.00,
few down to $lO.OO.
Central
US Carlot
Wednesday, February 6
Compared to Tuesday’s
4:30 report, steer and heifer
beef 1.00 higher. Demand
and Trading moderate, but
buyers committing mostly
for immediate needs in face
of negative cutout margins.
Packers very bullish m face
of higher replacement cost
of live cattle. Sales reported
on 77 'loads of steer and
heifer beef.
STEER BEEF
45% Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Choice 3 600600 lbs. 102.00
late 1.00 higher.
Choice 3 800-900 lbs. 100.00
1.00 higher. 101.00 Inst. 2.00
higher.
Choice 4 600-900 lbs. 94.00.
Good 2-3 600-900 lbs. 97.00.
FOB Amarillo Basis
Choice 3 500-700 lbs. 102.50-
104.00, Bulk 102.50
Choice 2 590-700 lbs. 103.50-
105.00, Bulk 103.50.
Choice 4 600650 lbs. 94.00-
J 95.00.
HEIFER BEEF
31% Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Choice 3 500-700 lbs. 102.00
late 1.00 higher
Choice 3 500650 lbs. 102.00
late Tuesday
Choice 2 500650 lbs. 103.00
late Tuesday
Choice 4 500-700 lbs. 94.00
Good 2-3 500-700 lbs. 97.00
Few sales cow beef steady
to 1.00 higher. Supplies
remain light.
COW BEEF
6 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Util (bng) 26 400/up lbs.
90.00- Midwest steady.
Canner/Cutter 1-2 350/up
99.00- Midwest steady.
FOB Amarillo Basis
Util (brkg) 34 450/up lbs.
90.00 West 1.00 higher.
PRIMAL BEEF CUTS
16 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
HINDS (Hfr) 120-170 lbs.
112.50-114.50.
FORES 130-210 lbs. 88.00-
90.00.
ARMCHUCKS 75-120 lbs.
93.00.
RIBS 24-35 lbs. 133.00
BEEF/TREMMINGS
BONELESS PROCESSING
26 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
50 pet chem lean fresh
48.00-49.50, mostly 48.00,
combos mostly .50 lower.
50 pet chem lean fresh
49.00 boxed.
Compared to Tuesday’s
2:15 report, fresh pork loins
14-17 lbs. 2.00-6.00 higher.
Boston Butts 4-8 lbs. 2.00
higher. Fresh Hams 3.00-5.00
higher, mostly 3.00-4.00
higher.Sdls bellies steady to
3.00 higher with most ad
vance on 16-20 lbs. Trading
light to moderate. Demand
moderate. Sales reported on
66-1/2 loads of pork items,
and 9 loads of trimmings and
variety meats.
FRESH PORK CUTS
LOINS: 14/dn lbs. 80.50-
82.50 4.00-6.00 higher; 14-17
lbs. 78.00-81.50 2.00-5.00
higher; 14-17 lbs. 80.00 next
week ship; 14-17 lbs. 80.50
clear channel; 20/up lbs.
69.50 clear channel.
BOSTON BUTTS: 4-8 lbs.
68.00 2.00 higher.
SPARE RIBS: 3/dn lbs,
84.50; 5/up lbs. 42.50.
SKINNED HAMS: 14-17
lbs. 65.00-66.00 3.00-4.00
higher; 14-17 lbs. 67.00 next
week; 17-20 lbs. 66.00 3.00-
4.00 higher; 20-26 lbs. 66.00
4.00- higher.
BELLIES, SDLS: 10-12
lbs. 32.75-33.00; 12-14 lbs.
37.00- steady to .50
higher; 14-16 lbs. 37.00 3.50
higher than Monday; 16-18
lbs. 40.00 3.50 higher than
Monday; 18-20 lbs. 37.50 2.00-
3.00 higher.
VARIETY MEATS
Hearts 48.50.
Tails 12.50
Livers, small box, 23.50
export
Tongues, bids, scalded and
scraped 57.50-57.75.
Snouts lean m 16.75.
PORK/TRIMMINGS
BONELESS PROCESSING
(Chemical Lean)
42 pet trimmings frozen
31.50.
72 pet bnls picnics fresh
83.00-84.00.
Farm and land
brokers to convene®
EASTON, Md. - Chapter
No. 32 of the Farm and Land
Institute has scheduled its
eighteenth annual meeting
and educational workshop
Monday through Wed
nesday, February 11-13, in
the Tidewater Inn at Easton.
More than 50 persons from
Maryland and Delaware are
expected to attend.
This year’s event marks
the group’s fust annual
meeting on the Eastern
Shore. Last year, the
meeting was held at
Hagerstown in western
Maryland. All of the 16
previous meetings were held
at the University of
Maryland in College Park.
This year’s program will
get under way on Monday at
3 p.m. with the chapter’s
annual business meeting.
The annual awards banquet
is set for 7 p.m.
Principal banquet speaker
will be Carl F. Hertz of
Nevada, lowa. Hertz is
national president of the
Farm and Land Institute. He
will also install the new or
re-elected Maryland chapter
officers.
This year’s educational
session will be a two-day
intensive short course on
“Subdivision Development.”
It will begin Tuesday at 9
a.m. Instructors will be a
pair of real estate
developers from west
central Ohio. They are
Robert F. Grimes of Lima
and Owen V. Hall of Celma.
Grimes is a registered
professional engineer and
land surveyor, whde Hall is
president of a land
development corporation.
Hall is also a former national
president of the Farm and
Land Institute. The FLI is a
subsidiary of the National
Association of Realtors.
Earl A. Snyder of Laurel is
current president for
Maryland chapter No. 32 of
the Farm and Land In
stitute. He was first elected
to the board of directors in
1976 and became president in
1979.
Educational advisor is
Sidney Ishee of Branchville.
Ishee is an extension
resource development
specialist and professor of
agricultural and resource
economics at the University
of Maryland in College Park.
He succeeds Ray A.
Murray of Hyattsville, who
retired on Feb. 1 after nearly
30 years as an Extension
specialist at the College
Park campus.
Murray had been
educational advisor for the
Maryland chapter of the
Farm and Land Institute _
since its inception in 1962.
The Maryland FLI has
awarded a scholarship in his
honor each year since 1968 to
a deserving student at the
University of Maryland.
Preferably, the Ray A.
Murray scholarship award is
made to a sophmore
majoring in agricultural and
resource economics.
There are two College of
Agriculture scholarship
winners this year. They are
Rosanna M. Silva of Elkton
and Oorge B. Sterling of
Silver Spring. They will be
honored at the Monday night
banquet in Easton.
Both are students in the
rural real estate option, an
inter-disciplinary program,
which was inaugurated
during the 1978 Fall
semester by the Department
of Agricultural and
Resource Economics. The
original request for such
program had come from w
Maryland chapter No. 32 of
the Farm and Land In
stitute.