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26, 1845 Full moon March 1 (a partial eclipse of the moon
begins at 1 44 pm and will be visible from extreme northeastern
US ) Average length of days for the week, 11 hours, 11 minutes
(day equals night) First Victory ship launched Feb 29, 1944
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OLD. FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England' Clearing, mild at start, then rain coast, snow inland,
turning seasonal, weekend is cold with light snow'
Greater New York-New Jersey. Ram begins the week, heavy
north, and mild, partly cloudy and seasonal mid-week, with
weekend cold and sunny
Middle Atlantic Coastal Cold and showery at week's start, then
ram, heavy west and north, and cloudy and cold by weekend
Piedmont and Southeast Coastal: Ram and cold begin the week,
mid-week skies are sunny, showers south, weekend brings cold
wave
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St. Louis
Cattle
Thursday, February 21
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts this week 5,000:
week ago 5,800: year ago
5,300.
Compared to the previous
week’s close, slaughter
steers 1.00, instances 1.50
lower. Slaughter heifers
mostly 1.50 lower. Cows 3.00-
4.00 lower Bulls steady.
Slaughter supply mainly
Choice and mixed Choice
iand Prime 24 slaughter
steers, around 35 percent
heifers and 15 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prune 2-4
1050-1275 lbs. 67.00-69.00,
closing week sales 67.00-
67.50; load 3’s with few 4’s
1325 lbs. 67.75 early; few part
loads 3’s to mostly 4’s 1250
1325 lbs. 65.0066.00 late.
Choice 2-4 950-1275 lbs. 65.50-
68.00, closing sales 65.50
67.00, Mixed Good and
Choice 2-4 900-1200 lbs. 64.50
66.50. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs.
63.00-65.50. Standard to Good
2-3 1100-1500 lbs holstems
59.0062.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Mixed Choice and Prune 2-4
875-1050 lbs. 65.50-67.50,
closing sales 65.50-65.75.
Choice 2-4 800-1050 lbs. 64.00
67.00, closing week sales
64.0065.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 700-975 lbs. 64.00
65.50. Good 2-3 700-950 lbs.
61.5064.50.
COWS- Closing sales
Utility and Commercial 2-4
46.00- Boning Utility 1-2
50.00- Cutter 1-2 46.00
50.00. Canner and Low
Cutter 1-2 42.0046.00.
BULLS. Yield Grade 1-2
1050-1800 lbs. 59.00-64.00.
Few Yield Grade 1 18002600
lbs. 65.00.
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Every Thursday at 12:30 P.M.
Located 10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
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Phone-717-442-4181
Home Phone - 215-458-5060
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Ask the Old Fanner How can I
remove rings and stains from my
white marble tabletop’’ FD, Whit
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A medium solution of TSP cleaner
(available in paint stores) and u’ater
until a little scouring powder Be careful
not to scaur too much because you will
dull the surface
Home Hints Keep a piece of cotton
sprinkled with a tew drops ot vanilla
■nate odors
FEEDERS; (Including
around 1,700 at the regular
Thursday auction.) Feeder
steers and heifers steady to
1.00 lower. Supply mainly
medium frame 1-2 400-700
lbs. steers, and 400-600 lbs.
heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Medium Frame 1: Lot 360
lbs. 100.50; 400-500 lbs. 89.00-
97.50; 500-600 lbs. 82.25-89.25;
600-700 lbs. 78.50-83.50; 700-
825 lbs. 71.00-79.00; couple
fleshy 980-1030 lbs. 68.25-
69.00.
Medium Frame 1-2. 375-
500 lbs. 85.50-92.50; 575-600
lbs. 77.50-81.00.
Large Frame 1-2: Few lots
660900 lbs. 63 5069.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS-
Medium Frame 1. lot 280 lbs.
87.50; 400-500 lbs. 80.00-83.25;
500600 lbs. 75.0080.00; 600
700 lbs. 72.0078.25.
Medium Frame 1-2; 350
450 lbs. 76.5081.00.
STOCK COWS: Lot Small
Frame young and middle
aged 785 lbs. 60.00.
Slaughter
Cattle Sale
Dublin, Va.
Friday, February IS
Report (applied by VDA
There were 104 head sold.
All cattle were graded by the
Representatives of the
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
on USDA Carcass grade and
weights basis by the CWT.
STEERS: Choice 975-1200
lbs. 111.50111.90; Good 975-
1200 lbs. 106.90107.00.
m HEIFERS: Choice 900
925 lbs. 109.90110.00; Good
900925 lbs. 106.90107.00.
Livestock market and auction news
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Middleburg
Auction
Tuesday, February 19
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 223.
Compared with the market 2
weeks ago, slaughter steers
steady to strong. Slaughter
cows about steady. Choice
No. 2-4 1150-1350 lbs.
slaughter steers 67.25-70.50,
one at 70.85, Good 65.50-66.75,
Standard 61.00-64.50. Few
Choice slaughter heifers
60.00-63.85, few Good 59.50-
61.85. Utility & Commercial
slaugther cows 52.75-58.50,
couple to 62.75, Cutters 53.00-
58.00, Canner & Low Cutter
49.75-53.50.
Yield Grade #1 1300-1800 lbs.
slaughter bulls 60.85-69.85,
one at 75.00. Few Large
Frame #1 350-500 lbs. feeder
steers 76.00-95.00, few Large
Frame §2 500-800 lbs. 60.00-
70.00.
CALVES 140. Few Choice
vealers 115.00-116 90, few
Good 105.00-108.00, Standard
& Good 70-90 lbs. 77.0086.00.
Farm calves, holstein bulls
90-125 lbs. 88.00-154.00, mostly
120.00-143.00; few holstein
heifers 100-130 lbs. 137.50-
247.00.
HOGS 801. (Monday,
February 18, 1980).
(Tuesday 103 head).
Barrows & gilts 75 cents to $1
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barrows & gilts 39.50-40.50,
No. I'S 190-250 lbs. 39.00-
39.50, No. 2-3 190-270 lbs.
36.50-38.75. US No. 1-3 300600
lbs. sows 35.00-40.00.
FEEDER PIGS 177. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
15.00-22.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 21.00-30.00 per
head. '
SHEEP 3. Not enough of
any one grade to establish a
market.
Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Friday, February 15
Lancaster, Pa.
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Friday
Last Year
TREND: No trend
available, insufficient
volume in recent weeks for a
market test. Supply included
100 head sold in eight lots in
graded sale; balance mainly
m lots of three or less.
FEEDER STEERS:
MEDIUM FRAME NUM
BER 1: 800-1095 lbs. 69.75-
71.10.
LARGE FRAME
BER 1; One lot 745 lbs.
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MEDIUM AND LARGE
FRAME NUMBER 1: One
lot 510 lbs. 100.00; one lot 930
lbs. 68.00.
MEDIUM FRAME
NUMBER 1 AND 2: Couple
lots 860-990 lbs. 69.10-69.60;
couple lots 1010-1050 lbs.
66.75-67.60.
FEEDER HEIFERS
LARGE FRAME NUMBER
1: Couple lots 635-700 lbs.
72.00-72.75.
Valley
Livestock
Valley Stockyards
Athens,Pa.
Monday, February 18
Report supplied by auction
Feeder Cattle
219
55
314
Reported receipts of 420
calves, 99 cows, 14 heifers, 25
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bulls, 10 steers, 88 hogs.
Cattle market reported
steady, calf market reported
steady.
Holstein Heifer Calves top
260.0 0; Veal Calves ud to
120.50; Bobs, 90-110 lbs. 80.00-
118.00; Bobs, 80 and down
lbs. 60.00-75.00; Grassers &
Feeders 50.00-87.00; Hogs,
200-250 lbs. 36.00-39.00, top
42.00; Sows 32.00-37.00;
Boars 22.00-28.00; Pigs 8.00-
24.00; Heifers 52.00-59.00;
Steers, good 56.00-58.00;
Steers, common 60.0087,00;
Bulls 55.00-60.50; Cows, good
54.00- Cows, medium
50.00- Cows, poor or
small 38.00-46.00; Horses to
625.00; Pomes to 65.00; Goats
to 60.00.
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