Al2—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, March 8,1980
Livestock market an
Oklahoma
Cattle
Thursday, March 6
Report supplied by USD A
Estimated Receipts 6800
Same Day Last Week 6287
Trading faily active.
Feeder steers and heifers
steady. Majority receipts
medium frame 1 500-800 lb.
feeder steers and 400-700 lb.
heifers. Moderate buyer
attendance.
FEEDER STEERS;
Medium Frame 1 295-400 lb.
99.00-106.50; 400500 lb. 93.00
101.50, lot 412 lb. 103.00 ; 500
600 lb. 83.00-90.00, lot 545 lb.
93.50; 600-700 lb. 81.00-85.25,
one load 640 lb. fleshy 79.40;
700-800 lb. 76.00-82.25; 800850
lb. 75.00-76.00, part load 830
lb. fleshy 74.60; lot 925.
Medium Frame 1-2 475-650
lb. 79.00-83.50; lot 885 lb.
72.75. Large Frame 1-2 part
load 670 lb. 80.20; 775-810 lb.
73.75-74.00 lot 995 lb. 72.50.
Large frame 2 Holstein
steers 650-750 lb. 66.00-69.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Medium Frame 1 400-500 lb.
79.7584.25, lot 430 lb. 88.75;
500-600 lb. 74.2580.00; 600-700
lb 70.00-75.00; Lot 755 lb.
72.25; Lot 760 lb. fleshy 69 00;
two lots 840-850 lb fleshy
65.95. Medium Frame 1-2
400-500 lb. 75.2582.25; 550800
lb. 72.00-75.00; lot 630 lb. thin
72.25; lot 758 lb. fleshy 65.95.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder
steers over 600 lb. steady to
1.00 higher; steers under 600
lb. and feeder heifers steady.
Slaughter cows 1.00 lower;
late sales included utility and
commercial 2-3 46.0d-32.25.
Slaughter bulls dosed the
week steady to firm; YG 1-2
1300-2100 b. 60.2W7.00, in
stances 67.25-68.00. This
weeks salable receipts near
16,700 head compared to
15,126 head one week ago and
LEON B HERSHEY
Box 265 Paradise, PA
717 442 4807
B RUSSELL SADDER
R 5, Box 322 A Manheim, PA
7X7 565 4153
JASON E MILLER
169 Strasburg Pike
Lancaster, PA
717 393 7244
21,220 head the comparable
period one year ago. Feeder
cattle and calves comprised
96 percent of this weeks
cattle receipts; cows and
bulls near 4 percent.
CORRECTION: FEEDER
HEIFERS: Medium Frame
1 529 Lots 840-850 lb. fleshy
64.0085.50.
Indiana
Livestock
Thursday, march 6
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 67. SI. steers: 2
Choice 65.75 & 66.75; 2 Good
62.25-63.25; 2 Standard 61.00;
SI. Heifers; Choice 54.60
65.50; Good 58.50; Standard
52.7585.75. SI. cows; Utility
& Commercial 2.00 to 3.00
higher 52.00-57.50; Cutters
48.0083.00; Canner & L.
Cutter 44.0048.25. SI. bulls;
Yield Grade No. 1,1250-2050
lbs. 58.5064.00.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Steers, Medium Frame No.
1, 300800 lbs. 76.0081.00.
Heifers Medium Frame No.
2 500750 lbs. 56.5070.50.
Bulls 1 medium frame No 2,
750 lbs. 64.50.
CALVES: 149 Vealers
grading steady. Choice
110.00-117.00; Good 90.00-
110.00 Standard & Good 80-92
lbs. 70.00-90.00; Utility 55-125
lbs. 50.00-70.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 85-125 lbs. 80.00-150.00;
Hoi. Heifers 85-125 lbs. 90.00-
150.00 Beef bulls & heifers 85-
110 lbs. 90.00-105.00.
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
steady. US No. 1-2 200-230
lbs. 37.50-39.75 No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 36.00-37.50; few No. 2-3
190-300 lbs. 34.25-35.50; few
No. 1-3 130-170 lbs. 28.00-
30.00; Sows few US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. 31.75-37.25; No. 2-
3 300-505 sow. Boars 19.50-
30.00.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES LISTED DELOW
WM J YODER
Rt 2, Box 367
Narvon, PA 17555
717 354-0497
H MELVIN CHARLES
R 1 Washington Boro, PA
717 684 5783
AMOS HURSH
LitiUßD#4, PA 17543
717 733 6776
FEEDER PIGS 20 US No.
1-3 6080 lbs. 12.0016.50 per
head; No. 1-3 80100 lbs.
21.0027.00.
SHEEP: 5. Choice 85-90
lbs. wooled lambs 67.00
74.50. SI. ewes: 17.00 and
23.00.
Pa. Auction
Summary
Friday, March 7
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 5346. Compared
with 5457 head last week, and
6518 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market: Slaughter steers _
higher; SI. heifers mostly $1- Cattle firm head sees future
2 higher; SI. cows steady to #
domestic, not foreign, areas
Choice & Prime No. 3-4, °
68.75-72.25; Choice No. 2-4
66.50-72.25; Good 61.0006.50;
Standard 57.00-62.50; SI.
heifers Choice 64.0008.50;
Good 60.0005.00; Standard
55.0000.50. SI. cows Utility &
Commercial 51.00-56.50;
Cutters 49.00-54.50; Canner &
L. Cutter 44.00-51.00; Shells
down to 40.00; SI. bullocks
Choice 65.00-69.75; Good
60.00- few Standard
56.00- SI. bulls Yield
Grade No. 1, 1000-2200 lbs
62.00- Yield Grade No.
2,1000-1450 lbs. 58.0-64.00
FEEDER CATTLE:
Steers Medium Frame No. 1,
300-500 lbs. 68.00-89.00; 500-
850 lbs. 58.00-77.50; few
Large Frame No. 2, 300-600
lbs. 68.00-86.00. Heifers,
Medium Frame No. 1, 300-
600 lbs. 60.00-80.50.
CALVES; 3781. Compared
with 3783 head last week and
3637 head a year ago.
Vealers steady to $5 higher,
spots $8 higher. Prime
124.00-140.00; Choice 110.00-
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Loganton, PA R 3 Kutztown, PA
717 725 2355 215-683 7198
215-682 2624
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Spring City, PA
215 948-3647
i/d.OO; Uood 90.00-110.00;
Standard & Good 90-120 lbs.
75.00-90.00; 65-90 lbs. 65.00-
85.00; Utility 50-110 lbs. 50.00-
70.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 90-125 lbs. 80.00-160.00,
mostly 90.00-130 00; Hoi.
Heifers 90-140 lbs. 90.00-
250.00, mostly 130.00-235.00.
HOGS: 8079. Compared
with 9103 head last week and
8189 head a year ago
Barrows and gilts strong to
$1 higher, spots $1.50 higher.
US No. 1-2 20-240 lbs. 37.50-
39.75; No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
36 jO-38.50; No. 2-3 190-270
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
Soviet grain embargo should
warn American farmers and
ranchers they must not rely
on foreign markets as a
panacea for the problems of
agribusiness, says Ronald
Jarvis.
“We have just learned that
farm produce, like oil, may
be used as a political
weapon, and we have little
more control over it than we
have over foreign oil,” says
the president of Op
penheimer Industries.
“Ironically, as producers we
must free ourselves of over
dependence on foreign
markets just as we must
reduce our dependence on
foreign oil.”
To accomplish this, he
contends, U.S. agriculture
must confront the problems
of dependence on fossil fuels,
inefficient_ scale of
operations, and a tendency
to contmue uneconomic
practices, such as growing
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WERTZ BROTHERS
R 5 Danville, PA
717-275-4407
auction news
lbs. 35.00-37.00; No. 1-3 140-
190 lbs. 28.00-34.00; Sows
steady to strong, spots $2
higher; US No. 1-3 300-575
lbs. 32.00-37.50; NO. 2-3 300-
650 lbs. 28.00-32.00. Boars
24.00-30.00, few Lightweights
34.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1710.
Compared with 1737 head
last week and 1126 head a
year ago. Unevenly steady.
US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 10.00-
25.00 per head; No. 1-3 35-50
lbs. 17.00-30.00; No. 1-3 50-85
lbs 21.00-33.00.
GRADED FEEDER
PIGS; 16%. Compared with
2757 head last week, and 3083
crops that are traditional but
not profitable and returning
to on-farm feeding as a
means of economic
procrastination in periods of
low gram prices.
“Farm managers have
deferred important
decisions for years because
prices have been bolstered
by expanding exports,” says
Jarvis. “But not it’s lime to
face reality. The closing of
the Boards of Trade in
January changed all the
rules. The marketplace may
never agam be the same as
we’ve known it.”
Jarvis recommends that
farm managers begin a
critical evaluation of the use
of inefficient field equip
ment, transportation
systems, high-energy fer
tilizers and other oil
consummg products from
the perspective of cost-price
ratios.
He asks, for example, “Is
it always wise to use gas-
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J CLYDE BRUBAKER
2418 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA
717 898 8984
head a year ago. AH sales by
CWT. Feeder Pigs some
unevenness, mostly steady
to $5 higher. US No. 1-2 25-40
lbs. 68.00-79.00, 40-50 lbs.
55.00- few 83.00,- 50-60
lbs. 55.00-73.00, 60-75 lbs.
54.00- 80-90 lbs. 45.00
51.00; US No. 2-3 30-40 lbs.
54.00- 40-50 lbs. 46.00
66.00. 50-80 lbs. 45.00-59.00.
SHEEP: 308. Compared
with 301 head last week and
403 head a year ago. Wooled
si. lambs steady to weak.
Choice 70-110 lbs. 64.0074.50;
Good 70100 lbs. 50.0065.00;
SI. ewes 20.0032.00, few to
39.00.
fired gram dryers or could
on-farm residue gasification
be more economical and
decrease our high-cost oil
dependence?”
He predicts that farm and
ranch operations will slowly
become increasingly con
centrated “in the hands of
the most efficient. More and
more sr 11 operations will
fail, t> .ie picked up by
neighboring units,” he says.
“True production
economics and sound
business analysis must
become the basis for all
agricultural decision,”
Jarvis declares. “America’s
food-producing capabilities
are too vital a national, and
world, asset to be jeopar
dized by unsound
management practices. We
must expand our foreign
markets as much as possible
but always remember that
political changes can
temporarily disrupt the
system.”
ELAMG. HOOVER
R 2, Box 531 Reading. PA
215-926-2908
ELWIN H. REAM
Hughesville, PA
717 584-4085
RON HERSHEY
RD#2 Gap PA 17527
717 442 8573