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Pa. Auction
Summary
Friday, April 11
Report supplied by PDA
16 Markets
CATTLE: 6593. Compared
with 4349 head last week, and
4973 head a year ago.
Compared with last weeks
market: Slaughter steers
mostly steady to 50 cents
higher; SI. heifers steady to
$3 higher; SI. cows $l-2
higher; SI. bulls steady to $2
higher. SI. steers: High
Choice & Prime No. 3-4,
62.00-66.75; Choice No. 24,
BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE
Oil cooler.
Lets Transmission
withstand heavy loads.
FINANCING A STEIGER IS NO PROBLEM!
e tC* 0% * HOOBER'S ARE BIG POWER SPECIALISTS!
60.50-65.50; Good 58.0062.00;
Standard 54.00-58.00; (few)
Utility 50.00-54.00. SI.
heifers: Choice 60.0065.00;
Good 55.00-60.50; (few)
Standard 49.0055.00; (few)
Utility 44.0050.00. SI. cows
Utility & Commercial 45.00
51.50, few 54.75; (few)
Commercial; Cutters 44.00
49.00; Canner & L. Cutter
40.0045.00; Shells down to
30.00. SI. bullocks; (few)
Choice 60.0067.50; Good
58.00- (few) Standard
54.00- SI. bulls: Yield
Grade No. 1, 10002400 lbs.
57.5064.00, few 66.00; Yield
COMPARE STEIGER:
■ i
Twenty-speed \
transmission. Articulati
Gives exactly Hydrauli
the right speed provide f <
for the task. tight turn!
i’uliy automatic radios,
ans missions are
also available.
sight
Balanced to split
50/50 over front
and back when
nnderload.
Grade No. 2, 10001450 lbs
53.0058.00.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Steers, Large Frame No. 1,
500-850 lbs 54.50-66.50;
Large Frame No. 2, 500-800
lbs. 50.00-63.50; Medium
Frame No. 1, 300-650 lbs.
60.00- Heifers, Medium
Frame No. 1, 300-600 lbs.
60.00- 00; (Few) Medium
Frame No. 2 300-750 lbs.
50.00- Bulls, Medium
Frame No. 1 & 2 300-750 lbs.
51.00- Large Frame
No. 2 450-900 lbs. 52.00-60.00.
CALVES: 3546. Compared
with 3309 head last week and
Outboard
Convert
attbe
greatei
2820 head a year ago.
Vealers uneven $5 higher to
$lO lower, (few) Prune
108.00- Choice 95.00-
119.00; Good 80.00-105.00;
Standard & Good 90-120 lbs.
60.00- 65-90 lbs. 55.00-
70.00; Utility 50-110 lbs. 50.00-
65.00.
FARM CALVES Hoi
Bulls 85-130 lbs. 70.00-115.00,
mostly 75.00-105.00; Hoi.
Heifers 85-140 lbs. 75.00-
175.00, mostly 95.00-135.00.
HOGS: 7843. Compared
with 8181 head last week and
7186 head a year ago.
Barrows and gilts steady to
$1 lower. US No. 1-2 200-240
lbs. 29.00-31.00, few 32.50 No.
1-3 200-250 lbs. 27.50-30.00;
Cab. Pressurized,
insulated and specially
mounted to reduce
noise and provide
operator comfort
Power divider.
Directs power
to front and
heels.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 12,1980—A15
No. 2-3 190-275 lbs. 26.00-
28.00; No. 1-3 140-190 lbs.
24.00- Sows steady to
$1.50 lower. US No. 1-3 300-
600 lbs. 23.50-27.00; No. 2-3
300-700 lbs. 21.00-24.25. Boars
20.00- few down to 15.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1477.
Compared with 1336 head
last week and 1239 a year
ago. Steady to $2 higher. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 13.00-19.00
per head; No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
17.00- No. 1-3 5065 lbs.
22.00-
GRADED FEEDER
PIGS: 3540. Compared with
1785 head last week, and 3322
head a year ago. All sales by
Oscillation.
Flexes to fit
CWT. Feeder Pigs steady to
$5 higher spots to $lO higher,
(few) US No. 1-2 20-40 lbs.
52.00- 40-50 lbs. 50.00
59.00, 50-60 lbs. 44.00-54.00,
60-75 lbs. 40.00-51.00, 75-100
lbs. 37.0040.00; US No. 2-3 25-
40 lbs. 43.00-53.00, 4060 lbs.
39.00- 6065 lbs. 35.00
42.00.
SHEEP: 306. Compared
with 4563 head last week and
4440 head a year ago. Spring
si. lambs unevenly steady,
Choice 2045 lbs. 90.00-125.00,
few 155.00, 5090 lbs. 70.00
87.00. Wooled si. lambs
Choice 65-100 lbs. 65.0070.00.
SI. ewes: 19.0036.50.
THE KEYS
TO COMPARING
4WD TRACTORS.
Drawbar horsepower The
most basic criterion is how
much can it pull as measured
in horsepower at the drawbar
This is more important than
engine horsepower because
the drawbar is the working
end of the tractor
Cost per drawbar horse
power This is the real way to
measure what you re getting
for the money Just divide the
cost by the tested drawbar
horsepower and jouvegot
a figure you can use to com
pare all makes and types
of tiactors
Fuel consumption How
much woik can the machine
squeeze out of a gallon of diesel
fuel 9 While many people
gauge fuel efficiency by gal
lons pei houi this is not the
the best measuiement The
best way amount of work per
gallon oi more scientiiically
horsepowei houis'gallon
5*
Drive tram ratio Divide
the drawbar horsepower by en
gine horsepower The result
expressed as a pei oentage
indict .cs how much power
is actually available to do woi k
at the drawbar
Weight to horsepower Gen
erally speaking the higher
the weight to horsepower
i atio the more power the trac
toi will ultimately deliver You
might ask whydoesn t
eveiyonebuild them leal
heavy 9 The answer the cost
of steel But like in everything
else you can imd quality if
you look font
Noise All manufacluiers
have a decibel i ating on their
cabs Ore Steiger four wheel
di ive has been proven to be as
quiet as 75 5 decibels undei
full power and load That s
about as quiet as a pick up
truck \ quiet tractoi reduces
opei atoi fatigue impi oves
pioductivitj