) Gain Registered Performance tested
cattle sale averages top $lOOO
the average was $1,011.31.
Top bull was a per
formance tested yearlong,
consigned by Pmney Purdue
Agricultural Center,
Wanatah, Indiana, and
bought by James Sivertson
and Family, Terre Haute,
Indiana for $1,700.
Second top selling bull was
consigned by Allen Mohler,
Thorntown, Indiana, sold to
LINCOLN, Neb. - The
Thirteenth Annual Edition of
the Indiana sponsored Red
Poll sale of Gam Registered
Performance tested cattle,
had 62 lots gross $64,525 to
average $1,040.73.
This was the second tune
m the breed’s history any of
it’s sales have reached
$1,000.00 averages. Last year
at the sale in Indianapolis
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RD2
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814-623-8601
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Alexandria, PA 16611
814-669-4465
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Belleville, PA 17004 GEORGE N. GROSS, INC.
717-935-2948 5261 Davidsburg Rd
Dover, PA 17315
717-292-1673
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RD 1
Chester Springs, PA 19425
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RD 1 Box 105
Jersey Shore, PA 17740
717-398-1391
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225 York Rd
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-249-5338
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Phillip L. & Carolyn L. Rice,
Cotter, Arkansas, for $1,500.
Top female was a cow and
calf lot consigned by Pmney
Purdue Agricultural Center,
and bought for $2,300 by the
Dahlke Ranch, Bagiev, Min
nesota
Second top selling female
was an open heifer, consign
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Poll Farm, Beebe, Arkansas
and sold to new breeder
Bette A. Tomlinson,
Washburn, Illinois for $2,100.
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Gettysburg, PA 17325
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Wescosville, PA 18106
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Lebanon. PA 17042
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Biglerville, PA 17307
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Signs of Life
Taking the biggest jump m
16 months the Mmnesota-
Wisconsm price, adjusted to
3.5 percent butterfat, leaped
24 cents to $11.59 in March.
After gaming only ten
cents in five months from
October to February, the 24
cent increase m one month
could only be credited to the
anticipated 85 cent increase
in the support price to come
after April 1. So, what might
have appeared to be signs of
life m the market were only
the dealers hurrying to buy
milk for manufacturing at
prices a little higher than the
last five months - before they
have to start buying it for a
lot more when the new sup
port price starts to take ef
fect.
This was also bom out by
the fact that butter, powder
and cheese prices, on the
average, didn’t change that
much m March But, if the
products could be sold for
'the new support prices m
April, than the March milk
price was a bargain.
So, m the process, you got
a 24 cent boost m your Basic
Formula Price the likes of
which you haven’t seen in
nearly a year and a half.
However, it’s still 61 cents
away from the full increase
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Ephrata, PA 17522
717-354-4271
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312 Park Ave
Quarryville, PA 17566
717-786-3521
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Cochranville, PA 19330
215-593-2407
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980—035
and that’s going to be a lot
harder to come by this Spr
ing.
With butter manufactur
ing up 19 million pounds over
the first three months of last
year, cheese up 43 million
and powder up 60 million
pounds, the dairy product
cupboard isn’t exactly bare.
In fact it’s far from it.
In addition, cheese has lost
some of its earlier demand
with lower meat prices. And
butter sales are off taking a
back seat to the low priced
spread by penny pinching
consumers. Your increasing
milk production will also
compound the problem.
There’s going to be a lot of
dead weight to lift to get milk
prices up to the support level
by government purchases.
And it’s going to take several
months to do it.
Leaps and Bounds
Even that 24 cent jump m
the Basic Formula Price
from Minnesota and Wiscon
sin wasn’t enough to help
your blend price m Order 2
for March as you continued,
for the fourth consecutive
month, increasing milk pro
duction by leaps and bounds.
This time it was a record
leap of 4.6 per cent over
February (corrected for 28
days) after bounds of 2.5 per
cent last month and four per
cent each month for January
and December over the
previous month.
You are now up to 922
million pounds for March in
Order 2. That’s the highest
production for the month
since 1966 14 years ago
oooooeoeooeo!
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Apply like paint, when dry has a
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• Cement Floors
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Dealer Inquiries Invited
when we were setting na
tional records in milk pro
duction.
In fact, there were only
three months in the last six
years that you had higher
production in Order 2. Thank
goodness your Class I sales
are hanging m there around
13 million pounds a day.
But with your leaping and
bounding production, Class I
utilization dropped to 43.3
per cent. That’s 2.5 per cent
lower than February and the
worst March m 25 years,
except last year during the
Teamsters’ Union strike in
New York City.
We haven’t seen a billion
pounds of milk a month since
May 1970. But with two mon
ths more to go, I’ll bet you
will do it this year.
Bottom Line
So, where did all this leave
you?
Take a Class n price m
March of $11.54 that was 17
cents better than February
and a Class I price of $13.62
that was only three cents
better. Add a Class I utiliza
tion 2.5 per cent less and a 20
cent take out for the
Louisville Plan. Put them all
together and they make
$12.08 the uniform price in
Order 2 for March milk.
Telling it quickly doesn’t
help to ease the pain of a
price that’s 16 cents less than
last month and only 95 cents
better than last year. But
that’s about what you can ex
pect for the next few months.
Even increasing Class
prices propped up by price
supports may not be able to
make up for 30 and 40 cent
Louisville Plan take outs
over the next three months
along with declining Class I
utilization due to increasing
production.
Much depends on how fast
the Basic Formula Price can
be brought up beyond $12.00
from its present $11.59 by
government purchases.
It’s going to be a hard job
with no help from supply or
demand so don’t look for
much farm price improve
ment before July.
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