AS— Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, May 10,1980
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MAY 12-18, 1980
Bright as a jewel, then cool.
Fertilize your lawn now Armed Forces Day May 17 New
moon May 14 Average length of days for the week 14 hours, 39
minutes School attendance became compulsory May 18, 185 Z
Woodpeckers and wrens are back Great St Louis fire
destroyed 30 steamboats May 17, 1848 Laziness travels so slowly
that poverty overtakes it
Ask the Old Farmer: Will you
please tell me what a "horse-boat"
is V R Alexandria, La
It's a new one on us Perhaps it has
something to do with "horsepower
Horses used to haul loads and operated
________ machinery of various kinds by walking
on a treadmill We have seen circular saws and grist-mills operated in
this manner It is probable that a horse-driven treadmill operated paddle
wheels in this boat
Home Hints For a better shine, rub scuffed shoes with a raw potato before
polishing
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Beginning of week brings showers, heavy in parts,
and cool, rest of week is sunny, mild then cool, then heavy thun
derstorms
Greater New York-New Jersey: Seasonal, with ram, to start, clear
and warm mid-week, with heavy rams, cool, resuming for
weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cool, showers north, then clear and
warm middle of week, weekend cool, bringing heavy rams
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Clear and pleasant all week, cool,
chance of rain, for week's end
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Peoria
Cattle
Thursday, May 8
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts this week 2800.
Compared to 2460 last week,
and 2864 last year. Com
pared to last week, slaughter
steers and heifers dosed 1.50
to 2.00 lower. Cows sold
mostly 3.00 lower, while
bulls finished 1.00 to 2.00
lower. Trade opened the
week slow in response to a
lower carcass beef trade,
coupled with one area
packer out on strike.
Tuesday and Wednesday
found increase buyer
demand and prices held
steady with Mondays early
rounds.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 2-4 1050-
1225 lbs. 63.00-63.50. Choice 2-
4 1000-1250 lbs. 61.5063.50,
bulk 62.0063.50, 1250-1350
lbs. 61.5062.50. Part load
1309 lbs. 63.50, few 650-1050
lbs. at 64.00 early Monday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
950-1375 lbs. 60.5062.00. Good
58.5061.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-4 900-1100 lbs. 61.00-
62.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 800-1050 lbs. 60.00-
61.50. Good 57.0060.50.
COWS; Utility and
THE OLD
Commercial 2-3 41.00-46.00;
Cutter 39.00-44.00, few
packages and part loads
46.00-47.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1100-2100 lbs. 48.0065.00.
New Holland
Horse
Special Evening Auction
New Holland
Sales Stables
Report supplied by auction
Report receipts of 200 head
of work horses, mules, and
driving horses.
Load of Tennessee driving
horses 850.00-1600.00; Load
of Kentucky driving horses,
1125.00- Load of
Pennsylvania driving horses
750.00- Load of
Kentucky driving horses,
710.00- Load of NY
driving horses, 750.00-
1275.00; Load of NY driving
horses, 700.00-1025.00; Load
of Illinois driving horses,
850.00- Tenn. work
horses 950.00-1325, singles
1850.00- pairs. Local
work horses 900.00-1975.00;
mules 550.00-1000.00;
Driving horses 575.00-
2000.00; Riding horses 700.00-
1100.00.
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Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, May 8
Report supplied by UJSDA
Midweek prices on
Slaughter Steers were
steady with late the previous
week. Heifers closed steady
to 25 lower, instances 50 off.
Cows were 50-1.00 lower and
bulls 3 00-4.00 lower
A?
Four day receipts 13,400;
last week 13,500; a year ago
12,500.
The fed cattle trade again
fell into an irregular price
pattern in reaction to
sharply changing carcass
prices. Live prices were
forced downward on the
opening session in reflection
Chick Starter
Broiler Grower
Turkey Grower
Laying Feed
Dairy Feed 16%
18%
20%
32%
Hog Feed, 14-18%
38-42% Cwt
Beef Cattle Concentrate
32-26% Cwt
Cwt
Cwt
Cwt
Cwt
Bran
Middlings
Corn Meal
Soybean Meal, 44%
Milk-Feed Lbs 2 01 194 191
Egg-Feed Lbs 7 3 5 2 5 6
Broiler-Feed Lbs 3 2 2 5 2 4
Turkey-Feed Lbs 5 0 3 8 4 3
Hog-Corn Bu 19 3 13 3 12 7
Lbs of feed equal in value to 1 doz. eggs, 1 lb. of milk,
broilers and turkey, and bushels of corn equal in value to
100 pounds of hogs.
Milk production during February totaled 684 million
pounds, up 13 percent from a year earlier. The number
of milk cows m the Commonwealth during February
was 713,000 head, up 10,000 head from a year ago. Milk
production per cow averaged 960 pounds in February,
up 100 pounds from a year ago.
February egg production tolled 347 million, 21
percent above a year ago. The February average of
16.6 million layers was up 11 percent. Egg production
per 100 layers was 2,092, compared with 1,926 in
February, 1979.
Commercial red meat production during February
totaled 77.5 million pounds, up 9 percent from
February 1979. Kill days for February included 21
weekdays and 4 Saturdays, compared with 20 week
days (one a holiday) and 4 Saturdays for February
1979. Cattle slaughter at 52,300 head was up one percent
while calf slaughter at 21,100 head was 5 per cent more
than in February a year ago. Hog slaughter totaled
270,700 head, 16 percent greater than last year. The
number of sheep and lambs slaughtered totaled 11,500
head, up 29 percent from February 1979.
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Livestock market and auction news
of a bearish carcass trade,
but the early decline was
largely offset in active
midweek trading as carcass
prices turned upward and
live inventories became
depleted Demand was
generally good by all in
terests including buyers
outside the immediate
Omaha area Marketings
were virtually the same as
the previous week and were
well distributed over the
trading period. The fun
included a fairly liberal
percentage Choice steers
and heifers although many
consignments were mixed 3-
4. Slaughter Steers made up
approximately 48 pet. and
Heifers 31 pet. Cows com-
Pa. Feed Prices
Thursday, March 15
Report supplied by
Pa. Crop Reporting Service
3/15/79 2/15/80
$lB7 00 $205 00
185 00 200 OO
20000 21000
16300 174 00
158 00 170 OO
168 OO 181 OO
Unit
Ton
Ton
Ton
Ton
Ton
Ton
172 00
225 00
840
Ton
Ton
Cwt
Ratio
Pa. Production
Summaries
3/15/80
$2OO 00
205 00
210 00
176 00
170 00
178 00
179 00
235 00
900
14 00
185 00
240 00
900
14 00
14 00
1100
8 20
8 10
7 10
12 50
1100
830
8 20
740
1300
10 00
7 50
740
630
13 00
Pulls Every
Saturday Nig
7:00 P.M.
(Gates Open A
6:00 P.M.)
Tickets At The G
prised 8 pet and feeders 10
pet
STEERS: At midweek
high tune, Choice 3-4 1000-
1275 lbs. ranged 64.00-65.50.
Some 1150-1300 lbs. with
increased percentage 4 63.00-
63.75. Several loads Choice
and Prime 3-4 1150-1250 lbs.
64.75-65.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 1000-1250 lbs.
63.25-64.00. Good 2-3 61.50-
63.00. Part loads Good 2-3
1250-1350 lb. Holsteins 57 00-
57.50.
Average og LS-214 detailed
quotations for Choice 900-
1100 lb. Steers this week
64.18; Choice 1100-1300 lbs.
64.20. Aveiage cost
Slaughter Steers this week
63.21 average weight 1160
lbs. as compared 63.70 and
1183 lbs. week ago. Average
cost Heifers 61.21, average
weight 1003 lbs. as compared
62.14 and 1008 lbs. week ago.
HEIFERS: load and part
load Choice and Prune 3 with
end 4 1007-1034 lbs. 63.50-
£3.75, load Choice and Prime
3-4 1017 lbs. 63.25. Choice 2-4
90C-1075 lbs. 61.50-63.00
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
875-1050 lbs. 61.00-62.00. Good
2-3 57.50-6 C 00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 41.00-43.00,
few Utility 43.50-44.00 Cutter
38.50-41.50. Canner and low
cutter 36 00-39.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1300-1800 lbs.
50.00-55.00.
Leesport
Livestock
Wednesday, May 7
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 281. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter steers
steady to 50* lower.
Slaughter cows $1 to $1.75
lower. High Choice & Prime
1050-1350 lbs slaughter
steers 62.50-63.85, Choice 965-
1300 lbs. 59.00-63.25, Good
56.60-63.25, Standard 54.00-
56.10, few Utility 52.00-53.85.
Few Choice 900-1200 lbs.
slaughter heifers 55.25-60.50,
few Good 53.00-55.60 Utility
& Commercial slaughter
cows 45.85-47.85, few to 49.50,
Low Dressing Utility 41.75-
45.00, Cutter 544.00-46.10, few
46.85, few Canner & Low
cutter 40.00-43 75, Shells
down to 37.85. Few Good &
Choice slaughter bullocks
57.00-60.75, one at 63.25, few
Standard 52.00-55.00. Yield
Grade #1 1300-1820 lbs.
slaughter bulls 56.10-58.50,
tew to 62.50; few Yield Grad_))
#2 965-1200 lbs. 49.10-55.50.
Few Large Frame #1470-650
lbs. feeder steers 67.00-74.00,
one lot 995 lbs. at 57.00,
Large Frame #2 400-530 lbs.
55.00- 700-865 lbs. 50.00-
55.50, few Medium frame #1
350-425 lbs. 65.00-80.00, few
650-730 lbs. 60.00-66.50; few
Medium Frame #1 450-550
lbs. feeder bulls 55.00-59.00.
CALVES 90. Few Choice
voters 105.00-108.00, few
Good 78.00-100.00, few
Standard & Good 85-110 lbs.
65.00- few Utility 50-95
lbs. 30.00-65.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-125 lbs.
90.00- holstein heifers
85-125 lbs. 105.00-125.00.
HOGS 364. Barrows & gilts
$2.50 to $3 higher. US No. 1-2
200-245 lbs. barrows & gilts
32.75-33.10, No. 1-3 195-260
lbs. 32.00-32.75, No. 2-3 190-
265 lbs. 30.60-32.00, few No. 1-
3 170-180 lbs. 28.50-29.75.
Sows 50* to $1 higher. US No.tf\i
1-3 300-600 lbs. sows '26.00-
28.00. Boars 26.00-27.00, few
light weights 26.75-30.00.
FEEDER PIGS 107. Few
US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder
pigs 44.00-63.00 cwt., few No.
1-3 50-90 lbs. 35.00-39.00,
Utility 20-80 lbs. 22.00-25.00
cwt.
SHEEP 70. Few choice 45-
55 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 77.00-93.00. Slaughter
sheep 22.00-35.00.
GOATS 18. Few Large
Go?ts 39.00-55.00, few kids
22.00-26.00, small kids 12.00-
17.00.
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Sale Every Monday
Egg Auction -12 Noon
Dairy Cows -2PM
Hogs -4PM
Steers. Bulls, Cows
Starting at 5 P M
Also
Flea Market
starting at daylight
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