AS—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 20,1980 'tP&mjis Hear the Christmas bells from hill to hill. Write that letter to an old friend now Robin became national bird Dec 27, 1960 Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 4 minutes . USS Pueblo seized Dec. 23, 1968 Chewing gum patented Dec. 28, 1869 . Merry Christmas and be of good cheer, things will be better next year Ask the Old Farmer: I have always wondered about the meaning of the folk song, 'Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care " Can you enlight en me 7 MT , Troy, N.Y We believe the song originated in the Deep South. One of the meanings of the word "crack" is to open a bottle. “Corn" is iden tified with homemade whiskey Home Hints: To remove mildew, wet the article and rub with a mixture of one-half chalk and one-half soap Place in the sun until mildew is gone OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Clearing, very cold, snow flumes through mid week; weekend is sunny and mild. Greater New York-New Jersey; Cold, cloudy, few showers begin the week; then rainy and mild by week's end. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Most of week is cold and cloudy, then light showers, snow m mountains for weekend. Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Sunny and cold at week's start, middle through end of week brings heavy ram lAII Rights Reserved Yankee. Inc Dublin. N H 03444) Oklahoma Cattle Thursday, December 18 Report supplied by USDA Thursday Feeder Cattle Auction and weekly sum mary estimated receipts 5000. Same day last week 5838. moderately active; Feeder Steers generally steady; Feeder Heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Majority receipts Medium Frame No. 1 and Mixed No. 1-2 300-700 lb. Feeder Steers and 300-600 lb. Heifers. Quality not as desirable as seen in past few weeks with a higher than normal per centage of mixed 1-2 lots. Fairly large buyer at tendance. FEEDER STEERS: Medium Frame No. 1300-400 lb. 82.50-88.50, mostly 84.00- 88.50, lot 362 lb. 89.50; few 400450 lb. 81.25-84.00; few 465-500 lbs. 77.00-78.00; two lots 531-537 lb. thin 80.20- 80.50; lot 573 lb. 78.00 ; 600-700 lb. 71.50-73.25, package 635 lb. thin 79.75; few 730-850 lb. 70.75-71.25; package 930 lb. very fleshy 63.75. Medium Frame No. 1-2 300-400 lb. 79.50-83.00 ; 400-500 lb. 77.00- 79.50; 500-615 lb. 69.75-73.75, lot 613 lb. thin 74.70; 700-765 HAULING NATIONWIDE Ray R. Harbold Rd 1 Box 95 Hershey. PA 17033 PH: 717-964-2248 or 717-569-2061 fipSiSl THE OLD DEC. 22-28, 1980 lb. 68.00-69.00. Large Frame No. 1-2 lot 418 lb. 82.00; part load 758 lb. 68.10. Medium Frame No. 2 lot 265 lb. 74.75; lot 398 lb. 77.50. Large frame No. 2 350-500 lb. 73.00-77.50; lot 665 lb. 63.50. Urge Frame No. 2 Holsteins 600- 650 lb. 60.00-61.50; 820-850 lb. 54.50- FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium Frame No. 1 300-400 lb. 67.25-69.00 ; 400-500 lb. 65.00- lot 445 lb. 69.00; 500-625 lb. 62.00-67.00, mostly 63.50- few 720-750 lb. 60.00- Small Frame No. 1 335-525 lb- 61.00-64.50. Medium frame No. 1-2 300- 400 lb. 64.00-68.50; 400-500 lb. 61.00- part load 438 lb. thin 67.25 ; 500-600 lb. 61.50- 62.75. Medium and Large Frame no. 2 lot 218 lb. 67.00; 300-500 lb. 60.00-64.00; package 541 lb. 59.80. FOR THE WEEK: Feeder Steers over 600 lb. and Hetfers over 500 lb. steady Steers under 600 lb. and Heifers under 500 lb. 1.00 to 3.00 higher Slaughter Cows 1.00-2.00 higher with late sales of Utility and Commercial 2-3 40.75-45.50, few Hosltems up to 46.60; Cutter 1-2 39.50-42.75 Slaughter Bulls closed the week generally steady; HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Sj FOR % NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. New Holland, Penna. & Monday, Dec, 22 - Sale as usual Wed., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve - No Sale S £ Thurs., Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas j| Wed., Dec. 31 - Sale as usual y Thurs., Jan. 1 - Sale as usual £ Yield Grade 1-2 1350-1525 lb. 4 «- 75 -5 3 -25; three head high dressing yield grade 1 1635 lb. at 60.00. Salable receipts this week near 15,200 head compared with 15,662 head ~ '' last week. Feeder Steers and Heifers totaled 13,800 head (91%) of the weeks receipts; Cows and Bulls 1500 (9%). Central U.S. Carlot Wednesday, December 17 Report supplied by USD A Compared to Tuesday’s 4:30 report: Steer and heifer beef 1.00 higher. Demand light to moderate with most interest from packers with processing units, while other processors and retail outlets are showing limited interest. Offerings limited and trading light to moderate. Sales reported on 104% loads of steer and heifer beef. STEER BEEF 95 Loads FOB Omaha Basis Choice 3: 550-900 lbs. 100.00-101.00, mstly 101.00, 1.00 higher. Choice 2-3: 500-700 lbs. YG 3 99.50-100.50, YG 2 100.50- 102.50. Choice 4:600-900 lbs. 89.00. Good 2-3: 600-900 lbs. 98.25, 1.00 higher. FOB Amarillo Basis Choice 3 : 600-900 lbs. 101.00. Choice 2-3: 500-700 lbs. YG 3 102.00-104.00; YG 2 104.00- 105.00. Choice 4: 600-850 lbs. 91.00- 92.00, mstly 91.00. HEIFER BEEF 9Vfe Loads FOB Omaha Basis Choice 3 : 550-700 lbs. 99.00, 1.00 higher. Choice 4: 500-700 lbs. 89.00. Good 2-3; 500-700 lbs. mstly 550-700 lbs. 96.00-97.00, 1.00 higher FOB Amarillo Basis Choice 4; 500-700 lbs. 91.00. Canner and cutter cow beef 3.00-3.50 higher. COW BEEF 3 Loads FOB Omaha Basis Utility 500 & up lbs. 73.00 (West), (BRKG) 3-4. Canner & Cutter 350 & up lbs. 87.50 (Midwest) 3.00-3.50 higher 1-2. BULLBEEF 1 Load FOB Omaha Basis Bull 500/up lbs. 92.00 West Coast. Livestock market and auction news PRIMAL BEEF CUTS 9 Loads FOB Omaha Basis HINDS (H): 120-170 lbs. 110.00. FORES; 130-210 'As. W 00- 93.00. BONELESS PROCESSING BEEF/BEEF TRIMMINGS 8 Loads FOB Omaha Basis 50% chem lean fresh 61.00. 50% chem lean frozen 63.00. FOB Amarillo Basis 50% chem lean frozen 65.00 T.I.S. Compared to Tuesday’s 2:15 report: Fresh pork loins 14-17 lbs. steady-1.50 higher for next week shipment, immediate ship weaker undertone noted, 17-20 lbs. loins steady-2.00 lower. Fresh hams 14-17 lbs. 7.50 Iwr., 17-20 lbs. 2.00-3.00 lower. Sdls Bellies steady -1.00 lower. Trading and demand moderate. Sales reported on 66 loads and 12 loads of trimmings and variety meats. FRESH PORK CUTS LOINS: 14/dn lbs. 89.00- 89.25, late & next week shipment; 14-17 lbs. 87.00- 88.25, steady-1.50 hghr., late & next week shipment; 17-20 lbs. 85.50 immediate ship ment, steady-1.00 Iwr; 17-20 lbs. 88.50 clear channel; 17- 22 lbs. 85.50 immediate ship, steady-2.00 lower. SPARERIBS: 3/dn lbs. 88.00-91.00 ; 3-5 lbs. 81.50- 82.00. SKINNED HAMS: 14-17 lbs. 80.50, 7.50 lower; 17-20 lbs. 77.00,2.00-3.00 lower. BELLIES, SDLS: 12-14 lbs. 52.00-53.50, steady-1.00 lower; 14-16 lbs. 53.00, n I RDI, Marietta, PA fr Office Phone: (717) 653-8164 g I CHRISTMAS At this time of year when our minds are especially occupied with the thoughts of gifts, may we take time to realize that we have the greatest gift of all to share with the world, the message of Life, Peace and Joy, available to all through our Lord Jesus Christ B&R CATTLE CO. John Bowman Ron Ranck steady-1.00 lower; 16-18 lbs. 51.00, 1.00 lower; 18-20 lbs. 48.00. 1.00 lower. BNLS CT BUTT: 1%-3 loads 115.50. VARIETY MEATS LIVER, DOMESTIC: 18.00. STOMACHS: Lrg. box 17.00; Sm. box 20.50. PORK TRIMMINGS BONELESS PROCESSING PORK (Chemical Lean) 42% lean trimmings frzn 43.50. 42% lean trimmings frzn 44.00 T.I.S. 72% lean trimmings fresh 79.00. 72% lean trimmings frzn 80.00-81.00. Joliet Cattle Thursday, Dec. 18 Report supplied USDA CATTLE: Friday through Wednesday’s salable receipts 5,800 slaughter cattle, 5 days last week 7,082 slaughter cattle, feeder cattle 597, same period a year ago 5,977. Trading slow on Monday; moderately active on Wednesday. Slaughter steers & heifers ended the week mostly steady compared with Wednesday of last week. Cows ended the week firm to 1.00 higher. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed high Choice and Prime 3-4 1150-1300 lb. 63.00- 64.00 Monday; 64.50-65.00 Wednesday; YG 4-51150-1325 lbs. 61.00-62.00 Monday; 63.50-64.50 Wednesday. Choice 2-31150-1300 lb. 64.00- 64.25,1 load 65.00 Monday, 1 load 65.50 Wednesday. Choice 241050-1300 lb. 62.50- 64.00 Monday; 63.50-65.00 Wednesday, Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1250 lb. 61.50- 63.50 Monday; 62.50-64.00 Wednesday. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Mixed Choice and Prime 34 950-1100 lb. 62.50-62.75, Load 63.00 Monday; 63.75-64,00 Wednesday; YG 4-5 900-1150 lb. 59.50-61.00 Monday; 62.00- 63.50 Wednesday. Choice 2-3 1050-1075 lb. 3 loads 63.50 Monday. Choice 24 900-1050 lb. 61.00-62.50 Monday, 62.50- 63.50 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-100 lb. 60.00-62.00 Monday; 61.00- 62.50 Wednesday. COWS: Cutter & Utility 1-3 36.0041.00 Monday; 37.00- 42.00 Wednesday. f'H^osortfc greetings .... ’•/ . ‘ \. 48% SOYBEAN MEAL J2B9 50 PER TON CASH PRICE FOB OUR MILL DELIVERY TOO! CALL 717 4224169 WALKER COMPANY GAP PENNSYLVANIA
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