AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1981
Livestock market and auction news
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
Monday, January 19
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 175 Compared
with last Monday’s market,
Choice slaughter steers
63 00-64 50, Good 60 00-63 00,
Standard 55 00-58 00, Utility
45 00-54 00 Good slaughter
heifers 58 00-61 00, Standard
55 00-57 00, Utility 43 00-
50 00 Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 46 00-50 00,
Cutters 43 004 5 00, Canner &
Low Cutter 40 0042 50, Shells
down to 35 00 Good
slaughter bullocks 55 00-
60 00, Standard 55 00-58 00,
Utility 45 00-51 00 Yield
Grade #1 slaughter bulls
58 00-62 50; yield grade #2
52 00-58 00
CALVES 321 Choice
vealers 105 00-110.00, Good
95 00-100 00, Standard &
Good 90-110 lbs 65 00-72 00,
70-90 lbs 58 00-60.00, Utility
55-100 lbs 50 00-57.00 Farm
calves, holstem bulls 90-120
lbs 95 00-112.00, holstem
heifers 85-130 lbs 90 00-
172 50
HOGS 406 US No 1-2 200-
240 lbs barrows & gilts 43 00-
45 00, No 1-3 200-250 lbs
42 004 3 00, No 2-3 260-270
lbs 40 504 2 00, No 1-3 ISO
-185 lbs 31 004 0 00 US No 1-3
300-500 lbs sows 40 004 3 00,
No 2-3 300650 lbs 35 00
40 00 Boars 30 00-37 00
FEEDER PIGS 77 US No
1-3 20-35 lbs feeder pigs 7 00
17 00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50
lbs 17 00-25 50 per head
SHEEP 0. No sales on
offer
OPENING OF
HAY. STRAW, GRAIN
FIREWOOD & POSTS
SALE
WED., JAN. 28,1981-1 p m
Thomasville Livestock Market, Inc along Rt.
30, 6 mi. West of York.
LIVESTOCK SALE every Wed. at 6:30 P.M.
Order of Sale Poultry, Rabbits, Eggs, Veal, Calves,
Pigs & Shoats, Stock Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Butcher
Cattle, Cows, Heifers, Steers, Hogs, Sows & Boars
We Buy Butcher Hogs Private Treaty
All Day Wednesdays
PH-717-792-2248 or
717-229-2102
DLFA 603, lights, the works.
Excellent condition
Ready to move.
S. L. WEBSTER & SONS, INC.
Federalsburg, MD 21632
301-754-5511
Belleville
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
Wednesday, January 14
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 105 Compai ed
with last Wednesday s
market, slaughter cows $1 50
highei One Choice slaughtei
steel at 62 85, tew Standaid
52 00-57 00 One Good
slaughtei heiter at 58 00
Utility & Commeicial
slaughter cows 42 50-46 00,
couple 47 85, Cuttei s 41 50-
44 75, Cannei & Low Cutter
37 50-41 50 Yield Grade Hi
950-1900 lbs slaughtei bulls
45 10-56 00, one at 59 60
CALVES 143 Couple
Choice vealers 94 50 and
95 50, few Good 72 00-80 00,
Standard & Good 70-100 lbs
53 00-61 00 Farm calves,
holstem bulls 85-130 lbs
70 00-108 00
HOGS 362 Bai rows & gilts
$1 75 to $2 25 lowei US No 1-
2 200-245 lbs barrows & gilts
44 1044 85, lot 45 00, No 1-3
200-250 lbs 42 754 4 25, No 1-
3 170-180 lbs 33 00-36 00 US
No 1-3 350-650 lbs sows
37 0041 00, couple 41 75, tew
No 2-3 300-600 lbs 33 75-
36 00 Boat s2B 00-33 25
FEEDER PIGS 486 US
No 1-3 20-35 lbs teedei pigs
10 00-21 00 per head, No 1-3
35-50 lbs 16 00-25 00, No 1-3
60-75 lbs 26 50-32 00, Utility
20-40 lbs 6 50-12 00 per head
SHEEP 34 Choice 80-105
lbs wooled slaughter lambs
54 00-58 00, few Good 70-100
lbs 49 50-51 00, tew Utility
60-80 lbs 44 00-49 00
HOLSTEIN DAIRY
COWS $670 and $ll5O
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, January 14
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER Fed Steel s
steady puces Choice 61 GO
-63 00 ’ Good 56 00-60 00,
Medium 55 00 Down Heiteis
Choice 59 00-62 00, Good
53 00-58 00, Medium 52 00
Down Cows Good i un, $1 00
highei High V leld 4b 50-
48 75, Average 43 00-46 00,
Big Middle 38 004 2 00, Fatty
Hert 36 00-38 00, Shelly 41 00
Down Fat Bulls $1 50
higher Good 57 00-59 60,
Medium 52 00-56 00 V eal
Calves Steady to $1 00 lower
Choice 98 00-100 00, Good
90 00-97 00, Medium 75 GO
-89 00, Farm Hfrs to 125 00,
Farm Bulls to 83 00, Light &
Weak 57 00 Down
STOCKER Steers 300-550
lbs Veiy active, $1 00
highei Choice 69 00-72 00,
Good 64 0068 00, Medium
59 00-63 00, Culls 58 00 Down
Steers 600-850 lbs Choice
Why should you sow
Hoffman Formulas?
WE ASKED DICK DERR, MANAGER
OF HOFFMAN QUALITY CONTROL
GL What’s so special about Hoffman Formulas?
A. They're "special" because we put special seed into
them We select high-yielding, winter hardy alfalfas with
proven Eastern performance. Vigorous, clean seed
with broad disease resistance We match matunties of
legumes and grasses We want customers to grow
supenor crops, and thus build repeat business
GL What’s the most important thing that goes into
Hoffman Formulas?
A. Our most important ingredient could be “expen
ence ” Hoffman was the first seed company to offer a
comprehensive program of specialized legume/grass
formulas for the Northeast That was in 1963. We’ve
learned many things since that time things com
petitors now moving into this field have yet to learn
GL Whose experience are you talking about?
A. Hoffman's 80-year expenence My expenence in
the laboratory and in the field. I've been in this business
for over 30 years So has Elmer Applegate, who ar
ranges for our seed The men who blend and inoculate
Formulas are long time Hoffman employees with
plenty of know how The expenence of Hoffman Seed
Men is important, too, in recommending the nght For
mulas for your situation We know what we are doing
GL How does this experience help Hoffman
customers?
A. They are buying up to-date formulations that we
know from expenence will do a good job for them
Every year we ask ourselves, “How can we make For
mulas better next year' 3 ’ Each Formula is reviewed
What was learned in the past year is plugged into each
decision Slowly but surely we strengthen the formula
tions The net result is a steady upgrading of perform
ance year after year
Q. How do you know your Formulas do a good job?
A. Because I go out and personally check field results
on farms In widely scattered areas with the cus
tomer along I listen to the customers get to know
what they like and what they don't like Their opinions,
plus reports from our sales force, help shape the next
year’s formulating decisions
[OCi
64 00-68 00, Good 58 00-63 00,
Medium 57 00 Down Heiteis
(All Weights) Choice 58 00-
63 00, Good 03 00-57 00.
Medium 52 00 Down Bulls
Choice 69 00-74 50, Good
60 0068 00, Medium 59 00
Down Springing Heiteis to
$l2OO 00 Pigs, Hd 20-30 lbs
8 00-19 00, 4060 lbs 20 00-
27 00 Shoals by Lb to 40 00
Slaughtei Hogs $2 00 undei
last week 210-230 lbs 42 10-
43 25, 240-260 lbs 41 75-42 85,
190-205 lbs 38 /5-41 00 Sows
300-4/5 lbs 30 00-39 60
Peoria
Cattle
Thursday, January 22
Report supplied by USDA
51 weekly cattle sum
mary Compared to last
week Slaughter Steers were
1 00-2 00 lower Heifers 50-
150 lower Cows 2 00 to
mostly 3 00 lower Bulls
steady Trade on Slaughter
Steers and Heifers slow with
buyers very selective m
response to a lower dressed
HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF FUNK'S G-HYBRIDS
trade and a 12 00-15 00 price
spread between YG 3 and
4’s Receipts this week were
about 3800 compared to 4574
a week ago and 3354 a year
ago
SLAUGHTER STEERS
Choice, few Prime 24.
mosth 3 1050-1250 lb 62 00-
64 50 Closing 62 0063 00, few
lots and part loads mostly 2-3
64 256 500 Monday YG 3,
mostly 4’s 1050-1300 lbs
58 006 2 50, late 58 006 000
Part load 1369 lbs 55 00
Mixed Good and Choice 24
1050-1300 lbs 60 5062 00 late
Good 59 0062 00, package
HAY AUCTION
EVERY FRIDAY - 1:30 P.M.
NORSE AUCriON - 7:30 PM.
BEIL'S SALES
1 Mi. North of York Springs on Rt. 15
717-334-7224, David W. Martin
Dick Derr Manager of Quality
Control for Hoffman Seeds Inc
GL Why don’t you tell what varieties you use?
A. Because we put a lot of time and effort into testng
and developing our own supenor lineup of Formulas
We don’t want to make it too easy for competitors to
catch up We know we're putting the seed that we
should into Hoffman Formulas Our sales force knows
they perform well Customers recognize this, too, and
are telling their fnends
GL Are sales of Hoffman Formulas increasing?
A- Definitely. More than doubled over the last 10 years
Because of supenor performance We are proud to be
leaders in the developing of private branded seed prod
ucts like Hoffman grass/legume Formulas And we
intend to continue to lead in this field by giving cus
tomers better performance.
GL How many customers buy Formulas from
Hoffman?
A. Considerably over 2,000 per year And do you know
how many complaints we average? Less than two!
That's better than 99 9% satisfied customers Show
me the automobile manufacturer who can claim that
degree of satisfaction with his cars
Q. What’s the point in using several alfalfa varieties
in one Formula?
A. It s a strong insurance factor When a farmer seeds
an alfalfa/grass combination he’s putting it in for sev
eral years’ use He has no way of knowing what kind of
weather he’ll hit dunng those years. He doesn’t know
what diseases might crop up We can’t tell him either.
But we can offer him a Formula including several
supenor alfalfas to give him broader tolerance to more
of the problems he may face over the life of the stand.
LANDISVILLE PENNSYLVANIA 17538
6.3 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice, few Prime 2-4 950-
1075 lbs 61 00-63 00, closing
61 00-62 00 Load 1200 lbs
60 00 YG 3-4 59 00-61 00 late
Few lots and part loads 4-5
54 00-57 00 Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs 58 00-
60 00 Good 57 00-59 00
COWS Utility and
Commercial 2-3 39 00-42 00,
few 43 00 Monday Cutter
37 00-40 00 Canner and Low
Cutter 32 00-37 00
BULI.S YG 1-2 1000-1900
lbs 46 00-56 00, majority
48 00-53 00