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Middleburg Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, February 3
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 177. Choice slaughter
steers 61 00-64.10, Good 58 00-63 75,
Standard 55.00-58 00, Utility 50.00-
55.00. Choice slaughter heifers
56.00- Good 52.00-56.00,
Standard 48.00-52.00, Utility 45.00-
48 00, Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 45 00-48.00, few to
50 00, Cutters 44.00-47.00, Canner &
Low Cutter 40.00-44.00, Shells down
to 35.00. Yield Grade #1 slaughter
bulls 53 00-56 75; yield grade #2
51.00-
CALVES 137. Prime vealers
100.00- Choice 100.00-110.00,
Good 80.00-100.00, Standard & Good
90-110 lbs. 60 00-75.00, 70-90 lbs.
58.00- Farm calves, holstem
bulls 90-115 lbs 75.00-105 00;
hoistem heifers 100-175 lbs 100.00-
148.00.
HOGS 536. (MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 2, 1981). US No 1-2
210-235 lbs barrows & gilts 44.00-
4510, No 1-3 190-250 lbs. 43.50-
44.00. No. 2-3 190-270 lbs. 42.00-
43.50. US No 1-3 345-625 lbs. sows
36.00- No. 2-3 375-660 lbs.
32.00- Boars 260660 lbs. 30 75-
32 00.
The Agway DNI feeding program gives
these hens I vents they need.
And without wasting dollars.
The Agway Daily Nutnent
Intake (DNI) feeding pro
gram gives your birds the
nutrients they need for maxi
mum production at the low
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prevents overfeeding of
expensive protein while ,
meeting your hens’ dailv i
requirements for ammo acids
and other nutrients
MAINTAINS A CONSTANT
NUTRIENT LEVEL AS
DAILY INTAKE CHANGES
The idea behind the DNI program
is simple - as feed intake vanes.
change feeds to avoid paying for
more nutrition than vour birds
require
Suppose, for example, vour flock
is eating 100 grams of feed per bird
daily (22 lbs 11 00 birds). Under the
DNI program, tour feed would be
FEEDER PIGS 186 VS No. 1-3
10-20 lbs. feeder pigs 5.00-20.00 per
head. No 1-3 20-40 lbs. 20.00-34 00
per head
SHEEP 6. Not enough of any one
grade to establish a market
CATTLE 163. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
cows strong to (1 higher. Few
Choice 2-4, 1200-1350 lbs. slaughter
steers 60.50-63, Good 58.00-61,
couple 63, Standard 51.75-57.75.
Few Choice slaughter heifers 57.75-
65.50, Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 44.00-48.50, few
49.50, one 53.00, Cutters 43.00-45.75,
Canner and Low Cutters 38.75-
43.75. Few Yield Grade #l, 1300-
1650 lbs. slaughter bulls 55.75-59 75.
CALVES 170. Individual Prime
vealer at 117.00, few Choice 93.00-
108, few Good 80.00-90, Standard
and Good 70-95 lbs. 60.00-68, Utility
50-85 lbs. 45.0059.00. Farm Calves-
Hoi. Bulls 90-120 lbs. 67.00-98; Hoi.
Heifers 90-130 lbs. 120.00-161.00.
HOGS 175. Barrows and gilts
FW^3.
Agway High Layer 1000.
During cold weather,
when the birds moved up to
110 grams of feed daily,
you’d switch to High Layer
1100-t- to maintain daily
nutrient intake at the
loddv there s no need for
put more nutrients in vour HlOtG prOtCUl than n6C6SS3ry
thm \nui huh need can significantly affect the
I profitability of your business
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Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, February 3
Report supplied by PDA
jour flock's intake,
jou’l) know when
to change feeds
(such as Agway
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when birds are
eating just 90
grams of feed/da
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1100+ when birds
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$1,75-52 25 higher US No 1-2 2-245
lbs barrows and gilts 43.6044 60,
lot 46.35, lot No. 2-3 300 lbs, at 38.75,
lot No. 1-3189 lbs. at 42.60. Few US
No 2-3 3-550 lbs. sows 30.25-32 50.
Few Boars 31.00
FEEDER PIGS 8. One Lot US
No 1-3 40 lbs feeder pigs at 50.00
per hundredweight.
SHEEP 70. Few Choice 90-105
lbs wooled slaughter lambs 56.00-
59.00. LARGE FLOCK OP BRED
EWES 48.0062.00.
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Fa.
Monday, February 2
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE IJB. Choice slaughter
steers 61.00-62.50, Good 59.00-61.00,
Standard 53.00-58.00, Utility 50.00-
53.00. Good slaughter heifers 58.60-
60.00, Standard 56.00-58.00, Utility
45.00- Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 45 00-51 50, Cutters
43.00- Canner & Low Cutter
40 00-43 00, Shells down to 35.00
Good slaughter bullocks 55.00-
58 50, Standard 52.00-55.00, Utility
48.00- Yield Grade #1
slaughter bulls 56.00-58.50; yield
grade #2 52 00-56.00.
Agway Poultry Enterprise
specialists are available to help you
set up a DNI program for your
operation You'll find that DNI is
simple. All you do is watch your
birds' feed intake and adjust feeds
accordingly
So contact your
local Agwav today
for more details on
the DNI program
—the system that
makes sure your
birds get the
_ „ uK nutnents they
\uimm need without
wasting dollars.
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SPECIALIST CAN HELP
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FOR YOUR OPERATION.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 7,1981—A9
CALVES 289. Choice vealers
106.00- 00, Good 90.00-106.00,
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 60.00-
74 CO, 70-90 lbs 58.0062 00, Utility
55-100 lbs. 52.00-58 00. Farm calves,
holstem bulls 90-120 lbs. 90.00-
112.00; holstem heifers 85-130 lbs
100.00-
HOGS 333. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs
barrows & gilts 43.59-44.50, No. 1-3
200-250 lbs. 42.00-43 00, No. 2-3 260-
270 lbs 41.00-42.00, No. 1-3 130-185
lbs 32.0040.00. US No 1-3 300-500
lbs sows 37.0040.00, No. 2-3 300-650
lbs 32.00-37 00. Boars 28.00-32.50.
FEEDER PIGS 50. US No. 1-3 20-
35 lbs. feeder pigs 7.00-14.00 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 ibs. 14 00-23.00
per head.
SHEEP 0. No sales on offer.
New Holland
Horse
Monday, February 2
New Holland Sales Stables
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 245 head of
horses, mules, and pomes. Market
lower.
Better horses
Driving horses
575.00-
350.00-
Riding horses 350.00-550.00;
Lightweight killers 350.00-485.00;
Heavyweight killers 525.00-700.00;
Mares 40.00-100.00; Colts 15.00-
25.00; Geldings 40.00-100.00;
Larger ponies 150.00-280.00
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland,Pa.
Wednesday, February 4
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 121 cows, 53
heifers and 7 bulls. Market
stronger.
Load of Pa. fresh cows, 1200.00-
1310.00; Load of N.Y. fresh cows,
1450.00- springers 1375,00-
1650.00; Load of Pa. fresh cows,
900.00- 26 head of all stages
cows, 580.00-1090.00; Load of
Wisconsin fresh cows, 1650 00-
1750 00; Load of 41 head all stages
cows, 550.00-1320 00.
Locally consigned cows 550.00-
1600.00; Springing heifers grade
825.00-1250.00, purebred 930.00-
130.00; Open Heifers 230.00-650.00;
Bulls 270 00-750.00.
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