AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15,1981
AUG. 17-23, 1981
As the days shorten, the heat will scorch 'em.
If you put new trees in this spring, water a lot now Lou Gehrig
played in 1308th consecutive baseball game Aug 17, 1933 Last
quarter of the moon Aug 22 (Sat) Average length of days for
the week, 13 hours, 39 minutes Cat nights commence "Mona
Lisa" stolen from Louvre Aug 22,1911 (recovered 1913) Gather
Home Hints: To get car grease off your hands, scrub them with baking soda
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Clear and hot, then thundershowers and seasonal
temperatures from midweek on
Greater New York-New.Jersey: Sunny and very hot at start, then
thundershowers, heavy inland
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and hot through midweek, heavy
thundershowers at end
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Week begins sunny, very hot, few
sprinkles turn to showers, milder, clearing toward end
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Middleburg Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, August 11
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 314. High Choice &
Prime slaughter steers 68.00-71.85,
Choice 65.00-69.75, Good 60.00-65,
Standard 55.00-60, Utility 45.00-55.
Choice slaughter heifers 61.00-
63.25, Good 55.00-61, Standard
50.00- Utility 45.00-50. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 46.00-
51.60, Cutters 44.00-48.75, Canner
and Low Cutters 36.00-44, Shells
down to 32.00. Good slaughter
bullocks 56.00-61.25. Yield Grade
#l, slaughter bulls 56.0061.50, #2,
46.00- Medium Frame #1,300-750
lbs. feeder steers 45.00-65.00.
CALVES 211. Prime vealers
90.00- Choice 85.00-90, Good
75.00- Standard and Good 90-110
lbs. 60.00-75, 60-90 lbs. 45.0060.
Farm Calves: Hoi. Bulls 90-120 lbs.
70.00- Hoi. Heifers 80-150 lbs.
75.00-
HOGS 378. US No. 1-2 210-235 lbs.
barrows and gilts 53.75-54.85, No. 1-
3190-250 lbs. 53.00-53.75, No. 2-3190-
270 lbs. 51.00-53.00. US No. 1-3 3-685
lbs. sows 42.0047.75, No. 2-3 3-600
lbs. 38.0042. Boars 200-900 lbs.
37.0041.75.
FEEDER PIGS 206. US No. 1-3
10-20 lbs. feeder pigs 15.00-25 per
head, No. 1-3 2040 lbs. 25.00-38, No.
1-3 4060 lbs. 38.0048 per head.
•SHEEP 46. Choice 90-120 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 58.004i3.50,
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Good 60-80 lbs. 52.00-58. Slaughter
ewes 18.00-30.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, August 8
Report supplied by auction
STOCKER, FEEDER, AND
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Good
Light Steer Calves 61.0066.50;
Medium 56.0060.75; Plain 55.75
and down; Good Heavy Steers
58.0062.50; Medium 53.0067.75;
Plain 52.75 and down; Holstein
Steers 57.00 and down; Good Light
Heifer Calves 49.00-54.00; Medium
45.00-48.75; Plain 44.75 and down;
Good Heavy Heifers 45.00-50.00;
Medium 40.0044.75; Plain 39.75
and down; Slaughter Cows 45.00-
49.25; Utilities 40.0044.75; Canners
& Cutters 35.00 and down; Milk &
Stock Cows 545.00 and down; Stock
Bulls 63.00 and down; Slaughter
Bulls 56.75 and down.
CALVES: Veal Calves 80.00 and
down; Baby Calves 87.50 and
down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice Blue
O 58.00; Good Red O 47.75; Feeder
Lambs 32.00-39.00; Slaughter Ewes
15.75 and down.
HOGS: Top 51.00; Heavy 48.00;
Light 43.00; Sows 48.75 and down;
Boars 35.00 and down.
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Livestock market and auction news
Central U.S.
Carlot
Wednesday, August 12
Report supplied by USDA
Compared to Tuesday’s 4.00
report: steer and heifer beet
steady to 1.00 higher, advance on
700-900 lbs. Choice 3 700-900 lbs.
steer and good heiter beef
Demand good Trading fairly
active. Supplies fairly current. The
boxed beef carcass cutout value
declined $.06 to an estimated
$109.94 per cwt. Sales reported on
147 loads of steer and heifer beef.
STEER BEEF
103 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Choice 3: 600-900 lbs. 103.00,
steady.
Choice 3 : 700-900 lbs. 104.00,1.00
higher.
Choice 4: 600-900 lbs. 95.00-96.00,
late 95.00, steady.
Choice 2-3: 600-900 lbs. 98-mstly
100.00 (Hols.)
Good 2-3 600-900 lbs. 96-mstly
97.00, steady.
Good 2-3: 600-900 lbs. 95.00
(Hols.)
FOB Amarillo Basis
Choice 3: 600-700 lbs. 103.00-
103.50.
Choice 2: 600-700 lbs. 104.00-
104.50.
Good 2-3:600-900 lbs. 97.50.
Good 2-3:600-700 lbs. 99.00-101.50.
HEIFER BEEF
44 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Choice 3: 500-700 lbs. 100.00,
steady.
Choice 4; 500-700 lbs. 95.00,
steady.
Good 2-3: 400-500 lbs. 88.00.
Good 2-3: 500-700 lbs. 96.00,
steady-1.00 hghr.
FOB Amarillo Basis
Good 2-3: 600-700 lbs. 97.50-100.50.
Cow beef steady to firm.
Demand fairly good, supplies light.
COW BEEF
5 Loads
Bkrg Utlty: 450/up lbs. 80.00
(Midwest), no recent comp. 3-4.
Bng Utlty: 400/up lbs. 85.00-
85.50, steady 2-3 (Midwest).
Cntr. & Or. 1-2: 350/up lbs. 90.00
(Midwest) firm.
BULL BEEF
ILoad
FOB Omaha Basis
Bull 1: 500/up lbs. 91.00 (Mid
west).
PRIMAL BEEF CUTS
8 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
HINDS (S): 145-190 lbs. 121.00.
GROW TOMATOES
FOR LOCAL MARKET YEAR 'ROUND
System and discuss its potential for your market
Topics to be discussed
1 Investment ($12,000 $43,000)
2 Production
3 Marketing
4 Profits (up to $67,500)
Meeting Time & Place
7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 27,1981
South Ridge Motor Inn
State College, PA
(located on Rt. 322 at south side of
tourn, across from Hill's Plaza
Shopping Center)
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION
CALL OR WRITE:
PHONE 215-527-0850
HYDRO PRODUCTION, INC.
EARL CURTIS NICHOLS. PRES
21 MEADOWS LANE
HAVERFORD, PA 19041
HINDS (H): 120-170 lbs. 116.00.
FORES: 130-210 lbs. 88.00.
LOINS: 40-70 lbs. 176.50
(Trimmed).
DMND CT LOINS; 35-65 lbs.
179.50 (Trimmed).
BONELESS PROCESSING
BEEF/BEEF TRIMMINGS
5 Loads
75% chem lean, fresh 97.00
65% chem lean, fresh 82.00-82.50.
92% chem lean, fresh 127.00 bull.
Compared to Tuesday’s 4:00
report: Fresh pork loins 17/dn lbs.
steady to 2.00 lower, 17/up lbs.
steady to .50 higher. Picnics
steady. Boston butts steady to 2.00
higher. Fresh hams 2.00 lower.
Sdls bellies steady to 1.50 higher.
Trading active. Demand moderate
to good. Sales reported on 58 loads
plus 23% loads of trimmings &
variety meats.
FRESH PORK CUTS
LOINS: 14/dn lbs. 105.00-106.00;
14-17 lbs. 103.00-mostly 105.00,
steady-2.00 lower; 17-22 lbs. 102.00-
102.25, .50 higher; 20/up lbs. 88.00,
steady.
PICNICS: 4-8 lbs. 60.00 steady.
BOSTON BUTTS: 4-8 lbs. 91.00-
92.00, steady-2.00 higher.
SPARERIBS: 3.5-5. S lbs. 101.50
frozen.
SKINNED HAMS: 17-20 lbs.
82.00. 2.00 lower; 20-26 lbs. 82.00.
BELLIES, SDLS: 10-12 lbs. 51.50,
steady; 12-14 lbs. 55.00, steady-1.50
higher; 16-18 lbs. 54.00; 18-20 lbs.
52.00, steady.
BNLS CUT BUTT: 1.5-3 lbs.
125.00.
VARIETY MEATS
HEARTS: 51.00.
TAILS- 22.50.
FEET, FRONT, TOES ON;
17.50.
STOMACH, SCALDED: 30 lbs.
box 15.50.
CHECEK MEAT, TRIMMED;
93.75-94.00.
LIVERS: large box 12.00 export.
PORK TRIMMINGS/
BONELESS PROCESSING
(Chemical Lean)
42% lean trimmings fresh 45.00.
42% lean trimmings frozen 46.00-
50.00.
72% lean trimmings fresh 84.50-
87.00.
72% lean trimmings frozen 83.00-
87.00.
72% bids picnics fresh 88.00.
G&M Livestock
Monday, August 10
Duncans ville, Pa.
Report supplied by auction
Compared to last Monday,
market report steers-steady, hogs
higher, cows-weak.
DAIRY COWS: 750.00-1160.00.
STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 65.00-67.20; Good to Choice
58.00- Standard to Good 54.00-
58.00; Standard 48.00-54.00.
HEIFERS: High Choice and
Prime 61.00-64.00; Good to Choice
54.00- Standard 45.00-54.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Good to
Choice 300-500 lbs. 55.00-64.00;
Standard to Good 49.00-55.00.
BULLS: 1200-2070 IBs. 53 00-
62.00; 900-1200 lbs. 48.00-59.00.
COWS- High Choice to Prune
48.00- Good 44.00-48.00;
Utility 40.0044.00; Cutters 38.00-
40.00; Canners DoWn to 35.00.
CALVES: High Choice 85.00-
99.00; Good to Choice 70.00-85.00;
Standard to Good 50.00-70.00;
Utility 35.00-50.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls
75.00- Hoi. Heifers 110.00-
163.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 25.00-34.00.
HOGS: 200-240 lbs. 51.00-53.90;
170-300 lbs. 48.00-51.00.
SOWS: 38.0047.25.
BOARS: 35.00-38.50.
LAMBS: 18.00-25.00.
GOATS: 15.00-39.00.
Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Friday, August 7
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Friday
Last Year
TREND: Compared to last
Friday feeder steers 1.00-1.50
higher; heifers and bulls not fully
tested, few sales firm to 1.00
higher. Supply mcluded 200 in
graded sales, sold m lots of 10 or
more.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: One lot 495 lbs. 63.25; few
lots 800-845 lbs. 60.00-61.35; Large
Frame 1: Couple lots 510-585 lbs.
63.50-65.75; Medium and Large
Frame 1: 70 head 820-945 lbs. 57.50-
58.10; Small and Medium Frame 1:
One lot 732 lbs. 58.50. Large Frame
1-2: One lot 480 lbs. 60.50 and one
lot 835 lbs. 58.75; Medium Frame
2: Couple lots 570650 lbs. 53.50-
57.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: Few lots 4004560 lbs.
48.0051.00.
FEEDER BULLS: Large Frame
1: One lot 472 lbs. 61.00.