Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26,1981
Farm Calendar
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York Co. Extension Office,
Pleasant Acres County Hospital
grounds.
Grange Fair Committee “Post
Mortem" meeting, Extension
Center, 8 p.m., Flemington,
N.J.
Bradford 4-H Advisory County
Nominating Committee
meeting, Extension Office,
Towanda, 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Morrison Cove Community Fair,
Marymsburg. Continues until
Friday.
Elizabethtown Community Fair.
Continues until Saturday.
Inter-State District 6 meeting,
Blue Ball Fire Hall, 7 p.m.
Bradford Home Economics Ad
visory Board meeting, 10 a.m.,
Extension Office, Towanda.
Wednesday, Sept. 30
New Holland Fanners Fair.
Continues until Saturday.
Hunterdon County Farm Bureau
Resolutions meeting. Rmges
Grange Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Bradford NEBA barn
Now Is the Time
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To Reduce Egg Breakage
Many egg producers are not
aware of their breakage losses.
You could be very surprised how
much. Some poultrymen do not
realize how many eggs they are
losing because they do not keep
track of them. In studies where
this has been checked carefully,
we find the percentage of eggs
broken ranging from 2% to 5% up
to 20%.
With a flock of 30,000 layers
averaging 70% production a loss of
4% is 84,000 eggs or 7,000 dozen a
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8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1
Tri-Valley Community Fair
begins. Continues until Sunday.
Chester County Pa. Farmers
Association annual meeting, 8
p.m., Brandywine Club,
Painter’s Crossroads.
New Holland Fair livestock show,
4-H, 1 p.m.
University of Delaware Soybean
Check-off Day, Georgetown,
8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 2
Keystone International Livestock
Exposition opens at Farm Show
Complex. Feeder calves, 10
a.m.; Hereford breeding cattle,
12:30 p.m.; Simmental
breeding cattle, 3:30 p.m.;
feeder calf sale, 6:30 p.m.
35th Eastern National Livestock
Show, Md. State Fairgrounds,
Timomum, Md., continues to
Oct. 11.
Blue Ridge Arabian Horse Assn,
sale of geldings, Md. State Fair
- Grounds, Timomum, Md., 6
p.m.
Lancaster Downtown Ag Expo, 9
year. This loss comes to $3,500
when eggs sell for 50 cents per
dozen.
Check nests or cages for needed
repair. Often we find eggs broken
right in the cages. Check the egg
trays. If they are bent, they can
break many eggs. Many tunes
plastic bumpers placed on the egg
tray will reduce breakage. Careful
handling will reduce breakage if
eggs are gathered by hand.
Take time to check these factors
and others to reduce breakage. It
very well could be the difference
between profit and loss.
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CATTLE 298. Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter steers steady to lower.
Slaughter cows steady to $1 higher.
Slaughter bulls $1 to $2 lower. Few
Choice slaughter steers 64.10-86.25,
Good 58.00-62.50, Standard 54.00-
57.85, few Utility & low standard
50.50- Few Choice slaughter
heifers 59.tt5-53.50, one at 67.00, few
Good 54.85-58.00, few Standard
48.25-55.00, few Utility 39.2543.25.
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 44.0046.75, few to 48.00,
Cutters 42.0045.50, Canner & Low
Cutter 38.0042.75, Shells down to
32.00. Few Good & Choice slaugher
bullocks 57.00-65.25, Standard
53.50- Yield Grade #1 1200-
2000 lbs. slaughter bulls 52.00-58.60,
one at 633X1; yield grade #2 1050-
1500 lbs. 49.50-53.50. Few Medium
Frame #l5OO-800 lbs. feeder steers
58.50- Large Frame §2 300-
1000 lbs. 45.50-52.00, few Medium
Frame #1 600-700 lbs. feeder
heifers 41.5042.00, one lot large
frame #1 630 lbs. at 54.00; few
medium frame #1 400-700 lbs.
feeder bulls 52.00-64.00, few large
frame #2 600-900 lbs. 46.5048.00.
CALVES 150. Vealers grading
Woodcarvmg and Decoy Show, 11
a.m. - 5 p.m., York College
Gym. Continues tomorrow.
KILE, Polled Hereford SOP Show,
8:30 a.m.
KILE, Pa. Livestock Assn,
banquet, Holiday Inn, 7 p.m.
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Livestock market and auction news
Leesport Livestock
Auction
Leesport, PA ,
Wednesday, Sept. 23
Courtesy PDA
a.m. - 4 p.m., Penn and Lan
caster Squares.
Saturday, Oct. 3
standard & low Good strong to $2
higher. One Prime vealer at 95.00,
few Choice 79.00413.00, Good 68.00-
75.00, few Standard & Good 110-130
lbs. 65.0067.00*, 90-110 lbs. 58.00-
61.50, 7085 lbs. 55.0060.00, Utility
50-100 lbs. 35.00-58.50. Farm calves,
holstem bulls 90-125 lbs. 60.00-70.00,
few to 83.00; few holstem heifers
95-125 lbs. 105.00-117.50.
HOGS 319. Barrows & gilts 50
cents to $1 lower. US No. 1-2 200-230
lbs. barrows & gilts 51.75-52.60, one
lot 54.50, No. 1-3 200-240 lbs. 51.25-
52.00, few down to 50.50, few No. 2-3
275-295 lbs. 48.0048.50, few No: 1-3
160-185 lbs. 48.0048.50. Sows $1.75
to $2 lower. US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs.
sows 45.0047.25, one at 48.00,
Utility ’280400 lbs. 38.0045.75.
Boars 38.0040.75, light weights
41.75.
FEEDER PIGS 2511. US No. 1-3
2060 lbs. feeder pigs 75.00-90.00
cwt., one lot No. 1-3 75 lbs. 69.00 few
utility 20-25 lbs. 59.00-75.00 cwt.
SHEEP 65. Choice 75-105 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 52.00-56.50,
few down to 48.00, few Good &
Choice 70-90 lbs. 42.00-50.00.
Slaughter sheep 22.00-32.00.
GOATS 22. Large Goats 30.00-
43.00, one at 70.00 per head.
Belleville Livestock
Belleville, Pa.
Wednesday, September 23
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 135: Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter cows steady to 1.25
lower. Few Good slaughter steers
57.75-62.50, few Standard 49.85-
56.75. One Good slaughter heifers
at 57.101 Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 42.0045.25, few
46.75, Chtters 39.0042.50, Canner &
Low Cutter 35.25-39.00, Shells down
to 25.00. One Good' slaughter
bullock at 53.85. Few Yield Grade
§1 870-1680 lbs. slaughter bulls
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CALVES 153: Few Good vealers
61.00- Standard & Good 70-95
lbs. 47.00-57.00, few Utility 60-65
lbs. 30.00-50.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 85-125 lbs. 60.00-
90.00; few holstein heifers 100-125
lbs. 101.00-120.00.
HOGS 276: Barrows & gilts about
steady. US No. 1-2 210-230 lbs.
barrows & gilts 51.50-52.00, No. 1-3
220-245 lbs. 51.00-51.75, one lot No.
1-3180 lbs. 49.85. US No. 1-3 300475
lbs. sows 46.25-48.25. Boars 33.00-
38.75.
FEEDER PIGS 512: US No. 1-3
15-20 lbs. feeder pigs 16.50-20.00 per
head, No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 19.00-32.00,
No. 1-3 40-60 lbs. 30.0041.50 per
head. - _
SHEEP 42: Few Good & Choice
70-85 lbs. spring slaughter lambs
53.00-55.00, Utility CO-90 lbs. 36.00-
44.00. Few Slaghter ewes 15.00-
25.00.
GOATS 18:20.00-31.00 per head.
HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS
Mostly 850.00-1400.00, one 1800.00,
few down to 550.00 per/hd.
Vintage Auction
Friday, September 18
Report supplied by Auction
102 head.
Good and Choice steers, 1150-
1350 pounds, 68.50-71.00; Standard
and Good, 64.0047.50; Holstein
steers, 56.00-57.50; bulls, 50.60-
56.00; sows, 37.0041.50.