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At— Lancaster Famine, Saturday, March 27,19t2
MARCH 29,-APRIL 4, 1982
In for a blow, and maybe snow.
Watch out for April fool tricks on Thursday Jack Benny debuted
on radio March 29, 1932 First quarter of the moon April 1
(Thurs) Average length of days for the week, 12 hours, 43
minutes President Ronald Reagan shot by J Hinckley March 30,
1981 . Friendship cannot stand only on one side
Ask the Old Farmer: My grandfather
was a f armer an <3 his dwelling had few
modern facilities The backyard privy
was as crude as any Vet when he pre-
P are d to visit the accessory, he would
say he was "going to the dolphins " Just
what did he mean 7 WL, Boston
In the ancient Roman baths there were also
public toilets and these were often decorated with carved representations
of breaching dolphins
Home Hints Use a block of wood for leverage to prevent marring when
pulling nails Insert block against the nail after the first gentle tug and con
tinue pulling
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England; Rainy, mild to start, then cloudy and cold, with ram
south, ram, snow in mountains, seasonable to cold for weekend
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week's beginning is mild and
rainy, cold temperatures, more ram midweek, seasonable
weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and hot, then showers, through
midweek, rest of week is rainy and cool
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: At week's beginning, sunny and
warm, ram west and Piedmont, cooler, midweek, then ram, mild
temperatures '
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Eighty-four Auction
Eighty-four, Pa.
Monday, March 22
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 296. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows |1.50 to $2 lower. Few Good
slaughter steers 58.00-59.50,
Standard 55.00-58.00, few Utility
47.00- Few Good slaughter
heifers 56.00-58.00, Standard 46.00-
50.00, Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 39.50-43.00, couple
45.00, Commercial No. 4-5 37.00-
44.00, Cutters 36.00-39.75, Canner &
' Low Cutter 31.00-36.50, Shells down
to 23.00. Yield Grade #1 1400-2200
lbs. slaughter bulls 46.25-55.00.
Medium Frame HI 300-600 lbs
feeder steers 59.00-63.00, 800-950
lbs. holsteins 51.00-53.00; Medium
Frame #1 280-350 lbs. feeder
heifers 57.00-59.00, few Small
Frame #1350-550 lbs. 45.00-50.25.
CALVES 322. Vealers $5 to $lO
lower. Choice vealers 85.00-97.00,
Good 76.00-86.00, Standard 60.00-
77.00, Standard & Good 90-120 lbs
50.00- 65-85 lbs. 34.00-50.00,
Utility 50-90 lbs. 20.00-30.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs
52.00- holstein heifers 55.00-
90.
HOGS 132. Barrows & gilts 50
cents to $1 higher. US No. 1-2 200-
250 lbs. barrows & gilts 51.00-52.25,
No. 1-3 210-250 lbs. 50.00-51.20, No.
2-3 235-265 lbs. 47.50-49.00, No. 1-3
170-180 lbs. 42.00-47.00. US No. 1-3
300-700 lbs. sows 43.00-48.00, No. 2-3
350-600 lbs. 39.00-42.50. Boars 30.00-
34.75.
FEEDER PIGS 18. One Lot US
No. 1-3 51 lbs. feeder pigs 44 00 per
head.
SHEEP 147. Spring slaughter
lambs steady to weak. Choice 47-70
lbs. spring slaughter lambs 81.00-
87.50, Good 55-72 lbs. 77.00-82.00;
few Choice 86 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs at 67.00, Good 70-83 lbs.
53.00-55.00. Slaughter ewes 20.00-
25.00.
GOATS 9.20.00-48.00 per head.
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Middleburg Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, March 23
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 342. Compared with
last Tuesday’s market slaughter
steers steady to t sl lower.
Slaughter cows strong Wsl hig’her.’
Choice 2-4, 1050-1470 lbs. slaughter
steers 65.85-68.60, few 70.75, Good
58.50-63, couple 68.85, Standard
52.25-57.50, Utility 45.00-50. Couple
Choice slaughter heifers 63.60 &
64.85, few Good 55.10-60.60, few
Standard 52.00-53. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 39.75-
43.75, few 45.00, Cutters 38.50-41.50,
few Canner & Low Cutters 33.25-37.
Few Choice slaugther bullocks
60.00-65, one Good at 58.85. Yield
Grade #l, 1150-2200 lbs. slaughter
bulls 48-53.35. Few Large Frame
§2, 400-800 lbs. feeder steers 46.00-
59.
CALVES 138. Few Choice
vealers 82.00-102, few Good 75.00-
85, Standard and Good 70-100 lbs.
49.00-55. Farm Calves: Hoi. Bulls
90-125 lbs. 55.0066, couple to 72.00;
Few Hoi. Heifers 85-145 lbs. 67.50-
110.
HOGS 382. (3-22-82). Barrows
and gilts $1.50-$2.25 higher. US No.
1-2 2-240 lbs. barrows "and gilts 53-
54.50, No. 1-3 190-270 lbs. 52.00-53,
No. 2-3 2-270 lbs. 51.75-52.50. US No.
1-3 3-660 lbs. sows 45.75-50, No. 2-3
3-700 lbs. 42-45.75. (Tues. 3-23-82).
HOGS 105. Few Lots US No. i-3
215-225 lbs. barrows and gilts 52.50-
53, No. 1-3 2-240 lbs. 51.85-52.
BOARS 36-38.25.
FEEDER PIGS 178. US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 27-46.00 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 45.00-54 per
head.
SHEEP 45. Few Low Choice 70-
100 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
59.00-70; Utility and Good 50-100
lbs. 40.00-51 (Shorn). Few
Slaughter ewes 25.00-29.00.
GOATS 15: 24.00-45. per head.
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1 P.M. |
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Livestock market and auction news
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, March 17
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers
mostly steady. Low Choice 62.50;
Good Medium 56.00
Down. Heifers Choice 57.00-57.50;
Good 50.00-56.00; Medium 49.00
Down. Cows good run, $1.50 lower.
High Yield 42.00-43.5 b; Average
38.50-41.00; Rig Middle 36.00-38.D0;
Fatty Herf. 35.00-37.00; SheUy 37.00
Down. Fat Bulls Individual at
55 75; Good 50.00-54.25; Medium
42.00- Veal Calves Choice
95 00-101.00; Good 85.00-94.00;
Medium 75.00-84.00; Farm Hfrs. to
84.00; Farm Bulls to 76.00; Light &
Weak 51.00 Down.
STOCKER. Steers 300-550 lbs.
Very active, $l.OO higher. Choice
64.00- Good 59.00-63.00;
Medium 55.00-58.00; Culls 54.00
Down;' Dairy Type 43.00-53.00.
Steers 600-850 lbs. Choice 60.00-
64.00; Good 55.00-59.00; Medium
54.00 Down. Heifers (All Weights)
Choice 53.00-58.00; Good 47.00-
52 00; Medium 46.00 Down.
Holstems 55.00-83.00 Bulls Choice
58.00- Good 53.00-57.00;
Medium 62.00 Down. Springing
Heifers to 875.00. Pigs, Hd. small
run, steady prices. 20-30 lbs. 11.00-
29.00; 40-60 lbs. 30.0041.00. Shoats MOFriSOII COVG
by Lb to 44.00. Slaughter Hogs a.i«44/«i ~ _
Steady to 25 cents higher. 210-230 /iUCUOiI UentOll Feeder
lbs. 49.25-50.75 ; 240-260 lbs. 49.50- Martinsbnrg, Pa. Pjo J3o]p
50.25; 190-205 lbs. 48.5049.50. Sows Monday, March 22 3
400-550 lbs. 47.30-52.25; Thut-Sows Report supplied by auction ' „ Denton, Md.
42 0046.00. . QATTLE 243. High Choice & i v tn ,J^ Cb 3^ 35PigS
Dp wart Auction Prime slaughter steers 68.75-70.25, 191 /uj? ft 50 lbs -^ 7 - 00 '
DewanAUCUGH Choice6s 7^67 25i G00d62 ,i,h!5.75, 3?«No.l&25(W0 lbs. 96.00-
~60.25-62.10, Utility *fo. 1 & 2 60-70 lbs. 92.00-
MondMy,March%2 '"s7.sorChoice slaughter heifers 67- Q 7 ’ llo^o.l &2 70-80 lbs. 85.00-
68.25, Good Standard
i 9 ‘ C< ? m f- r f d ™ th 57.50-60.25, Utility 52.50-57.50.
last Monday s market, slaughter
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IV i GOAT SALE
for the
Easter Trade
THURSDAY, APRIL I
12 Miles East of Lancaster
■ on Rt. 23, New Holland, Pa.
Abe Oiffenbach, Mgr.
Phone 717-354-4341
I OPEN TO RECEIVE |
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HOGS IMMEDIATELY
cows about steady. Choice 24,
1075-1300 lbs. 65-67.85, couple 69.85,
Good 59-62.75, couple 64.00,
Standard 49.00-56, few Utility 44.75-
48. Few Choice slaughter heifers
58.75-63.75, few Standard and Good
52-54.75. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 3943.50, Cutters
37.7540.75, Canner & Low Cutters
34-37.75, Shells down to 27.75. Yield
Grade §l, 920-1820 lbs. slaughter
bulls 46.60-55.
CALVES 228. Couple Prime
vealers 111 & 114.00, Choice 89-
106.50, Good 72.00-86, few Standard
and Good 110-140 lbs. 63.00-71, 70-
100 lbs. 55.00-60. Farm Calves: Hoi.
Bulls 90-125 lbs. 60.00-77; Hoi.
Heifers 90-140 lbs. 80.00-111.
HOGS- 294. Barrows and gilts
$1.25-81.75 higher. US No. 1-2 2-240
lbs. barrows and gilts 53.50-54.10,
couple lots 54.85, No.-1-3 210-255 lbs.
51.50-53.50, few lots,No. 1-3 160-185
lbs. 44.85-45. US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs.
sows 45.00-50, couple 52.25. Boars
34.00-38.00.
FEEDER PIGS 170. US No. 1-3
25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 36.50-45 per
head, No. 1-3 50-60 lbs. 47.00-49, lot
No. 1-3 85 lbs. at 52.50, few lots No.
1-3 100-145 lbs. 45.00-50.50 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP 2. Not enough of any one
grade to establish a market.
at 1:00 P.M
at the
New Holland
Sales Stables Inc.
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 46-51.50, Cutters 41.50-43,75,
Canner & Low Cutters 37.50-40.25,
Shells down'to 35. Good slaughter
bullocks 55.25-60.25, Standard
52.25-55.25, Utility 45.50-52.25. Yield
Grade #l, slaughter bulls 55.50-
56.50, #2, 47.50-52.50, Choice feeder I 9
steers 60.50-68, Good 56.50-6 Q,
Medium 48.50-53.50. Good feeder
heifers 56.50-60.25, Medium 47.50-'
53.50. Good feeder bulls 52.50-57.50,
Medium 47.50-52.50.
CALVES 353. Prime vealers
92.50- Choice 85.50-92.50, Good
78.50- Standard & Good 110-
130 lbs. 65.00-78.50, 90-110Jbs. 54-
60.50,70-90 lbs. 45-52.50.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90-
130 lbs. 62.50-78.50; Hoi. Heifers 90-
130 lbs. 72.50-122.50.
HOGS 330. US No. 1-2 2-240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 53-54.10, No. 1-3'
2-240 lbs. 52-53.30, No. 2-3 50.00-51,
2-4, 170-300 lbs. 49-50.25. US No. 1-3
sows 48.50-51.25, No. 2-3 44-48.50.
Boars 36.50-40.25.
FEEDER PIGS 3. Few US No. 1-
3 40-70 lbs. feeder pigs 19-43.75 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP 3. Individual Choice 60
lbs. wooled slaughter at
73.00.-Slaughter ewes 24.00-35.00.
GOATS: 19: $ll-41.00 per head. x 7
Giorgi Mushroom Co. is
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crushed cobs for
mushroom compost.
Call us for current prices.
Giorgi Mushroom Co.
Box 96
Temple, PA 19560,
215-926-2139 Ext. 236