Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3,1982
Livestock market and auction news
Lancaster Weekly
(Continued from Page A 2)
75.00- few 90.00-98.00; high
Good and low Choice 150-260 lbs.
60.00- 80-115 lbs. 45.00-55.00,
few 55.00-64.00, 60-80 lbs. 43.00-
50.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Few
Choice 125-270 lbs. 57.0055.00;
Good 130-250 lbs. 48.00-56.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Few
90-115 lb. holstein heifers 100.00-
120.00, few small frame 80-110 lbs.
85.00- bulk 90-120 lbs. holstein
bulls 85.00-98.00, 100 head 100-105
lbs. 104.50-106.50; bulk 80-95 lbs.
65.00-
Weekly Summary
Friday, July 2
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 6335. Compared with
7508 head last week, and 5090 head
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market: Slaughter steers,
heifers & cows weak to 1.00 lower:
SI. bulls .50-1.00 lower. SI. steers;
High Choice & Prime 70.00-74.50;
Choice 66.00-70.00: Good 59.00-
65.00; Standard 50.00-59.00. SI.
heifers: Choice 60.75-66.00; Good
54.00- Standard 47.00-56.00.
SI. cows: Utility & Commercial
43.00- Cutters 40.00-46.00;
Canner & L. Cutter 35.00-42.00;
Shells down to 25.00. SI. bullocks:
Choice 57.5061.00; Good 53.00-
58.00. SI. bulls; Yield Grade No. 1,
1200-2100 lbs. 51.00-58.00; Yield
Grade No. 2, 800-1400 lbs. 46.00-
53.00.
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Medium & Large Farm No. 1, 400-
800 lbs. 59.00-69.00. Heifers,
Medium & Large Frame No. 1,350-
700 lbs. 50.00-60.00.
CALVES: 3966. Compared with
3917 head last week and 2760 head a
year ago. Vealers unevenly steady.
Choice 72.00-90.00; Good 65.00-
82.00, 90-120 lbs. 55.00-71.00; 70-90
lbs. 45.0062.00; Utility 50-100 lbs.
30.00-55.00.
FARM CALVES; Hoi. Bulls 90-
125 lbs. 70.00-105.00; Hoi. Heifers
85-135 lbs. 70.00-120,00.
HOGS: 7436. Compared with 7321
head last week and 6420 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts mostly
.50-1.00 higher. US No. 1-2 200-245
lbs. 61.85-64.00, few down to 60.00;
No. 1-3 200-255 lbs. 61.0062.50, few
down to 58.50; No. 2-3 230-280 lbs.
56.00-61.85; (few) No. 1-3 150-190
lbs. 50.00-60.00; Sows 1.00-2.00
lower. US No. 1-3 300600 lbs. 48.00-
Lehigh and Bucks
4-H’ers travel to Italy
ALLENTOWN - The
Cooperative Extension Services of
Lehigh and Bucks counties report
two area youth have been chosen
as delegates of the International
Farm Youth Exchange. Judy
Holmes, Lehigh County, and
Debbie Ehlman, Bucks County,
will be spending six weeks learning
about the rural way of life in Italy.
Through IFYE, youth ages 15 to
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57.00; (few) 400-700 lbs. 40.00-50.00.
Boars 42.00-50.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1169. Compared
with 1291 head last week and 1464 a
year ago. Feeder pigs steady to
weak. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 20.00-
43.00 per head; No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
25.00-59.00; No. 1-3 50-70 lbs. 46.00-
65.00.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS: 1557.
Compared with 2452 head last
week, and 1937 head a year ago.
All sales CWT. Feeder Pigs steady
to 14.00 higher. US No. 1-2 25-40 lbs.
130.00- few 176.00, 40-50 lbs.
123.00- 5(V60 lbs. 102.00-
125.00, 60-70 lbs. 88.00114.00. US
No. 2-3 3040 lbs. 114.00-150.00,4055
lbs. 96.00-121.00.
SHEEP; 1136. Compared with
989 head last week 647 head a year
ago. Mostly steady. Choice 66-115
lbs. 55.06-70.00; Good 50-100 lbs.
45.00-60.00. SI. ewes: 10.00-32.00.
25 are offered the chance to help
create a better understanding
among people of all nations. Judy
'and Debbie will live and work as
members of host families. This
program of cultural' exchange
originated in 1948, and since then
at least 3,050 United States
delegates have travelled to 89
different countries and 3.075 ex
changees have visited the United
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Harkin blasts
brucellosis
program
shut down
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S.
Congressman Tom Harkin (D-la.)
took Agriculture Department
officials to task last week in
Washington over plans to shut,
down the federal government’s
program to control and eradicate
brucellosis, a costly and highly
contagious disease which infects
cattle.
Harkin chairs the - House
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
subcommittee. At hearings he
called to study the Ad
ministration’s plan to dismantle
the eradication program, Harkin
noted even Administration of
ficials were admitting the program
is on the verge of wiping out the
disease.
Harkin blasted plans to stop the
program so close to its goal t noting
it has reduced the infection rate in
States.
In order to participate in this seven years and was a delegate to
event, the delegates must be the 4-H Citizenship Short Course in
evaluated according to their Washington, D.C.
abilities and achievements in 4-H. Through IF YE, Debbie and Judy
Debbie and Judy both have been 4- win' help other 4-HTers become
H camp counselors and teen more aware of the opportunities
council delegates. Judy was a open to them, increase their
medal winner for her demon- j personal responsibility and
stration at State 4-H Achievement maturity and better their un-
Days, Teen Ambassador, Teen derstanding of different cultures so
Leader, County Fashion Beyue. t that. they. can^.share,their, ex
winner and State Blue • with others ihthe United
Achievement Record Winner. States.
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all cattle from 5.6 per cent in 1990
to 0.4 per cent today. “You may
save |1 today,” Harkin told USDA
officials at the hearing, “but
you're going to wind up finding it
costs $lO tomorrow. ”
The plan to phase the program
out is “foolish,” Harkin charged.
“It’s like we’re almost ready to
eradicate small pox and there’s ten
cases left, and we say, ‘Well, we’re
within striking distance so we’re
going to give up.’ Sure it’s going to
cost some money, but the losses
that are going to come if we don’t
do it are going to be far greater.”
Harkin cited a USDA study
which projected brucellosis losses
among livestock producers' will
sky-rocket ’if the eradication
program is ended, climbing from
$34 million this year, to over $1
billion a year within 10 years.
Debbie has been active in 4-H for
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