HARRISBURG The current
push at state and national levels to
increase solids in retail fluid milk
may backfire and not help far
mers, according to a spokesman
for the Pennsylvania Association
of Milk Dealers.
“For some time, there have been
informal drives to raise the
standards for whole, low-fat and
skim milks by making it necessary
Livestock market and auction
Weekly Summary
Friday, Oct. 8,1982
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE; 5653 Compared with
last Friday’s market: Slaughter
steers 1,00-1.75 lower; SI. heifers to
1.00 lower; SI. cows spots to 3.00
lower; SI. bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. SI.
steers; (few) High Choice & Prime
300400 lbs. 59.00-64.00; (few)
Choice 200400 lbs. 56.5(W1.50 (few)
Good 53.00-57.50; (few) Standard
48.00-53.50; (few) Utility SI.
heifers; (few) Choice 53.00-57.00
few to 61.00; (few) Good 50.00-
54.00; (few) Standard 45.0049.00;
SI. cows; (few) Utility & Com
mercial 38.0042.75 few to 44.00;
(few) Cutters 34.0041.50; (few)
Canner & L. Cutter 32.00-38.00;
Shells down to 20.00. SI. bullocks:
(few) Choice 57.00-60.25; (few)
Good 51.00-56.35. Si. bulls: (few)
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PAMD questions higher standards milk
to add skim powder,” said Henry
R. Geisinger, Executive Vice
Preisdent of the Harrisburg-based
dealer group. “Now there is
national legislation being con
sidered to make it mandatory.”
Sen. S. I. Hayakawa, a Senator
from California not running again,
added the proposal to the
Agriculture Appropriations Bill
which" will be considered when
47.00- (few) Yield Grade No.
2,900-1450 lbs. 45.00-50.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
(few) Medium frame No. 1,300-700
lbs. 45.00-58.00 few top 62.00; (few)
Medium frame No. 2, 300-600 lbs.
41.00-
CALVES: 4016 (few) Prime
95.00- (few) Choice 82.00-
102.00; (few) Good 65.00-85.00
(few) Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
60.00- 90-110 lbs. 54.00-60.00;
60-90 lbs. 45.00-55.00; (few) Utility
50-110 lbs. 27.00-45.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 80-
125 lbs. 50.0085.00 mostly 55.00-
79.00; Hoi. Heifers 80-140 lbs. 48.00
130.00 mostly 60.0080.00
HOGS; 5607 Barrows and gilts 1-
3.00 lower US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs.
60.5082.50 No. 18 200-255 lbs. 59.00
61.00; No. 28 200-275 lbs. 55.00
59.00; Sows mostly steady to 1.00
higher. US No. 18 300650 lbs. 51.50-
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recess. This will increase the cost
to the consumer and can bring
reactions against .other dairy
programs.
“Adding the powder could raise
the price of milk from 3 cents to 10
cents a gallon, depending on the
product,” Geisinger continued,
“which could bring more sales
resistance thap now is being felt in
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58.75; No. 2-3 300-700 lbs. 50.00-
55.00. Boars 42.00-48.75.
FEEDER PIGS; 954 steady to
strong US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 20.00-
41.00 per head; few No. 1-3 35-50
lbs. 36.00-54.00; few No. 1-3 50-30
lbs. 45.0068.00.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS; 2802
Compared with 1880 head last
week, and 2995 head a year ago. All
sales by CWT. Feeder pigs under
40 lbs. 12-19.00 lower; over 40 lbs. 2-
11.00 higher (few) US No. 1-2 2060
lbs. 152.00-175.00 3040 lbs. 125.00-
165.00. 40-50 lbs. 128.00-147.00.5060
lbs. 96.00-118.00; 3040 lbs. 118.00
154.00. 4060 lbs. 113.00142.00.
SHEEP: 1004 Spring/Wooled si.
lambs mostly steady. Few Choice
65-125 lbs. 45.0057.00 60115 lbs.
39.0041.50. SI. ewes: 10.0027.00.
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these days of economic distress.
This doesn’t appear to be the time
to make the move.”
Farm groups pushing for the
higher standards are using the
argument it would “increase the
use of nonfat dry milk by about 300
million pounds per year," said the
dealer representative. There does
not appear to be any real
nutritional advantage. The pur
pose merely is to help unload the
surplus caused by year after year
of over-production on the dairy
farms of this nation, including
Pennsylvania.
“The taxpaying public already is
aware of the millions of dollars
worth of surplus butter, cheese and
powder now stored in warehouses
across the country at a high cost,”
Geisinger continued.
“There has been considerable
reaction in the press about this as
production continues to. mount. If
you now raise the price of fluid
milk there may be moves to do
away with support pricing, CCC
purchases and the rest.”
“The increase in price definitely
will affect sales. Will the gains
from unloading that extra powder
overcome Class I losses to Penn
sylvania farmers? Will producers
with relatively low solid milk be
eliminated to keep dealer costs
down? All these factors must be
considered.
“There already are imitation
milk products being pushed around
the state with claims they are as
good as the real thing. This is not
true but the budget-worried
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“The completion from highly
advertised soft drinks already is
hurting milk sales, despite the fact
that “nature’s most nearly perfect
food’’ with aU'nutrients costs less
than the bubbly sugar water,” he
said. “Why raise the price even
higher?. The publicity resulting
from milk hearings will bring
more reactions from the press and
those who seek publicity by
knocking milk prices.
“The argument has been heard
that in California, where the
product is sold, sales are much
higher than the rest of the nation.
Untrue. There are numerous
federal order markets which have
a higher per'capita consumption
than California.”
Rather than taking this route,
the dealer spokesman said, why
not fight to continue the school
milk program where ap
propriations have been cut? Here,
our youth learn to drink a great
product which also has healthful
benefits. It also helps sales. Or,
why not push for more milk
powder in bread and other
products rather than changing
from the traditional and most
satisfactory milk composition
found in the product now sold.
MT. ZION The Lebanon
County Holstein Chib will hold its
annual meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.
here at Zbhr’s hall.
Lebanon Holstein
meets
Mifflinburg