AS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1983
Think we saw a thaw.
Prune fruit trees now... FDR held first "Fireside Chat" March 12,
1933... Average length of days for the week, 11 hours, 40 minutes...
Ford Motor Co. built first V-8 this week in 1932 .. Earmuffs patented
March 13, 1877 ... Lend-Lease Act passed March 11, 1941 ... The
pebble m the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone.
_ the Old Farmer; Did sailors ever take
dogs to sea in the old days? I've heard of
cats, but not dogs. D.G.,
s ure they took dogs to sea, also pigs, goats, and
hens. Cats were common aboard coastal ves
sels, but they were apt to go visiting when in
Home Hints: Discolored bathroom tile can be brightened by washing with
baking soda.
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Beginning of week clear with cold temperatures; start
ing midweek, heavy rain and snow, milder.
Greater New York-New Jersey: To start, cloudy and cold; rain and
sleet middle of week; partly cloudy, seasonable for weekend.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cloudy; then ram, snow in mountains; then
cloudy again; cold all week.
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Week starts partly cloudy seasonable
temperatures; rain midweek; then cloudy and cold.
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Eighty-Four Auction
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, Feb. 28
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 320. Compared with the
market two weeks ago, slaughter
steers $1.50-$2 higher. Slaughter
cows fully steady. Choice
slaughter steers 60.0042.25, Good
58.00- Standard 53.00-57, few
Utility 46.00-51. Choice slaughter
heifers 58.00-61, Good 54.0048.75,
Standard 48.00-52, Utility 45.0049.
Utility Si Commercial slaughter
cows 41.0044.50, few 46.00, Cutters
38.0041.25, Canner & Low Cutters
33.00- Shells down to 23.00.
Yield Grade #l, 1100-1900 lbs.
slaughter bulls 49.00-53.25, few #2
1000-1400 44.0048. Medium Frame
#l, 300-600 lbs. feeder steers 60.00-
73, few Large #1 500-650 lbs. 60.00-
62.75. Medium Frame #l, 300-530
lbs. feeder heifers 54.00-60, few
Large 500-700 lbs. 56.00-59. Medium
Frame #1,400-600 lbs. feeder bulls
63.00-
NOTICE
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buyer and seller. They offer choice
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Business Phone - 39 A 7915
Home Phone - 626*8653
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CALVES 306. Vealers about
steady. Choice vealers 95.00-117,
Good 81.00-96, Standard and Good
90-120 lbs. 50.00-61, 60-85 lbs. 43.00-
52. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 90-,
125 lbs. 64.00-84.00.
HOGS 128. Barrows and gilts $6-
$7 lower. US No. 1-2 2-240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 51.50-52.60, few
54.00, No. 1-3 2-250 lbs. 50.00-51.25,
lot No. 2-3 250 lbs. 49.00, No. 1-3170-
195 lbs. 49.0051.25. US No. 1-3 350-
500 lbs. sows 47.50-51.00. Boars
40.0042.50.
FEEDER PIGS O. NO SALES.
SHEEP 58. Choice 70-80 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 70.00-79;
Good 67-90 lbs. wool lambs 63.00-
66.00. One Lot Good 97 lbs. shorn
lambs at 62.75. Slaughter ewes
18.00-23.00.
GOATS 3:16.00-30.00 per head.
Livestock market and auction news
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, March 3
Report supplied by USD A
Estimated Receipts 1600
Same Day Last Week 609
Feeder Steers and Heifers under
500 lb. steady to 1.00 lower; over
500 lb. steady to weak. Lack of
loadlot availability a factor in the
trade. Bulk supply Medium Frame
1 through 2 400-700 lb; Feeder
Steers and 300-600 lb. Heifers.
Actual head sold Wednesday
through the auction 15,778 head.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
few large Frame 1400-500 lb. 75.00
83.00. lot thin and gaunt 410 lb.
83.00; 500-600 lb. 69.25-76.50; 600-700
lbs. 70.25-73.00; few 730-735 lb.
71.70-72.00; small lot 805 lb. 70.00;
very fleshy 655 lb. 68.25; 775 lb.
67.10; 825 lb. 66.40; 855 lb. 65.40.
Small Frame 1 450-650 lb. 64.25-
71.25, very fleshy 565 lb. 61.90; 670
lb. 60.10. Medium and Large
Frame Mixed 1-2 350-500 lb. 72.00-
77.25; 500-750 lb. 65.00-70.25.
Medium and Large Frame 2 375-
500 lb. 68.00-72.25. Large Frame 2
Holsteins 500 lb. 59.00-825 lb. 52.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1 300-500 lb.
64.50-67.25; 500-600 lb. 62.75-66.40;
600-835 lb. 62.00-65.20. Small Frame
1 350400 lb. 62.4062.75; 425600 lb.
57.2561.00. Medium and Large
Frame Mixed 1-2 300-500 lb. 61.00;
64.75; 500600 lb. 57.5061.25.
Medium and Large frame 2 250-500
lb. 55.2561.25; 500730 lb. 52.00
57.00.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder
Steers steady to 1.00 higher.
Feeder Heifers weak to 1.00 lower.
Slaughter Cows 1.001.50 lower.
Late sales Utility and Commercial
2-4 39.0043.50. Cutter 1-2 38.00
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41.00. Canner and Low cutter 34.00 47.25-51.75. Boars 200760 lbs. 42.00
37.50. Bulls firm to 1.00 higher. YG 46.75.
1-2 15002200 lb. mostly 53.0057.00 FEEDER PIGS 238. US No. 116
instances 58.00; 11001500 lb. 49.00 2065 lbs. feeder pigs 20.00-45.00 per
55.25. Receipts this week near head, No. 16 3050 lbs. 45.0062.00
25,000 head' compared to 10,646 per head, No. 16100175 lbs. 48.00
head last week and 22,597 head last 52.50 cwt.
year. Feeder Steers and Heifers SHEEP 26. Few Choice 3040 lbs.
made up 95 percent of the weeks new crop lambs at 120.00, Choice
total run; Cows and Bulls near 5 85-125 lbs. wccled slaughter lambs
percent. 62.0066.50, Good 60100 lbs. 55.00
58.00.
Keisters Livestock
Mlddleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, March 1
Report supplied by the auction
CATTLE 295. High Choice &
Prime slaughter steers 64.0065.10.
Choice 61.5064.85, Good 58.8561.50,
Standard 52.0068.00, utility 45.00
52.00. Choice slaughter heifers
60.0062.60, Good 55.0060.25,
Standard 50.0055.00, Utility 42.00
50.00. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 40.004265, few to
45.85, Cutters 38.0011.75, Canner &
Low Cutter 35.0038.00, Shells down
to 33.00. Few Choice slaughter
bullocks at 58.35, Good 54.5068.25.
Yield Grade 81 12002190 lbs.
slaughter bulls 54.0058.60; yield
grade 82 8001200 lbs. 45.0054.00.
Few Medium Frame 81400700 lbs.
feeder steers 50.0068.00.
CALVES 209. Prime vealers
100.00105.00, Choice 90.00100.00,
Good 80.00-90.00, Standard & Good
50.0062.00, 7090 lbs. 45.0060.00.
Farm calves, holstein bulls 90125
lbs. 75.00-96.00; holstein heifers 90
125 lbs. 85.00102.00.
HOGS 618. (Monday, February
28. 1983). US No. 1-2 210235 lbs.
barrows & gilts 53.1064.60, few to
54.85, No. 16 200250 lbs. 52.75-
53.10, No. 26 190270 lbs, 51.25-
52.75. US No. 16 275600 lbs. sows
JolietCatUe
Thursday, March 3
Report supplied by USDA
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable receipts2sso;
5 days last week 2182; same period
a year ago 2029. Trading slow on
Monday; moderately active
Wednesday. Slaughter Steers
ended the week .501.00 lower
compared with Wednesday of
week. Slaughter Heifers ended
week steady to 1.00 lower. Cows
closed the week steady.
-SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
high Choice and Prime 3-4 1200
1350 lbs. 64.0064.25, load 65.00;
64.5065.00 Wednesday. Choice 24
1025-1350 lbs. 62.0064.00 Monday;
62.5064.00 Wednesday., Mixed
Good and Choice 26 10001250 lbs.
61.0062.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Load
Choice few Prime 241030 lbs. 63.50'
Monday. Choice 24 875-1050 lbs.
60.5062.50, one load Monday 63.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 26 8501050
lbs. 58.0060.50.
COWS; Cutter & Utility 16 38.00
42.00 Monday.