AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12,1983 _ A ■ ■ ■ _*
Livestock market and auction news
MARCH 14-20,1983
Snow up north, not a time to sally forth.
Turn mattresses now. Spring begins March 20 (Sun )at 11:39 p m
ESI New moon March 14 (Mon ). Average length of days for the
week, 12 hours (days and nights are about equal this week, with days
■*”ig lo' •) Robert Goddard launched first liquid-fueled rocket
tids are not made to stand on their
Try adding two tablespoons of vin
egar to eight ounces of water in an
old spray bottle Spray and wipe
the glassware If the scum is caused by the dishwasher, try this, put two
cups of vinegar in a ceramic bowl ana set it in the lower dish rack of the
empty dishwasher. Leave the upper trays in. Run the washer through a
complete operation without any detergent
Home Hints: To get bubblegum out of clothing, put garment m the freezer
overnight, then hit it with a hammer
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Week is cold, with snow north; weekend bnngs snow
storm, ram on coast
Greater New York-New Jersey: Cloudy at very start, then sunny,
with cold wave; ram mixed with snow, cold, for weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins cloudy and cold; midweek,
partial clearing, more cold; ram east, snow west at week's end
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: First of week, cloudy then clearing;
remainder of week brings rain east, snow west.
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Penns Valley
Livestock
Centre Hall, Pa.
Tuesday, March 8
Report supplied by auction
Beef Cows: Utility and Com
mercial 41.50-45.35; Cutters 37.35-
40.70; Canners 32.50-36.60; Shells
23.00.
.Heifers: Good 49.10-52.60;
Standard 43.40-48.25.
Steers: Good
Standard 48.50-52.50
Bulls; Good 50.25-51.85; Stan
dard 46.95-48.75.
Feeder Cattle: 300-500 lbs. large
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'ihKMIR’S
Ask the Old Farmer: ! have
flassware that has a scum caused
y too much dishwasher deter
gent 1 have tried everything 1
can think of to remove it, but
nothing seems to work G.J.,
Lima, Ohio.
frame 51.00-60.00; 300-500 lbs.
small frame 49.50-53.00; 500-700
lbs. large frame 47.25-52.00; 500-700
lbs. small frame 42.00-48.10.
Veal Calves: Choice 84.25-91.00;
Good 69.25-82.00; Standard 55.10-
68.50; Utility 44.00-53.25.
Farm Calves: Bulls 66.00-92.00;
Heifers 74.00-85.00.
Hogs: 49.75-50.75.
Sows: 47.00-54.50.
54.10-56.40; Boars: 37.00-39.00*
Shoats; 25-30 lbs. per head 18.00-
24.00; 30-35 lbs. per head 31.00-
36.00; 35-50 lbs. per head 38.00-
47.00.
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, March 10
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 4,200
Week Ago 5,400
Year Ago 6.000
Compared to the previous week,
Slaughter Steers and Heifers 1.50-
2.00, instances 2.50 higher. Cows
fully 3.00, instances 4.00 higher on
boning Utility. Bulls 2.00 higher.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Choice and Prime Slaughter
Steers with a well above average
supply of Holstein Steers; around
35% Heifers and 10% Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 241050-1250 lbs.
62.00- early, not tested late.
Choice 24 900-1250 lbs. 60.5044.00,
closing 62,00-64.00, mostly 62.00-
63.50. Mixed Good and Choice 24
900-1200 lbs. 59.00-62.00. Good 2-3
900-1500 lbs. 57.50-61.00. Standard
to Good 2-3 1000-1350 lb. Holsteins
48.00- Couple lots Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 around 1300 lbs.
55.25 and 55.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 24 875-1085 lbs.
60.50-63.00, closing 62.00-63.00.
Choice 24 800-1050 lbs. 59.00-62.00,
closing 61.00-62.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 57.00-61.00.
Good 2-3 750-975 lbs. 55.00-59.00.
COWS: (Closing Week Sales)
Utility and Commercial 24 40.00-
43.00. Boning Utility 1-2 43.0045.00,
several 43.0044.00. High yielding
Utility 45.0046.00, few 47.00. Cutter
1-2 39.0042.00. Canner and Low
Cutter 1-2 35.00-39.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1050-2200 lbs.
46.00- closing 48.0054.00.
Wednesday’s weekly sheep
auction. Receipts about 325 head.
Compared last Wednesday,
Slaughter lambs 3.004.00 higher.
Not enough other classes to test
r
Looking!!! For Quality
Hogs
Every Monday
HATFIELD PACKING CO.
BUYING STATION AT
SECHRIST SALES CO.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION
R.D. 1 Stewartstown, PA
Top Select Price on ffl & 2 Hogs 215 -
245 lbs.
We will receive your hogs from 6 A.M
until ???
Your hogs will be weighed & paid for
immediately
There will not be a commission or yard
age fee
.. You may call our office Monday morning
for base price
.. Please give us a chance to market your
hogs
FOR INFORMATION CALL
717-993-6130
price trends. Supply mainly
Wooled and Shorn Slaughter
Lambs.
SHORN SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice and Prime 97-125 lbs.
freshly shorn to No. 2 pelts 61.00-
65.00, mostly 62.00-64.00 to Choice
98 lbs. 58.00.
WOOLED SLAUGHTER
LAMBS: Choice and Prime 95-125
lbs. 59.00-61.00. Few Lots Choice 80-
105 lbs. 55.00-58.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
individual head Good 15.00-16.50.
Few bucks 10.00-11.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Few small
lots Good 60-85 lbs. 55.00-58.00.
FEEDERS; (including around
1,500 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder Steers and
Heifers somewhat uneven, both
classes generally steady. Overall
quality not as attractive as last
week. Supply mainly Medium
Frame 1 400-700 lb. Steers and
Heifers. Attendance fairly large.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
frame 1: lot 347 lbs. 79.75; 400-500
lbs. 71.50-76.00; 500500 lbs. 68.50-
73.50, mostly 70.00-72.00; 600-700
lbs. 65.0058.50; few 725525 lbs.
61.0054.25; lot fleshy 860 lbs. 59.00.
Medium Frame 1-2 and some small
frame 1: 400550 lbs. 62.2558.50,
mostly 64.5057.00. Large Frame 2
Holsteins: scattered lots 650-950
lbs. 51.00-53.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: 375-700 lbs. 58.0050.75;
lot thin 630 lbs. 62.50. Medium
Frame 1-2 and small frame 1 300-
625 lbs. 55.5057.75.
COWS AND CALF PAIRS: Few
small and medium frame 1-2
mostly middle-aged 750-900 lb.
cows with calves at side 497.50-
532.50 per pair.
ATTENTION
YORK CO. FARMERS
CATTLE 240. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows mostly strong to 75 cents
higher. Few Low to Average
Choice 2-4, slaughter steers 950-
1470 lbs. 60.50-62.75, Good 55.25-59,
Standard 48.5054.50, few Utility
40.00- Few Choice slaughter
heifers 57.00-62, few Good 53.00-
57.00. Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 39.25-44, Cutters
38.50- Canner & Low Cutters
35.50- Shells down to 32. Yield
Grade #l, 1150-1600 lbs. slaughter
bulls 51.50-54.35, few 800-1000 lbs.
40.00- Few Large Frame #2,
400-800 lbs. feeder steers 52.00-
57.50.
CALVES 221. Individual Prime
vealers at 109.50, Chioce 83.00-103,
Good 70.00-80, Standard and Good
70-100 lbs. 52.00-58, few Utility 50-80
lbs. 40.00-54.00. Farm Calves:
Holstein Bulls 90-120 lbs. 58.00-74;
Holstein Heifers 80-130 lbs. 60.00
90.00.
HOGS 231. Barrows and gilts 25
cents higher. US No. 1-2 210-250 lbs.
barrows and gilts 53.10-53.60, few
54.60, No. 1-3 2-245 lbs. 52.5053.10.
US No. 1-3 290600 lbs. sows 46.00
51.25. Few Boars 42.7550.00.
FEEDER PIGS 142. US No. 15
25-45 lbs. feeder pigs 42.0053.50 per
head, lot No. 15 120 lbs. at 57.50
Cwt.
SHEEP 33. Choice 80112 lbs.
shorn lambs 60.0072.00, Good 6090
lbs. spring slaughter lambs 50.00
59.00; few Utility 45-70 lbs. wooled
30.0036.00.
GOATS: 12.29.5047.00 per head.
Dewart Auction
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, March 7
Report supplied by PDA