Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16,1983
Livestock market and auction news
Weekly Summary
Friday, April 15
Report Supplied By PDA
Markets: 16.
CATTLE: 8543. Compared with
7177 head last week, and 7070 head
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market; Slaughter steers,
bullocks & bulls mostly 1.00-2.00 FARM CALVES; active. Hoi
higher; SI. heifers .50-1.00 higher; Bulls 90-125 lbs. 60.00-114.00,
SI. cbws steady to 1.00 higher, mostly 65.0087.00; Hoi. Heifers 85-
some Prime 1.00 lower. SI. steers: Bis. 55.00-142.50, mostly 70.00-
High Choice & Prime No. 3-4,69.00- 100.00. (few) Beef Cross Bulls &
73.50; Choice NO. 2-4, 63.50*9.50; Heifers 60-90 lbs. 62.0089.00.
Good 59.0064.00; Standard 50.00- / HOGS: 7143. Compared with 6512
59.00. SI. heifers: Choice 59.00 / head last week and 6980 head a
66.00; Good 54.0060.00; Standard/ y ear a 6 o> Barrows and gilts
48.5055.00. SI. cows: Utility St uneven, mostly weak to .75 lower
Commercial 43.0047.50, few to
48.50; Cutters 40.0044.00, few to No. 1-3 200250 lbs. 46.5048.50; No.
45.50; Canner &L. Cutter 34.00 2-3 200275 Ib.s 44.0047.00; few No.
41.50; Shells down to 24.00. SI. i' 3 14 °- 190 lbs. 40.5045:75; Sows
bullocks; Choice 59.25-63.25; Good mostly steady. US No. 1-3 300-650
54.00-59.00; (few) Standard 50.00 lbs. 42.0048.00; No. 2* 300700 lbs.
54.00. SI. bulls: Yield Grade No|l, 41.0044.00. Boars 33.0041.00.
10002300 lbs. 52.0058.00; Yfeld FEEDER PIGS: 917. Compared
Grade No. 2, 9001450 lbs. 46.00 with 821 head last week and 1027 a
53 25. j year ago. 29.0042.00; No. 1-3 35-50
FEEDER CATTLES: Sleets,
Medium Frame No. 1, 360-700 Ira.
56.00- few to 72.00. Heifers,
Medium Frame No. 1, 350-650 lbs.
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CALVES: 3541. Compared with
3561 head last week and 3572 head s
year ago. Vealers 1.00-5.00 higher,
(few) Prime 110.00-134.00; Choice
90.00- few to 115.00; Good
75.00- (few) Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 62.00-78.00; 90-110 lbs.
52.00- 65-85 lbs. 48.0040.00;
Utility 50-100 lbs. 40.0050.00.
PENNSYLVANIA
MARKETS
lbs. 36.0047.00; (few) No. 1-3 5075
lbs. 45.0061.00 per head.
SHEEP; 757. Compared with 511
head last week and 1924 head a
year ago. Spring/sl. lambs steady
to strong. Choice 25-50 lbs. 101.00
132.00; Choice 5090 lbs. 70.0090.00;
Good 5085 lbs. 50.0070.00. SI.
ewes: 10.0029.00.
GRADED FEEDER PIGS
SALES: 1944. Compared with 2849
head last week, and 2004 head a
year ago. All sales by CWT. Feeder
Pigs mostly weak to 8.00 lower US
No. 1-2 25-40 lbs. 114.00-134.00,40-50
lbs. 102.00-134.00, 5060 lbs. 95.00
114.00, 6065 lbs. 79.00102.00; US
No. 2-3 25-40 lbs. 102.00112.00,4050
lbs. 96.00-106.00 per hun
dredweight.
Chambersburg Auction
Chambersburg, Pa.
Thursday, April 14
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 396 Compared with
last week’s market: Slaughter
steers mostly 1.002.00 lower; SI.
cows grading Utility & Com
mercial 1.202.00 higher, Canner &
Cutter steady to .50 higher. SI.
steers: Choice No. 2-4,9501250 lbs.
61.0064.85; Good 56.5060.00;
Standard 50.0055.00. SI. heifers:
few Choice 56.25-60.25; few Good
53.5058.25; few Standard 48.50
53.85. SI. cows: Utility & Com
mercial 42.5047.35; Cutters 41.00
44.00; Canner & L. Cutter 38.75-
41.75; Shells down to 33.00. Si.
bulls: Yield Grade No. 1,10401900
lbs. 47.8054.85.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
Medium Frame No. 1, 475-900 lbs.
49.50-58.50. Heifers, Medium
Frame No. 1, 350-650 lbs. 46.00-
55.50.
CALVES: 322. Few Choice 92.00-
113.00; Good 75.00-89.00; Standard
& Good 70-100 lbs. 50.00-51.00;
Good
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
LOCAL DEK ALB-PFIZER
GENETICS DEALER
Utility 5080 lbs. 40.0052.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90
120 lbs. 65.00114.00; Hoi. Heifers
8095 lbs. 55.0065.00.
HOGS; 103. Barrows and gilts
steady to .25 higher. No. 1-3 215-230
lbs. <>7.5048.75; Sows US No. 1-3
MOLINE, HI. John Deere, the
blacksmith who founded Deere &
Company, and five other business
leaders have been inducted into the
Business Hall of Fame.
The Business Hall of Fame was
established in 1975 by Junior
Achievement Inc., the world’s
oldest and largest international
business education organization.
Since then, 83 persons have been
selected for induction. At the
request of Junior Achievement,
Business Hall of Fame laureates
are chosen by the board of editors
of Fortune magazine.
Those inducted are people
“whose business accomplishments
have had major positive impact on
our country’s history and quality of
“DEKALB” is a registered brand name. Numbers designate hybrids. As a condition of sale, please note
statement of limited warranty and remedy on DEKALB-PFIZER GENETICS orders and tags.
Deere
Hall of Fame
winners.
We’re proud of the way these
winners did in the Corn
Growers Association Yield
Contest. Congratulations.
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New Jersey Winners
Ist place Class A: Rustin Farms
E. H. Tindall
Trenton, NJ
XL-71 209.0 b/acre
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2nd place Class A: Thomas G. Kanach
XL-71 195.7 b/acre
(In New Jersey DEKALB brand hybrids took four of
the top five places)
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Pennsylvania Winners
Ist place Class A: Jeffrey Mitchell
Honey Brook, PA
XL-71 194.35 b/acrc
Ist place No-Till;
Plant a winning
hybrid this year.
350-685 lbs. 42.0(M7.00. Boars 36.00-
44.50.
"FEEDER PIGS 12: Few US No.
1-3 35-10 lbs. 40.00-46.00 per head.
SHEEP: 4. Few Choice 38-44 lbs.
62.50-80.00.
into
life,” Junior Achievement said.
In its announcement, Junior
Achievement said John Deere
“revolutionized agriculture in the
early 19th century with the
development of the world’s first
successful steel plow.”
John Deere was a Vermont
blacksmith who moved to northern
Illinois in 1836~and developed the
famous plow that opened the
Midwest for agriculture. He
founded the company that bears
his name in 1837. Today Deere &
Company conducts business in 150
countries, has manufacturing
facilities worldwide, and is the
world’s largest supplier of farm
equipment.
Flemington, NJ
Jeffrey Johnson
Orefield, PA
XL-57 171.85 b/acre