Livestock market and auction news Carlisle Livestock Auction Carlisle, Pa. Tuesday, December < Report supplied by auction CATTLE: Steers were steady to 1.00 higher; Heifers were steady; Cows were 2.00 lower and Bulls were 3.00 lower. Steers- Choice 59.10-60.50; Good 54.50-58.00; Holsteins 52.00-55.00; Medium 54.00 down. Heifers- No Choice offered; Good 50.25-52.75; Medium 49.25 down. Cows- Utility & Commercial 35.00-37.75; Cutter 33.00-35.75; Canner & Low Cutter 28.50-34.00; Shells 28.00 down. Fat Bulls- Good 44.85-49.00; Medium 40.50-42.25. FEEDER CATTLE: Heifers were steady. Steers were 3.00 higher and Bulls were steady. Steers- (460 lbs.) Good 54.00; (300 500 lbs.) Medium 44.00-48.00; (665- 700 lbs.) Good 54.00-58.00; (500600 lbs.) Medium 41.00-43.00. Heifers (3oo-550 lbs.) Medium 40.00-42.00; (620-700 lbs.) Utility 30.00-37.00. Bulls- (275-500 lbs.) Good 52.00 52.50; Medium 47.00-48.00; (600800 lbs.) Medium 38.00-41.00. CALVES: 1.00 lower. Vealers- Choice 80.00-90.00; Good 65.00- 80.00; Standard & Good 50.00-65.00; Standard 45.00-50.00; Light & Weak LKSPORT MARKET & AUCTION, INC. North end of Leesport, PA Turn East off Route 61 "WHERE FRIENDS MEET" BERKS COUNTY’S ONLY WEEKLY CATTLE & SWINE AUCTION - |PPO WEDNESDAY AT 1 P.M. FARMER’S MARKET Every Wednesday, (jMgk 10 A.M. TO 9 P.M. Garden Fresh Fruits & Vegetables - Bakery Fresh Cakes, Pies and Buns - Butcher Fresh Meats & Cheese - Sporting Goods - Clothing - Furniture - Jewelry - Used Items & Collectibles. PHONE: 215-926-1307 LEROY WEIST & JOHN WEIST, MORS. MELHORN SALES, SERVICE, TRUCKING CO. The only full service company, in this area, to handle the total needs of the poultrymen. DeKalb chicks & started pullets sold by Clay Mumma, Nelson Groff, and David Fahs. Complete loading & unloading of pullets & spent hens. Place Your Confidence In A Full Service Company That Wants To Be Worthy Of Your Business 44.00 down. Farm Calves- Hoi. Bulls 80.0094.00; Hoi. Heifers -85.0090.00. HOGS: 3.00 higher with active bidding. US No. 1&2 42.50-45.00; US No. 1-3 40.25-43.00. Sows- Mostly 1.00 higher on heavier sows; US No. 1-3 32.5036.50; No. 2-3 29.50 33.00. Boars-27.0034.50. FEEDER PIGS: 2.00 lower; No. 1-3 2030 lbs. 8.0011.50 head; No. 1-3 35-45 lbs. 16.0021.00 head. SHEEP: Lambs- 3.00 higher; Choice 53.0064.00; Good 44.00 49.00; Medium 39.00 down. Ewes -14.5018.00. Goats- Large 39.0048.00 head; Medium 8.0030.00 head. Keister’s Livestock Middleburg, Pa. Tuesday, Dec. 8 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 397. Compared with last Wednesday’s market, slaughter cows $l.OO-$3.50 lower. Choice 2-4 10501350 lbs. slaughter steers 61.0063.00, Good 55.0061.25, Standard 49.0053.50, Utility 44.50 48.75. Few Choice slaughter heifers 57.75-61.35, few Good 53.7558.60. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 34.5037.50, few 38.25, Cutters 32.35-35.00, Canner & Low Cutter 27.0032.50, Shells down to 20.00. Couple Good slaughter bullocks 40 Donegal Springs Rd., Mount Joy, PA 17552 For More Information Phone: 717-653-1102 or 717-653-2787 Monday - Friday 8 A.M. - 4 P.M. ask for Lynn or Wendy 52.00 and 54.60. Yield Grade #1985- 1680 lbs. slaughter bulls 44.75-51.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Large Frame H 2 400750 lbs. feeder steers 37.0043.00, few Medium Frame #1 400600 lbs. 50.0054.00. CALVES 223. Choice vealers 70.0087.00, Good 60.0075.00, few Standard & Good 110125 lbs. 48.00 52.00, 70100 lbs. 37.00-46.00, Utility 6585 lbs. 30.0038.00. FARM CALVES; Holstein Bulls 90125 lbs. 47.0088.00, mostly 70.00 85.00, Few Holstein Heifers 90130 lbs. 46.0054.00. HOGS 806. Barrows and gilts $1.0012.00 higher. US No. 1-2 210 235 lbs. barrows & gilts 43.00-44.10, No. 1-3 200250 lbs. 42 25-43.00, No. 2-3190270 lbs. 39.75-42.25. SOWS US No. 1-3 275-550 lbs. sows 31.50-35.00, couple 41.00, No. 2-3 300600 lbs. 30.0032.00. BOARS 26.0030.00. FEEDER PIGS 498. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 11.0020.00 per head, No. 1-3 3550 lbs. 18.0028.00, No. 1-3 5065 lbs. 25.0032.00, Utility 1020 lbs. 4.00-8.00 per head. SHEEP 8. Few Good & Choice 65- 100 lbs. Wooled slaughter lambs 47.0054.00. GOATS 12: Few Large 18.00 58.00 per head. AmaiigN YORK CO. FARMERS Lookinglli tor Quality Hog* Every Monday HATFIELD PACKING CO. BUYING STATION AT SECHRIST SALES CO. LIVESTOCK AUCTION R.D. 1 Stewartstown, PA Top Select Price on #1 & 2 Hogs 215 - 245 lbs. 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 Which Includes: • New modern doltie equipment to move your pullets fast and efficiently with minimum stress to the pullets We will receive your hogs from 6 A.M until ??? Your hogs will be weighed & paid for imrfiediately FOR INFORMATION CALL 717-993-6130 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1983—A7 u x THE OLD 'thYMIR’S JIMAHht DEC. 12-18, 1983 Don't let that fire expire. Make sure cellar windows are shut tight Average length of days for the week, nine hours, six minutes First quarter of the moon Dec 12 (Mon ) First rendezvous in space by Walter Schirra and Tom Staf ford Dec 15, 1965 Boston Tea Party Dec 16, 1773 Walter Lipomann died Dec 14, 1974 Golf tee patented Dec 12, 1899 A he has no legs to stand on but it gets places Ask the Old Farmer: Since there are no plums in plum pudding, why is it named that 7 D O , Grand Forks, N D It's a fancy way of saying the pudding has raisins in if It\ like plum duff a favorite dessert of sailors which had notning in it hut flour, water and a handful of raisins Home Hints hating a pickle or lemon at night after drinking coffee is said to prevent sleeplessness OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: Week begins sunny and mild, weekend brings snow north and ram south Greater New York-New Jersey: Partly cloudy, mild through mid week, then rain, mild at week's end Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunny, mild first half of week, then ram, heavy north, end of week Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; To start, cold, then warm and clear, turning cloudy end of week (All Rights Resent'd lonkee Publishing Incorporated Dublin NH 01444) ATTENTION HOG PRODUCERS Every Saturday VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC. Needs 500 more hogs to fill our packers and small packers orders. (Also 30 more sows each week from 300-400 lbs.) Auction Time 9:00 A.M. Commission on hogs $1.70 Phone 717-768-8204 Or 215-458-8518 Special Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7:00-12:00 BUTLER FOODS, INC. of Philadelphia, PA Will buy your hogs direct. No yardage, no commission, payment on the spot. Call Ed Herrmann 717-442-4742 Location - At Vintage Sales Stables, Inc., 10 miles east of Lancaster, PA on Rt. 30. FEEDER PIGS t CATTLE Best of Quality BOYCE LIVESTOCK CO., MC. Shelbyville. Tenn. 615-294-5121 808 BOYCE 615-294-5301 rWlnglt % We have Rad Wing 6" and boots tom 2126 , Subs 6-13 B E EEE Not an MM m«a mdlha •gr You’ve earned your Whirs' Red Wings I BOOKS "| I SHOE SERVICE I I 107 E STATES! I I quarryville, pa I I 17566 I I 717-786-2795 I | CLOSED WEDNESDAYS J
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