Livestock market and auction news
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MARCH 12-18,1984
Cold nights, warm days, maple syrup's on the way.
Time to start giving house plants more water and fertilizer Full
moon March 17 (Sat) Average length of days for the week, 11
hours, 53 minutes "Strip Tease" introduced in Pans, March 13,
1894 Germany seized Czechoslovakia, Mar 15, 1939 J P Mor
gan died March 13,1943 Girl Scouts of Amenca founded March 12,
1912 Insist on yourself, never imitate
Ask the Old Farmer: Evidently the
’ ongmal settlers of Connecticut fancied
the word "bury" to tag onto the names
I they chose for their towns, to wit
Danbury, Waterbury, and no doubt
'ASjT'Sai many others My problem is what is a
bury 7 F C , Hartford
The suffix, as it is used in town names, is merely a form of the word
borough and originally meant "a fortified place "
Home Hints 1 Keep potatoes from sprouting by slonng an apple with them
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Week starts with snowstorm, sunny and mild mid
week to end of week
Greater New York-New Jersey: Snow and cold through midweek,
sunny and seasonable at end of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Snow, rain, and cold weather through mid
week, end of week brings a few showers, seasonable temperatures
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Full week of ram with cold tempera
tures at start of week, seasonable by midweek, cool at end of week
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Joliet Cattle
Thursday, March 8
Report supplied by USDA
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable receipts 1200;
5 days last week 2399; same period
a year ago 1841. Slaughter Steers
and Heifers ended the week .50-1.00
higher compared with Wednesday
of last week. Cows dosed the week
steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS i Choice
few Prime 3-4 1200-1400 lbs. load
69.00, load 69.25, load 69.50 Mon
day; load 69.25, load 71.00 Wed
nesday. Choice 2-4 1100-1300 lbs.
MATERIALS
ATRAZINE 4
DUEL *
BICEP *
LASSO 4
SUTAN + 4
BLADEX '
LASSO-ATRAZINE
MELVIN R. WEAVER
2213 Leabrook Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
Ph: 717-569-6576 or 898-8354
THE OLD
67.00- load 69.00 Monday;
67.50-69.50 Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1250 lbs.
65.00- Monday; 65.50-67.50
Wednesday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Load
Mixed Choice and Prime 3-4 1060
lbs. 68.50 Wednesday. Choice 2-4
940-1050 lbs. 65.5p-67.25 Monday;
66.00- Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs.
64.00- Monday; 64.5066.00
Wednesday.
COWS: Canner and Low Cutter
1-2 36.0041.00 Monday; Shelly
canner 1-2 few 32.00 Monday.
TOXEPHENE
PARAQUAT
PRINCEP
FURADAN
COUNTER
DYFONATE
* ETC.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, March 8
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 330. Supply included
140 head slaughter steers, 180 head
slaughter cows. Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers mostly steady to $l.OO
higher. Slaughter cows Strong to
$2.00 higher. High Choice and
Prime Yield Grade 3-4 1230-1495
lbs. slaughter steers 68.00-69.75,
one at 70.10, Choice Yield Grade 2-4
1090-1415 lbs. 65.00418.75, Good
59.00-64.50, few 65.00, Good &
Choice Holsteins 55.25-61.25, few
64.00, Standard 50.50-55.50, Utility
& Low Standard 45.00-49.50, Few
Choice slaughter heifers 60.50-
67.75, two High Choice & Prime
66.85-67.00, Standard two at 50.00.
Breaking Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 46.60-48.85, few
52.85, Cutter & Boning Utility 41.00-
47.00, few 47.75, Canner & Low
Cutter 37.75-42.35, few down to
34.50, few Shells down to 32.00. Few
ATTENTION
CUMBERLAND CO.
iTOJTffS FARMERS
Looklnglll for Quality
Hogs
Every Wednesday
HATFIELD PACKING CO.
BUYING STATION AT
CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET
Exit 12,1-81, Carlisle, PA
. Top Select Price on ff 1 & 2 Hogs 210 -
245 lbs.
.. We will receive your hogs from 7 A.M.
until 11A.M.
~ Your hogs will be weighed & paid for
immediately
~ There will not be a commission or yard
age fee
~ You may call our office Wednesday
morning for base price
.. Please give us a chance to market your
hogs
FOR INFORMATION CALL
717-249-4511
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale to Start Promptly at 1:00
Every 4 Weeks
Located 18 miles south of Lancaster,
Pa., 6 miles south of Quarryville, take Rt.
272 to Little Britain, turn north, follow
Little Britain Road to Jackson Road, 2nd
farm, OR take Rt. 222, out of Quarryville
to Cedar Hill Road to Little Britain Road
to Jackson Road. Watch for sale arrows
50 to 60 Head
Now soiling our now hybrod gilts
reprosonting mostly York &
Hampshire & Landraco cress. Bred
for easier 4 Less trouble over
farrowing and better weight gains.
Validated Brucellosis Free Herd #169
Qualified PseudorabiesFree Herd #55
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Trucker Available
Mo Hogs Sold On Commission
CHRIST A. BEILER
R.D. 2, Quarryville, Pa
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa
Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer
NEXT SALE DATE APRIL 13 .
Good 53.7W7.75, Standard one at
52.75, Utility two 46.10 & 47.00.
Yield Grade #1 1300-1530 lbs.
slaughter bulls 52.25-56.00, few
Yield Grade 82 1140-1380 lbs. 48.75-
50.60.
CALVES 250. Vealers grading
Standard & Good Steady $4.00
higher. Few Choice 87.00-96.00,
Good 71.00-89.00, few down 65.00.
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 58.00-
61.00, 65-90 lbs. 50.00-58.00, Utility
50-100 lbs. 45.00-51.00.
FARM CALVES. Holstein Bulls
85-125 lbs. 60.00-106.00, mostly
85.00-101.00. Few Beef Cross Bulls
& Heifers 70-100 lbs. 52.0W7.00.
HOGS 180. Barrows & gilts
unevenly steady. US No. 1-2 215-265
lbs. barrows & gilts 45.75-46.60, No.
1-3 215-240 lbs. 45.50-46.10, few 200-
215 lbs. 44.50-45.25. Few No. 1-3130-
195 lbs. 32.00-36.50. Sows; US No. 1-
3 300-565 lbs. 38.2543.00, No. 2-3 225-
725 lbs. 32.00-39.00. Few Boars
28.00-30.00.
FEEDER PIGS 6. Not enough
for Market Test.
SHEEP 7. High Choice & Prime
45-50 lbs. New Crop lambs 91.00-
101.00.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, March 8
Report supplied by USDA
Compared to last week Slaughter
Steers closed .50-1.00 higher.
Heifers steady to .50 higher. Cows
1.00-2.00 higher. Bulls firm to 1.00
higher. Majority of supply Good to
Choice Steers and Heifers with
large share carrying mud. Cows
and Bulls 10%. Receipts this week
about 1050 as compared to 1498 a
week ago and 1111 a year ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-4 1050-1250 lbs. 67.00-68.50, few
packages and part loads 68.75-
69.25, package 900 lbs. 63.50. Good
and Choice 2-3 950-1150 lbs. 65.00-
67.00. Good 62.00-65.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 950-1150 lbs. 65.00-67.25,
package and part load 68.00. Good
and Choice 2-3 900-1050 lbs. 64.00-
65.00. 850-925 lbs. 62.00-64.00. Good
60.00-62.00.
COWS: Few Breaking Utility
and Commercial 2-4 44.00. High
cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 41.00-
46.00. Canner and Low Cutter 1-2
37.00-43.50. Low Yielding 35.00-
37.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1400-1800 lbs.
49.00-54.00, individual YG 1 1875
lbs. 56.50. Low yielding 45.00.
Green Dragon
Livestock Sales
1 Mile North of Ephrata, PA
***** S*
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES *
Regular consignments from
Bob Kennedy & Ed Stover plus 15
other local consignors.
Lots of good Northern
Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and Veal Calves
11:00 A.M.- Beef Sate Stockers & Feeders
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M.-Dairy Cows
7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals
on the farm or at our barn or other
market information call: Office 717-733-
2444
WALTER H. RISSER. Pronfetor
ATTENTION FARMERS
EVERY MONDAY
HATFIELD PACKING CO. and
MOYER PACKING CO.
WiU Receive Yotir
Hogs and Cattle at the
DANVNIE LIVESTOCK MARKET
RD4 Jtenllfe. PA
• We win receive your hogs from 8- AM to 12 Noon
every Monday. Your hogs will be weighed and
paid for immediately. _
. We will also accept vour sows & boars.
• Your cattle will be received from 12:30 to 5 P.M.
We will either pay you for your cattle immediately
or you may sell them dressed weight 1
. There will not be a commission or yardage fee
deducted from your check.
. You may call our office Monday morning and we
will be able to tell you the base price tor hogs for
the day.
MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner
Danville Buying Station
Phone:7l7-275-2880