Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17,1984
Livestock market and auction news
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, March 15,1984
Fed steer and heifer prices
ranged up 1.00-1.50 for the week,
ending the period at the highest
levels in 2 months. Advances in
dressed beef prices provided the
main impetus in the upturn along
with a good demand from packer
buyers and buyers of “two-way”
cattle suitable for further feeding.
Overall finish improved
somewhat, although mud still
created problems in the trade.
Cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Bulls steady
to 1.00 lower.
Estimated 5 day receipts 13000;
Actuals last week 8661 and last
year 8201. Steers comprised 33 pet
of the week’s receipts: Heifers 25
pet; cows 7 pet, feeders 34 pet.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: At the
close, three loads reputation fed
choice, some prune 2-4 near 1175
lbs 71.50. Choice 2-4 1050-1300 lbs.
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p.m., Penn State Fruit
Research Lab, Biglerville.
Thursday, March 22
Direct Marketing Conference, 9:30
a.m., Ramada Inn, Clarks
Summit.
Progressive Pork Producers
Conference, 9 a.m., Lancaster
Farm and Home Center.
Rural Development Committee,
9:30 a.m., Wyoming ASC Office.
Lebanon Beekeepers Banquet, 6:30
p.m., Zoar’s Social Hall, Mt.
Zion.
Hay quality sessions, OSHare
Holiday Inn, Chicago, continue
tomorrow.
Central Jersey Holstein Assn. &
DHIA annual meeting, 7 p.m.,
Stantion Grange Hall.
Woodlot management workshop, 7
p.m., Nottingham County Park
Office.
Four-County Dairy Fair, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., Sheraton Inn, Dußois.
Lancaster County Holstein Club
Tour to Cumberland and Perry
counties, 8 a.m., leave Farm
and Home Center.
Chester County DHIA School, 7:30
p.m., Octorara High School.
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9'3" to 15'0" with 9" blade
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Weight per cutting foot
ranges from 296 to 337 pounds
and standard features include
regreasable toggle mounted
ball bearings with AMCOs
Protect-O-Shield feathering
blades on rear gangs
square cold rolled high carbon
69.50- part load 71.25; few lots
carrying considerable mud 69.00-
69.50. Mixed good and choice 2-3
1000-1150 lbs. 68.50-69.50. Few good
65.00-67.50.
HEIFERS: Load choice 2-3 1125
lbs. 69.00. Choice 2-4 950-1100 lbs.
67.50- Mixed good and choice
2-3 900-1050 lbs. 65.5067.50. Good
63.0065.50.
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for 9001100 lb. choice
steers 69.20; 11001300 lbs. 70.60.
Average cost steers 69.20, average
weight 1175 lbs; as compared 67.98
and 1149 lbs a week ago. Average
cost heifers 66.55, average weight
1005 lbs.; as compared 65.58 and
1009 lbs. a week ago.
COWS: Breaking utility and
commercial 2-3 41.5044.75, few to
45.50. Cutter and Boning Utility 1-2
40.0044.25, high dressing to 46.75.
Canner and low cutter 35.5040.50.
BULLS: 1-2 11002200 lbs. 47.25-
Friday, March 23
York Extension annual meeting, 7
p.m., York Fairgrounds.
Hunterdon, N.J. Soil Conservation
District annual dinner meeting,
6 p.m., Quakertown Fire Hall.
Md. Ag Safety and Health
Federation annual meeting, 7
p.m., Friendly Farms
Restaurant, Exit 27, Rt. 83.
Tioga County Ag Banquet, 7:30
p.m., Youth Center,
Fairgrounds.
Cecil County DHI banquet, Elkton
Methodist Church Weldin Hall.
Sullivan County Agronomy Day, 10
a.m., Forksville Methodist
Church.
Saturday, March 24
Farm toy show, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Historic Strasburg.
Bucks County Unit of NFO annual
dinner, 7 p.m., Plumsteadville
Fire Hall.
Bradford County Holstein tour to
Springfield area.
Bucks County diary tour to Perry
County, 6:30 a.m., leave Cross
Keys Office Bldg.
Lehigh County FFA banquet, 6:30
p.m., Vo-Tech School,
Schnecksville.
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54.00, high dressing to 55.50, low
dressing to 45.50. WFM.
Oklahoma Cattle
Wednesday, March 14
Estimated Receipts: 10,000
Same Day Last Week; 13,706
Afternoon trends unchanged
from the morning trade. Demand
light. Feeder steers and heifers
under 500 lb. steady; over 500 lb.
weak to 1.00 lower. Bulk supply
medium and large frame 1 and
mixed 1-2 500-600 lb. feeder steers
and 400-700 lb. heifers. Large
numbers coming off wheat
pasture.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and large frame 1 275-500 lb. 68.56-
75.75; 500-600 lb. 66.00-70.30; 600-700
lb. 66.00-69.10 several 66.00-68.00;
700-800 lb. 65.5048.50; 800-900 lb.
63.00-66.60; 900-1100 lb. 62.0065.00.
Medium and large frame mixed
1-2 500600 lb. 63.0067.00; 600600 lb.
63.0066.30.
Medium and large frame 2 475-
6501 b. 61.00-63.75.
Large Frame 2 holstems 340 lb.
53.75; 500-600 lb. 50.10-52.60;
Consignment 680 lb. 53.50; 850-950
lb. 52.30-54.60, couple loads 860 lb.
53.60, load 950 lb. 53.20.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and large frame 1 275-500 lb. 58.00-
63.80 ; 500-600 lb. 59.2043.30, mostly
59.75-62.50; 600-725 lb. 60.0043.30.
Medium and large frame mixed
1-2 500-750 lb. 56.0040.80, very thin
and gaunt 485 lb. 60.90.
Medium and large frame 2 300-
7001 b. 50.2544.25.
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The sections may be dismantled and
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A special center wall Is available to
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or dividing existing trench silos.
In addition to silage storage, these
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Dewart Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, March 12
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 281. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
steers about steady. Breaking
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 1.75-4.50 lower, Canner & Low
Cutter 50 cents to 2.00 lower.
Choice slaughter steers Yield
Grade 24 975-1175 lbs. 66.0068.50,
Few Choice Holsteins 59.2566.25,
Good 5964.00, couple 66.75. Few
Standard 51.25-55.00. Few heifers
64.5067.25, few Good 60.0061.25.
Breaking Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 43.0047.10, Cutter
& Boning Utility 40.0045.00,
Canner & Low Cutter 37.0041.00,
Shells down to 35.00. Yield Grade
#1 1180-1845 lbs. slaughter bulls
48.75-58.00, Yield Grade #1 1050-
1400 lbs. 45.0048.50.
CALVES 251. Choice Vealers
85.00- Good 66.0660.00, few
Standard 110-125 lbs. 62.0067.00,75-
105 lbs. 55.0660.00, Utility 60-90 lbs.
45.00-
FARM CALVES. Holstein Bulls
90-125 lbs. 60.00-100.00, mostly
70.00-
HOGS 195. Barrows & gilts 25
cents to 75 cents higher. US No. 1-2
205-240 lbs. barrows & gilts 46.10-
47.40, No. 1-3 210-240 lbs. 44.90-
46.00, No. 1-3 170-185 lbs. 39.50-
42.00. Sows: US No. 1-3 275-550 lbs.
sows 38.0045.00, couple 36.00.
Boars 27.50-37.00.
FEEDER PIGS 173. US No. 1-3
2045 lbs. 23.50-37.00 per head, one
lot 55 lbs. at 39.50 per head.
SHEEPS.
GOATS 15:1441 per head.
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provided. Good care now will help
bring good performance during the
rest of the year.
To Control
Mice In Orchards
Now that the winter weather is
almost gone, our fruit growers
should take a look at the newly
exposed grass sod in their or
chards. If there are runways at the
surface of the grass, it is a good
sign that there are plenty of mice
in the orchard, even though a
mouse baiting program may have
been followed last fall.
The mice have used up their
stock piles of stored food and are
now looking for a fresh supply. At
this time of the year they will move
quickly onto bark and roots of fruit
trees.
Fruit growers should re-bait
their orchards as soon as possible
if there are fresh mouse signs.
For growers who put out bait
stations in the orchard last fall, it
will be a simple matter of
replenishing the rodenticide
treated bait under all of the
stations. You must remember that
the mice are hungry and can do a
lot of damage to fruit trees bet
ween now and the time that other
plants start to grow in the spring.
TONNAGE TABLE FOR 8 FT. SIDEWALLS*
Width
20’ 30‘ 40’ 50'
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60’ 215 323 432 540
70’ 251 376 504 630
80’ 287 431 576 720
90’ 323 485 648 808
100’ 359 539 720 900
110’ 395 593 792 989
120’ 431 648 864 1080
130’ 467 688 936 1170
140' 503 755 1008 1260
ISO’ 539 808 1080 1350
‘Based on level fill with 45 lbs /Cu Ft