Finning, Saturday, August 4, 1914
OLD FARMERS ALMANAC
Wednesday, August 1
Report supplied by UBDA
Estimated Receipts 8,000
Same Day Last Week 6,876
Feeder Steers and Heifers
steady to 1.00 higher several
steady to SO cents higher. Demand
good. Bulk supply medium frame 1
and mixed 1-2 550-900 lb. Steers and
500-750 lb. Heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1 315 lb. 73.25;
490 lb. 67.10; few 500600 lbs. 64.40
67.10; 600-700 lb. 63.9065.90; 700600
lb. 61.9064.50; 800900 lb. 60.00
62.40, short-load 798 lb. 63.60900
9501 b. 60.5062.40.
Medium and Large Frame
Mixed 1-2 220 lb. 71.00; few 400600
lb. 61.7566.75; 500600 lb. 60.50
64.00; 600-700 lb. 60.2564.00 most
62.50- up; 700600 lb. 59.5062.80
couple part-loads 64.10; 875690 lb.
56.20-58.60. Medium and Large
Frame 2 few 340600 lb. 57.0060.10;
700600 lb. 58.2061.00; 860 lb. 57.80.
Large Frame no. 2 Holsteins 570 lb.
47.10; 750875 lb. 44.8046.10; 960 lb.
43.90.
AUG. 6-12,1984
Sunny, warm, and dear a perfect time of year.
Cut out raspberry and blackberry canes just as they finish fruiting . Cy Young
pitched first game Aug 6,1890 Full moon Aug 11 (Sat) Average length of
days for the week, 14 hours, 9 minutes . Ozark, Ark, registered 120°F Aug 10,
1936 Composer Dmitri Shostakovich died Aug 9, 19/5 Last U S ground
troops pulled out of Vietnam Aug 12,1972 Mouth and heart should never part
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Beginning through midweek sunny and warm with possible show
ers, end of week clear and warm
Greater New York-New Jersey; Full week of sun and warmth
Middle Atlantic Coastal. Beginning of week sunny and warm, mid through end of
week clear and hot
Piedmont ft Southeast Coastal; Beginning of week showers, midweek sunny and
hot, end of week more showers and warm temperatures
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Morrison Cove
Livestock
Martiniborg, Pa.
Monday, July M
Report (applied by the Auction
CATTLE 289: High Choice &
Prime slaughter steers 65.25-66.75,
Choice 61.75-65.00, Good 55.0040.25,
Standard 49.50-53.75, Utility 46.00-
48.75. Choice slaughter heifers
58.0042.50, Good 51.50-56.00,
Standard 45.7549.75, Utility 42.00
45.50, Breaking Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows 45.2548.75;
Commercial 41.2544.50, Cutter &
Boning Utility 86.5040.50, Canner
& Low Cutter 32.2085.75, Shells
down to 28.00. Choice slaughter
bullocks 51.2057.50, Good 47.25-
50.50, Standard 44.0046.50, Utility
39.7543.25. Yield Grade #1
slaughter bulls 55.0048.00, Yield
Grade No. 2 49.0043.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Choice 350400 lbs. 56.0043.00, Good
350400 lbs. 48.0044.00, Medium
350400 Is. 44.0047.00. Heifers Good
350-700 lbs. 52.0056.00, Medium
350700 lbs. 44.0051.00. Bulls 350600
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lbs. 51.0044.00, Medium 350600 lbs.
44.0049.00.
CALVES: 521. Prime Vealers
81.0087.00, Choice 74.0079.00, Good
69.0073.00, Standard & Good HO
130, 58.5067.00, 90110 lb. 53.50
56.00, 7090 lbs. 46.0053.00, Utility
4060 lbs. 40.0045.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls
90120 lbs. 62.00-93.00, Holstein
Heifers 90130 lbs. 61.0082.50.
HOGS 244: US No. 1-2 210240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 53.7545.25, No. 1-
3 210240 lbs. 53.0053.50, No. 2-3 210
240 lbs. 52.0052.75, No. 24 175-190
lbs. 50.0051.75, No. 14 310360 lbs.
48.0049.00, US No. 14 350450 lbs.
sows 46.0048.50, No. 24 350650 lbs.
41.0045.50. Boars 32.5035.00, Light
weights 36.5049.00.
FEEDER PIGS 56: US No. 14
2540 lbs. feeder pigs 18.0026.00 per
head, No. 14 3540 lbs. 28.0032.00,
No. 14 45.50 lbs. 33.0046.00 per
head.
SHEEP 23: Choice 90-110 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 52.00-64.00
lbs., Good 80-90 lbs. 44.0060.00.
Slaughter ewes 11.00-18.00.
GOATS: 12.11.00-32.00 per head.
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FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1 500550 lb.
fleshy 53.0056.00; few moderately
thin 56.0058.50; 600755 lb. 58.00
60.30. Medium and large frame
mixed 1-2 235 lb. 56.00;29S lb. 55.25;
340350 lb. 54.2055.25; 460 lb. fleshy
50.25; 500700 lb. 54.0058.00.
Medium and large Frame 2 500725
lb. 48.25-53.75 mostly 50.00 up.
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• We will receive your hogs from 8 AM to 12 Noon
every Monday. Your hogs will be weighed and
paid lor immediately
• We will alto accept your tows & boars.
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We will either pay you for your cattle immediately
or you may sell them dressed weight
• 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 for hogs for
the day.
MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner
Danville Buying Station
Phone: 717-275-2880
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, August 2
Report supplied by USD A
Receipts This Week 3,300
Week Ago 3,400
Year Ago 4,100
Compared with last week’s
close, Slaughter Steers and Heifers
weak to mostly .50 lower. Cows
weak to 1.00 lower. Bulls firm to
1.00 higher. Slaughter supply
mainly Choice Slaughter Steers
and Heifers, around 10% Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1050-1275 lbs.
65.00-65.50, part load 66.00. Choice
2-4 1000-1300 lbs. 63.50-65.00; 900-
1000 lbs. 60.0063.00; 850900 lbs.
59.0060.00. Mixed Good and Choice
2-3 9001225 lbs. 60.0063.00. Good 2-
3 9001175 lbs. 58.0060.00; 850900
lbs. 56.0058.00. Mostly good 2-3
10501400 lb. Hoslteins 51.0056.00.
Couple packages 56.50. Few lots
standard to Good 2-3 10501150
lbs. 48.0051.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 9001125 lbs.
63.0063.50, mostly 63.00, package
64.00. Choice 24 9001075 lbs. 62.00
63.00; 800900 lbs. 58.0061.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 8001000
lbs. 59.0061.50. Good 2-3 750950 lbs.
55.0058.00; 700750 lbs. 51.0055.00.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
breaking Utility and Commercial
24 38.0040.00. Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-2 38.0040.00. Few high
yielding Boning Utility 1-2 40.00
41.00. few head at 42.00. Canner
ENEWS
BOTINS
STATON
and low Cutter 1-2 34.0038.00.
Shelly canner 1-2 31.00-34.00.
BULLS; YG 1-2 10501900 lbs.
45.0050.00, closing sales 45.00
49.00. Individual YG 1 early 51.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 450 head.
Compared to last week, Spring
Slaughter Lambs over 100 lbs. 1.50
higher; under 100 lbs. steady. Not
enough of any other class to test
market trends.
SPRING SLAUGHTER LAMBS;
Choice and Prime 100130 lbs. 59.50
63.00; 80100 lbs. 45.0050.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Few Choice
and Fancy 8090 lbs. 45.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
1,000 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder Steers unevenly
steady, selling weak late. Feeder
Heifers steady to 1.00 higher, most
advance on Heifers over 600 lbs.
Trading moderate, supply mostly
Feeder Heifers and Feeder Bulls.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1; 400500 lbs.
63.0065.00; 500700 lbs. 60.5064.50;
700800 lbs. 56.5062.00, few lots 800
1060 lbs. 55.5059.00.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium and
Large Frame 4-2; 350-600 lbs. 48.00
57.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1: 400600 lbs.
51.0055.50; 600800 lbs. 52.0054.00.
Medium and Large Frame 1-2; 300
400 lbs. 47.5052.50; 400700 lbs.
45.0051.00.
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& calves to Louis Lyons & Son. They offer
choice service, excellent sorting &
marketing of your livestock.
Charles Diller, Manager
Phone 394-7915
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Phone-626-8653
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August 3, and August 31
Located 18 miles south of Lancaster,
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farm, OR take Rt. 222, out of Quarryville
to Cedar Hill Road to Little Britain Road
to Jackson Road. Watch for sale arrows.
SO to 60 Head
Now soiling our now hybrod gilts
roprosontlng mostly York 4
Hampshire 4 Landraco cross. Brod
for oaslor 4 Loss trouble over
farrowing and better weight gains.
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