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Livestock market and auction news St. Louis Cattle Thursday, November 29 Report supplied by USDA Receipts This Week 5,100 Week Ago 2,164 Year Ago 5,772 Compared to last week’s close, Slaughter Steers and Heifers mostly l-Ob higher. Cows steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls 1.00 higher. Slaughter supply mainly choice steers and heifers, around 15% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed choice and prime 2-4 1100-1300 lbs. 66.50- Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs. 65.50- ; 850-1000 lbs. 63.00-65.50. Mixed good and choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 63.50-65.50. Good 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 61.0(1-63.50, Mostly good 2-3 1100-1350 lb. holsteins 55.00-60.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed choice and prime 2-4 900-1100 lbs. 64.50- load 65.50. Choice 2-4 900-1100 lbs. 63.00-64.50 ; 800-900 lbs. 61.00-63.00. Mixed good and choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 61.00-63.00. Good 2- 3 750-1000 lbs. 58.00-61.00. COWS. (Closing Week Sales) Breaking Utility and Commercial 2-4 33.00-35.00. Cutter and Boning The last few years have been tough for farmers in south central Pennsylvania. You’ve had to deal with the deadly Avian influenza and an unusually dry year that produced low crop yields. You’ve suffered through low egg prices, reduced milk prices, and marginal pork prices. And, in general, you’ve experienced high interest rates. As a major lender committed to the agricultural industry, Commonwealth National Bank has witnessed these bad and difficult times firsthand through many of our agricultural customers. The pressures brought about by the events of the past few years have caused many of these customers to turn to us fdr help. As a result, we’ve spent a great deal of time working to get them out of some tight spots. We’ve restructured loans and, where appropriate, we’ve offered extensions. In all cases, we’ve worked hard to provide good, sound advice on the best course of action to follow. In short, we’ve remained committed. To some, our commitment to lending may seem to have waned as we continue our work to help those among you who need it most. But be assured that our commitment has never stopped. When you need us, we’ll be there as strong as ever —with aggressive prudent lending, competitive rates, and just plain hard, honest work. Utility 1-2 33.00-35.00. High- Yielding Utility 1-2 35.00-36.00. Canner and low cutter 1-2 30.00- 34.00. Shelly canner 1-2 36.00-30.00. BULLS: Few YG 1-2 1100-1900 lbs. 43.00-47.00. Wednesdaly’s Weekly Sheep Auction. Receipts around 700 head. Compared with last week, slaughter lambs 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder lambs .50-1.00 higher. Trading active, demand good. Supplies were heavy, consisting mostly of slaughter lambs. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Mixed choice and prime shorn 95-135 lbs. 63.00-64.80, one lot 65.00. Wooled 90- 125 lbs. 58.00-64.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Few wooled utility to good 10.50-12.50. FEEDER LAMBS: Mixed Choice and Fancy 75-90 lbs. 56.50- 60.00. FEEDERS: (Including around 2500 at the regular Thursday auction.) Compared to last test two weeks ago, feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-3.00 higher, instances 4.00-5.00 higher on heifers under 500 lbs. Demand moderate on steers, good on heifers. Supply heavy, most It’s simply not true. Commonwealth National Bank not committed to agriculture? It’s simply not true, and no one knows it better than I do Charles F. Merrill President and Chief Exi A Commonwealth National Bank calves. FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large Frame 1: 300400 lbs. two lots 64.00; 400-600 lbs. 60.00 68.00, mostly 62.00-66.00 ; 600-900 lbs. couple lots 62.00-64.00. Medium and Large Frame 1-2; 350-500 lbs. 54.00-57.00. Small Frame 1-2 : 350-600 lbs. 53.00-54.00. Large Frame No. 2 Holstems: Couple lots 200-500 lbs. 38.0041.00, few 500-800 lbs. 43.0046.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large Frame 1: 300400 lbs. 50.00-54.25 ; 400-500 lbs. 53.00-57.00; 500-700 lbs. 51.00-56.00, one lot 616 lbs. 59.00. A few 700000 lbs. 55.00 57.00. Medium and Large Frame 1-2 Few 300-600 lbs. 42.0049.00. Morrison Cove Livestock Martins burg, Pa. Monday, November 26,1984 Report Supplied by Auction CATTLE 226. Compared with last Monday’s market, High Choice & Prime slaughter steers 67.25-68.75, Ch0ice63.5066.75, Good Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 1,1954-Al3 56.0061.75, Standard 51.0054.25, Utility 46.25-50.75. Choice slaughter heifers 62.0064.75, Good 56.0060.75, Standard 50.25-54.75, Utility 54.2549.00. Breaking Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 39.5041.75, Commercial 36.00 38.75, Cutter & Boning Utility 32.50 35.50, Canner & Low Cutter 29.00 31.75, Shells down to 18.00. Choice slaughter bullocks 46.75-52.00, Good 43.0045.50, Standard 39.00 42.25, Utility 36.0038.75. Yield Grade No. 1 slaughter bulls, 42.50 48.25, Yield Grade No. 2 38.5041.50. FEEDER CATTLE: Steers Choice 300700 lbs. 52.5056.50, Good 300700 lbs. 47.5051.50, Medium 300700 lbs. 34.5046.50. Heifers Good 300600 lbs. 42.50-46.50, Medium 300600 lbs. 35.0041.50. Bulls Good 300700 lbs. 48.5051.50, Medium 300700 lbs. 38.5044.50. CALVES 405. Prime 80.0082.50, Choice 72.0078.00, Good 61.0068.00, Standard & Good 110130 lbs. 51.00 56.00, 90110 lbs. 47.5049.50, 7090 lbs. 43.5046.50, Utility 4060 lbs. 32 50-39 50 FARM CALVES; Holstein bulls 90130 lbs. 60.5084.50, Holstein heifers 90120 lbs. 49.0058.00. HOGS 172: US No. 1-2 200240 lbs. barrows & gilts 51.50-52.50, No. 1-3 250280 lbs. 49.75-51.25, No. 2-3 160 190 lbs. 46.25-50.25. Sows: US No. 1- 3 400600 lbs. sows 45.2547.50, No. 23- 400600 lbs. 42.2544.75. Boars: 31.25-34.00, Light weights 34.25- 37.00. FEEDER PIGS 26: US No. 1-3 25-30 lbs. feeder pigs 12.0016.00 per head, No. 1-3 4050 lbs. 21.0026.00 per head. SHEEP 4: Slaughter ewes 12.00 18.00. GOATS 3; 13.0031.00 per head. Valley Livestock Athens, Pa. Monday, November 26 Report supplied by auction Holstein Hfr. Calves to 62.00. Veal Calves 65.00-73.00. Vealer Bull Calves 65.00-75.00. Slaughter Calves 40.00-50.00. Grassers & Feeders 32.00-41.00. Lambs 50.00-67.00. Sheep 15.00-29.00. Hogs, 200 to 250 47.00-52.50. Sows 36.00-42.00. Boars 30.00-34.00. Pigs 2 common ones to 11.00 ach. Heifers 38.00-53.00. Steers no top steers. Steers, feeder 36.00-50.00. Bulls 38.0045.00. Cows, utility 35.00-38.00, top 1.25. Cows, fat 35.00-38.00. Cows, medium 33.00-36.00. Cows, poor or small 25.00-32.00. Cattle Market higher. Calf Market higher. Horses to 225.00. Ponies 37.50. Remarks Market should be igher next week. The Useful Gift... FINE SERVING TRAY • Beautiful High Polished Heavy Sand Cast ROSE TRAY Made In Columbia, Pa. $ 15.95 Sand Nairn, Address And Check To Addraaa Baton Add tl SO poatafa and handline PA residents add 6% sales ta« HEISEY JEWELERS 5 N. Main St. Manheim, PA 17545 COALSTOVES Hopper Feed and Automatic Draft SEE IT HEAT OUR STORE BOWMAN'S STOVE SHOP RD3.Ephrata, PA 17522 Rt. 322,1 Mi. East of Ephrata (717) 733-4973 Tues., Wed. 10-6;