AMMcastor Fanning, Saturday, Oacamber 14,1985 OLD FARMERSALMANAC DEC. 16-22, 1985 As the days lengthen the cold will strengthen. Keep houseplants away from drafty windows Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 5 minutes First quarter of the moon, Dec 18 (Wed ) Baseball star Ty Cobb bom Dec 18, 1886 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol first pub lished Dec 17,1843 First electric lights lit on Broadway (NYC), Dec 20,1880 If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold a Ask the Old Farmer; My father used to say that he could tell whether a rough winter was in store by the * condition of the beets in nis garden He would recite a little ditt^ which I can't remember Can you help 7 FE , We remember one about onions, nothing about beets It goes, "Onion skin is very thin, mild winter is coming in Onion skin is thick and tough, winter will be cold and Home Hints: Use vinegar instead of turpentine* for keeping paint brushes pliable OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: Week begins with snowstorm, mid through end of week clearing and cold Greater New York-New Jersey: Flumes, cold at week's beginning, mid through end of week cloudy and cold Middle Atlantic Coastal; Rain, snow mountains at week's beginning, midweek cold, snowy and continued cold through week's end (All Rights Reserved, Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 03444) Central U.S. Carlot Beef Report Wednesday, Dec. 11 Report supplied by USDA Central U.S. Carlot Beef Report Includes The Major Production Areas In The Midwest, Texas, And Oklahoma. As Of 4:00 P.M. Compared to Tuesday’s 4:00 P.M. report, choice 3 steer car casses steady, choice 3 heifers $l.OO lower. Good steers and heifers steady, with yield grade 4’s not fully established. Holstein type steers 50 cents lower. Demand light. Trading light. Trading light THE to moderate, turning light by mid afternoon. Supplies moderate. The gross boxed beef cutout value declined $.73 to an estimated $101.98 per cwt, 231 loads boxed cuts reported. Sales reported on 31 loads of steer and heifer carcasses. Steer Beef UVz Loads FOB Omaha Basis Choice 3 600-900 lbs. 100.00, steady. Choice 4 600-900 lbs. 92.00. Good 2-3 600-900 lbs. 95.00, steady. Choice 2-3 600-900 lbs. 89.50 (Hols Type), .50lower. Good 2-3 600-900 lbs. 84.50 (Hols Type),.so lower. Heifer Beef Loads FOB Omaha Basis Choice 3 550-700 lbs. 96.00, 1.00 lower. Choice 3 500-550 lbs. 96.00-97.00, mostly steady. Choice 3 400000 lbs. 94.00-95.00, mostly steady. Choice 4 500-700 lbs. 92.00. Good 2-3 550-700 lbs. 91.00, steady. Gd 2 & Lo 3 600-700 lbs. 93.00. Steer & Heifer Primal Cuts FOB Omaha Basis 6 Loads Hinds 145-190 lbs. 112.00. Hinds 120-170 lbs. 109.00-111.00. Cow Beef 19 Loads Midwest; Prices steady to 50 cents lower on moderate supplies Eastern Texas and Oklahoma; Not well established. Few sales steady to $2.00 lower. Sales in the Midwest Production Area: FOB Omaha Basis Brk Utility 2-3 450/up lbs. 57.00- 57.50. Bng Utility 1-3 400/up lbs. 60.50. Cutter 1-2 350/up lbs. 65.00-66.00. Cutter 1-2 400/up lbs. 66.25. Sales in Eastern Texas and Oklahoma Production Areas; Bng Utlty 1-3 400/up lbs. FOB Plant 64.0065.00. Cutter 1-2 350/up lbs. FOB Plant 67.00-69.00. Boneless Processing Beef/ Beef Trimmings 104 Loads FOB Omaha Basis 90% Chem Lean Fresh 93.00- LOUIS LYONS & SON Consign your cattle and hogs, feeder pigs & calves to Louis Lyons & Son. They offer choice service, excellent sorting & marketing of your livestock. Charles Oilier, Manager Phone 394-7915 Burnell Siegrist - Buyer & Seller Phone 626-8653 p e r»o n ° e TOP PRICES FOR DOWN, CRIPPLED AND AS IS COWS, BULLS & STEERS Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection Paid On Dressed Weight Tom Mulvaney Livestock Trucking (201)454-4247 HANDLING; V/arren, Hunterdon, Sussex And Somerset Counties, New Jersey IN PENNA Northampton, Bucks And Counties 96.00, mostly 94.00-95.00. 85% Chem Lean Fresh 89.00. 75% Chem Lean Fresh 77.00- 77.50. 50% Chem Lean Fresh 46.00- 48.00, bulk 46.00. Eastern Texas and Oklahoma Production Areas 90% Chem Lean Fresh 96.50- 97.00, bulk 97.00. 90% Chem Lean Frozen 100.50. 85% Chem Lean Fresh 91.00. 75% Chem Lean Frozen 80.00. 50% Chem Lean Fresh 47.00. Bull Carcasses 2 Loads Bull 1-2 600/up lbs. FOB Omaha 74.00, Central U.S. Carlot Pork Report Wednesday, Dec. 11 Report supplied by USDA Compared to Tuesday’s 4:00 P.M. report Fresh Pork Loins 14-18 lbs. steady to $2.00 lower, 22 up lbs. steady to 50 cents lower; Picnics 4- 8 lbs. firm; Boston butts 4-8 lbs. $2.00-5.00 higher; Skinned hams uneven, 17-20 lbs. $3,004.00 lower, 20-26 lbs. steady to 50 cents higher; sdls bellies steady to firm. Trade and offerings moderate for light to moderate demand. U.S. No. 2 175 lb. pork carcass cutout value declined $.52 to $62.10 per cwt. Sales reported on 40 loads fresh pork cuts and 5 loads of trimmings V-5 and boneless processing pork. Fresh Po A Cuts LOINS, REGULAR: 8 Ids. 14-18 lbs. 90.00-94.00 bulk, steady-2.00 lower, 92.00-94.00. 3 Ids. 22 & up lbs. 82.00, steady-50 lower. PICNICS: 1 Id. 4-8 lbs. 48.00, firm. BOSTON BUTTS: 2 Ids. 4-8 lbs. 68.00-71.00,2.004.00 higher. 2 Ids. 4-8 lbs. 73.00-75.00, shipped, Dec. 17 & 18. 1 Id. 4-8 lbs. 73.00, frozen. SKINNED HAMS: 4 Ids. 17-20 lbs. 70.00-72.00,3.00-4.00 lower. 5 Ids. 17-20 lbs. 69.00, Id 68.00 froz., no comparison. 7 Ids. 20-26 lbs. 69.50-70.00, steady-50 higher. BELLIES (Sdls, Skin On): 1 Id. 12-14 lbs. 58.00-58.50, steady to firm. 1 Id. 14-16 lbs. 58.0048.50, steady. 2M- Ids. 16-18 lbs. 56.00, steady. Ms Ids. 18-20 lbs. 49.00. Pork Triuunings/Boneless Processing Pork (Chemical Lean) IMi Ids. 42% Lean Trmgs Fresh 30.00. steady-1.00 higher. 1 Id. 72% Lean Trmgs Fresh 70.00. 2 Ids. 72% Lean (Trmgs Froz. 66.25, Tis/Frozen. Cured and Processed Pork: Smoked Hams (Water Added) 16-19 lbs. 90.00-94.00. 19-23 lbs. 85.00-91.00. Picnics: 4-7 lbs. 59.00-64.00. No. 1 Bacon 1 lb. pack 118.00- 148.00. SPECIAL NOTICE VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC. : Rt. 30,10 miles east of Lancaster • in Paradise, Pa. : HAY, STRAW & GRAIN SALE : Every Thursday : at 1 p.m. J For info. 717-442-4181 or 215-458-8518 • ; L. Robert Frame, Sr., Manager : * *