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
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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.
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VINTAGE SALES
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: Rt. 30,10 miles east of Lancaster
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