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St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 2
Report Supplied by USDA
Receipts this week - 1,800
Nee k Ago 1,400
/ear Ago 2,100
Compared to the previous week’s
:lose, slaughter steers .50-1.00
ligher. Slaughter heifers 1.00-1.50
higher. Cows steady to weak, in
stances 1.00 lower. Bulls steady.
Slaughter supply mainly choice
steers and heifers, around 50%
cows.
’NOTE: The supply of slaughter
cows continues to increase sub
stantially.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 1075-
1250 lbs. 63.50-64.00. Choice 2-4 950
1250 lbs. 62.00-63.50. Mixed good
and choice 2-3 900-1225 lbs. *60.50
62.50. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs. 59.00
60.50 ; 850-900 lbs. 55.0059.00.
Mostly good 2-3 1100-1400 lbs.
holsteins 48.00-54.00, package at
55.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 9001100 lbs.
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Come next summer, you’ll know you’ve made a wise manage
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New G-4326. Strong overall performance puts this
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It offers competitive yields for its early maturity
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New G-4440. Several years of testing prove
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mance in our test plots in southern Pennsylvania
61.00-62.00, mostly 61.0061.50. Load
2-3 1,000 lbs. 62.50. Choice 2-4 825-
1075 lbs. 60.0061.00. Mixed good'
and choice 2-3 800975 lbs. 58.50
80.00. Good 2-3 750900 lbs. 56.00
58.50; 700750 lbs. 52.0056.00.
COWS: (closing week sales)
breaking utility and commercial 2-
4 30.00-33.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-2 33.0035.00. High yielding
cutter and boning utility 1-2 35.00
36.00. Conner and low-cutter 1-2
30.0034.00. Shelly canner 1-2 26.00
30.00.
BULLS; Yield grade 1-2 1075-
1900 lbs. 41.0046.00.
Not enough sheep for a test of
market.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 2
Report Supplied by USDA
Trading slow on limited holiday
week supply. Demand light to
moderate. Slaughter Steers and
Heifers closed mostly steady.
Cows steady. Bulls 2.00 higher.
Supply mainly good to low choice
slaughter steers and heifers with
Performance you can bank on.
8% cows. Receipts this week about
1200 as compared with actual
receipts of 1072 a week ago and 858
a year ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice
2-4, mostly 3 10501300 lbs. 62.00
64.00. Mixed good and choice 2-3
10001200 lbs. 60.5062.00. Good 2-3
10001100 lbs. 56.0061.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-4, mostly 3 9501150 lbs.
60.5062.00, part load 1270 lbs. 62.50.
Mixed good and choice 2-3 9001050
lbs. 58.50-60.00. Good 2-3 850960 lbs.
55.00-59.50.
COWS: Utility and few com
mercial 2-3 31.0034.00. Cutter and
boning utility 1-2 31.0035.00, few
high dressing 36.00. Canner and
low cutter 28.0031.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 11501900 lbs.
43.0046.00. ,
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, NJ
Monday, Dec. 30
Report supplied by auction
Calves- .01-1.01.
as well as the Corn Belt. Big, showy ears on fast-growing
plants make it a roadside eye catcher.
G-4594. Wide adaptability and performance under heat
and drought make G-4594 a wise addition to anyone’s corn
program. You’ll really like its large, girthy ears...and the
way it stands tough through harvesting.
Three of the best. There’s no better way to start
every day.
m
Hoffman Seeds, Inc.,
Landisville, PA. 17538
The limitation of warranty and
remedy on the tag attached to each
Dag of Funk s G Hybrids sold is
can of the terms of sale thereof
Cows 30.0042.00.
Easy Cows 25.0034.25.
Heifers 24.0056.50.
Bulls 37.75-50.75.
Steers 36.0058.25.
Hogs 34.0041.00.
Roasting Pigs, each 7.0037.00.
Boars 28.0037.00.
Sows 34.00.
Sheep 20.0060.00.
Lambs, each 25.0070.00.
Lambs, per lb. 48.0095.00.
Goats, each 25.0095.00.
Kids, each 25.0055.00.
Total 1044.
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle. Pa.
Monday, Dec. 30
CATTLE. 699. SLAUGHTER
STEERS: Choice & Prime 62.00 to
64.50, few to 65.50; Good & Choice
56.00 to 61.00, few to 62.50; Good &
Choice-Holstem 47.00 to 49.00, few
to 50.00; Standard & Good-Holstein
39.00 to 44.50, few to 46.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS.
Choice 60.00 to 63.50, few to 64.50;
Funk s G and design is a
registered trademark of
Ctba Geigy Corporation
Funk s is a brand name
Numbers identity varieties
Uncaster Famine, Saturday, January 4,1986-Al5
Good & Choice 55.00 to 59.75, few to
61.35; Standard & Good 46.00 to
53.00, few to 55.00.
COWS: Utility & Commercial
35.00 to 39.00, few to 41.00; Cutter*
Boning Utility 32.50 to 36.50, few to
38.75; Canner & Low Cutter 32.50 &
down.
BULIjS-ALL WEIGHTS: Yield
Grade 1 47.00-51.00, few to 54.00;
Yield Grade 2 42.00 to 47.00.
STOCKER CATTLE-ALL
Steers-Medium &
Good 50.00-61.50; Heifers-Medium
& Good 42.00-55.50; Bulls-Medium
& Good 43.00-56.00; Steers--
Holstein 37.00-45.00.
CALVES 511. Good & Choice-125
to 250 pounds 70.00-108.00; Medium
& Good-125 to 250 pounds 50.00-
75.00; Medium & Good-80 to 120
pounds 40.00-55.00; Light & Cull
all weights 40.00 & down; Holstein
Bulls-return to farm up to 106.00;
Holstein Heifers-return to farm up
to 54.00.
LAMBS, SHEEP & GOATS 38.
Choice Lambs to 69.00; Medium &
Good Lambs 60.00-66.00; Light &
Cull Lambs 55.00-65.00; Sheep,
Ewes & Bucks 22.00-27.00; Goats
all sizes (by head) 10.00 to 48.00.
HOGS 88. No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs
-190-225 pounds 47.00 to 48.50; No. 1-
3 Butcher Hogs-225-250 pounds
47.00 to 47.50; No. 1-3 Butcher
Hogs-250-300 pounds 42.00 to 47.00;
Good Butcher Sows-400 pounds up
to 43.00; Good Butcher Sows-400
pounds up up to 42.50; Heavy
Boars-over 300 pounds 26.00 to
30.00; Pigs-all sizes (by head)
10.00 to 27.00
Sale every Monday evening at
5;00p.m.
Hay & straw sale every Monday
at 1:00 p.m.
Flying Farmers slate
LEBANON The Pennsylvania
Flying Farmers will have their
monthly meeting at the Bird-In-
Hand Inn on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 1
p.m. You may land at the
Smoketown Airport.
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meeting Sunday
Two new
ag books
published