Al2-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, January 18,1986
Livestock market and auction news
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, January 8
Report supplied by Auction
"SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers- $l.OO
Lower. Choice 57.00-90.75; Good
51.0096.00; Medium 50.00-Down.
Heifers- Choice 50.0092.50; Good
44.0049.00; Medium 43.00-Down.
Cows- Good Run $l.OO Lower. High
Yield 37.0040.00; Average 32.00
36.00; Big Middle 27.0031.00; Fatty
Herf. 28.0092.00; Shelly 30.00
Down. Fat Bulls- $1.50 Lower.
Good 42.0044.00; Medium 39.00
41.00. Veal Calves- Steady Prices.
Choice 80.0089.00; Good 70.00
79.00; Few 300400 lbs. 53.0098.00;
Medium 60.0069.00; Farm Bulls
85.00100.00; Light Calves 40.00
46.00; Weak Calves 39.00D0wn.
Hfitfiplds Top Prices 46.00 one
47.25. 310 Hogs Sold Here Tuesday
Morning.
STOCKER STEERS- 300550 lbs.
Steady to 1.00 Higher. Choice 57.00
5990; Good 52.0056.00; Medium
46.0051.00; Culls 45.00D0wn.
Steers- 600850 lbs. Choice 54.00
56.00; Good 48.0093.00; Medium
47.00-Down. Heifers- (All Weights)
Choice 46.0049.50; Good 42.00
45.00; Medium 38.0041.00.
Springing Heifers To $600.00. Pigs-
Hd. 2.00 Under Last Week- 2035
lbs. 22.0031.00; 4060 lbs. 32.00
37.00. Shoats By Lb. 42.0660.50.
Slaughter Hogs 1.00 lower 220250
lbs. 4511048.00; 260280 lb. 43.75-
47.25; 200210 lb. 44.00-45.00. Sows
-500700 lb. 35.0039.00; IMh Sttws
30.0034.00.
Special Next Week January 15
We Will Have One Registered
Angus Bull With Papers, Two
Years Old in April 1986, Weighing
Around 1200 Lbs.
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Leesport
Livestock Auction
Leesport, Pa.
Wednesday, January 15
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 234. Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter cows $1,503.00 higher.
Good slaughter steers 52.25-58.35,
Few Good holsteins 47.50-52.00,
Standard 42.00-47.75, Few Utility
39.25-41.00. Few Choice slaughter
heifers 53.60-59.00, Few G00d91.00
53.75. Breaking Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows 37.00-41.25,
Cutter & Boning Utility 34.0037.25
Couple 38.00, Canner & Low Cutter
32.0034.50, Shells, Couple down to
28.00. Few Good slaughter bullocks
49.00-56.00. Yield Grade No. 1 900
2125 lbs. slaughter bulls, 43.00-48.00
Couple 49.75.
FEEDER CATTLE; Few Steers
Medium & Large #1 450750 lbs.
Steers & bulls 45.0056.00.
CALVES 131: Few Vealers
Choice 81.0086.00, Good 70.00,
Standard & Good 70105 lbs. 38.00
45.00, Few Utility 5075 lbs. 30.00
35.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls
90130 lbs. 65.0093.00 Few down 50;
Few Holstein heifers 100115 lbs.
Introducing
The New
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65.00-78.00. Few Beef Cross Bulls
and Heifers 80-100 lbs. 70.00-100.00.
HOGS 291: Barrows & gilts 75
cents to 2.00 lower. US No. 1-2 215
250 lbs. barrows and gilts 47.05
48.25, Lot 48.75, No. 2-3 220-260 lbs.
46.10-47.10, Few Lot No. 24 260-275
lbs. 42.2546.25, Lot 39.75. Sows - US
No. 1-3 325-720 lbs. sows 32.50-37.25.
Boars 31.00-34.50.
FEEDER PIGS 57: US No. 1-3
Lot 25 lbs. feeder pigs 85.00 per
hundredweight, No. Lot 1-3 45 lbs.
71.00, No. Lot 55 lbs. 66.00 per
hundred weight.
SHEEP 35: Few Choice 85-100
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 70.05
76.00, Couple New Crop Lambs
90.00 & 91.00, Few Good 80-90 lbs.
64.00-67.00. Slaughter ewes 36.00-
47.00.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Lebanon, Pa.
Tuesday, January 14
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 242: Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, si. cows
mostly steady to .75 higher, bulls
unevenly steady. SI. steers: Few
Choice 58.00-60.10, Good 54.0059.00,
one 60.10, few Standard 49.75-53.50;
Good and Choice holsteins few
49.5052.00, one 57.00, few Standard
Plant
Bir lea Barley
this spring.. •
The profitable
alternative to oats*
45.85-50.00, few Utility k low
Standard 35.0045.75. SI. heifers:
Choice 54.25-58.75, two at 61.50 k
61.75, few Good 47.75-53.00, Stan
dard 43.0047.75, Utility 35.0044.00.
Si. cows: Breaking Utility k
Commercial 37.50-38.85, few to
39.75, two 42.50 k 44.25, Cutter &
Boning Utility 33.8547.86, Conner
k low Cutter 28.7533.50, shells
down to 24.75. SI. bullocks: Few
Choice 52.7553.75, one Good 48.50.
SI. bulls: YG 1, 1335-2120 45.05
48.75, few 50.50; few YG 210851845
lbs. 41.2546.85.
CALVES 240: Vealers grading
Standard & Good steady to 3.00
higher. One Prime 80.00, few
Choice 72.0586.00; Standard k
Good 95115 lbs. 45.0548.00, 7585
lbs. 40.0046.00; few Utility 65.85
lbs. 30.0538.00.
FARM CALVES; Holstein bulls
85120 lbs. 53.05101.00, mostly
72.00-94.00; few holstein heifers
105140 lbs. 50.0565.00.
HOGS 175: Barrows & Gilts
steady to .75 lower. US 1-2 235255
lbs. 47.2548.10; 13 215245 lbs.
46.5547.60; 23 215235 lbs. 46.05
47.00; lot 24 215 lbs. 45.50; Sows
few 13 305530 lbs. 36.7537.50; few
23 375530 lbs. 34.0536.25; few
Boars 31.5032.25; lightweights
30.0533.75, one 35.50.
FEEDER PIGS 3: No break
down.
SHEEP 1: No breakdown.
GOATS 0.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 16
Report Supplied by USDA
Trading moderate on moderate
supply. Demand moderate to good
from most sources. Slaughter
Steers closed the week .50 to 1.00
lower with heifers fully 1.50 lower
as buyers attempted to bring live
prices in line with dressed
realizations. Cows and Bulls closed
the week generally steady. Supply
mainly good to low choice
Slaughter Steers and Heifers with
20% cows. Estimated receipts
about 1700 as compared with ac
tual receipts of 2168 a week ago and
1496 a year ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-4, mostly 3 1050-1250 lbs. 59.50-
61.50, mostly 60.00-61.00; 975-1050
lbs. 59.00-60.00. Choice 3-41100-1200
lbs. 58.50-60.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-31000-1200 lbs. 58.00-59.00.
Good 2-3 900-1050 lbs. 54.00-68.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-4, mostly 3 950-1150 lbs.
57.50-59.00, load 60.00; 875-950 lbs.
54.0067.50. Choice 3-4 56.50-57.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1100
lbs. 54.0067.00. Good 2-3 800-950 lbs.
52.0066.00.
COWS: Cutter and Boning Utility
1-2 31.00-34.00, high dressing 34.00-
35.00. Canner and low Cutter 28.00-
32.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1500-1900 lbs.
42.00-44.00, individual 2200 lbs.
46.50; 1200-1500 lbs. 38.00-43.00.
Key Technical
Data For
Birka Barley:
Planting Date: «
Before May 15, as soon as
ground can be worked.
Seeding Rate:
110 lbs. per acre
Soil pH:
6.4 or higher
Fertilization:
Not Forage Seeded 2:1:1
Forage Seeded —11:1
Birka's stiff straw permits
maximum Nitrogen application
for Top Yields without lodging.
Seed Treatment:
Vita Flow 280 for protection
against covered smut, loose
smut, and seedling blight.
Nurse Crop;
Birka allows more light
through to the seeding than
taller varieties do
Disease Resistance:
• Powdery Mildew
• Covered Smut
• Black Semi-Loose Smut
• Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus
Heading:
Midseason
Shattering Resistance:
Good
Drought Tolerance:
Good
Rough Awns
Blrka Spring Bariey
"Unauthorized Propagation
Prohibited U.S Variety
Protection Applied for
specifying that seed of this
variety is to be sold by Variety
Name Only as a class of
Certified Seed "
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