Livestock market and auction news
Indiana
Livestock
Homer City, Pa.
Thursday, March 6
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 199. Choice steers
54.50-57.75; few Good 51.25-54.50;
few Standard 44.00-50.00; Choice
heifers 52.75-55.50; few Good 50.25-
52.00; Standard 40.0046.25; cows
Breaking Utility & Commercial
36.25-39.25; Cutter & Boning 33.00-
37.00; Conner & Cutter 28.0033.50;
few YG No. 1 bulls 1180-1800 lb.
44.0047.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers few
Med. No. 1, 305-570 lb. 55.0061.00;
heifers Med. No. 1,505-670 lb. 44.00-
50.25.
CALVES: Few Choice 80.50-
86.00; Good 68.0060.00; 90-120 lb.
52.5059.00; 6065 lb. 40.0054.50;
holstein bulls 95-135 lb. 66.0060.00.
HOGS: 146. No. 1-2, 210-230 lb.
42.00; No. 1-3, 210-240 lb. 41.00
41.75; No. 2-3, 210-260 lb. 40.00
41.00; No. 1-3, 180-195 lb. 36.75-
38.75; sows No. 1-3,350425 lb. 37.50
40.00.
SHEEP: 3. Few si. ewes 15.00
31.50.
GOATS: 12.28.0053.00.
Chambersburg
Livestock
Chambersburg, Pa.
Thursday, March 6
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE; 262. Cows .2S-.75
lower; few Good 47.25-48.50; few
Holstein 44.0048.25; few Good
heifers 44.5047.75; few Standard
40.0043.75; cows Breaking Utility
& Commercial 34.85-37.85; Cutter
St Boning 33.75-36.25; Canner St
Low Cutter 31.25-34.25; YG No. 1,
10902275 lb. bulls 42.8549.00; few
No. 2,915-1195 lb. 38.0041.60.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers few
Large No. 2,650700 lb. 40.5048.00.
CALVES: 403. few Choice 90.00
100.00; few Good 63.0074.00; 90110
lb. 52.0060.50; 7085 lb. 46.0056.00;
holstein bulls 90130 lb. 57.0099.00.
HOGS: 29. A lot No. 2-4, 265 lb.
40.50; sows No. 1-3,285-485 lb. 33.20
37.25.
FEEDER PIGS: 34. A lot No. 1-3,
142 lb. 35.00 per hundred weight.
SHEEP; 10. Few Choice 100-115
lb. wooled lambs 59.00-64.00; 1
Choice 65 lb. spring lamb 107.50.
Few alfalfa, 48.00-76.00; few
mixed 66.00-77.00; 1 straw 43.00.
Pennsylvania Tobacco
Intercourse, PA
Friday, Feb. 28
Total Volume Type 41: 82,150
lbs.; Average Overall: .48 per lb.;
Top Grades: .SS-.66 per lb.; Bottom
Grades: ,15-.4sperlb.
Monday, MarchS
Total Volume Type 609: 25,154
lbs.; Average Overall; .88 per lb.;
Top Grades: 1.18-1.19 per lb.; Out
Grades: .10.80 per lb.
Total Volume Type 41: 112,816
lbs.; Average Overall: .46 per lb.;
Top Grades: .55-1.00 per lb.;
Bottom Grades: ,15-.4sperlb.
Season Summary
Total Volume Type 609:3,228,911
lbs.; Average Overall: 1.15 per lb.;
Top Grades: 1.10-1.37 per lb.; Out
Grades: .10-1.25 per lb.
Total Volume Type 41; 1,434,704
lbs.; Average Overall: .52 per lb.;
Top Grades: .55-1.10 per lb.;
Bottom Grades; .15-.50 per lb.
Valley Livestock
Athena, Pa.
Monday, Mar. 3
Report (applied by auction
Holstein Hfr. Calves 50.00-56.00.
Veal Calves 71.00-96.00.
Vealer Bull Calves 77.00-101.00.
Slaughter Calves 44.00-55.00.
Grassers & Feeders 36.00-51.50.
Spring Lambs 87.50-127.50.
Lambs 55.00-77.00.
Sheep 35.00-53.00.
Hogs, 200 to 250 42.50-47.50.
Sows 32.50-38.50.
Boars 31.50-33.00:
Pigs, each 20.00-32.00.
Heifers 31.2543.50.
Bulls 41.0047.50.
Cows, utility 35.0037.75.
Cows, fat 35.5037.25.
Cows, medium 31.00-35.00.
Cows, poor or small 24.00-32.25.
Cattle Market steady.
Calf Market steady.
Horses none.
Ponies none.
Goats 20.0055.00.
Hay: to 70.00 per ton.
Lamb & Goat Sale - March 17.
Feeder Sale Ist Monday of Each
Month.
Dairy Sale 3rd Thursday of Each
Month.
Hackettstown
PoulUy&Egg
Hackettstown, N. J.
Tuesday, Mar. 4
Report Supplied by Auction
Rabbits: .60-1.80.
Bunnies: 1.65-3.10.
Egg>
Grade A: White Jumbo X Ige.
.63-. BS, Brown .74-.94.
Grade A; White Large .57-.75,
Brown .SS-.77.
Grade A: White Medium .40.58,
Brown .52-. SB.
Grade A: White Small .40.
Grade A: White Pee Wees .3S-.39.
Weekly Summary
Harrisburg, PA
Friday, March 7
Report supplied by PDA
15 Livestock Markets
CATTLE: 6044. Compared with
5654 head last week and 5582 head a
year ago. Steers 1.002.00 lower;
heifers steady to 2.00 lower; cows
mostly .50 to 1.50 lower; bullocks
not fully tested; bulls steady to
weak; spots 1.00 lower; High
Choice & Prime No. 24, 58.00
61.50; Choice No. 24, 54.75-58.85;
Good 50.00-54.75; Standard 44.00
50.00; Chioce heifers 52.00-55.75;
Good 47.0052.00; Standard 41.00
46.50; Breaking Utility & Com
mercial cows 36.00-39.00; Cutter &
Boning 33.0037.00; Canner &
Cutter 28.0034.25; shells 25.00;
Choice bullocks 51.00-57.00; Good
47.0051.00; YG No. 1, 10002275 lb.
43.0049.00; No. 2 grade 9001650 lb.
38.0044.75.
FEEDER CATTLE; Large No.
1, 400-700 lb. steers 57.00-64.75;
Large No. 2, 450600 lb. 42.0060.00;
Med. No. 1, 350-700 lb. 50.0066.00;
heifers Med. No. 1,350600 lb. 44.00
54.00; bulls few Med. No. 1,500-700
lb. 50.00-57.50.
CALVES: 3897. Compared with
3731 head last week and 4193 head a
year ago. Vealers uneven; mostly
steady to 5.00 lower on Good &
Choice; Standard & Good steady to
5.00 higher; Prune 101.00-108.00;
Choice 80.00-95.00; Good 65.00
80.00; 110-130 lb. 54.00-65.00 ; 90-110
lb. 50.00-60.00; 7065 lb. 42.00-50.00.
FARM CALVES: 90-135 lb. 53.00
105.00; mostly 78.00100.00; beef
cross bulls & heifers 60100 lb.
50.0093.00.
HOGS: 5556. Compared with 5741
head last week and 6799 head a
year ago. Mostly steady to 1.00
lower; No. 1-2, 210245 lb. 40.35-
42.00; No. 1-3, 215-250 lb. 39.50
41.75; No. 2-3, 215-265 lb. 39.00
41.00; No. 2-4, 225-285 lb. 38.00
40.00; No. 1-3, 150200 lb. 32.00
38.00; sows steady to 1.00 higher,
No. 1-3, 300650 lb. 34.0038.00; No.
2-3, 300685 lb. 32.0036.00; boars
25.0032.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 719. Compared
with 679 head last week and 643
head a year ago. Uneven to weak;
20-35 lb. 25.50-32.00 ; 35-50 lb. 28.50-
35.00; 50-100 lb. 34.50-48.50.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES: 1535. Compared with 2089
head last week and 860 head a year
ago. Uneven; weights under 60 lb.
steady to 4.00; spots 14.00 lower;
over 60 lb. steady to 6.00 higher;
No. 1-2, 3040 lb. 80.0087.00; 40-50
lb. 64.0082.00 5060 lb. 66.00-76.00;
6070 lb. 58.00-77.00; No. 2-3, 35-50
lb. 60.00-70.00; all per hundred
weight.
SHEEP: 778. Compared with 478
head last week and 1011 head a
year ago. Wooled lambs steady to
strong; High Choice & Prime 80-
120 lb. 77.00-83.00; Choice 70-105 lb.
65.00-80.00; Good 70-100 lb. 60.00-
75.00; spring lambs Choice &
Prime 75-100 lb. 75.00-108.00 ; 35-70
lb. 91.00-136.00; si. ewes 18.00-35.00.
PSU prof named
weed innovator 9
UNIVERSITY PARK - Nathan
L. Hartwig, associate professor of
weed science at The Pennsylvania
State University, was recently
named 1986 “Innovator of the
Year” by the Northeastern Weed
Science Society for his research on
the use of crownvetch as a “living
mulch.”
The award is given for in
novation in weed science, in
cluding teaching, research and
extension.
Hartwig’s work has shown that
the characteristics that make
crownvetch an excellent ground
cover also make it an excellent
mulch for crop production
Crownvetch is currently used in
no-till and minimum-till corn,
small grains and forages, and
shows longer-range potential for
use in other cropping systems
His research has demonstrated
the value of crownvetch in
alleviating soil erosion and in
reducing nutrient and pesticide
run-off
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Ellis named to Water Task force
TRENTON - New Jersey Farm
Bureau President Walter Ellis has
been appointed to serve on a four
state task force that will consider
alternative financing plans for
water projects crucial to the
Delaware River Basin area
The task force, called the Walter
Project Financing and Water
Charges Advisory Committee, will
make its recommendations to the
Delaware River Basin Com
mission. Members, selected to
represent commercial,
agricultural, industrial and
regulatory groups, are from New
Jersey, New York, Delaware and
Pennsylvania.
Ellis said a major topic for the
task force’s consideration will be
whether a water-user fee structure
should be implemented, and, if so,
how it should be applied.
“I do not want to see our farmers
faced with fees for using water,”
Ellis said. “Farmers do not need
yet another expense to eat into
potential profits that are in
creasingly difficult to come by.
Farmers have had a difficult time
for the past four years, with
Mother Nature and market prices
combining to put more and more
farmers in debt.”
Ellis served on the Citizens
The Innovator of the Year award
is sponsored by the American
Hoechst Corp
While at the NEWSS Conference
in January, Hartwig presented
papers on the best way to kill or
chard grass before planting no-till
corn, and on the feasibility of using
two grass herbicides that kill weed
grasses and leave forage grasses
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Drought Emergency Task Force
and he is a current member of the
State Water Supply Advisory
Council. The Drought Emergency
Task Force was created to aid
state officials during the past
summer’s drought. The Water
Supply Advisory Council is com
prised of gubernatorial ap
pointments.
The Delaware River Basin
Commission is faced with
statutory restrictions in its efforts
to finance several water projects
the Francis Walter Reservoir
Modification and the Blue Marsh
Beltzville water projects.
“There are statutory restrictions
which curtail the ability of the
DRBC to finance additional water
projects,” Ellis explained
“Anyone who was a user prior to
the DRBC compact cannot be
charged for water projects under
the old rules.”
Ellis underscored the need for
New Jersey’s farmers to obtain
water usage certificates, which
establish a pattern of usage and
protect farmers from unfair
allocations. The certificates, which
are filed with local county
agricultural agents, estimate a
farm’s annual water usage The
certificate is good for five years,
although annual updates arc
required
“Farmers should obtain these
certificates for a purely selfish
reason - protection,” Ellis said
“Although agriculture received
favorable treatment during the
past drought, water allocation is
and will continue to be a critical
issue for all of New Jersey ”
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