A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3,1986
Livestock market
Leesport Livestock
Leesport, PA
Wednesday, April 30,1986
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 235. SUPPLY IN
CLUDED 52 HEAD FEEDER
CATTLE. Compared with last
Wednesday’s market: Slaughter
steers steady tosl higher; Cows $l
- higher. Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs.
slaughter steers 51.25-54.25, one
56.75, few yield grade 34 1400-1700
lbs. 42.85-46.75, Good 47-51.50, Good
& Choice 1250-1500 lbs. holsteins
45.0047, one 48.50, Standard 42.75
45.50. Few Choice slaughter heifers
46.75-51, few Good 42.8544, few
Standard 37.0043. Breaking Utility
& Commercial slaughter cows
35.50-38, few 39.00, Cutter & Boning
Utility 33.50-37.25, Canner & Low
Cutter 29.7534, Shells down to
27.35. Few High Good & Choice
slaughter bullocks 50-52.75, few
Good 45.7548.50, few Standard
42.7545.75. Few Yield Grade No. 1
1150-1850 lbs. bulls 45.25-51.50.
Feeder Cattle; Few Large Frame
No. 1 350-700 lbs. steers 60.00-62,
Medium #1 350-700 lbs. 54.50-58.50.
Few Large & Medium Frame #1
475700 lbs. 3844.50, one lot to 50.00,
few Large §2 455760 lbs. 37-39.50.
Few Medium Frame #1355600 lbs.
bulls 46.00-55, few Large #2 5-800
lbs. 36.0041.00.
CALVES 142. VEALERS
UNEVENLY STEADY. Few
Choice 80.00-89, few Good 64.0579,
few Standard and Good 115130 lbs.
45.0551, 95110 lbs. 43.0045, 7585
lbs. 4043.50, few Utility 95105 lbs.
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40.0042, few 5565 lbs. 25.0535.
Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 95130
lbs. 82.55101, some down 50.00;;
few Holstein Heifers 95110 lbs.
48.00-69; few Beef cross bulls &
heifers 85110 lbs. 48.0597.50.
HOGS 412. Barrows and gilts $l
- higher. US No. 1-3 205250 lbs.
42.0045, mostly 43.7544.60, few No.
1-3 2-205 lbs. 41.0543, few No. 2-3
215250 lbs. 40.8542.85, few No. 24
245275 lbs. 3940.50, few No. 1-3165
185 lbs. 3940.50. SOWS UNDER 500
LBS. $3-$3.50 HIGHER, HEAVIER
WTS. 50 CENTS-$1.50 HIGHER.
US No. 1-3 3-650 lbs. sows 35.5538,
few 41.00, few Medium 3425 lbs. 32-
34.50; Few Boars 32.7534.50, light
weights 35.7543.
SHEEP 173. Choice 2550 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 135172.50,
5560 lbs. 105137.50, few 75100 lbs.
76.0588; few Good 2545 lbs. 100.05
135. Slaughter sheep 15.0530.
GOATS 52: Few Large Adults
38.0042, few Medium 23.0531,
Large Kids 27.0554, few Small
Kids 10.0524 - all per head.
Weekly Summary
Harrisburg, PA
Friday, May 2
Report supplied by PDA
15 Livestock Markets
CATTLE: 6315. Compared with
6021 head last week and 7829 head a
year ago. Steers uneven, mostly
steady to .75 lower; heifers
uneven; cows mostly steady to 1.00
higher; bullocks not fully tested;
bulls steady to 1.00 higher; High
Choice & Prime 24, 51.7555.00;
Choice 50.50-54.50; Good 47.00-
51.50; Standard 39.00-47.00; Choice
heifers 48.00-53.00; Good 44.00-
48.75; Standard 37.00-44.00; cows
Breaking Utility & Commercial
34.00-38.00; Cutter & Boning 33.00-
37.00; Canner & Cutter 49.50-34.50;
shells 22.00; few Choice bullocks
47.25-52.75; 4ew Good 44.00-48.50;
few Standard 42.75-45.75; YG 1,
1000-2250 lb. 44.00-48.75; Grade 2,
900-1650 lb. 38.00-45.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers Med.
& Large 1,300000 55.0004.00; Med.
1, 500075 lb. 46.00-55.00; heifers
Med. & Large 1, 325-700 lb. 40.00-
53.00; Urge 2, 500000 lb. 35.00
39.50; bulls Med. & Large 1,400750
lb. 46.0055.00.
CALVES: 2969. Compared with
3109 head last week and 3336 head a
year ago. Steady to 5.00 higher;
few Prime 109.00118.00; Choice
80.0093.00; Good 65.0080.00; 90120
lb. 45.0055.00; 65-85 lb. 38.0047.00.
FARM CALVES: Active;
holstein bulls 85-95 lb. 45.0075.00;
95-135 lb. 75.00105.00; heifers 90
130 lb. 45.00-82.00; beef cross bulls
and heifers 50100 lb. 48.0076.00.
HOGS: 4947. Compared with 5401
head last week and 6598 head a
year ago. Mostly .50 to 1.00 higher;
1-2, 210-245 lb. 42.00-44.75; 205-250
lb. 41.00-44.00; 2-3, 210-260 lb. 40.00-
43.00 ; 2-4, 230-285 lb. 37.00-40.50; 1-
3, 140-190 lb. 39.0041.00; sows
mostly steady; 1-3,300-650 lb. 33.00-
39.50 ; 2-3, 300-590 lb. 31.00-35.00;
boars 26.00-33.00.
FEEDE PIGS: 610. Compared
with 1036 head last week and 915
head a year ago. Steady to 5.00
lower; 20-35 lb. 21.00-32.00; 35-50 lb.
29.00-41.00; few 5085 lb. 44.00-
47.00; all per head.
(MS)
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG 2995 head last week and 1223 head a
SALES: 1477. Compared with 2842 y ear a B°- Bulk of supply spring si.
head last week and 1800 head a If™* 38 solt | to Greek Easter trade,
year ago. Uneven; mostly steady ™j» b Choice & Prime 20-40 lb.
6.00 higher; 3040 lb. 91.00100.00; 125.00-160.00; 4060 lb. 89.00132.50;
4050 lb. 80.0096.00; 5060 lb. 79.00 ®°* no lb - 75.0085.00; Good &
95.00; 2-3,3045 lb. 80.0094.00. Choice 2075 lb. 75.00108.00; si.
SHEEP 2997 Compared with sheep 15.0036.00.
Conservation Tillage
Increases On Farmland
Another two percent of the
Nation’s farmland was farmed
under some form of conservation
tillage in 1985, according to a
report from the Conservation
Tillage Information Center at Fort
Wayne, Indiana (CTIC). Last year,
31.4 percent of the cropland, or 99.6
million acres, was planted under
some form of this soil protecting
practice.
Delaware led the nation with 77.3
percent, followed by Maryland
with 68.9 percent. Pennsylvania’s
percentage was 42.8. The greatest
acreages were in lowa, over 12
million acres, and in Kansas, with
over 11 million acres.
John Spitzer, Agronomist with
the USDA Soil Conservation
Service in Pennsylvania, defined
conservation tillage as any
planting or tillage system in which
30 percent or more of the soil
remains covered with plant
residue after planting. Spitzer said
that the 30 percent residue cover is
the amount needed to reduce
erosion by one-half that of con
ventional tillage with no cover
after planting.
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Spitzer noted that there are five
types of conservation tillage in
cluded in the report. They are no
till, ridge-till, strip-till, mulch-till,
and reduced-till. “The greatest
erosion control is gained with no
till,” noted Spitzer. In no-till, the
soil is not disturbed before plant
ing. Seeds are planted in a slit in
the soil. Weed control is obtained
mostly with herbicides.
No-till farming is popular in the
Northwest. According to the CTIC
report, Delaware again leads with
41.5 percent of the cropland
planted by the no-till method. They
are followed by West Virginia with
32 percent, Maryland - 30 percent,
Virginia - 29 percent, Pennsylvania
- 19 percent, New Jersey - 15
percent, and Ohio -13 percent.^
The com belt of the Midwest has
the most acreage, but it amounts to
less than 10 percent of the
cropland.
Farmers interested in additional
information in any of the con
servation tillage methods should
contact their county office of the
USDA Soil Conservation Service or
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
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