AS-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31,1986
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Weed your garden after a rain Jefferson Davis born in Todd County, Ky, June 3,
1808 Average length of days for the week, 15 hours, 9 minutes Drifts of snow
and sleet 20 inches deep in Danville, Vt, June 7, 1816 New moon June 7 (Sat)
Allied fprees landed at Normandy, France, commencing Operation Overlord, June 6,
1944 Riches are got with labor held with fear, and lost with grief
Ask the Old Farmer; What is the origin of' telling the
bees when someone in the family dies, and what is its
significance 7 C H , Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
The practice derives from ancient European folklore Bees
were notified of a death in the family by hanging a piece of
blaci crepe on the hive The belief was that the bees could
be helpful to the departing soul
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Beginning of week ram, midweek clearing and hot, with lingering
showers, end of week warm
Greater New York-New Jersey: Beginning of week showers with warm tempera
tures, midweek thundershowers end of week sunny, hot, and humid
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Beginning of week rainy and warm, mid through end of
week sunny and hot, ram north
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Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, May 26
CATTLE 504. SLAUGHTER
STEERS; Choice & Prime 53.00-
55.00, few to 56.00; Good & Choice
49.00-53.50; Good & Choice--
Holstein 46.00-48.00; Standard &
Good Holstein- 38.00-46.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 52.00-54.50, few to 55.10;
Good & Choice 48.00-53.50; Stan
dard & Good 41.0049.50.
COWS: Utility & Commercial
37.5040.50, few to 42.50; Cutter &
Boning Utility 35.0040.00; Canner
& Low Cutter 35.00 & down.
BULLS-ALL WEIGHTS: Yield
Grade 1 45.00-50.50, few to 52.35;
Yield Grade 2 41.4045.50.
STOCKER CATTLE-ALL
WEIGHTS. Steers-Medlum &
Good 52.00-61.00; Heifers-Medium
& Good 40.00-51.00; Bulls-Medium
& Good 39.00-50.00; S{eers-
Holstem 42.0046.00.
CALVES 417. Good & Choice-125
to 250 pounds 70.00-104.00; Medium
& Good-125 to 250 pounds 60.00-
75.00; Medium & Good-80 to 120
pounds 55.0062.00; Light & Cull
all weights 56.00 & down; Holstein
Bulls-retum to farm up to 117.00;
Holstein Heifers-retum to farm up
to 70.00.
LAMBS, SHEEP & GOATS 81.
Choice Lambs Spring 84.75-85.25;
MATERIALS
* ATRAZINE * BLADEX
* PVAL * BANVEL
* LASSO * LOROX
* SUTAZINE * PARAQUAT
* ROUND UP * PRINCEP
* LASSO-ATRAZINE
SAVE ON BULK HERBICIDES
• BICEP • LASSO-ATRAZINE • PROWL
MELVIN R. WEAVER
2213 Leabrook Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
Ph: 717-569-6576 or 898-8354
THE
JUNE 2-8, 1986
Rains drum, frogs thrum.
Home Hints: To kill weeds growing between bricks or flag
stones pour boiling water over them
Medium & Good Lambs 55.00-
75.00; Light & Cull Lambs 40.00-
55.00; Sheep, Ewes & Bucks 18.00-
26.00; Goats-all sizes (by head)
10.00-54.00.
HOGS 119. No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs
-190-225 pounds 47.0048.80; No. 1-3
Butcher Hogs-225-250 pounds
46.5047.75; No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs
-250-300 pounds 42.5045.75; Good
Butcher Sows-400 pounds down up
to 40.50; Good Butcher Sows-400
pounds up up to 42.50; Heavy
Boars-over 300 pounds 35.50; Pigs
-all sizes (by head) 15.00-30.00.
10 loads.
Mixed 50.00-65.00/ton; Straw
65.00/ton.
Sale every Monday evening at
5:00 p.m.; Hay & straw sale every
Monday at 1:00 p.m.
Morrison Cove
Livestock
Martinsburg, Pa.
May 26,1986
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 157. High Ch. & Pr. si.
steers None, Choice 53.50-54.75;
High Good and Low Ch. 51.50-52.25,
Good 48.50-50.75, Good & Choice
holsteins 42.50-47.75; Standard
40.00-41.75; Utility 36.50-40.00.
Choice si. heifers 53.5057.25, Good
51.0052.00, Standard 44.5047.50,
Utility 35.0041.75. Breaking Ut. &
Commercial si. cows 38.5040.75.
Cutter & Boning Ut. 36.5038.25.
Canner & Low Cutter 32.00-36.75,
Shells down to 28.50, Choice si.
bullocks None, Good 47.50-50.25,
Standard 42.50-44.00, Utility 35.00
41.00, Yield Grade No. 1 1400-1700
lbs. si. bulls, 44.75-47.25, Yield
Grade No. 2 1200-1500 lbs. 42.00
45.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Good 51.00-54.75, Standard 41.00
46.50. Heifers Good 44.50-51.00,
Standard 35.00-41.00, Bulls Good
47.50- Standard 36.50-43.50.
CALVES 179: High Ch. & Pr.
76.50- Choice 72.50-80.00, Good
62.50- Standard 55.0061.00,
Standard & Good 90-130 lbs. 55.00
67.50. Utility 40-70 lbs. 45.0054.50.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls
90130 lbs. 92.50142.00, Holstein
heifers 90130 lbs. 60.0076.50.
HOGS 162; US 1-2 210245 lbs.
barrows and gilts 48.25-49.50, No. 1-
3 210240 lbs. 47.5048.00, No. 2-3 210
240 lbs. 45.0047.00. US No. 1-3 300
600 lbs. sows 38.50-40.50, No. 2-3
300600 lbs. 36.5038.50. Boars 31.00
32.50, Light weights 32.5035.00.
FEEDER PIGS 26: US No. 1-3
4060 lbs. feeder pigs 32.50-41.00 per
head, No. 1-3 3040 lbs. 27.5033.00.
SHEEP 11: High Ch. & Pr. 8095
lbs. 75.00-80.00, Slaughter ewes
17.5024.00.10 GOATS IS.OOto 50.00
per head.
* EXTRAZINE
* LORSBAN
* FURADAN
* COUNTER
* DYFONATE
SELL
IT
WITH
A
LANCASTER
FARMING
CLASSIFIED
ittft
48% Soybean Meal, '205.00
44% Soybean Meal, *196.00
Distillers Grains. •157.00
Per Ton Delivered
EVEN LOWER PRICES FOR LARGER
QUANTITIES.
Buy up to 11 tons and save more 1 No extra charge
to blend these ingredients
NOTE We can sell for less because we sell only
to people who pay promptly
WALKER COMPANY
Gap, PA 17527
717-442-4169 Collect)
ATTEmON FARMERS
EVERY MONDAY
HATFIELD PACKING CO. and
MOYER PACKING CO.
Will Receive Your
Hogs and Cattle at the
DANVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET
RD 4, Danville, PA
We will receive your hogs from 8 AM to 12 Noon
every Monday. Your hogs will be weighed and
paid for immediately
We will also accept your sows & boars
Your cattle will be received from 12:30 to 5 P.M
We will either pay you for your cattle immediately
or you may sell them dressed weight
There will not' be a commission or yardage fee
deducted from yogr check
You may tall our office Monday morning and we
will be able to tell you the base price for hogs for
the day.
MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner
Danville Buying Station
Phone:7l7-275-2880
Frederick Livestock
Monday, May 26,1986
Butcher Cows Mostly Steady
Prices. Good 37.0038.50; Standard
& Utility 33.0036.00; Canners 29.00
32.00; Shelly SO.OODown.
BULLS: Steady. Good 43.00
44.25; Medium 40.00-42.00. Steers:
None Offered.
BUTCHER HOGS: 50 cents
higher. 220240 lbs. 47.75-48.25 ; 200
210 lbs. 46.0047.00.
SOWS; 500650 lbs. 38.0038.50.
VEAL CALVES: No Choice
Offered. Good 70.0078.00; Stan
dard 61.0069.00; Stocky & Thin
53.0060.00; Light Calves 44.00
52.00; Weak & Rough 43.00D0wn.
CALVES RETURNING TO
FARM; Very Active- Bulls 5.00
Higher.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: 90120
lbs. 52.0056.00.
HOLSTEIN BULLS: 85-95 lbs.
70.0089.00; 100115 lbs. 90.00120.00.
LAMBS: Good & Choice 63.00
75.00; Medium 62.00D0wn.
STOCK CATTLE: 2.00 Higher.
Steers Choice 61.00-63.00; Good
55.0060.00; Medium 50.0054.00.
Heifers- Choice 48.00-50.00; Good
43.0047.00; Medium 38.0042.00.
Bulls- Good 50.0054.00; Medium
45.0049.00. Springing Heifers Good
Run Up To 890.00.
PIGS & SHOATS: Strong
Demand 1.50 Higher. By The Head
40-70 lbs. 38.00-51.00 ; 20-35 lbs
21.00-37.00. By The Lb. 40.00-51.00,
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, May 26
Report supplied by auction
Holstein Hfr. Calves to 70.00.
Veal Calves 65.00-94.00.
Vealer Bull Calves 75.00-104.00.
Slaughter Calves 55.00-65.00.
Grassers & Feeders 34.00-55.00
Lambs 55.00-97.000.
Sheep 18.00-29.00.
Hogs, 200 to 250 40.00-42.50.
Sows 28.00-37.00.
Boars 28.00-37.50.
Pigs 25.00-50.00.
Heifers 36.0042.50.
Steers 38.0045.00.
Steers, feeder 38.00-55.00.
Bulls 43.0048.00.
Cows, utility 36.00-38.75.
Cows, fat 35.00-36.00.
Cows, medium 33.00-35.00.
Cows, poor or small 26.00-33.00
Cattle Market steady.
Calf Market steady.
Horses 150.00-280.00.
Ponies 35.00-55.00.
Goats each 10.00-62.00.
Real active market
livestock
Feeder Sale Ist Monday of Each
Month.
Dairy Sale 3rd Thursday of Each
Month.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Vintage Sales Stables, Inc.
We receive hogs for auction every Sat.
morning from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Send Sows, Boars & Finished Hogs
We Have Orders For 600-800 Hogs.
Every Sat.
L. Robert Frame Mgr.
Phone 717-768-8204
442-4181
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale to Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
at 7:30 P.M.
Please Note
4 Evening Sales 7:30
June 6, July 4, Aug. 1
& Aug. 29
Located 18 miles south of Lancaster,
Pa., 6 miles south of Quarryville, take Rt.
272 to Little Britain, turn north, follow
Little Britain Road to Jackson Road,
right 2nd farm, OR take Rt. 222, out of
Quarryville to Cedar Hill Road to Little
Britain Road to Jackson Road, left
Watch for sale arrows
25 Head Due Between
June 13 to 21
23 Head Due Between
June 21 to July 1
50 to 60 Head
WHITE DIAMOND GILTS
Here Now a new cross again.
Large White & Landrace, first
generation true F-l gilts.
Parent stock originated from
Lieske Bros. Minnesota. Very
productive in litter size
and feed conversion.
Vaccinated for Lepto, Erysiplas,
Rhinitis, E'Coli, Pasteueralla
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Trucker Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa
Abe Oiffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE DATE JULY 4
on all
IOHN B. STOLTZFUS