A 18-Uncaster Fanning, Saturday, June 21,1986
Weekly Summary
Harrisburg, PA
Friday, June 20
Report supplied by PDA
15 Livestock Markets
CATTLE: 6961. Compared with
7755 head last week and 7084 head a
year ago. Steers unevenly steady;
heifers, cows and bulls mostly
steady; High Choice & Prime 52.00
56.60; Choice 50,00-56.00; Good
46.00- Standard 40.5048.00;
Choice heifers 47.50-53.00; Good
44.0049.00; few Standard 40.75-
44.00; Breaking Utility & Com
mercial cows 36.7542.25; Cutter &
Boning 35.00-39.50; Canner &
Cutter 31.00-36.00; shells22.oo; few
Choice bullocks 48.75-52.50; Good
44.00- YG No. 1, 1200-2100 lb.
45.00- No. 2, 900-1400 lb. 39.00
45.35.
FEEDER CATTLE: Large &
Med. No. 1, 300-700 lb. steers 48.00
63.00; Large & Med. No. 1, heifers
300-700 lb. 40.00-50.00; no bulls.
CALVES: 3336. Compared with
3540 head last week and 3580 head a
year ago. Mostly steady to weak;
few Prime 97.00-104.00; Choice
65.00-90.00; Good 55.00-74.00; 90-110
lb. 45.00-60.00; 70-90 lb. 38.0052.00;
Utility 50-100 lb. 25.0040.00.
FARM CALVES; Holstein bulls
90-130 lb. 75.00-120.00; few heifers
90-125 lb. 52.00-84.00.
HOGS: 4998. Compared with 4841
head last week and 5575 head a
year ago. 1.00-2.50 higher; most
advanced latter part of weak; No.
1-2, 210-250 lb. 52.5056.00; No. 1-3,
200-255 lb. 51.0054.50; No. 2-3, 200
260 lb. 49.0052.50; few No. 24, 230
280 lb. 46.0049.00; few No. 1-3,150
190 lb. 38.0050.00; sows 1.50
higher; No. 1-3, 300700 lb. 35.75-
44.00; boars 30.0037.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 867. Compared
with 1174 head last week and 1005
head a year ago. Mostly steady; 20
35 lb. 20.0038.00; 35-55 lb. 30.00
41.00; 5090 lb. 40.0054.00.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES: 2513. Compared with 2415
head last week and 2805 head a
year ago. Strong to 15.00 higher;
most advanced under 40 lbs.; 3040
lb. 110.60132.00; 4050 lb. 80.00
112.00; 5060 lb. 88.00100.00; No. 2-
3, 3040 lb. 100.00122.00; 4055 lb.
86.0091.00; all per hundredweight.
SHEEP: 1257. Compared with
1355 hqpd last week and 1100 head a
year ago. Steady to 5.00 lower;
High Choice & Prime 60115 lb.
71.0080.00; few 3060 lb. 80.00
92.00; Choice 60110; 65.0073.00;
Good & Choice 5080 lb. feeder
lambs 60.0075.00; si. ewes 14.00
30.00.
GIGANTIC
f I'V SELECTION
Lancaster
Farming's
CLASSIFIEDS
Folk Festival Set For June 28 to July 6
KUTZTOWN —lt will be “Hello the large pavilion will be a source
dart fryn’d” (Hello there, friend) of wonderment,
when the 37th annual Folk Festival Others will be pleased that
gets underway Saturday, June Auctioneer Carl Groff has
28th, and the hearty Pennsylvania assembled many new treasures at
Dutch greet returning visitors the Main State for his popular
from across the country. afternoon Country Auction.
They will come to see more Almost everyone will visit one or
crafts, enjoy more demon- more of the food stands or large
strations, eat more mouth church eating tents to enjoy the
watering food, and more than ever rich and wholesome menus that
enter whole-heartedly into helping cause folks to “eat-’til-they ouch.”
preserve and perpetuate the life All over the 35-acre Festival
and customs of early Pennsylvania Grounds there is an air of ex-
Dutch settlers. pectancy as craftsmen are
To many, the 1,500 handmade arriving to set up their displays
quilts now judged and hanging in and demonstration areas. In-
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Carlisle, PA
PETERMAN
FARM EQUIPMENT
717-249-5338
Chamborsburg, PA
CLUGSTON
IMPLEMENT INC.
717-263-4103
Harrisburg, PA
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT
* SUPPLY CO.
717-564-3031
Hatfield, PA
LCL CONSTRUCTION EQUIP.
SALE CO.
215-362-2510
Wilmington, DE
302-998-0128
BIG FEATURES, SMALL PRICE!
Honeadale.PA
CHARLES H. SIEPIELA, INC.
717-253-3334
Honey Grove, PA
NORMAN D. CURK
& SON INC.
717-734-3682
Martinsburg, PA
BURCHFIELD’S INC.
814-793-2194
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dications are that this year’s nine
day event will surpass all previous
Festivals with “See the U.S.A.” as
the strong travel emphasis.
Lillian Kauffman will sing in the
Old Oley Union Church, Cyrus
Hyde will conduct tours through
his herb garden, Harold Moyer will
teach the Pennsylvania Dutch
dialect in the One-Room School.
The blacksmiths, the soap-boilers,
the apple butter makers are all set
to demonstrate the old life-styles.
New craftsmen this year will
include a pen and ink Amish artist,
a wooden spoon designer, a lad
derback chair maker, and an
expert in magical marionettes.
bobcat *
Mill Hall, PA
DUNKLE ft GRIEB
Neadmore, PA
CLUGSTON
FARM EQUIMENT
717-573-2250
Palm, PA
WENTZ
FARM SUPPLIES INC.
'9-7164
Quarryvllla, PA
GRUMELU’S
FARM SERV.
717-786-7318
Slatintton, PA
SCAT ENTERPRISES INC.
215-767-1711
Towanda, PA
S.PI INC.
717-265-4440
Tunkhannock, PA
BARTRON FARM SUPPLY
717-836-3740