AS-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13,1986
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
SEPT. 15-21,1986
Temperatures fall a little, and so do the first few leaves.
The Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers to America, Sept
16,1620 Full moon Sept 18 (Tnurs ) Battle of Anhetam fought near Sharps
burg, Md, with over 25,000 Union and Confederate casualties, Sept 17, 1862
Ferdinand “Jelly Roll" Morton bom in New Orleans, Sept 20, 1885 Average
length of days for the week, 12 hours, 22 minutes First issue of The New York
Times published Sept 18,1851 It's a proud horse that won't carry his own provender
«Ask the Old Farmer: I have often read about peo
ple in the early days storing apples until the next
harvest Whenevei I try to store apples in a basket
in a cool place they don't keep two weeks' How did
tour' cool" place wasn't cool enough Put your apples
out on the porch and cover them with an old overcoat
or something of similar heft Apples generate heat, the
more you have the myre heat they generate A barrel of
them can keep in even zero-degree weather
Home Hints. September is an excellent month to plant lilac bushes or to transplant coniferous
evergreens
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Beginning of week sunny and pleasant, midweek showers and warm
temperatures, end of week cool, frost possible north
Greater New York-New Jersey: Cloudy and cool at beginning of week thunder
showers and warm temperatures midweek, sunny and cool at week s end
Middle Atlantic Coastal; Week begins sunnv and cool, midweek warm, end of
week showers and cool temperatures
(All Rights Reserved, Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 03444)
Dewart Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, Sept. 8
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE 153. Few Good
slaughter steers 50.00-57.00, few
47.5048.50, Choice holsteins 49.75-
55.00, few Standard 41.0045.00.
Few Choice slaughter heifers 51.75-
55.75, few Good 48.00-51.25.
Breaking Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 36.75-39.35, couple
40.50, Cutter and Boning Utility
35.00- Canner and Low Cutter
31.50-35.50, Shells down to 30.00.
Individual Good slaughter bullock
52.00. Couple Yield Grade No. 1,
1000 lbs. slaughter bulls
48.25648.75, few No. 2, 1020-1200
lbs. 36.5041.75. Feeder Cattle; Few
Medium Frame No. 1, 560-780 lbs.
steers 49.00-60.00.
CALVES 193. Choice vealers
76.00- Good 65.00-75.00,
Standard and Good 75-105 lbs.
42.0049.00, Utility 60-80 lbs. 35.00-
42.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
90-130 lbs. 60.00-86.00.
HOGS 46. One lot US No. 2-3 220
SPECIAL
GRADED SALE
Thursday, Sept 18
• 250 to 300 Head Local Acclimated Cattle.
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
Lancaster Stockyards Tel. (717) 397-5136
An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast With The Times
THE
lbs. barrows and gilts 60.00, lot 1-3
187 lbs. 46.75. US No. 1-3 300-585 lbs.
sows 50.00-55.75. Few Boars 49.00-
49.50.
FEEDER PIGS 131. US 1-3 10-15
lbs. feeder pigs 24.50-30.00, 20-35
lbs. 35.0044.00,35-50 lbs. 44.00-54.00
-all per head.
SHEEP 16. Few Good and Choice
70-120 lbs. spring slaughter lambs
55.00-65.00. Slaughter ewes 24.00-
39.00.
GOATS 0. No Market Test.
11AM
Grantsville Livestock
G rants vllle, Maryland
Saturday, Sept. 6,1986
Large: 45-65.
Med: 32-45.
Top Barrows & Gilts 59.50-62.00;
Heavy Butcher 54.00-61.50; Light
Butcher 49.00-60.00; Butcher Sows
48.00-58.50; Feeder Shoats 20.00-
52.00.
VEAL: Good 60.0-74.000;
Standard 50.00-59.00; UtiUty 42.00-
49.00; 8u1160.00-81.00.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Good 62.00-
67.75; Utility 54,00-60.00; Slaughter
Ewes 18.00-28.50.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Steers:
Good 52.50-57.50; Standard 50.00-
51.00; Utility 40.00-48.00.
HEIFERS: Good 50.00-57.25;
Standard 48.0049.00; Utility 32.00-
44.00.
COWS: Commercial 33.00-38.50;
Utility 31.00-32.00; Canner & Cutter
30.00-
BULLS: Commercial & Good
42.00- Cutter & Utility 38.00-
40.00.
STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE:
(Yearling Steers) Good 58.00-62.00;
Medium 45.00-55.00.
STEER CALVES; Good 64.00-
72.00; Medium 50.00-60.00; Inferior
& Common 40.00-45.00.
HEIFER CALVES: Good 50.00-
60.00; Medium 40.00-45.00; Inferior
& Common 30.00-32.00.
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Livestock
Fredericksburg, PA
Tuesday, Sept. 9,1986
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 155. Few Choice 1030-
1440 lbs. slaughter steers 59.50-
63.75, few Good 50.00-58.25, few
Good and Choice holsteins 46.75-
51.75, one 57.00, few Standard 40.25-
47.25. Few Choice slaughter heifers
55.00-59.75, few Good 46.00-52.25.
Breaking Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 37.50-39.85, few
41.00, Cutter & Boning Utility 35.25-
38.75, Canner and Low Cutter 32.25-
35.50, Shells down to 29.00. In
dividual Good slaughter bullock
49.75, Yield Grade No. 1,1040-1530
lbs. slaughter bulls 42.50-49.50.
CALVES 270: Few Good and
Choice vealers 64.00-80.00, Stan
dard and Good 70-100 lbs. 38.00-
44.00, Utility 60-80 lbs. 35.00-40.00.
Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 90-95
lbs. 44.00-60.00, 100-125 lbs. 70.00-
90.00; Holstein Heifers 90-120 lbs.
45.00-70.00.
HOGS 255: US No. 2-3 205-240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 60.85-62.85, few
63.10,2-4 240-260 lbs. 59.00-63.35. US
No. 1-3 325-675 lbs. sows 53.25-56.25.
Few Boars 47.00-49.00.
FEEDER PIGS 46: US No. 1-3
16-21 lbs. feeder pigs 104.00-140.00,
lot 10 lbs. 92.00 all per hun
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SHEEP 16: Good and Choice 90-
120 lbs. spring slaughter lambs
57.00- Few Slaughter ewes
23.00-
GOATS 0: No Market Test.
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, Sept. 8
Report supplied by auction
Holstein Hfr. Calves to 64.00.
Veal Calves 65.00-80.00.
Vealer Bull Calves 55.00-74.00.
Slaughter Calves 47.00-50.00.
Grassers & Feeders 34.00-50.00.
Lambs 55.00-70.00.
Sheep 22.00-28.00.
Hogs, 200 to 250 52.00-60.00.
Sows 45.00-52.00.
Boars 40.00-46.00.
Pigs Each 25.00-52.00.
Heifers 38.0043.25.
Steers 39.0045.50.
Steers 38.00-55.00.
Bulls 39.0048.25.
Cows, utility 36.00-38.00 to 39. <«.
Cows, fat 36.00-38.00.
Cows, medium 34.00-36.00.
Cows, poor or small 27.00-33.00.
Cattle Market higher.
Calf Market some higher.
Goats each to 12.00-33.00.
Feeder Sale Ist Monday of Each
Month.
Dairy Sale 3rd Thursday of Each
Month.
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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 your check.
• You may call our office Monday morning and we
will be able to tell you the base price for hogs for
the day.
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Danville Buying Station
Phone:7l7-275-2880
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