A4-Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, January 24,1987 OMAHA THURSDAY, JANUARY 22,1987 SUPPLIED BY USDA CATTLE-COMPARED TO LAST WEEK’S CLOSE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS RANGED 25-50 C LOWER ON FINAL ROUNDS THIS WEEK. PACKER DEMAND PROVED GOOD THROUGH THE SESSION, BELYING THE FACT THAT WHOLESALE BEEF PRICES SUFFERED SOME SHARP REVERSALS. OVERALL FINISH CONTINUED AT TRACTIVE. SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER. BULLS 1.00-2.00 HIGHER. ESTIMATED 5 DAY RECEIPTS 6750; ACTUALS LAST WEEK 8153; YEAR AGO 5693. STEERS COMPRISED 42 PERCENT OF THE WEEK’S RECEIPTS; HEIFERS 43 PERCENT; COWS 10 PERCENT; FEEDERS 4 PER CENT. SLAUGHTER STEERS; AT THE CLOSE CHOICE 2-4 1050-1350 LBS 58.50- 60.00, MOSTLY 59.00- 59.50. MIXED GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 1000-1200 LBS 57.50- 58.50. GOOD 55.50-57.50. PART LOAD MOSTLY CHOICE 2-3 1230 LB HOLSTEINS 51.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4 950-1150 LBS 57.00- 58.50. MIXED GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 900-1050 LBS 56.00- 57.00. GOOD 54.00-56.00. Copyright IM7 by Lancaster Fannin* P.O. lax 3M - UtHz, PA 17543 Office: 22 E. Main St., lititz, PA 17543 Record-Express Office MMing Phana: Lancaster 717-394-3047 ar UtHz 717-C2O-11S4 Robert G. Campbell, Publisher Everett R. Newswanger, Managing Editor Jack Hubtey, Associate Editor Suzanne Keene, Home Editor Martha Gehringer, Dairy Editor NEWS CORRESPONDENTS Sally B. Bair, Lancaster County Columbia 717-285-4926 Joyce Bupp, York County Seven Valleys 717-428-1865 Kathy Gill, Cumberland Carlisle 717-243-5566 Ginger Myers, Adams Littlestown 717-359-7542 Nancy Kunick, Crawford Centerville 814-694-2571 Barbara Rader, Butler Connoquenessing 412-789-7413 Bonnie Brechbill, Franklin Chambersburg 717-369-2916 Barbara Miller, Lycoming Hughesville 717-584-3892 Mary Maxwell, Center State College. 814-238-1416 Craig Bingman, Snyder, Union, Juniata Beaver Springs 717-837-0085 Margie Fusco, Cambria Johnstown 814-255-6115 Beth Nesbit, Indiana Marchand 412-286-9049 Helen Kelchner, Columbia Berwick 717-752-4691 Julie Gochenour, Virginia Maurertown 703-459-3209 Sharon Schuster, Maryland New Windsor 301-635-2654 Sue Crow, Maryland Kennedy ville 301-648-5687 Debbie Stiles. Renzi, WV Clarksburg 304-622-9841 $8 50 per year, $ 15.00 - 2 years $l5 00 per year outside ot PA NJ MD DE NY VA WV & OH $26 00 2 Years Established November 4 1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lititz PA Second Class Postage paid at Office in Lititz Record Express Building Rear 22 E Mam St Lititz PA 17543 ISSNOO23 7485 For address change form or new subscription see Mailbox Markets Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. National Representative J.L. Farmakis, Inc. Phone .203-966-1746 AVERAGE OF LS 214 DETAILED QUOTATIONS FOR 900-1100 LB CHOICE STEEERS 58.75; 1100- 1300 LBS 59.29. AVERAGE COST STEERS 58.64, AVERAGE WEIGHT 1212 LBS; AS COM PARED 58.56 AND 1203 LBS LAST WEEK. AVERAGE COST HEIFERS 57.54, AVERAGE WEIGHT 1080 LBS AS COM PARED 57.44 AND 1077 LBS LAST WEEK. SLAUGHTER COWS: AT THE CLOSE, BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 40.00- 42.75, HIGH DRESSING TO 44.00. CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 38.00-42.75, HIGH DRESSING TO 44.75, LOW DRESSING TO 36.00. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 35.00-38.00, LOW DRESSING TO 32.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1-2 1300- 2300 LBS. 46.00-52.25, HIGH DRESSING INDIVIDUAL 1 55,75, FEW LOW DRESSING TO 43.50. PEORIA WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY ILLINOIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 22,1987 SUPPLIED BY USDA COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD UNEVENLY STEADY TO WEAK, INSTANCES .50 LOWER. COWS AND BULLS GENERALLY ion Price STEADY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, ICY ROADS, AND LOW TEMPERATURES CURTAILED RECEIPTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SUPPLY MAINLY GOOD TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH 8% COWS. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 1200 AS COM PARED TO ACTUAL RECEIPTS OF 1804 A WEEK AGO AND 1698 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 24, MOSTLY 3 1050-1300 LBS. 58.50- 60.00, THREE LOADS 1305-1390 LBS. 60.50; 975-1050 LBS. 57.00- 59.00. MIKED GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 1000-1200 LBS. 55.50- 57.00. GOOD 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 53.00- LOAD GOOD, FEW CHOICE 2-3 HOLSTEINS 1225 LBS. 48.50 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 24, MOSTLY 3 950-1200 LBS. 57.00-58.00, PART LOAD 58.50.; 875-950 LBS. 56.00-57.00 MIXED GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 L 85.54.50-56.00. GOOD 2-3 800-1000 LBS. 52.00-55.00 COWS; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 35.00-38.00, FEW HIGH DRESSING 38.0040.00. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1-2 34.00- BULLS: FEW YG 1-2 1500-2030 LBS. 44.0046.00 THURSDAY, JANUARY 22,1987 CATTLE THIS WEEK: 4232 LAST WEEK: 5602 LAST YEAR: 4975 TRENDS AS COMPARED TO CLOSE OF PREVIOUS WEEK: SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS $l.OO LOWER, BOTH CLASSES NOT WELL TESTED LATE. SOME CATTLE CARRYING MUD. COWS STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER. BULLS $l.OO-MOSTLY $2.00 HIGHER. TRADING ON FEEDER CATTLE GENERALLY VERY UNEVEN, STEADY TO $2.00 LOWER, INSTANCES $3.00 LOWER ON 600-800 LB. STEERS. SUPPLY CONSISTED OF 4% SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS, 11% COWS, 1% BULLS, BALANCE MAINLY MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1 400-800 LB. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-4 1000-1300 LBS. 55.50 56.90. INDIVIDUAL 2 1280 LBS. INTER JOYS? Flip A Switch .... Grind, Mix And Deliver Your Feed Automatically /Makrer Wjll) aFs WEST FARGO SUPPLIED BY USDA FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL OR WRITE TODAY: automatic farm systems 60S Evergreen Rd. Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 274-5333 Weekly New York Egg Market From Friday Jan. 16 to Thursday, Jan. 22 Fri. Mon. Tues. Wed. WHITE Jumbo Ex. Large Large Medium Pullets Off Grade BROWN Ex. Large Large Mediums OFF GRADE Undergrades Checks Breaking Stocks: Friday 48-50 lbs. 40.0042.00; 50 lbs. up Friday 42.0043.00; Monday 4050 lbs. 41.0043.00; 50 lbs. up Monday 43.00 44.00; Wednesday 4050 lbs. 42.0044.00; 50 lbs. up Wednesday 44.00 45.00. 57.25. GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 1050-1500 LBS. 55.00-55.50. CHOICE HOLSTEINS 2-31398 LBS. 50.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 975-1150 LBS. 53.75- 54.50. GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS. 52.00-53.50. COWS: CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY, FEW BREAKING UTILITY 1-3 36.50- 43.75. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1-2 34.00-36.50. BULLS: YG 1-2 1455-2150 LBS. 47.7556.75, COUPLE HEAD 1995- 2120 LBS. 57.0057.50. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1: 300500 LBS. 71.00-75.60; 500500 LBS. 68.75-71.80 ; 600-700 LBS. 65.00-69.50, FEW MEDIUM FRAME FLESHY 64.00- 66.00; 700 800 LBS. 65.00-66.30; 800-915 LBS. 60.5053.75. MEDIUM FRAME 1-2: 500500 LBS. 64.7058.50. HOLSTEINS LARGE FRAME 2 : 500-900 LBS. 48.5053.75. HEIFERS MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1: 350500 LBS. 64.0057.00; 500500 LBS. 61.30 65.50, SMALL LOT 518 LBS. 66.25; 600-700 LBS. 62.0054.40, MEDIUM FRAME FLESHY 630577 LBS. 57.0059.00. MEDIUM FRAME 1-2; 300600 LBS. 59.0063.50. SELL IT WITH A LANCASTER FARMING CLASSIFIED Tfayen. d chicks, Inc. Bah\ Chicks & Started Pullets EBC22QQ Brown & White Layers 266 E. PALETOWN RD, Northeast Quotes .75 .75 .75 .76 .77 .72 .72 .72 .72 .73 .69 .69 .69 .69 .70 .63 .63 .63 .64 .65 .55 .55 .55 .55 .56 .58 .58 .58 .58 .59 .92 .92 .92 .92 .93 .87 .87 .87 .87 .88 .71 .71 .71 .71 .72 ,36 .36 .37 .34 .34 .35 Heinsey’s Poultry Report Root’s, East Petersburg Tuesday, Jan. 20,1987 Report supplied by auction Muscovy Ducks, Drakes: range .90-1.14 per lb. Muscovy Ducks, Hens: range ,72-.9operlb. Pekin Ducks: range .46-.62 per lb. Pullets: 5-7 lbs. range .50-.62 per lb. Red Fowl; 4-4% lbs. range .2S-.38 per lb. Red Fowl: 5-6 lbs. range .30-.62 per lb. Crossbred Fowl: 5-9 lbs. range .32-.56 per lb. Crossbred Roosters: 4-6 lbs. range .42-.92 per lb. Crossbred Roosters: 7-12 lbs. range .40-.72 per lb. Guinea Fowl: range 1.35-1.70 per lb. Banty Roosters: range 2.50-5.00 ea. Banty Hens; range 1.25-2.00 ea. Leghorn Hens; range .2S-.32 per lb. Leghorn Roosters: Not enough Geese: 9-11 lbs. range .27-.36 per Turkeys; 15-32 lbs. range .20-.48 per lb. Pigeons; range 1.75-2.25 ea. White Pigeons; range 3.50-4.20 ea. Silkies: range4.2s-5.50ea. Doves ; Not Enough. Chukars; range 5.25-5.50 ea. Rabbits: 4-6 lbs. range .80-1.06 per lb. Rabbits: 7-11 lbs. range .60-.82 per lb. Bunnies: 1.00-2.50 ea. Guinea Pigs: range 1.00-4.00 ea Goats: range2s.oo-43.00 ea. Kid Goats: Not enough. Total Number of Coops: 521. ,A Broilers PHONE (215) 536-3155 Thurs. QLAKERTOWiN. PA 18951
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