livestock morket and auction news
Weekly Summary
Harrisburg, PA
Friday, Jari. 30
Report supplied by PDA
14 Livestock Markets
CATTLE: 4706. Compared with
3619 head last week and 4968 head a
year ago. Steers and heifers steady
to 2.00 higher; cows .50-2.50
higher; bulls mostly steady to
strong; High Choice & Prime
steers 62.00-66.00; Choice 58.00
63.35; Good 52.50-60.00; Standard
43.00-53.00; Choice heifers 54.00
60.00; Good 48.00-55.00; few
Standard 42.00-50.00; Breaking
Utility & Commercial cows 38.50
45.25; Cutter & Boning 37.00-43.00;
Canner & Cutter 34.0iV39.75; shells
25.00; Choice bullocks 50.75-57.75;
Good 46.0052.00; YG No. 1, 1200
2300 lb. 45.0053.75; few No. 2, 900-
1400 lb. 39.0047.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Med. &
Large No. 1, 400-750 lb., Steers
52.00-66.00; Med. & Large No. 1,
heifers 300600 lb. 46.00-58.00; Few
Urge No. 2.300-750 lb. 38.0046.50;
bulls Med. & Large No. 1, 360-700
lb. 50.0064.00.
CALVES: 3514. Compared with
1915 head last week and 3327 head a
year ago. Mostly steady; few High
Choice & Prime 100.00110.00;
Choice 85.00-100.00; Good 64.00
86.00; few 110-130 lb. 58.0065.00; 90
110 lb. 45.0060.00; 7090 lb. 38.00
50.00; hoi. bulls 90135 lb. 75.00
130.00; few heifers 90125 lb. 54.00
86.00.
HOGS: 3769. Compared with 3587
head last week and 5284 head a
year ago. Unevenly steady; No. 1-
2, 210250 lb. 48.0050.50; No. 1-3,
200255 lb. 47.5050.50; N 0.2-3, 210
270 lb. 44.00-48.50; sows uneven;
mostly steady to strong; 300-500 lb.
sows 38.00-42.75 ; 500685 lb. 40.00
46.50; few No. 2-3,400650 lb. 35.00
NuPulse is more than just a milking machine...
NuPulse has a complete line of chemicals.
Some of the Features of the NuPulse line of
chemicals are;
1 Best price available for the best product
2 Returnable drum program—pay a deposit on the
15 gal drum and get it back when you return the drum ,
3 Complete line of cleaners, sanitizers and uddercare
products
Let us prove it to youl Call today and find out about
our Special for this month. You be the Judge.
For more information, contact your local dealer or
NuPulse, Inc.
Why pay more—it’s Time for a Change...
a Change for the Better.
A fNu Pulse, Inc.
t ji\T 908 Stewart Street, Madison, Wl 53713 USA 608/274-2722
DAIRYLAND SALES &
SERVICE
Rt>3, Box 43
Troy, PA 16947
(3 miles W. of Troy on Rt. 6)
4717/297-4128
FISHER A
THOMPSON
127 Newport Road
Leola, PA 17540
717/656-3307
AQUILLA YODER
Box 83
Belleville, PA 17004
717/935-2481
39.00; boars 36.0042.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 776. Compared
with 686 head last week and 575
head a year ago. Steady to weak,
2035 lb. 23.0039.00; 35-50 lb. 30.00-
42.00; few 5070 lb. 45.0050.0.
1 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALE: 615. Compared with 1695
head last week and 989 head a year
ago. Uneven; mostly strong to
19.00 higher; No. 1-2, 4049 lb.
117.00129.00; 5059 lb. 117.00
129.00; 65-78 lb. 89.0099.00; No. 2-3,
4052 lb. 88.0097.00; 79 lb. 73.00;
slaughter 2040 lb. 152.00-172.00; all
per hundredweight.
SHEEP: 373. Compared with 361
head last week and 571 head a year
ago. Mostly steady; Choice &
Prime 65-125 lb. 70.0090.00 wooled
lambs; si. ewes 20,9943.00.
Chambersburg
Livestock
Chambersburg, Pa.
Thursday, January 29
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 394. Individual Good
steer 55.75; Good holsteins 49.00
54.00; few Standard 42.7046.75;
few Good holstein heifers 49.10
52.75; Breaking Utility & Com
mercial si. cows 40.75-45.50, few go
47.00, 1 at 48.00; Cutter & Boning
Utility 39.50-43.00; Canner & Low
Cutter 36.5039.75; shells down to
33.00; one Good si. bullock 53.50;
YG No. 1, 11001750 lb. si. bulls
45.0054.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Large Frame No. 2, 300600 lb.
holsteins 49.0055.50; 550950 lb.
45.0052.00.
CALVES: 393. One Prime vealer
109.00; few Choice 88.00101.00; few
Good 70.0085.00; few Standard &
Good 110125 lb. 62.0065.00; 70100
lb. 54.0061.00; Utility 6080 lb.
40.0050.00.
PENN YORK
REFRIGERATION
RDI, 80x390
Knoxville, PA 16928
814/326-4496
LUCASBARN
EQUIPMENT
RD2, 80x339D
BeUefonte, PA 16823
814/383-2806
SCHMIDT’S
EQUIPMENT
RD 2, Box 122
Hawley, PA 18428
717/253-3048
FARM CALVES: Hoi. bulls 90-
130 lb. 85.00-123.00, few down to
55.00; hoi. heifers 90-125 lb. 60.00-
80.00.
HOGS: 29. Lot US No. 2-3,215 lb.
barrows & gilts 48.00-60.00; one
boar 35.25.
FEEDER PIGS: 3. Not enough
for market test.
SHEEP: 0. No sales offered.
GOATS: 2. Not enough for
market test.
The Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents named its officers for
1987 during a recent meeting at Penn State’s University Park campus. Seated, from
left, are Laura Watts, membership secretary, Cumberland County; David Rynd,
secretary, Shenango Valley Campus; Glen Shirk, president, Lancaster County; William
Wallace, treasurer, Forest County.
Standing, from left, are: Michale Fournier, director, Montgomery County; Eric
Osterling, director, Westmoreland County; Richard Smith, director, Sullivan County;
Marshall Spayd, director, Huntingdon County; William Messersmith, past president,
Lycoming County; Laurence Yager, director, Adams County; Alfred Skala, director,
Luzerne County; and R. Blaine Schlosser, director, Crawford County.
ASHBY
FARM SERVICE
RDSBoxIA
Harrisburg, VA 22801
703/434-9943
STINER’S
REFRIGERATION
25 Crooks Terrace
Canton, PA 17724
717/673-8351
ZIMMERMAN’S
SALES ft SERVICE HENRY JAQUITH
2440 St.-Rt, 7 RDI, 80x32S
Columbiana, OH 44406 Spring Creek, PA 16436
216/482-5190 814/664-2397
Pa. Ag Agents Association Elects 1987 Officers
DIST. SALES MGR
CURT C ASSAD Y
519 Golden Street
Lititz, PA 17543
717/626-1065
FANCY FURROW FARMS
AG EQUIP. INC.
EDl.Uhlerßd.
Easton, PA 18042
For 24 Hour Service Call
215/252-8828
CRIDER DAIRY
EQUIPMENT
8933 Rowe Run Road
Shippensburg, PA 17257
717/532-2196
\SS£ .11'. VUJi?/. .V..V 7 - lirii.KUlki'Af A
UncMttf Farming, Saturday, Janaary 31,1M7-AI7
St. Louis Cattle
&Hogs
Thursday, January 29,1987
Report Supplied by USDA
HOGS; 3,500
TRADING MODERATELY ACTIVE
BARROWS AND GILTS .50-75 LOWER, IN
STANCES 1.00 LOWER ON WEIGHTS OVER
250 LBS.
US 1-2 200-250 LBS. 40.7549.25, BULK 49.00;
US 2-3 250-270 LBS. 40.00-40.75; 270-290 LBS.
40.0047.00.
SOWS: 300400 LBS. STEADY TO .50
HIGHER; OVER 500 LBS. 1.00-2.00 LOWER.
ABOUTS%.US 1-2300400L85.42.5043.00; US
1-3 OVER 500 LBS. 43.0040.00, FEW LATE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
M THE FMM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
l:OOP.M.
Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
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.
50 to 60 Hood
WHITE DIAMOND GILTS
Hero Now o now cross again.
Largo White A Landraco, first
generation true F-l gilts.
Parent stock originated from
Lleske Bros. Minnesota. Very
productive In litter size
and feed conversion.
Vaccinated for Lapto, Erytlplas,
Rhinitis, E'Cell, Pastauerolla
. Hand mated with Rraading Pates
Locsl Track Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
JOHN B. STOLIZFUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
4250.
BOARS; OVER 300 LBS. 42.00, UNDER 300
LBS. 30.00, FEW 40.00.
CATTLE AND CALVES: 700
CONSISTS OF COWS. COWS 1.00 HIGHER
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 34 40.00-43.00. CUTTER AND
BONING UTILITY 1-2 43.004i.00. HIGH
YIELDING CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY
1-2 45.0040.00. CANNER AND LOW CUTTER
1-2 30.0042.00. SHELLY CANNER 1-2 35.00-30.00.
30.00.
COMPARED TO LAST WEEEK’S CLOSE,
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS FIRM
TO .50 HIGHER. COWS UNEVENLY 1.003.00
HIGHER BULLS FULLY STEADY.
SLAUGHTER SUPPLY MAINLY CHOICE
STEERS AND HEIFERS, AROUND 5%
COWS.
ROPE IN
SOME EXTRA ff fa
CASH! (
Advertise With A |) SjS u
Lancaster Farming 1 U ’
CLASSIFIED AD,. 4*
Phone- 717-394-3047 |||
or 717-626-1164
NEXT SALE DATE MARCH 13,1:00 P.M