Eighty-Four Livestock
Auction
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, February 2,1987
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 245...PDA...Compared
last Monday’s market:
Slaughter cows .25 to 47.50-53.50,
[eW utility 40.00-44.50. Choice si.
heifers 57.0060.50, few Good 51-
53 so, Standard 44.00-48, few Utility
40,50-43.50. Breaking Utility and
Commercial si. cows 41.0045, few
46.50, Cutter & Boning Utility 38.00-
43 Cannerfc Low Cutter 32-38.25,
flails down to 28.00. Yield Grade
No 11100-1700 lbs. si. bulls 46.00-51,
({W No. 2 900-1400 lbs. 41.0044.00.
Feeder Cattle: Few Medium &
Lgrge Frame No. 1 350-600 lbs.
jteers 58.0069; Medium & Large
Farme No. 1 400600 lbs. heifers
470059.50; Few Medium Frame
No. 1400630 lbs. bulls 55.0067.00.
CALVES 276... Few Choice
vealers 86.00-107, Good 70.0065,
Standard and Good 90-120 lbs.
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MARKETING
„A7iL. ATTENTION
W GROWERS W
c»ou» o«oup
TOBACCO GROWERS • WAREHOUSE SALES
ON FEB. 9 AND 10TH WILL BE YOUR LAST
CHANCE TO SELL WITHOUT SKID CHARGES -
FOR TOBACCO ARRIVING IN THE
WAREHOUSE PRIOR TO JANUARY 26.1987
Tobacco received by warehouses prior to
Jan. 1,1987 will be re-weighed.
ATTENTION
NEW SALES SCHEDULE
Monday, Feb. 9 - P.T.A., Intercourse - 9 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 9 - P.T.A., Quarryville -1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 10-GardenSpot, Blue Ball -9 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 10- Paradise Tobacco, Paradise-1 p.m.
The tobacco auction system is working for you. For most
growers, the auction system has provided the best opportunity
to turn crop into cash. For some growers, the auction system
has been the only opportunity to receive an offer.
Keystone Tobacco Marketing Group
717-687-0990 or
717-299-3001
46.00- 6065 lbs. 41.0047, few
Utility 50-85 lbs. 30.00-38.00. Farm
Calves: Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.-
70.00-
HOGS 76...8arr0ws and gilts $1
to $1.50 higher. Few US No. 1-2 220- •
230 lbs. 50.0060.25, 16 230-265 lbs.
48.0049.50, lot 2-3 284 lbs. 46.00,1-3
190-203 lbs. 43.0046.00. US No. 1-3
400650 lbs. sows 45.0047.00, one 2-3
560 lbs. 44.00. Couple Boars 35.50.
FEEDER PIGS 3...N0 market
test.
SHEEP 53... Few High Choice &
Prime 104 lbs. wool slaughter
lambs 89.00,few Choice 85-90 lbs.
85.0068; small lot 67 lbs. 91.50; few
Good 65-75 lbs. feeder lambs 75.00-
80.00. Slaughter sheep 25.00-29.00.
GOATS 0.. .No market test.
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Hagerstown, Md.
Tuesday, Feb. 3,1987
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: Steady
prices. Cows High Yield 43.00-
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“THE NEW CHOICE"
717-768-7100- Intercourse
717-786-8500 - Quarryville
45.00; Utility 38.0043.00; Canners
36.0040.00; Shelly 35.00-Down.
Bulls Good to 49.75. Fed Steers
Choice 59.50-62.00; Good to Low
Choice 53.00-58.25; Standard to
Low Good 45.00-52.00. Fed Heifers
Choice 57.00-60.00; Good 45.00
53.00. Veal Calves Choice 200-315
lbs. 77.00-85.00; Good 58.0085.00;
Stock/Thin 30.0040.00; Killers 80
100 lb. 47.00-54.00; Weak/Rough
40.00-Down. Farm Calves Holstein
Bulls 100-125 lbs. 85.00-104.00; 90-95
lbs. 55.00-100.00. Holstein Heifers
95-105 lbs. 52.0080.00. Butcher
Hogs $1 higher. US #l&3 215-240 lb.
to 50.00; 270-285 lb. 51.5052.50.
Sows 400-500 lbs. 39.0043.00. Boars
400600 lbs. 36.00-37.00.
STOCK CATTLE: Larger run,
good'demand. Steers 300-500 lbs.
Choice 61.0063.00; 500700 lbs.
56.0059.50; Good 50.0055.00; 700
850 lbs. Medium 45.0050.00; 850975
lbs. Good 50.0054.00; Medium
45.0050.00. Heifers 300500 lbs.
■BNB Garden Spot
Tobacco
■sT/J Auction
717-354-6934
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 7,1957-Al5
Choice 54.0058.50; Good 49.00
53.00; 500700 lbs. Good 44.0049.00,
1 to 53.00; 700850 lbs. Good 51.50.
Bulls 700900 lbs. 46.5048.00.
Lambs Good demand. Choice 95-
110 lbs. 76.0079.00; 1 135 lbs. at
55.00. Sheep 24.0044.00. Goats 100
head. Large 50.0080.00; Medium
35.0050.00; Good Small 30.0040.00;
Thin 20.0030.00. Pigs & Shoats 50
head. By the head: 3040 lbs. 30.00
41.00; 60 lbs. 47.50; 70 lbs. 59.00. By
the lb.: 180190 lbs. 47.50; Stock
Boars 175 lbs. 44.00.
2 farm consignment sales
coming this spring. 1 at Four
States, Hagerstgown, Md., on Sat.,
Feb. 28 and 1 at Westminster
Livestock on Sat., Mar. 28.
Apple Market
News
January 28,1987
Report Supplied by PDA
Demand on Red & Golden
Delicious Controlled Atmosphere
A
ALFALFA
FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
r
New Test Results
Number 1 in Penn State Rock Springiest.
Peak Alfalfa was rated the best Alfalfa,
127% of Sanarac AR and of Arc in Trials,
1982-1986
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CHECK IT OUT -
CONSISTENT HIGH YIELDS IN UNIVERSITY,
STATION TESTS
EXCELLENT WINTER HARDINESS
MULTI-PEST RESISTANCE
MULTI-DISEASE RESISTANCE
Northampton County Seed Co. ( Inc.
David Bird
RD #2 Box 122
Catawissa, Pa. 17820
717-365-7403
Sheldon Harsbarger
RD #1 Box4lß
Mifflintown, Pa. 17059
717-436-2523
Hausmann's Farm
Box 173 RD #1
Schnecksville, Pa. 18078
215-767-5281
F.W. Eckel and Sons
RD #2 Box 384
Clark Summit, Pa. 18411
717-586-2822
Marlowe Stutzman
RD #2 Box 78
Mertztown, Pa. 19539
215-682-7065
film bags good, other sizes and
varieties light. Market steady.
Cartons 12/3 lb. bags, U.S.
Fancy, 2V«” Min. Regular Storage.
Red Delicious 8.00-8.50 occ 9.00;
Golden Delicious 7.00-8.00; Rome
6.00-7.00 few 8.00; Stayman 6.00-
7.00.
12/3 lb. film bags, U.S. Fancy,
2V«” Min. Controlled Atmosphere
Storage, Red Delicious 10.00-11.00;
Golden Delicious 9.00-10.00 mostly
9.50.
Cartons Traypack, Combination
U.S. Extra Fancy & U.S. Fancy
Regular Cold Storage.
Red Delicious - Too few sales to
quote; Stayman 100-113’s 13.00-
14.00 bias 15.00 loas 12.00; Rome 64-
100’s 9.00-10.00 best color 11.00.
The above price quotes are from
the Appalachian Fruit Report,
Federal-State Market News for
Wednesday, January 28,1987
Distributor
P 0 Box 51
Bath. PA 18014
(215)837-6322
DEALERS
Palmerton Feed and Grain
480 Delaware Ave.
Palmerton, Pa. 18071
215-826-2117
Mr. James Hoover
Rt. 6 Box 896
Lebanon, Pa. 17042
717-933-5370
Mr. Duane Miller
RD #1 - Box 68D
Clinton, Pa. 15026
412-378-8175
Rich-Roy Farms
1553 Pen Argyl Road
Pen Argyl, Pa. 18072
215-588-7144
Glen Simonton
RD #1
Port Royal, Pa. 17086
717-527-4772
Christian Farmers
c/o Peggy Berry
RD #1
Sussex, NJ 07461
914-726-3688
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