OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC Average length of days for the week 13 hours, 23 minutes Waffle iron patented by Cornelius Swartwout Aug 24, 1869 New moon Aug 24 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in effect Aug 26,1920 Actress Tuesday Weld born Aug 27,1943 Writer Theodore Dreiser born Aug 27,1871 Martin Luther King, Jr, recites _ I have a dream speech in Washington DC Aug 28, 1963 Anger is never without a reason, hut seldom is it a good one l. lambs 68.50, individual 116 lbs. 60.00. Two Slaughter bucks 15.00 & 29.00. GOATS 28... Large 35.00-56.00, Medium 15.00-33.00, Kids 9.00-17.00 all per head. Omaha Cattle Omaha, NE Thursday, August 20, 1987 CATTLE— SLAUGHTER STEER AND HEIFER PRICES LOST GROUND EACH TRADING DAY THIS SESSION. AND CLOSED THE WEEK 1.50 LOW ER. DECLINES IN THE WHOLE- SALE BEEF COMPLEX HAD BUYERS ON THE DEFENSIVE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD, AND AT THE CLOSE OF BUS OUR BUSINESS IS SERVICE TO FARMERS Let us help you build a successful marketing program! Call: 717-761-2740 800-382-1356 Grains & Livestock • Forward Contracting • Hedging Services ppo || | if ft A COMMODITY FUTURES SERVICE. INC. THE AUG. 24-30, 1987 Sip lemonade in the shade. Ask the Old Farmer; My mother in-law who is 95 will write a letter and then ask me to back' the envelope for her meaning address it What is the origin of that expression 7 WJ, Boston, Mass Before there were any envelope s people wrote a letter (owed it and sealed it and then wrote the address on the haik of the packet Home Hints Beware of using deodorant bath soap to re most stains from slothing it mav cause colored tabnc to fade I NESS A BEARISH ATTITUDE RULED THE TRADE. OVERALL FINISH CON TINUED FAIRLY ATTRACTIVE SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS FUL LY STEADY. ESTIMATED FIVE DAY RECEIPTS 3,600; ACTUALS LAST WEEK 5,007; YEAR AGO 4,089. STEERS COM PRISED 47 PERCENT OF THE WEEK’S RECEIPTS; HEIFERS 42 PERCENT, COWS 10 PERCENT AND FEEDERS NONE. LAUGHTER STEERS: (CLOSING PRICES) CHOICE 2-4 1100-1250 LBS 64.00- 65.00. GOOD AND CHOICE 2-3 1050-1200 LBS 62.50-64.00 GOOD 61.00- LAUGHTER HEIFERS- COUPLE PACKAGES CHOICE 2-4 975-1050 LBS 62 00- 63 00 IN A VERY LIGHT TEST VERAGE OF LS 214 DETAILED QUOTATIONS FOR 900-1100 LB CHOICE STEERS 64 25.1100-1300 LBS 65.33, 900-1100 LB CHOICE HEIFERS 63.92 TEERS HEIFERS THIS WEEK: CHOICE 65 12 1161 64.05 1040 GOOD 59.70 1215 62.18 1052 ALL 63 29 1183 63.48 1044 LAST WEEK: CHOICE 65.76 1166 64.75 1044 GOOD 60 22 1219 61.91 1052 ALL 64.10 1182 64.13 1047 LAUGHTER COWS: (CLOSING PRICES) CUTTER AND BONING UTIL ITY 1-3 44.00-47.00, HIGH DRESSING INDIVIDUALS TO 49.00. CANNER AND CUT TER 41.00-44.00 LAUGHTER BULLS: YG 1-2 1300-2200 LBS 55.00-58 50, LOW DRESSING TO 53.50. IXED (GRAIN FED) COWS AND HEIFERETTES 49 00-51.00. WFMII4OC Leesport Livestock Auction Leesport, Pa. Wednesday, August 19, 1987 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 277...PDA... Supply included 23 head feeder cattle . Compared to last Wednesday’s market: Slaughter steers steady to SI lower. Cows strong to $1.75 higher. Choice 1050/1500 lbs. si. steers 63.50-67.10, Good & Choice 62.50-64.25, Good 58.50-63.50: Choice holstems 57.50-59.75, Good 54.00-57, few Standard 50-55.06. Few Choice iL-heifen 58.50-62, few Good 54.75-57.50. Breaking Utility & Commercial il. cowi 44.75-47.75, few 48.00, one 52.00, Cutter & Bon. Utility 42.75- Canner & Low Cutter 36.75- Shelli down to 35.00. Few Choice si. bullocks 58-62.75, few Good 55-58.50. Yield Grade No. 1. 1050/1900 lbs. si bulls 50.50-57.50, couple 59.50 Feeder Cattle: Few Medium Frame No. 1, 300/500 lbs. heifers 61 00-67.00. CALVES 142...C0up1e Choice vealers 10000 & 106, few Good 74.00-80.00, Standard & Good 80/100 lbs. 65.00-73.00, few Utility 60/100 lbs. 55.00-60.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 90/135 lbs. 100.00-121.00, few down to 80.00; Hols tein Heifers 90/125 lbs. 85.00-110.00. HOGS 344...8arr0ws and Gilts mostly .50 to $1 lower. Few Lots US No. 1-2 215/235 lbs 57.00-60.75,1-3 215/240 lbs. 57-57.75, 2-3 235/255 lbs. 56.50-58.10, few lout 3-4 260/275 lbs. 52.50-54.10. US No. 1-3 340/680 lbs sows 44-49.50. Boars 40.00- FEEDER PIGS 255... US No. 1-3 30/50 lbs feeder pigs 89 00-112, few 117 50, few lots 60/105 lbs. 68.00-80.00 all per hundredweight SHEEP 33... Choice 85/125 lbs. spring si. lambs 66.00-75.00, few 35/75 lbs. 77.00- GOATS 28... Urge 40.00-72.50, Medium 27 00-44 00 all per head. St. Louis Cattle, Hogs Thursday, August 20, 1987 MID-SESSION CLOSE HOGS 3.000- (ALL SLTR) TRADING MODERATE. BARROWS AND GILTS OVER 230 LBS MOSTLY 1.50, INSTANCES 1.75 HIGH ER: UNDER 230 LBS. UNEVENLY 1.00-2.00 HIGHER. US 1-3 230-270 LBS. MOSTLY 61.50. FEW 61.75 ABOUT 300 ATTENTION FARMERS The New Way To Market Your Livestock HATFIELD 0 MOYER PACKING CO. PACKING CO. Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle At The BLAIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RD 1 Martinsburg, Pa MONDAYS - Hogs 8 AM to 11:30 AM Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM THURSDAYS- Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM • No commission or yardage fees deducted from check • Livestock weighed and paid for immediately • You may call our office sale day for prices DALE R. HOOVER • Owner Business 814-793-3077 Residence 814-793-2657 ATTENTION FARMERS EVERY MONDAY HATFIELD PACKING CO. and MOYER PACKING CO. Will Receive Your Hogs and Cattle at the DANVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET • 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 MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner Danville Buying Station Phone:7l7-275-2880 HEAD 240-250 LBS. 62.00 220-230 LBS. 60.00- 'FEW 61.50 210-220 LBS. 59.00- 200-210 LBs. 58.50-59.00, FEW 58.00. SOWS: UNDER 500 LBS. MOSTLY » STEADY; OVER 500 LBS. MOSTLY 2.00 LOWER. ABOUT 7%. US 1-2 300-400 LBS. 48.50-50.00 US 1-3 400-500 LBS. 47.00-47.50. MOSTLY 47.00 500-600 LBS. 48.50-49.50 OVER 600 LBS. 50.50. BOARS: OVER 300 LBS. 49.50 UNDER 300 LBS. 46.00-48.00. JC B 60.00-61.75 C 61.50-62.00 G 51.50- G 59.00-61.50 H 61.50-62.00 J 61.50-62.00 O 61.50-61.50 VV 48.50- WW 47.00-47.50 XX 48.50- YY 49.50-50.50 ZZ 49.50- MID-SESSION CLOSE CATTLE AND CALVES 500 (SLTR 400, FDRS 100) BULK OF RECEIPTS FEEDER CATTLE FOR THURSDAY’S AUCTION. OPEN MARKET CONSISTS OF COWS. COWS FULLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER CLASS: COWS; CUTT, UTIL, COMM BULK SALES HI-DRESS % LO DRESS % BREAKING 2-4 41.00-44.00 BONING 1-2 44.00-45.00 45.00, FEW UP TO 46.00 CANNER & CUTTER 1-2 37.00-41.00 SHELLY CAN NER 1-2 34.00-37.00. AS COMPARED TO LAST WEEK’S CLOSE. SLAUGHTER STEERS RD 4, Danville, PA UNEVENLY 1.00-2.00 LOWER, EXCEPT HOLSTEIN STEERS WEAK TO .50LOWER. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 1.00-1.50 LOWER. COWS FIRM TO MOSTLY 1.00 HIGHER. BULLS FIRM TO MOSTLY 1.00 HIGHER. BULLS FULLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER SUPP LY MAINLY CHOICE AND MIXED GOOD AND CHOICE STEERS AND HEIFERS, AROUND 5% COWS. Belleville Livestock Auction Belleville, Pa. Wednesday, August 19, 1987 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 123... Slaughter steers 54.25-57.00. Slaughter cows 31.00-48.50. Slaughter bulls 49.00-55.50. Feeder cattle 49.50-65.50. CALVES 122...Vealers 60.00-127.00. HOGS 78... Barrows and gilts 58.25-62.25. FEEDER PIGS 283... Feeder pigs 18.00- all per head. SHEEP 33... Spring slaughter lambs 58.00- GOATS 21 ...No Market Test. HOLS TEIN DAIRY COWS 5385.00-SlllO.OO PER HEAD. CRIPPLED AND DISABLED Cows, Steers & Bulls For Slaughter Under USDA Inspection -Call Wayne Taylor -717-866-6289 215-286-9400 Lebanon, Berks, Lancaster & Chester Counties 1 More Evening Sale 7:30 FRIDAY, AUG. 28 ■ 7:30 PM ON THE FARM MONTHLY BRED GILT SALE Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks 1 Located 18 miles south of Lancaster, Pa., 6 miles south of Quarryville, take Rt. 272 to Little Britain, turn north, fol low 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. This Sale 25 Head Due Sept. I & 7 25 Head Due Sept. 7 & 21 Plus 15 York & Hamps Close 50 to 60 Head WHITE DIAMOND GILTS Here Now a new cross again. Large White & Landrace, first generation true F-l gilts. Parent stock originated from Lieske Bros. Minnesota. Very productive in litter size and'feed conversion. Vaccinated for Lepto, Erysiplas, Rhinitis, E’Coli, Pasteueralla Hand mated with Breeding Dates Local Truck Available * No Hogs Sold On Commission JOHN B. STOLTZFUS R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa. Abe Dlffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL NEXT SALE FBI., SEPTEMBER 25, 1:00 P.M.