■arm! incast SLAUGHTER CATTLE, COMPETITION FOR AVAILABLE NUMBERS FROM «| > BOTH PACKERS AND COUNTRY . BUYERS. WEATHER HAS BEEN THE A| VAVIirP'C AT M A M AT* main FORGING FORCE IN FORMING VAilf r/il\PI LIV i) ilLrlAiiAvi price trends, receipts,'and livestock moverment this WEEK. MONDAY’S SNOW STORM RESULTED IN TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS THAT HAD SOME DESTI NATIONS unreachable thru MIDWEEK. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 4,844 HEAD; LAST WEEK 12,984; LAST YEAR 17,674. RUN INCLUDED 74% YEARLING FEEDERS; 20% FEEDER CALVES; 6% COWS AND BULLS. QUOTES FOR THE WEEK FOLLOW: Look at the Bright Side Day Dec 22 Average lengtn of days for the week 9 hours, 5 minutes Poet Robert Bly born Dec 23, 1926 George Washington retired from the army Dec 23,1783 King of England James II escaped to France under threat of religious persecution Dec 23,1688 Chnstmas Day Dec 25 (Fn ) Isaac Newton born Dec 25, 1642 Came Nation stepped up her crusade against alcohol Dec 27, 1900, when she smashed every bottle in sight in the basement bar of the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas First quarter of the moon Dec 27 (Sun ) Deep rivers move with silent ma/esty shallow brooks are noisy Ask the Old Farmer; My wife recently purchased >. a P alr leather boots After a brief time they be gan to give off a verv unpleasant odor Can you suggest a u.n to eliminate the smell 7 C W, Yaraley llm / i t , s|( l or 24 llours 7 hen clean out tin lojfee Home Hints. One can unstick postage stamps trom ruh other by placing them in Ihc trec/er lor an hour OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England; Beginning of week partly cloudy midweek snoyy storm end of \yeek severely cold temperatures Greater New York-New Jersey; Beginning ot yveek partly cloudy yyith flurries midweek cold and snowy enu of y\eek sunnv with yery cold temperatures and flurries Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins sunny and cold midyyeek rain and snow heavy north end of week cold snap with flumes (All Rights Reserved Yankee Publishing Incorporated Dublin Nil 03444) Leesport Livestock Auction Leesport, Pa. Wednesday, December 16, 1987 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 211...PDA... SUPPLY INCLUDED 41 FEEDER CATTLE ...Compared with last weeks market: Slaughter steers steady to .50 higher; Cows .50 to $1.25 higher. Few Choice 1090/1570 lbs. si. steers 62.00-67.25, Select 59.064; few Select Holsteins 57.00-59.75. Few Choice si. heifers 61.00-65.50, few Select 60.00- Breaking Utility & Commer cial si. cows 45.50-49.75, one 50.85, Cutter & Boning Utility 44.00-47, few to 49.00, Canner & Low Cutter 40.00-43.50, Shells down to 36.00. Few Choice si. bullocks 61.50-62.75. Yield Grade No. 1.1230/1730 lbs. si. bulls 56.00-61.75, few No. 2, 1050/1480 lbs. 50.00-55.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Few Lots Medium and Large Frame No. 1,575/680 lbs. steers 64.00- One Lot Large Frame No. 1, 525 lbs. heifers 64.00. Few Medium Frame No.l 360/540 lbs. bulls 61.00-67.00. CALVES 207... Few Good to Low Choice vealers 79.00-113.00, Standard and Good 75/105 lbs. 60.00-71.00, few to 76.00,50/75 lbs. 35.00-55.00, few to 25.00. Farm Calves; Holstein Bulls 85/95 lbs. 75.00- 95/130 lbs. 95.00-128.00; few Holstein Heifers 95/120 lbs re ING’S AUCTION KIRKWOOD Hay, Straw and Grain Auction EVERY TUESDAY 12:00 Located RL 472 S mllas south Si Ousrryvuls or • mllss north si Oxford cornsr of RL 472 and Nobis Road at Rouss Tobacco Station. Uoyd H. Knldar, Auctlonwr AU-OOOSIIL No out of tuts checki ALL TRUCKERS AND FARMERS WELCOME OUR BUSINESS IS SERVICE TO FARMERS Let us help you build a successful marketing program! Call; 717-761-2740 800-382-1356 Groins & • Forward Contracting • Hedging Services DEC. 21-27,1987 Merry Christmas. 100 00-110.00. HOGS 272...8»m>ws and Gills $1.75 to $3 higher. Few Lois US No. 1-2 215/220 lbs. 42.00-43, one lot 235 lbs. 46.75, 1-3 230/245 lbs. 41.75-42.50,2-3 220/265 lbs. 40.00-41, one lots 1-3 175 lbs. 38.50. US No. 1-3 350/630 lbs. sows 28.00-32.00, few 34 00. Boars 30.00-37.00. FEEDER PIGS 194... Few US No. 1-3 28/30 lbs. feeder pigs 100.00-107, 30/48 lbs 70.00-89, few 70/75 lbs. 60.00-62, one lot 110 lbs. 50.00 all per hundredweight SHEEP 17...G00d and Choice 40/80 lbs. new crop lambs 89.00-136.00, 60/90 lbs. 65.00- Few slaughter ewes 26.00- GOATS 24... Large 55.00-80.00, Medium 25 00-55.00 all per head. Oklahoma Cattle Oklahoma City Thursday, December 17, 1987 OKLAHOMA NATIONAL STOCKYARDS. WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY: COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS UNDER 500 LB. 4.00-7.00 LOWER; 500-600 LB. 2.00-4.00 LOWER; OVER 600 LB.. STEADY TO 1.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER COWS, 1.00-2.00 HIGHER IN ACTIVE TRADING. SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY. LIGHT RUN OF *==• Fast and Accurate Forage Analysis ‘Forages ‘Commercial Concentrates ‘lngredients 24 hour NIR service, ICR minerals & "Wet Chemistry" methods available Write or call for complete details 1 1»? 44 ' 2697 I (Nffi-s?f^vl 4 New York DHI Cooperative 730 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 * 607/257-1272 Ivestock FFA COMMODITY FUTURES SERVICE, INC. MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1: FEEDER STEERS FEEDER HEIFERS RANGE BULK RANGE • ’ BULK 250-300# 99.50-103.50 99.50-103.50 : 300-400# 93.00-99.50 93.00-99.50 : Green Dragon Livestock Sales ft? J Location: Ephrata RD 4. 1 mile N. on North State St., k Ephrata. c °ws SALE EVERY FRIDAY Lots of good Northern Feeder & Stockers. Slaughter Cows - Bull Steer, Veal-lamb. 11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week. 1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale. 7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale. For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on farm or at our barn or other market information call; Office 717-733-2444, Home 717-838-4318. WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor All out of state and new buyers must have cash or certified check or current letter of credit from bank. • MELHORN SALES, : «KHiICRi TRUCKING CO. 1010 W. Main St, Mount Jor. PA 17M2 DEKALB Breeder Flocks Managed Under The DEKALB Certified Breeder Program. Capable of flMng large order requirements in two consecutive days that insures uniformity and top quality chicks. The only full service company, in this area, to handle the total needs of poultrymen. % 300-400# 79.00-84.00 79.00-84.00 400-450# 87.25-95.00 87.25-95.00 : 450-500# 84.75-88.25 84.75-88.25 : 400-500# 74.75-82.00 75.00-79.00 500-550# 81.00-86.00 81.75-86.00 ; 550-600# 78.00-83.75 78.00-83.00 ; 500-600# 72.50-77.50 72.50-76.25 600-700# 76.50-82.50 76.50-80.75 : 600-700# 71.00-74.80 71.00-74.80 700-750# 76.00-80.00 77.00-79.00 : 700m6EO# 67.00-70.50 67.00-70.50 750-800# 73.50-78.50 73.50-78.50 : 800-850# 71.50-74.50 71.50-74.50 : 875-950# 65.00-67.00 65.00-67.00 : SLAUGHTER COWS; BREAKING AND BONING UTILITY 1-3 42.25-49.50 44.00- CUTTER 1-2 43.25-47.00 43.25-47.00 CANNER & LOW DRESS ING CUTTER 37.00-43.00 39.25-43.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1000-1500 lb. 50.00-54.00 50.00- 1500-2000 lb. 52.00-58.00 52.00- Four 50 t 000 Size Single Age For More Information Phone; 717-653-1102 Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM New Holland Horses New Holland Sales Stables New Holland, PA Monday, Dec. 14, 1987 Report supplied by Auction REGISTERED RECEIPTS OF 300 HEAD OF HORSES. MULES AND PONIES. MARKET: STEADY. LOCAL DRIVING HORSES; 350.00-650.00. RIDING HORSES; 225.00-525.00. LIGHTWEIGHT KILLERS 210.00- HEAVYWEIGHT KILLERS 375.00- MARE PONIES: 35.00-70.00. COLTS: 10.00-30.00. GELDING PONIES: 35.00-70.00. LARGER PONIES: 125.00-175 00. vv
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