AB-Lancaatar Fanning, Saturday, May 14, 1988 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC Average length of days for the week 14 hours, 44 minutes First Kentucky Derby May 17, 1875 Homestead Act passed in Congress May 19, 1862 Anne Boleyn beheaded May 19,1536 Amelia Earhart landed in Ireland May 20,1932, complet ing her transatlantic flight from Newfoundland First horror film. Dr fekyll ana Mr Hyde, released May 21,1908, in Chicago He who trusts rotten boughs may fall Ask the Old Farmer; How can I eliminate or at least control moss growing on my lawn 7 l have dug it up and disposed of it, but it grows back again PB, Sag Harbor, NY Your lawn needs more sun and more lime Cutting some branches out of any overhang ing trees will let in more sun Applying lime wUI sweeten the soil Home Hints; Sprinkle coffee grounds around carrots to ward off insects OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: Week begins cold with ram, snow north, midweek showery and warm; end of week rainy and cold Greater New York-New Jersey: Beginning through midweek showers with warm temperatures; end of week rainy and cold Middle Atlantic Coastal: Beginning through midweek very warm, showers north, end of week rainy and cool (All Rights Reserved, Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 03444) Oklahoma City Feed Cattle Wed, May 11, 1988 WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY: FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER. BIG RUN THIS WEEK, MOSTLY 600-900 LB. STEERS AND HEIFERS COMING OFF OF GRAZE-OUT WHEAT PASTURES. ADVANCE ON SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS AND ON DRESSED BEEF (BOTH CARLOT AND BOXED) ON A NATIONAL BASIS GAVE BUY SIGNALS TO PURCHASERS. BROAD BASE OF FEEDER BUYERS REPRE SENTING FEEDLOTS IN ATTEN DANCE. GRAZING INTEREST COM PETING FOR YEARLINGS THIN ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY; HOWEVER BULK RECEIPTS EXHIBITING FLESH THAT COMES WITH A GOOD WHEAT PAS TURE YEAR. CALF NUMBERS LIM MARKET YOUR NATURE CALVES WITH AREA PACKER Domenic Venuto, Inc. 622 Federal Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 215-339-9921 or 215-467-9614 or 215-389-VEAL ATTENTION FARMERS EVERY MONDAY HATFIELD PACKING CO. and MOYER PACKING CO. Will Receive Your Hogs and Cattle at the DANVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET RD 4, Danville, PA . 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 tor the day. MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner Danville Buying Station Phone: 717-275-2880 THE MAY 16-22,1988 Corn should be planted by now. ITED AND ONLY MODEST NUMBERS OF 500-600 LB. LIGHT YEARLINGS AVAILABLE. SLAUGHTER COWS SHARPLY LOWER MONDAY. LOSS MORE THAN REGAINED WEDNES DAY WITH CLOSING PRICE LEVELS 50 CENTS TO 1.00 HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK. SLAUGHTER BULLS CLOSED 1.50-2.00 LOWER AFTER OPENING THE WEEK 2.00-3.00 OFF. BOTH COW AND BULL DEMAND CLOSED GOOD. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 28,500; LAST WEEK 21,579; LAST YEAR 25.092. QUOTES FOR THE WEEK FOLLOW: FEEDER STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1. 200-300 LB. 119.00-130.00; 300-400 LB. ; 11.50-121.50; 400-500 LB. 97.00-106.50; 500-600 LB. 90.00- 96.50; 600-650 LB. CLOSING 85.00.91.50; 650-700 LB. CLOSING 81.00-86.75; 700-750 LB. 77.50- 750-800 LB. 77.00-80.75; 800-900 LB. 75.50- 79.50; 900-1000 LB. 73.00- HOLSTEINS: LARGE FRAME 1. 525-600 LB. 72.00-76.75; 625-700 LB. 69.75-73.75; 700-800 LB. 66.75-68.50; 800-850 LB. 63.00-67.25; 925-1000 LB. 62.00-63.50. FEEDER HEIFERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1, 275-300 LB. 96.00- 300-400 LB. 88.50-97.00; 400-500 LB. 85.00-90.00; 500-550 LB. 80.50- 87.25; 550-600 LB. 76.75-83.75; 600-650 LB. 75.00-81.25; 650-700 LB. 74.00- 700-800 LB. 73.00-76.00; 800-875 LB. 71.25-74.50. SLAUGHTER COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 3-5, 46.00- CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2, 47.00-53.25. CANNER AND LOW DRESSING CUTTER 1-2, 43.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS: Y.G. 1, 1000-1500 LB. 57.25-62.50; 1500-2000 LB. 58.75-65.00. New Wilmington Livestock N. Wilmington, Pa. Mon., May 9, 1988 CATTLE 24l..PDA...Compared with last Monday’s maiket: Slaughter Cows steady. Few Choice si. steers 70.75-73.25, one 75.75, few Select 65.75-68, few Stan dard 58.00-61.75. Few Select si. heifers 62.25-65.00, few Standard 57.00-58.75. Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows 50.00- One 57.75, Low dressing down to 45.00, Cutter & Boning Utility 48-53.00. Canncr & Low Culler 39.50-48.50, Shells down to 38.00. Yield Grade No. 1, 1160/1650 lbs. si. bulls 57.75-64.75, few No. 2 1050/1380 lbs. 50.00-58.75. Feeder Cattle: Medium & Large Frame No. 1, 300/670 lbs. heifers 65.00-78.00, Medium and Large Frame No. 2, 310/690 lbs. 52.00- Medium Frame No. 1, 415/755 lbs. bulls 62.50-76.50, few Medium Frame No.l & 2, 790/980 lbs. myfl7Y Hfiniif C A T 17 <2 €l7PViri7 TRUCKING CO. MOVING PULLETS? • Clean, Modem Equipment • Fulltime Professional Crews • Quality Work The only full service company, in this area, to handle the total needs of poultrymen. f-A BVi For More Information Phone: \w) 717-653-1102 Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM 55.00- CALVES 241...0ne Prime vealer 13000, few Choice 118.00-123.00, few Good 100.00-110, Standard & Good 90/120 lbi. 97.50-116.00. 65/85 lbs. 85.00- lot Utility 59 lbs. 70.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 85/135 lbs. 128.00- lot 80 lbs. 108.00; Hoi. Heifers 85/115 lbs. 112.50-139.00. Beef cross bulls & heifers 80/135 lbs. 115.00 195.00. HOGS 559...8arr0ws and gilts .50 to .75 higher. US No. 1-2 225/255 lbs. 45.25-46.00,1-3 210/255 lbs. 44.50-45.50. 2-3 235/275 lbs. 42.60-44.00. Sows fully $1 higher. US No. 1-3 305/610 lbs. sows 36.00-38.25. Boars 28.00-32.50. FEEDER PIGS 19... US NO.I-3 25/40 lbs. feeder pigs 28.00-38.00 all per head. SHEEP 158... High Choice & Prime 70/100 lbs. spring si. lambs 76.00-88.00, Choice 70/85 lbs. 70.00-76.00, lot 45 lbs. 74.00. Slaughter ewes 15.00-25.00, lot 37.00. GOATS 22... Few Urge 35.00-41.00, Medium 25.00-35.00, Kids 14.00-26.00 all per head. Lebanon Valley Livestock Auction Fredericksburg, Pa. , Tues., May 10, 1988 CATTLE 158...PDA...Comparcd with last Tuesday's maiket; Slaughter cows mostly steady to $1 higher. Few Choice 1000/1275 lbs. si. steers 69.25-71.75, one Prime 1235 lbs. 74.00, few Select 67.75-69.25, Select & Choice holsteins 1135/1520 lbs. 63.25-66.75, few High Choice and Prime 67.50-70.00, few Stan dard 58.50-63.75. Few Choice si. heifers 58.25-67.25, two Select 54.75 & 56.25, one Standard 54.50, one Utility 49.25. Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows 51.50-55, few 56.75, one Commercial 59.50, Cutter & Boning Utility 48.50-53.50, few 55.50, Canner & Low Culler 45.75-50.50, Shells down to 41.00. One Select si. bullock 66.75, one Standard 61.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1535/1990 lbs. si. bulls 63.00-67.50, two Y G No. 2.1185 & 2310 IOIOW. Main St. Mount Joy. PA X7SS2 Call on Wendy ... for fast, efficient service. LOADING FOWL? Ibi. 55.25 & 58.75. CALVES 176... Vealers mostly JstoslO higher. One Prime vealer 285 lbs. 110.00. Choice 113.00-118, one Good 107.00, Standard and Good 90/120 lbs. 100.00- few 118.00, 70/85 lbs. 90.00- Utility 50/85 lbs. 70.00-85.00. Farm Calves; Very active; Holstein Bulls 90/135 lbs. 130.00-179.00, few 182.00, 80/90 lbs. 104.00-130.00; Hoi. heifers 90/145 lbs. 113.00-158.00. Few Beef cross bulls and heifers 75/135 lbs. 113.00- HOGS 190... Barrows and gilts small supply strong to $1 higher. US No. 1-2, 215/250 lbs. 47.00-47.75,1-3 220/245 lbs. 45.85-46.85,2-3 220/270 lbs. 44.10-44.50. lot 2-4 225 1b5.43.25. US No. 1-3 315/605 lbs. sows 33.00-36.00, few gilts 260/425 lbs. 36.25-38.00, few 2-3 410/685 lbs. 31.50-34.00. Few Boars 27.00-28, few Light weights 32.50-33.00. FEEDER PIGS 10...L0t US No. 1-3 43 lbs. feeder pigs 82.00 - per hundredweight. SHEEP 3... Few Slaughter ewes, 10.00-23.00. COATS 4,..0ne Medium and few Kids 30.00 per head. New Holland Horses New Holland Sales Stables New Holland, PA Monday, May 9, 1988 Report supplied by Auction REGISTERED RECEIPTS OF 297 HEAD OF HORSES, MULES AND PONIES. MARKET: STEADY. LOCAL BETTER RIDING HORSES: 630.00- DRIVING HORSES: 350.00-1000.00. RIDING HORSES: 350.00-570.00. LIGHTWEIGHT KILLERS: 225.00- HEAVYWEIGHT KILLERS: 450.00- MARE PONIES: 35.00-75.00. COLTS: 10.00-30.00. GELDING PONIES: 35.00-75.00. LARGER PONIES: 125.00-210.00. J% X- LiLiLliLliU. DCKALWMII< llii.llf I*IK»WL
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