AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18, 1988
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
June 20-26,1988
Strawberry shortcake would sure taste great!
First quarter of the moon June 22 (Wed ) Average length of days for the week 15
hours, 17 minutes Lieutenant Colonel Custer and his 208 men were killed in 20
minutes by Sitting Bull and the Sioux June 25, 1876 Korean War started June 25,
1950 First television broadcast in color June 25, 1951 Abner Doubleday, fabled
inventor of baseball, bom June 26, 1819 The Mackinac Straits Bridge, connecting
upper and lower Michigan, opened June 26, 1958 Our worst misfortunes are those
which never befall us
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Beginning of week ram, light north, with seasonable temperatures
sunny and warm mid through end of week
Greater New York-New Jersey; Week begins sunny and hot, warm with thunder
storms mid through end of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal; Week begins rainy and warm, sunny mid through end of
week
Piedmont & Southeast*Coastal: Beginning of week clear and hot, showers west,
midweek rainy and cool, end of week hot, showers south
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Mercer Livestock
Auction
Mcrccr, Pa.
Tuesday, June 14, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 290. .PDA Compared with
last Tuesday's market. Slaughter steers .50
tosl lower; Cows S 3 to $4 lower. Choice si
steers 70.00-75.35, Select 65.25-69.50,
Standard 59.00-65.50, few Utility
53.00- Choice si. heifers 68.00-72,
Select 60.00-65, few Standard 55.00-60,
Utility 49,00-55.00. Breaking Utility &
Commercial si. cows 46-49.50, couple
50.00, Cutler & Boning Utility
42 50-47 25, Canner & Low Cutter
37.50-43, Shells down to 25 00 Couple
Choice si bullocks 63 25, one 65 00. Yield
Grade No. 1, 1000/1960 lbs. si bulls
58 00-61.85, No 2, 800/1500 lbs
44 00-52.00. Feeder Cattle: Few Medium
Large Frame No. 1, 400/600 lbs. steers
63 00-79 00. Few Medium & Large Frame
No 1, 400/660 lbs. heifers 60 00-81 00
Few Large Frame No 2, 470/700 lbs bulls
52.00-
CALVES 140 ..Standard and Good
PLEASE NOTE!
Change of Location to Home Farm
On Hill Rd.
FRIDAY, JULY 1-1:00 PM
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
Located 4 miles east of former loca
tion, 1 mile off 472 midway between
Quarryville & Oxford, PA, 1 mile south
of Kirkwood, turn west off 472 at Union
Church (Street Rd.) 1 mile to crossroad
turn left, 2nd farm on right. Hill Road.
Watch for sale signs.
Validated Brucellosis
Free Herd #169
Qualified Pseudorabies
Free Herd #55
50 to 60 Head
20 F 2’s Due Between
July 3-10
22 F 2’s Due Between
July 10-20
Plus 12 3 Way Cross York
& Landrace & Duroc
Due July 3-20
We will no longer have White Dia
monds, it will be the next generation or
F2’s crossbred to Chester White. Very
nice gilts.
Vaccinated for Lepto, Eryslplas,
Rhinitis, E'Coll, Pasteueralla
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Truck Available
No Hogs Sold'On Commission
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Diffenbatti,* Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE FRI., JULY>29, 1:00 P.M.
THE
Ask the Old Farmer; I have a copy of my grandfa
thers diary from the Civil War in which ne men
tions that he "hung up his cradle ' What was this
cradle 7 M N , La Crosse, Wis
A "cradle " was a combination of a scythe and three or
four parallel wooden arms, used to reap grain Every
sweep of the cradle make a sheaf
Home Hints: Remove marks on the rubber part of tennis
shoes with rubbing alchohol
90/120 lbs vealers 88 00-98, 60/85 lbs
78 00-90. few Utility 45/70 lbs
55 00-70 00 Faim Calves: Holstein Bulls
90/120 lbs. 100 00-140.00 Few Beef cross
bulls & heifers 80/100 lbs. 100.00-125 00
HOGS 230. Barrows and gilts .50 to S 1
lower. US No. 1-2 220/260 lbs.
51 00-52 50, two lots 53.00, 1-3 215/260
lbs. 50-51.10, 2-3 245/270 lbs.
47.00-49 00. Few US No 2-3 350/500 lbs
sows 30.0a32.00, few 2-3 300/450 lbs.
25 0a29 00.
FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 Market Test.
SHEEPS .Slaughter sheep 10 00-18 00.
GOATS 12 . Kids 10.00-14,00 all per
head.
CATTLE 188. .PDA . Supply included
17 head feeder cattle . Compared to last
Wednesday’s market Slaughter steers
steady to SI lower. Cows $2.50 to $3 75
lower. Choice 950/1500 lbs si steers
70 25-74 25, mostly 72 50-73 50, Select
68 75-73.00, few down to 65.50, few Select
& Choice 1230/1500 lbs Holstems
63-67 00, Standard 57.50-62 00 Choice
960/1250 lbs si heifers 63 50-66 75, two
head 68 50 & 75 00. Few Breaking Utility
& Commercial si cows 46.50-49 25, Cutter
& Bon Utility 44 50-49.25, one 50 00,
Canncr & Low Cutter 42 00-45 00, under
900 lbs 40 25-43 75, shells down to 37.25
Few Select & Choice si bullocks
59 85-63.75, few Standard 55.50-57 75
Few Yield Grade No 1, 1300/1600 lbs si
bulls 56 00-62 00.
FEEDER CATTLE, Few Large Frame
No 2,300/600 lbs. steers 68,00-74 00 Few
Medium Frame No 2, 350/365 lbs. heifers
66 50-80 00 Medium and Large Frame No
1. 300/570 lbs. bulls 76 00-93 00, few
Large Frame No. 2, 420/560 lbs
65 00-69 00
CALVES 220.. Vcalers steady to $5
higher Few Choice 110.00-114 00, few
Good 100.00-108 00, Standard and Good
85/110 lbs. 95.00-100 00, few 104.00,
70/85 lbs. 80.00-92 00, few Utility 90/105
lbs. 80 00-90 00. 50/85 lbs 50 00-75 00
Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 90/135 lbs
120.00-140.00, some 100 00; Hoi. Heifers
85/125 lbs. 100 00-117.50. Few Beef cross
bulls & heifers 75/115 lbs. 95 00-152.
50; few Good & Choice 250/450 lbs.
slaughter calves 87.00-102.00.
HOGS 299 . Barrows and Gilts $1.25 to
$2 lower. Few US No. 1-2 215/245 lbs.
51.25-51.85,1-3 210/255 lbs. 50.00-51.75,
lot 52.50, 2-3 245/280 lbs. 49.50-49.85,
few 1-3 195/205 lbs. 48.25-49.10. Sows
steady to $3 lower, most decline over 400
lbs. US No. 1-3 285/385 lbs. sows
36 00-39.50,400/585 lbs. 32.00-35.50. few
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Leesport Livestock
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
Wednesday, June 15, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
XOIOW. Main St. Mount Joy. 17582
QUALITY GROWN PULLETS
For More Information Phone:
717-653-1102
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Medium 360/400 lbs. 28.00-30.50. Few HOLSTEIN? 80-1050 LBS. 52.00-57.50
Boars 30.00-33.00. * -> HEIFERS- 400-700 LBS. 54.00-64.00,
FEEDER PIGS 118...L0t US No 1-3 18 800-900 LBS. 54.00-62 00. BULLS- 280
lbs. feeder pigs 28.00, /hd., 30/55 lbs. LBS. @- 125.00; 400-500 LBS
74 00-90.00. lot 70 lbs, 6 9 00/ 72.00-76.00; 600-800 LBS. 57.00-71 00
hundredweight LAMBS- 25-50 LBS MD 53 00-70 00,
SHEEP 141. Few Choice & Prime 60-105 LBS CII 56 00-60 00, GOOD
95/115 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 5000-55 00 SHEEP- 150-200 LBS
58 00-61, Choice 40/60 lbs 64 00-78 00, 12 00-22 00, FEW 28 00-30 00 GOATS
-70/100 lbs. 54.00-58 00, few 120/130 lbs LG 55 00-68 00, KIDS 12 00-20.00, MD
52 00-55.00, Good & Choice 55/80 lbs 35 00-55 00, SM. 25 00-35.00 PIGS AND
55 00-60 00, few Choice 50/80 lbs. feeder SHOATS- BY THE HEAD- 20-30 LBS
lambs 59.00-81 OQ. Slaughter sheep 18 00-25 50. 30-45 LBS. 25 00-35 00,
18 00-25 00. one 34 00 70-80 LBS 40 00-47.00 BY THE LB-108
GOATS 16 ..Few Large Adult LBS @55 50, 120-155L85.42 00-50 00,
50 00-75 00, Kids 23.00-35 00 all per STOCK BOARS- 170-235 LBS
head 4 27 00-33 00
Westminster Penns Valley
Livestock Auction Livestock
Hagerstown. Md. Ccntrc Hall, Pa.
Tuesday, June 14, 1988 Tuesday, Junc u 19gg
Report supplied by auction Rcport Supp|icd by Auctjon
mi BEEF COWS: UTILITY AND COM-
V u°n^t N v MERCIAL 48 50-50 50, CUTTERS
45 00-47.00, CANNERS 40 00-44 00,
43 00-DOWN. BULLS- (1) 1,575 LB @ cun] i c -jo 7c
61.00 FED STEERS- SELECT STANDARD 34 00 58 00*
63 00-66 00, HOLSTEINS SELECT comSiAL^94oa s2 oo
54 00-60.00 FED HEIFERS- LO CH 65 m6O 50
B c^°^rvi LB vr A f SELECT GOOD 56 00-60 75. STAN
-53.0- 00 VEAL CALVES- INDIVI r>ARD Si no S 4 00
DUAL PRIME 330L8S 121 00, CHOICE ncnnnD tatti p inn son irs
, 12 nc 13S , , L „ B L 16 „?°L 10 ?nc 0 VEAL CALVES. GOOD 95 00-103.00,
LBS 110.00-125.00; 80-95 LBS STANDARD 87 00-94 00* UTILITY
95.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS- 00 * ‘ ’
80-120 LBS. 104.00-120.00 BEEF X FARM CALVES* BULLS
CALVES- 99.00-121.00. BUTCHER 105.00-149.00, HEIFERS 100 00-120.00
HOGS- US # 1&3 215-240 LBS. HOGS- 48.75-50 00.
50.00- #2&3'S 48.00-49.00, SOWS* 3575-3650
240-260 LBS. TO 48.50; 190-210 LBS. SHOATS: 25-30 LBS. PER HEAD
44.00- SOWS 350-450 LBS. i 5.00-22.00, 30-35 LBS. PER HEAD
31.00- FEW TO 37.00; BOARS 24.00-30.00. 35-50 LBS PER HEAD
400-600 LBS. 28.75-29.00. 00-38 00
STOCK CATTLE- STTiERS- 200-300 SHEEP* 20.00-32.00,
LBS. 100.00-121.00; 400-500 LBS. GOATS PER HEAD. 20.00-24.00.
67.00- 700-900 LBS. 65.00-72.00.
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