AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1988
OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Ludwig van Beethoven pays 19 cents in Vienna for his first music lesson from Franz
Joseph Havdn, Dec 12, 1792 Jane Austen born, Dec 16, 1775 First quarter of
the moon,Dec 16 (Fn) Wnght brothers first flight, Dec 17 1903 Average
length of davs for the week 9 hours 6 minutes They who give have all things they
who withhold have nothing
Ask the Old Farmer: Mv tather used to forecast the
number of snowstorms we d have All 1 remember about
his formula was that he would count how mam davs
there were from the first snow deep enough to track a cat
in until the full moon Can vou tell me how he figured 7
KMP, Mass
Oh. urtamlu he figured as many snowstorms as there
wen ifai/s until the moon tullcu it we
why he hod to ust tat tnu *•> Our looked foru fox
Home Hints: Coffee giounds are good tor compost but too strong
for houseplants Use crushed eggshells in putted plants instead
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Severe snowstorm to start > leaning and mild mid week, followed bv
more cold and snow
Greater New York-New Jersev. Sunnv and mild at tirst then a sold wave with
intermittent snow
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunn\ and mild early on *hen turning very cold, snow and
flumes follow
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Sunnv and milder then changing to \er> cold and
some sncm, storm at week s end
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Belknap Livestock
Auction
Dayton, Pa.
Wednesday, December 7, 1988
CATTLE 105...PDA. .Compared with
last Wednesday’s market: Few Select
slaughter steers 63.25-66.00, few Standard
57.75- One Choice si. heifer 65.00,
few Standard 52.75-57.75. Few Breaking
Utility & Commercial si. cows 45.25-48,
Cutter and Boning Utility 42 00-46, few
Canner & Low Cutter 37.50-42, Shells
down to 30.00 One Yield Grade No. 1,
1280 lbs. si. bull 59.25. Feeder Cattle.
Medium & Large Frame No 1, 335/660
lbs. steers 65.50-76, few 670//865 lbs
58.50-63.75, few Large #2. 595/745 lbs
52 00-57.50. Med & Large Frame #l,
305/585 lbs. heifers 57.00-69 50, few
750/855 lbs 53.75-56 75 Few Med &
Large Frame No. 1, 505/725 lbs bulls
50.75-
CALVES 90.. One Good vealer 94.00,
few Standard and Good 90/110 lbs vealers
59.00-73 00, 60/85 lbs. 5000-69.00, few
Utility 50/70 lbs. 40 00-50 00. Farm
Ualves- Holstein Bulls 90/125 lbs
3000-138, one 15100, one Hoi Heifer
140 lbs. 82.00. Beef cross bulls & heifers
75/95 lbs 68 00-80 00
HOGS 160 Barrows and gills $2 50 to
53 higher Couple Lois US No 1-3
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THE
DEC. 12-18, 1988
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
145/250 lbs. 39.50&40.25, 1-3 240/260
lbs. 39-39.75, one lot 265 lbs. 41.50, 2-3
240/275 lbs. 36.50-39, 1-3 175/220 lbs.
36.50- Sows $2 to $5 higher. US No.
1- 325/495 lbs. sows 26.25-37.00, few
2- 350/465 lbs. 25.75-26.75. Boars
20.00-24.00.
FEEDER PIGS 112... US No. 1-3 15/30
lbs. feeder pigs 7.50-10.00, 35/50 lbs.
9.50- 80/100 lbs. 26 00-30.00, one
lot Utility 20 lbs. 4.50 all per head.
SHEEP 31... Choice & Prime 80/85 lbs.
wool slaughter lambs 70.00-77.00; few
Good & Choice 55/60 lbs. feeder lambs
61.00- Slaughter sheep 14.00-30.50
Few Yearlings and two year old
38.00-
GOATS 1 No Market Test.
Leesport Livestock
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
Wednesday, December 7, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 316...PDA .. Supply included
48 head feeder cattle Compared to last
Wednesday’s market Slaughter steers
about steady, Cows .50 to mostly 51.25 to
$1.75 lower Choice 1000/1400 lbs si
steers 66 50-71 85, couple to 72 85, Select
59 50-65 75, Choice holstems
62 75-67 75, one 69 25, Select
55 00-61 75, few Standard 53 25-58 75
MARTIN’S HAY &
STRAW SALE
Public Auction Every Wednesday,
12 Noon Sharp
Location: John Primus & Son,
Buck Run Road, Coatesville, PA
Coordinators:
Harvey Z. Martin John Martin Primus
215-445-5303 215-383-6686
Leon Kurtz, Auctioneer
Mulch Contract* Also Available
marketing programl
Liv
sto
Choice si. heifen 65.
50-71.25, few Select & Choice holsteins
61.75- Sleeking Ul. & Commercial
si. cows 45.25-48.50, Cutter & Ben. Utility
43.75- one 49.00, Carmer & Low
Cutter 41.00-44, Shells down to 39.50.
Few Choice si. bullocks 61.25-66.50, one
70.00, few Select 57.00-58.75. Yield
Grade No. 1. 1050/2000 lbs. si. bulls
53.75- one 63.50. FEEDER
CATTLE: Medium Frame No.l, 440/800
lbs. steers 60.00-73.00, few Large #2,
750/970 lbs. 55.50-57.00. Few Medium
Frame No.l, 450/770 lbs. bulls
54.00-
CALVES 195... Few Choice
104.00- Standard & Good 70/100
lbs. 60.00-70.00, Utility 60/85 lbs.
40.00- Faim Calves; Holstein Bulls
90/130 lbs. 75.00-136.00, mostly
100.00- Holstein Heifers 90/110
lbs. 70.00-130.00.
HOGS 475... US No. 1-2 220/260 lbs.
barrows and gilts 37.75-39, few lots 40.00,
1-3 245/265 lbs. 36.00-37.50, few 2-3
260/290 lbs. 31.50-35.00. US No. 1-3
320/600 lbs. sows 27.00-30.50, 2-3
400/650 lbs. 25.00-28.00. Boars
21.00- few Light weights to 28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 315...Tw0 Lots US No.
1-3 23/25 lbs. feeder pigs 80.00&82,30/65
lbs. 50.00-66.00, couple lots 85 lbs.
48.00&51.00, one lot 146 lbs. 37 00 all
per hundredweight.
SHEEP 47... Few Choice 60/65 lbs. wool
slaughter lambs 93.00-105.00, Choice
85/145 lbs. 67.00-79, few Good 50/80 lbs.
64.00- few Good 110/150 lbs.
48.00- Slaughter sheep 15.00-26.00.
GOATS 22... Large 45.00-67.50,
Medium 32.00-46.00 all per head.
Belleville Livestock
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
Wednesday, December 7, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE 127...REP0RT SUPPLIED
717-687-0990
Why do we have to take prices less than the Burley? If you allow
auction to continue someday 609 prices will match Burley prices.
Farm buying will not push prices to where they should be!!
Market prices moved to $1.27 per lb. and some $1.30 per lb. at
Paradise on Wednesday sale. Did you get these prices on the farm?
If you did, we are doing our job. BUT we NEED tobacco to continue
to do our job. There have been more company men in our ware
house than ever before. They are wondering where all our nice
tobacco is. PLEASE BRING IT ON!! You bring us a warehouse full of
mouth watering tobacco and we will SHOW YOU SOMETHING!
These companies are only used to one thing and that is looking at
rows of tobacco on a warehouse floor.
It’s ridiculous for you to worry about a 2t per lb. commission.
You more than make up for that by honest weight, better averages
over all grades of your tobacco, no docking, and long term gain of
the auction system. CAN YOU NOT SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING
FOR YOU? DO YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE? Who else will keep
you informed of up to date tobacco news? Who will establish a
market for all grades of your tobacco for every year? Who kept you
abreast of the Burley markets enough that you would not even con
sider prices under $1.25 per lb. this year? Who processed and piled
tobacco to get you higher prices in the tough years?
We don’t understand why you farmers don’t support us when in
fact we had 12 buyers support us this week!
Our local X-auctlon people are all of a sudden hurting your
market for personal gain. They have scared you into signing con
tracts. One of them said that they could raise prices, but why
should they? They are tying up the crop for $1.25 per lb. and YOU
ARE LETTING THEM DO IT!! Farmers who have never signed con
tracts have always received highest market prices even before auc
tions were established. IN A YEAR LIKE THIS, CONTRACTS ARE
MEANINGLESS! What would you contract farmers do if ’talked
about’ foreign buyers come with new orders and. prices go up?
Abe Lincoln said a long time ago “UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED
WE FALL!” You say you want auction but you want the other man to
support it. Come see our action auction on Monday. Liston to our
story!
We are now dealers of 3 compartment
bale boxes, tobacco seed, and
cotton baling twine.
BY THE AUCTION: One Select slaughter
steer 65.25, Utility 47.25-52.00. Breaking
Utility and Commercial slaughter cows
46.10-48.00, Cutler and Boning Utility
42.75- Canner and Low Cutter
38.75- Shells down to 31.25. Yield
Grade No. 2. si. bulls 50.60-52.75. Feeder
Cattle; Steers few 70.00-85.00. Heifers
77.50-80.00.
CALVES 119...Couyple Choice vealers
94.00, Standard and Good 85/95 lbs.
70.00- Utility 59.00-65.00. Farm
Calves; Holstein Bulls 95/110 lbs.
100.00-
HOGS 203... US No. 1-3 220/260 lbs.
barrows and gilts 39.00-41.10,1-3 190/210
lbs. 37.85. US No. 1-3 sows 23.50-31.50.
Boars 20.00-25.50.
FEEDER PIGS 171... US No. 1-3 15/25
lbs. feeder pigs 15.50-22.00, 25/50 lbs.
23.50-29.00 all per head.
SHEEP 34... Choice wool slaughter
lambs 64.00-78.00. Slaughter sheep
12.00- Slaughter sheep 12.00-39.00.
GOATS 8...29.00-62.00 - per head. HOLS
TEIN DAIRY COWS $560.00-$! 150.00
- ALL PER HEAD.
Dewart Livestock
Auction
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, December 5, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 199...PDA...Few Select
slaughter steers 59.00-65.50, few Standard
50.00- One Select slaughter heifer
61.50. Breaking Utility & Commercial si.
cows 45.00-48.00, Cutter & Bon. Utility
43.50-48.00, Canner & Low Cutter
40.00- Shells down to 36.00. One
Choice bullocks 59.00. Yield Grade No. 1,
915/1430 lbs. si. bulls 48.00-54.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Medium Frame No.
1, 300/550 lbs. steers and Bulls
65.00- Medium Frame No. 1,
300/525 lbs. heifers 63.00-73.50.
CALVES 249...C0up1e Choice vealers
NEXT SALES
MONDAY, DEC. 12 - 9:30 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14 - 9:30 A.M.
91.00&94.00, Standard & Good 75/100
!br. 68 00-75.00, Utility 60/85 Ibi.
58.00- Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
95/130 lbs. 80.00-145.00, Hoi. Heifers
90/125 lbs. 86.00-126.00.
HOGS 35.,.0ne Lot US No. 1-3 237 lbs.
barrows and gilts 38.20. US No. 1-3
300/690 lbs. sows 24.75-30.25. Few Boars
25.00-
FEEDER PIGS 189... US No. 1-3 30/50
lbs. feeder pigs 14.00-19.00, one lot 75 lbs.
26.00 all per head.
SHEEP 7.. .Few Choice 100/110 lbs.
wool slaughter lambs 52.00-62.00.
GOATS 0...N0 Market Test
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, Dec. 5, 1988
Report supplied by auction
HOLSTEIN HFR. CALVES TO 120.00.
VEAL CALVES TO 86.00.
BULL CALVES TO 155.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES 65.00-75.00.
GRASSERS & FEEDERS 40.00-60.00.
LAMBS 55.00-65.00, NEW CROP TO
200.00.
SHEEP 18.00-35.00.
HOGS, 200 TO 250 LBS. 36.00-40.00.
SOWS 18.00-24.00.
BOARS 18.00-24.00.
PIGS 10.00-24.00.
HEIFERS 40.00-57,00.
STEERS, FEEDER 48.00-69.00.
STEERS 50.00-59.00.
COWS, GOOD, 45.00-47.50.
COWS. MEDIUM, 43.00-45.00.
COWS, POOR OR SMALL
28.00-40.00.
CATTLE MARKET MOSTLY
STEADY.
CALF MARKET STEADY.
GOATS TO 70.00.
HORSES TO 460.00.
PONIES TO 75.00.
Office Hours
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
19 Meadow Lane,
Paradise, PA 17562
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