AB*La'ncaster Farming, Saturday,. December 24,1988
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
DEC. 26, 1988 JAN. 1, 1989
With bounteous cheer conclude the year
Battle of Trenton Gen 1 Washington s troops capture 1,000 Hessians at Trenton N J
Dec 26 1776 First municipallv-owned street car operated in San Francisco Dec
28 1912 Last quarter of the moon Dec 30 (Fn ) Average length of davs for the
week 9 hours 7 minutes Swing music tans crowd Times Square NY to greet
BennvGoodman Jan 1 1938 The suh/s greatest perfection is /or pleasure
Ask the Old Farmer; Hove about the expression
to have more troubles than a cranberry
merchant 7
Home Hints A sprinkling of talcum powder in the bath
tub before vou bathe will scent vour water and prevent a
nng from forming
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: The week starts with extreme cold, then turns milder with snow,
heavy in the southeast
Greater New York-New Jersey: Clear and very cold to start, snow and ram at year
end, then seasonable
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and cold at first, mid-week snow turns to ram New
lYear starts with a storm
'Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Sunny and beasonable at first, but a snowstorm ends
'the year, changing to rain
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Keister’s Livestock
Middleburg, Pa.
December 20, 1988
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 311. HIGH CHOICE &
PRIME SLAUGHTER STEERS
75.00- CHOICE 72.00-75.75,
SELECT 65.00-71.75, CHOICE HOLS
TEINS 67.00-71.25. SELECT
63.00- STANDARD 58.00-62.75.
CHOICE SL. HEIFERS 70.50-75.25,
SELECT 65.00-70.00, STANDARD
55.00- BRAKING UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL SL. COWS 48.00-53.25,
FEW 54.75, CUTTER & BONING UTILI
TY 46.00-51.75, CANNER & LOW CUT
TER 42.00-45.75, SHELLS DOWN TO
40.00. ONE CHOICE SL. BULLOCK AT
67.25, SELECT 58.00-62.75. YIELD
GRADE NO. 1, 1000/1930 LBS. SL.
BULLS 57.00-64.25. FEEDER CATTLE:
400/750 LBS. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
45.00- 350/700 LBS. HOLSTEIN
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Grain Auction j
EVERY TUESDAY |
12:00 )
Located RL 472 5 milaa couth 1
of Qucrryvlllo or t milaa north [
of Oxford corner of Rt 472 end j
Noble Rood et Rouee Tobacco (
Station. 1
Lloyd H. Kraider
Auctioneer
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ALL TRUCKERS AND
FARMERS WELCOME
OUR BUSINESS IS
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Old New England, as we gel it In days when only the
wild mmbeiry wa s obtainable certain men would
take order s for them in anticipation of the time of
harvest Sometime s //it’ wild crop failed and
who did not obtain delivery clamored for the "mer
chantV Wood
BULLS 55.00-69.00.
CALVES 213. CHOICE VEALERS
110.00- GOOD 80.00-100.00,
STANDARD AND GOOD 90/110 LBS.
70.00- 60/90 LBS. 60.00-70.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
90/125 LBS. 125.00-154.00; HOL. HEIF
ERS 60/125 LBS. 100.00-134.00.
HOGS 552. BARROWS AND GILTS:
US NO. 1-2, 220/245 LBS. 44.00-44.75,
NO. 1 225/245 LBS. 44.50-46.00, 2-3
200/250 LBS. 43.00-44.00, 2-4 190/270
LBS. 39.00-43.00. US NO. 1-3 280-600
LBS. SOWS 26.00-28 00, 2-3 270/575
LBS. 20.00-26.00. BOARS 22.25-31.00.
FEEDER PIGS 625. US NO. 1-3 20/40
LBS. FEEDER PIGS 16.00-30.00, 40/60
LBS. 30.00-39.50. LOAD 120/170 LBS.
32.00- - ALL PER HEAD.
SHEEP 40. CHOICE 80/110 LBS.
WOOL SLAUGHTER LAMBS
65.00- GOOD 50/80 LBS.
50.00- FEW 91.00-102.00.
GOATS 15.34.00-89.00 - PER HEAD.
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Mt. Joy, PA
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CATTLE 252. SELECT SLAUGHTER
STEERS 62.00-65.50, FEW STANDARD
58.50-62.50, FEW UTILITY 50.00-54.00.
CHOICE SL. HEIFER, ONE 68.00, FEW
SELECT 60.00-63.00, FEW STANDARD
54.00- FEW UTILITY 50.00-52.50.
BREAKING UTILITY & COMMER
CIAL SL. COWS 46.00-50.25, HIGH
YIELDING COMMERCIAL 52 00. CUT
TEII & BON. UTILITY 43 50-47.25,
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 38.00-43.00,
SHELLS DOWN TO 31.00. YIELD
GRADE NO. 1, 1100/1700 LBS. SL.
BULLS 55.00-59 25, NO. 2 1000/1400
LBS. 47.00-52.00. FEEDER CATTLE:
MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME NO. 1,
350/6000 LBS. STEERS 72.00-91.00,
FEW 280/320 LBS. 104.00. MEDIUM
FRAME NO. 1, 360-525 LBS. HEIFERS
68.00- MED. & LARGE FRAME
NO. 1,400/700 LBS. BULLS 69.00-75.50.
CALVES 232. ONE CHOICE
VEALER 100.00, FEW GOOD
80.00- STANDARD & GOOD
90/120 LBS. 68.00-80.00, 60/85 LBS.
58.00- FEW UTILITY 40/60 LBS.
20.00- FARM CALVES: HOLS
TEIN BULLS 90/125 LBS.
100.00- BEEF CROSS BULLS &
HEIFERS 85-115 LBS. 80.00-118.00.
HOGS 147. US NO. 1-2 205-225 LBS.
BARROWS AND GILTS 43.80-44.25,
1-3 220/245 LBS. 42.75-43.75, 2-3
215/250 LBS. 42.00-42.50, ONE SMALL
LOT 185 LBS. 40.00. US NO. 1-3 350-650
LBS. SOWS 34.00-38.00, 2-3 300/670
LBS. 26.50-33.00. BOARS 24.00-25.50.
FEEDER PIGS 11. US NO. 35/45 LBS.
FEEDER PIGS 25.00-29.50, FEW 55/82
LBS. 35.00-38.00 - ALL PER HEAD.
SHEEP 255. HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
87/97 LBS. WOOL SLAUGHTER
LAMBS 74.00-88.00, 105/120 LBS.
SHORN 65.00-71.50, CHOICE 95-105
LBS. WOOL LAMBS 65.00-68.00.
GOOD & CHOICE 57/77 LBS.
76.00- ONE SMALL LOT UTILI
TY 45 LBS. 40.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP
20.00-
GOATS 13. LARGE 44.00-78.00,
MEDIUM 33.00-41.00 - ALL PER
HEAD.
Eighty-Four, Pa.
December 19, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
THE ONLY QUESTION WE HAVE THIS WEEK IS
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A VALUABLE PRICE
INCREASE ON YOUR TOBACCO THIS YEAR?
Was it the buyers?
Or was it the auction?
-It was actually those farmers that did not sign con
tracts for $1.25 per pound—because they depended
on the tobacco auction to market their tobacco!
Regardless of what anyone tells you there is tremend
ous demand for this year’s tobacco crop. If a buyer tells
you the price of tobacco will fall after New Years, ask him
why he doesn’t wait ’til then to buy it!! It was these pres
sure tactics that pushed many of you to SIGN
CONTRACTS!
HOWEVER, WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT ALL FAR
MERS WILL BENEFIT FROM ACTION THAT
OCCURRED AT THE AUCTION!
We just hope that we can maintain enough support from
farmers that see what we are doing for them, to survive to
2° our J ob for y° u next year and the one after that. IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FUTURE THAT WE STAY!
We will be receiving tobacco every day from Dec. 27 to
Dec. 30 for a gigantic sale to be held on Jan. 2 at 9:30 a.m.
Our warehouse Is now half filled. Please let’s fill it on the
days right after Christmas.
We are now dealers of 3 compartment
bale boxes, tobacco seed, and
cotton baling twine.
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Fa.
Thursday, December 22
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE; 213. Cows about steady; few
Select Hoi. steers 57.00-60.50; heifers few
Standard & Select Hoi. 53.75-59.85; cows
Breaking Utility & Commercial
47.50-51.85; Cutter&Bomng 46.75-51.75,
Canner & Low Cutter 43.00-47.25; shells
41.00; YGI bulls couple 14001 b 57.75 and
1895 lb. 59.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few Med.
375-500 lb. steers 69.50-74.00.
CALVES: 495. Couple Choice vealers
94.00 & 107.00; Standard & Good 70-95 lb.
67.00- Utility 60-85 lb. 58.00-68.00;
hoi. bulls 85-90 lb. 69.00-95.00; 95-125 lb
110.00- hoi. heifers 80-90 lb.
70.00- 100-135 lb. 108.00-170.00;
beef cross bulls and heifers 90-100 lb.
80.00-
HOGS: 22. Sows few US 1-3, 250-490
lb. 28.00-34.50; boars 22.50 & 29.75.
FEEDER PIGS: 20. No maiket test.
SHEEP: 21. Few Good 115-135 lb. wool
lambs 52.00-62.00; si. ewes 16.00-28.00.
ON Voy AftOVE over/
NEED MORE ROOM?
Read The Real Estate Ads
In Lancaster Farming's
Classified Section
GIGANTIC SALE
Monday, Jan. 2 - 9:30 A.M.
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.m.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, Dec. 22, 1988
RETURN TO FARM CALF
100.00-152.00.
GOOD VEAL 120.00-165.00.
COMMON VEAL 80.00-105.00.
CHOICE STEERS 40.00-79.00.
SELECT STEERS 68.00-74.25.
COMMON STEERS 54.00-61.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS 46.00-55.00.
CANNERS-CUTTERS 43.00-52.00.
SHELLS 37.00-44.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS 67.00-71.00, A
FEW TO 75.00.
SELECT HEIFERS 60.00-66.00.
COMMON HEIFERS 49.00-59.00.
GOOD FEEDERS 70.00-84.00.
COMMON FEEDERS 50.00-69.00.
BULLS 50.00-69.00.
GOOD HOGS 42.00-44.35.
SOWS 36.00-36.50.
Office Hours
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m,
19 Meadow Lane,
Paradise, PA 17562
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!