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OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
"Put your John Hancock on that'" Birthday of this Amencan patriot and statesman,
Jan 23 Same day is National Handwriting Day and National Pie Day One-
Tooth Rhee Landing Day, Jan 23, named for mythical Korean inventor of "confusion
ist burrocracy" custom Officials wear four hats, and jobs have contradictory instruc
tions Average length of days for the week 9 hours 46 minutes James W
Marshall discovered gold in California, Jan 24, 1848 and Gold Rush was on 1 Last
quarter moon, Jan 29 Brevity is the soul of wit - Shakespeare
J|V Ask the Old Farmer: What kind of winter weather have you had in
Sjpjv your section 7 IQ, Vt
. AfSVa Perfectly cussed 1 In fact it was a darned sight worse than we expected,
fc'raim* an “ we ex P ecte d ll would be 1
Home Hints: Need an ice pack tor unexpected falls or bruises 7 Look in your
miT freezer A package of frozen vegetables, in a plastic bag, makes an instant ice
pack It s quick, easy, ready to use and nutntious too'
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England; Just as you would predict a snowstorm' Clear and seasonable, the
week ends as it has begun, with another bout of white stuff, quite heavy
Greater New York-New Jersey: Cloudy and cold, snow then clearing before more
cold; a snowstorm in the north, but it's light snow only in the south
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunny and milder to start, snowstorm and a cold wave
follow next, clear and fngid weather, but the week ends with warming temps
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Seasonable, showers are heavy in the south, cold
weather follows, then clearing for the end of the week
(All Rights Reserved, Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 03444)
Carlisle Livestock
Market
Carlisle, Pa.
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1989
CATTLE: STEERS: STRONG
DEMAND! STEADY. CHOICE
74.00- GOOD & LOW CHOICE
69.00- MEDIUM 68.00 & DOWN.
HOLSTEINS CHOICE 65.75-68.50.
HEIFERS: GOOD-LOW CHOICE
64.85-69.00; MEDIUM 64.00 & DOWN.
COWS: ACTIVE! HIGH YIELD
50.00- GOOD 47.50-49.85;
MEDIUM 44.00-47.25; BIG MIDDLE
42.00- SHELLY 43.00 & DOWN.
FAT BULLS: MEDIUM-GOOD
51.00-
FEEDER CATTLE: GOOD DEMAND!
STEERS- (300-850 LBS.) CHOICE
81.00- GOOD 71.00-80.00;
MEDIUM-GOOD HOLSTEIN
58.50-69.50. HEIFERS (ALL WEIGHTS)
CHOICE 75.00-86.00; GOOD
68.00- MEDIUM 56.00-67.00.
BULLS (ALL WEIGHTS) CHOICE
76.00- GOOD 63.00-72.00;
MEDIUM 51.50-62.00.
VEAL CALVES: ACTIVE. CHOICE
93.00- GOOD 83.00-92.00;
MEDIUM 73.00-82.00; LIGHT/WEAK
71.00 & DOWN. FARM BULLS
120.00-
HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS US NO.
1-3 210-260 LBS. 42.50-45.35; UNDER
200 LBS. 33.00-39.50; 2 & 3’S (ALL
WEIGHTS) 40.00-42.25.
SOWS: OVER 450 LB. 30.00-34.00;
UNDER 450 31.75-35.00; 2 & 3’S 29.00
& DOWN,
BOARS: 22.25-29.00.
FEEDER PIGS (BY THE HD.) (25-35
LBS. 16.00-24.00); (40-60 LBS.
33.00- SHOATS (BY THE LB.)
114-140 LBS, 28.00-38.00.
SHEEP: LAMBS: STRONG
DEMAND! CHOICE 60-80 LBS.
95.00- GOOD & CHOICE 85-110
LBS. 71.00-85.00; MED. 69.00 & DOWN.
EWES: MOSTLY 22.00-29.00.
GOATS (LG.) 52.50-67.50; (HD)
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JAN. 23-29,1989
Time to flake out.
SM./MED. 32.00-51.00.
NOTICE; STATE GRADED PIG
SALE FRIDAY, JAN. 27TH 1:30 P.M.
SALE EVERY TUBS. EVENING 5:30
P.M. RABBITS. POULTRY & EGGS.
7:00 P.M. LIVESTOCK.
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Hagerstown, Md.
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1989
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER GOWS: HIGH YIELD:
50.00-52.00; UTILITY 45.00-49.75; CAN
NERS 42.00-46.00; SHELLY 42.00
DOWN.
BULLS: YG#l 57-60.00; YG#2
51.00-
FED STEERS: SELECT TO LOW
CHOICE 67.00-71.75; SELECT HEAVY
WEIGHTS 60.00-65.00.
FED HEIFERS: SELECT 60.00-67.25.;
UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL
50.00-
VEAL CALVES 150-300 LBS.:
CHOICE 98.00-112.00; GOOD
80.00- CULLS 85-125 LBS.
68.00- 50-80 LBS. 62 00-70.00;
WEAK AND ROUGH 55.00 DOWN.
HOLSTEIN BULLS: SEVERAL TO
161.Q0. BULK 95-125 LBS.
135.00- SMALL FRAME 85-95
LBS. 80.00-115.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: 95-120 LBS.
85.00- BEEF X BULLS
90.00-
BUTCHER HOGS: US#l AND 2
42.50-43.00; US#l AND 3 215-270 LBS.
4000-42.00; 290-400 LBS. 32.00-37.25;
195-215 LBS. 39.50-42 00.
SOWS: 300-600 LBS. 31.00-34.75;
THIN 26.00-29.00.
HEAVY BOARS: 26.00-27.00.
STOCK CATTLE: STEERS 300-500
LBS. 79.00-90.00; 500-700 LBS.
68.00- 700-900 LBS. 62.00-71.00;
900-1050 LBS. 60.00-69.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 70.00-85.00;
500-700 LBS. 55.00-68.50; 700-900 LBS.
55.00-
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 for
the day.
MELVIN M. LEHMAN ■ Owner
Danville Buying Station
Phone: 717-275-2880
BULLS: 400-500 LBS. 80.00-88.00,
500-700 LBS. 67.00-78.00.
LAMBS: CHOICE 115-130 LBS.
63.00-68.00; 70-95 LBS. 72.00-74.00;
30-50 LBS. 81.00-108.00.
SHEEP; 115-150 LBS. 29.00-44.00;
OVER 150 LBS. 23.00-31.00.
GOATS: LARGE 55.00-82.00;
MEDIUM 45.00-58.00; SMALL FLESHY
36.00; YOUNG KIDS 16.00-25.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD
15-30 LBS. 13.00-24.00; 30-50 LBS.
19.00- 50-75 LBS. 26.00-36 00.
BY THE LB.: 100-160 LBS.
33.00- STOCK BOARS 180-275
LBS. 29.00-33.00.
Mercer Livestock
Auction
Mercer, PA
January 17, 1989
CATTLE 234...PDA...Compared with
last Tuesday’s market; Slaughter steers .50
to mostly $1 higher. Cows $1 to $1.50
higher. Choice si. steers 71.00-75.50,
Select 66.50-70.25, Standard 61.00-67,
few Utility 52 00-56.00. Choice si. heifers
68.50-73.25, Select 63.00-67, few Stan
dard 53.80-57.00. Breaking Utility &
Commercial si. cows 46.00-49, Cutter &
Boning Utility 44.00-48, Canner & Low
Cutter 38 00-44, Shells down to 33.00.
Couple Select si. bullocks 58.85&59.10.
Yield Grade No. 1,1200/1950 lbs. si. bulls
54.00-64.85, one No. 2 1495 lbs. 52.85.
Feeder Cattle: Few Medium & Large
Frame No. 1, 550/760 lbs. steers
71 50-81.00. Medium Frame No. 1.
LEAN, HIGH QUALITY PORK
Our Hampshires Can Help You Do This Because Of
1. Strict Herd Health.
2. Inbred And Linebred For Predictable And Consistent Offspring.
Inbreeding Also Greatly Increases The Vigor And Heterosis In The
Offspring.
3. Selected For Soundness, Lean Muscle, Aggressiveness And Longe ;
vity.
4. Guarantee And Delivery On All Animals
5. References Available.
Ben Outlaw
Why You Should Consider Melhorn Sales, Service and Trucking Co.
Feature Benefits
* 29 years of DEKALB sales & Providing you with a reliable source of a
service experience proven performer, committed to making it
work in your layer house.
Providing you with a professional and
caring approach to moving your pullets,
protecting your investment.
Providing you with a quality grown pullet
raised on a proven program that insures top
performance in your layer house.
* 13 years of trucking
. experience
* 26 years pullet growing
experience
- Custom growing
- Started pullets
♦ 2 full time sales & service
people
♦ 2 full time pullet service
people
To handle your business needs fast,
courteous & efficiently.
Capable of moving and housing 80,000
pullets per day. Fast, efficient, & courteous
service insures the least amount of stress
on your birds.
*2l years experience in the Utilizing fowl carts for fast, efficient
loading of spent hens handling of your spen^hens
The only full service company, in this area, to handle the total
needs of the poultrymen. _
* 6 full time office staff
* Full time, professional
pullet moving crews
370/550 lbs. heifers 69.00-74, few 800/960
lbs. 59.00-62.00. Few Med. & Large
Frame No. 1, 525/700 lbs. bulls
70.00-
CALVES 94...0ne Choice vealer
126.00, one Good 91.00, Standard and
Good 90/120 lbs. 69.00-80.00, 60/85 lbs.
58.00- few Utility 45/65 lbs.
40.00- Farm Calves; Holstein Bulls
90/125 lbs. 105.00-155.00. Few Beef cross
bulls & heifers 85/115 lbs. 75.00-110.00.
HOGS 188. ..Barrows and gilts .50 to $1
lower. US No. 1-2 218/245 lbs.
42.00- 1-3 220/250 lbs. 41.00-42.10,
2-3 250/265 lbs. 40.50-41.35, few lots 2-4
290/300 lbs. 35 85-36.00,1-3 180/190 lbs.
35.00- lot 40.25. US No. 1-3 300/600
lbs. sows 311.00-35.00, 2-3 300/650 lbs.
27.00- Boars 25.00-32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 8... US No. 1-3 30/35
lbs. feeder pigs 8.00-9.00 per head
SHEEP 4...C0up1e Choice 55/78 lbs.
feeder lambs 66.00.
GOATS 2... Large 45.00 and 47.00 -
per head.
Keister’s Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, PA
January 17, 1989
CATTLE 399...PDA...Comparcd with
last week’s market; Slaughter steers mostly
strong to $1.50 higher; Cows unevenly
steady. High Choice & Prime slaughter
steers 77-79.85, Choice 1100/1600 lbs.
73.00-78.50, one 80.25, Select 67.00-71;
few Choice holsteins 66.00-68.75, Select
If Your Goal Is The Profitable Production 01
Call Collect For More Information
OUTLAW SEEDSTOCK SERVICE
Route 2, Box 324 A • Seven Sprtngsi.’NC 28578 • §l9-569-752'
ttoimsAi^v^RyicE.
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For More Information Phone:
717-653-1102 ■■l
Monday ■ Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Providing you with information & technical
help for maximum performance.
Insures that pullet growing program is
followed resulting in birds that perform.
62.00- Choice si. heife
69.00- few Select 64.00-66.50,{,
holsteins 58-63,00. Breaking Utility
Commercial si. cows 46.00-50, Cutter
Boning Utility 46.75-51.75, one 52. C
Canner & Low Cutter 43.00-47.25, She!
down to 38.00. Yield Grade No.
1060/1780 lbs. si. bulls 55.75-61.00,6
No. 2 1100/1980 lbs. 50.00-53.00. FEE]
ER CATTLE: Medium Frame No
400/750 lbs. steers and bulls 68.00-8201
One Lot Large Frame No. 2, 840 j
61.00. Few Medium Frame No. 1,350/51
lbs heifers 65.00-77.00.
CALVES 192... Few Choice vcale
115.00- Standard and Good 70/
lbs. 65 00-72 00, few Utility 60/85 1|
50 00-63.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bu!
80/85 lbs. 72.00-90. 90/140 lb
100.00- Hoi. heifers 100/135 11
72.00-
HOGS 592...8arr0ws and gilts abc
steady. US No. 1-2, 220/245 lb
44.00- No. 1. 220/245 lb
44.50-46.50,2-3 200/250 lbs 43.00-44 C
2-4 190/270 lbs. 40.00-43.00. US No. 1
270/600 lbs. sows 30.00-34.00, few hj
weights 45.00, 2-3 260/575 lb
28.00- Boars 27.50-30.00.
FEEDER PIGS 546... US No. 1-3 25/
lbs. feeder pigs 25.00-33.00, 40/60 6
30.00-39.50 all per head.
SHEEP 30...G00d & Choice 45/10011
wool slaughter lambs 72 00-84.00. Fi
Slaughter Ewes 25.00-31 00.
GOATS 13...Largc 56.00-103.00-
per head.
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