AiB-Unctst*r Fanning Saturday, April 1,1989 (Continued from Page A 3) at 19.0 million acres which com pares with last year’s figures of 16.729 million acres. ACRES CATTLE UPDATE: Live cattle futures closed from 10 to 75 points higher while feeders lost IS and 20 points in the front two options and gained from 7 to 25 on the back months. Reports of active fed cattle sales at higher prices supported along with an increase in cut out values yester day. Further buying was fueled by sharp decrease in open interest as a result of week-long commodity fund liquidation. Further support was as a result of the futures dis count to cash. Feeders closed mix ed, but off session lows on spillov er from live cattle. CME FEEDER CATTLE SET TLEMENT PRICE; 3/27/89 - $ 79.95 up 4. ACRES NEXT DAY OUT LOOK; CASH - steady FUTURES - steady. PARADISE CONCRETE SATURDAY & EVENING DELIVERIES No Job too small! Farm Related Business Welcome 9CT 19 Meadow Lane, Paradlae Perfect For The D l £'* r •Do-It-Yourselfer" EriC P **’ P P ‘ MARKET YOUR FORMULA FED CALVES WITH AREA PACKER Our valued growers weigh their own calves. Domenic Venuto, Inc. 622 Federal Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 215-339-9921 or 215-467-9614 or 215-389-VEAL ATTENTION FARMERS The New Way To Market Your Livestock HATFIELD - MOYER PACKING CO. Tfp' PACKING CO. Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle At The BLAIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RD 1 Martmsburg Pa MONDAYS - Hogs 7:30 AM to 12 Noon Cattle & Calves 7:30 AM to 4 PM THURSDAYS - Cattle & Calves 7:30 AM to 4 PM • No commission or yardage fees deducted from check • Livestock weighed and paid for immediately • You may call our office sale day for prices DALE R. HOOVER - Owner Business 814-793-3077 Residence 814-793-2657 ACRES HOG UPDATE: Live hog futures prices closed from 45 points lower on the spot option to 8 points higher on the June. Pres sure on the spot option was attri buted to long liquidation in advance of first notice day Friday coupled with positioning in advance of Friday’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report which is expected to show marketings near last year’s levels and a reduction in the breeding herd. The pre release estimates issued today showed all hogs and pigs at 99.5% with 96.4% kept for breeding and 100.0% kept for marketing. Ideas the pit was oversold closed bellies higher on the front two months and slightly lower n the deferreds. Greencastle Livestock Greencastle, Pa. Monday, Mar. 27, 1989 SLAUGHTER CATTLE: SLAUGHTER STEERS: 168 HD. TREND: STEADY. CHOICE 2-3, 950-1075 LBS. 70.00-74.00; CHOICE 2-3, 1075-1375 LBS. 73.50-77,60; CHOICE 2-3, OVER 1375 LBS. 71.50-75.00; CHOICE 4. ALL WEIGHTS 68.00-72.00; SELECT & CHOICE 1-2, 950-1100 LBS. 69.00- SELECT & CHOICE 1-2, 1100-1375 LBS. 68.00-73.75; SELECT & CHOICE 1-2, OVER 1375 LBS. 65.00- HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 2-3,1050-1450 LBS. 62.00-68.75; SELECT 1-2, 1050-1450 LBS. 58.00-63.50. LIQUID MANURE HAULING Installations - Service On All Kinds Of Wet Lines On All Kinds Of Trucks (Free Estimates) BEILER HYDRAULICS 252 N. Shirk Rd. New Holland, PA 17557 717-354-6066 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: 87 HD. TREND: STEADY. CHOICE 2-3, 850-1000 LBS. 64.50-71.50; CHOICE 2-3, 1000-1250 LBS. 69.00-75.00;' CHOICE 4. ALL WEIGHTS 63.50-68.75; SELECT & CHOICE 1-2,850-1000 LBS. 67.00-72.75; SELECT & CHOICE 1-2,1000-1250 LBS. 69.00-73.00. HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 2-3,1000-1350 LBS. 63.00-70.00; SELECT & CHOICE 1-2, 1000-1350 LBS. 55.00-62.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS: 21 HD. TREND: 1-3.00 HIGHER. YIELD GRADE 1, ALL WEIGHTS 58.50-66.50; YIELD GRADE 2, ALL WEIGHTS 54.50-58.75. BULLOCKS: 4 HD. CHOICE 1-3 1150-1375 LBS. 62.00-68.50. COWS: 260 HD. TREND: 1-2.00 HIGHER. BREAKING UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 45.00-51.50; CUTTER & BONING UTILITY 46.00-53.00, FEW TO 54.00; CANNER & LOW CUTTER 46.00 & DOWN. STOCKER & FEEDER CATTLE RECEIPTS: 125 HD. TREND; STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. BEEF TYFES: 200-400 LBS. STEERS 82.00- BULLS 79.00-95.00, HEIF ERS 80.00-85.00; 400-600 LBS. STEERS 70.00- BULLS 74.00-82.00, HEIF ERS 68.00-78.00; 600-800 LBS. STEERS 67.50-74.00, BULLS 57.00-63.00. HEIF ERS 63.50-70.00; 800-975 LBS. STEERS 65 00-71.00, BULLS 53.00-58.00, HEIF ERS 57.00-65.00. HOLSTEINS & DAIRY CROSS: 200-400 LBS. STEERS 80.00-89.00, BULLS 75.00-85.00, HEIFERS 85.00- 400-600 LBS. STEERS 67.00- BULLS 60.00-68.00, HEIF ERS 60.00-72.00; 600-800 LBS. STEERS 58.00- BULLS 52.00-58.00, HEIF ERS 55.00-62.00; 800-975 LBS. STEERS 52.00- BULLS 49.00-54.00. HEIF ERS 51.00-56.00. CALVES: 430 HD. VEAL CALVES: TREND: 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. CHOICE 150-300 LBS. 100.00-113.00; GOOD 150-300 LBS. 87.00-95.00; GOOD 100-150 LBS. 75.00-87.00; GOOD 80-100 LBS. 70.00-79.00; STANDARD 80-100 LBS. 63.00-71.00; STANDARD 80 LBS. & DOWN 63.00 & DOWN. AGRI CHEMICALS Full Line Of Spray Materials For Corn, Soybeans and Alfalfa Atrazine Furadan Banvel Gramoxone Bicep Lasso Bladex Lasso-Atrazine Bullet Lorox Counter Lorsban Dual Pounce Dyfonate II Prow! Eradicane Roundup Extrazine Squadron Plus Many More Some Available In Bulk At Less Cost Drive A Little And SAVE! JAMES H. PATCHES RD 2, Prescott Rd., Myerstown, PA 17067 l'/i Mi. Northwest of Schacfferstown (717) 949-3860 CALVES RETURNING TO FARM: TREND: STEADY TO WEAK. HOLS TEIN BULLS OVER 100 LBS. UP TO 150.00, BULK 130.00-145.00; HOLS TEIN BULLS UNDER 100 LBS. UP TO 142.00, BULK 115.00-139.00; HOLS TEIN HEIFERS OVER 100 LBS. UP TO 140.00, BULK 120.00-130.00; HOLS TEIN HEIFERS UNDER 100 LBS. UP TO 120.00 TO 90.00-105.00; BEEF TYPE BULLS, OVER 90 LBS. UP TO 140.00; BEEF TYPE HEIFERS, OVER 90 LBS. UP TO 110.00. SHEEP & LAMBS; 40 HD. LAMBS; TREND 5.00 LOWER. CHOICE 80-100 LBS. 65.00-70.00; MEDIUM & GOOD. ALL WEIGHTS 60.00-65.00. SHEEP: EWES. LEAN 24.00-28.00; EWES. FAT 18.00-23.00; BUCKS 14.00-20.00. GOATS: 10 HD. SMALL 19.00-28.00; MEDIUM 27.00-40.00; LARGE 45.00-65.00. HOGS, SOWS & BOARS: 169 HD. HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS: TREND 1-2.00 LOWER. 210-250 LBS. 37.00- 250-260 LBS. 36.00-37.00; 260-270 LBS. 33.50-36.00; 270-300 LBS. 31.00- LIGHT HOGS: 140-180 LBS. 29.00-34.00; 180-210 LBS. 33.00-36.00. SOWS: TREND 1-2.00 LOWER. GOOD SOWS, UNDER 400 LBS. 30.00-34.00; GOOD SOWS. OVER 400 LBS. 30.50-34.50; CULL SOWS, ALL WEIGHTS 21.00-27.00. BOARS: TREND 1.00 LOWER. 180-210 LBS. 27.00-30.00; 210-260 LBS. 28.00-30.00; 260-300 LBS. 25.00-27.00; 300 LBS. & OVER 23.00-26.75. FEEDER PIGS: (BY THE HEAD) 20-30 LBS. 10.00-15.00; 30-40 LBS. 12.00-22.00; 40-50 LBS. 20.00-26.00. SALE EVERY MONDAY AT 2:00 P.M. & EVERY THURSDAY AT 1:00 P.M. HA Y & STRAW EVERY MONDAY & THURSDAY AT 11:30 A.M. SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE; FRIDAY. APRIL 7 AT 7:15 P.M. SPECIAL FEEDER PIG SALE: SATURDAY, APRIL 22 AT 1:00 P.M. HOULE VARIABLE DEPTH LIQUID MANURE PUMP [At last a manure pump that will work in pits from 5’ to 13’ deep. The newly designed self cleaning impeller will not clog with manure that was previously thought to be too thick to pump. [Why not make a date to see this revolution ary new pump demonstrated on a farm near you? Cali 1-800-222-2948 today. 1 MANURE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, March 29, 1989 Report supplied by auction REPORTED RECEIPTS OF 102 COWS, 49 HEIFERS, AND 3 BULLS. MARKET STEADY. PA FRESH COWS, 850.00-1400.00. HERD OF 20 HEAD ALL STAGE COWS, 630.00-930.00. HERD OF 43 HEAD ALL STAGE COWS, 610.00-1200.00. LOCAL SPRINGING HEIFERS 610.00-990.00. SHORTBRED 710.00-875.00. OPEN HEIFERS 330.00-510.00. BULLS 360.00-870.00. LOCAL COWS 500.00-1170.00. Penns Valley Livestock Centre Hall, Pa. March 28, 1989 Report Supplied by Auction BEEF COWS: UTILITY AND COM MERCIAL 47.00-52.00; CUTTERS 44.25-46.00; CANNERS 41.00-44.00; cum i c m nn HEIFERS: STANDARD 60.00-68.00; COMMERCIAL 48.00-58.00. STEERS: SELECT63.OO-70.00; STAN DARD 51.00-60.00. BULLS: GOOD 58.0a60,25; STAN DARD 54.00-57.00. FEEDER CATTLE: 300-500 LBS. LARGE FRAME 65.0a81.00; SMALL FRAME 60.00-70.00; 500-700 LBS. SMALL FRAME 55.00-62.00. VEAL CALVES: GOOD 85.00-92.00; STANDARD 72.00-83.00; UTILITY 60.0a71.00. FARM CALVES: BULLS 110.8ai42.50; HEIFERS 90.00-105.00. HOGS: 40.0a42.00. SOWS; 33.0a36.00. BOARS: 25.0a26.75. SHOATS, PER HEAD: 25-30 LBS. 14.0a22.00; 3a35 LBS. 23.0a30.00; 35-50 LBS. 32.00-40.00. GOATS, PER HEAD; 18.0a28.00. I ; it' ' - r
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