OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
]uly 17,1955, Arco, Idaho is the first town in the world to receive all its light and power
from atomic energy, in one-hour experiment . July 19, 1848, women's bloomers
introduced to the delegates of the First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls,
NY Average length of days for the week 14 hours 51 minutes . July 23,1904, the
ice cream cone is bom! . The sunrise never failed us yet. Celia Thaxter.
f ’a&tov ’ Ask the Old Farmer; Why the expression, "Why doesn't your mother
' keep pigs in the parlor?"
H '\ "| It's used when people get tired of, "Why this or why that?'
f \ i Home Hints: For larger pumpkins, remove all but two from each vine
¥ OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England; Showers, then clearing; cool, more scattered showers; clearing and
finally hot. Why on egrth not 7 A wetlisn week, it seems.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Sunny and warm, then sprinkles; clear and hot. Brief
hot spells predicted for late July; maybe this is one of 'em!
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Seasonable, scattered showers; then rain in the west; the
week ends with clearing and hot weather to dry the beginning wetness.
Piedmont h Southeast Coastal: Seasonable with a few showers to start the week;
rain in the south, scattered in the north; cooler; then clear and hot.
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Eighty-Four Livestock
Auction
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, July 10, 1989
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 292...PDA...Compared with
lan Monday'i market: Slaughter cows
grading Breaking Utility and Commercial
weak to .50 lower. Cutter and Boning Utili
ty hilly steady. Few Select slaughter steers
63.75-68.00, Standard 57.00-63.00, few
Utility 52.00-54.00. Few Select si. heifers
63.00- Standard 56.00-61.00, few
Utility 50.00-56.00. Breaking Utility ft
Commercial si. cows 47.50-54.00, Cutter
ft Barf. Utility 47.00-51.00, Canner ft low
Cutter 39.50-47.50, Shells down to 29.00.
Yield Grade No. 1,1300/2150 lbs. sL bulls
57.00- No. 2. 900/1400 lbs.
52.00- Feeder Cattle; Medium
Frame No. 1, 350/500 lbs. steers
72.00- lot Large #1,172 lbs. 113.00,
few Urge «2, 800 lbs. 66.50. Medium
Frame No. 1, 370/600 lbs. heifers
70.00- few Large #l, 278 bis.
102.00, Medium Frame No. 2,500/600 lbs.
bulls 70.00-75.00. Medium Frame No. 1,
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325/600 lbs. bulls 70.00-85.00, Lot No. 2,
600 Iba. 63.50.
CALVES 321 ...Pew Choice vealers
84.00- Good 78.00-83.00, Standard
ft Good 90/120 lbs. 80.00-92.00, 60/85
lbs. 70.00-82.00, Ulility 50/70 lbs.
48.00- Farm Calves* Holstein bulls
90/125 lbs. 93.00-106, few 112.00, couple
130.00; Beef cross 80/120 lbs. bulls ft
heifers 80.00-110.00.
HOGS 24S...Batrows and gills .50 to $1
lower. US No. 1-2 225/250 lbs.
48.0a48.50,1-3 220/260 lbs. 47.0a48.10,
2-3 270/290 lbs. 4-1.0a42.50, 1-3 130/180
lbs. 35.0a39.00. US No. 1-3 300/550 lbs.
sows 31.00-33.50, 2-3 300/600 lbs.
30.0a31.50. Boats 30.0a36.00.
FEEDER PIGS 74... US No. 2-3 25/40
lbs. feeder pigs 11.0 a 17.50, 40/60 lbs.
25.0a32.00, lot 36 lbs. 8.00 per head.
SHEEP 172.. . High Choice & Prime
80/110 lbs, spring slaughter lambs
71.00-73.75, Choice 90/95 lbs.
68.0a70.00. Good ft Chpice 40/60 lbs.
feeder lambs 55.0a67.00. Slaughter sheep
20.0a24.00.
GOATS 17... Large 30.00-48.00,
Medium 20.00-32.00 all per head.
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Mercer Livestock
Auction
Mercer, Pa.
Tuesday, July 11, 1989
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 185...PDA...Choice slaughter
•teen 68.50-73.85, few High yielding
74.75, few low yielding down to 66.00,
Select 65.50-69.00, few high yielding up to
71.50, Stmdard 56.50-62.00. Choice si.
heifen 66.00-70.00, few low yielding
down to 64.00, Select 63.00-66.50, few
Sundaid 55.00-59.00. Bretdcing Utility *
Commercial sL cows 48.50-55.50, Cutter
* Boning Utility 47.00-52.50, Calmer A
Low Cutter 41.00-47.50, Shells down to
30.00. Couple Select si. bullocks
63.25*64.50, couple Standard
57.00*57.75. Yield Grade No. 1,
1200/1800 Iba. si. bulls 56.00-63.75, few
No. 2, 850/1100 lbs. 52.00-55.00. Feeder
Cattle: Few Medium Frame #l, 600/800
lbs. steen 64.00-66.00, holsteins 480/600
lbs. 71.00-76.00. Few Medium & Large
Frame No. 1, 500/800 lbs. heifers
68.00- Few Medium Frame No. 1,
500/600 lbs. bulls 72.00-74.50.
CALVES 120... Standard and Good
90/120lbs. vealen 75.00-88.00,60/85 lbs.
67.00- few Utility 50/70 lbs.
30.00- Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
90/125 lbs. 99.00-134.00.
HOGS 189... US No. 1-2 225/250 lbs.
barrows and gilts 48.00-49.10, lot 12 head
49.85. 1-3 230/260 lbs. 46.85-48.10, 2-4
250/275 lbs. 44.00-45.75, one small lot
440 lbs. 35.25, few 1-3 100/115 lbs.
31.00- Few US No. 1-3 300/550 lbs.
sows 30.00-31.00. Few Boars 20.00-24.00.
FEEDER PIGS 16...L0t US No 1-3 40
lbs. feeder pigs 20.00, lot 20 lbs. 8.00
per head.
SHEEP 12..,0ne High Choice 130 Ibi.
spring slaughter lamb* 63.00, one 65 lbs.
70.00. Few Good * Choice 40/65 lbs.
feeder lambs 47.00-53.00.
GOATS I... Medium 42.00 all per
head.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, July 11, 1989
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 163...PDA... Supply included
77% slaughter cows ...Few Choice 3-4
slaughter steers 68.00-72.25, one Select
65.75; few Choice 1325/1610 lbs. holsteins
66.25/68.50, few Select 60.75-66.00, few
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Standard 60.00-62.75. Few Choice 4-5
885/lCsSttis. si. heifen 64.25*67.25, few
Standard 54.00-62.25, two Utility
46.50*55.00. Breaking Utility A Com
mercial si. cows 49.50-52.75, few 55.00,
Cutter & Boning Utility 48.00-52.25, lew
55.25, Canner & Low Cutter 45.50-47.75,
few 48.00, Shells down to 40.00. Two
Select si. bullocks 63.75*66.25, few Stan
dard 57.00-58.25.
CALVES 348... Few Choice vealen
85.00- few Good 82.00-88.00, Stan
dard * Good 85/120 lbs. 72.00-79.00,
70/80 Ibf. 65.00-75.00, Utility 50/85 lbs.
50.00- few down to 41.00. Farm
Calves: HoL Bulls No. 1, 80/130 lbs.
89.00- mostly 100.00-115.00, No.
2, 75/115 lbs. 76.00-88, few to 100.00;
Hoi. Heifen 75/115 lbs. 70.06-10S.00.
Few Beef cross 55/110 lbs. bulls * heifen
60.00-
HOGS 19S...Barrows and gills - supply
included 29% of sows. US No. 1-2 220/235
lbs. 48.00, lot 49.00, 1-3 215/245 lbs.
47.75-48.50.2-3 210/230 lbs.
1-3 200/210 lbs. 44.00-45.75,1-3 165/200
lbs. 35.00-44.75. US No. 1-3 280/600 lbs.
sows 34.00-36., few 36.50, few 2-3
435/655 lbs. 33.00-34.00, Medium
220/390 lbs. 21.00-34.50. Two Boars
30.00*32.50, Light weights 38.00-38.75.
FEEDER PICS 0...N0 market test.
SHEEP 0...N0 Market Test
GOATS 7... Few Large 30.00-58.00, few
Medium 30.00-34.00 all per head.
New Wilmington
Livestock Auction
N. Wilmington, Pa.
Monday, July 10, 1989
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 276..i > DA...Compaied with
last Monday's market: Slaughter cows ful
ly $1 higher. Couple Choice slaughter
steers 71.50*72.00, Select 67.00-70.50;
few Select holsteins 62.00-65.75, few
Standard holstins 57.00-59.00. Couple
Choice st. heifers 68.00*70.00, few low
yielding 65.00, few Select 64.00-65, Stan
dard 54.25-62.50, few Utility 50.00-53.25.
Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows
49.00-55.75, few 56.50-58.25, Cutter &
Boning Utility 48.00-53.00, Canner &
Low'Cutter 41.50-48.25, Shells down to
35.00. Yield Grade No. 1, 1125/1680 lbs.
si. bulls 57.75-63.50. few No. 2,
1015/1425 lbs. 49.50-55.00. Feeder Cattle;
Medium & Large Frame No. I, 360/660
lbs. steers 75.00-87.50, few 99.00. Few
Medium A Large Frame No. 1-2,470/540
Ibi. heifen 66.00-76.00. Medium A Large
Frame No. 1, 500/745 Ibc. 60.00-65.50.
CALVES 3SB...Few Choice vealers
107.00- few Good 92.00-97.00
Standard & Good 90/120 Ibi. 71.00-80.00,
65/85 lb«. 65.00-75.00, Utility 50/65 lbs.
36.00- Farm Calves: Hoi. Bulls
90/135 Ibi. 100.00-139.00. No. 2.
75.00- 85 lbs. 77.50; Hoi. Heifers
100/120 lbs. 116.00-120.00. Beef cross
70/135 lbs. bulls A heifers 80.00-137.00.
HOGS 466...8arr0ws and gilts .25 to .50
higher. US No. 1-2 225/250 lbs.
48.25-49.10,1-3 215/255 lbs. 47.25-48.35,
1-3 200/210 lbs. 44.00-45.00. Sows mostly
$1 higher. US No. 1-3 310/520 lbs. sows
32.00- one 37.50. Boars
30.00-
FEEDER PIGS 17... Few US No. 1-3
80/100 lbs. feeder pigs 40.00-46.50 per
bead.
SHEEP 172... High Choice A Prime
85/105 lbs. spring si. lambs 77.00-83.00,
Choice 70/90 lbs. 66.00-77.00; Good and
Choice 40/80 lbs. feeder lambs
56.00- Slaughter ewes 17.00-26.00.
GOATS 22... Medium A Large
28.00- few Small 8.00-20.00 all
per head.
New Holland Horses
New Holland Sales Stables
New Holland, PA
Monday, July 10, 1989
REPORT SUPPLIED BY AUCTION
REGISTERED RECEIPTS OF 224
HEAD OF HORSES, MULES AND
PONIES. MARKET STEADY.
DRIVING HORSES 410.00-770.00.
RIDING HORSES 350.00-700.00.
REGISTERED HORSES
650.00-
HEAVYWEIGHT KILLERS
415.00-
LIGHTWEIGHT KILLERS
275.00-
MARE PONIES 35.00-90.00.
COLTS 20.00-45.00.
GELDING PONIES 35.00-90.00.
LARGER PONIES 135.00-225.00.
.0. Box 633
I. DE 19956