AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Decamber 30,1889 Belknap Livestock Dayton, PA Til £ MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROS _ wa a am m ml m a w m w a taw a ft PBROUS NEW YEAR! OLD FARMERS ALMANAC DA s^ N cSS, R T, D »r DNES - Jan 1,1900, William Witt and Anna Wassilove become first American couple to marry in the 20th century Jan 3,1959, Ike admits Alaska into the Union as the 49th state and a new official flag design is set with 49 stars Jan 7,1918, Communist leader of Soviet Russia, Nikolai Lenin, establishes a dictatorship of the proletariat There is nothing permanent except change OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: The New Year starts with a cold wave and a snowstorm Cheers 1 Cold temperatures continue to hold on and then there's more snow Greater New York-New Jersey: Happy New Year 1 Rain’ But then it's snow, at least in the north Coldsnap next and then another snowstorm Milder soon Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rain is changing to snow and the temperatures swing colder A snowstorm brings more white stuff and it's colder still Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Clear and warm, now isn't that nice for 1990 7 Showers in the west, then a cold wave, ram, and more snow (All Rights Reserved, Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 03444) Leesport Livestock Leesport, PA Dec. 27, 1989 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROS PEROUS NEW YEAR! CATTLE 220...PDA... Supply included 17 feeder cattle ...Compared with last Wednesday's market: Slaughter steers steady weak; Cows steady to $1 lower. Choice 1000/1350 lbs. si. steers 75.00- one 79.85, few Select 67.00- Few Choice Holstems 68.50-72.00, few Select 64.75-67.50, few Standard 61.00-69.00. Few Choice si. heif ers 70.75-79.00, few Select 63.50-66.00. Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows 52.00- Cutter & Boning Utility 51.75-56.25, Canner & low Cutter 47.00- Shells down to 41.25. Few Choice si. bullocks 71.35-79.25, few Select 66.00-71.75. Few Yield Grade No. 1,890/1860 lbs. si. bulls 61.00-7175. Feed er Cattle; Few Medium Frame No. 1, 400/700 lbs. steers 60.00-67.00. 717-687-0990 NEXT SALES WED., JAN. 3 AND FRI., JAN. 5 We want to fill warehouse from wall to wall with tobacco. We are working to have more company buyers, but we need your support and tobacco to attract them! We wish all you tobacco farmers a good holiday and hope to see you all at our sales after New Year’s! If you’ve never been to a tobacco sale, please come and see the excitement that takes place! REMEMBER PARADISE WHEN SELL ING TOBACCO - WE HAVE BUYERS FOR ALL GRADES OF TOUR TOBACCO - IT’S THE TOBACCO MARKET PLACE OF PENNSYLVA NIA! We have established markets in both types 609 and 41 tobaccos. All Buyers and Sellers Always Welcome At Our Tobacco Sales! It will be to your advantage to bring tobacco before day of sale - better grad ing, check earlier, and quicker return to striping room. REMEMBER. AUCTION PRICES EVENTUALLY ALWAYS MATCH OR BETTER THOSE PRICES OFFERED ON THE PARltf!! NEXT SALES - JAN. 3 & JAN. 5 - 9:30 a.m. For Sale: Tobacco seed, twine, arid tobacco bale boxes. TRUCKING AVAILABLE JAN. 1-7,1990 Happy New Year! Ask the Old Farmer: In Nova Scotia recently, I heard the term "airanty clothes " Do you know it 7 FK, Maine In Scotland, children had airanty clothes for regular wear, us Sunday-best It means something the weather will not harm Home Hints; Cut mennge pie neatly with a knife dipped in cold water CALVES 160...0ne Choice veater 122.50, few Good 78.00-90 00, Standard & Good 75/100 lbs. 71 00-83.50, Utility 60/85 lbs, 50.00-70.00. Fanm Calves: Hols tein Bulls No. 1, 90/430 lbs. 115.00- No. 2. 85/125 lbs. 85.00- Hoi. Heifers 90/130 lbs. 90.00- 00. HOGS 48S...Barrows and gilts .75 to 1.50 lower. US No. 1-2 225/245 lbs. 51.00-52.25,1-3 230/260 lbs. 49.00-50.50, 2-3 265/315 lbs. 43.75-47.60. US No. 1-3 300/660 lbs. sows 42.00-46.50, few down 38 50. Boars 34.00-36.50, lot 39.25. FEEDER PIGS 111... Few Lots US No. 1-3 20/28 lbs. feeder pigs 140.00-170.00, 38/44 lbs. 75.00-112.50, few lots 100/160 lbs. 39.00-47.00 all per hundredweight. SHEEP 16... Few Good and Choice 55/120 lbs. wool slaughter lambs 65.00-80.00. GOATS 11... Few Large 55.00-82.50 - per head. 9:30 A.M. Office Hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 19 Meadow Lane, Paradise, PA 17562 RY-000007-L Mitch Ashby, Auct. AU-002616-L Westminster Livestock Auction Hagerstown, Md. Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1989 Report supplied by auction COWS: UTILITY 48.00-55.00; HIGH DRESSING 56.00- 58.50; FEW 60.00-62.00; CANNERS 45.00-49.00; SHELLY 45.00 DOWN. BULLS: YG#l 1840 LBS. 68.00-75.00; YG#2 1000-1900 LBS. 59.00-62.00. FED STEERS; LOW CHOICE 1100 LBS. AT 74.00; STANDARD 59.00-65.00. FED HEIFERS: LOW CHOICE 1250 LBS. UP TO 70.00; COMMERCIAL UP TO 64.00; HOLSTEIN CULLS UP TO 60.00. VEAL CALVES: 170-300 LBS. LOW CHOICE UP TO 99.00; STANDARD TO GOOD 74.00-80.00; CULLS 85-120 LBS. 75.00-86.00; 50-80 LBS. 60.00-72 00; WEAK AND ROUGH 60.00 DOWN. FARM CALVES; HOLSTEIN BULLS, UP TO 149.00; #1 85-120 LBS. 120.00- SMALL FRAME 90.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 95-130 LBS. 120.00-150.00; BEEF X BULLS TO 112 00. BUTCHER HOGS: US#l AND 3 230-270 LBS. UP TO 51.00; 270-280 LBS. UP TO 49.00; 280-325 LBS. 42.00-46.50. SOWS: #1 AND 3 300-700 LBS. 40.00- THIN 30.00-38.00. BOARS: UP TO 33.50. STOCK CATTLE, STEERS: 400-500 Wanted To Buy Crippled and Disabled Sows and Boars Hogs Slaughtered For Federal Inspection PHONE 717-274-7609 1$ Agricultural Software We sell and support Doaneftmi and Harvestttmi software Tor: * Accounting * Crop management * Dairy management * Equipment management * Poultry management * Swine management and more. Heritai Computer Solutions Annvillc, PA Call (717) 8381685 or (717) 397-1998 LBS. 62.00-67.00; 600-750 LBS 62.00-76.00. - - - - - HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 62.00-76.00; 500-700 LBS. 63.00-73.00. BULLS: 300-500 LBS. 70.00-80.00; 500-750 LBS. 64.00-68.00. LAMBS: CHOICE 80-110 LBS. 58.00- PRIME 125-140 LBS. 59.00- CHOICE 50-80 LBS. 65.00- GOOD 57.00-64.00; YEAR LINGS UP TO 49.50. SHEEP: 120-150 LBS. 28.00-41.00; 150-200 LBS. 19.00-28.00. GOATS: LARGE 75.00-97.00; MEDIUM 50.00-62.00; KIDS UP TO 27.00. PIGS AND SHOATS, BY THE HEAD, 15-30 LBS. 10.00-15.00; 30-50 LBS. 16.00- 50-75 LBS. 25.00-40.00; 75-100 LBS. UP TO 49.50; BY THE POUND, 100-125 LBS. 46.00-49.00; 130-180 LBS. 35.00-40.00. STOCK BOARS; 220-270 LBS. 36.00- Peoria Cattle Peoria, IL Dec. 28, 1989 SLAUGHTER STEERS MODERATE LY ACTIVE. HEIFERS SLOW. BOTH CLASSES MOSTLY 1.00 HIGHER COMPARED TO SALES LAST MON DAY, BUT TRADING ON HEIFERS NOT WELL TESTED. SLAUGHTER STEER SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT AND CHOICE. HEIFERS MOSTLY SMALL LOTS SELECT OR MIXED SELECT AND CHOICE. COW SUPPLY ABOUT S% AT THE AUCTION FEW SALES OF COWS 2.00 TO 3.00 HIGH ER. NOT ENOUGH BULLS OR FEED ER CATTLE FOR A MARKET" TEST. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 695 AS COMPARED WITH 1505 A WEEK AGO AND 848 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER STEERS; CHOICE 2-4 1050-1350 LBS. 75.50-78.00 MIXED SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1000-1200 LBS. 73.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW MIX ED SELECT AND CHOICE 2-4 950 LBS. 75.00- SELECT 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 65.00- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 46.00-52.00 CUT TER & BONING UTILITY 1-2 47.50-53.75 CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 1-2 43.00-47.00 BULLS: COUPLE YG 1-2 1790-2015 LBS. 58.75-59.75 FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: FEW MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME #2 900-1030 LBS. 67.50-72.00. St. Louis Cattle CATTLE AND CALVES: 475 ( 25 SLTR, 450 FDRS) RECEIPTS CONSISTS OF FEEDER CATTLE AND COWS FOR REGULAR THURSDAY AUCTION. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: COWS: CUTT, UTIL, COMM BULK SALES HI DRESS % LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4 NO TEST BONING 1-2 NO TEST NO TEST LOW TO A*VG. CUTTER NO TEST FOR THE WEEK; RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 900; LAST WEEK 1100; LAST YEAR 900 AS COMPARED TO LAST WEEK’S TERMINAL MARKET CLOSE, SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS .50-1.00 HIGHER. COWS AND BULLS FULLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER SUPPLY MAINLY CHOICE AND MIXED SELECT AND CHOICE STEER AND HEIFERS. AROUND 10% COWS. CHESTER COUNTY HAY SALE Public Auction Every Wednesday, 12! Noon Sharp Location: John Primus & Son, Buck Run Road, Coatesville, PA 215-383-6686 'B9 Timothy Mulch Contracts Available Green Dragon Livestock Sales ftPj Location; Ephrata RD 4. 1 mile N. on North State St., Ephrata. C o* s COWS SALE EVERY FRIDAY Lots of good Northern Feeder & Stockers. Slaughter Cows - Bull Steer, Veal-lamb. 11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week. 1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale. 7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale. For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on farm or at our barn or other market .information call: Office 717-733-2444, Home 717-838-4318. WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor All out of state and new buyers must have cash or certified check or current letter of credit from bank. Dec. 28, 1989
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