AS-Lancastar Fanning, Saturday, April 6, 1991 OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC APR. 8-14,1991 Barbershop Quartet Day, April 11. April 9,1833, the nation's first town-supported free public library is established in P< lQ rboro’- ;h, N H April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of rlty to Animals is chartered in New York April 945, the U S 80th Division liberates the prisoners at lenwald April 14,1912, the Titanic strikes an ice and sinks the next day with over 1,500 people on ■d Learn wisdom by the follies of others : the Old Farmer; My favorite pliers, lost last fall and found this spring as I raked leaves, are covered with rust Can I make them usable again 7 MG , Mass Rub the pliers over with vegetable oil and let soak a cou ple of hours or so Scrub with steel wool followed by scrubbing with soapy water Rinse and wipe dry Home Hints: Use silicone car wax on bathroom and kitchen fixtures to prevent water spotting OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England; Last week's cold is forgotten as this week begins with sunny skies and warm weather The second half of the week changes to rainy and cold Greater New York-New Jersey: Cold with heavy ram, then clear and warm, followed by light ram and cool, and finally clearing with cold nights Middle Atlantic Coastal: The sun reappears through midweek, bathing all in its warmth Light ram falls, but temperatures remain seasonable Then cloudy and cool Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Clear at the very start of the week, and warm tem peratures prevail, but April showers are falling as the week progresses (All Rights Reserved 'Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 014441 Leesport Livestock Auction Leesport, Pa. Wednesday, April 3, 1991 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 270...PDA... Supply included 123 head steers and heifers ...Compared to last Wednesday’s market: Slaughter steers steady to strong: Cows steady to I.SO high er. Choice 1100/1330 lbs. si. steers 77.50-81, few 75.50, few Select 73.00- Standard 64.25-7?.25; Choice 1250/1650 lbs. Holsteins 67.75-74.50, Select 64 00-68.75, few Stan dard 55.00-62.50. Couple High Choice & Pnme 1340/1350 lbs. si. heifers 80 25&81, Choice 1100/1300 lbs. 74.00-80.25, Select 65.00- few Standard 56.25-68.00. Breaking Ut. & Commercial si. cows 52 50-55.75, few to 58.00, Cutter & Bon ing Utility 49.00-54.50, Canner & low Cut ter 46.50-50.00, Shells down to 32.00. Select & Choice si. bullocks 64.25-68.75; Select & Choice Holsteins 63.25-65, Stan dard 58.00-63.50. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1575/2070 lbs. si. bulls 63.00-67.50. Feed er Cattle: Few Large Frame No. 2,300/380 lbs. steers 90.00-103.00, few 500/750 lbs. 71.00- Few Medium Frame No. 1, *** Contract with Purina Mills, Inc. Now accepting new and existing sow herds We Supply - Quality Purina Feeds - Sound Genetic Program - A Service Representative To Assist You - Competitive Contract Payment Purina Mills, Inc. Serving The Needs Of Agriculture THE 260/500 lbs. heifers 80.00-90.00, one 103.00, few 500/650 lbs. 78.00-79.00, Large No. 2, 230/350 lbs. 91.00-106.00. Few Large Frame No. 2,240/310 lbs. bulls 106.00- few 340/425 lbs. 80.00- CALVES 186... Few Choice vealers 114.00- one Good 71.00, few Uuh ty 55/90 lbs 40.00-62 00. Fatm Calves: few No. 1, Holstein Bulls 130/140 lbs. 132.50-165.00, 85/125 lbs. 175,00-199.00, No. 2, 85/125 lbs. 162.50-180, few to 125.00, few 75/85 lbs. 120.00-145.00. Few Beef Cross 90/150 lbs, bulls and heifers 140.00- HOGS 395...8arr0ws and gilts: 2.50 to 3.50 lower. US No. 1-2 220/245 lbs. 47.35-48 00, lot 48.50, 1-3 215/250 lbs. 45.75-47.50, few 44.00, 2-3 245/260 lbs. 4500-46.00, few 2-4 235/275 lbs. 41.25-44.00, few 1-3 160/200 lbs. 42.50- SOWS: under 400 lbs. steady to weak, over 400 lbs. 2.00 to 3.50 higher. US No. 1-3 285/400 lbs. sows 41.50-45 00, few 430/460 lbs. 45.50-46, 480/650 lbs. 47.50- couple 52.00. One Boar 40.25, few It. wt. 37.00-38.00. FEEDER PIGS 115...0ne small lot US No. 1-3 20 lbs. feeder pigs 165.00, 30/50 lbs. 125.00-129.00, few 50/55 lbs. —Call Us Today 1-800-873-5300 105.00- lot 147 lbs. 41.00, few Utility 35/50 lbs. 87.50-90.00 all per hundredweight; two lots 1-3 lot 15/20 lbs. 23.00- - per head. SHEEP 134...8u1k of supply spring si. lambs sold to the Greek Easter Trade Choice and Prime 25/40 lbs. spring si. lambs 100.00-145.00, 40/60 lbs. 95.00- few 135.00, 60/80 lbs. 95.00- one 95 lbs. 70.00, Good & Choice 30/45 lbs. 75.00-95.00, lot Utility & Good 68 lbs. 47.00. Slaughter sheep 12.00- Yearlings 29.00-37.00 - all CwL GOATS 25... Large 47.50-65.00, few Large Kids 41.00-69.00, few small Kids 16.00-41.00 all per head. Peoria Cattle Peoria, Illinois Thursday, April 4, 1991 FEDERAL-STATE CATTLE WEEK LY TRADING MODERATE. COMPARED WITH LAST MONDAY, SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS FULLY 1.00 HIGHER. COWS STEADY TO WEAK, INSTANCES 1 00 LOWER. BULLS FULLY STEADY. SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH ABOUT 15% COWS. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 770 AS COMPARED WITH 1037 A WEEK AGO AND 986 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-4 1050-1350 LBS. 78.50-81.00 MIXED SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS. 75 50-78 50 SELECT 2-3 950-1200 LBS. 71.50-75 50. HOLSTEINS; MIXED SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1150-1350 LBS. 74.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4 950-1200 LBS. 78.00-80.00 COUPLE PART LOADS 80.50-81.00 MIXED SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 900-1150 LBS. 74.50-78.00 SELECT 2-3 800-1050 LBS. 71.00- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 2-4 50.00-55.00 FEW 56.00- CUTTER & BONING UTII TY 1-3 48.50-53.00 CANNER & LOW DRESSING CUTTER 1-2 42,00-46.00. BULLS: YG 1-2 1200-2300 LBS. 57.00- FEW 68.00-69.00. Peoria Sheep Peoria, Illinois Tuesday, April 2, 1991 OPENING. MIDSESSION AND CLOSE SHEEP: 25 NOT ENOUGH FOR A MARKET TEST. MELHORN SALES, SERVICE, TRUCKING CO. 1010 W. Main St, Mount Joy, PA 17552 Why You Should Consider Melhorn Sales, Service and Trucking Co. Feature * 30 years of DEKALB sales & service experience *l4 years of trucking experience * 27 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. *l2 years experience in the Utilizing fowl carts for fast, efficient loading of spent hens handling of your spent hens The only full service company, in this area, to handle the total * 6 full time office staff * Full time, professional pullet moving crews For More Information Phone: 4. 717-653-1102 lEiffl Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Jr Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection April 3, 1991 WED, 4/03/91 (EST) WEEK AGO (EST) YEAR AGO (ACT) WEEK TO DATE (EST) SAME PD LT WK (EST) SAME PD LT YR (ACT) Friend’s Stockyard Inc. Accident, Md. 21520 April 1, 1991 STOCK BULLS AND STEERS (200-400 LBS.) 85.00-102.00. STOCK HEIFERS 70.00-98.00. SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO CHOICE 75.00-78.50. MEDIUM TO GOOD 67.50-75.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS HEAVY 62.00-69.00, LIGHT 57.00-63.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO CHOICE 72.50-76.75, MEDIUM TO GOOD 64.00-72.00. BULLS HEAVY 60.00-70.40, LIGHT 50.00- COWS FEW HIGH DRESSING 54.50-57.50, UTILITY HOLSTEIN 47.00- CANNERS 42.50-50.00, COMMERCIAL TO GOOD 43.00-50.00, CULL COWS 42.00 AND DOWN. VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE 85.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD 65.00- 808 CALVES (40-50 LB. BUTCHER CALVES) 85.00 AND DOWN. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES, RETURN TOFARM (100-120 LBS.) 120.00-180.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES, RETURN TO FARM (100-120 LBS.) 100.00-120.00. HOGS TOP QUALITY 50.00-51.00, HEAVY 49.25-50.50, LIGHT 45.00-48.50. SOWS 38.00-44.50. MALE HOGS: 35.00-37.50. EGGS: LARGE .65-.75, MEDIUM .60. LIVESTOCK PRICES ARE ALL GIVEN PER HUNDREDWEIGHT! Valley Livestock Athens, Pa. Monday, April 1, 1991 Report supplied by auction HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES 125.00- VEAL CALVES 85.00-104.00. VEALER BULL CALVES 140.00- FEW TO 200.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES 80.00 AND DOWN. Benefits Providing you with a reliable source of a 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. Providing you with information & technical help for maximum performance. Insures that pullet growing program is followed resulting in birds that perform. needs of the poultrymen. HOGS 322.000 310.000 324.000 837.000 918.000 935.000 CATTLE CALVES 114.000 6,000 109.000 6,000 123.000 7,000 326.000 18,000 288.000 18,000 346,000 22,000 GRASSERS & FEEDERS 50.00-79.00. BABY LAMBS: 100.00-145.00. SHEEP 14.00-30.00. HOGS 200-250 LBS. 45.00-52.00. SOWS 40.00-43.00. BOARS NO MARKET TEST. PIGS BACH 30.00-42.50. HEIFERS 50.00-54.50. STEERS 55.00-64.50. FEEDER STEERS 52.00-89.00. BULLS 52.00-64.00. COWS GOOD 50.00-55.00. COWS MEDIUM 46.00-50.00. COWS POOR OR SMALL 40.00 AND DOWN. CATTLE MARKET STEADY. CALF MARKET STEADY TO HIGHER. HORSES 400.00-535.00. PONIES TO 165.00. GOATS TO 60.00. PRICES GOOD ON EVERYTHING. New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, April 3, 1991 Report supplied by auction 93 COWS, 132 HEIFERS AND 13 BULLS. HEIFER MARKET STEADY; COWS MARKET LOWER. PA FRESH COWS: 800.00-1275.00. PA FRESH COWS: 950.00-1510.00. 1 PUREBRED FRESH 2000.00. PERRY COUNTY FRESH COWS: 660.00-1150.00. HERD OF 20 HEAD, ALL STAGE COWS: 760.00-1310.00. LOCAL SPRINGING HEIFERS: 775.00- PUREBREDS: 910.00-1410,00. SHORTBRED: 625.00-920.00. OPEN BREEDING AGE: 560.00- PUREBRED OPEN: 735.00-935.00. SMALL OPEN: 255.00-485.00. VACCINATED HEIFERS BRING A PREMIUM. BULLS: 610.00-885.00. LOCAL CONSIGNED COWS: 690.00- SHEEP 21,000 21,000 27.000 60.000 65.000 76.000
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