AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1991
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
l June 24, 1665, Thomas Willett is installed as the first iru.yor of New York City
I June 25,1630, Governor John Wmthrop of Massachusetts introduces the table
J fork to America June 28, 1902, the United States purchases the unfinished
Panama Canal from France June 30,1906, Congress passes the Meat Inspection
Act and the Pure Food and Drugs Act Today is the tomonow you worried about
yesterday Now you know why
Ask the Old Farmer: What was the purpose of putting leather hoof covers on a
horse 7 Jl, Pa
fl They were called trotting booth and protected the horde's hooves
from interfering linking one fool or ankle with another
They also eased the shock of striking hard ground
Home Hints' To get nd of moles, put moth balls in their runs
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Rain begins the week, but changes to intermittent showers with sea
sonable temperatures Heavy ram ends the week, with much warmer weather
Greater New York-New Jersey: Heavy ram and seasonable Ram persists through
most ot the week, becoming sunny m the south Finally, clear and not
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Heavy ram begins the week, diminishing to sprinkles and
finally turning sunny by Friday Clear and hot on the weekend
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Cloudy skies and showers prevail through midweek
The rest of the week is sunnv and hot with residual showers m the east
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Leesport Livestock
Leesport, PA
Juen 19, 1991
CATTLE 261...PDA... Supply included
101 head slaughter steers and heifers, and
28 head feeder cattle ...Compared to last
Wednesday’s market; Slaughter steers
steady to mostly .50 to 1.50 lower, Cows
uneven, about steady. Choice 1000/ 1450
lbs. si. steers 73.00-76, couple to 78.00,
few Select 67.00-74 50; Choice Holstems
66 00-70.25, Select 63.50-65 50. few Stan
dard 58 00-62.00. Few Choice si. heifers
67.25-74.50, few Select 63.25-65.50; few
Choice Holstems 64.50-69.75. Breaking
Ut. & Commercial si. cows 53.50-56 50,
couple 57.25, Cutler & Boning Uulity
51 00-56 00, couple 56 75, Canner & low
Cutter 46.75-51.00, Shells down to 44 00
One Choice si. bullock 69 75. few Select
64.50-67.75. Yield Grade No. 1,
1100/2150 lbs si. bulls 62.50-70.25, few
No. 2, 950/1100 lbs. 60.25-61.75. Feeder
Cattle: Few Medium Frame No. 1.450/750
lbs. steers 85.00-105.00 Lot Large Frame
No. 2, 880 lbs. bulls 64.75.
CALVES 180... Few Choice vealers
102.00-125.00, few Good 86.00-100.00,
few Standard and Good 70/95 lbs.
75 00-89.00, few Utility 60/80 lbs.
60 00-70 00. Farm Calves: No. 1. Holstein
Bulls 85/130 lbs. 155.00-194.00, No. 2.
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Full Strawberry Moon, June 26,
80/120 lbs. 95.00-150.00; No. 1. Hoi. Heif
ers 85/160 lbs. 105.00-180.00, few to
90.00. Few Beef Cross 70/115 lbs. bulls
and heifers 115 00-200.00.
HOGS 27S...Barrows and gilts: steady
to .50 higher. US No. 1-2 215/240 lbs.
56.50-57.75.1-3 220/250 lbs. 55.50-57.25,
lot 2-3 270 lbs. 53.50, few 1-3 200/205 lbs.
53.00- SOWS: US No. 1-3 300/720
lbs. sows 43.00-45.75. Boars 39.00-42.50,
few light wts. 48.00.
FEEDER PIGS 329... US No. 1-3 20/35
lbs. feeder pigs 120.00-155.00, 50/70 lbs
90.00- all per hundredweight;
US No. 1-3 10/20 lbs. 16.00-21.00 per
head.
SHEEP 73... Spring slaughter lambs-
Good and Choice 40/100 lbs.
56 00-100.00, few to 120.00. Slaughter
sheep 16 00-28.00. - all Cwt.
GOATS 43... Large 55 00-115.00,
Medium 30.00-52.50 all per head.
Belknap Livestock
Dayton, PA
June 19, 1991
CATTLE 63...PDA...Compared with
last weeks market: One low dressing
Choice slaughter steer 70.25, one Select
68.00; one Choice Holstein 65.75, few
Standard 62.75-65.00. One Standard
slaughter heifer 60.25. Few Breaking Utili-
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ty and Commercial slaughter cows
52.00- few Cutter and Boning Utility
49.75-53.75, Canner and low Cutter
41.25- Shells down to 30.00. Pew
Yield Grade No. 1,1205/2185 lbs. sL bulls
62.25- couple No. 2,1720 lbs. 57.00
and 1140 lbs. 58.00. FEEDER CATTLE:
Medium Frame No. 1,470/690 lbs. heifers
66.00-
CALVES 139... Supply included 85%
return to farm ...One Good vealer 100.00,
Standard and Good 60/100 lbs.
65.00-91.00.
Farm Calves: No. 1, Holstein Bulls
80/130 lbs. 144.00-190, one 200.00,7Q/80
lbs. 100.00-140.00, No. 2, 80/130 lbs.
100.00- few No. 1, Hoi. Heifers
70/110 lbs. 110.00-175.00. Beef cross
65/1 IS lbs. bulls & heifers 112.50-165.00.
HOGS 207...8arr0ws amd gills; 1.50 to
2.00 higher. Lot US No. 1-2 235 lbs. bar
rows and gilts 56.25, 1-3 235/260 lbs.
54.50-55.50,2-3 240/260 lbs. 53.60-54.70,
few 1-3 185/200 lbs. 50.00-50.50. Sows:
Few US No. 1-3 500/655 lbs. sows
44.00- couple 2-3 480 lbs. 39.25,
500 lbs. 39.50, few Medium 285/365 lbs.
30.00- Couple Boars 35.00&36.25,
couple Stock 45.50&57.00.
FEEDER PIGS 57... US No. 1-3 30/45
lbs. feeder pigs 39.00-51.00 - all per bead.
SHEEP 16... Spring slaughter lambs;
Few Choice 70/85 lbs. spring si. lambs
55.00, few Good and Choice 50/60 lbs.
feeder lambs 50.00-54.50. One Slaughter
sheep 13.00 - all CwL
GOATS 8...0ne Medium 31.00,
Medium and Small Kids 10.00-19.00 - all
per head.
Carlisle Livestock
Market
Carlisle, Pa.
Tuesday, June 18, 1991
SLAUGHTER STEERS; SELECT
LIGHTS 71.00-72.25.
SLAUGHTER HOLSTEINS: SELECT
LIGHTS 62.00-66.00, STANDARD TO
61.50.
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SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: SELECT
LIGHTS 65.00-69.25.
SLAUGHTER COWS: ACTIVE
STRONGEST DEMAND FOR EARLY
BIRD PENS. BREAK UT. & COMM.
52.Q0-55.50, CUTTER & BONING UT.
50.00- CANNER & LOW CUTTER
46.00- BIG MIDDLE 48.50-51.50.
SLAUGHTER FAT BULLS: Y.G.#l&2
60.50-65.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: GOOD DEMAND.
FDR STEERS: (300-650 LBS.) MED.#I
101.00- HOLSTEINS 63.00-86.00.
FDR HEIFERS: (ALL WTS.) MED#I
91.00- LAR#I 83.00-90.00. MED
&LAR#2 67.50-76.50, HOLSTEINS
58.50-76.00.
FEEDER BULLS (ALL WTS) MED
AL AR# I 84.00-96.00, MED&LAR#2
74.00- HOLSTEINS 60.50-72.00.
VEAL CALVES: ACTIVE. CHOICE
100.00- STANDARD & GOOD
83.00-
FARM BULLS: TO 199.00.
FARM HEIFERS: ALL WTS
100.00-
HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS: US NO.
1-3 (210-260 LB.) 54.00-55.25, OVER 300
LB. 49.75-50.25, UNDER 200 LBS.
44.25-48.00.
SOWS: OVER 450 LB. 44.25-45.25,
UNDER 450 LB. 43.00-44.25, 2&4’S
(ALL WTS.) 39.50-42.75. BOARS: (ALL
WTS) 38.00-41.50.
FEEDER PIGS (BY THE HEAD):
ACTIVE: 25-30 LB. 27.00-32.00, 35-45
LB. 35.00-49.00.
SHOATS (BY THE LB) 86-130 LB,
73.00-97.00.
SHEEP-EWES: TO 20.00, GOOD &
FEEDERS (ALL WTS) 48.00-54.00.
LAMBS: CHOICE (60-110 LB)
55.00-59.00.
GOATS: (BY THE HEAD) LARGE
75.00-85.00, SM./MED. 29.00-56.00.
SALE EVERY TUESDAY, 5:00 P.M
RABBITS POULTRY & EGGS, 7:00 P.M
LIVESTOCK.
NOTES: STATE GRADED FEEDER
PIG SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 28,1:30 P.M.
Keister’s Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, PA
June 18, 1991
CATTLE 543... REPORT IS
SUPPLIED BY THE AUCTION ...Com
pared with last weeks maiket: High Choice
& Prime slaughter steers 75.00-77.50,
Choice 72.00-76.00, Select 70.00-73.00,
Standrad 66.00-70.00; High Choice &
Prime Holsteins 67.00-70, Choice
64.00- Select 60.00-64, Standard
58.00- Choice si. heifers
73.00- Select 70.00-73.00, Standard
66.00- Utility 59.00-66.00. Breaking
Utility & Commercial si. cows
54.00- Cutter & Boning Utility
51.00- Canner & low Cutter
46.00- Shells down to 44.00. Choice
si. bullocks 70.00-72.00, Select
68.00- Yield Grade No. 1,
1000/2220 lbs. si. bulls 61.00-67.50, No. 2.
900/1300 lbs. 55.00-61.00. Feeder Cattle:
Few Steen 300/700 Ibt. 83.00-93.00. Few
Heifen 350/650 lbs. 66.00-77.00. Few
400/800 lbs. bulls 69.00-87.00.
CALVES 193... Few Utility 60/80
Ibs.vealers 60.00-70.00. Farm Calves:
Holstein bulls No. 1, 80/90 lbs.
115.00- 90/110 lbs. 160.00-205.00;
Hoi. Heifen 80/100 lbs. 150.00-160.00.
HOGS 461 ...BARROWS & GILTS: US
No. 1, 225/245 lbs. barrows and gilts
57.00- No. 1-2, 220/250 lbs.
56.25-57.00,2-3 215/260 lbs. 55.50-56 25,
2-4 200/270 lbs. 50.00-55.50. US No. 1-3
280/650 lbs. sows 43.00-46.00, 2-3
275/575 lbs. 38.00-43.00. Boars
36 00-40.00.
FEEDER PIG 466... US No. 1-3 20/30
lbs. feeder pigs 38.00-44.00, 30/40 lbs.
44.00- 40/60 lbs. 52.00-61.00 all
per head.
SHEEP 110... SPRING SLAUGHTER
LAMBS:...Choice 50/65 lbs. spring
slaughter lambs 50.00-67.00, Good 60/90
lbs. 48.00-62.00. - all cwt
GOATS-...Noavailable-
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- all per head