New Holland
Hog Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Monday, June 20, 1994
Hog Receipt*
Today
Last Monday
Last Year
TREND: Compared to last Monday bar
rows and gilts firm to SO higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-255 lb 43.50-44.50, Few 44.50-45.10.
US 1 215-250 lb 45.50-46.50.
US 1-3 210-260 lb 42.50-43.50,
190-210 lb 41.00-42.00.
US 2-3 270-300 lb 40.00-41.00.
State Graded
Feeder Pig Sale
at Westminster
Livestock Auction
Report Supplied by Auction
June 17, 1994
479 PIGS; 2 WEEKS AGO 364.
PRICES WERE 5.00-10.00, SPOTS 15.00
LOWER.
GRADES 1&2: 87 HEAD 30-38 LBS.
58.00- 106 HEAD 43-49 LBS.
55.00- 121 HEAD 50-58 LBS.
52.00- 124 HEAD 60-69 LBS.
53.00-
GRADE 2: 15 HEAD 32-44 LBS.
45.00-52.00.
NEXT GRADED SALE FRIDAY.
JULY 1. NEW SALE TIME 11:30 A.M.
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.m.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, June 23, 1994
RETURN TO FARM CALF
100.00-170.00.
GOOD VEAL: 80.00-130.00.
COMMON VEAL: 30.00-80.00.
SELECT STEERS: 54.00-60.50.
COMMON STEERS: 48.00-53.75.
COMMERCIAL COWS: 42.00-48.75.
CANNERS-CUTTERS: 36.00-46.50.
SHELLS; 28.00-41.00.
SELECT HEIFERS: 48.00-58.75.
COMMON HEIFERS: 43.00-52.00.
COMMON FEEDERS: 50.00-62.50.
BULLS: 51.75-58.00.
GOOD HOGS: 41.50-41.75.
PIGS
STATE GRADED SALE
FRI, JULY Ist1 st
"NEW TIME"
11:30 AM
WESTMINSTER
LIVESTOCK AUCTION
PHONE (301) 848-9820
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons offers
all cattle feeders two marketing days.
Give us a call for advice and marketing conditions.
! MONDAYS OR WEDNESDAYS !
OPEN MONDAY, JULY 4
Consign With Us - For The Marketing Edge
Next Feeder Cattle Sale
Wednesday, June 29 -11:00 A.M.
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
Lancaster Stockyard*
Tel. (717)397-5136
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Indiana Hogs
Louisville, Kentucky
Thursday, June 23, 1994
INDIANA DIRECT HOGS FLASH
BARROWS AND GILTS: MOSTLY .50
LOWER. DEMAND MODERATE.
1008
COUNTRY: PLANTS: US 1-2 230-260
LBS. 42.50-44.00 43.00-44.50
US 2-3 230-260 LBS. 39.50-42.50,
210-230 LBS. 37.50-40.50.
SOWS: UNDER 500 LBS. STEADY
TO 1.00 HIGHER; OVER 500 LBS.
MOSTLY STEADY. US 1-3 300-500
LBS.' 29.00-32.00, 500-650 LBS.
30.00-34.00, FEW 35.00.
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE: 20,500
‘•‘RECEIPTS HAVE CHANGED DUE
TO CHANGE IN REPORTING BASE.
New Holland
Feeder Pigs
New Holland, PA
Wed., June 22, 1994
Report Supplied by Auction
TODAY: 1431 HEAD
LAST WEDNESDAY: 863 HEAD
LAST YEAR: 1220 HEAD
TREND: COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY. FEEDER PIGS
UNEVEN, WEIGHTS UNDER 50 LBS.
STEADY TO 5.00 LOWER. INSTANCES
10.00 LOWER. 50-70 LBS. FIRM TO 5.00
HIGHER. ALL PIGS WEIGHED ON
ARRIVAL AND SOLD BY THE
HUNDRED WEIGHT.
GRADE 1&2: 141 HEAD 32-39 LBS.
70.00-78.00. WGHTD. AVG. 34.21,
WGHTD. PRICE 72.83; 295 HEAD 41-49
LBS. 69.00-76.00, WGHTD. AVG. 44.36,
WGHTD. PRICE 73.00; 271 HEAD 50-57
LBS. 66.00-78.00, WGHTD. AVG. 51.27,
WGHTD. PRICE 74.54; 65 HEAD 60
LBS. 66.00-67.00, WGHTD. AVG. 60.00,
WGHTD. PRICE 66.29.
US#2: 135 HEAD 31-39 LBS.
60.00-70.00. WGHTD. AVG. 36.33,
WGHTD. PRICE 64.24; 145 HEAD 43-46
LBS. 58.00-68.00, WGHTD. AVG. 44.44,
WGHTD. PRICE 64.10; 54 HEAD 50-53
LBS. 59.00-65.00, WGHTD. AVG. 51.33,
WGHTD. PRICE 62.25; 10 HEAD 66
LBS. 50.00, WGHTD. AVG. 66.00,
WGHTD. PRICE 50.00.
US#2-3: 42 HEAD 31-36 LBS.
55.00-58.00, WGHTD. AVG. 32.90.
WGHTD. PRICE 56.75.
SLAUGHTER: 59 HEAD 18-23 LBS.
110.00-115.00, WGHTD. AVG. 20.80,
WGHTD. PRICE 111.27; 26 HEAD 27-28
LBS. 74.00-82.00, WGHTD. AVG. 27.31,
WGHTD. PRICE 76.52.
KIRKWOOD
HAY AUCTION
Hay, Straw and
Grain Auction
EVERY TUESDAY
11:00
Located Rt. 472 8 mllaa
south el Quarryvllls or 8
mllaa north of Oxford cor
ner of Rt. 472 and Noble
' Road.
Lloyd H. Kraldsr,
Auctioneer
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Hay & Grain
Markets
Belleville Hay
Wednesday, June 22
Belleville, PA
Report Supplied by Auction
19 LOADS OF HAY.
ALFALFA HAY: 30.00-65.00.
MD(ED HAY: 40.00-102.50.
OATS: 5 LOADS, 1.90-2.50 BU.
EAR CORN: 5 LOADS. 90.00-117.50.
Greencastle
Livestock Market
June 16 and 20
Hay & Straw
Report Supplied by Auction
14 LOADS.
ALFALFA: NEW 45.00-82.50.
MIXED HAY: NEW 35.00-80.00.
ORCHARD GRASS: NEW
42.50-70.00.
BROME GRASS: NEW 61.00-80.00.
Kirkwood Hay Auction
Kirkwood, Pa.
Tuesday, June 21, 1994
Report Supplied by Auction
27 LOADS OF HAY.
MIXED HAY: IST CUTTING
81.00- 2ND CUTTING
85.00-
TIMOTHY: 80.00-120.00.
ALFALFA: IST CUTTING
72.00- 2ND CUTTING
110.00- 4TH CUTTING
115.00-
GRASS: 55.00-110.00.
BARLEY STRAW: 94.00-118.00.
RYE STRAW: 118.00-120.00.
CORN: 92.00.
SALE TIME 11 A.M.
Green Dragon Hay
Ephrata, Pa.
Friday, June 17, 1994
Report Supplied by Auction
43 TOTAL LOADS.
MIXED HAY: 80.00-177.00.
ALFALFA: 83.00-125.00.
TIMOTHY: 73.00-125.00.
ORCHARD GRASS: 77.00-110.00.
STRAW: 95.00-190.00.
EAR CORN: 65.00-100.00.
OATS: 2.25 BU.
Keister’s Hay
Middleburg, PA
June 21, 1994
Report supplied by auction
20 LOADS, 8 LOADS OF HAY.
MIXED HAY: 75.00-100.00.
TIMOTHY: 110.00.
STRAW: 1 LOAD AT 155.00.
EAR CORN: 9 LOADS, 80.00-115.00.
OATS: 2.30-2.40 BU.
National
Grain Market
St Joseph, Mo.
Wednesday, June 22, 1994
DAILY NATIONAL GRAIN
SUMMARY WHEAT PRICES CON
TINUE LOWER UNDER HARVEST
PRESSURE AND PROFIT TAKING, DE
SPITE EXCELLENT EXPORT
DEMAND AND RAIN DELAYED
HARVEST IN PARTS OF KANSAS.
THE WET WEATHER ACROSS THE
MIDWEST AND CORN BELT AREAS
WASHED CORN AND BEAN PRICES
LOWER. WHEAT 5 TO 9 CENTS LOW
ER. CORN 5 TO 8 CENTS LOWER.
SORGHUM 11 TO 12 CENTS LOWER.
SOYBEANS 9 TO 14 CENTS LOWER.
WHEAT HARVEST CONTINUED TO
PROGRESS INTO KANSAS WITH
AROUND 25 PERCENT CUT- TING
COMPLETE. RAINFALL CAUSED
SOME DELAYS IN CUTTING BUT
NOT ENOUGH TO SUP- PORT PRICES.
EXCELLENT EXPORT DEMAND FOR
WHEAT LIMITED PRICE DECLINES.
CORN AND BEAN CROPS FLOURISH
DUE TO MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE
RECEIVED IN MID- WEST AND CORN
BELT AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINS AND COOLER TEMPERA
TURES FORECAST INTO NEXT
WEEK. HEAVY FUND SELLING ON
THE BOARD MAGNIFIED SOYBEAN
PRICE WEAK- NESS. THE LACK OF
MUCH EXPORT DEMAND ALSO
ADDED PRESSURE TO PRICES.
EXPORT NEWS: ALGERIA
BOUGHT 75,000 TONNES HARD RED
WINTER WHEAT AND 25,000 TON
NES SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT
UNDER EEP FOR AUGUST. PAKIS
TAN BOUGHT 250,000 TONNES SOFT
WHITE WHEAT UNDER EEP FOR
OCTOBER SHIPMENT. SUB
SAHARAN BOUGHT 25,000 TONNES
OF NORTHERN/DARK NORTHERN
SPRING WHEAT UNDER EEP FOR
JUNE/OCTOBER SHIPMENT. JAPAN
BOUGHT 23,809 TONNES DARK
NORTHERN SPRING WHEAT, 10,000
TONNES WESTERN WHITE, 28,094
HARD RED WINTER. UNDER EEP
FOR AUGUST SHIPMENT. ALGERIA
BOUGHT 73,500 TONNES BARLEY
UNDER EEP FOR JULY SHIPMENT.
CYPRUS BOUGHT 25,000 TONNES
BARLEY UNDER EEP FOR AUG/SEP
SHIPMENT.
DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO TRUCK
BIDS; 06/22/94 06/21/94 06/23/93
WHEAT: KANSAS CITY 3.47-3.48 NC
3.12 MINNEAPOLIS 4.01 UP 1 3/4 3.90
3/4 PORTLAND 3.55-3.62 DN 9-8
3.41-3.47 ST. LOUIS 3.04-3.07 DN 5
2.82-2.85.
CORN. U.S. NO. 2 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 2.64-2.67 DN 6 2.20-2.22
MINNEAPOLIS 2.48 DN 6 1/4 2.07 3/4
SO. lOWA 2.55-2.59 DN 8-5 2.18-2.19
In This Issue
Four Sections
COLUMNS DAIRY
Now is the Time AlO DHIA Focus A 29
On Being A Farm Wife B 3 p a . DHIA C 4
Taking Time B 5
Consuming Thoughts B 9 FEATURES
Ida’s Notebook 821 Grain Farmers A2O
You Ask 822 Purina Open House A2B
Poultry Pointers C 2 Dairy Bowl Team A 34
Livestock Ledger D 5 Lancaster Pageant B 2
Summer Assistants 811
Honey Stiks 816
DEPARTMENTS Chicken Com Soup 820
Editorial AlO Mifflin Dairy Princess 821
Farm Calendar AlO Vegetable Growers News...D 2
Farm Forum AlO
Future® Al 6 HOME AND YOUTH
Mailbox MarHets 820 Homestead Notes B 2
Sale Reports 830 Home On The Range B 6
Public Auction Register 832 Cook’s Question Comer B 8
Fair Days C 4 Kid’s Korner 810
Business News C 6 Farm Women Societies 822
Classified Ads Cll.D 6 pFA Happenings 824
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 25, 1994-A3
OMAHA 2.53-2.5 S DN 6 2.09-2.11
SOYBEANS, NO. 1 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 6.72-6.73 DN 10 6.20-6.21
MINNEAPOLIS 6.49 DN 9 1/2 6.10 3/4
SO. lOWA 6.59-6.67 DN 14-9 6.21-6.2 S
C. ILL. PROCESSORS 6.63 3/4-6.74 3/4
DN 10 1/4 6.21 3/4-6.27 3/4.
•TRUCK BIDS FOR KANSAS CITY.
US NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER
WHEAT, ORDINARY PROTEIN. MIN
NEAPOLIS, US NO. 1 DARK NORTH
ERN SPRING WHEAT. 14% PROTEIN.
PORTLAND, NO. 1 SOFT WHITE
WHEAT. ST. LOUIS, NO. 2 SOFT RED
WINTER WHEAT.
FUTURES CLOSE: KANSAS CITY
(JULY) WHEAT 3.34 1/2 DN 1/4 2.92
MINNEAPOLIS (JULY) WHEAT 3.41
DN 3 1/4 2.97 3/4 CHICAGO (JULY)
WHEAT 3.19 1/2 DN 5 2.89 (JULY)
CORN 2.59 DN 6 1/4 2.19 3/4 (JULY)
SOYBEANS 6.67 DN 9 1/2 6.24 3/4
(AUG) SOYBEANS 6.62 3/4 DN 10 1/4.
EXPORT: BARGE OR RAIL, PORT
OF NEW ORLEANS OR NORTH TEX
AS GULF. NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER
WHEAT ORDINARY PROTEIN 3.76 1/2
DN 1/4 3.30 NO. 2 SOFT RED WINTER
WHEAT 3.24 1/2-3.27 1/2 DN 8-6
3.04-3.05 NO. 2 YELLOW CORN
2.76-2.77 DN 6 2.34-2.36 NO. 2 YEL
LOW SORGHUM RAIL 4.55 DN 12
BARGE 4.66 DN 11 4.10-4.12 NO. 2
YELLOW SOYBEANS 6.86-6.87 DN 10
1/2 6.43 3/4-6.45 BIRD.
THIS REPORT A SERVICE OF U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN MARKET
NEWS, ST. JOSEPH. MISSOURI.
HAY & STRAW MARKET FOR
EASTERN PA • (ALL HAY NO. 2 AND
BETTER. PRICES PAID BY DEALERS
AT THE FARM & PER TON). NEW
HAY STEADY TO STRONG. OLD
CROP LITTLE OFFERED. STRAW
STEADY TO WEAK AS NEW CROP
COMES ON THE MARKET.
ALFALFA 60.00-95.00; OLD CROP
FEW REPORTED 90.00-110.00; NEW
MIXED HAY 60.00-90.00; OLD CROP
FEW REPORTED 90.00-110.00;
TIMOTHY 60.00-100.00; OLD CROP
FEW REPORTED 85.00-110.00; STRAW
60.00-110.00; MULCH 30.00-55.00.
SUMMARY OF LANCASTER CO.
HAY AUCTIONS FOR WEEK ENDING
6/17/94. PRICES PER TON: LOADS: 126
HAY. 49 STRAW & 32 EAR CORN.
ALFALFA 75.00-127.00; MIXED
HAY 67.00-145.00; TIMOTHY
73.00-147.00; STRAW 90.00-155.00;
EAR CORN 90.00-107.00.
SUMMARY OF CENTRAL PA.
HAY AUCTIONS FOR WEEK ENDING
6/17/94. PRICES PER TON: LOADS: 71
HAY, 11 STRAW & 27 EAR CORN.
ALFALFA 60.00-102.50; MIXED
HAY 54.00-102.50; TIMOTHY
75.00-95.00; STRAW 75.00-112.00; EAR
CORN 80.00-120.00.
Leola, Pa.
Wed., June 22, 1994
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 41.
ALFALFA: 82.00-147.00.
MIXED HAY: 60.00-140.00.
STRAW: 130.00-150.00.
TIMOTHY: 77.00-162.00.
CORN: 92.00-110.00.
Regional Hay
June 20, 1994
Eastern, Pa.
Good’s Hay