< t -it New Holland Feeder Pigs New Holland, PA Wed, September 10, 1997 Report Supplied by USDA TODAY 1133 HEAD LAST WEDNESDAY 726 LAST YEAR 501 TREND: COMPARED TO LAST WED, FEEDER PIGS 20.00-25.00 LOW ER. SUPPLY INDLUDED 30% SOLD FOR SLAUGHTER. ALL PIGS WEIGHED ON ARRIVAL AND SOLD BY THE HUNDRED WEIGHT. US#l-2: 163 HEAD 40-49 LBS. 56.00-74.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 43.62, WEIGHTED PRICE 67.09; 292 HEAD 51-55 LBS. 62.00-72.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 53.30, WEIGHTED PRICE 64.60; 57 HEAD 61-63 LBS. 52.00-54.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 61.49, WEIGHTED PRICE 53.51. US#2: 31 HEAD 33-39 LBS. 48.00-55.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 35.16, WEIGHTED PRICE 51.08; 88 HEAD 43-49 LBS. 48.00-52.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 47.33, WEIGHTED PRICE 50.86; 91 HEAD 52-57 LBS 48.00-58.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 52.91, WEIGHTED PRICE 52.39; 83 HEAD 62-63 LBS. 46.00-4,7.00. WEIGHTED AVERAGE 62.83, WEIGHTED PRICE 46.47. SLAUGHTER: 31 HEAD 25-28 LBS. 53.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 26.70, WEIGHTED PRICE 54.00; 40 HEAD 33-35 LBS. 60.00-77.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 34.75, WEIGHTED PRICE 70.80. AS IS: 174 HEAD 33-100 LBS. 30.00-55.00, WEIGHTED AVERAGE 57.53, WEIGHTED PRICE 42.43. ALL PIGS CONSIGNED TO WED. FEEDER PIG SALE MUST ORIGINATE FROM A QUALIFIED NEGATIVE OR MONITORED HERD. S & J Villari Livestock Feeder Pig Sale Mlllsboro, Del. Sept. 8, 1997 Report Supplied by Auction 367 HEAD. 30-39 LBS. 100.00; 40-49 LBS. 76.00-91.00; 50-59 LBS. 71.00-80.00; 60-69 LBS. 88.00; 70-79 LBS. 65.00. CARLISLE |GjI livestock vw|H Df MARKET, INC. * FED and FEEDER CATTLE SALE TUES. SEPT. 16 7:00 PM Alrtady Promlstd -19 htad Angus X slurs and halters, 500-700 lbs. • 15 htad Holstein Steer 300-550 lbs. • 20 htad Hartford Slttrs A halters 300-700 lbs. Early Bird Pens Close 2PM Turn South Off W © Exit 12 Evenings Jim (717) 249-2359 Market (717) 249-4511 for Mondays SHmp ft Oral Manager.. Jim Hunsickar 717-397-5136 or 717-656-4264 Walter M. Dunlap and Sons LANCASTER STOCKYARDS An Old Line Commission Firm Dedicated to Livestock MarketingJor the 21st Century! Hatfield, Pa. Reports Supplied by Packer For Monday, September 8, 1997 And Wednesday, September 10, 1997 LAST MONDAY: HOLIDAY TODAY: 6431. 55.4% 215-275 LBS. 52.92. 56.4% 215-275 LBS. 54.08. 57.4 215-275 LBS. 55.24. 58.4% 215-275 LBS. 56.40. 59.4% 215-275 LBS. 57.56. PREMIUM VALUE: 1.56. GOOD’S RECEIVING MONDAY: 52.00. WEDNESDAY TOTAL HOGS: 7272 LAST WEEK: 7121 TREND: COMPARED TO LAST WED NESDAY: .75 HIGHER. 55.4% 215-275 LBS.: BASE: 52.17. 56.4% 215-275 LBS.: 53.33. 57.4% 215-275 LBS.; 54.49. 58.4% 215-275 LBS. 55.65. 59.4% 215-275 LBS. 56.81. PREMIUM VALUE 1.56. New Wilmington Graded Feeder Pig Sale New Wilmington, PA September 5, 1997 FEEDER PIGS 238. 47.0 LBS. PER PIG; 50.42 PER HEAD: 106.68 PER HUNDRED WEIGHT. ALL PRICES PER HUNDRED WEIGHT. USBI-2:25-40 LBS. ONE LOT 135.00, 40-50 LBS. 110.00-112.50, 50-65 LBS. 102.50- 65-75 LBS. FEW 77.50- US#2:25-40 LBS. 102.50-130.00,40-50 LBS. 107.50-117.50, 50-65 LBS. 100.00-105.00. USB2-3: 25-40 LBS. 90.00-135.00, MOSTLY 102.50-117.50, 40-50 LBS. ONE LOT 97.50. New Holland Hogs NEW HOLLAND, PA MON SEPTEMBER 8, 1997 USDA Market News new Holland hog auction HOG RECEIPTS TODAY 1013 LAST MONDAY 974 LAST YEAR 1264 BARROWS AND OILTS: Trend not comparable; market not reported last Mon day due of holiday. US 1-2 220-2(90 lbs 51.75-52.10 US I Few 225-245 lbs 52.25-54.00 US 1-3 210-265 lbs 50.50-51.35 US 2-3 270-300 lbs 48.60-50.50 >«■s to bt gndid t iiighid In SO lb Incnmenli PROBLEM SOWS . SOLD SEPARATELY Good’s Hay Leola, Pa. Wed, September 10, 1997 Report Supplied by Auction TOTAL LOADS: 54. CORN: 95.00-98.00. ALFALFA; 105.000-175.00. TIMOTHY: 117.00-165.00. STRAW: 102.00-113.00. GRASS: 82.00-160.00. MIXED HAY: 110.00-177.00. CLOVER: 147.00. OATS: 2.80 BU. The Windmill Penn Yan, N.Y. Sept 5, 1997 Report Supplied by Auction GRASS: IST CUTTING 47.00-80.00. CLOVER GRASS; 168.00. ALFALFA: 135.00-190.00. STRAW; 80.00. SALE EVERY FRI, 9 AM. SHARP. Diffenbach Auction Center New Holland, Pa. Monday, Sept. 8, 1997 Report Supplied by Auction TOTAL LOADS: 118. ALFALFA: 102.00-260.00, MIXED HAY: 65.00-207.00. TIMOTHY: 85.00-200.00. CLOVER: 130.00. REEDS CANARYGRASS: 190.00. ORCHARDGRASS: 47.00-162.00. STRAW: 75.00-130.00. EAR CORN: 91.00-101.00. STUBBLE HAY: 70.00-75.00. OATS: 2.25-3.00 BU. RYE: 5.00-5.50. North Jersey Market Hackettstown, NJ. Report Supplied by Auction Tuesday, Sept 9, 1997 Hay—Straw & Grain Report ALFALFA: 6 LOTS, 1.10-3.30 BALE. MIXED HAY: 18 LOTS. .75-3.20 BALE. TIMOTHY: 5 LOTS, 1.50-2.00 BALE GRASS: 12 LOTS. 1.00-3.90 BALE. WHEAT STRAW: 2 LOTS, 1.50 AND 1.60 BALE. PENNFIELD GRAIN BANK Pennfield Offers A Sound Program For The Dairy Farmer To Use His Grain “Same As Cash" To Reduce His Monthly Feed Bill And To Avoid Having To Take “Harvest Price” For His Grain Prices Week Of 9/15/97 Corn $3.31 Bu. Soybeans $7.80 Bu. Barley $2.30 Bu. • Prices Updated Weekly • Grain Bank Balance Shown On Each Invoice • No Hidden Charges Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 1997-A3 National Grain Market SL Joseph, MO Wednesday September 10, 1997 USDA-MO Dept Ag Market News DAILY NATIONAL GRAIN SUMMARY Upcoming crop production estimates and gulf soybean bids getting the press in the grain and soybean trade this week. Prices highly mixed today in pie harvest season trade. Wheat 3 cents lower to 6 cents higher. Com 2 to 4 cents higher. Sorghum 5 to 9 cents higher. Soybeans 5 to 16 cents lower. A break in wheat prices and export announcements showing some light. Price quotes and year to date export figures are both substantially below a year ago. This year’s com crop made, but cooler weather delaying drying and expansion of harvest. There will be no frost scarce price rally this year. No export announcements this week. Foreign business needs to pick up if those 9.2-9.5 billion bushel produc tion estimates pan out, especially the high side figure. It is amazing how many trailer trucks one big new modem combine can keep busy hauling com, but this crop is not in the bam yet. Estimated bean production guesses are not getting as much attention at com. Most experts are just saying record crop and bemoaning expected price breaks by peak harvest. Gulf bids dropped 73 cents in the past three days and some crashers are dropping basis 75 to 80 cents in the next IS days. However, carry over stocks at/or near record low levels. Also, the bean is a multi faceted producing little vegetable with numerous by-products and usage increases each year. After pressing financial obligations are satisfied more than usual large numbers of farmers are contemplating storage. At what price level holding sets in varies in a wide range from producer to producer depending on what farm advisors, extension people, bankers, tax man, neighbor and wife recommends. U.S. Export Sales: Purchaser Commodity Tonnage Del Date South Korea lIJ pet protein Hard Red Winter Wheat 7,400 Oct- Pfav 14.0 pet protein Dark Northern Spring Wheat 5,300 Oct-Nov 9.5 pet protein Soft White Wheat 2,100 Oct-Nov Any protein Soft White Wheat 5,700 Oct-Nov Western While Wheat 1,000 Oct-Nov 11.5 pet pro ton Hard Red Winter Wheal 10,500 Nov- Dee 14. 0 pet protein Dark Northern Spring Wheat 7,000 Nov-Dec 10.0 pet protein Soft White Wheat 1,000 Nov-Dec any protein Soft White Wheat 6,000 Nov-Dec Morocco Wheat 30,000 Oct Iraq Wheat 113,000 Dec-Jan TOTALS: 191,000 tonnes of wheat Date Change Year ago Truck Bids: 09/l<¥97 09/09/97 09/11/96 Wheat; Kan sas City (HRW, ORD) 3.77-3.79 Dn 3 4.52 Minneapolis (DNS, 14%) 4.32 1/2 Up 3/4 4.50 Portland (SW) 4.14-4.16 Up 6-4 4.57-4.59 St. Louis (SRW) 3.69-3.73 Dn 4-3 4.36-4.39 COLUMNS Now is the Time On Being A Farm Wife B 3 All Gardens Family Living Focus Ida’s Notebook Classified Ads. Business News DEPARTMENTS Editorial Farm Calendar. Farm Forum... AlO Futures Al 6 Mailbox Markets 822, 828 Sale Reports 835 Public Auction Register 843 HOME AND YOUTH Homestead Notes Home On The Range Cook’s Question Corner B 8 Farm Women Kid’s Komer FFA Happenings 4-H Happenings. You Ask, You Answer. Corn, US 2 Yellow: Kansas City 2.58-2.60 Up 4 3.77 Minneapolis 2.45 3/4 Up 3 3.17 3/4 Southern lowa 2.60-2.67 Up 2 3.31-3.90 Omaha 2.50-2.51 Up 3 3.42-3.57 Soybeans, US I Yellow: Kansas City 7.17-7.19 Dn 6 8.20 Minneapolis 6.24 Dn 5 1/4 7.90 Southern lowa 6.64-7.25 Dn 15-3 8.10-8.24 Cent 1L Processors 7.27-7.59 Dn 16 1/4-6 1/4 8.24-8.50 Futures: Kansas City (Dec) Wheat 3.87 Dn 2 3/4 4.36 3/4 Minneapolis (Dec) Wheat 4.06 1/2 Up 1 1/4 4.20 Chicago (Dec) Wheat 3.80 1/4 Dn 2 1/2 4.37 1/2 Chicago (Dec) Com 2.67 3/4 Up 3 3.26 3/4 Chicago (Nov) Soybeans 6.39 Dn 6 1/4 8.05 Export Bids: Barge or tail. Port of New Orleans or North Texas Gulf. USI HRW Wheat, Ord. Protein: 4.05 No comparison 4.78 3/4 US 2 SRW Wheat: 3.94 1/4-3.96 1/4 Dn 1/24.66 1/2-4.67 1/2 US 2 Yellow Com: 2.89 3/4-2.91 3/4 Up I 1 1/2 3.68 3/4-3.70 3/4 US 2 Yellow Sorghum: Rail 4.73 Up 15 6.01 Barge 5.01-5.03 Up 7-9 6.28-6.33 US I Yellow Soybeans: 7.54 Dn 41 1/4 8.59-8.60 Leinbach’s Hay Shlppensburg, PA Sept. 6 & 9 Report Supplied by Auction 51 LOADS. ALFALFA: 102.00-167.00. MIXED HAY: 55.00-160.00. TIMOTHY: 86.00-155.00. BROMEGRASS: 95.00. ORCHARDGRASS: 122.00-135.00. STRAW: 80.00-97.00. EAR CORN: 97.00-110.00. OATS: 2.70-2.90 BU. TIMOTHY SEED: 15.00-16.00 BU. Thun, September 11, 1997 Report Supplied by Auction ALFALFA: 135.00. TIMOTHY: 133.00. MIXED HAY: 150.00-155.00. GRASS: 117.00. Westminster Hay Westmlnrter, Md. Tuesday, September 9, 1997 Report Supplied by Auction 93 LOTS. ALFALFA: 3.0CM.80 BALE. TIMOTHY: 2.10-4.00 BALE. CLOVER: 1.00-2.60 BALE MIXED HAY: 1.35-3.40 BALE, 37.50 LARGE ROUND. CRASS: 1.60-3.40 BALE. STRAW: 1.00-2.20 BALE. INDEX Four Sections FEATURES Train Garden Camper Teams Cow Mattresses Browning Feature , West End Fair Somerset Fair Queen Mifflin Youth Fair... Denver Swine Bucks Holstein York Fair Lamb York Sheep York Junior Beef York Steer ..... York Sheep York Beef. York Junior Steer S.E. Hog Derby Satellite Conference.. Denver Sheep Centre Dairy Show... .AlO B 4 B 5 .B 7 .C 6, D 6 D 2 •AlO JUO B 2 B 6 B 9 BIO Bll 817, 822 DAIRY Top Lancaster Cows DHIA Focus •826 Vintage Hay Paradise, PA ~C 5 ..A 25