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Spring Fiddleheads
12 pounds fiddlehead ferns
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons minced shallots
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt and pepper, to taste
Blanch the cleaned
picked-ovei liddleheads
in a laige pm of lightly
sailed walei toi about 1
minute Di am and i mse
undei eold watci Heal the
bultei in a skillet and saute
Morrison’s Cove
Livestock
Martinsburg, Pa.
Report Supplied bj Auction
Monday, April 17,2000
CARLE: 118 HEAD.
STEERS: CHOICE 70.75-72.75,
GOOD 67.50-70.25.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 70.25-72.25,
GOOD 60.50-69.00, UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 38.00-47.00, CANNER
VND LOW CUTTER 20.00-36.00.
BULLOCKS: 47.50-54.50.
BULLS. YG#l 47.50-55.50.
1-ELDER CAITLE. STEERS 66.00-
81.00, BULLS 64.00-79.00, HEIFERS
63.00-80.00.
CALVI S; 84. PRIME, NO MARKEI
TF:SI; CHOICE 85.00-98.00; GOOD
70.00-81.00; STANDARD 27.00-47.00;
HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS. 50.00-
150.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-130
GREENCASTLE
LIVESTOCK MARKET. INC.
Off Exit 3 of 1-81
GREENCASTLE, PA. 17225
SALES EVERY
MONDAY at 2:00 P.M.
THURSDAY at 1:00 P.M.
HAY & STRAW SALE
Both Days at 11:30 A.M.
FEEDER CATTLE SALE
Ist Friday Night of Evjeiy Moni|i at 7:15
POULTRY. EGOS. RAB3BITS
A PRODUCE SALE
Every Wednesday at 6:30 P,M.
Annual Brood Cow Sale
Friday April 28 - 7:15 PM
Selling Stock Cows, Cows w/Calves and Stock Bulls
Beef Type Only— No Feeder Cows
Have Your Cow In By 3 PM For Preg. Check.
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Charles "Jim" Metz Jeffrey S. Craig
OFF. MGR. OWNER
Res. (301) 739-4470 Res. (717) 532-5224
OFFICE - 717-597-2171
Orthodox Easter, April 30
-Oprah Winfrey
the gailis and shallots until
aiomatic but not biowned
Add liddleheads and saute
anothet I to 2 minutes
Season with lemon juiee
and salt and peppei, and
seise immediately
Makes 6 servings
LBS. ISO.OO-275.00.
HOGS 145. US#l-2 47.00-48.50;
US#l-3 44.00-45.50.
SOWS: US#l-3 34.00-43.25.
BOARS: NO MKT. TEST.
FEEDER PIGS: 20. US#l-3 20-50
LBS. 8.00-33.00.
SHEEP: 229. CHOICE LAMBS
100.00-110.00, GOOD LAMBS 90.00-
100.00, SLAUGHTER EWES 25.00-
35.00.
GOATS: 12.00-90.00.
Greencastle Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
17 April 2000
Report Supplied By USDA
CATTLE CALVES HOGS SHEEP GOATS
MONDAY
471 299
LAST MONDAY
498 301
CATTLE Compared to last Monday s
auction, slaughter steers and heifers sold
steady Slaughter cows steady, instances
I 00 higher, most strength on leaner kinds
Slaughter bulls trended steady to 300
higher
* OLD
FARMER'S
WKATHKR
PHOTOS
SLAUGHTER STEERS Choice 2-3
1100-1460 lbs 67 50-73 75 Select 1-3
61 75 69 75 Standard 1-2 54 00-59 00
HOLSTEIN STEERS Choice 2-3 few
1230-1645 lbs 60 00 64 25 Select 12
50 75-59 50 Standard 1-2 44 50-48 50
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Choice 2-
4 1175-1450 lbs 66 75-71 50 Select 1-3
few 60 00 62 25 Standard 1 2 44 00
56 00
Thunder In
April is the
end of frost.
SLAUGHTER COWS Breakers 75-
80 pet lean 39 50-44 00 Boners 80-85 pet
lean 38 00-42 75, few low dressing down
to 35 00 LeanBs-90 pet lean 33 00-41 75
Shells down to 26 00
Expect rain
when the hull
leads the herd
SLAUGHTER BULLS Yield Grade
1 1350-2110 lbs 51 00-58 25 Yield Grade
2 950-1845 lbs 45 25-49 75
FEEDER STEERS Medium and
Large 1 200-400 lbs 125 00-135 00, 400-
455 lbs 110 00-118 00, 600-705 lbs
75 00-83 50, 800 1000 lbs 66 00 70 00
Medium and Large 2 245-400 lbs 75 00
to pasture.
if you want it
to rain, cut or
burn a fern
Easterly wind
and rain briny
cockles here
from Spain
Special Oher
Handy chart full of
interesting weather
proverbs Send $3
to Weather Chart
Dept UF The Old
Farmers Almanac
P 0 Box 520
Dublin, NH 03444
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• Forages • Grain
• Complete Feeds
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86 00, 660-950 lbs S 3 50-63 50
FEEDER HEIFERS Medium and
Large 1 200-400 lbs 103 00-135 00, 450-
500 lbs 88 50-95 00, 500-650 lbs 75 00-
86 00, 650-750 lbs 66 00-74 50 Medium
and Large 2 200-400 lbs 72 00-93 00, 400-
600 lbs 72 50-78 00
FEEDER BULLS Medium and Large
1 200-400 lbs 98 00-110 00, 400-525 lbs
90 00-110 00, 400-525 lbs 90 00-109 00
625-800 lbs 67 00-86 00 Medium and
Large 2 300 500 lbs 58 00-82 50, 500-700
lbs 61 00-68 00
CALVES Compared to last week's
auction, Holstein bulls returning to the
larm sold mostly 20 00-30 00 lower
VEALERS Standard and Good 75-
105 lbs 25 00-40 00 Utility 60-85 lbs
15 00-25 00
RETURNED TO FARM Holstein
bulls Number 1 90-125 lbs 130 00-162 50,
few up to 170 00, 80-90 lbs 112 50
132 50 Number 2 80-120 lbs 28000
380 00 Holstein heifer Number 1 80-105
lbs 280 00-380 00 Number 2 70-85 lbs
140 00-205 00
Beef type bulls and heifers 75-120 lbs
100 00-185 00
BARROWS AND GILTS Prices 2 00-
3 00 higher than last Monday 45-50 pet
lean Few 250-260 lbs 45 00-48 5040-45
pet lean 280-350 lbs 40 00-43 00
SOWS. US 1-3 350-490 lbs
26 00-38 00 500-615 lbs
35 00-42 00
BOARS
11 00
595-705 lbs 9 00-
SHEEP Slaughter lambs sold
unevenly steady with last week
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PURINA CHDWS
SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice 35
,50 lbs 125 00-135 00, one lot 155 00, 50
65 lbs 100 00-122 50, 70-85 lbs 90 00
101 00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP Utility 1-3
2100-33 00 Yearlings few 50 00-57 00
GOATS All sold per head Billies
Large 95 00-105 00 Medium few 35 00
6100 Nannies Large 40 00-90 00
Medium 32 50-55 00 Kids Large
26 00-49 00 Small 8 00-27 00
Dewart Livestock
Dcwart, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Monday, April 17, 2000
STEERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTE.
HEIFERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTE.
GOOD COWS 33.00-44.00.
CANNERS AND CUTTERS 20.00-
33.00.
BULLS 46.00-48.50.
VEAL 90-190 LBS. 140.00-380.00,70-
90 LBS. 30.00-140.00.
HOGS 45.00-48.00.
SOWS, NONE.
FEEDER PIGS 34.00-42.75 PER
HEAD.
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