Page § THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Thursday, September 10, 1959 farm ken = ew an SS - sem OFECAS: oP see ee 1 00, wit good steers bulked 2.00 higher at 20.00—34.00, August 27 _ fat 24.50—25.50. Winnipeg, )and Calgary a steady 24.50— Lighter receipts and an |supported by a good export de-| 28.50. easier demand on most classes}mand, was generally steady on|HOG MARKI of slaughter cattle featured|all steers, good quality selling| Hog prices were generally at this week's market. Top grades] at 24.50—25.00. Calgary was| last levels. Toronto of Steers were mostly steady,|steady to 25¢ lower on good| grade A hogs remained at 2 00 while lower grades varied from|steers at 23.00—24.00, Saskat-|and Montreal 25.00—25 steady to as much as 1.00 lower.|chewan markets were generally| Winnipeg a _ steady Good heifers were generally|steady to 75¢ lower, with good| 23.00; Calgary 21.60; Edmon- unchanged. Cows were from|steers at Saskatoon moved for) ton closed stronger at 21. 25c higher to as much as 2.00|22.00—24.25. Good heifers at| Saskatchewan markets a steady lower. Calves were from 2.00|Toronto were unchanged at| 21.50. Ontario packing plants, higher to 2.00 lower. Hogs | 23.00—24.00, and 50c¢ to 1.00!]outside of Toronto, paid .00 and sheep were mostly steady. [down on lower grades for grade A hogs at local points. SLAUGHTER CATTLE Winnipeg was also steady at| Quebec plants outside of Mont- Cattle offerings at public and Calgary a|real:Hull Princeville and Stockyards, totaling #0,400| strong 2.00 on good| Quebec City 25.00. this week, were 800 less than|kinds, Despite an increased er last week and about 1.100 less| offering of vrows at ‘Toronto, |EAMB MARKET than the same week last year.|prices remained at last week’s a prices , were mostly Eastern markets accounted for|level, good kinds selling at|t@24¥- Toronto's good lambs the Week's decrease, at 9,200,|18.00—18.50. Montreal moved 00, feeder lambs at 18-00 while western centres received|25c higher on — monies was @ little approximately the same number|1$.25—19 stronger ot 20-00 20.60 oe as the previous week at 21,200|easier to 50 lower at 17.00—|200% lambs. Winnipeg 19.00; head. The quality of the cur- rent week’s receipts at public markets gave indication of rating below last week’s qual- ity, which accounted for 44.6 per cent choice and good car- 17 lower at bulls at Toronto LIVESTOCK ‘Brom, thie Office of the 0.0 16.50. -00. and Montr 19.00—1 respective: about 1. Good indastcy News| Calgary barely steady at 17.00 —18.00. Good sheep at Mont- real were 7.00—7.5 00 eal 50. 30 ly. Cows slump at casses. Exports of beef cattle] There was a scarcity of top last. week, although a little|quality feeder cattle on some 1 above the previous week, were| markets. A good demand pre- last week's sale fairly low at 2,136, bringing|vailed at most centres, with the total movement south, up|most western markets’ sales An active market in all clas- to August’ 22, to 157,716. made to local and eastern} ses except cows, which showed The slaughter cattle market|buyers. Toronto's good feeder|a considerable weakness over was not as active as in’ recent|steers remained at last week’s|the last sale, was noted at the 25. weeks. Top quality kinds were|25.00—27.00. Winnipeg was|semi-monthly auction here last in fairly good demand on most eady on good kinds at|Thursday when 520 ‘head of markets, but the increased|22.00—25.00, while the lower|stock were sold by thé B.C. numbers of plainer quality|srades were slow to move at|Livestock Producers’ Co-op. | slaughter cattle were slow to|1.00. below last week. Calgary] Sale prices were: good grass move. The lighter deliveries|was a strong 22.00—25.90, and|steers, 20.50 good | on some Prairie markets were|Edmonton unchanged at 21.50| feeder stee 21.70; | due to improved harvest good. butcher 17.00 to| weather, resulting in an easier | CALF MARKET 18.75; good feeder’ heifers, | trend at the close. Choice] Top grades of veal calves|17.00 to 18.00; good young| quality steers at Toronto met| were scarce, with pric butcher cows, 15.00 to 15.90; | demand at eeaay | trom 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower.|common to medium butcher | e large pi | Toronto met an cows, 12.5 | grades 1 |on good and wa: real Winni Word of Life | (Mennonite Radio | Mission) | Sunday, 3:30 a.m. | Oral Roberts | Voice of | Prophecy Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ~ British Israel} Sunday, 10:15 a.m. | —_———— eee | | Church of the Air Morning Service Sunday, 11:00 a.m. _ Sunday, Christian Science jst & 3rd Sunday J:05 pm- Tabernacle Tidings Calvary Tabernacle Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Billy Graham Sunday 3:30 p.m. Sunday 8:30 pm Wonderful Word Morning Devotions Mon.-Fri., 9:05 @.™- peas tak el CKCQ DIAL 570 ° StGoe’? Peading ‘Seamén G. A Frauzel of Hal station. Leading Semee gtauly transfer TNT hose to be used t0 Myhleney NeTuulow tankers into. bay. 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Co-operation from the police, the provincial forestry depart- ment and the provincial game department is being sought. The plan has been agreed to tentatively by all parties and negotiations are taking place to complete details and put the scheme into effect. This will mark the first time a co-opera- tive arrangement of this nature has = been undertaken by association in this province. The game department will] borrow a forestry plane for the aerial spotting and report any- thing of a suspicious nature to ground parties. Walkie-talkie radios will keep close contact between the police, the plane and officials of the game department. W. E. Martin, a director of the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers’ Association, states that in recent years, there have been a number of had of cattle reported~miss- ing between late August- and round-up time in October. The air patrol is expected to the she harmas towne] Who makes ‘killing on beef? also aid the game department i king gainst viola- don ot eae coiumbia ame| To illustrate the fallacy of $425 the feeder had a gross re- laws. 4q| turn of $252.25 to cover the orisi- . nal cost ‘of $147.15, plus $96.08 worth of feeds and | veterinary care, plus labour, or a net margin of only $9.02. The packer paid $256.50 for the teer and wholesaled 561 pounds carcass to a retailer thinking that anyone makes killing” in the production and handling .of cattle and beef, Mr. B. Camp, Information Director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau ee CATTLE FORECASTS PRICE DROP ciation recently, Mr. R. nett, chief of the merchandising| market to a feeder the animal] total of $272.45 or a net margin Section, livestock division, pro-| brought its first owner 27¢ per|of $15.95 to cover all costs of duction and marketing branch, pound on October 1, 1958, or| processing, selling and deliver- Ottawa, suggested that prices of | $147.15, of which $3 went for|ing, ete. (The retailer got 443 cows and feeder cattle may drop trucking and marketing expen-| pounds of saleable retail cuts, for sharply the last half of 1960.|ces. The ermaining $144.15 had|which he averaged 64¢ per pound The same conditions indicated that prices for feed cattle will|wages, taxes, etc. and profit.| before paying wages, rental, taxes start to go down some time|The steer came back to market|and all other costs of his busi- after the start of 1961, but be-|again July 1, 1959 weighing 950) ness. tween now and the end of 1960|pounds and again selling at 27¢| Mr. Camp asked, “Who, then, not much change in their price|per pound or $ . With|made an undeserved profit on is anticipated. trucking and yard expences of| this steer?” e ddd All components in International Trucks are matched to eachotherandtothe requirements of your special job. The result is more profit- MU ddddddddddddlllddd TRANSMISSION? is the key to dependable truck performance able trucking for you. International engineers are truck men. Years of sales leadership in the heavy-duty field prove they build the trucks that do a truck’s job best. 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