Livestock market and auction news
Apple Market
News Service
Tuesday, March 5
Report Supplied the PDA
Good Morning. The apple
market today is strong, prices are
remaining firm and steady and
supplies are good.
The following is an interesting
set of statistics which should be
shared with our growers. It was
compiled by Dr. Thomas A.
Brewer, Associate Professor of
Agricultural Economics, Ex
tension, Penn State University and
was published in the latest issue of
Farm Economics.
Selected Characteristics of the
Pennsylvania Apple Industry.
Characteristics: 1972, 1982,
Difference:
Number of growers 715,684, -31.
Number of large growers (at
least 2500 trees) 170,176, +6.
Percent of applies produced by
large growers 77,85, +B.
Number of acres in apples 34,601,
31,072,-3,529.
Number of apple trees 1,815,608,
2,160,471, +344,863.
Varieties (% of all apple trees):
Red Delicious 23,29, +6.
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York 22,17, -4.
Golden Delicious 16,16, —.
Stayman 11,8, -3.
Rome 11,12, +l.
Other 17,18,+1.
Prices quoted are wholesale,
truckload, F. 0.8. at the orchard or
packing house.
Regular Cold Storage
Bagged apples-Cartons-12/3#,
2V4” up Red Delicious U.S. Extra
Fancy f 5.50-8.00.
Ida Red U.S. Fancy 7.75.
Stayman U.S. Fancy 7.25.
Traypacked Apples: Red
Delicious U.S. Extra Fancy 88’s &
Lgr. 10.00; 113’58.50; 125’58.00.
Loose Packed Apples 42# U.S.
Fancy Red Delicious 8.75.
Controlled Atmosphere Storage
Bagged Apples, Cartons -12/3#,
2V4” up Red Delicious U.S. Extra
Fancy 9.00; U.S. Fancy 7.50-8.00,
mo. 7.50; Combination U.S. Fancy
& U.S. Extra Fancy 7.50.
Golden Delicious U.S. Fancy
8.00.
Romes: U.S. Extra Fancy 9.00;
U.S. Fancy 7.50; Combination U.S.
Extra Fancy & U.S. Fancy 7.50.
Traypacked Apples: Red
Delicious U.S. Extra Fancy 56-
100’s 15.00; U.S. Extra Fancy 113’s
It’s convincing folks who aren’t easily
13.00; U.S. Extra Fancy 125’s 11.00
11.50; Combination, U.S. Fancy &
U.S. Extra Fancy 56-100’s 11.50;
Combination, U.S. Fancy & U.S.
Extra Fancy 113’s 9.50-10.00;
Combination, U.S. Fancy & U.S.
Extra Fancy 125’s 9.00.
Golden Delicious: Combination
U.S. Fancy & U.S. Extra Fancy
72’s-100’s 12.50; Combination U.S.
Fancy & U.S. Extra Fancy 88’s
11.00; Combination U.S. Fancy &
U.S. Extra Fancy 113’s 11.50;
Combination U.S. Fancy & U.S.
Extra Fancy 125’s 10.50.
Romes: U.S. Extra Fancy 44’s
80’s 14.00; U.S. Extra Fancy 88’s
13.00; U.S. Extra Fancy 100’s
11.00; Combination U.S. Fancy &
U.S. Extra Fancy 64’s-88’s 11.00;
Combination U.S. Fancy & U.S.
Extra Fancy 88’s-100’s 10.50.
Keister’s Livestock
Mlddleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, March 5
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 286. Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
cows steady to $1.75 higher. Few
Low to Average Choice 1100-1500
lbs. slaughter steers 61.00-64, few
55-58.60, Good 53.75-59.75; Good
holsteins 50.75-54.75, Standard
45.00-52. Few Choice slaughter
heifers 57.0062, one 68.50, few
Good 54.00-56. Breaking Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 42.50
47.60, Cutter & Boning Utility 38.75-
43.75, Canner & Low Cutter 35.35-
38.50, Shells down to 29.50. Few
Good slaughter bullocks 53-55.60.
Yield Grade No. 1 875-2065 lbs.
slaughter bulls 44.85-54.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Medium
Frame #1 350-600 lbs. heifers 35.00
45. Medium Frame #1 4-650 lbs.
bulls 50.00-58.00.
CALVES 192. Choice vealers
79.00-93, Good 60.00-78, few Stan
dard & Good 110-130 lbs. 55.0058,
70-105 lbs. 45.00-54. FARM
CALVES: Holstein bulls mostly
60.0087.00.
HOGS 562. Barrows and gilts
$2.75 lower. US No. 1-2 210235 lbs.
barrows and gilts 47.0048, few
49.60, No. 1-3 190250 lbs. 46.25-47,
No. 2-3 2-270 lbs. 43.0046. US No. 1-3
270600 lbs. sows 42.0045, few 48.50,
No. 2-3 250500 lbs. 32.0042. BOARS
31.25-36.50.
FEEDER PIGS 113. US No. 1-3
2030 lbs. feeder pigs 2038.50 per
head, 35-40 lbs. 40.00-53 per head.
SHEEP 40. Choice 30-50 lbs. New
Crop Lambs 80.00-100, individual
112, Choice 80-100 lbs. Fall lambs
68.00-71. Slaughter ewes 19.00-
24.00.
GOATS 15; Large 29.00-50 per
head.
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Dewart Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, March 4
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 239. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows mostly steady to $1 higher.
Choice 1100-1400 lbs. slaughter
steers 62.0005.00, Good 54.5058.75,
couple to 61.25, Good holsteins
50.00-54.75, few Standard 43.85-
49.00, few Utility 40.50-43.35.
Couple Choice slaughter heifers
62.00 & 62.26, few Good 51.5058.00.
Breaking Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 40.00-47.00, few
50.75, Cutter & Boning Utility 37.75-
41.50, Canner & Low Cutter 33.00
37.75, Shells down to 29.00. Yield
Grade No. 1 (few) 9701815 lbs.
slaughter bulls 46.75-50.35.
FEEDER CATTLE; Few
Medium Frame #1 440-830 lbs.
steers 49.00-53.00.
CALVES 243. Individual Prime
vealer at 103.00, Choice 82.5099.50,
few Good 65.00-80.00, Standard &
Good 70105 lbs. 52.0060.00, Utility
6085 lbs. 45.0052.00. FARM
CALVES; Holstein Bulls 90125 lbs.
60.0091.00, few down to 52.00.
HOGS 111. Barrows and gilts 50
cents -$2.00 lower. US No. 1-3 205-
250 lbs. barrows and gilts 44.30
47.00, one lot 48.25, one lot No. 1-3
178 lbs. at 32.75. US No. 1-3 3-570
lbs. sows 37.0045.50. BOARS 32.00
36.50.
FEEDER PIGS 57. Few Lots US
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 24.00
35.00 per head, one lot 75 lbs. at
48.50 per head, one lot 170 lbs. at
41.50 per hundredweight.
SHEEP 3. Individual Choice 75
lbs. wooled slaughter lamb at
69.00.
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