Livestock market and auction news
Mercer Livestock
Auction
Mercer, Pa.
Tuesday, December 30,1986
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 201...PDA. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market:
Slaughter steers .50 to $1 lower;
Cows mostly steady. Choice
slaughter steers 57.00-61, yield
grade §2 61.7542.25, Good 52.00
57.50, Standard 47.00-52.25, few
Utility 39.0043.00. Few Choice
slaughter heifers 54.00-57.00, Good
49.00- Standard 42.00-47.00,
Utility 38.00-42.00. Breaking Utility
and Commercial slaughter cows
36.50-40.00, Cutter and Boning
Utility 32.50-37.00, Canner and Low
Cutter 27.00-33.00, Shells down to
23.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1,1400
1700 lbs. slaughter bulls 43.00-
47.00. few No. 2,1200-1700 lbs. 39.00-
42.00. Feeder Cattle: Few Medium
Frame No. 1, 380-600 lbs. steers
47.00- Medium Frame No. 1,
400-650 lbs. bulls 42.0049.00.
CALVES 89... Few Good vealers
68.00- Standard and Good 90-
120 lbs. 46.00-56.00, 60-85 lbs. 39.00
46.00. few Utility 50-80 lbs. 20.00-
31.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
90-125 lbs. 60.00-75.00.
HOGS 204...8arr0ws and gilts
$1.50-$2 lower. US No. 1-2 220-250
lbs. 46.50-48.00, lot 48.35,1-3 210-250
lbs. 45.00-46.50, 2-3 205-260 lbs.
44.00- US No. 1-3 300800 lbs.
sows 38.00-40.00, few 2-3 300-580 lbs.
36.00- Few Boars 36.00-38.00.
FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 market
test.
SHEEP 0...N0 market test.
GOATS 0...N0 market test.
Keister’s Middleburg
Livestock Auction *
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, December 30,1986
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 387...PDA. Choice 1050-
1400 lbs. slaughter steers 56.50-
61.60, Good 50.00-57, few Standard
40.00- few Choice holsteins
51.00- Good 46.00-50.00. Choice
slaughter heifers 52.00-58.75, few
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Good 48.00-50.00. Breaking Utility
and Commercial slaughter cows
35.75-38.75, few 42.50, Cutter and
Boning Utility 34.25-37.25, Canner
and Low Cutter 30.50-34.50, Shells
down to 27.50. Few Good slaughter
bullocks 49.75-54.00. Yield Grade
No. 1,1200-1725 lbs. slaughter bulls
42.00-47.75, couple down 38.60.
Feeder Cattle: Medium Frame No.
1,400-700 lbs. steers 45.00-52.00.
CALVES 198... Few Choice
vealers 80.00-90.00, few Good 60.00
70.00, Standard and Good 70-100
lbs. 42.00-51.00, Utility 60-80 lbs.
30.00- Farm Calves: Holstein
Bulls 90-130 lbs. 85.00-105, few to
116.00, few Small Frame 85-90 lbs.
51.00-
HOGS 468... US No. 1, 220-235 lbs.
barrows and gilts 54.00-55.75, 1-2
215-240 lbs. 53.00-54, 2-3 200-250 lbs.
50.50-53.00, 2-4 200-270 lbs. 48.25-
50.50. US No. 1-3 280-650 lbs. sows
38.00-42, couple 49.75, 2-3 285-550
lbs. 33.00-38.00. Boars 32.00-33.00.
FEEDER PIGS 358... US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 36.00-47.00, BO
SS lbs. 45.00-57, 75-100 lbs. 62.50-
67.00 all per head.
SHEEP 7... Few Choice 90-105
lbs. wool slaughter lambs 68.00-75.
GOATS 12... Large 35.00-110.00 -
per head.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, NJ
Tuesday, Dec. 30
Report supplied by auction
Calves- .18-1.10.
Cows 25.00-45.75.
Easy Cows .07-33.50.
Heifers 35.00-51.75.
Bulls 33.25-51.25.
Steers 45.0081.50.
Hogs 36.50-48.00.
Roasting Pigs, each 33.00-45.00,
Boars 33.50-35.00.
Sows 35.00-39.00.
Sheep .16-.60.
Lambs, each 15.00-70.00.
Lambs, per lb. .44-1.00.
Goats, each 20.00-100.00.
Kids, each 6.0081.00.
Hides 23.00 each.
Total 1406.
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Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, Dec. 29
CATTLE 840. SLAUGHTER
STEERS; Choice St Prime 56.00
60.00, few to 63.60; Good & Choice
52.00-57.00; Good & Choice -
Holstein 48.00-51.50; Standard &
Good Holstein - 40.0048.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 54.00-57.00, few to 59.00;
Good & Choice 48.00-54.75; Stan
dard & Good 40.0048.00.
COWS: Utility St Commercial
35.0037.00, few to 40.00; Cutter St
Boning Utility 33.00-36.50, few to
39.00; Canner & Low Cutter 33.50 &
down.
A LESSON
WELL
LEARNED...
LANCASTER
FARMING'S
CLASSIFIED
ADS
GET RESULTS!
Phone:
717-394-3047
or
717-626-1164
BULLS-ALL WEIGHTS: Yield
Grade 1 47.00-51.75; Yield Grade 2
39.00-47.00.
STOCKER CATTLE-ALL
WEIGHTS. Steers Medium &
Good 53.00-61.00; Heifers -
Medium & Good 45.00-53.00; Bulls
Medium & Good 44.00-54.00;
Steers Holstein 35.00-41.00.
CALVES 491. Good & Choice -
125 to 250 pounds 70.0045.00, few to
90.00; Medium & Good 125 to 250
pounds 55.00-70.00; Medium &
Good 80 to 120 pounds 48.00-
65.00; Light & Cull all weights
48.00 & down; Holstein Bulls
return to farm up to 112.00;
Holstein Heifers return to farm
up to 65.00.
LAMBS, SHEEP & GOATS 72.
Choice Lambs 70.00-75.00; Medium
ALFALFA
VERTA + From NC + HYBRIDS
Has edged Out The Others
Again And peaked On Top!
Results From:
1985 PENN STATE-USDA ALFALFA VARIETY TRIALS:
1986 Summary
1986
Rock Sprin.
VERTA +
edge
peak
ARKANSAS, WISCONSIN:
ESI 1985 1986 2 Year %
Total Total Total Total Checks
VERTA + 4.05 8.00 5.21 17.26 114%
edge 3.83 7.84 4.85 16.52 109%
peak _____
WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN;
VEETA +
edge & peak
WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN;
VEETA +
edge
peak
MANHEIM, PA.:
VEETA + 5.38 9.47
edge 5.56 9.60
peak
NOW UNTIL JANUARY 30,1987 - $117.00
See Us At The PA. FARM SHOW
Booth #499 - Main Hall
For Name/Address/Phone No. of Sales Agent/
Dealer near you, contact nearest Warehouse:
Galena. Md. Oxford. Pa.
DUDLEY CHANCE MELVIN MAJS
301-928-3834 215-932-4296
Richfield. Pa
HAROLD Z. “RED” Mercer. Pa.
MUSSER RODNEY E. SEALAND
717-367-3076 412-662-4970
SAM KNOUSI
717-463-2885
NC + HYBRIDS
District Sales Manager
NCA Barry L. Hoke
RD m, Box 456, Manheim, PA 17545
(717) 665-2009
I NAME
STREET/RD/BOX _____
I CITY
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I u lAm Interested In Selling Your Seed
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 3,1M7-Al3
HOGS 139. No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs
—l9O-225 pounds 47.00-50.10; No. 1-
3 Butcher Hogs 225-250 pounds
49.00- No. 1-3 Butcher Hogs -
250-300 pounds 44.00-49.00; Good
Butcher Sows 400 pounds down
36.00- Good Butcher Sows
400 pounds up 38.00-45.00; Heavy
Boars over 300 pounds 32.00-
34.00; Pigs-all sizes (by head)
20.00-
Sale every Monday afternoon at
3:30 p.m.; Hay & straw sale every
Monday at 1; 00 p.m.
News:
PA
7.70
7.57
7.58
3 Year
Total
5.81 20.47 106%
7.92 6.74
6.43 11.98 104%
6.36 11.75 102%
5.55
5.40
7.41 22.26 107%
7.62 22.78 109%
Hfhf Pay Mora For Lon???
Elizabethtown. Pa,
& Good Lambs 55.0043.00; Cull
Lambs 30.00-50.00; Light & Good
70.00- Sheep, Ewes & Bucks
20.00- Goats all sizes (by
head) 15.00-45.00.
43 loads.
Alfalfa 120.00-156.00/ton.
Mixed 100.00-140.00/ton.
Timothy 110.00-135.00/toE.
Mulch 75.00-90.00/ton.
Straw 75.00-95.00/ton.
1984-85
Hershey, PA MEAN
8.45 8.06
6.74 7.16
Total
To Date
3 Year
Total
isontown. Pa
Thomi
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