Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, Pa. Tuesday, March 30, 1993 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 291.. PDA ..Compared with last Tuesday's market: si. steers weak to 1.00 lower; si. cows 2 00 lower. STEERS: few High Choice and Prime 104S/1410 lbs. 80.00- Choice 1085/1470 lbs. 76.00- few to 83.00, Select 69.25- Standard 59.50-64.10. HOLSTEINS: Select 65.00-71.35, few Standard 53.50-62.00. HEIFERS: Choice 1000/1200 lbs. 71.50-76.10, Select 65.25- Standard 57.00-64.60. COWS; Breaking Utility and Commercial 45.00- one at 49.75, Cutter and Bon. Utility 42.00-46.85, Canner and Low Cut ter 40.00-45.00. Shells down to 30.00. BULLOCKS: few Select 920/1250 lbs. 59.75-64.50. BULLS; Yield Grade No. 1 1740/2470 lbs. 60.00-64,00, No. 2 1185/2280 lbs. 55.25-56.50. FEEDER CATTLE; Steers: one Large No 1 570 lbs. 76.00, Large No. 2 860/930 lbs. 62.50-63.00; Heifers; few Large No. 1 770/420 lbs. 65.00-70.00, few 390/570 lbs. 81.00- Medium Frame No. 1 265/560 lbs. 7000-78.00; Bulls: couple Large No. 1 365/450 lbs. 90 00 & 91.00, Medium No. 1 360/670 lbs. 65.00-79.00, one at 88 00. CALVES 120... VEALHRS: Utility 60/100 lbs. 20 00-40 00. RETURNED TO FARM; No. 1 Hols tein bulls 95/120 lbs. 140.00-160.00, one at Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection March 31, 1993 CATTLE CALVES 119.000 4,000 120.000 5,000 115.000 5,000 347.000 15,000 351.000 16,000 341.000 15,000 MONDAY (EST) WEEK AGO (EST) YEAR AGO (ACT) WEEK TO DATE (EST) SAME PD LT WK (EST) SAME PD LT YR (ACT) PREVIOUS DAY ESTIMATED...TUES. STEER AND HEIFER 93,000; COW AND BULL 25,000. 165.00, 80/90 lbs. 130.00-152.50, No. 2 80/115 lbs. 80.00-137.50. few down to 55.00. Couple No. 1 Holstein heifers 95/100 lbs. 175.00 & 187.50, No. 2 80/95 lbs. 60.00-140.00. Beef cross 85/135 lbs. bulls and heifers 135.00-176.00. HOGS 80.. Barrows and gilts 2.00 lower. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2230/235 lbs. 45.10-46.00, 1-3 225/260 lbs. 42.50-44.50. SOWS: US 1-3 320/575 lbs. 36.00- BOARS; few 150/205 lbs. 34.00- FEEDER PIGS 0....N0 market test. SHEEP 119.... few Choice 80/115 lbs. Wooled si. lambs 60.00-74.00, 45/50 lbs. Spring si. lambs 87.00-94.00, 50/80 lbs. 80.00-89.00, 30/45 lbs. 101.00-114.00. Slaughter sheep: 15.00-21.00. HOGS 312.000 347.000 330.000 968.000 1.012.000 990,000 Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. Monday, March 29, 1993 Report supplied by auction HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES TOP 190.00. VEAL CALVES TO 84.00. VEALER BULL CALVES BEST TO 160.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES 60 00 AND DOWN. GRASSERS & FEEDERS 45 00-70 00 LAMBS SMALL TO 145 00. WOOL TO 75.00. SHEEP 15.00-35.00. HOGS 38.00-41.00. SOWS TO 37.50. BOARS TO 27.00. PIGS EACH 18.00-24.00. HEIFERS 46.00-54.50. STEERS, MEDIUM HOLSTEINS 51.00-56.00. SHEEP 25.000 23.000 22.000 69.000 64.000 68.000 FEEDER STEERS 55.00-82.00. BULLS 50.00-61.25. GOOD COWS 47.00-49.00, TOP 51.25. COWS MEDIUM 42.00-45.00. COWS POOR OR SMALL 39.00 AND DOWN. CATTLE MARKET STEADY. CALF MARKET STEADY. HORSES BIG TO 910.00. SMALL HORSE TO 700.00. GOATS: TO 80.00. LAMBS NEXT WEEK AT 12 00 North Jersey Livestock HackctUtown, NJ Tuesday, March 30, 1993 Report supplied by auction CALVES .25-1.77'/, . COWS .25-53V4 . EASY COWS .05-.44 1 /,. HEIFERS .34'/. -.64. BULLS .52-.67’/.. STEERS .57V4 -.79K . HOGS .25-.35. BOARS .22-.34. Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 3 1993-Al7 SOWS .2S-.34. SHEEP .12-.45. LAMBS EACH 15.00-90.00. LAMBS PER LB. .20-1.00. GOATS EACH 24.00-122.50 KIDS EACH 19.00-73.00. HIDES EACH 11.00. TOTAL 1898. 315 HEAD. MARKET STRONGER. DRIVING HORSES 660.00-1010.00. RIDING HORSES 560.00-925.00. BETTER RIDING HORSES 1025.00-1300.00. REGISTERED 910.00-1850.00. KILLERS LIGHTWEIGHT 515.00- HEAVYWEIGHT 850.00- FEW 1050.00-1175.00. THIN 200.00-490.00. HORSE COLTS 315 00-460.00. WORK 945.00-1385.00. PONY MARES 135.00-305.00. PONY COLTS 45.00-95.00. GELDINGS 135.00-305 00. LARGER PONIES 385 00-460 00 —JS V 2533 OLD PULA. PIKE, RL 340, Smokitown, PA 3 Milt* Ent of Unenttr Tut*, Thun. A Frt. 104; Wtd. k S(L 10-5 (717) 397-7538 * SEE OUR NEW EFFICIENT EPA WOOD STOVES it wig $ New Holland Horses New Holland Sales Stables New Holland, PA Monday, March 29, 1993 Report Supplied By Auction STRATFORD State of the art Coal Stoves at I