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    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
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