Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Ulldar Fadcral Inaction Dacembar 31, 1993 CATTLE CALVES 122.000 5,000 127.000 5,000 124.000 6,000 247.000 10,000 246.000 10,000 246.000 11,000 WEDNESDAY (EST) WEEK AGO (EST) YEAR AGO (EST) WEEK TO DATE (ESD SAME PD LT WK (EST) SAME PD LT YR (ACT) PREVIOUS DAY ESTIMATED STEER AND HEIFER 97,000, COW AND BULL 28,000. ♦•• REVISION HOG SLAUGHTER M0NDAY.,350,000. Grants ville Livestock Granlivlllc, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction Sat., December 18, 1993 STOCK BULLS AND STEERS 200-500 LBS. 70.00-86.00. STOCK HEIFERS: 55.00-78.00. SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO CHOICE. NONE AVAILABLE; MEDIUM TO GOOD UP TO 65.00. FEEDER STEERS GOOD 70.00-81.00; LIGHT 60.00-68.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO CHOICE. NONE AVAILABLE; MEDIUM TO GOOD 54.00-63.00. BULLS HEAVY 52.00-60.00, LIGHT 45.00-51.50. COWS FEW HIGH DRESSING 42.50-50.00, UTILITY HOLSTEIN 44.00-48.50, CANNERS 36.00-45.00, CULLS 35.00 AND DOWN. VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE 85.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD 60.00- 808 CALVES: 40.00 AND DOWN, HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES RETURN TO FARM 90-120 LBS. 100.00-138.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVFES RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LBS. UP TO 145.00. BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN TO FARM UP TO 115.00. HOGS TOP QUALITY 38.50-40.00; HEAVY 37.00-39.50, LIGHT 35.00-38.50, FEEDER PIGS BY THE HEAD 20.00-36.00. SOWS 25.00-32.25. MALE HOGS 23.00-26.50. LAMBS 58.00-70.00, LIGHT 70.00-80.00. SHEEP 20.00-29.00. j JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON 1 « ‘ " ■?* «« From all of us Lapp's Bam at JOYOUS CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Thank you for your patronage during the past We look forward to serving you in 1994. . Radio i 5935 Old Philadelphia Pike Gap, PA 17527 Dispatched X I (717) 442-8134 Tmck * ■ » Friend’s Stockyard Inc. Accident, Md. 21520 Report Supplied by Auction December 20, 1993 STOCK BULLS AND STEERS (200-300 LBS.) 70.00-BS.OO. STOCK HEIFERS 60.00-74.00. ■ SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO CHOICE 66.00-70.73; MEDIUM TO GOOD 61.00-65.50; HEAVY CHOICE OVER 1430 LBS. 64.00-68.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS HEAVY 56.00-60.00; LIGHT 48.50-56.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO CHOICE 64.00-68.85; MEDIUM TO GOOD 46.00-57.00. BULLS HEAVY 51.00-61.50, LIGHT 46.00-57.00. COWS FEW HIGH DRESSING 45.00- UTILITY HOLSTEIN 44.00- CANNERS 40.00-45.00, COMMERCIAL TO GOOD 38.00-44.00. CULL COWS 38.00 AND DOWN. VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE 70.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD 50.00- 808 CALVES 40.00 AND DOWN. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES,RETURN TO FARM (90-120 LBS.) 120.00-170.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES, RETURN TO FARM (100-120 LBS.) 150.00-200.00. BEEF X CALVES, RETURN TO FARM. UP TO 160.00. HOGS: TOP QUALITY 39.00-40.00. HEAVY 38.00-39.50, LIGHT 35.00-39.00. SOWS 28.00-33.00. MALE HOGS: 23.00-26.50. LAMBS: 55.00-73.50. FEEDER LAMBS: 60.00-77.00. SHEEP; 10.00-24.00. LIVESTOCK PRICES ARE ALL GIVEN PER HUNDREDWEIGHTI 'i " L 15=4 SHEEP 21,000 20,000 22,000 41.000 39.000 43.000 HOGS 361.000 350.000 367.000 713.000 688^100 714.000 MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH LAPP S BARN E Maryland 4-H Livestock Judges Complete Season COLLEGE PARK. Md. Placing consistendy high in most categories during four regional and national contests, Randy Mul linix, 16, of Lisbon (Howard County) helped lead Maryland’s 4-H livestock judging team this fall to one of its best seasons in recent memory. The team was first in the overall standings among five state 4-H iSome markets not available due to the holiday Lancaster Hogs Lancaster Stockyards Saturday, December 18, 1993 Report supplied by auction There will no longer be a sale auction on Saturday. Sale* will be held Monday and Wednesday. North Jersey Livestock HacketMown, NJ Report Supplied by Auction Tuesday, December 21, 1993 Report supplied by auction CALVES .28-1.45. COWS .20-S2K . EASY COWS .25 .43. HEIFERS .36% -.65. BULLS .45% -.65. STEERS .4S-.69. HOGS .2S-.36. ROASTING PIGS EACH 25.00-49.00. BOARS .23-.27. SOWS .22-.33. SHEEP .22-.54. LAMBS EACH 21.00-79.00. LAMBS PER LB. .47-1.10. GOATS EACH 38.00-177.50. KIDS EACH 18.00-120.00. TOTAL 1181. nrff nt... teams on Sept 18 at “The Big E - New England’s Great State Fair” in West Springfield, Mass. One week later, die team placed first in the overall standings among 11 state 4-H and FFA teams participating in the Eastern National Livestock Show at Timo nium, Md. It was second among 10 state 4-H and FFA teams in junior livestock judging competi tion on Oct. 2 during the Keystone International Livestock Exposi tion at Harrisburg. Finally, Maryland placed seventh in a Held of 35 state teams during the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, held Nov. 16 at Louisville, Ky., in conjunction with the North American Interna tional Livestock Exposition. Young Mullinix capped off the season by placing among the top 30 participants in all four catego ries at the national contest. There were 140 individual contestants. Mullinix placed fifth in sheep judging at Louisville, 29th in swine judging. 13th in beef cattle judging, 18th in reasons, and seventh in the overall individual standings. His sheep judging score was two points out of first place and nine points better than that of Jacob Schaad, who captured over all individual honors. Based on a perfect score of SO, Mullinix had an average score of 46 for all of the contest categories, while Schaad had an average score of 47. Monica Feeser, 17, of Taney town (Carroll County) finished among the top one third in all four categories at the national contest. She placed twelfth in sheep judg ing, 30th in swine judging, 42nd in beef cattle judging, 27th in rea sons, and 20th in the overall indi- UIPMENT LancMttr Firming, Saturday, Dtcwnbw 25,1993-Al7 vidual standings. Jason Murray, 16, of Glenelg (Howard County) led the Mary land 4-H contingent in swine judging at Louisville, finishing 27th. He was consistently strong in this category at all of the fall judging contests. Robert O. Dinsmore, 18, of Broad Run (Frederick County) was 35th in beef cattle judging and 23rd in the reasons category at Louisville. Less than a week earlier, Dins more had been honored at the National FFA Convention in Kan sas City, Mo., as winner of the National FFA Sheep Production Proficiency Award. He owns a flock of purebred Hampshire and Shropshire breeding ewes. During nine years of 4-H and FFA market lamb competition at the Maryland State Fair, he exhibited four grand champions and four reserve champions. All of the other members of this year’s Maryland 4-H livestock judging team also have been involved with sheep projects. Randy Mullinix and Monica Feeser have exhibited market lambs in 4-H and FFA competi tion at the Maryland State Fair, while Jason Murray has been involved with Montadale and Romney purebreds. Coaching the Maryland 4-H livestock judging team again this year was William A. Curry of Shepherds Glen (Howard Coun ty), an extension livestock special ist for the University of Maryland at College Park. Curry has been the Maryland 4-H livestock judging coach for more than 20 years. His assistant this year was Karen E. Holloway of Darlington (Harford County), a former 4-H member of a Curry coached team. it •Vi - >x I ,t , w -JJt year. Closed Dec. 31 ft Jan. 1, 1994
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