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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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