Grants ville
Livestock
Grantivllle, Maryland
Report Supplied by Auction
Sat, Aug. 20, 1994
STOCK BULLS AND STEERS
200-300 LBS. 60.00-99.00.
STOCK HEIFERS: 60.00-81.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO
CHOICE 38.00-64.00; MEDIUM TO
GOOD 54.50-58.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS GOOD
SS.OO-60.00; LIGHT SaSO-54.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO
CHOICE 58.50-65.25; MEDIUM TO
GOOD 50.00-58.00.
BULLS HEAVY 52.00-61.00, LIGHT
50.00-60.00.
COWS FEW HIGH DRESSING UP TO
48.00, UTILITY HOLSTEIN 4ZOO-45.D0.
CANNERS 36.00-41.00, CULLS 35.00
AND DOWN.
VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE
70.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD
55.00-
808 CALVES; 50.00 AND DOWN.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES RETURN
TO FARM 90-120 LBS. 85.00-126.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES
RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LBS., UP
TO 145.00.
BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN TO
FARM UP TO 100.00.
HOGS TOP QUALITY 41.50-43.00;
HEAVY 41.00-43.00, LIGHT
35.00-43.00, FEEDER PIGS BY THE
HEAD 10.00-35.00
SOWS 23.00-30.00
MALE HOGS 21.00-28.00.
LAMBS 65.00-74.50; CULLS 60.00
AND DOWN.
SHEEP 20.00-39.00.
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Hoffman 89
Average
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Lancaster County
Hallman 89
Average
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A lot of effort and resources go into your
growing investment. There’s the labor to plant,
monitor and harvest your crop. The tremen
dous investment in land and equipment. And
the knowledge and experience you’ve accumu
lated over the years.
With all that’s riding on your choice, you’ll
want a wheat vanety that will produce for you
in the field. And none surpass Hoffman 89.
Superior Tost Woiprts. In three-year
trials conducted by Penn State and the Univer
sity of Maryland, Hoffman 89 registered the top
test weight across all locations, in some cases
approaching 62 Ib/Bu. In Lancaster County
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Morrison Cove
Livestock Auction
Marti nib urg, Pa.
Monday, Aug. 22, 1994
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE: 205. STEERS: CHOICE
65.00-71.00, GOOD 61.0044.50.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 64.00-70.00,
GOOD 60.00-63.50.
COWS: UTILITY ft COMMERCIAL
42-50-51.00; CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER 35.00-42.00.
BULLOCKS: GOOD ft CHOICE
59.00-61.00.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE NO. 1
55.00-62.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS
72.00-90.00, BULLS 65.00-83.00, HEIF
ERS 65.00-74.00.
CALVES: 207. PRIME, NO MARKET
TEST, CHOICE, 91.00-99.00, GOOD
85.00- STANDARD 35.00-60.00,
HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS.
110.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
90-130 LBS. 135.00-203.00.
HOGS; 129. US NO. 1-2 41.30-42.75,
US NO. 1-3 40.00-41.25.
SOWS: US NO. 1-3 29.00-33.00.
BOARS 25.30-31.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 29 HEAD. US«I-3
20-50 LBS. 12.00-26.00.
SHEEP; 70. CHOICE LAMBS
73.00-80.00, GOOD LAMBS 65.00-72.00,
SLAUGHTER EWES 22.00-29.00.
GOATS 17.00-7aoo.
12 LOADS OF HAY. TIMOTHY
50.00-93.00, ALFALFA 80.00-103.00; 2
LOADS OF STRAW 88.00-90.00, 2
LOADS OP EAR CORN AT 85.00 AND
86.00.
an acre,
with Hoffman 89
Penn State Small Grain Trials
Three-Year Performance Summary, 1991-3^93
Bushel Weight
Grain Yield
61.9 Ib/Bu
83 Bu/A
60.2 Ib/Bu
74 Bu/A
3%
12%
Bushel Weight
Grain Yield
59.8 Ib/Bu
103 Bu/A
56.6 Ib/Bu
97 Bu/A
6%
6%
Dewart
Livestock Market
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, August 22, 1994
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 134.. PDA ..Compared with
lait Monday*! mariceL.il. cowi .50 to 1.00
lower. HOLSTEINS: few Choice
57.75-60.00. few Select 52.50-57.00, few
Standard 49.50- 53.50. HEIFERS; few
Choice 56.25-61.00, few Standard and
Select Holiteim 52.00-65.00. COWS;
Breaking Utility and Commercial
46.50-48.75, Cutter and Boning Utility
44.25-47.50, couple 48.75, Canner and
Low Cutter 38.50-43.50. Shells down to
33.00. BULLS; few Yield Grade No. 1
1170/1650 lbs. 52.00-54.25, few No. 2
875/1100 lbs. 42.00-51.00. FEEDER
CATTLE: few Medium Frame No. 1
620/650 lbs. 53.00-60.00.
CALVES 174..VEALERS: Standard
and Good 70/100 lbs. 52.50-60.00, Utility
60/80 40.00-52.50. FARM CALVES: No.
1 Holstein bulls 85/130 lbs. 100.00-140.00,
few 80.00, No. 2 75/125 lbs. 55.00-80.00;
No. 1 Holstein heifers 85/100 lbs.
190.00- few No. 2 70/85 lbs.
105.00- Beef cross bulls and heif
ers 65/110 lbs. 140.00-170.00.
HOGS 89.. Barrows and gilts steady to
Strang. BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
235/255 lbs. 41.00-42.00, one US 1-3 275
lbs. 38.25, one 213 lbs. 38.75. SOWS: US
1-3 300/570 lbs. 28.00-31.25. couple
32.00. BOARS; few 24.25-25.50. '
FEEDER PIGS 21..0ne US 1-3 35 lbs.
29.00. per head.
SHEEP 3.. Slaughter Lambi: few Choice
75/90 lb*. 60.00-72.00. GOATS Z.Two
Kids 34.00. - per head.
Yield Loss
(per acre)
Test WL Loss
(par acre)
$27.00
Yield Loss
(per acre)
Test WL Loss
(per acre)
$lB.OO
$7.76
tnals, its 59.8 Ib/Bu performance produced test
Weight savings of $7.76.
Yield. Superior test weight isn’t the only
advantage offered by Hoffman 89. In Centre
County, it delivered 83 Bu/A —12% above the
average. So you’d save $27 per acre using
Hoffman 89.
Averaging the results of both tnals, you’d
earn $26.38 more per acre with Hoffman 89.
Make sure you get the most out of your
investment by planting a proven winner
Hoffman 89. Just another way we add value to
your seed investment.
Indiana
Livestock
Homer City, PA
Thursday, August 25, 1994
Report supplied by Auction
BEEF. UIiIPF.RS GOOD 64.75,
MEDIUM 60.00-63.50, COMMON
57 50-60.00. STEERS: GOOD 66.50,
MEDIUM 62 00-64.75, COMMON
59 00-62 50. COWS: GOOD 43.00-47.50,
MEDIUM 38.00-42.50. COMMON 37.00
DOWN
BULUS: BUTCHER 60.00, BOLOGNA
52 00-58 00
Lebanon Holstein
Holds Field Day
MYERSTOWN (Lebanon
Co.) The Lebanon County
Holstein Club held its annual field
day last Friday at Ramona Hols
teins Farm, owned by the John
Kline family, in Myerstown.
About 330 people attended the
evening outing with family enter
tainment, cattle judging, guest
speaker Horace Backus, a pork
barbecue and fellowship.
The Klines have a 70-cow regis
tered Holstein herd and farm aobut
2SO acres.
Total Loss
(per acre)
$27.00
Total Loss
(per acre)
$25.76
lancttur Farming, Saturday, Augufi 27,19M-A2l
FEEDERS: GOOD LF 400 LB. 90.00,
MEDIUM LF 600-700 LB. 65.00-70.00,
COMMON 64.00 DOWN.
CALVES; 85-115 LB. (BULLS)
90 00-130.00, 85-113 LBS. (HFRS)
135 00-200 00, 80 LB. UNDER 65.00
DOWN, 120 LBS. OVER VEAL 250-300
LBS 85.00-95.00.
LAMBS: GOOD 75.00-82.50,
MEDIUM 65.00-70.00. COMMON
SHEEP 2000-28.00.
HOGS- NO. 1 200-240 LBS. 41.70; NO.
2 MO-195 LBS. PEW 36.00-38.00, 245
LBS UP 38,00-41.00. ,
SOWS 28.00-34.00, BOARS 23.50.
GOATS 4000-55.00 PER HEAD.
Three classes were offered for
judging: a class of 3-year-olds,
4-year-olds, and a class of cows
producing 30,000 pounds of milk
In the youth division 13 and
under, first two places were cap
tured by Jesse Martin, of Ephrata,
and Wesley Martin.
In the 14-19 division, Darin
Nolt was first followed by Lowan
da Shucy and Melinda
Bomgardner.
The top three in the ladies divi
sion were Michelle Morrissey,
Panic Hurtgun, and Stephanie
Wagner,
In the men’s division, the top
two placings were Chris Anderson
and Elwood Ohlingcr.
Jim Yonkcr, of Red Fever
Farms, in Fleetwood, served as
judge.
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