AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 24, 1994
N.E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
September 20
Report Supplied by USDA
PRICES PAID PER DOZEN GRADE "A” BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED TO RETAIL STORES:
EX. LARGE
1.12
I.OS-1.09
1.07-
1.08-
1.08
1.10-I.IS
1.15
MAINE
N. HAMP.
MOSTLY
RHODE ISLAND
MOSTLY
VERMONT
MOSTLY
Westminster Livestock
Hageratown, Md.
September 20, 1994
Report (applied by auction
SLAUGHTER COWS; 97 HEAD,
TREND STEADY TO 1.00 LOWER.
UTILITY 42.00-46.00; HIGH DRESSING
46.50-48.75, * AT 50.75; CANNERS
39.00-43.00; SHELLY 39.00 DOWN.
BULLS; 11 HEAD. YG#l 2130 LBS.
57.50; YG#2llOO-2000LBS. 51.00-55.00.
FED STEERS: LOW DRESSING
CHOICE 1100-1300 LBS. TO 62.50;
SELECT TO LOW CHOICE 56.00-60.00;
CHOICE HOLSTEINS 55.00-59.75.
FED HEIFERS; LOW DRESSING
CHOICE 900-1300 LBS. 57.00-58.00;
DAIRY CULLS 45.00-50.00.
VEAL CALVES: 186 HEAD. CHOICE.
NONE; GOOD2OO-300 LBS. 70.00-80.00;
CULLS 5.00 LOWER. 85-110 LBS.
45.00-55.00; 50-80 LBS. 40.00-50.00;
WEAK/ROUGH 40.00 DOWN.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
10.00 LOWER. #1 95-120 LBS.
100.00-119.00; #2 70.00-95.00; 80-90
LBS. 55.00-80.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
#1 80-120 LBS. 180.00-215.00; #275-100
LBS. 125.00-170.00; BEEF X BULLS
AND HEIFERS TO 110.00.
BUTCHER HOGS; 40 HEAD. US#l&3
220-260 LBS. TO 33.50; 200-215 LBS.
30.00-31.25.
STOCK CATTLE: 166 HEAD; PRICES
UNEVEN. STEERS MEDIUM AND
LARGE FRAME 200-400 LBS.
70.00-80.00; 400-600 LBS. 68.00-78.00;
600-800 LBS. 64.00-70.00; 800-1000 LBS.
FEW TO 65.00.
HEIFERS; 300-500 LBS. 62.00-71.00;
500-700 LBS. 55.00-64.00.
BULLS: 200-400 LBS. 75.00-88.00;
400-600 LBS. 60.00-71.00.
LAMBS: 73 HEAD. GOOD DEMAND.
CHOICE 100-125 LBS. 69.00-76.00;
80-100 LBS. 68.00-78.00; 60-80 LBS.
68.00-79.00; MEDIUM TO GOOD 50-90
LBS. 60.00-68.00.
SHEEP: 25 HEAD. LIGHTWEIGHTS
25.00-43.00; HEAVY 20.00-31.00.
GOATS: 34 HEAD. LARGE BILLIES
65.00- 1 AT 135.00; MEDIUM
40.00- SMALL 25.00-40.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD
FROM TESTED HERDS. 20-40 LBS.
15.00-20.00.
SOWS: FEW OFFERED. 400-500 LBS.
TO 25.25; 500-700 LBS. 27.50-25.50.
BOARS: 400-800 LBS. 21.50-22.75;
220-260 LBS. TO 27.00.
NEXT TUBS., SEPT 27, SPECIAL
FEEDER CATTLE SALE. APPROX. 7:30
P.M.
LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
1.03 .80 .47
.96-1.00 .73-.T7 .40-.44
.98.99 .75.76 .42.43
.99-1.03 .76-.80 .43-.47
.99 .76 .43
1.05-1.06 .83-. BS
1.06 .83
North Atlantic Shell Eggs
Wednesday, ScpL 21, 1994
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: THE MARK
ET TONE WAS STEADY. DEMAND
COVERED THE FULL RANGE AND
WAS MOSTLY MODERATE. OVER
ALL. RETAIL MOVEMENT HAD
SLOWED FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO
WEEKS. SUPPLIES WERE ADEQUATE
OR AVAILABLE, AND THE DISTRIBU
TION BETWEEN UNGRADED AND
GRADED EGGS BECAME BETTER
BALANCED FOLLOWING THE PREVI
OUS WEEKS’ ATTEMPTS TO
RESTORE POST-LABOR DAY
GRADED FLOOR STOCKS. BREAK
ING STOCKS SUPPLIES WERE
ADEQUATE UNDER A STEADY
TRADE SENTIMENT. LIVE HEN
OFFERINGS REMAINED ADEQUATE
TO AMPLE FOR THE LIGHT DEMAND.
A EXTRA LARGE .67-.69, LARGE
.65-.67, MEDIUM .S6-.57.
Lebanon Produce Auction
Route 72 North
Lebanon, Pa.
September 21
Report Supplied by Auction
APPLE CIDER 1.90-2.00.
APPLES; 1.75-5.00 V 4 BU.
BEANS, LIMA: 1.50-1.75 BOX.
BEDDING PLANTS, MUMS;
1.60-12.00 EACH.
BEETS: 2.50 ■/. BU.
CABBAGE: 2.75-3.50 BOX: .50-.80
EACH.
CAULIFLOWER: .50-.70 EACH.
INDIAN CORN: .25-.70 DOZ.
EGG PLANT: 2.00 BOX.
GOURDS; 2.00-7.50 BOX, .25 EACH.
PEARS; 3.50-5.00 V. BU.
PUMPKINS; .50-2.75 EACH; MINI
4.50-10.50 BOX AND .4S-.55 EACH;
NECKS .20-2.75 EACH.
SQUASH: YELLOW 1.25-3.50 BOX;
.50-1.50 EACH.
CORN: BICOLOR .60-1.30 DOZ.,
WHITE SWEET .35-1.30 DOZ., YEL
LOW .90 DOZ.
TOMATOES: 1.00-6.00 BOX.
WATERMELONS: .20-1.30 BACH.
For information or EMMERT FARM DISTRIBUTORS “"g.
Nearest Dealer ca 11... PA 18821 welcome
Somerset Fall Classic
Gay Brownlee
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MYERSDALE (Somerset Co.)
—Some 44 animals consigned for
sale at the Somerset Fall Classic,
brought a total of $69,095, about
$4,300 less than the 1993 total
when 42 animals were sold at the
Classic.
Eighteen milking animals sold
for a total of $31,392, or an aver
age of $1,744. Seventeen bred
heifers averaged $1,559 for a total
of $26,503.
Open heifers averaged $1,425 a
piece totaling $9,975 for the seven
animals. Two calves under three
months were sold, one for $B5O
and the other, $375. Total was
$1,225 and the average was $613.
Fred England from Williams
burg was top buyer. He bought
eight animals, but the total spent
by England wasn’t disclosed.
Todd Lohr from Hooversville
paid the top price of $2,450 to
consignors Paul Kinsinger and
Henry Kinsinger of Oakland, Md.
for Triple-Silo Mark Miranda.
Bom January S, 1992, Miranda
due September 3, 1994 to Pacala
mar Astronaut, had a “tremendous
Nets $69,095
pedigree and beautiful udder,”
according to Oren Bender, pedi
gree expert.
A Chief daughter, her dam is
Triple-Silo Jake Margaret, GP,
82-2yllm; 3-3, 307, 21670, 3.4
742.3.1 666; 2-3,296,17610,3.3
584.3.1 540; 4-3,209,16050,3.5
563, 3.2 584.
Milos Sinan paid 2,075 for Hill
mont Leadman Smooth-ET, born
January 7,1991 and consigned by
Kirk A. Hillegass of Hillmont
Famrs, Berlin. Sinan, from Home.
Pa. paid the second highest price
for an animal.
A daughter of Tradition, she is
GP, 81-3y6m. PTA +1719M,
+66F, +SOP. DHIR record 2-6,
334, 20630, 4.2 857, 3.3 683.
Dam Hillmont Klark Sibyl is
VG, 85-3 y; PTA +I2IOM +62F
+43P; CTPI +808; DHIR record
2-2,365, 21520,4.4 946, 3.5 756.
It was a good night for the
Somerset County Junior Holstein
Club which is raising money to
attend the National Holstein Con
vention in Pittsburgh that’s com
ing up next summer. Thanks to
some seven consignors, the junior
club received some $1,400 at the
sale, IS percent of the $9,600 total
grossed by animals donated to
help the kids.
these included Ron and Linda
Kling, Accident, Md.; David and
Connie Welch, Berlin; Geoige C.
Stahl Somerset; Philip Beachy,
Salisbury; Lewis and Barbara
Berkley, Berlin; Mark and Helen
Mishler, Hollsopple and Kirk
Hillegass whose one-yr. old
brought a high of $1,700 for the
juniors.
Mark Sipe of Rockwood hit
upon a great idea to help the kids.
He donated a saw on which he had
painted rural scenery and farm
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