Mercer Livestock MERCER, PA FEBRUARY 20, 1996 CATTLE 360... PDA ..Compared with lait week'i tale...tteert .73 to 1.25 lower, cowi steady to 1.00 lower. STEERSi High Choice end Prime 1073/1400 Ibe. 62.25-64.50, Choice 1050/1400 ibe. 59.00-63.25, tome down 57.00, Select 53.50-59.00, Standard 45.00- HOLSTEINS: High Choice and Prime 1250/1425 Ibi. 58.00-60.00, Choice 1250/1550 Ibe. 53.50-57.00, few Select 46.00- few Standard 42.00-45.25. HEIFERS: Choice 1050/1325 Ibt. 56.75-61.00, Select 53.50-57.00, few Stan dard 43.00-51.00. COWS: Breaking Utility and Commer cial 34.00-36.00, Or ter and Boning Utility 30.00- Canncr and Low Cutter 25.00- Shells down to 18.00. BULLS: Yield Gtade No. 1 1425/2050 Ibt. 38.50-46.25, No. 2 1200/2000 lbs. 32.00- FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: few Large Frame No. 2 275/315 Ibt. 31.00- few Medium Frame No. 1 475/650 Ibt. 50.00-55.00; HEIFERS; Medium Frame No. 1 350/625 Ibt. 40.00- Medium Frame No. 2 275/775 Ibt. 30.00-40.00; BULLS: Medium Frame No. 1 400/700 Ibt. 39.00- CALVES 104...VEALERS: Standard and Good 70/110 lb*. 20.00-30.00, few Utility 50/60 Ibt. 10.00. FARM CALVES: No. 1 Holstein bulb 85/120 lbs. 60.00-77.50, few 82.00, No. 2 85/130 lb«. 34.00-62.50; couple No. 2 Holstein heifeis 80 A 95 lbs. 35.00 A 46.00. Beef cross bulls end heifers 75/105 lbs. 31.00-57.50. HOGS 37...8ARP.0WS AND GILTS: few US 1-2 250/270 lbs. 47.25-48.00, few US 2-3 230/2401b5. <5.10, US 1-3 190/210 lbs. 33.00-38.50. SOWS: one US 1-3 60S lbs. 34.00, one Medium 305 lbs. 26.00. FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET TESTI SHEEP 0...N0 MARKET TESTI GOATS 0...N0 MARKET TESTI Indiana Farmers HOMER CITY, PA FEBRUARY 22, 1996 CATTLE; 161: Heifers: Steady to 2.00 lower. Cows: Steady to 2.00 lower. STEERS: Select 56.50-59.75. Standaid 47.25-54.75; Holsteins: Select Ag-Chem Covers All Your Spraying Needs From Parts to Short Line ipment FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE DEALER NEAREST YOU: Plant Food Co. Delmar Grain Lainbach Stoltzfua Meaaick Farm Cranbury, NJ Delmar, DE Farm Supply Morgantown, PA Equip. 609*448-0935 302-846-9567 Shippensburg, PA 215-286-5146 Elizabethtown, PA 717-532-5511 717-653-8867 1-800-346-2334 43.00-30i2S; Sumdatd 30.75-43.00. HEIFERS; Choice 1000/1400 Ibt, 59.50-61.50; Select 49X10-56.75; Standard 335041.50. COWS: Breaking Utility and Commer cial 33.0036.75; Cutter and Boning Utility 30.0033.75; Canner and Low Cutler 24.0031.00; Shellt down to 16.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1200/1400 Ibt, 41.0046.00; Yield Grade 21100/1375 Ibe, 37.0042.00. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Ml 840 Ibt at 51.00, M&L 2 460/725 Ibt, 32.00-45.50; Few HEIFERS: M&L 430/500 Ibt, 49.0050.00, M&L 400/900 Ibt, 32.5039.50. CALVES: 90: Good 130/275 Ibt, 40.0065.00; Standard and Good 75/115 ibt, 20.0035.00; Utility 65/90 Ibt, 12.5020.00. FARM CALVES: Steady to 10.00 Low er, No 1 Holitein Bulls; 95/120 Ibt, 62.5075.00; No 2 Holitein Built 90/120 Ibt, 35.0067.50; Few No 1 Holstein Heif ers 100/105 Ibt, 120.00122.50; Beef Crott Built & Heifers 85/120 Ibt, 35.006100. HOGS: 115: Banowt and Giht: Steady; 1-3 220/250 Ibt, 41.75-46.75; 2-3 260/295 Ibt, 38.25-45.75; 1-3 105/190 Ibt, 25.0035.75. SOWS: 1-3 350/490 Ibt, 27.0037.50; 1-3 SOQ/6SO Ibt, 3075-34.00, BOARS: 315/830 Ibe, 22.25-23.50. FEEDER PIGS; 22: US 1-3 50/90 Bn, 21.0026.00. SHEEP: 5: Good and Ch 100/125 lbs, 47.50-50.00; Slaughter Sheep: 32.00-40.00. GOATS: 2: Large SS.OO-63.00. Jersey Shore Livestock Market, Inc. Auction every Thursday at 4:00 pro. Jersey Shota, Pa. Report supplied by Auction Thursday, Feb. 22, 1996 RETURN TO FARM CALF 50.00-110.00. GOOD VEAL: 30.00-50.00. COMMON VEAL: 15.00-29.00. CHOICE STEERS: 59.0062.00. SELECT STEERS; 55.00-58.00. COMMON STEERS: 53.00-54.00. COMMERCIAL COWS: 32.00-39.00. CANNERS-CUTTERS: 27.00-31.00. SHELLS: 20.00-26.00. CHOICE HEIFERS: 55.00-59.00. SELECT HEIFERS: 48.00-54.00. COMMON HEIFERS: 39.00-47.00. GOOD FEEDERS: 50.0062.00. COMMON FEEDERS: 37.00-49.00. Serving The Farming Industry For Over 30 Years. 1188 Enterprise Rd. East Petersburg, PA 17520 • CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION (717) 569-2610 SI Pennsylvania Livestock WAYNESBURG, PA FEBRUARY 22, 1996 CATTLE: SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility and Commercial 30.00-40.00; Cut ter and Boning Utility 27.00-37.50; Camei and Low Cutter 20.00-27.50; Sheila 21X00 and down. BULLS: Yield Grade 1 ISOO/2000 Iba, 36.00- Yield Grade 21000/1400 Iba, 32.00- FEEDER STEERS: MAL 1 300/500 Ibi, 45.00-57.50; 250/280 Iba, 40.0060.00; M 600/900 Iba, 40.0053.00; HEIFERS: MIAL 300/500 Iba, 35.0050.00; Ll4OO/650 Iba, 35.0042.50; BULLS: MAL 1300/620 Iba, 36.0047.00, CALVES: Veal: Prime 55.0067.00; Choice 50.0060.00; Good 40.0048.00; Farm Calvea: #1 Holstein Bulla 90/120 Iba, few 40.0065.00; «2 Holatein Bulls 80/100 Iba, few 20.0042.00; Beef X Bull A Hfra/ Hd 35.0060.00. HOGS; Barrows and Gilts: #l-2 210/255 lbs, 40.0048.50; #2-3 255/280 Iba, 35.0043.50; Sows: #l-3 300/500 Iba, 30.0038.50; Feeder Pigs: 1-3 25/35 lbs, 10.0024.00/hd. LAMBS: High Choice 75/110 lbs, 75.00- Choice 90/105 lbs, 75.00- Feeder Lambs Good 75.00- Sheep 20.0040.00. Greencastle Livestock GREENCASTLE, PA FEBRUARY 22, 1996 CATTLE: 231: Cowi: .25 to 1.50 lower. HOLSTEINS: Ini Choice 1250 Ibt it 50.25. HEIFERS: 44.25 select, few standard and lelect Holitein 36.25-44.25. COWS: Biealdn| Utility and Commer cial 33.00-35.00; Cutter and Boning Utility 30.75-33.50; Canner and Low Cutter 26.00-31.00; Sheila Down to 21.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1 1250/1930 Um, 37.75-42.25; Yield Grade 2 Ind 1070lb* at 35.75. FEEDER CATTLE: HEIFERS: Few L 2 500/800 lb«, 26.00-38.00. CALVES: 300: Standard and Good 70/110 Iba, 35.00-40.00; Utility 55/85 Iba, 25.00- FARM CALVES: No 1 Holitein Bulla 90/125 Iba, 60.00-80.00; No 2 Holitein Bulla 80/115 lb*. 39.00-60.00; No 1 Hoi atein Heifer* 90/110 Iba, few 50.00- 1.22 Vi; No 2 Holitein Heifer* 70/80 Iba, 32.00-40.00; Beef Cron Bulla ft Heif er* 75/100 Iba, 33.00-60.00. HOGS; 2. SOWS: Ind 2-3 520 lb* at 22.00; BOARS: Ind at 26.00. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, FMruary 24,1996-Al7 Grazing Conference Reminder The 1996 Pennsylvania Grazing Conference and Trade Show will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Match 6 and 7, at the Embers in Carlisle, Pa. The Embers is located on route 11, about 1/2 mile east of 1-81. This it the second year for the event, sponsored by the Grazing Research and Education Center in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council. The purpose of the conference it to present useful and current information to a wide range of people interested in grazing. Featured speaker for this year's conference is Dave Forgey, a highly successful grazier and Hoard's Dairyman columnist from Indiana. Other speakers from outside Pennsylvania are Jim Green, Agronomist from North Carolina, and Danny Fox, Beef Nutrition and Management Specialist from Cornell. On Wednesday morning, Dave Forgey will talk about his transition bom confinement housing to grazing, and about bis plans for the future. In the afternoon be will focus on putting all the pieces of a successful grazing system together. Jim Green will talk about the principals of grazing management In the morning, and again in the afternoon, people can attend one of three breakout sessions to hear experienced graziers and other experts discuss their experiences with; a) watering systems, b) fencing systems, and about c) paddock and lane layouts. That evening, a panel of four graziers will discuss animal behavior as it relates to grazing. Thursday morning, Danny Fox will talk about raising dairy heifers and beef on pasture, and Jim Green will focus on fine tuning a controlled grazing system In the morning, people can attend two of three breakout sessions on; a.) hot season grazing, b) raising dairy heifers on grass, and c) raising beef on pasture. That afternoon, they can attend one of three sessions on a) leader/follower groups, b) calf raising on pasture, and c) low cost milking systems Registration is limited to about 400 people, and can be made by completing and returning the the clip out form, below. The registration fee includes lunch and conference proceedings. Name: Address: Registration fees include meals plus the proceedings. Make checks payable to; Agri Extension Special Fund. Return registration form and fees to: Grazing Research and Education Center 116 Agric. Science and Industries Bldg The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa 16802-3504 got mi Han/est method... feeding cost., labor cost., storage method equipment cost..maintenance...and a hundred other factors all piece together to form your feed cost picture. Discover how the pieces can fit together for your farm by contacting the Crop Storage Institute for a free questionairre and extensive computer evaluation. Crop Storage Institute P.O. Box 360 Lafayette, Indiana 47902 Phone No. Registration feet $75 conferee; $45 spouse (2 days) $5O conferee; $25 spouse (I day) Total cost; k