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.
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East Petersburg, PA 17520
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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
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