Jersey Shore Livestock Market, Inc. Auction every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Jersey Shore, Pa. Report supplied by Auction Thursday, April 24, 1997 RETURN to farm calf 50.00-160.0 a GOOD VEAL: 30.00-49.00. COMMON VEAL: 15.00-29.00. CHOICE STEERS: 64.00-69.50. SELECT STEERS: 58.00-63.00. COMMON SHEERS: 48.00-57.00. COMMERCIAL COWS: 34.00-42.00; COUPLE 46.00. CANNERS-CUTTERS: 29.00-36.00. SHELLS: 20.00-28.00. CHOICE HEIFERS: 64.00-69.50. SELECT HEIFERS: 58.0063.00. COMMON HEIFERS: 38.0057.00. GOOD FEEDERS: 54.0068.00. COMMON FEEDERS: 25.0053.00. BULLS: 36.0055.00. GOOD HOGS: 53.0054.10. New Holland Horses New Hoi land Saks Stables New Holland, PA Monday, April 21, 1997 Report Supplied By Auction 306 HEAD. MARKET STEADY. WORK 910.001350.00. DRIVING 485.00875.00. RIDING 575.001000.00. BETTER RIDING 1075.001725.00. REGISTERED RIDING 885.001300.00. KILLERS, 6 HEAD 1050.00-1300.00. HEAVYWEIGHTS 840.00-960.00, LIGHTWEIGHTS 485.00-700.00. PONIES 140.00-400.00. LARGE PONIES 460.00-575.00, 5 HEAD 625.00-875.00. COLTS 250.00-475.00. Pennsylvania Livestock WAYNESBURG, PA APRIL 24, 1997 CATTLE; SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility & Commercial 36.00- Cutter & Boning Utility 30.00-39.50; Can ner & Low Cutter 28.00-34.50; Shells 28.00 & down. BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1500/2000 lbs, 42.00-51.75; Yield Grade 2 1000/1400 lbs, 35.00-52.50. FEEDER STEERS: M&L 1 300/500 lbs. 50.00-83.50; 250/280 lbs, 48.00-81.00; M 60Q/900 lbs, 45.00-71.50; HEIFERS: M l&L 300/500 lbs, 40.00-72.50; L 1 40QW50 lbs, 38.00-74.00; BULLS: M&L 1 300/620 lbs, 42.00- CALVES: Veil: Prime 40.00-85.00; Choice 38.00- Good 35.00-48.00; Farm Calves; #1 Hols tein Bulls 90/120 lbs, few 35.00-65.00; #2 Holstein Bulls 80/100 lbs, few 20.00-40.00; Beef X Bulls & Hfrs/Hd 20.00- HOGS: Barrows & Gilts: #l-2 210/255 lbs, 45.00- #2-3 255/280 lbs, 45.00-47.50; Sows: #l-3 300/500 lbs, 30.00-48.00; Feeder Pigs: 1-3 15/20 lbs, 5.00- 1-3 25/35 lbs, 10.00-45.00/Hd. LAMBS: High Choice 80/100 lbs, 90.00-128.00; Choice 70/90 lbs, 80.00-150.00; Feeder Lambs: Good 75.00- Sheep 20.00-58.00; Fat Sheep 40.00 and down. GOATS: Large 60.00-85.00/Hd; Medium 30.00-55.00/Hd; Small 10.00-40.00/Hd. HORSES: Horses 35.00-68.00; Ponies 20.00-44.50. Indiana Farmers HOMER CITY, PA APRIL 24, 1997 CATTLE: 160: Cows: Steady. STEERS: Choice 1075/1325 lbs, 63.00-67.00 few; Few Standard 43.25-51.75; Holsteins: Few Choice 1300/1490 lbs, 54.25-57.00; Select 50.50-53.75; Stan dard 33.00-45.00. HEIFERS: Choice 1200 lbs, one at 64.00; Standard 37.00-54.50. COWS: Breaking Utility and Commercial 36.00- Cutter and Boning Utility 32.00-37.25; Csnner & Low Cutter2s.2s-31.25; Shells down t 020.50. BULLS: Few Yield Grade 1 1675/1975 lbs, 44.00- Few Yield Grade 2 900/1650 lbs, 39.00- FEEDER CATTLE: Few STEERS: L-l 640/715 Ibi, 54.50-62.50; M&L-2 425/520 Ibi, 42.00-56.50; Few HEIFERS: M-l 430/570 lbs, 52.50-58.00; M&L-2 2SQ/850lb«, 35.00-47.00; Few BULLS: M&L-l 325/765 Ibi, 53.50-56.50; M&L-2 315/820 lbs, 32.00-52.00. CALVES: 61: Few Choice 180/320 lbs. 56.00-81.00; Sundud & Good 90/125 lbs, 22.00-36.00; Standaid & Good 65/85 lbs, 21.00-24.00; Utility 50/85 lbs; FARM CALVES: Holstein Bulls steady to 15.00 higher. No 1 Holstein Bulls 90/125 lbs, 70.00-114.00. Mostly 80.00- No 2 Holstein BuUs 90/125 lbs, 36.00- Beef Cross Bulls & Heifers 80/120 lbs, 55.00- HOGS: 30: Barrows and Gills: Steady to 3.00 higher; 1-3 225/250 lbs, 53.00-56.85; 1-3 275/305 lbs, 46.50-52.75; 1-3 110/115 lbs, 28.00-34.00 few. SOWS: Few 1-3 375/535 lbs, 43.50-48.00; BOARS: 235/460 lbs. 32.25-33.00 few. FEEDER PIGS: 17: US 1-3 35/65 lbs, 23.00-46.00; GOlity 15/20 lbs, 9.00-13.00 per head/cwt SHEEP: 13: Choice 80/100 lbs, 94.00-113.00; Good &. ■4 65/85 lbs, 96.00-97.00 few; Slaughter Sheep: 36.00-45.00. GOATS: 31: Small Kids 100-7.00. State Grange Pleased HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) —The Pennsylvania Stale Grange is satisfied with Friday’s announcement that the extension of the 30-cent increase in the over order premium will be continued for one year beginning May 1. The 30-cent additional pre mium had been slated to end on April 30. Brenda Shambaugh, Pa. State Grange legislative director, said the testimony presented by the Grange at a public hearing before the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) on April 9 clearly showed that the extension was Want To See Highland Cattle? laJrf^yP*TV C( ? 0 ‘ A ?, ig u' why 0“®®" Elizabelh prefers it land Cattle Display Day will be tested in southeast Ohio at the Guernsey County Fairgrounds, on Saturday, May 24. Come experience the rich his tory of this unique breed of cattle. Taste Highland beef find out needed. “There was, in fact, no testi mony against continuation of the extension,” Shambaugh said. “The extension gives Pennsylva nia dairy farmers a safety net as they continue to recover from the crippling fall in prices the last quarter of 1996. The extension will alleviate some of the financial strain felt on the farm and is cer tainly a step in the right direction.” As an advocate for rural Pen nsylvania, the Grange is a leading force in agricultural and rural issues. The Grange, with over 31,000 members in 66 counties, is Guernsey County Fairgrounds is located six miles east of 1-77, Take 1-70 to exit 186, Old Washington. For more informa tion, call Jim or Suzanne Pugh, (614) 432-7500. We’ll be there for swine operators... generation after generation. At Farm Credit, we understand swine operations. 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Robert Gabel, chairman of the Pennsylvania State Grange Dairy Committee and a dairy farmer from Newport, Perry County, tes tified that his feed and forage costs have increased 37 percent over the immediate past 12 months, as compared to the same months in the previous year, while his income has decreased. “Because the feed supply was low, my feed costs have increased,” Gabel told the board. “I do not believe feed costs will decrease significantly in the future.” Other factors have also worked against farmers, according to Gabel. Erratic weather, depleted com reserves and escalating grain Southeastern PA Keystone Farm Credit (800) 477-9947 Western PA Penn West Farm Credit (800) 998-5557 prices have held down profit mar gins, he said Gabel, who milks 40 and owns a total of 100 cows on approxi mately 400 acres, said his yearly feed costs alone increased $14,572 between 1994-95 and 1995-96 due to low feed supplies, which drove up the price of feed and forage for his herd. “In addition to feed costs increasing, other costs have also escalated” Gabel told the board members. “Veterinary fees and services, equipment repair and equipment replacement costs have also increased. The bottom line is this: My farm cost per hundred weight of milk for the year ending on Sept. 30.1995, was $5.15. The following year, however, my cost per hundredweight of milk increased $7.28. Today, this costs per hundredweight is at $7.38, leaving profit margins very tight and placing a financial strain on the farm operation.” Northern PA Northeastern Farm Credit (800) 326-9507 South Central PA York Farm Credit (800) 503-8957
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