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PA Weekly
Livestock Summary
JUNE 20,1997
ATT! F pAmiMWfl with Sti7
head last week and 4181 head a year ago
Compared with last Friday’s
summary slaughter steers 1 00 to 250
higher, si heifers steady to I 00 higher, si
£ows 1 00 to 3 00 higher, most advance
Biter part of week, si bulls 1 00 to 300
higher SLAUGHTER STEERS High
Choice & Prime 66 00-69 00, Choice
63 75-68 00, Select and Low Choice
61 00-65 25, Select 53 50-64 50, Standard
45 00-55 00, few to 43 00
HOLSTEINS' High Choice and Prime
58 00-63 00, few to 63 50, Choice 54 50-
60 00, Select 47 00-55 00 HEIFERS
Choice 6100-66 25, Select 55 00-62 00,
few to 52 50, Standard 41 50-52 00
BULLOCKS few Choice 51 00-57 00
COWS Breaking Utility and Commercial
37 50-45 50, few to 47 75, Cutter and
Boning Utility 33 50-42 00, Canner and
Low Cutter 28 00-37 00, few to 25 00
Shells down to 20 00 BULLS Yield Grade
No 1 1000/2400 lbs 45 00-53 00, few to
54 50, No 2 900/2000 lbs 38 00-46 00
FEEDER CATTLE
STEERS Medium & Large Frame No
1 300/650 lbs 63 00-78 00, few to 88 00,
i 5O/875 lbs 63 00-74 00, Medium &
hge Frame No 2 350/850 lbs 55 00-
5?00, few to 43 00, HEIFERS Medium &
Large Frame No I 300/800 lbs 56 GO
-71 00, few to 79 00, Medium & Large
Frame No 2 285/850 lbs 45 00-64 00,
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BULLS Medium & Large Frame No I
350/875 lbs 5000-88 00 mostly 6000-
72 00, Medium & Large Frame No 2
300/800 lbs 45 00-64 00
CALVES 3328 Compared with 3246
head last week and 3149 head a year ago
Vealers steady to strong VEALERS
Choice 140/325 lbs 75 00-95 00, few to
106 00, Good 130/300 lbs 45 00-80 00,
Standard and Good 70/110 lbs 25 GO
-46 00. Utility 55/100 lbs 10 00-30 00
FARM CALVES Holstein bulls and
heifers unevenly steady No 1 Holstein
bulls 85/130 lbs 75 00-140 00, few to
65 00, No 2 80/125 lbs 40 00-78 00, No
I Holstein heifers 85/130 lbs 85 00-165 00
mostly 100 00-153 00, No 2 80/125 lbs
44 00-132 50 mostly 60 00-102 00 Beef
cross 65/130 lbs bulls and heifers 42 50-
100 00
HOGS 2736 Compared wuh 2175
head last week and 3534 head a year ago
Barrows and gilts weak to 1 00 lower, sows
100 t 0,2 00 lower BARROWS AND
GILTS US 1-2 220/260 lbs 57 25-
59 00, few to 61 50, US 1-3 210/270 lbs
56 00-58 00, US 2-3 220/300 lbs few to
50 00 SOWS US 1-3 300/500 lbs 38 00-
47 75 mostly 40 00-45 00, 500/700 lbs
43 00-48 10, few Medium 275/450 lbs
30 00-37 75 BOARS 36 00-43 00
FEEDER PIGS 240 Compared with
371 head last week and 454 head a year
ago Feeder pigs Few US 1-3 20/40 lbs
19 50-3600, 35/55 lbs 33 00-56 50
per head
SHEEP 2141 Compared with 1909
head last week and 1882 head a year ago
Slaughter lambs weak to 10 00
lower SLAUGHTER LAMBS’ Choice
30/60 lbs 85 00-135 00, few to 150 00,
55/90 lbs. 80 00-105.00,80/120 lbs 78 00-
10000, few to 105 00, Good and Choice
60/100 lbs. 64 00-84.00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 23 00-57.00
TWO GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES
2023 Compared with 1036 head last week
and 2265 head a year ago Feeder pigs
40/60 lbs 10 00 to 15 00 lower, over 60
lbs steady to weak Few US 1-2 30/40 lbs
75 00-90.00. 40/50 lbs 100 00-123 00,
50/60 lbs 92 00-118 00, 60/70 lbs 90 00-
108 00,70/90 lbs 87 00-110 00, Slaughter
17/35 lbs 100 00-145 00, few 44/47
120 00-125 00 per hundredweight
Mercer Livestock
MERCER, PA
JUNE 24,1997
CATTLE 244 [PDA] Compared
with last week’s sale si steers steady,
cows 1 00 to 2 00 higher
STEERS few High Choice and Prime
1330/1470 lbs 65 75-67 75, Choice
1100/1475 lbs 63 00-66 75, Select 55 00-
63 00, Standard 47 50-55 50
HOLSTEINS few High Choice and
Prime 1205/1225 lbs 60 00-61 00, few
Choice 1175/1415 lbs 55 00-59 75. few
Select 50 25-55 00, few Standard 44 75-
47 00
HEIFERS few High Choice and Prune
1200/1300 lbs 66 50-67 75, Choice
1075/1450 lbs. 62 00-66 00, Select 53 00-
61 25, few Standard 42 50-52 00
COWS Breaking Utility and
Commercial 41 00-45 50, one @ 47 25,
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Canner and Low Cutter 33.00-37 50
Shells down to 27 50.
BULLS: few Yield Grade No I
1045/1670 lbs 48.50-51 50, few No 2
950/1125 lbs. 45.00-46 00
FEEDER CATTLE’ STEERS’ Medium
Frame No I 32/975 lbs 53 50-78 00,
HEIFERS Medium Frame No 1 & 2
300/625 lbs 53 00-66 00, BULLS few
Medium Frame No 1 425/930 lbs 47 00-
57 00
CALVES 127 VEALERS Standard
and Good 75/115 lbs 20 00-30 00, Utility
60/85 lbs 5 00-20 00
FARM CALVES No 1 Holstein bulls
90/130 lbs 45 00-65 00, couple to 85 00,
No 2 85/120 lbs 31 00-50 00, No 2
Holstein heifers 70/110 lbs 29 00-72 50
Few beef cross bulls and heifers 75/100
lbs 21 00-67 50
HOGS 44 BARROWS AND GILTS
US 1-3 240/270 lbs 61 25-62 00. US 2-3
203/225 lbs 55 00-58 75
SOWS few US 1-3 375/760 lbs 47 00-
50 00
BOARS few 200/225 lbs 40 00-42 00
FEEDER PIGS 6 Few US 1-3
125/160 lbs 71 00-78 00 per head
SHEEP 19 SLAUGHTER LAMBS
Choice 45/105 lbs 65 00-95 00
FEEDER LAMBS Good and Choice
65/85 lbs 41 00-59 00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP 25 00-10 00
GOATS 5 Few Medium and Large
Nannies 30 00-50 00 per head
VA
Feeder Sales
ORANGE, VA
JUNE 25, 1997
Feeder Cattle 180 head Steen 48 head
Medium and Large 1 Small 1 Medium and
Urge 2 300-400 - 73.50 81.00 400500
78.00 - 80.75 - - 500-600 80.25 67.50 -
71.00 76.50 - 77.50 600700 67.50 - 73.00
- 64.00 - 68.00 800900 65.00 - 68.50 - -
WYTHE VILLE, VA
JUNE 24,1997
Feeder Cattle 118 head Steen 40 head
Medium and Large 1 600700 74.00 -
78.00 700800 68.00 - 75.00
SOUTHSIDE, VA
JUNE 25, 1997
Feeder Cattle 333 head Steen 92 head
Medium and Urge 1 Small 1 Medium and
Urge 2 300400 79.00 - 83.00 58.00 -
65.00 80.00 - 85.00 400500 75.00 - 82.50
65.00 - 75.00 75.00 - 78.00 500-600 75.00
- 82.50 65.00 - 72.00 76.00 - 87.00
600-700 78.00 - 7ZOO - 74.00 700-800 - -
65.00 - 76.00 900-1000 61.00 - 62.00 - -
DALEVILLE, VA
JUNE 23, 1997
Steen 56 head M&L-l & M&L-2
800-1000 lbs avg 915 lbs 72.50 53 head
M&L-l 880-1025 lbs avg 950 lbs 71.50
Holstein Steen 25 head L-2 850-1025 lbs
avg 940 lbs 59.40
New Holland
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New Holland Sales Stables
Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Report supplied by auction
147 DAIRY COWS; 110
HEIFERS; 10 BULLS.
MARKET LOWER.
LOCAL FRESH
525 00-1260.00.
LOCAL SPRINGERS
510 00-1150 00
FRESH HEIFERS
485 00-1000.00.
UPSTATE LOADS
FRESH 675.00-1250.00
2 PUREBRED SPRIN
GERS AT 1625.00-1750.00.
SPRINGING HEIFERS
LARGE 1025.00-1110 00,
SMALL 45000-925 00
SiIORTBRED HEIFERS
650 00 910 00
OPEN BREEDING AGE
HEIFERS 660.00-750 00
SMALL OPEN HEIFERS
460 00-585 00
HULLS 575 00-625.00,
PL REBREDS
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