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HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The following dates have been
released for the fall Pennsylvania
graded feeder cattle sales. These
dates have been selected so area
producers can plan ahead to mark
et their feeder cattle. Interested
buyers should plan on attending
these sales to fill their needs.
Cattle will be sold in uniform
lots according to grade, weight,
sex, and breed or color. Some
sales will not accept cattle with
Pennsylvania
Livestock Auction
Waynesburg, Pa.
Thuns Oct. 2, 1997
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE: SL. COWS: UTIUTY &
COMMERCIAL 33.00-37.50; CUTTER &
BONING UTILITY 30.00-34.00; CAN
NER & LOW CUTTER 28.00-32.50;
SHELLS 30.00 & DOWN. BULLS:
YIELD GRADE 1 15008-2000#
38.00-46.00; YIELD GRADE 2
1000#-1400# 37.00-41.00.
FEEDER STEERS: M&H 300-500#
50.00- 250-280# 66.00-94.00, M
600-900 57.00-75.00. HEIFERS M l&H
300-500# 40.00-78.00; L-l 400-650#
38.00- BULLS M&L-l 300-620#
42.00-
CALVES: VEAL.. PRIME 40.00-80.00;
CHOICE 38.00-72.00; GOOD
35.00-48.00.
FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90-120# FEW 35.00-60.00; #2
HOLSTEIN BULLS 80-100# FEW
20.00- BEEF X BULL&HFRS./HD.
20.00-
HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS #l-2
210-255# 48.00-53.50; #2-3 255-280#
46.00- SOWS #l-3 300-500#
30.00-
FEEDER PIGS: 1-3 15-20#
5.00- 17.00/HD.; 1-3 25-35#
10.00-
LAMBS: HIGH CHOICE 80-100 LBS.
72.00- CHOICE 70-90 LBS. 74.00
TO 87.00; FEEDER LAMBS GOOD
60.00- SHEEP 20.00-39.00, FAT
SHEEP 30.00 & DOWN.
GOATS: LARGE 55.00-81.00/HD.;
MEDIUM 30.00-54.00/HD.; SMALL
10.00-
HORSES: 35.00-65.00, PONIES
20.00-
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland Sales Stables
Wednesday, October 1, 1997
Report supplied by auction
125 DAIRY COWS; 194 HEIFERS; 16
BULLS. MARKET LOWER.
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Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Dates
dairy breeding, yearlings, bulls, or
catde with horns. Personnel from
the Livestock Division of the Pen
nsylvania Department of Agricul
ture, Bureau of Market Develop
ment will grade the cattle for
frame size and muscle thickness,
using USDA Feeder Cattle grad
ing standards.
The 1997 sale dates and loca
tions are as follows:
• New Wilmington Livestock
Auction, New Wilmington, Pa.
LOCAL FRESH 650.00-1375.00.
LOCAL SPRINGERS 600.00-1210.00.
FRESH HEIFERS 635.00-1275.00.
UPSTATE LOADS FRESH
885.00-1375.00.
BETTER
1275.00-
HERD 32 HEAD PUREBRED AND
GRADES, ALL STAGES.
360.00-
SPRINGING HEIFERS LARGE
1000.00- SMALL 460.00-885.00.
SHORTBRED HEIFERS
685.00-
REGISTERED HEIFERS
635.00-1285.00.
OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS
650.00-700.00.
SMALL OPEN HEIFERS
310.00-
BULLS 210.00-625.00, PUREBREDS
260.00-
Valley Stockyards
Athens, Pa.
September 29, 1997
Report Supplied By Auction
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES TO
100.00.
VEAL CALVES TO 57.50.
VEALER BULL CALVES TO 102.50.
SLAUGHTER CALVES 30.00 AND
DOWN.
GRASSERS AND FEEDERS
13.00-42.50.
LAMBS TO 77.00.
SHEEP 29.00-44.00.
HOGS, 200-250, TO 55.00.
SOWS 35.00-38.50.
BOARS TO 26.50.
PIGS 26.00-32.00.
HEIFERS. FAT. TO 43.00.
STEERS TO 50.00.
STEERS. FEEDER. TO 57.00.
BULLS 27.50-43.25.
COWS, GOOD. 31.75 TO 38.50.
COWS, MEDIUM. 28.50-30.25.
COWS, POOR OR SMALL, 27.75 AND
DOWN.
DONKEY 145.00.
PONIES 185.00.
GOATS 27.50-54.00.
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(Lawrence Co.)- Sale date and
time; Friday, Oct, 10, 6 p.m.
Cattle received: Oct. 10, 1997
8-2 p.m. Estimated headage: 300
to 400. Contact: Tom Skelton
(330) 793-3590. Sale bam: (412)
946-8621.
• Pa. Livestock Auction, Way
nesburg. Pa. (Greene County).
Sale date and time: Wednesday,
Oct. 15, 10:30 a.m. Cattle
received: Oct 14, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Estimated headage: 1,000. No
bulls or yearlings will be graded.
Contact Joe Friend (301)
746-8178. Sale barn: (412)
627-9585.
• Bedford Cattlemen’s Assn.
Bedford County Fairgrounds,
Bedford, Pa. (Bedford County).
Sale date and time: Oct. 18,1 p.m.
Cattle received: Oct 17,8 a.m. - 2
p.m. Estimated headage: 200.
Contact Dave Miller (814)
623-2321, Ed Wolfhope (814)
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Designing Facilities
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•733-4307, and Allan Hammond
(814) 623-1603.
• Central Pa. Livestock Coop
Feeder Calf & Yearling Sale, Bel
leville Livestock Auction, Belle
ville, Pa. (Mifflin County). Sale
date and time: Firday, Oct 17, 7
p.m. Cattle received: Oct. 17, 7
a.m. - noon. Estimated headage:
300 to 350. Contact James Conner
(717) 726-3055. Sale day: (717)
935-2146.
• Indiana Farmer's Livestock
Market, Homer City, Pa. (Indiana
County). Sale date and time:
Saturday, Oct 18, 7 p.m. Cattle
received: Oct. 18, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Estimated headage: 400. Contact
Becky Lipsi (412) 397-2000. Sale
bam: (412) 479-2600.
• Westmoreland County Cattle-
Come to the
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Belleville, NY
Dairy Expansion Preparations
Working the Expansion Plan
Managing the New Facility
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County Fairgrounds, Greensburg,
Pa. (Westmoreland County). Sale
date and times: Saturday, Oct. 25,
6:30 p.m. Cattle received: Oct. 25,
8 a.m. - 11 a.m. Estimated head
age; 200. No cattle with horns,
dairy breeding, or bulls will be
accepted. Contact Brian McCallis
tcr (412) 465-3880 or (412)
837-1402.
• Middleburg Livestock Auc
tion, Middleburg, Pa. (Snyder
County). Sale date and time: Fri
day, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Cattle
received: Nov. 7, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Estimated headage; 300 to 400.
Contact Larry Bcnfcr (717)
837-5638 or Clarence Shirk (717)
656-8793. Sale barn: (717)
837-2222.
Additional information about
these sales is available by calling
Richard C. McDonald, Jr., Lives
tock Division, Bureau of Market
Development, at (717) 787-5319.
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