Al4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21, 1998
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
FEBRUARY 13, 1998
14 LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS
CATTLE 5106 Compared with 4865
head last week and 4577 head a year ago
Compared with last Friday's sum
mary slaughter steers 75 to 150
lower, instances 300 lower, si heifers
I 00 to 200 lower, si cows 75 to 1 50
higher, bulls steady to 2 00 higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice &
Prime 63 50-67 75, Choice 59 GO
-64 75, Select and Low Choice 57 25-
63 00, Select 54 00-60 00, Standard
45 00-55 00
HOLSTEINS few High Choice & Prime
56 00-60 25, Choice 52 00-57 00, Se
lect 47 00 53 00, few Standard 38 00-
49 00
HEIFERS Choice 58 00-63 50, few to
64 50, Select 53 00-60 75, Standard
40 00-54 00
COWS Breaking Utility & Commercial
36 00-43 75, Cutter & Boning Utility
30 00-43 50 mostly 3150-4100, Can
ner and Low Cutter 26 00-36 00, few to
24 00 Shells down to 16 00
BULLS Yield Grade No 1 1000/2400
lbs 43 00-56 00, No 2 900/2000 lbs
39 00-45 00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS Medium &
Large Frame No I 5 lbs 60 00-
80 00, few to 90 00, 600/97S lbs
64 00 64 00, Medium & Large Frame
No 2 400/860 lbs 46 00-60 60, few
Large Frame No 2 276/62,6 Holsleins
60 00-64 00, HEIFERS Medium &
Large Frame No I 400/700 lbs 68 00
76 00, Medium & Large Frame No 2
400/776 lbs 46 00-60 00, BULLS few
Medium & Large Frame No I 400/660
lbs 70 00-86 00, Medium & Large
Frame Frame No 2 460/860 lbs 40 00
68 00
CALVES 4479 Compared with 4276
bead last week and 2978 head a year ago
VEALERS steady to weak few Choice
140/460 lbs 70 00 89 00, Good
140/426 lbs 64 00-70 00, Standard and
Low Good 70/110 lbs 18 00-48 00,
Utility 60/100 lbs 10 00-26 00
FARM CALVES Holstein bull calves
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Announcing
****** 1998 Area Meeting Series ******
ALL DAIRYMEN ARE INVITED
SELECT 1
SIRES
This year. Two Great series of meetings
Select Sires Sire Analyst Mr. Charlie Will from Plain City, Ohio,
or VA/NC Select Sires Dairy Coordinator and SMS Evaluator
Mr. Scott Johnson or Mr. John Forster
DATE
TIME
MAR 2 10:30 AM TROY. PA
MAR 3 10:30 AM BEDFORD, PA
MAR 3 7 00 PM OAKLAND, MD
MAR 4 NOON VIRGIIJVILLE, PA
MARS NOON CLIFFORD,PA
MAR 9 7 15 PM MYERSTOWN, PA Country Fare Rest
MAR 10 10'30AM LEWISTOWN, PA Moss’s Steakhouse
MAR 10 7 00 PM NEW HOLLAND, PA Yoders Steakhouse
MAR 11 10.30 AM EAST EARL. PA Shady Maple Rest
MAR 11 7:00 PM QUARRYVILLE, PA Robert Fulton Inn
MAR 12 10:30 AM CHAMBERSBURG, PA Moss’s Steakhouse
MAR 12 7:30 PM FREDERICK.MD Dan-Dee Country Rest
For additional details or for reservations, contact your nearest
Select Sires representative or call 1-540-483-5123
VA/NC SELECT SIRES, INC., PO Box 370, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
steady to 10 00 lower, Holstein heifers
steady to 10 00 higher No 1 Holstein
bulls 90/130 lbs 8000-12500, 80/95
lbs 50 00-100 00, No 2 80/125 lbs
45 00-85 00, few to 25 00, No 1 Hol
stein heifers 85/125 lbs 70 00-137 00,
No 2 75/125 lbs 50 00-80 00, few to
30 00 Beef cross bulls and heifers
70/130 lbs 45 00-10000, few to
34 00
HOGS 2664 Compared with 2702 head
last week and 3324 head a year ago Bar
rows and gilts uneven, mostly steady to
I 00 lower, sows uneven, mostly steady
to 2 00 lower
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-2
220/265 lbs 37 00-48 00 few to 39 85,
US 1-3 210/270 lbs 35 50-37 50, LS
2-3 220/300 lbs 34 00-36 00, few LS
1-3 150/215 lbs 30 00-35 00 SOWS
US 1-3 300/500 lbs 22 00-27 00, few
to 3150, 500/700 lbs 24 00-T1 00
BOARS 15 00-1700
FEEDER PIGS 174 Compared with 417
head last week and 294 head a year ago
Feeder pigs US I-3 20/40 lbs 12 00-
27 00, 35/60 lbs 29 00-45 00 - per
head
SHEEP 1219 Compared with 840 head
last week and 991 head a year ago
Slaughter lambs weak to 1 5 00 lower
SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice 60/90
lbs 9000-12000, 80/120 lbs 75 00-
102 00, few to 60 00, few Good and
Choice 60/100 lbs SO 00-89 00 NEW
CROP LAMBS Choice 40/70 lbs
110 00-200 00 mostly 117 00-1 SO 00,
few 70/90 lbs 115 00-185 00, few
90/115 lbs 100 00-115 00 SLAUG H
TER SHEEP 24 00 55 00
TWO GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES
900 Compared with 825 head last week
and 789 head a year ago Feeder pigs
steady to 10 00 higher US 1-2 2S/40
lbs 60 00-85 00, 40/50 lbs 70 00-
90 00, 50/60 lbs 60 00-70 00, 60/70
lbs 55 00-82 00, few 70/90 lbs 45 00-
60 00, Slaughter 20/55 lbs 85 00
120 00 per hundredweight
♦ Good Food (No Charge)
♦ Free Semen Drawings
♦ New Dairy Sire Information
featuring
TOWN
LOCATION
Edgewood Rest
Moss’s Steakhouse
Pleasant Valley Com. Ctr
Virginville Grange Hall
Mountain View Rest
LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUC
TION
LEESPORT, PA
February 18, 1998
CATTLE 458 [PDA] [Supply included
136 slaughter steers and heifers, 158 si
cows and 151 feeder cattle] Compared
with last Wednesday's sale si steers
mostly 1 50 to 200 higher, si cows ac
live, 200 to T 00, spots 400 higher,
si heifers steady to 100 higher, si
bulls I OO to T 00 higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS Choice
1120/1515 lbs 62 00-6.5 25, Select
55 00-6100, Standard 50 00-54 25
HOLSTEINS STEERS High Choice and
Prime 1350/1575 lbs 57 25-60 50,
Choice ITSO/1625 lbs 54 50-58 00,
few to 52 00, Select 48 00-5 T 00, few
Standard 43 75-45 50
HEIFERS Choice 1020/1355 lbs
59 50-64 25, Select 55 00-58 75, few
Standard 42 00-45 75
COWS Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 39 75-44 25, few to 46 75, Cutter
and Boning Utility 36 75-41 50, din
ner and Low Cutter 32 00-37 75, few to
38 75 Shells down to 21 00
BULLS Yield Grade No I 1335/1925
lbs 48 00-5150, one 53 50, No 2
1125/1580 lbs 43 00-47 75
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS Large
Frame No I 575/450 lbs 77 00-79 00,
‘SOO/77‘> lbs 67 SO 71 00, few
1000/1050 lbs 56 50-57 50, Medium
Frame No I 450/700 lbs 65 00-69 00,
few Medium Frame No 2 4TO/850 lbs
55 00 56 00, Large Frame No 2
500/825 lbs 54 00-65 00, one lot
49 00, HEIFERS Large Frame No 1
570/800 lbs 65 00-68 00, one lot
71 00, Large Frame No 2 550/825 lbs
48 00-49 00, one lot 59 00. Medium
Frame No I & 2 525/650 lbs 60 00-
66 00, few Medium Frame No 2
550/825 lbs 44 00-59 00, BULLS Me
dium Frame No 2 450/525 lbs 45 00-
50 00, Large Frame No 2 Hoi steins
450/525 lbs 45 00-50 00 525 lbs @
75 00, few Good 110/195 lbs 40 GO
-67 50. Standard and Good 80/135 lbs j
24 00-55 00, Utility 65/90 lbs I 5 00-
20 00
SLAUGHTER CALVES Good and
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Choice 400/650 lbs 48 00-65 00
FARM CALVES Holstein bulls
steady No I Holstein bulls 95/125
lbs 97 50-120 00, few to 125 00, No
2 90/120 lbs 50 00-75 00, few to
40 00, one No I Holstein heifer 95 lbs
@I 10 00
Beef cross bulls and heifers 65/100 lbs
70 00-100 00, few to 30 00
HOGS 87 Barrows and gilts 100 to
200 lower, sows uneven, 50 lower to
50 higher
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-3
225/275 lbs 34 00-36 00, US 2-3
220/300 lbs 3150 33 00, one lot
30 00, one lot US 1-3 205 lbs @
30 00
SOWS US 1-3 330/685 lbs 24 00-
28 50, few Medium 330/500 lbs 16 00-
22 00
BOARS few 225/640 lbs 15 GO
-22 00
FEEDER PIGS 103 US 1-3 25/30 lbs
62 50-65 00, 35/55 lbs 55 00-60 00
per cwt
SHEEP 9 SLAUGHTER LAMBS few
Choice 90/115 lbs 95 00-100 00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP few 24 00-46 00
GOATS I One Medium @ 74 00
per head
BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUC
TION
BELLEVILLE, PA
February 18, 1998
CATTLE 221 [PDA] si cows steady
to strong (Supply included 145 tows
and heifers in Dairy sale]
HEIFERS few Select 46 75-51 00, tew
Standard 59 75-45 25
COWS Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 57 00-45 75, few low dressing
55 00-37 50, Cutter and Boning Utility
32 00-40 00, Canner and Low Cutter
24 00-34 00 Shells down to 19 50
BULLS one Yield Grade No 1 1070
lbs @ 46 50, couple Yield Grade No 2
1540 & 1540 lbs 57 50 & 40 00
FEEDER CATTLE HEIFERS couple
Medium Frame No 2 500 & 650 lbs
54 50 & 58 50, BULLS one Medium
Frame No 2 650 lbs @ 55 50
CALVES 59 VEALERS Utility 65/80
lbs 10 00-22 00
FARM CALVES Holstein bulls mostly
steady No I Holstein bulls 95/120
lbs 80 00-105 00, with a few down to
70 00, No 2 90/125 lbs 40 00-75 00,
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HOGS 15 BARROWS AND GILTS
few US 1-5 240/260 lbs 35 75-57 25
SOWS US 1-5 410/550 lbs 24 00-
28 00, couple @ 50 50 & 51 00
FEEDER PIGS 81 US 1-5 20/55 lbs
11 00-20 00, 40/60 lbs 56 00-46 00 -
- per head
SHEEP 15 SLAUGHTER LAMBS few
Choice 65/160 lbs 75 00-87 00
NEW CROP LAMBS few Choice 20/50
lbs 150 00-172 50
GOATS 27 Couple large 89 00 &
100 00, one Medium @ 60 00, couple
Large Nannies 59 00 &70 00, few Me
dium 49 00-56 00, few Large Kids
25 00-50 00, Small Kids 5 00-9 00,
with a couple @ 50 00 per head
HOLSTEIN COWS $6OO 00 $ 1175 00,
with one @ $ 1450 00 per head
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February 16, 19M
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HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES
90.00-
BACK TO FARM CALVES 95-120
LBS. 70.00-115.00. 70-95 LBS.
50.00-
SLAUGHTER CALVES 8.00-35.00.
GRASSERS AND FEEDERS
38.00-
FEEDERS 49.00-77.00.
LAMBS 65.00-115.00, NEW
16100-177.50.
SHEEP 33.00-47.50.
HOGS, 200-250 LBS., 33.00-40.00.
SOWS 23.00-24.50.
BOARS 17.00-19.00.
PIGS. EACH. NONE.
HEIFERS 42.00-47.00.
STEERS 37.50-49.00.
BULLS 33.00-4415.
COWS, GOOD 35.75-43.00.
COWS, MEDIUM 30.00-36.50.
COWS. POOR OR SMALL
10.00-3150.
CATTLE MARKET ACTIVE.
CALF MARKET STEADY.
HORSES AND PONIES, NONE.
GOATS 40.00-77.00.
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