Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inipection May 20, 1998 CATTLE CALVES 129,000 4,000 WEDNESDAY S/20/98 (ESI) WEEK AGO (ESI) YEAR AGO (ACT) WEEK TO DATE (EST) SAME PD LT WK (EST) SAME PD LT YR (EST) Frederick Livestock Auction Frederick, Md. May IS, 1998 Report Supplied by Auction SLAUGHTER COWS: 78 HEAD, 501.00 HIGHER! UTILITY3B.SO-43.25: HIGH DRESSING 44.00-45.75; CAN NERS 34.00-38.00; SHELLY 33.00 DOWN. BULLS: YG«I 1250-1700 LBS. 48.00-48.75; YG#2 1255 LBS. AT 4550. FED STEERS: LOW CHOICE HOLS TEINS 1770 LBS. AT 52.00; LOW CHOICE 1675-1775 LBS. 48.25-50.00. VEAL CALVES: 182 HEAD. CULLS 85-110 LBS. 24.0031.00, FEW TO 35.00; 6085 LBS. 16.0026.00; WEAK/ROUGH 15.00 DOWN. FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS 5.00 LOWER TO 5.00 HIGHER. #1 95-120 LBS. 98.00-120.00, FEW 125.00- FEW 90-95 LBS. 60.00- #2 85-100 LBS. 35.00-50.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 20.00 HIGHER. #1 90-120 LBS. 115.00-160.00; 80-90 LBS. 65.00- BEEF X BULLS APPLY NOW... PAY LATER Harvest Payment Plan No Interest • No Payments UNTIL NOVEMBER IST, 1998 Available on qualifying orders of short-line equipment. BONUS OFFER FREE SPRAY TIPS and NOZZLE CAPS (up to $200.00 value) and Gator Gold™ FOAM MARKING (6-1/2 gallon jugs) SOLUTION ($90.00 value) with purchase of qualifying equipment for your nearest Ag-Chem parts and short-line equipment dealer. All orders subject to Agfhem approved credit 131,000 6,000 5.000 14.000 17.000 132.000 391.000 383.000 392,000 17,000 SO.OO-100.00, SEVERAL TO 120.00; HEIFERS SO.OO-110.00. BUTCHER HOGS: 40 HEAD, 3.00-4.00 HIGHER! UStfl-3 235-265L85. 43.00; 11 HEAD #2A3 258 LBS. AT 41.00; 10 HEAD «2&3 298 LBS. AT 30.00, 1 310 LBS. AT 35.00. SOWS; I 320 LBS. AT 37.00. STOCK CATTLE: FEW OFFERED. Carlisle Livestock Carlirie, Fa. May 19, 1998 SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS. NO HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME OFFEREDI CHOICE 1100-1450 LBS. 63.75-65.75; SELECT 900-1000 LBS. 57.00-63.00, 1500-1850 LBS. 51.00-56.00. HOLSTEINS; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 52.50-5505. HEIFERS: CHOICE 60.25-64.00; SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 53.50-60.00. COWS: STRONG DEMAND! BREAK ING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL. NONE OFFERED. CUTTER AND BON ING UTILITY 37.00-42.25; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 30.00-37.00; BIG CALL 1 -800-760-8800 HOGS 358.000 355.000 327.000 1.021.000 1,068,000 947,000 SHEEP 14.000 14.000 15.000 39.000 40.000 43.000 i / MIDDLE 35.00-38.75; SHELLY 29.00 AND DOWN. BULLS: 46.75-51.00. FEEDER CATTLE; STEERS 400-800 LBS. 71.00-89.00; HEFIERS 400-650 LBS. 57.00-78.00; BULLS 400-650 LBS. 66.00- CALVES, RETURNING TO FARM, STRONG DEMAND) HOLS TEINS BULLS #1 95-120 LBS. 115.00- #2 85-140 LBS. 75.00- SWINE: HOGS US#l-3 220-270 LBS. 46.00- 280-340 LBS. 35.25-45.00; BOARS 15.00-23.00; SOWS US#l-3 300-450 LBS. 24.00-35.00,450-500 LBS. 25.25-30.00, 500-750 LBS. 26.50-31.25; THIN/WEAK/ROUGH TO 23.75; FEED ER PIGS BY THE HEAD 15-25 LBS. 15.00- 25-35 LBS. 20.00-37.00, 40-60 LBS. 27.00-43.00. GOATS: BY THE HEAD, MED. TO LARGE NANNIES AND BILLIES 51.00- FLESHY KIDS 37.50- SMALL/THIN KIDS 7.50- LAMBS: CHOICE 35-65 LBS. 130.00- GOOD AND CHOICE 70-130 LBS. 73.00-115.00. SHEEP: ALL WEIGHTS 27.00-64.00. SALE EVERY TUBS. 5 P.M. FOR RABBITS, POULTRY AND EGGS, 6:30 P.M. FOR LIVESTOCK, STARTING WITH CALVES. NEXT FED AND FEEDER CATTLE TUBS., JUNE 2 AND 19. SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE TUES., JUNE 16. STATE GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES FRIDAY, MAY 22 AND JUNE 12. RECEIVING FROM 6:30 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. SALE STARTS AT 1 P.M. PEN LOTS OF CATTLE SOLD IN ORDER RECEIVED. EARLYBIRD PENS CLOSE TUES. 2 P.M. Morrison Cove Livestock Martliuburg, Pa. May 18, 1998 Report (applied by auction CATTLE 129. STEERS CHOICE 62.00- GOOD 60.0042.00. HEIFERS; CHOICE 61.00-63.50; GOOD 57.00-60.00. COWS: UTILITY * COMMERCIAL 35.00- CANKER A LOW CUTTER 25.00- BULLOCKS: 45.00-52.00. BULLS: YIELD GRADE NO. 1 40.00- FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 50.00- BULLS 40.00-65.00; HEIF ERS 35.00-70.00. CALVES 83. PRIME, NO MKT. TEST; CHOICE 78.00-88.00; GOOD 65.00- STANDARD 18.00-33.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS. 70.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 80.00-125.0 a HOGS; 181. US NO. 1-2 45.00-47.00; US NO. 1-3 4250-44.50. SOWS: US NO. 1-3 23.00-34.00. BOARS: 16.00-23.00. FEEDER PIGS: 43 HEAD. US#IA3 20-50 LBS. 1200-28.00. SHEEP: 27 HEAD. CHOICE LAMBS 85.00- GOOD LAMBS 75.00-85.00, SLAUGHTER EWES 20,00-40.00. GOATS: 30.0064.00 EACH. BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION BELLEVILLE, PA MAY 20, 1998 CATTLE 240 [REPORT SUPPLIED BY THE AUCTION] ag-chem EQUIPMENT CO. INC. E-mail; info@agchem.com http://www.agchem.com Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 23. 1998-Al7 SLAUGHTER COWS Breaking Util ity and Commercial 2-4 38 50-43 25, Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 34 50- 38 00, Canner and Low Cutter 1-2 29 00-34 25 Shells down to 20 00 BULLS- one Yield Grade 1 1500 lbs 44 00 CALVES 87 VEALERS Standard and Good 85-100 lbs 20 00-22 00, Utility 60-80 lbs 15 00-1900 FARM CALVES' No I Holstein bulls 95-110 lbs 85 00-120 00, No 2 90-110 lbs 55 00-90 00, No 1 Holstein her f ers 95-110 lbs 110 00-125 00 HOGS 30 BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-3 250- 280 lbs 41 00-44 00 SOWS US 1-3 400-600 lbs 28 DO -33 75 BOARS. 250-400 lbs 25 00-32 00 FEEDER PIGS 64 .US 1-3 40-70 lbs 29 00-49 00 per head SHEEP 44 SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice 40-70 lbs 90 00-110 00, Good and Choice 50-90 lbs 75 00-90 00 SLAUGHTER SHEEP 28 00-39 00 GOATS 20 Medium Billies and Nin nies 75 00-90 00, Large Kids 20 00- 45 00, Small 9 00-15 00 -- per head HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES 80.00-165.00. BACK TO FARM CALVES X BRED 95-120 LBS. 80.00-140.00, 70-95 LBS. 45.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES 10.00-35.00. GRASSERS AND FEEDERS 35.00- FEEDERS 33.00-69.00. LAMBS 62.50-97.50. SHEEP 23.00-45.00. HOGS. 200-250 LBS. 3XOO-39.00. SOWS 16.00-24.00. BOARS, NONE. PIGS, EACH, NONE. HEIFERS 40.25-48.00. STEERS, NONE. BULLS 38.00-46.25. COWS. GOOD 37.25-44.50. COWS, MEDIUM 32.50-38.00. COWS, POOR OR SMALL 10.00-35.00. CATTLE MARKET VERY ACTIVE AND STRONG. CALF MARKET STRONGER. HORSES AND PONIES, NONE. GOATS 20.00-65.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES ARE HIGH ER; ALSO GOOD BACK TO FARM. Are you a Contractor, Building or Home Owner? 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