AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 20, 1998
Friend’s
Stockyard Inc.
Accident, Md. 21520
Report Supplied by AucUon
June 15, 1998
STOCK BULLS AND STEERS
(200-500 LBS.) 52.00-83.50.
STOCK HEIFERS: 36.00-73.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: GOOD TO
CHOICE 60.00-64.60; MEDIUM TO
GOOD 54.00-59.50, HEAVY CHOICE
OVER 1450 LB. 55.00-61.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: HEAVY
CHOICE 39.00-56.50, LIGHT
38.00-45.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: GOOD TO
CHOICE 61.00-63.85; MEDIUM TO
GOOD 47.00-60.50.
BULLS: HEAVY 44.00-52.00, LIGHT
38.00-47.00.
COWS: UTILITY (HOLSTEIN)
36.00- COMMERCIAL TO GOOD
31.00- CULL COWS 30.00 AND
DOWN.
VEALS: GOOD TO CHOICE
50.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD
20.00-
808 CALVES: 28.00 AND DOWN.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
RETURN TO FARM (90 TO 120 LB.)-UP
TO 90.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES
RETURN TO FARM (90 TO 120LB.)-UP
TO 12200.
BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN
TO FARM UP TO 70.00.
HOGS: TOP QUALITY UP TO 41.25,
HEAVY UP TO 38.25, LIGHT UP TO
33.00.
SOWS: 22.00-32.25.
MALE HOGS: 12.00-20.00.
LAMBS, LIGHT AND FEEDER.
NONE AVAILABLE.
SHEEP: 20.00-32.00.
LIVESTOCK PRICES ARE ALL
GIVEN PER HUNDRED WEIGHT!
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205 734 1167
Last Week
211 605 964
CALVES: COMPARED TO THURS.’S
AUCTION. VEALERS AND SLAUGH
TER CALVES SOLD STEADY TO 5.00
LOWER. DEMAND WAS GOOD FOR
THE LIGHT OFFERING OF HOLSTEIN
BULL CALVES RETURNING TO FEED.
WITH PRICES 20.00-30.00 HIGHER.
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HOLSTEIN HEIFERS WERE NOT
WELL TESTED.
VEALERS: GOOD AND CHOICE
75-110 LBS. 30.00-44.00. STANDARD
AND LOW GOOD 60-90 LBS.
16.00-30.00. FEW UTILITY DOWN TO
12.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES; GOOD AND
CHOICE 250-350 LBS. 80.00-90.00;
350-600 LBS. 65.00-80.00. UTILITY
AND LOW GOOD 350-500 LBS.
50.00-65.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90-125 LBS. 70.00-100.00, FEW
TO 102.00. PLAINER CALVES 80-115
LBS. 40.00-70.00. FEW HOLSTEIN
HEIFERS 85-110 LBS. 100.00-115.00.
FEW PLAIN DOWN TO 75.00.
SHEEP: COMPARED TO THURS.'S
AUCTION. SLAUGHTER LAMBS
TRADED 10.00-20.00 LOWER IN MOD
ERATE TRADING. SLAUGHTER EWE
PRICES WERE MOSTLY 5.00 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: CHOICE AND
PRIME 2-3 40-80 LBS. 95.00-110.00;
FEW PLAIN 75.00-95.00; 80-120 LBS.
90.00-110.00; 120150 LBS. 60.00-75.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: GOOD AND
CHOICE 1-3 YEARLINGS AND 2
YEAR-OLDS 40.0065.00, UTILITY
AND GOOD 1-2 30.0050.00. FEW
FLESHY 2-3 20.0030.00.
GOATS: BY THE HEAD, LARGE
BILLIES 100.00-130.00, FEW TO 175.00,
MERIUM 75.00-100.00; CHOICE AND
PRIME MUTTON 75.00-100.00; LARGE
NANNIES 55.00-70.00, MEDIUM
35.00- CHOICE AND PRIME
YEARLINGS 60.00-80.00; CHOICE
AND PRIME KIDS 40.00-60.00, GOOD
20.00-
Frederick
Livestock
Auction
Frederick, Md.
June 15, 1998
Report Supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: 101 HEAD,
STEADY PRICES. UTILITY 39.00-43.75;
HIGH DRESSING 44.00-45.50; CAN
NERS 34.00-39.00; SHELLY 34.00
DOWN.
BULLS; 4 HEAD. YG*l 1500-1800
LBS. 48.00-49.00.
FED STEERS: NONE.
FED HEIFERS: 1 CHOICE HOLSTEIN
1255 LBS. AT 51.00; SELECT TO LOW
CHOICE HOLSTEINS 1100-1400 LBS.
44.0048.25.
VEAL CALVES: 200 HEAD. NO
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CHOICE. 1 GOOD 220 LBS. AT 63.00;
CULLS 85-110 LBS. 32.00-40.00. 60-85
LBS. 22.00-35.00; WEAK/ROUGH 20.00
DOWN.
FARM CALVES: 5.00-10.00 LOWER.
HOLSTEIN BULLS #1 95-120 LBS.
75.00- 85-95 LBS. 45.00-70.00;
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 95-120 LBS.
120.00- #2 80-110 LBS.
60.00- BEEF X BULLS
50.00- HEIFERS 50.00-85.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: 40 HEAD,
STEADY PRICES. US#l-2 230-260 LBS.
42.00-
SOWS: 500 LBS. TO 26.50.
STOCK CATTLE: STEERS, NONE.
HEIFERS: 5 HEAD. 500-700 LBS.
52.0061.00.
SHEEP: 21.0035.00.
GOATS: SMALL 32.0037.00.
BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUC-
TION
BELLEVILLE, PA
JUNE 17, 1998
CATTLE Hi [PDA] [Supply included
201 cows and heifers in Dairy sale! si
tows uneven, 2 00 lower to 2 00 higher
SLAUGHTER STEERS few Select 1-1
56 75-58 25, one Standard 46 25
HOLSTEINS few Select 1-2 49 50-
52 50, Standard I-2 40 00-46 00
HEIFERS Standard 1-2 47 00 54 00
COWS Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 2-4 41 00-44 00, few low dressing
38 74-40 74, Cutter and Boning Utility
1-4 46 50-42 00, low dressing
44 00-44 74, Canner and Low Cutter 1-2
29 40-35 40 Shells down to 24 00
BULLS few Yield Grade 1 1414-2024
lbs 44 74-46 75. Yield Grade 2 1204-
1724 lb<- 41 74 44 00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS Medium at.d
Large 2 260-605 lbs 41 00-47 CO,
HEIFERS Medium and Large 2 480
424 lbs 4100-44 40, 684-794 lbs
48 40 49 00
CALVES 67 VEALERS few Standard
and Good 90-94 lbs 24 00-47 00 Util
ity 80 95 lbs 14 00-24 00
FARM CALVES Holstein bulls 24 00 to
40 00 higher No I Holstein bulls
94 140 lbs 90 00-110 00, late sales to
112 40. No 2 84-95 lbs 40 00-47 40,
100-114 lbs 65 00 »tt 00. one No I
Holstein heifers 94 lbs 117 40. few No
2 74-90 lbs 40 00-72 40
HOGS 20 BARROWS AND GILTS US
1-4 224 280 lbs 40 24 42 40. one lot
US 2-4 280 lbs 49 74
SOWS one US 1-4 46.4 lbs 21 24
BOARS 400-440 lbs 1000-14 24
FEEDER PIGS 161 US 1-4 40-44 lbs
26 00-49 00 per head
SHEEP 17 SLAUGHTER LAMBS
Choice 50 85 lbs 84 00 90 00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP couple 20 00 &
54 00, Yearlings 59 00 47 00
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GOATS 79 Few Medium Billies 40 00-
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dium 40 00-85 00. Medium 27 GO
-45 00 Large Kids 22 00-49 00, Small
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MERCER LIVESTOCK AUCTION
MERCER, PA
JUNE 16, 1998
CATTLE 381 (PDA] Compared with
last week's sale slaughter steers
mostly I 00 lower, si cows steady to
lower
SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice
and Prime 2-4 1145-1380 lbs 64 75-
66 00, Choice 2-1 1100-1500 lbs
6000-65 25, 1500-1750 lbs 57 50-
61 00, Select 1-1 55 00 61 00. few
Standard I 2 50 00-55 00
HOLSTEINS Choice 2-3 1115-1685 lbs
54 75 58 50, few Select 1-2 51 50-
55 00, Standard I-2 43 25-48 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS few High
Choice and Prime 2-4 1215-1460 lbs
64 25-65 75, Choice 2-4 1075-1450
lbs 60 75-64 25 Select 1-1 55 00-
60 50. Standard 1-2 47 00-53 75
COWS Breaking Utility and Commer
cial 2-1 38 75-46 00 Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-3 36 25-42 00, Canner and
Low Cutter 1-2 32 25-35 50 Shells
down to 26 00
BULLOCKS few Choice 2-3 1165-1560
lbs 55 00-57 00
BULLS few Yield Grade I 1310-1670
lbs 46 50-47 00, few Yield Grade 2
945-2210 lbs 39 50-44 00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS Medium and
Large I 450-81 5 lbs 64 00-78 00, Me
dium and Large 2 190-1040 lbs
45 00 55 00. HEIFERS few Large 1
700-750 lbs 55 50-59 50, Medium I
400-625 lbs 61 50 69 00. Medium 2
125-700 lbs 45 50-59 00, BULLS
Medium I 100-575 lbs 64 50-72 00
CALVES 1.41 VEALERS few Choice
190-240 lbs 87 50-100 00, few Stan
dard and Good 120-130 lbs 46 00-
48 00, 70-110 lbs 33 00-45 00, Utility
60-70 lbs 20 00-34 00
FARM CALVES few No I Holstein bulls
120-130 lbs 70 00-80 00, 90-11.4 lbs
80 00-11.4 00 mostly 95 00-110 00,
No 2 84-145 lbs 45 00-72 50, few No I
Holstein heifers 8.4-110 lbs 125 00-
140 00, No 2 80-125 lbs 60 00-120 00
Few beef type bulls and heifers 80-135
lbs 47 50-126 00
HOGS 48 BARROWS AND GILTS US
1-3 220-260 lbs 42 40-43 50
SOWS US 1-3 445-570 lbs 30 7.4-
32 50, one Medium 375 lbs 20 00
BOARS one 690 lbs 18 2.4
FEEDER PIGS 0 NO MARKET TEST'
SHEEP 15 SLAUGHTER LAMBS
Choice 45-100 lbs 82 50-87 50
GOATS 9 Couple Medium 60 00 &
94 00. couple Large Kids 25 00, few
Small 10"00-15 00 per head
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Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md
June 17, 1998
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: 88 HEAD.
STEADY PRICES. UTILITY 38.00-43.75;
HIGH DRESSING TO 44.50; CANNERS
33.00- SHELLY 33.00 DOWN.
BULLS; 5 HEAD. YG#l 1600 LBS.
51.50; YG#2 46.00-48.00.
FED STEERS; 29 HEAD. NO CHOICE
OFFERED. SELECT 54.00-59.50.
VEAL CALVES: 130 HEAD. CULLS
85-110 LBS. 33.00-42.00; 60-85 LBS.
24.00-
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
10.00- HIGHER. #1 95-120 LBS.
80.00- 85-95 LBS. 50.00-80.00;
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 95-120 LBS.
115.00- #2 80-100 LBS.
55.00- BEEF X BULLS AND HEIF
ERS TO 80.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: NO TOP WEIGHT-
S. 1 LOT 272 LBS. AT 39.00.
SOWS: 400-600 LBS. 24.50-27.25.
STOCK CATTLE: STEERS, FEW
OFFERED. 350-750 LBS. 66.00-70.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 66.00-76.00;
500-700 LBS. 60.00-74.00.
BULLS: 200-400 LBS. 75.00-85.00;
400-700 LBS. 60.00-68.50; 700-900 LBS.
51.00- 1 HEAD 1056 LBS. AT
55.00.
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: 16 HEAD.
LARGE SPRINGERS 900.00-1085.00;
MEDIUM 600.00-800.00; 1 LARGE
FRESH AT 1085.00; 2 REG. HOLSTEIN
BULLS 750.00-785.00; LARGE OPEN
HEIFERS 500.00-600.00; MEDIUM
325.00- SMALL 160.00-350.00.
LAMBS: HIGH CHOICE 90-110 LBS.
77.00- 60-85 LBS. 79.00-86.00.
Indiana Livestock
Springfield, D
Thursday June 18, 1998
USDA-IDA Market News Service
Indiana-Ohio Direct Hog Mid-Session
Indiana-Ohio Direct Receipts: Wednes
day's actual 30,300 Week to date 124,400
Today's estimate 30,000 Same pd. week
ago 13? k ago 28,900 Same pd. year ago
116,800 Thursday year ago 29,500 ?
Barrows and Gilts: Steady to .50 Lower.
Demand and movement were moderate.
Country; Plants: US 1-2 230-260 lbs.
41.50-4230 Few 43.00-4330 42.00-44.00
US 2-3 230-260 lbs. 37.00-41.00 Few
44.25 210-230 lbs. 33.00-37.00
Sows: Steady to Weak.
US 1-3 300-400 lbs. 24.00-25.00
400-500 lbs. 25.00-26.00 500-600 lbs.
26.00-28.00 Few over 600 lbs. 29.00
Boars; over 300 lbs. 15.00-17.00; under
300 lbs. 21.00-27.00
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