Valley Stockyards
Athena, Pa.
July 27, 1998
Report Supplied 87 Auction
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES
60.00-160.00.
BACK TO FARM CALVES 95-120
LBS. 70.00-100.00. 70-95 LBS.
45.00-
SLAUGHTER CALVES 12.00-31.00.
GRASSERS AND STARTED CALVES
30.00-
FEEDERS 45.00-75.00.
LAMBS 60.00-107.50.
SHEEP 40.00-50.00.
HOGS. 200-250 LBS., NONE.
SOWS 19.00-24.00.
BOARS TO 10.00.
PIGS. EACH. 9.00-15.00.
HEIFERS 40.00.
STEERS 42.00-51.00.
BULLS 40.00-44.25.
COWS, GOOD, 35.00-41.00.
COWS. MEDIUM. 32.00-36.25.
COWS, POOR OR SMALL,
15.00-
CATTLE MARKET STEADY.
CALF MARKET STEADY.
HORSES AND PONIES, NONE.
GOATS 17.50-65.00.
STILL GOOD PRICE FOR THE
RIGHT KIND.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland Sale* Stable*
Wednesday, July 29, 1998
Report supplied by auction
168 DAIRY COWS. 190 HEIFERS, 13
BULLS. MARKET STEADY.
LOCAL FRESH COWS
410.00-
FRESH HEIFERS 510.00-1275.00.
LOCAL SPRINGERS 485.00-1175.00.
UPSTATE LOADS FRESH
950.00-
BETTER
1375.00-
FRESH COWS
LOAD OF CANADIAN FRESH
875.00- 2 AT 1825.00 AND
1925.00 PUREBREDS.
SPRINGING HEIFERS LARGE
1000.00- SMALL 310.00-885.00.
SHORTBRED HEIFERS
585.00-
REGISTERED HEIFERS
735.00-1600.00.
OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS
635.00-735.00.
SMALL OPEN HEIFERS
220.00-600.00.
BULLS 360.00-610.00. PUREBREDS
500.00-725.00.
HERD OF 24 HEAD ALL STAGES
PURE REDS 450.00-1500.00.
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Morrison Cove
Livestock
Marti naburg, Pa.
July 27, 1998
Report aupplled by auction
CATTLE 184. STEERS CHOICE
60.00- GOOD 56.00-59.00.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 60.00-61.00;
GOOD 55.00-59.00.
COWS: UTILITY & COMMERCIAL
33.00- CANNER & LOW CUTTER
15.00-
BULLOCKS: 45.00-52.00.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE NO. 1
40.00-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS
62.00- BULLS 54.00-63.00; HEIF
ERS 38.00-61.00.
CALVES 124. PRIME, NO MKT.
TEST; CHOICE 75.00-83.00; GOOD
57.00- STANDARD 15.00-35.00;
HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS.
50.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
90-130 LBS. 85.00-120.00
HOGS: 290. US NO. 1-2 37J0-38.25;
US NO. 1-3 34J0-36.50.
SOWS: US NO. 1-3 18.00-32.00.
BOARS: 12.0025.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 26 HEAD. US#l&3
20-50 LBS. 15.0029.00.
SHEEP: 42 HEAD. CHOICE LAMBS
85.0090.00, GOOD LAMBS 80.0085.00,
SLAUGHTER EWES 22.0033.00.
GOATS: 16.0074.00 EACH.
Jersey Shore
Livestock
Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.m.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, July 30, 1998
RETURN TO FARM CALF:
50.00-140.00.
GOOD VEAL: 20.00-49.00.
COMMON VEAL: 10.00-19.00.
CHOICE STEERS: 60.00-62.00.
SELECT STEERS: 54.00-59.00.
COMMON STEERS: 48.00-53.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS: 35.00-40.00.
CANNERS-CUTTERS: 28.00-34.00.
SHELLS: 23.00-27.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS: 58.00-61.00.
SELECT HEIFERS: 53.00-57.00.
•COMMON HEIFERS: 48.00-52.00.
GOOD FEEDERS: 55.00-64.00.
COMMON FEEDERS: 35.00-54.00.
BULLS: 43.00-46.00.
Pennsylvania
Livestock Auction
Waynesburg, Pa.
Thurs, July 30, 1998
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE: SL. COWS: UTILITY &
‘J> rr~/
COMMERCIAL 35.50-42.00; CUTTER Sc
BONING UTILITY 31.00-38.50; CAN
NER Sc LOW CUTTER 30.00-35.00;
SHELLS 30.00 Sc DOWN. BULLS:
YIELD GRADE 1 1500#-2000#
43.00-52.25; YIELD GRADE 2
1000#-1400# 38.00-60.00.
FEEDER STEERS: M&H 300-500#
55.00-80.00; 250-280# 66.00-82.00, M
600-900 LBS. 54.00-70.00. HEIFERS M
l&L-I 300-500# 40.00-72.00; L-l
400-650# 38.00-70.00. BULLS M4M
300-620# 42.00-70.00.
CALVES: VEAL. PRIME 68.00-80.00;
CHOICE 38.00-70.00; GOOD
35.00-60.00.
FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90-120# FEW 35.00-69.00; #2
HOLSTEIN BULLS 80-100# FEW
20.00- BEEF X BULL&HFRS./HD.
20.00-
HOGS: BARROWS Sc GILTS #l-2
210-255# 38.00-40.00; #2-3 255-280#
34.00- SOWS #l-3 300-500#
22.00-
FEEDER PIGS: 1-3 15-20#
5.00- 17.00/HD.; 1-3 25-35#
10.00-
LAMBS: HIGH CHOICE 80-100 LBS.
65.00- CHOICE 40-75 LBS.
70.00- FEEDER LAMBS GOOD
60.00- SHEEP 15.00-30.00; FAT
SHEEP 20.00 Sc DOWN.
GOATS: LARGE 35.00-70.00/HD.;
MEDIUM 25.00-40.00/HD.; SMALL
10.00-
HORSES: 35.00-82.50, PONIES
20.00-
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
July 30, 1998
CATTLE: 152. COWS STEADY TO
SPOTS 4.00 HIGHER. HOLSTEIN
STEERS: SELECT 1-2 ONE AT 47.50,
STANDARD 1-2 ONE AT 43.00.
HEIFERS: COUPLE STANDARD 1-2
38.25 & 40.25.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL 2-4 37.00-40.75. CUT
TER & BONING UTILITY 1-3
36.50-40.00. LOW DRESSING
34 25-35.75. CANNER & LOW CUTTER
1-2 29.50-35.50, FEW HIGH DRESSING
TO 37.00. SHELLS DOWN TO 25.00.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE NO. 2
1100-1425 LBS. FEW 42.25-46.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS FEW
M&u 400-480 LBS. 60.00-66.00. FEW
M&L2 300-550 LBS. 55.00-55.50.
BULLS: ONE L 2 490 LB. 55.00, COUPLE
Ml 1010 & 1020 AT 58.00.
CALVES: 219. STANDARD & GOOD
75-100 LBS. 22.00-30.00, UTILITY 60-80
LBS. 10.00-23.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
MOSTLY 10.00 HIGHER, NO. I 95-115
LBS. 60.00-84.00, 90-95 LBS.
“CHIN HIGH”
OF JULY ...
50.00- NO. 2 90-120 LBS.
27.00- WITH A FEW UP TO 60.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: NO. 1 90-120
LBS. FEW 100.00-180.00, NO. 2 80-90
LBS. FEW 25.00-40.00, BEEF CROSS
BULLS Sc HEIFERS 80-100 LBS.
50.00-
HOGS 23: LIGHTWEIGHT 1-3
180-195 LBS. 25.00-30.00. SOWS: 1-3
375-460 LB. 20.00-22.50. 1-3 495-560
LBS. FEW 22.50-25.00, FEW MED.
420-555 LB. 13.00-15.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 0. NO MARKETTEST.
SHEEP: 2. SLAUGHTER LAMBS. NO
MARKET TEST.
GOATS: 2. NO MARKET TEST.
Indiana
Livestock
Homer City, PA
Thursday, July 30, 1998
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE: 105. COWS STEADY,
STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1300-1460 LBS.
57.35-62.35, FEW SELECT 1-3
53.75-55.00, FEW STANDARD 1-2
46.00-50.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS:
STANDARD 1-2 ONE AT 37.50. HEIF
ERS: CHOICE 2-4 1165-1345 LBS. COU
PLE 56.00-60.00, STANDARD 1-2 COU
PLE 44.25-51.00.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL 2-4 35.00-40.25, CUT
TER & BONING UTILITY 1-3
32.00-36.00, CANNER & LOW CUTTER
1-2 26.00-32.75, SHELLS DOWN TO
20.50-24.75.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE 2 1165-1660
LBS. 40.25-43.25. FEEDER CATTLE:
STEERS: COUPLE M&L2 475-860 LBS.
43.00-58.50. HEIFERS: COUPLE M&L 2
300-785 LBS. 35.00-56.00. BULLS COU
PLE M&L 2 300-650 LBS. 33.50-41.00.
CALVES: 68. VEALERS COUPLE CH.
138 & 194 LBS. 65.00 & 70.00, GOOD
135-250 LBS. 40.00-56.00. STANDARD
&GOOD 65-120 LBS. 21.00-35.00, UTIL
ITY 65-75 LBS. 6.00-15.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
STEADY TO 28.00 HIGHER. NO. I
90-128 LBS. 70.00-93.00, NO. 2 85-105
LBS. 40.00-55.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
NO. 1 85 & 110 LBS. 150.00 & 172.50.
NO. 2 104 LBS. ONE AT 50.00. BEEF
TYPE BULLS & HEIFERS 115 & 130
LBS. 54.00 & 90.00.
HOGS: 37, BARROWS & GILTS
STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER. 1-3 235-245
LBS. 35.25-37.75. 2-3 240-335 LBS.
25.00-33.00, 1-3 200 LBS. 6 AT 33.25.
SOWS: COUPLE 1-3 320 & 366 LBS.
22 JO-23.75. BOARS 794 LBS. ONE AT
12.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 31 1-3 20-40 LBS.
17.00-24.00/HD.
SHEEP: 11 COUPLE CHOICE 45-55
LBS. 60.00-70.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP
19.00-31.00.
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Lancaster County
Weekly
Lancaster, PA
Friday, July 31, 1998
Cattle Calves
This Week 2652 1965
Last Week 2295 1754
Last Year 3052 1723
CATTLE: COMPARED TO LAST
WEEK’S CLOSING PRICES, SLAUGH
TER STEERS CLOSED MOSTLY
STEADY TO .50 HIGHER WITH SUP
PORT SHOWN LATE IN THE WEEK.
HOLSTEIN STEERS AND SLAUGHTER
HEIFERS ENDED STEADY. AS WE
MOVE INTO AUGUST, THERE STILL
SEEMS TO BE NO SIGNIFICANT TUR
NAROUND FOR FAT CATTLE PRICES
IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HOWEVER:
FEEDER CATTLE AND CORN PRICES
ARE MUCH LOWER THAN YEAR
AGO LEVELS, FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE NERVE ENOUGH TO TRY
AGAIN. LEAN SLAUGHTER COWS
CLOSED MOSTLY STEADY, WHILE
75-85 PERCENT LEAN COWS FIN
ISHED 50-1.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER
BULLS ENDED THE WEEK STEADY.
THIS WEEK’S SUPPLY INCLUDED 48
PERCENT SLAUGHTER STEERS, 5
PERCENT SLAUGHTER HEIFERS, 34
PERCENT SLAUGHTER COWS, 4 PER
CENT BULLS AND THE BALANCE
WERE FEEDER CATTLE.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1080-1455
LBS. 61.50-66.00. LOW DRESSING
4-5’S 54.25-60.75. CHOICE 2-3
1085-1490 LBS. 59.50-63.00, HIGH
DRESSING 1-2 UP TO 65.75, SELECT
AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1000-1560 LBS.
55.00- SELECT 1-3 985-1515 LBS.
52.00- FEW STANDARD 1-2
1170-1340 lbs. 44.25-48.75.
SLAUGHTER COWS:
Percent Lean Weight
Breakers 75-80% lean over 1400
Boners 80-85% lean over 1200
Lean
(Hi-Yield) 85-88% lean over 1200
Lean 88-90% lean over 1000
Lean
(Light-Wl) 85-90% lean ’'so-1000
Bulk Low Dress
ing
Breakers 37.75-43.50 36.00-40.00
Boners 34.50-41.00 33.50-36.75
Lean
(Hi-Yield) 35.00-38.75 33.50-36.00
Lean 32.75-38.00 29.00-33.75
Lean
(Lighl-Wt) 30.00-35.75 28.00-32.50
*OVER 95 PERCENT OF
SUPPLY CONSISTED OF
HOLSTEIN COWS.
HOLSTEIN STEERS:
FEW HIGH CHOICE AND
PRIME 2-3 1440-1575 LBS.
54.50-56.60. CHOICE 2-3
1285-1625 LBS. 52.50-54.75.
SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 2-3 1140-1655 LBS.
49.25- SELECT 1-2
1070-1635 LBS. 46.75-51.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME
2-4 1 130-1300 LBS.
60.00- CHOICE 2-4.
995-1330 LBS. 57.75-62.25.
SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 2-3 1075-1310 LBS.
54.25- FEW SELECT
1-3 1085-1200 LBS.
53.00- HEIFERET
TES: CHOICE 3-4 1045-1295
LBS. 51.75-54.75.
SLAUGHTER BULLS:
YIELD GRADE 1 995-2295
LBS. 46.25-56.00, FEW
CROSSBRED BULLS
1350-2000 LBS. 57.00-60.50.
YIELD GRADE 2 945-2240
LBS. 40.50-47.25. BUL
LOCKS: SELECT 1-3
930-1065 LBS. 49.00-55.00.
CALVES: COMPARED
TO LAST WEEK’S CLOSE.
VEALERS WERE 5.00-6.00
LOWER. SLAUGHTER
CALF PRICES ENDED
STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER.
THE MARKET FOR FARM
CALVES TURNED SHARP
LY HIGHER THIS WEEK.
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