A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5, 1998 Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inipection September 2, 1998 CATTLE CALVES 129.000 7,000 132.000 7,000 129.000 7,000 386.000 20,000 389.000 19,000 260.000 15,000 WEDNESDAY 9/2/91 (ESI) WEEK AGO (EST) YEAR AGO (ACT) WEEK TO DATE (EST) CAWn flßaiT WK (EST) SAME PDLT YR (EST) Lebanon Valley Livestock Fredericksburg, PA September 1 Report Supplied by Auction HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 1160-1690 LBS. 48.00-49.00. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 36.25-38.00; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 34.00-36.00; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 32.00- SHELLS 26.00-32.00. BULLS: YG#l 1265-1855 LBS. 44.25-45.00; YG#2 825 LBS. 41.75. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 530-870 LBS. 54.00-64.00; HEIFERS 210-500 LB. HOLSTEINS 48.00-69.00; BULLS 870-985 LBS. 47.50-39.50. CALVES: STANDARD AND GOOD 75-100 LBS. 30.00-45.00. FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN BULLS 95-115 LBS. 80.00-90.00, «2 HOLSTEIN BULLS 95-115 LBS. 60.00- #1 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 95-100 LBS. 82.00-222.00, #2 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 75-100 LBS. 60.00-70.00. HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS US# 1-3 252 LBS. 27.00; US#2-3 168 LBS. 29.00. SOWS: US#l-3 505-620 LBS. 18.00- US«2-3 340 LBS. 16.50. BOARS: 260 LBS. 12.50, 475 LBS. 12.00. SHEEP: 90-110 LBS. 65.00-7100. Morrison Cove Livestock Martins!) urg, Pa. Augu* 31, 199 S Report supplied by auction CATTLE 137. STEERS CHOICE 59.00- GOOD 55.00-5830. HEIFERS: CHOICE 58.00-60.00; GOOD 54.00-57.00. COWS: UTTUTY A COMMERCIAL 34.00- CANNER A LOW CUTTER 15.00- BULLOCKS: 4200-55.00 BULLS: YIELD GRADE NO. 1 39.00- FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 49.00- BULLS 45.0060.00; HEIF ERS 42.00-55.00. CALVES 123. PRIME, NO MKT. TEST; CHOICE 69.00-74.00; GOOD 59.00- STANDARD 18.00-30.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS. 50.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 80.00-140.00 HOGS; 209. US NO. 1-2 30.00-31.00; US NO. 1-3 28.00-29.50. SOWS: US NO. 1-3 18.00-25.00. BOARS: 10.50-19.00. FEEDER PIGS; 70 HEAD. US#l&3 20-50 LBS. 13.00-19.00. SHEEP: 28 HEAD. CHOICE LAMBS 80.00- GOOD LAMBS 75.00-80.00, SLAUGHTER EWES 25.00-32.00. GOATS: 18.00-59.00 EACH. HOGS 371.000 338.000 364.000 1.115.000 1.080.000 724,000 Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. Augurt 31, 1991 Report SuppHcd By Auction HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES 75.00-180.00. BACK TO FARM CALVES X BRED 95-120 LBS. 40.00-100.00, 70-95 LBS. 30.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES 10.0030.00" GRASSERS AND FEEDERS 50.00- FEEDERS 39.00-61.00. LAMBS 64.00-93.0 a SHEEP 28.00-48.00. HOGS. 200-250 LBS., NONE PIGS. EACH, 11.00-23.00. HEIFERS 32.75-39.75. STEERS 38.0a52.00. bulls 35.0a50.0a COWS, GOOD 35.0040.0 a COWS, MEDIUM 31.25-35.25. COWS, POOR OR SMALL 33.0050.00. CATTLE MARKET STEADY. CALF MARKET STEADY. HORSES AND PONIES. NONE. GOATS 27.5085.00. BEST LAMB MARKET IN THE AREA. North Jersey Livestock Hackettstown, NJ Report Supplied by Auction Tuesday, September 1, 1998 CALVES .02-2.30. COWS ,19*/. -.38V4. EASY COWS .17-34'/.. FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. .27-.T7. HEIFERS .18*-38. BULLS .35-.60. STEERS .36* -.57. HOGS .Q2-.39. SOWS .12-.17V4. SHEEP -24-.66. LAMBS EACH 12.00-76.00. LAMBS PER LB. .32-1.37. GOATS EACH 35.00-150.00. KIDS EACH 15.00-90.00 TOTAL 760. St. Louis Cattle, Hogs Springfield IL Moo Aug 31, 1998 USDA-IL Dept Ag Market News Farmers Livestock Marketing Associa tion Greenville Illinois Receipts this week: 100 Last week: 125 Last year; na Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Cows steady to weak. Too few Bulls to establish a market. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4 1000-1250 lbs 56.00-SS.OO, few YG 2-3 and fancy YG 2-4 10S0-127S lbs 58.00- Select and Choice 2-3 9SO-USO lbs 53.00-56.00. Select 2-3 950-1100 lbs SO.OO-53.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 925-1175 lbs 56.00-58.00; few YG 2-3 and Fancy 2-4 975-1200 lbs 58.00-59.00; Select and Choice 2-3 875-1100 lbs 53.00- Select 2-3 850-1100 lbs 50.00- SHEEP 12.000 12.000 17.000 39.000 37.000 34.000 SLAUGHTER COWS: * Lean Weight Price Breakers 75-80% 850-1200 lbs 32.00- Boners 80-85% 850-1200 lbs 33.00- High Yielding Boners 80-85% Over! 100 lbs 34.00-36.00 Lean 85-90% 850-1200 lbs 30.00-33.00 85-90% 750- 850 lbs 26.00-30.00 85-90% Undcr7so lbs 23.00-26.00 COWS: Cutter, Breaking and Boning Utility 1-4 32.00-35.00. High Yielding 35.00- Canner and low Cutter 1-2 28.00- Shelly Canner 1-2 24.00- BULLS: scarce New Holland Horses New Holland Sale* Stable* New Holland, PA Monday, Auguat 31, 1998 Report Supplied By Auction 234 HEAD. MARKET STEADY. WORK HORSES 610.00-950.00. DRIVING HORSES 400.00-850.00. RIDING HORSES 400.00-1100.00. REGISTERED RIDING 750.00- KILLERS, HEAVYWEIGHTS 360.00- LIGHTWEIGHTS 285.00- PONIES 125.00-410.00. LARGE PONIES 425.00-625.00, COLTS 150.00-275.00. WEEKLY LIVESTOCK SUM MARY AUGUST 28, 1998 14 LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS CATTLE 4749 Compared with 4954 head last week and 6129 head a year ago Compared with last Fridays sum mary slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1 00 lower, si cows steady to I 50 lower, bulls mostly steady SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice & Prime 2-4 59 85-65 00. Choice I 1 58 00-62 50, Select and Low Choice 2 3 54 00-60 00. Select 1-3 5100- 59 00, Standard 1-2 43 00-52 50 HOLSTEINS High Choice and Prime 2-3 53 00-57 00, Choice 2-3 50 50- 54 50. Select 1-2 45 00-5100, few Standard 1-2 38 00-45 25 HEIFERS Choice 2-4 56 00-61 25, few Select 1-3 53 00-58 00, few Stan dard 1-2 40 00-53 00 COWS Break ing Utility & Commercial 2-4 36 00- 41 50, Cutter & Boning Utility 1-3 32 50-39 75, Canner and Low Cutter I-2 28 00-37 00. few to 25 00 Shells down to 16 00 BULLOCKS few Select 1-3 45 GO -54 75 BULLS Yield Grade I 1000-2400 lbs 1-3 54 00-59 00, few Standard 1-2 45 00-53 50, Yield Grade 2 900-2000 46 75-53.00 lbs 39 00-45 00, few to 35.50 HOLSTEINS STEERS- one High Choice FEEDER CATTLE STEERS few Medium and Prime 2-3 1250 lbs 55 00, Choice and Large I 300-600 lbs 60.00- 2-3 1200-V595 lbs 51 25-54 75, Se -72 00. 600-950 lbs 50 00-62.75, Me- l«ct 1-2,46 00-50.75, few Standard 1-2 dium and Large 2 500-900 4bS 41.00- 42.75-44 50 54 00; HEIFERS'. Medium and Large 1" HEIFERS: High Choice.and Prime 2-4 300-700 lbs 50.00-63 (X , few to 1050-1350 lbs 62.00-64:00, Choice 70 00, Medium and Large 2 275-750 lbs 1095-1500 lb* 58.00-61 50, Yield 40 00-55 00, BULLS Medium and Large Grade 4 1525-1550 lbs .55 00-56 75, I 275-600 lbs 56 00-73 00. few to 1-3 54 50-58 00, Standard 1 2 80 00, few Medium and Large 2 275-7 S& 75 lbs 40 00-55 00 Breakers 75-80% lean 37 50 CALVES 3420 Compared With 3553 l|| ss"low dressing down to 36 50 head last week and 3483 head a year ago. Boners 80-85% lean 35 00 40 00, VEALERS steady few Choice 150- low dressing 32 75-34 25. Lean 85-90% 350 lbs 75 00-85 00, few Good 125- lean 28 25-33 75 Shells down to 250 lbs 50 00-63 00, Standard and 25 00 Low Good 70-115 lbs 22 00-35 00, Utility 55-100 lbs 10 00-26 00 FARM CALVES Holstein hull calves steady to 10 00 higher, Holstein heifers strong to 25 00 higher No 1 Holstein bulls 90-125 lbs 60 00- 101 00, No 2 85-125 lbs 40 00-70 00, few to 30 00, No I Holstein heifers 80 125 lbs 170 00-255 00. few to 115 00. No 2 75-120 lbs 65 00- 150 00, few to 40 00 Beef type bulls ind heilers 70-115 lbs 60 00-115 00, tew to 40 00 HOGS 2558 Compared with 231 I head ast week and 1886 head a year ago Barrows and gills I 00 to 200 lower, mostly steady to 150 ower BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-2 220-265 lbs 34 00-36 25, few to 38 00, JS 1-3 210-280 lbs 31 50-35 25 US 2-3 220-320 lbs 3100-33 00 SOWS JS 1-3 300-500 lbs 17 00-24 00. few o 26 50. 500 700 lbs 20 00-25 00 BOARS 9 00-15 00 ■.ows FEEDER PIGS 491 Compared with 542 head last week and 259 head a year ago Feeder pigs US 1-2 25-50 lbs 1000-22 00, 50-80 lbs 20 00-21 00 - - per head SHEEP 1977 Compared with 1815 head last week and 2029 head a year ago Slaughter lambs steady SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice 40-65 lbs 70 00- 160 00 mostly 80 00-1 10 00, 60-80 lbs 75 00-100 00, 80-115 lbs 65 00- 85 00, Good and Choice 60-100 lbs 55 00-75 00 SLAUGHTER SHEEP 20 00-45 00 TWO GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES 691 Compared 1771 last week and 2160 head a year ago Feeder pigs weak to 10 00 lower US 1-2 25-50 lbs 45 00-57 50, 40-50 lbs 47 50- 57 50, 50-60 lbs 45 00-52 50, 60-70 lbs 42 00-50 00, Slaughter 30-40 lbs 32 00-95 00, 40-70 lbs 24 00-60 00 - - per hundredweight MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION MIDDLEBURG, PA SEPTEMBER I, 1998 CATTLE 400 [PDA) Compared to last week's sale si steers uneven 100 lower to 100 higher, si cows steady with spots 2 00 lower SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice and Prime 2-4 1240-1450 lbs 61 75-63.75 with one 65 50, Choice 2-3 1050- 1400 lbs 58 50-61 25, few Yield Grade 4 1500-1550 lbs 56 25-57 75, Select BULLOCKS couple Select 1-3 49 00 & 51 50 BULLS Yield Grade I 1310-1865 lbs 46 00-49 00 with one 56 00, Yield Grade 2 1125-1805 lbs 40 25-45 25 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS Medium and Large I 465-640 lbs 50 00-64 00. 800- 900 lbs 45 00-60 00, Large 2 300 615 lbs Holstems 50 00-55 00, HEIF ERS Medium and Large 1 400 530 lbs 53 00-62 50. 680-750 lbs 47 00- 51 00, Medium 2 500-590 lbs 42 50- 48 50, few Large 2 320-495 Holstems 52 00-64 00, BULLS Medi urn I and 2 550-940 lbs 46 00-52 50 CALVES 251 VEALERS Standard and Good 75-110 lbs 22 00-29 00, Utility 55 90 lbs 10 00 18 00 FARM CALVES Holstein bulls steady No I Holstein bulls 90 125 lbs 60 00-100 00 mostly 70 00-90 00. 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