Greencastte Livestock Green castle, Pa. Sept. 3, 1998 CATTLE: 144. COWS MOSTLY 3.00 LOWER I*HAN LAST THURSDAY. COWS: BREAKERS 75-80% LEAN 33.75- LOW DRESSING 31.50- BONERS 80-85% LEAN 31.00- LEAN 85-90% LEAN 24.75- SHELLS DOWN TO 21 JO. BULLS YIELD GRADE 2 FEW 1390-2045 LBS. 39J0-43.25. BULLS; FEW L 2 250-600 LBS. 40JO-49.00. CALVES: 303. STANDARD & GOOD 80-115 LBS. 22.00-29.00, UTILITY 60-85 LBS. 10.00-23.00. FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS 10.00 LOWER WITH SPOTSTO2O.OOLOWER.no. 1 195-120 LBS. 50.00-80.00 WITH LATE SALES DOWN TO 35.00. NO. 2 80-115 LBS. 30.00- WITH A FEW DOWN TO 27.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS NO. 1 80-115 LBS. 80.00-160.00, NO. 2 70-90 LBS. 25.00-57J0 WITH ONE AT 75.00. BEEF TYPE BULLS & HEIFERS 80-85 LBS. FEW 47J0-55.00. HOGS; 13. SOWS: FEW 1-3 240-300 LBS. 18.00-21.00. BOARS; 270-320 LBS. 14.50- FEW 360-410 LBS. 9.00- FEEDER PIGS: 0 NO MARKET TEST. SHEEP: 6 FEW CH 95-115 LBS. 61.00- SLAUGHTER SHEEP COU PLE 31.00 & 36.00. GOATS: BILLIES: LARGE NO MARKET TEST. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ cfimnomm cow mo ms Paul B. Zimmerman Ephrata, PA North Garden Spot Road Ephrala ATTEND ONE OR BOTH PLOTS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT AND KNOWLEDGE! THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES WILL BE REPRESENTED TO DISCUSS YOUR SEED, FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE NEEDS: AGR EVO (LIBERTY LINK) NOVARTIS CYNAMID ZENECA FMC DOWAGRO SCIENCES BAYER BASF MONSANTO DUPONT RHONE-POULENC Chemgro Chemgro Siifcs ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ (Continued from Page A 2) LAST YEAR CATTLE: Compared to last week's closing prices, slaughter steers sold steady to weak. The market's potential looked good early in the week, but by Thutsday pressure loomed and prices slipped slightly lower in the face of the three-day weekend and reduced slaughter rates. Western feed lots lost yet another dollar this week with the bulk of sales posted at 56.00. However, cattle feeders will get little sympathy from hog producers as local hog prices dropped as much as 8.00 this week. Local Holstein steers closed .50-1.00 lower and heifers ended mostly steady in a light test. Slaugh ter cows finished .50-1.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to JO lower. This week's supply was made up of around 39 percent slaughter steers, 5 percent slaughter heifets, 37 percent slaughter cows, 6 percent bulls and the balance were feeder cattle. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 1125-1460 lbs 60.00-64.00, couple ideal individuals 1410-1450 lbs 65.00- Choice 2-3 1075-1475 lbs 58.00- JO, few high dressing 1-2 up to 63.50 and low dressing 4-5 down to 55.00; 1490-1535 lbs 56.00-57JS. Select and low Choice 2-3 1005-1515 lbs 53.00-59.35. Select 1-3 995-1465 lbs 50.75-56.25. HOLSTEIN STEERS; Individual Prime 2 1355 lbs 57.75. Choice 2-3 1255-1630 lbs 51.00-54.85. Select and low Choice 2-3 1080-1595 lbs 48.85-52.25. Select 1-2 1115-1630 lbs 46.25-49.75. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 1055-1235 lbs 60.00-62.25. Choice 2-3 1090-1270 lbs 57.00-58.85. Select and low Choice 2-3 1010-1435 lbs 53.75-57.00. Heiferettes: Few Choice 3-4 1000-1245 lbs 48.00-49.50. Commercial and Standard 2-4 990-1500 lbs 45.00-46.00. 1998 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Green Dragon LIBERTY LINK CORN YIELD GUARD BT CORN TOP CROSS HIGH OIL CORN STS SOYBEANS l SI 2000 SILAGE INNOC FORAGE & PASTURE MIXES SEQUENTIAL MATURITY ALFALFAS PROP PLUS ROUNDUP READY BEANS ROUNDUP READY CORN FREE LUNCH Box 218 East Petersburg, PA 17520 (717) 569-3296 (800) 346-4769 (GROW) SLAUGHTER COWS: PERCENT lean Weight bulk low dress ing Breakers 75-80 pet lean over-1400 lbs 37.25-41.73 34.75-38.25 Boners 80-85 pet lean over-1200 lbs 34.75-39.30 32.00- Lean (Hi-Yield) 85-88 pet lean over-1200 lbs 33.50-37.75 31.75-34.50 Lean 88-90 pet lean over-1000 lbs 31.75-35.25 29.00-33.50 Lean (Light-Wt) 85-90 pet lean 750 -1000 lbs 29.00-33.75 26.50-31.00 SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1020-2020 lbs 46.50-54.00, few heavy muscled Limousin 1375-1410 lbs 54.00- Yield Grade 2 1050-2515 lbs 41.00- Bullocks: Select 1-3 800-1480 lbs 4S.SO-SS.OO, consignment of Charolais X 1095-1265 lbs 58.00-65.00. 1679 2518 CALVES: Compared to last week, vealers closed 1.00-4.00 lower and slaugh ter calves sold 5.0010.00 lower. Holstein bull farm-calf prices ended steady with very little volatility this week. Holstein heifer trading was not nearly as active this week and prices were mostly 35.00 lower. VEALERS; Good and Choice 70110 lbs 18.0029.00. Standard and low Good 70100 lbs 15.0022.00, few 3070 lbs down to 11.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and Choice 200350 lbs 70.00100.00. Stan dard 200 350 lbs 50.0075.00; 350500 lbs 50.0068.00; 500600 lbs 49.0052.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein bulls 95-125 lbs 50.00-88.00 few up to 90.00. Plainer bulls 80-1 IS lbs 29.00-63.00. Hols tein heifeis 80-115 lbs 125.00- 228.00, late mostly 145.00-18S.00. Plainer heifers 70-100 lbs 45.00-150.00. September 10th Jim Musser Mount Joy, PA Harrisburg West Spool Rl 283 COME LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST IN SEED HYBRIDS, VARIETIES AND RESEARCH . . FEATURING:. . Nook Rd Armstrong Lancaster Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5, 1998-A4l Holstein Association Offers IP, PC System BRATTLEBORO, Vt. 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