Belleville Livestock Auction BELLEVILLE, PA SEPTEMBER 9,1998 CATTLE 118 [PDA) [Supply included iq| dairy tows and heifers in the Dairy Sale] Compared to lasi Wednesday's sale, slaughter cows steady to spots 2 00 higher SLAUGHTER STEERS: couple Choice 2 11100 A 1170 lbs 1100 &57 21 HOI STEINS: couple Choice 2-1 1410 & h6O lbs 47 71 & 10 00, couple Select 1 2 4SOO&4110 COWS; Breakers 71 8014 lean 16 71-40 71, low dressing 12 00 11 10, Boners SO-81% lean 14 low dressing 11 00- 1171 Lean 81 90% 28 00-18 21 Shells down to 22 00 BULLS; few Yield Grade 2 1291-1711 lbs 1110 41 21 FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS; few Medium and Large I 410- 140 lbs 19 00 61 10, couple Medium 2 490 & 491 lbs 42 10, HEIFERS: Medium & Large 1 100-621 lbs 4600 16 10, 800-910 lbs 4010-42 10, few Medium and Large 2 600-700 lbs 4010 42 10 BULLS one Medium I 200 lbs 6100, few Medium and Large 2 210-400 lbs 42 10-4110 CALVES 78... VEALERS: Standard and Good 80-111 lbs 2000 28 00, Utility 60-111 lbs 9 00 18 00 FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 5 00 to 710 lower No I Holstein bulls 100-120 lbs 1100 72 10, 90-91 lbs 45 00-12 10, No 2 90 MO lbs 14 00-1000, one No 1 Holstein heifer 91 lbs 107 10 Couple heel type bulls and heifers 80 & 81 lbs 11001100 HOGS 15... BARROW AND GILTS: one lot 8 head 49- 145 lean 211 lbs 27 71 SOWS few US 1-1 241-440 lbs II 00-21 00 FEEDER PIGS 88... US 1-1 21-41 lbs 8 00- 1800 10 71 lbs 2100-2100 per head SHEEP 17... SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice SO 80 lbs 7800 86 00 one 9S 00,90 12S lbs 7000 80 00 SLAUGHTER SHEEP: couple 2000 & 2100 Others try to get dairymen to believe that they are getting huge savings and still receiving the same quality of service. Don’t be fooled. Pennsylvania DHIA never uses pricing gimmicks to attract business. We still have the best DHIA in the industry. The best MUN testing program in the country. 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GOATS 35...0ne Large Billies 71 00, few Medium 14 00-41 00, Large Nannies 14 00-60 00, Medium 1200-11 00, Large Kids 26 00 44 00. few Small 20 00-24 00 per head DAIRY SALE: Holstein Dairy Cows 671 00-1121 00 per head [lmage] Mercer Livestock Auction MERCER, PA CATTLE 228...[PDA) Compared with last week’s sale si steers 2 00 lower si cows steady to 1 00 lower SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-1 1090- 1121 lbs 1600-18 71, couple to 60 00, Select 1- 1 12 00 16 00, few Standard 1-2 42 00-47 10 HOLSTEINS: few Choice 2-1 1140 1421 lbs 12 25-1410, tew Select 1-2 46 00-49 21, few Standard 4110-4110 HEIFERS; few Choice 2-4 1010-1471 lbs 14 25-16 71, few Standard I-2 46 00-10 00 COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 1110-17 10, 70-71% 26 21-1171, Boners 80-81% lean 1100-16 50, Lean 81-90% lean 2100-11 10 Shells down to 1910 BULLS: few Yield Grade I 1211-1870 lbs 41 00-48 10, few Yield Grade 2 1071-1700 lbs 19 00-4000 FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS; few Medium I and 2 745-891 lbs 1100-5150, Large 2 140-1000 lbs 40 00-48 10, HEIFERS: few Medium I 360-590 lbs 1710-62 00, Medium 2 160-810 lbs 16 GO -48 10, BULLS: Medium I 100-100 lbs 64 00- 68 00, few Medium 2 160-670 lbs 41 00-4100 CALVES 111...VEALERS: Standard and Good 70-110 lbs 26 00-10 00, Utility 10-70 lbs 100-22 00 FARM CALVES; No I Holsiein bulls 90- 120 lbs 60 00-82 SO, few lo 90 00, No 2 BS-1 SO lbs 12 00-60 00, No 1 Holstein heifers 80-1 OS lbs 16. S 00-20000, few No 2 110-1 IS lbs S 2 SO - 00 Few beef type bulls and heifers BS-I7S lbs 62 SO-80 00 HOGS 7...N0 MARKET TEST' FEEDER PIGS 26... US 1-1 40-6 S lbs IS 00-21 00, US 2-1 40-S0 lbs 11 00-12 00 per head SHEEP 4... SLAUGHTER LAMBS; one small lot Choice 88 lbs 71 00 GOATS 0 ..NO MARKET TEST' [lmage] PDmsvuMiiu om Pennsylvania Dairy Held Improvement Association 800-344-8378 Fax 814-865-3924 Web Site http Uwww dhia psu edu SEPTEMBER 8,1998 Four States Livestock Hagerstown, Md September 9, 1998 Report supplied by Auction SLAUGHTER COWS: 64 HEAD. STEADY PRICES. UTILITY 35.00-39.00; HIGH DRESSING TO 39.50; CANNERS 30.00-34.50; SHELLY 30.00 DOWN. BULLS: 7 HEAD. YG#i 1500-1700 LBS. 46.00-47.00; YG#2 1000-1600 LBS. 42.00- FED STEERS: NO HIGH CHOICE OFFERED; CHOICE 1200-1400 LBS. 56.50-58.50. FED HEIFERS: CHOICE 1100-1200 TO 7.00. VEAL CALVES: 155 HEAD. CULLS 85-110 LBS. 25.00-31.00, 60-85 LBS. 16.00- FARbt CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS #1 95-120 LBS. 70.00-84.00; 90-95 LBS. 40.00- HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 95-120 LBS. 160.00-200.00; #2 80-110 LBS. 110.00-140.00; BEEF X BULLS AND HEIFERS 57.00-72.00. BUTCHER HOGS; #1