A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 14, 1998 (Continued from Pago A 2) ter lambs sold Arm to 10.00 higher with the best demand for weights under 60 lbs. Slaughter ewes sold mostly steady. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice and Prime 2-3 few 30-40 lbs 200.00-215.00; 40-60 lbs 100.00-135.00, few to 150.00; 60-80 lbs 90.00-110.00; 80-100 lbs 80.00 100.00; 100-120 lbs 65.00-85.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility and Good 1-3 30.00-40.00. GOATS: All goats sold by the head. Billies: Large 80.00-100.00, few to 120.00. Medium 60.00-80.00. Nannies: Medium and Large 40.00-60.00. Yearlings: Choice and Prime 50.00-80.00. Kids: Choice and Prime 40.00-60.00. Good 20.00-40.00. Lancaster County Weekly Lancaster, Pa. Friday, Nov. 13, 1998 Cattle Calves 2372 1863 2324 1834 3643 1859 This Week Last Week Last Year CATTLE: COMPARED TO LAST WEEK’S CLOSING PRICES. THE SLAUGHTER STEER MARKET OPENED SLIGHTLY LOWER. BUT MADE UP THE LOSS BY WEEK’S END TO CLOSE FULLY STEADY. THIS WEEK’S TYPICAL FALL RUN OF SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS WAS RATHER LIGHT AND WIDELY MIXED AS TO QUALITY. WESTERN DIRECT FAT CATTLE MOVEMENT WAS MOSTLY STEADY TO WEAK AS MANY AREAS RECEIVED THEIR FIRST BLAST OF WINTER WEATHER. LOCAL HOLSTEIN STEERS CLOSED STEADY TO .50 HIGHER AND SLAUGHTER HEIFERS WERE STEADY IN A LIGHT TEST. A GOOD OFFERING OF SLAUGHTER COWS SOLD 1.50 TO MOSTLY 2.50 HIGHER AND SLAUGHTER BULLS ENDED THE WEEK STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER. SUPPLY WAS MADE UP OF AROUND 39 PERCENT SLAUGHTER STEERS, 6 PERCENT SLAUGHTER HEIFERS, 40 PERCENT SLAUGHTER COWS. 6 PER CENT BULLS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 MSS-1490 LBS. 62.25-66.75. CHOICE 2-3 1065-1490 LBS. 60.00-63.60, HIGH BARENBRUG Forages For Profit Increasing Your Per Acre Yield of Digestible Forages Is The Best Way To Lower Feed Costs And Boost Profits NO. 1 ALFALFA IN PENN STATE TRIAL Baralfo 54 Table 8 1995 alfalfa variety trial-Landisville. Vanet’ BARALFA 54 8 07 5454 DKI27 WL 324 ABT 405 MARINER 7 50 INNOVATOR +Z 7 43 TMF GENERATOR 7.34 5312 MAGNUM IV DOMINATOR DEMAND WL 323 PREFERRED SUPERCUTS ONIEDAVR MULTIQUEEN PRISM 2 EXCALIBUR II WL 332 SR AFFINITY +Z DIVIDEND WL 252 HQ ALFASTAR HAVGRAZER SARANAC AR MAGNUM MI-WET GRAND MEAN 7 15 LSD (p=.os) 0 52 CV(%) 519 CV= Coefficient of variation LSD = Least significant difference • Seeded April 20, 1995 • Yields (tons per acre at 12% moisture) • Yields indicated represent the sum of four cuttings each year • Stand score based on a scale from 1 to 100 AlOO is considered to be a perfect stand • Grand Mean, CV, and LSD values represent 64 total entries • Varieties are listed by rank for 1997 yield Numbers in parentheses indicate rank within the listed data (see column headings) Baralfa 54 is a variety selected for exceptional yield and excellent disease resistance DRESSING 1-2 UP TO 66.00 AND LOW DRESSING 4-5 DOWN TO 57.50. SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1040-1520 LBS. 54.75-61.60; 1500-1705 LBS. 50.00-58.00. SELECT 1-3 965-1430 LBS. 52.00-59.00, FEW RETURNING TO FEED 1170-1215 LBS. 50.00-55.50. HOLSTEIN STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1295-1555 LBS. 52.35-54.50; FEW 1615-1690 LBS. 50.00-52.00. SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1195-1555 LBS. 49.75-53.25. SELECT 1-2 1110-1655 LBS. 46.25-50.75. STANDARD 1-2 1225-1968 LBS. 37.75-43J0; CONSIGN MENT 2060-2395 LB. 33.25-36.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 2-4 1020-1195 LBS. 60.25-61.10. CHOICE 2-3 1020-1350 LBS. 57.75-60.50. FEW SELECT AND LOW CHOICE 2-3 1020-1270 LBS. 57.25-58.75. SELECT 1-3 930-1305 LBS. 50.25-57.00. SLAUGHTER COWS: BREAKERS 75-80% LEAN, OVER 1400 LBS. BULK 33.00-38.00, LOW DRESSING 3250-35.00; BONERS 80-85% LEAN OVER 1200 LBS., BULK 31.25-33.75, LOW DRESSING 28.00-32.50; LEAN (HI-YIELD) 85-88% LEAN, OVER 1200 LBS. BULK 29.75-33.75, LOW DRESS ING 28.50-31.25; LEAN 88-90% LEAN, OVER 1000 LBS. BULK 27.00-31.00, LOW DRESSING 24.00-28.75: I fan (UGHT-WT) 85-90% LEAN 750-1000 LBS., BULK 25.00-29.23, LOW DRESS ING 24.00-2750. SLAUGHTER BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1150-2050 LBS. 4150-52.00, FEW UP TO 53.00. YIELD GRADE 2 950-2330 LBS. 355043.00. BULLOCKS: SELECT 1-3 9801530 LBS. 45.0053.00. CALVES: COMPARED TO LAST WEEK. VEAL CALVES SOLD 3.005.00 LOWER WITH REDUCED DEMAND. SLAUGHTER CALVES ENDED STEADY TO 8.00 HIGHER. TRADING WAS MUCH SLOWER ON HOLSTEIN BULL FARM CALVES AND PRICES WERE 7.00-14.00 LOWER. GOOD DEMAND RETURNED TO THE HOLS TEIN HEIFER MARKET AND PRICES CLOSED FIRM TO 15.00 HIGHER. VEALERS: GOOD AND CHOICE 70-120 LBS. 18.00-33.00, LATE MOST LY 18.00-27.00. STANDARD AND LOW GOOD 55-90 LBS. 10.00-22.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND CHOICE 200-350 LBS. 65.00-88.00; 3SO-S5O LBS. 45.00-65.00. STANDARD 1996 Yield 1997 Yield 7 90 7 61 7 58 7 58 7.29 7 27 7 22 7 21 7 16 7.07 7 04 7 02 7 01 6 93 6 91 6 88 6 87 6 82 6 82 6 76 6 75 671 6 51 6 95 0 42 4 35 1996-97 Stand Average 10/21/97 7.98 (1) 7.75 (2) 7.52 (3) 7.33 (5) 7.25 (6) 7.44 (4) 7.10 (9) 7.24 (7) 73 8 75.4 72.8 73 1 73.7 73.2 73.1 73.2 73.9 68 9 73.2 73.8 7.09 (11) 7.10 (10) 6.95 (15) 6.93 (16) 7.11 (8) 7.02 (13) 6.90(18) 7.01 (14) 7.06 (12) 6.89 (20) 6.89 (19) 6.88 (21) 6.70 (24) 6.90 (17) 6.82 (23) 6.67 (25) 6.82 (22) 6.66 (26) 6.53 (27) 7.05 70.8 71 0 70 6 70 7 67 6 72.1 67.4 72.2 72 3 68.3 70.3 69.6 71 3 69.7 73 4 70.8 3.9 40 0.42 4.23 300-600 LBS. 40.00-55.00. RETURNED TO FARM: HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-125 LBS. 60.00-109.00, LATE MOSTLY 60.00-90.00. PLAINER-TYPE BULLS 80-115 LBS. 27.00-77,00. HOLS TEIN HEIFERS 80-120 LBS. 140.00-195.00. PLAINER HEIFERS 70-100 LBS. 77.00-130.00. FEW BEEF TYPE BULLS AND HEIFERS 70-130 LBS. 60.00-110.00. Central Carlot Pork Report Des Moines, IA Thu Nov 12, 1998 USDA Market News USD A NATIONAL CARLOT PORK REPORT Equated to FOB Omaha Basis as 11:15 AM Compared to Wednesday's Close: Fresh bone-in 13-19# loins sknd. hams 17-20 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, 20-23 lbs. generally steady; sdls. bellies firm; lean trimmings not fully established. Trading slow to mod erate, with light to moderate demand and mostly moderate offerings. Loads PORK CUTS: 41.5 ** NOON *• Loads TRIM/PROCESS PORK : 12.0 ** REPORT •• FRESH PORK CUTS PRICE RANGE WGHTD AVG. LOINS, BONE-IN Primal Cutout Value • 56.98 **ABP Regular 14-18# - 42.00 - 53.00 48.82 A Lds Price Range Wghtd Avg. 1/4“ Trim 13-19# 68.00 - 78.00 75.58 A 1/8* Tnn/less 13-19# 71.00 - 84.00 74.27 A 1/4“ Blade less 1/4* Trim 19-23# 61.00 61.00 A com bos 23/Up# 36.00 36.00 A LOINS.CNTRCUT, 10-11 RIB.I/4TRM Tender-in FLO 8-13# unq Tender-out FLO 8-13# BNLS Strap-on 5-9# 1.0 130.00 130.00 BNLS Strap-off 5-9# 2.0 145.00 145.00 WHLE BNLS LOINS 7-11# 108.00 108.00 C BNLS SIRLOIN .75-1# 85.00 - 92.00 8733 B BONE-IN SIR 23-33# BLADE EN