A2o4anca»ter Farming, Saturday, March 20, 1999 New Wilmington Livestock Auction New Wilmington, Pa. Monday, March 15, 1999 Report Supplied By PDA CATTLE CALVES HOGS SHE EP GOATS MONDAY m 175 272 87 7 LAST MONDAY 125 124 211 21 5 CATTLE Compared to last Monday s auction, slaughter cows sold mostly steady instances 100 higher Othei classes were not well tested HOLSTEIN STEERS Select and Choice 2 1 few 54 00 57 50 Standard 1-2 few 51 75-54 75 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Choice 2 4 individual 1250 lbs 58 50 SIAUG HTER COWS Breakers 75 80 pci lean 34 00-40 25 Boners 80-85 pet lean 30 00-35 50 Lean 85-90 pet lean 25 50 31 75 Shells down to 20 00 SLAUGHTER BULLS Yield Grade I few 1390 1645 lbs 44 75-48 00 Yield Grade 2 few 1180-1800 lbs 33 25- 42 00 FEEDER STEERS Medium I tew 606 675 lbs 62 00-64 50 FEEDER HEIFERS Medium and Large 1 few 425-525 lbs 61 00-65 00 Medium and Large 2 350-550 lbs 47 00-59 50 FEEDER BULLS Medium 1-2 400- 675 lbs 51 00 65 00 VEALERS Standard and Good 75- 110 lbs 20 00-30 00 Utility 55-70 Jbs 5 00-20 00 RETURNED TO FARM Holstein bulls Number I 120-130 lbs 70 00-75 00 90- 115 lbs 92 50-10100 Number 2 85- 120 lbs 45 00 85 00 Holstein heiters Number I 85 125 lbs 175 00-210 00 Number 2 70-120 lbs 70 00 150 00 Beef type bulls and heifers 80-120 lbs 75 00 117 50 BARROWS AND GILTS Prices I 00 I 25 lower than last Monday 49 54 pet lean 210 280 lbs 25 75 28 00, few 29 25 45 50 pci lean 26 00 40 45 pet lean 250-270 lbs 25 00 25 50 SOWS US 1 5 500 665 lbs 22 00 26 75 500 500 lbs I 8 00 22 50 BOARS 15 00 220-290 lbs 21 00 210-681 lbs 8 10- FEEDER PIGS US 1-3 5191 lbs 16 00 21 00/per head SLAUGHTER LAMBS New Crop Lambs Choice 3160 lbs 112 10 111 00 71-100 lbs 92 00-101 00 Wooled Lambs Choice 61 121 lbs 69 00-83 00 SLAUGHTER SHEEP Utility 1-3 20 00 40 00 GOATS No market test Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, Pa. Tuesday, March 16, 1999 Report Supplied By PDA C-ATI IE CALVES HOGS SHEEP GOATS TUESDAY 410 98 LAS I TUESDAY 260 87 125 4 I 81 0 I CATTLE Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady to firm The slaughter cow market was steady to 1 00 higher Other classes were not well tested SLAUGHTER STEERS Few high Choice and Rome 2-4 1210-1190 lbs 64 25 65 25 Choice 2-1 975 1500 lbs 59 75-61 75, 1500-1675 lbs 57 50- 61 00 Select I 1 57 00 62 00 Stan dard 1-2 51 50-5600 HOLSTEIN STEERS Few high Choice and Prime 2 1 1410 1595 lbs 57 00 57 SO Choice 2 1 1125 1575 lbs 54 00 57 00 Few Select 1-2 52 00 51 50 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Few high Choice and Prime 2-4 1150 1340 lbs 62 50-64 25 Choice 2-4 1000 1450 lbs 58 00-62 50 Standard 12 5175 57 50 SLAUGHTER COWS Breakers 75-80 pet lean 14 75 41 -50 Boners 80-85 pa lean 32 00-36 75 Lean 85 90 pci lean 26 50 11 50 Shells down to 20 00 SLAUGHTER BULKS Yield Grade I tew 1040-1805 lbs 46 00 54 00 Vield Grade 2 few 1120-1740 lbs 42 00 46 00 FEEDER STEERS Medium 100 550 lbs 70 00 79 00 few to 85 00 Large 2 600 1000 lbs 41 00 51 50 Medium 2 60 800 lbs 52 00-56 00 FEEDER HEIFERS Medium 1 175- 625 lbs 70 00 74 00 Medium 2 275 725 lbs 54 50 64 00 FEEDER BULLS Medium 1 600-925 lbs 51 50-67 00, few to 79 00 Medium 2 715-1005 lbs 41 00 57 00 VEALERS Few Standard and Good 80-110 lbs 20 00-32 00 Few Utihtv 60 75 lbs 11 00-21 00 RETURNED TO FARM Holstein bulls few Number I 120-125 lbs 82 50- 112 50 90-115 lbs 90 00-120 00 Number 2 85-110 lbs 40 00-82 50 Hol stein heifers few Number 1 95-105 lbs 180 00-210 00 Number 2 few 75-105 lbs 40 00-110 00 Beef type bulls and heifers 80-120 lbs 42 50- 132 50 BARROWS AND GILTS Compared to last week, prices were steady to 3 00 higher 49-54 pet lean 220-280 lbs 30 00-35 50 45-50 pet lean 230-270 lbs 29 00-31 50 40-45 pet lean 215-240 lbs 24 50-26 00 SOWS Few US 1-3 515-615 lbs 25 00-27 00 BOARS Few 240-260 lbs 16 00, in dividual 590 lbs 7 00 FEEDER PIGS (per head) Few US 1 1 70 100 lbs 15 00-29 00. 110 130 lbs 20 00-24 50 SHEEP’ Few Utility and Good 1-3 25 00 50 00 GOATS No market test Lebanon Valley Livestock Fredericksburg, PA March 16, 1999 Report Supplied by Auction STEERS: CHOICE 1200-1425 LBS. 62.00- SELECT 59.50-61.50. HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 1180-1240 54.50-56.00, SELECT 1370 LBS. 52.75; STANDARD 1140 LBS. 46.50. HEIFERS: CHOICE 1235-1305 LBS. 61.00- SELECT 58.50-59.75. COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 39.00-42.00; CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 37.50-38.75; CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 35.00- SHELLS 26.50-28.00. BULLS: YG#2 1380-1960 LBS. 42.0042.50. FEEDER CATTLE: HEIFERS 44.0065.50; BULLS 28.00-52.00. VEALERS UTILITY 75-80 LBS. 24.0030.00. CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN BULLS 95-115 LBS. 90.00-101.00, #2 HOLSTEIN BULLS 95-115 LBS. 75.0088.00, #1 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 95-115 LBS. 107.50147.50, 8085 LBS. 70.0072.50. HOGS: US# 1-3 295 LBS. 22.5023.50; US 1-3 230 LBS. 24.00. SOWS: US# 1-3 500-600 LBS. 18.0019.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 270 LBS. 19.00. Pennsylvania Livestock Auction Waynesburg, Pa. Thurtu, March 18, 1999 Report Supplied by Auction CATTLE: SL. COWS: UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 32.50-46.50; CUTTER & BONING UTILITY 31.00-37.00; CAN NER