New Holland
Feeder Pigs
NEW HOLLAND, PA
WED MARCH 24, 1999'
USDA-PA Dept Ag Market News
NEW HOLLAND FEEDER PIG AUC
TION FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 24,
1999
FEEDER PIGS WEDNESDAY 594
LAST WEEK 301 LAST YEAR 476
TREND: Compered to last week, feeder
pigs sold 10.00 higher in a light test.
Slaughter pigs were sharply higher with
increased demand due to the upcoming
religious holidays. Trading was very active
from an unusually large crowd of buyers.
Around 64 percent of supply was sold for
slaughter. All pigs weighed and graded on
arrival and sold by the hundred weight
HEAD WEIGHT PRICE US 1-2 72
25-30 lbs 80.00-120.00 40 pkg 30 lbs
47.00 16 65-75 lbs 44.00-46.00
US 2 27 35 lbs 50.00-53.00
US 2-3 44 28-33 lbs 66.00-85.00
SLAUGHTER 8 pkg 14 lbs 145.00 41
20-25 lbs 170.00-220.00 47 25-30 lbs
85.00- 123 30-40 lbs 105.00-147.00
24 4045 lbs 80.00-100.00 18 50-60 lbs
46 00-66.00 As Is 24 15-20 lbs
130.00- 83 25-65 lbs 15.00-59.00
ALL PICS CONSIGNED TO WED
NESDAY FEEDER PIG SALE MUST
ORIGINATE FROM A QUALIFIED
NEGATIVE OR MONITORED HERD.
Lancaster Hogs
Lancaster Stockyards
Wednesday, March 24
Report Supplied by USDA
HOG MARKET TODAY 250
ESTIMATED; LAST WEDNESDAY 121;
LAST YEAR 703.
BARROWS AND GILTS: COM
PARED TO LAST WEEK. PRICES
WERE 2.00-2.75 LOWER.
49-54 PERCENT LEAN: 230-250 LBS.
26 00-26.75, 45-50 PERCENT LEAN
220-240 LBS. 24.50-25.00; 40-45 PER
CENT LEAN 280-330 LBS. 21.50-22.50.
SOWS: PRICES .50 HIGHER IN A
LIGHT TEST.
US 1-3: FEW 600-650 LBS. 21.00.
New Holland
Hogs
NEW HOLLAND, PA
MON MARCH 22, 199*
USDA-PA Dept Ag Market News
NEW HOLLAND HOG AUCTION
FOR MONDAY MARCH 22. 1999
HOO RECEIPTS MONDAY 1097
LAST WEEK 631 LAST YEAR 791
BARROWS AND GILTS: Compered to
last week, prices were 1.00-1.50 higher.
49-54 percent lean: 220-265 lbs
27.00-28.50 Few up to: 31.75
45-50 percent lean: 210-285 lbs
25.00-27.00
40 45 percent lean: 290-375 lbs
20.00-24.50 375-480 lbs 15.25-20.25
SOWS: Prices were 1.00-3.00 higher.
US 1-3: 300-450 lbs 18.00-20.00
HERE TODAY • HERE TO STAY
For Buying or Selling Livestock
Call Dunlaps at (717) 397-5136
SPECIAL FEEDER
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Every Monday 9:30 AM vA I I L.C 9ALC9
April 9 & 23
Feeder Cattle
Sold in Oon]unctlon with
Monday Receipts
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Ffecaivina / Weighing 500 to 675 lb».
/ 50 Head Cro»«bred Sfcwrt tk Helfars
MarKet Hogs / Weighing 500 to SOO tbs.
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6:30 Att To 11:30 AM S | \
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Indiana Hogs
Springfield, D
Wed Mar 24, 1999
USDA-n Market News
Indiana-Ohio Direct Hogs Close:
Negotiated sales: 11200 Wk ago: 10600
Yr Ago: Estimated Daily movement:
33000 Wk ago: 28200 Yr Ago 31700 Yes
terdays actual movement: 32000 Week to
date total movement: 98700 Wk ago:
97400 Yr Ago 99700 Trend: Closing 1.70
to 2.10 higher on a carcass bads. Demand
good on a moderate tun.
MAJORITY OFTODAYS SALES (185
lb carcass) Percent Country buying points
Plant Delivered Lean carcass sales live
74% yld carcass sales live 75% yld
51-52.9(1)32.35 -41.95 23.94 - 31.04
34.75 - 42.70 26.06 - 32.03 mostly 35.45
-41.95 26.23 - 31.04 mean 38.91 mean
29.19 BASE MARKET 49-51 PCT LEAN
CARCASS BASIS PLANT DELIV-
34.75 -40.
59 WTD AVG Not Available
Calculated Percent Country buying
points Plant Delivered Lean carcass sales
live 74% yld carcass sales live 75% yld
55-56.9 33.76 -44.64 24.98 33.03
39.76 - 45.39 29.82 - 34.04 53-54.9 33.06
-43.54 24.46 - 32.22 38.75 - 44.29 29.06 -
33.21 51-52.9(1)32.35 -41.95 23.94 -
31.04 34.75 - 42.70 26.06 - 32.03 49-50.9
32.00 -41.03 23,68 - 30.36 32.75 41.78
24.56 - 31.34 47-48.9 30.00 -40.11 22,20 -
29.68 30.75 - 40.86 23.06 - 30.65
Sows: steady
US 1-3 300-400 lbs 16.00-18.00
400-500 lbs 17.00-19.00 500-600 lbs
20.00-22.00 few over 600 lbs 21.00-24.00,
few 25.00-27.00
Boars; under 300 lbs 13.00-15.00 over
300 lbs 8.00- 9.00
(1) majority of area hog popilation aver
age percent lean (2) Based on individual
packer buying programs. No premiums or
discounts included.
New Wilmington
Graded Feeder Pig Sale
New Wilmington, PA
March 19, 1999
280 FEEDER PIGS. 53.0 LBS. PER
PIG; 65.42 PER HUNDREDWEIGHT;
34.65 PER HEAD.
US#l-2: 39 HEAD 40-50 LBS.
75.00-87.50. LOT 102-50; 92 HEAD 5060
LBS. 60.00-7250. 2 LOTS 100.00; 8
HEAD 6070 LBS. 50.007250; 7 HEAD
75-95 LBS. LOT 3250.
US#2:9 HEAD 3040 LBS. LOT 45.00;
64 HEAD 4050 LBS. 67508250; 27
HEAD 5060 LBS. 60.0065.00, LOT
90 00,2 HEAD 6070 LBS. LOT 70.00; 12
HEAD 75-95 LBS. 37.504750.
US#2-3: 2 HEAD 30-40 LBS.
30.0040.00; 3 HEAD 4050 LBS. LOT
65.00; 4 HEAD 5060 LBS. LOT 55.00.
450-500 lbs 20.00-25.00 500-700 lbs
25.00-27.75
BOARS: 300-700 lbs 8.50-
200-300 lbs 14.00-17.00
Sales Start At 12 Noon
Consignments welcome
Call Butch Brown
DifTenbach Auction Center
New Holland, Pa.
Monday, March 22, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 115.
ALFALFA: 77.00-1*7.00.
MIXED HAY: 50.00-220.00.
TIMOTHY: 72.00-165.00.
ORCHARDGRASS: 65.00-137.00.
CLOVER: 77.00.
MEADOWGRASS: 101.00.
STRAW: 75.00-115.00.
EAR CORN: 75.00-81.00.
CORN FODDER: 17.00 BALE.
FIREWOOD: 39.00-53.00 LOAD.
Green Dragon
March 19
Hay, Straw & Grain
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 133.
MIXED HAY; 62 LOTS. 42.00-175.00.
ALFALFA: 18 LOTS, 66.00-135.00.
TIMOTHY: 9 LOTS, 60.00-167.00.
STRAW: 24 LOTS. 60,00-86.00
EAR CORN: 2 LOTS. 81.00 AND
87.00.
ORCHARDGRASS; 12 LOTS,
60.00-142.00.
OATS: 1.65 AND 2.10 BU.
CORN FODDER, 21.00 BALE.
Weaverland Auction
Hay Auction
New Holland, Pa.
Wed, March 25, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
TOTAL LOADS; 56.
ALFALFA: 50.00-175.00.
TIMOTHY: 55.00-165.00.
ORCHARDGRASS: 97.00-145.00.
MIXED HAY: 45.00-170.00.
G’IASS: 95.00-125.00.
STRAW: 85.00-100.00.
EAR CORN: 82.00-90.00.
| CORN FODDER: 10.00-15.00 LARGE
BALES.
BALEAGE: 51.00 EACH.
HAY SALE EVERY THURS. 10 A.M.
Vintage Hay
Paradise, Pa.
Thursday, March 25, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
ALFALFA: 76.00-137.00.
TIMOTHY: 35.00-105.00.
MIXED HAY: 76.00-141.00.
GRASS: 90.00-110.00.
STRAW: 62.00-90.00.
ALFALFA ROUND BALES: 36.00
BALE.
TOTAL LOADS; 35.
SALE TIME 12 NOON.
Corn - Beans - Cotton
C-B-C
23% TOP
DRESS
#70353
8.75
23% Crude
Protein
, 9% Fat
i 15 Ton
I ■ Bulk
(1 Ton Min.)
‘Price Includes 4% Cash
Discount Paid 10 Days.
PENNFIELD
GRAIN BANK
Com $2.61 Bu
Soybeans $4.98 Bu
Barley $1.77 Bu
• Use Gram "Same As Cash"
• Prices Updated Weekly
Gram Back-Hauling
No Storage Charges When
Applied To Feed Purchases
Yearly Statement of Gram
Transactions Available
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT,
OPEN 24 HOURS
Pl-BGO-995-0333
pcnnfield feeds
Wolgemuth Hay
Leo la, Pm.
Wed, March 24
Report Supplied by Auction
103 LOADS.
MIXED HAY: 55.00-197.00.
ALFALFA: 55.00-180.00.
TIMOTHY: 57.00-107.00.
GRASS: 49.00-150.00.
CORN: 75.00 AND 77.00.
STRAW: 65.00-110.00.
CLOVER: 92.00.
OATS: 2.00 AND Z2O BU.
FIREWOOD: 27.00.
The Windmill
Hay Auction
Penn Yan, N.Y.
March 19
Report Supplied by Auction
35 LOADS.
GRASS MIX; IST 3600-54.00.
ALFALFA GRASS: IST 62.00-84.00,
2ND 114.00-145.00.
TIMOTHY; 64.00-85.00.
STRAW; 32 00-58.00.
LARGE ROUND BALES GRASS
HAY: 12,00-17.00 EA.
BALEAGE; 5.00 EACH.
OATS: 4.00 90 LB. BAG
AUCTION EVERY TUES. AND FRI.,
11 A.M. SHARP NO AUCTION APRIL
2, GOOD FRIDAY.
Lebanon Produce
Hay Auction
Reistville, Pa.
Tuesday, March 23
Report Supplied by Auction
ALFALFA MIXt 70.00.
TIMOTHYs 87.50-90.00.
GRASS HAY: 55.00-100.00.
MIXED HAY: 60.00-105.00.
WHEAT STRAWi 55.00-65.00.
BEAN STUBBLE: 40410.
LARGE ROUND BALE 10.00 EACH.
OATS: 1.90 BU.
BARLEY STRAW! 55410.
CORN FODDER: 40410.
HAY AND STRAW AUCTION
EVERY TUES., 10 A.M.
Report Supplied by Auction
ALFALFA HAY: 70.00132.50.
MIXED HAY: 57.50110.00.
STRAW: 10.0085.00.
CORN; 80.00.
OATS: 1.25-2.20 bushel.
COLUMNS
Now is the Time
Being A Farm Wife B 4
Family Living Focus B 5
Taking Time B 9
Consuming Thoughts 81l
Ida's Notebook.,
Poultry Pointers.
Classified Ads
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial
Farm Calendar
Futures
Mailbox Markets...
Sale Reports 824
Public Auction Register 825
Business News
HOME AND YOUTH
Home On The Range B 2
Homestead Notes
Cook’s Question Comer B 8
Kids Komer.
You Ask, You Answer 816
FFA Happenings 817
Farm Women Societies 818
4-H Happenings 820
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 27, 1999-A3
Belleville Hay
Wednesday, March 24
Belleville, Pa.
INDEX
AlO
Schadler Honored A 1
Donohue Farm A 1
Lancaster Conservation A 25
Lebanon Breeding Swine.... A 27
CIO D 2 CAFO Hearing A2B
,815
C 9
AlO
AlO
Al 6
,820
C 8
B 6
810
Regional Hay
MARCH 22,1999
Eastern Pa.
HAY & STRAW MARKET FOR
EASTERN PA - (ALL HAY GOOD
GRADE AND BETTER, PRICES PAID
BY DEALERS AT THE FARM & PER
TON) HAY & STRAW STEADY TO 5 00
HIGHER
ALFALFA 80 00-140 00, FEW
REPORTED 60 00, MIXED HAY 60 00-
110 00, TIMOTHY 60 00-110 00. STRAW
55 00-70 00, MULCH 25 00-45 00
SUMMARY OF LANCASTER CO
HAY AUCTIONS - FOR WEEK END’S
03/19/99-PRICES PER TON LOADS
231 HAY, 53 STRAW & 5 EAR CORN
ALFALFA 80 00-167 00, MIXED
HAY 70 00-150 00, TIMOTHY 70 00
115 00, STRAW 70 00-97 00, EARCORN
79 00-87 00
SUMMARY OF CENTRAL PA
HAY ACTIONS ■ FOR WEEK ENDS
03/19/99 PRICES PER TON LOADS
293 HAY 37 STRAW & 14 EARCORN
ALFALFA 90 00-150 00 MIXED
HAY 75 00 135 00, TIMOTHY 70 00
115 00, STRAW 70 00-90 00 EARCORN
78 00 92 00
Westminster Hay
Westminster, MdL
Tuesday, March 23
Report Supplied by Auction
213 LOTS.
ALFALFA: 1.80-4.30 BALE, 20.00
LARGE ROUND.
MIXED ALFALFA- 1.50-3 50 BALE
TIMOTHY 70-3 10 BALE,
18.00-21.00 LARGE ROUND
TIMOTHY MIX: 1.00-2 60 BALE
GRASS MIX. 1.35-3.00 BALE.
16 00-24.00 LARGE ROUND. 16 00
LARGE SQ. BALES.
STUBBLE HAY; 1.10 BALE.
STRAW: .70-1.85 BALE. 9.00 LARGE
ROUND.
EAR CORN: 3.75-4.00 BAG.
FIREWOOD: 30.00-60.00 CORD.
LOCUST POSTS; 1.30-4.00 EACH.
Middleburg Grain & Hay
Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, March 23
Report Supplied by PDA
68 LOADS OF HAY; 114 LOADS
TOTAL.
ALFALFA: 16 LOTS. 65.00-155.00.
MIXED HAY: 25 LOTS. 20.00-152.50.
TIMOTHY: 12 LOTS. 65.00-112.00.
ORCHARD GRASS: 6 LOTS.
55.00-100.00.
STRAW; 19 LOTS, 40.00-75.00.
EAR CORN: 6 LOTS,
FIREWOOD: 4 LOTS. 20.00-50.00.
OATS: 17 LOTS. 1.75-3.20 BU.
FEATURES
PA Milk Marketing A 1
Tobacco’s Grim Picture A 29
Cumberland 4-H A 42
Feedsack Pieces B 6
Bit Of Country 812
Relief Auction...
B&B Cookbook
DAIRY
MD Jersey Breeders A2l
Increase Milk Production.... A 26
MD Holsteins A 22
Dairy Basics A3O
DHIA Focus
Milk Bottoms....
Breeds Combine
Dairy Distinction App 81l
PA DHIA
814
818
A 35
A 39
A4O
,C 2