New Wilmington
Graded Feeder Pig Sale
New Wilmington, PA
April 16, 1999
231 FEEDER PIGS. 51.0 LBS. PER
PIG, 73.37 PER HUNDREDWEIGHT;
3744 PER HEAD.
us #l 2: 33 HEAD 30-50 LBS.
77 50 92.50; 42 HEAD 50-60 LBS.
80 00-85.00. ONE LOT 102.50; 19 HEAD
jo_7o LBS. 70.00-80.00; 10 HEAD 70-85
LBS 5750-65.00; 7 HEAD 100-120 LBS.
4000-50.00.
US#2; 23 HEAD 30-40 LBS.
55 00-85.00, ONE LOT 9250; 43 HEAD
40-50 LBS. 77.50-95.00; 8 HEAD 50-60
LBS 70 00-80.00; 9 HEAD 60-90 LBS.
5750-60.00.
US#2-3: 16 HEAD 30-40 LBS.
67 50-75.00; 12 HEAD 40-60 LBS.
50 00-87.50.
New Holland
Hogs
NEW HOLLAND, PA
MON APRIL 19, 1999
USDA-PA Dept Ag Market News
NEW HOLLAND HOG AUCTION
FOR MONDAY APRIL 19, 1999
HOG RECEIPTS TODAY 837 LAST
MONDAY 802 LAST YEAR 1160
BARROWS AND GILTS: Compared to
last week, prices were steady to .30 lower.
49-54 percent lean: 210-260 lbs
28.00-29.00 Few np to 31.25 45-50 percent
lean: 230-285 lbs 26.00-28.25 4045 per
cent lean; 280325 lbs 24.1027.25 Few
350-440 lbs 19.0020.25
SOWS: Prices were 1.002.00 higher.
US 1-3: 300-400 lbs 18.00-21.00
400450 lbs 21.0023.00 450500 lbs
23.0025.00 500700 lbs 25.0028.75
BOARS: 300-700 lbs 9.00- 9.50
200300 lbs 14.0015.00
Whole Cottonseed
& Other feed ingredient needs:
For Competitive Prices & Timely Delivery
Call the AG Ingredients Group
Serving the dairy and feed industry
717-295-8718 or Tbll Free 88^-636-2271
HERE TODAY • HERE TO STAY
For Buying or Selling Livestock
Call Dunlaps at (717) 397-5136
Slaughter Cattle
Every Mondav 9:30 AM SPECIAL FEEDER
CATTLE SALES
Feeder Cattle
Sold in Conjunction with
Monday Receipts
/
Receiving /
Market Hogs /
Wednesday
6:30 AM To 11:30 AM »4\
Sheep&Goats Auction
Back By Popular Demand
calJmHuneicter
K3K ’ rf '
■* •• --- ■-
❖ Hog Markets ❖
New Holland
Feeder Pigs
New Holland, PA
Wed, April 21, 1999
Report Supplied by USDA
TODAY 670 HEAD
LAST WEDNESDAY 439
LAST YEAR 453
TREND: COMPARED TO LAST
WEEK: FEEDER PIGS WERE AS MUCH
AS 35.00 LOWER. DEMAND WAS
LIGHT ON A GOOD OFFERING OF
LIGHTWEIGHT FEEDING PIGS THAT
ARE VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED TO
SHOW A PROFIT. SLAUGHTER PIG
PRICES WERE ALSO LOWER WITH
PACKER BUYERS BEING MORE
SELECTIVE AS TO QUALITY THAN
USUAL. AROUND 70 PERCENT OF
SUPPLY WAS SOLD FOR SLAUGH
TER. ALL PIGS WEIGHED AND
GRADED ON ARRIVAL AND SOLD BY
THE HUNDRED WEIGHT.
US# 1-2: 41 HEAD 20-25 LBS.
60.00-65.00; 75 HEAD 25-45 LBS.
40.0050.00; 2 PRO 78 LBS. 46.00.
US#2: 71 HEAD 25-35 LBS
29.0035.00; 7 PKG 41 LBS. 42.00.
SLAUGHTER: 71 HEAD 2025 LBS.
80.00110.00; 42 HEAD 2027 LBS.
40.0070.00 (2S AND 3S); 27 HEAD 22
LBS. 55.00 (UTILITY); 70 HEAD 3035
LBS. 85.00110.00; 151 HEAD 3035
LBS. 85.00110.00; 151 HEAD 3035
LBS. 25.0042.00 (2S); 24 HEAD 45-55
LBS. 44.0052.00; 7 PKG 90 LBS. 53.00.
AS IS: 19 HEAD 15-20 LBS.
35.00-80.00; 32 HEAD 3030 LBS.
25.0030.00.
ALL PIGS CONSIGNED TO WED.
FEEDER PIG SALE MUST ORIGINATE
FROM A QUALIFIED NEGATIVE OR
MONITORED HERD.
May 7 & 21
Sales Start At
12 Noon
Consignments welcome
Call Butch Brown
Gfi H?
Indiana Hogs
Springfield, IQ
Wed Apr 21, 1999
USDA-I1 Market News
Indiana-Ohio Direct Hogs Close
Negotiated sales: 13500 Wk ago - 11700
Yr Ago: Estimated Daily movement:
35000 Wk ago: 32900 Yr Ago 35900 Yes
tcidays actual movement: 30300 Week to
date total movement; 96300 Wk ago:
93000 Yr Agolo49ooTrend: Steady to M
higher on a carcass basis. Demand good
with a moderate movement
MAJORITY OFTODAYS SALES (185
lb carcass) Percent Country buying points
Plant Delivered Lean carcass sales live
74% yld lircass sales live 75% yld
51-52.9(1)36.25 -41.51 26.83 - 31.00
37.00 - 43.59 27.75 - 32.69 mostly 38.64
-41.51 28.59 - 30.72 mean 41.00 mean
30.75 BASE MARKET 49-51 PCT LEAN
CARCASS BASIS PLANT DELIV-
37 -41.29 WTD AVO Not
Available
Calculated Percent Country buying
points Plant Delivered Lean carcass sales
live 74% yld carcass sales live 75% yld
55-56.9 40.32 -43.51 29.84 - 32.20 41.32 -
45.59 30.99 - 34.19 53-54.9 39.48 -42.51
29.22 - 31.46 40.48 - 44.59 30.36 - 33.44
51-52.9(1)36.25 -41.51 26.83 - 31.00
37.00 - 43.59 27.75 - 32.69 49-50.9 34.25
-39.21 25.35 - 29.02 35.00 - 41.29 26.25 -
30.97 47-48.9 32.25 -38.21 23.87 - 28.28
33.00 - 40.29 24.75 - 30.22
Sows; Steady
US 1-3 300-400 lbs 17.00-19.00, few
16.00 400-500 lbs 18.00-20.00 500-600 lbs
20.00-23.00 few over 600 lbs 23.00-25.00,
few 26.00-28.50
Boats: under 300 lbs 12.00-15.00. few to
17.00 over 300 lbs 8.00-10.00
(1) majority of area hog population aver
age percent lean (2) Based on individual
packer buying programs. No premiums or
discounts included.
Lancaster Hogs
Lancaster Stockyards
Wednesday, April 21
Report Supplied by USDA
HOG MARKET TODAY 150
ESTIMATED: LAST WEDNESDAY 116;
LAST YEAR 835.
BARROWS AND GILTS: COM
PARED TO LAST WEEK, TOP LEAN
HOGS SOLD 1.50 HIGHER WHILE
GRADES WERE MOSTLY STEADY.
49-54 PERCENT LEAN: 240-260 LBS.
27.50-28.50; 45-50 PERCENT LEAN
230-270 LBS. 23.00-2450.
SOWS: NO RECENT COMPARISON.
US# 1-3 FEW 550600 LBS. 20.00.
Corn - Beans - Cotton
C-B-C
23% TOP
DRESS
#70353
Piromn .. >
v-H
h
< **
$ 242. 11 a
(1 Ton Min.)
'Price Includes 4% Cash
Dlecount Paid 10 Deye.
PENNFIELD
GRAIN BANK
$2.57 Bu.
Soybeans $5.02 Bu.
Barley $l.BO Bu.
• Use Gram “Same As Cash"
• Prices Updated Weekly
Corn
Gram Back-Hauling
No Storage Charges When
Applied To Feed Purchases
Yearly Statement of Gram
Transactions Available
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT
OPEN 24 HOURS
P 1-800-995-0333
pennfield feeds
Offenbach Auction Center
New Holland, Pa.
Monday, April 19, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 137.
ALFALFA: 65.00-147.00.
MIXED HAY: 55.00-155.00.
TIMOTHY; 52.00-135.00.
BROMEGRASS: 50.00.
ORCHARDGRASS: 52.00-135.00.
STRAW: 85.00-137.00.
EAR CORN: 79.00-108.00.
Wolgemuth Hay
Leo la, Pa.
Week, April 21
Report Supplied by Auction
75 LOADS.
MIXED HAY: 75.00-155.00.
ALFALFA: 55.00-125.00.
TIMOTHY; 70.00-135.00.
GRASS: 70.00-132.00.
CORN: 80.00-86.00.
STRAW; 67.00-100.00, 140.00 LOAD.
Weaverland Auction
Hay Auction
New Holland, Pa.
Thura, April 22, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
TOTAL LOADS; 39.
ALFALFA: 60.00-130.00.
TIMOTHY: 85.00-130.00.
MIXED HAY: 6XOO-165.00.
CRASS; 55.00-85.00.
STRAW; 77.00-120.00.
EAR CORN: 78.00-94.00.
WOOD: 62.00.
SALE EVERY TOURS. 10 A.M.
Dewart Hay & Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, April 19
Report Supplied by Auction
STEERS: 50.00-63.75.
HEIFERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTE.
GOOD COWS: 30.0037.50.
CANNERS AND CUTTERS
20.0030.00.
BULLS: 38.005250.
VEAL 90190 LBS. 100.00230.00,
7090 LBS. 25.00100.00.
HOGS: 20.002750.
SOWS: 14.0024.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 8.0023.00 HEAD.
HAY: 38 LOADS, 50.00165.00.
STRAW: 6 LOADS, 575060.00.
CORN; 2 LOADS, 60.00 AND 70.00.
OATS: 4 LOADS. 2.202.35 BU.
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial AlO
Faim Calendar AlO
Futures Al 6
Mailbox Markets 819
Sale Reports 825
Public Auction Register 828
Business News D 4
HOME AND YOUTH
Homestead Notes
Home On The Range B 6
Cook’s Question Corner B 8
Kids Komer 810
Farm Women Societies 815
You Ask, You Answer 816
4-H Happenings
DAIRY
Md. DHIA...
Dairy Basics
DHIA Focus
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 24, 1999-A3
' I*^-
|ay & Grain Markets
Hay Market Summary
April 19, 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 AND STRAW STEADY.
ALFALFA 80 00-120.00, FEW TO
140 00, MIXED HAY 70 00-120 00.
TIMOTHY 70 00-120.00; STRAW
60.00-70 00; MULCH 20 00-45.00
SUMMARY OF LANCASTER CO.
HAY AUCTIONS FOR WEEK ENDING
04/16/99 PRICES PER TON. LOADS
143 HAY, 27 STRAW & 6 EAR CORN.
ALFALFA 75 00-140 00; MIXED HAY
75.00-150.00. TIMOTHY 70 00-137 00,
STRAW 70 00-98.00; EAR CORN
75 00-97 00.
SUMMARY OF CENTRAL PA HAY
AUCTIONS FOR WEEK ENDING
04/16/99. PRICES PER TON: LOADS:
304 HAY. 37 STRAW & 19 EAR CORN
ALFALFA 65 00-140.00; MIXED HAY
70 00-135.00; TIMOTHY 60 00-90.00,
STRAW 50 00-100 00; EAR CORN
70.00-80.00.
Morrison’s Cove
Livestock Auction
Hay Report
Martinsburg, Pa.
April 19
Report Supplied by Auction
ALFALFA: 150.00-170.00.
ALFALFA GRASS: 100.00-150.00.
TIMOTHY: 60.00-10S.00.
GRASS: 90.00-155.00.
MIXED HAY: 32.50-87 JO.
STRAW: 55.00-80.00.
FODDER: 1.00 BALE.
ORCHARD GRASS; 90.00.
HAY AUCTION EVERY MONDAY
AT 12:30 P.M.
Green Dragon
April 16
Hay, Straw & Grain
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 73.
MIXED HAY: 30 LOTS. 74.00-150.00.
ALFALFA: 15 LOTS, 54.00-140.00.
TIMOTHY: 6 LOTS, 70.00-110.00.
STRAW: 8 LOTS, 75.00-98.00.
EAR CORN: 3 LOTS, 77.00 AND
79.00.
ORCHARD GRASS: 9 LOTS,
87.00-160.00.
OATS: 2.75 BU.
BALEAGE: 25.00 BALE.
INDEX
Four Sections
COLUMNS
Now is the Time AlO
PSU Dairy Science A 25
Consuming Thoughts B 7
Family Living Focus B 9
On Being A Farm Wife BU
Ida's Notebook....
Classified Ads
Livestock Ledger
.B 2
FEATURES
Daily Compact
Earth Day
Beef Ball, Parade
Poultry Industry Celebrates. A 1
Grange Day
,817
Student Ag Day.
Chester Conservation A4l
Springtime Blossoms B 2
‘Willow In The Wind’ B 2
Bread Rises 812
Plants Fantastic 818
A 26
A 27
A 33
T
,817
,C 2
D 3
A 1
A 1
A 1
A 1
A2l