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Lancaster County
Weekly
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, May 14, 1999
Cattle Calves
2223 1306
3638 1456
This Week
Last Week
Ust Year 2645 1448
CATTLE: Compared to last week's clos
ing prices; slaughter stems ended the week
.50 lower. The market is fading from late
last month’s highs and the outlook is not
good, with the spot futures market Hiding
near 61.00. Western cattle feeders received
1.00 less for their cattle this week. Feedlots
traded at 64.00 live and 102.00 dressed, but
packers are well Into the black as they con
tinue to sell boxed beef at a cut-out value
near 110.00. Local Holstein steers dosed
weak to 50 lower and slaughter heifers
ended near steady on a light week's offer
ing. Slaughter cows sold 50 to 1.00 higher
on a thriving boneless beef market, leading
up to the big cookout holiday. The slaughter
bull market ended fully steady after active
trading. Supply included 56 percent slaugh
ter steers, 5 percent slaughter heifers, 28
percent slaughter cows, 6 percent slaughter
bulls, with the balance made up of feeder
cattle.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
and Prime 24 1150-14*5 lbs 63.75-67.75,
few up to 69.25. Choice 2-3 1165-1480 lbs
62.50-65.50, high dressing 1-2 up to 67.25;
1485-1560 lbs 60.50-63.50. Select and low
Choice 2-3 1035-1490 lbs 58.25-63.50;
1510-1720 lbs 56.50-60.25. Select 1-3
1050-1490 lbs 54.00-59.25, few returning
to feed 900-1165 lbs 56.00-63.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 2-3 1350-1550 lbs 56.50-58.25.
Choice 2-3 1280-1620 lbs 54.25-56.85;
package 1656 lbs 49.50. Select and low
Choice 2-3 1115-1620 lbs 52.00-54.75.
Select 1-2 1075-1410 lbs 49.00-52.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few high
Choice and Prime 2-4 1105-1330 lbs
64.00- Choice 2-3 1090-1345 lbs
61.00- Select and low Choice 2-3
980-1355 1b556.25-61.75. Hdfcrettes: Few
Commercial and Standard 2-4880-1475 lbs
48.00-
SLAUGHTER COWS: PERCENT
LEAN WEIGHT BULK LOW DRESS
ING Breakers 75-80 pet lean over-1400 lbs
39.0044.75 37.7540.50 Boners 80-85 pet
lean over-1200 lbs 37.25-43.00
34.50-38.25 Lean (Hi-Yleld) 85-88 pet lean
over-1200 lbs 36.0041.75 34.00-36.75
Lean 88-90 pet lean over-1000 lbs
34.0037.25 32.0034.75 Lean (Light-Wt)
85-90 pet lean 750 -1000 lbs 31.0035.00
29.0033.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS; Yield Cnde 1
1250-22901b548.00-57.50.Ch«i01«is 1635
lbs 61.75. Yield Onde 2 960-2055 lbs
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CALVES: Compared to last week, calf
trading was active late in the week on a lim
ited supply. Veal calves dosed steady to
6.00 higher, but slaughter calves were
5.00-10.00 lower. Holstein bulls returning
to feed ended the week 28.00-30.00 higher
and Holstein heifers were fully steady with
last week's active market.
VEALERS: Good and Choice 70110 lbs
18.0036.00. few late in the week up to
56.00. Standard and low Good 6090 lbs
10.0022.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice2oo3so lbs 75.00100.00; 350550
lbs 50.0075.00. Standard 300600 lbs
40.0060.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein bulls
90125 lbs 90.00138.00. Plainer type bulls
80120 lbs 45.00115.00, late mostly
82.00115.00. Holstein hdfcrs 80120 lbs
220.00300.00. few late in the week up to
320.00. Plainer heifers 70100 lbs
122.00217.00. Few beef type bulls and
heifers 75-100 lbs 60.00140.00.
Berks Livestock Judging
Team Participates In Contest
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The Berks County 4-H
livestock judging team partici
pated in the Block and Bridle
contest at Penn State University
in March.
Two junior teams consisted of
Anita Manbeck, 17, Womelsdorf;
Kelly Dietrich, 16, Hamburg;
Knsty Dietrich, 14, Hamburg
(Berks Team 1); and Emilie
Miller, 14, Womelsdorf; Cathy
Levan, 14, Hamburg; and Renee
Phillips, 12, Mohrsville (Berks
Team 2). The girls judged six
classes of livestock: two sheep,
two beef, and two swine classes.
In the judging swine classes,
Kelly Dietrich placed second and
Kristy Dietrich was 10th, with
Berks Tqam 1 placing third. In
the beef classes, the Berks team
1 again placed third. In the
sheep classes, the Berks Team 1
placed first.
Gov. Ridge Strengthens
Rural Development Council
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Gov. Tom Ridge has signed an
executive order strengthening the
Pennsylvania Rural Development
Council and recognizing its work
on behalf of Pennsylvania’s al
most 4 million rural residents.
The Council advises the gover
nor and state agencies on rural is
sues and promotes interagency
and intergovernmental coopera
tion.
In 1995, Gov. Ridge moved the
Rural Development Council’s of
fice to Harrisburg from a state
agency regional office and greatly
expanded the resources available
In overall placings for the
contest, Kelly Dietrich was
fourth, Cathy Levan placed
sixth, and Emilie Miller came in
10th. The Berks Team 1 placed
first overall in the junior event.
On April 17, Emilie Miller
participated in the Delaware
Valley College livestock judging
contest. She judged eight classes
of livestock and gave reasons for
three of those classes as a senior
competitor.
Fifty other youth participated
in the senior division of the con
test from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland, and Rhode
Island.
Emilie placed 11th overall,
sixth in beef classes, and ninth
in sheep classes. She placed 13th
overall in reasons and was ninth
in the contest for total placings
of the classes.
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“Rural Pennsylvanians who
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ly important, because Pennsylva
nia has the largest rural population
of any state in the nation."
Under Ridge’s executive order,
the Rural Development Council’s
responsibilities include:
• Fostering expanded economic
and social opportunities for rural
residents;
• Serving as an advocate for rur
al communities and their resi
dents;
• Working to improve the coor
dination and effectiveness of
federal, state and local govern
ment programs affecting rural
areas, and to promote enhanced
intergovernmental cooperation;
• Serving as a liaison with
federal and local government
agencies; and
• Promoting community-based
problem-solving strategies to
meet the challenges faced by rural
communities in an innovative,
holistic and effective way.
“Collaborative partnerships,
like the Rural Development Coun
cil, work well in breaking down
the artificial barriers that stand in
the way of what government agen
cies, the private sector and others
must do to meet the needs of our
fellow Pennsylvanians,” Gov.
Ridge said.
“The Rural Development
Council provides a neutral forum
where representatives of various
interests can come together to ad
dress issues of common concern.
Its goal is not to duplicate what
others are doing, but rather to
make others’ efforts more produc
tive."
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Among the current projects of
the Council’s committees are
identifying value-added economic
development strategies for agri
cultural and forest products; coor
dinating the commonwealth's
Timber Bridge Program; develop
ing innovative techniques to help
small communities with the instal
lation of water and sewer systems;
reducing the administrative bur
den of government agencies’ envi
ronmental assessment require
ments; and promoting the devel
opment of affordable housing.
The Council hosts quarterly
Rural Issues Forums which pro
vide rural residents with an oppor
tunity to interact with senior level
government officials.
Topics at the forums range from
welfare reform and education re
form to transportation planning
and environmental issues. The
forums connect 11 sites across the
state via two-way, fully interac
tive video-conferencing tech
nology.
The Pennsylvania Rural Devel
opment Council is governed by a
board of directors consisting of six
members from each of the five
membership groups and is presid
ed over by three co-chairs: one
representing state agencies; a sec
ond representing federal govern
ment agencies; and the third repre
senting others who participate in
its activities.
Information on the Council,
its quarterly forums, or other
activities can be obtained by
contacting: 506 Finance Build
ing, Harrisburg, PA 17120;
(717) 705-0359; or jdudick@goi
s.state.pa.us.
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