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Jersey Shore
Livestock
Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 pjn.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report Supplied By Auction
Thursday, July IS, 1999
RETURN TO FARM CALF
100.00-265.00.
GOOD VEAL: 50.00-99.00.
COMMON VEAL: 10.0049 00
CHOICE STEERS: 63.00-67 25
SELECT STEERS: 55.00-62.00
COMMON STEERS: 57.00-58.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS: 37.0043 00
CANNERS-CUTTERS: 34.00-38 00 '
SHELLS: 25.00-33.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS: 60.00-65 00
SELECT HEIFERS: 55.00-59.00
GOOD FEEDERS: 55.0060.00
COMMON FEEDERS; 42.00-54 00
BULLS; 45.00-50.00.
Morrison Cove
Produce Auction
Roaring Spring, Pa.
July 13-July 15, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
BEANS: GREEN 7.00-9.25 Vi BU;
YELLOW 6.00-8.50 Vi BU.
CABBAGE: 3.00-5.00.
CAULIFLOWER: 35-1.00.
CHERRIES: SWEET: 14.00-18.00
8-QT. FIAT.
CUCUMBER: 7.00-730 Vi BU.
ONIONS: SPRING .2S-.45 PER
BUNCH.
PEACHES; 7.00-730 'A BU.
PEPPERS: GREEN. SMALL. LARGE
8.30-10.75 BU.; HOT 330-7.00 ‘A BU.
POTATOES: RED 230-3.00 ‘A BU.
RASPBERRIES; 2.10-4.23 PINT.
RED BEETS: 2.00-2.73 Vi BU.
SWEET CORN: 2.00-330 DOZEN.
TOMATOES: RED, SMALL-LARGE
9.00-22.00 10 LB.
ZUCCHINI: 3.00-7.00 'A BU.
FLOWERS: PERENNIALS: 1.00-2.75
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Lancaster County
Weekly
Friday, July 16,1999
Report Supplied Ky USDA
CATTLE CALVES
THIS WEEK
2628
LAST WEEK
1995
LAST YEAR
2471
CATTLE Compared to last week's
closing prices, slaughter steers and heifers
closed 50-1 00 higher Gams were noticed
at midweek and the market finished strong
on a large offering Local cattle feeders are
starting to pull some fancy cattle out of
their bams and runs are expected to be
high in quality for the next several weeks
Our higher market was a pleasant surprise
as the rest of the country sold mostly
steady, instances 100 higher dressed
Midwestern fed cattle ended the week at
64 00 live and mostly 101 00 in the beef.
Local Holstein steers closed steady to .50
higher in a fairly light test. Slaughter
cows finished mostly steady to weak and
bulls traded LOO lower. Supply included
52 percent slaughter steers, 7 percent
slaughter heifers, 31 percent slaughter
cows, 4 percent slaughter bulls, with the
balance made up of feeder cattle.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; High Choice
and Prime 2-4 1100-1485 lbs 64.75-68 75,
few up to 70.25. Choice 2-3 1130-1490
lbs 63 00-66.35, high dressing 1-2 up to
68 50. Select and low Choice 2-3 1030-
1530 lbs 58.50-64.25 Select 1-3 945-
1485 lbs 56.00-62.00, returning to feed
885-1220 lbs 59 50-62 50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice, few
Prime 2-3 1205-1650 lbs 55 35-58 50
Select and low Choice 2-3 1110-1545 lbs
52 25-55 75 Select 1-2 1200-1475 lbs
49 00-52 25
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few High
Choice and Prime 2-4 1145-1430 lbs
63 75-64 75 Choice 2-4 1100-1395 lbs
61 10-64 00, few high dressing 1-2 up to
64 75 Select and low Choice 2-3 1040-
1275 lbs 57 25-6150 Select 1-3 1130-
1370 lbs 54 75-58.00 Heiferettes Choice
3-4 1180-1340 lbs 53 50-59 00
Commercial and Standard 2-4 915-1350
lbs 48.50-53.00.,
SLAUGHTER COWS: PERCENT
MIXING CARTS
2019
1532
1633
STANDARD ON
ALL MIXERS
* Poly-Clad Plywood Sides
* Heavy-Duty Mixing Chain
* Stainless Steel Floor & Trough
STATIONARY
LEAN WEIGHT BULK
LOW DRESSING
Breakers 75-80 pet lean over
-1400 lbs 42 50-46 75 39 00-43 50
Boners 80-85 pet lean over
-1200 lbs 39 50-44 25 37 50-40 50
Lean (Ht-Yteld) 85-88 pet lean
over 1200 lbs 38 50-43 00 36 00-39 50
Lean 88-90 pet lean over
-1000 lbs 35 00-39 25 32 50-36 50
Lean (Light-Wt) 85-90 pet lean 750
1000 lbs 37 00-36 75 29 00-33 00
SLAUGHTER BULLS- Yield Grade
1 1205-1870 lbs 49 25-56 50. Yield Grade
2 900-2065 lbs 43 00-50 50 Bullocks
National Holstein Awards Five Scholarships
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. The
National Holstein Women’s
Scholarship Organization
awarded five $lOOO scholarships
at the National Holstein
Convention held in Boise Idaho.
The 1999 winners were:
Nathan Dorshorst of
Junction City, Wisconsin, will
be entering his sophomore year
at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison this fall where he is
majoring in dairy science. He
says that he is very confident in
the future of the dairy industry.
After graduation Nathan plans
to attend vet school and eventu
ally return to his home area
with a large animal practice.
Leah Hurtgen of Elkhorn,
Wisconsin, an animal science
mayor, will be a junior at Cornell
University in the fall. She is
enrolled in the Cornell-in-
Washington program for the fall
term. Leah is looking toward a
career in agriculture, possibly in
agricultural law and public poli
cy-
Julie Kelsey of Canastota,
New York, attends Cornell
University where she will be a
sophomore this fall. She has
been a Cornell Presidential
Research Scholar assisting with
research with CLA. Julie enjoys
research and would like to con-
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select 1-3 750-1360 lbs 47 25-57 50,
high dressing up to 61 50
CALVES- Compared to last week,
veal calves closed mostly steady and
slaughter calves ended 3 00-4 00 lower
Holstein bulls returning to feed sold
17 00-24 00 lower on a huge week's
supply Holstein heifers finished 10 00-
20 00 lower, but remained at very high
levels
VEALERS Good and Choice 70-
110 lbs 17 00-37 00, late in the week
mostly 22 00-28 00 Standard and low
tinue throughout her under
graduate career. After graduat
ing with a bachelors degree in
animal science, Julie plans to
work in research for an agribusi
ness.
Kristin Myers of New
Windsor, Maryland, will be a
sophomore at Cornell University
in the fall. She is majoring in
animal science with an empha
sis in business, taking classes in
the University’s Agricultural
Resource and Managerial
Economics Department. Kristin
plans to pursue a career in
agribusiness after her gradua
tion.
Staci Zilles of Logan,
Utah, is attending Utah State
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Good 60-90 lbs 1000-27 00
SLAUGHTER CALVES- Good and
Choice 200-350 lbs 70 00-95.00, 350-550
lbs 65.00-81 00 Standard 300-600 lbs
45 00-65 00
RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein
bulls 95-125 lbs 87 00-133 00, 90-95 lbs
80 00-102 00 Plainer type bulls 80-115
lbs 40 00-102.00, weaker calves down to
30 00 Holstein heifers 80-120 lbs 180.00-
257.00. Plainer heifers 70-115 lbs 100 00-
230.00 Beef type bulls and heifers 80-110
lbs 60 00-105 00
University part time while
working at her home farm as
herdsman. She plans to gradu
ate with a degree in Dairy
Science with a double minor in
agriculture economics and agri
culture business. Staci would
like to return home and contin
ue to manage the family farm.
Applicants for the HWSO
scholarship fill out a detailed
description of their dairy activi
ties to be viewed by the panel of
judges before being interviewed.
Individuals are judged based on
their involvement on the home
farm as well as the industry as a
whole. Judges are also looking
for a well rounded knowledge of
the industry.
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