Al6-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1999
GRAIN, CATTLE, HOG,
& MILK BFP
FUTURES MARKETS
Markets Courtesy Of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange
(Closing bids: Thursday, September Its 1999
Corn
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
Symbol:C
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Soybeans
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
Symbol:S
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Oats
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
Symbol:o
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Lumber
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
Date
09/16/99 Nov 99 34300 34300
09/16/99 Jan 00 34090 34200
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09/16/99 May 00 33600 33750
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Somerset
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somerset
Co.) The Junior Livestock Sale
at the Somerset County Fair tal
lied $191,619.75. according to of
ficial reports following the Aug.
28 event
Not only was it a large sale be
cause some 221 market swine
crossed the auction block, but ad
ditionally, 46 market steers and 70
market lambs totaled 337 animals
that were sold during the seven
hour event
Including champions, sales
averaged $1.38 per pound for
steers, $3.23 per pound for lambs,
and $1.72 per pound for swine.
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Junior Livestock Sale
Interestingly, fewer than a doz
en animals sold for less than $1 a
pound, according to the sale statis
tician Doyle Paul from Berlin. He
said the bids were consistently
good.
Because the buyers were gener
ous and donated back the animals
they purchased to be resold, the
4-H and FFA Scholarship Fund
will receive some $7,259, Paul
said.
Walker’s Farm Service, owned
by AJ. Walker and his wife Shir
ley, was the premier buyer. Al
ways a strong supporter of the 4-H
and FFA youth, the Walkers paid
$17,899 for 19 animals.
Lincoln Equipment and Supply
Co., owned by Sidney Riggs, was
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runner-up.
Dan Miller’s grand champion
steer sold for $6,902.50 or $5.50
per pound to Laurel Bank. It was
resold for the scholarship fund.
Miller is from Meyersdale.
Gabriel Svonavec, Rockwood,
saw his reserve champion steer
bought by Lincoln Supply and
Equipment Company for $2,925,
or $2.50 per pound.
Walker’s Farm Service pur
chased Shawn Troutman’s coun
ty-bred champion steer for $3,780,
or $3 per pound. The young man
has a Hyndman address.
Jesse Brant of Rockwood had
the reserve champion county-bred
steer that sold for $3,341.25 to
Lean Hogs
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
Date
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Live Cattle
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
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BFP Milk
Daily Prices As ofThursday,
Date
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Soybean Meal
Daily Prices As ofThursday, 16 September
Symbol:SM
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Exceeds $191,000
Host’s Steak and Sea House. The
average was $2.75 per pound.
The champion senior showman
steer owned by Jason Knotts of
Hyndman sold for $2,038.75, or
$1.75 per pound to Agway, Inc. of
Somerset
The group champion steer of
Joshua King, Somerset sold for
$2,257.50, or $1.75 per pound to
Lincoln Supply and Equipment
Company- The steer was donated
to the Children’s Aid Home Pro
grams of Somerset County.
The grand champion lamb own
ed by Molly Enos of Somerset
sold for $1,708, or $l4 per pound
to Somerset Trust Company,
The reserve champion lamb
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owned by Nicole Shultz of Rock
wood sold for $1,386, or $ll per
pound to the Animal Medical
Center of Somerset County and
resold to benefit the scholarship
fund.
The champioin hdme-grown
lamb, also owned by Nicole
Shultz, sold for $1,031.25, or
$8.25 per pound to Janney Mont
gomery Scott.
The reserve champion home
grown lamb owned by Amy
Schmuck of Rockwood sold for
$1,098, or $9 per pound to Lost
Run Lodge.
The champion county-bred
lamb owned by Deidra Smith of
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