AiB-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 17, 2000 St. Louis Feeder Cattle Springfield, IL Thu Jun 15,2000 USDA-IL Market News Service Farmers Livestock Marketing Assn auction at Green ville.lL Wed June 14,2000 Cattle and calves: 745 head. Com pared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers firm to 1.00 higher, advance on Choice and above grades. Holstein steers weak to 1.00 lower. Supply mainly Choice and Select and Choice slaughter steers and heifers. Moderate supply of holstein steers. Total Receipts this week: 745 Last week: n/r Last year; 875 SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4 1025-1450 lbs 68.00-71.00; Yield Grade 2-3 and Fancy 2-4 1000-1400 lbs 71.00- 73 00, Few Prime 2-4 1300-1475 lbs 73.00- Select and Choice 2-3 975- 1400 lbs 65.00-68.00. Select 2-3 950-1450 lbs 60.00-65.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3 1300-1650 lbs 62.00-66.00, mostly 63.00- 65.00; Prime 2-3 1450-1800 lbs 65.00- 66.00. Select and Choice 2-3 1350-1600 lbs 60.00-63.00; Select 2-3 1100-1475 lbs 54.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Choice 2-4 950-1250 lbs 68.00-71.00, YG 2-3 and Fancy 2-4 950-1325 lbs 71.00-73.00; Few Prime 2-4, 1000-1350 lbs 73.00-76.00. Select and Choice 2-3 925-1200 lbs 65.00- Select 2-3 850-1150 lbs 60.00- HEIFERETTES; Medium and Large Frame 1300-1650 lbs 43.00-52.00. Partial In-Ground Tank Featuring Commercial Chain Link Fence (5’ High - NRCS Approved) • Retaining Walls • Bunker Silos • Manure Storage, Etc. LET OUR EXPI We Work Hard For Customer Satisfaction! FEEDER CATTLE; Compared with last week, feeder steers and heifers fully steady. Overall quality comparbale to last weeks level. Moderate buyer atten- dance. FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large Frame 1; Thin 300-400 lbs 96.00- 105.00, fancy 105.00-107.00 400-SOO lbs 93.00-102.00 500-600 lbs 87.00- 96.00, fancy 96.00-97.00 600-700 lbs 84.00- 90.00 700-800 lbs 80.00- 86.00 800-900 lbs 75.00- 81.00 Moderately Fleshy:4oo - lbs 84.00-93.00 500-700 lbs 80.00- 87.00 Large Frame 2 Holsteins; 300-500 lbs 82.00-88.00 500-600 lbs 79.00-85.00 FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large Frame 1; Thin: 200-300 lbs 100.00- 112.00 300-400 lbs 91.00-101.00 400-500 lbs 88.00- 96.00, fancy 96.00-100.00 500- 600 lbs 83.00- 89.00 600-700 lbs 75.00- 84.00 700-900 lbs 70.00- 75.00 Moderately Fleshy.7oo-900 lbs 67.00- 72.00 Cow/Calf Pairs: Medium to Large Frame 4-9 yrs old with calf at side 600.00-760.00/pr. Bred Cows; Medium to Large Frame 3-10 yrs old in 2nd and 3rd stage 370.00- 615.00/hd. Slaughter Cows and Bulls; 125 head. Compared to last week, both classes firm to 1.00 higher. SLAUGHTER COWS: % Lean Weight Price Breakers 75-80 % 850-1200 lbs 37.00-41.00 Boners 80-85 % 850-1200 lbs 39.00-44.00 High Yielding 80-85 % over 1100 lbs 41.00-45.00 Lean 85-90 % 850-1200 lbs 35.00-38.00 85-90 % 750- 850 lbs 32.00-35.00 85-90 % under 750 lbs 28.00-32.00 BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1100-2000 lbs 45.00-50.00; Low Yield 42.00-45.00. CE WORK FOR YOU-EST, Moist & dry ag times. Try our lime with potash & sulfur on your hay fields and meadows or pick from our list of custom blended fertilizers. Products to be blended include gypsum, rock phosphates, trace minerals plus most of the standard ingredients. Call now for prices on lime & custom blended Fertilizers. Yield Or 11400-1700 lbs 50.00-52.00. In dividual at 53.00. Frederick Livestock Frederick, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction Monday, June 12,2000 SLAUGHTER COWS: 63 HEAD, 2.00 HIGHER. UTILITY 42.00-46.00; HIGH DRESSING HEIFERETTES 47.00-48.75; CANNERS 38.00-42.00; SHELLY 38.00 DOWN. BULLS: 2 HEAD. YG#l STEINS 1250 AND 1650 LBS 51.00 A LESSON WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS! MU />4 Designing and Building Quality Facilities for More Than 32 Years 10 Parkview Heights Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522 • (717) 721-3535 &°r£ T AS»! FED STEERS: HOLSTEINS CHOICE 1500-1615 LBS. 60.00-63.25,1 1660 LBS. AT 58.25, 1 1890 LBS. AT 53.50. FED HEIFERS; 1 CHOICE HOSLTEIN 1450 LBS. AT 59.00. VEAL CALVES: 153 HEAD. CULLS 90-125 LBS. 39.00-44.00, 70-90 LBS. 25.00-38.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS 10.00- 15.00 LOWER. #1 95-120 LBS. 150.00- 167.00,90 LBS. 120.00-140.00; #2 95-120 LBS. 100.00-150.00, 80-90 LBS. 50.00- 110.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS MOSTLY STEADY. #1 95-120 LBS. HOL -49.00- g to expand or update? :h Agri-Inc. where quality is our standard. ADDITIONAL FEED BUNK SPACE Site layout, building design & construction • Dairy complexes and replacement stock facilities • Horse stall barns and riding arenas • Workshop and machinery storage buildings • Timber column buildings for light commercial AGRI-INC. WWW.AGRIINC.COM e-mail: buildini 15 E. WOODCORNERROAI LITITZ, PA 17543 717-733-8528 The Construction Professionals 305.00- STARTED 135-170 LBS. 147.00- 80-95 LBS. 210.00- 250.00; BROWN SWISS 107.00-117.00; BEEF X BULLS 85-110 LBS. 127.00- 170.00, 60-85 LBS. 60.00-135.00; BEEF X HEIFERS 95-115 LBS. 117.00-155.00, 80-95 LBS. 60.00-80.00. BUTCHER HOGS; FEW OFFERED. US#l AND 3 260-270 LBS. 46.00-47.00. STOCK CATTLE: FEW OFFERED. BULLS 1 BLACK 975 LBS. AT 66.00. SHEEP: YEARLINGS 47.00-49.00. GOATS: SMALL BILLY AT 34.00. 3 ROW FREESTALL BARN V* ' ' h* i -± ’ - \s@a\ iriinc.com NOTICE SUMMER DISCOUNT ON IME - JUNE, JULY, & AUGUST SALES, BLENDING, HAULING, SPREADING BULK OR BAGGED MEMBER