Pa. Weekly
13 Livestock Auctions
Friday, Aug. 25
Report Supplied By PDA
CATTLE 4588... Compared with 4410
head last week and 6029 head a year
ago.
Slaughter steers steady with spots to
1.00 higher, Hoisteins mostly steady, si.
heifers steady to 1.00 higher, si. cows
mostly 1.00 to 1.50 higher with Lean
cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, bulls mostly
steady.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
and Prime 2-4 67.50-71.00, Choice 1-3
65.25- Select and Low Choice 2-3
63.25- Select 1-3 59.00-65.25, Stan
dard 1-2 50.75-59.75.
HOLSTEINS: High Choice and Prime
2-3 61.25-64.00, Choice 2-3 57.00-62.25,
Select 1-2 52.75-59.25, Standard 1-2
44.75-56.25.
HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 62.00-69.75,
Select 1-3 56.50-64.75, Standard 1-2
45.00-58.50.
COWS; Breakers 75-80% lean 40.00-
47.00, Boners 80-85% lean 36.25-44.00,
Lean 85-90% lean 30.00-43.50. Shells
down-to 26.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 2-3 57.25-65.00,
Select 1-3 52.50-61.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-2500 lbs
50.00- Yield Grade 2 900-2400 lbs
40.00-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS:
Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 78.00-
121.00. 500-700 lbs 55.00-99.00, Medium
and Large 2 300-500 lbs 74.00-91.00,
500-700 lbs 58.00-69.00; HEIFERS:
Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 82.00-
109.00. 500-700 lbs 65.00-80.00, Medium
2000 Elizabethtown Fair JX
Sale of Champion Buyers
Grand Champion Market Steer
Moss’s Steak & Sea House
Reserve Champion Market Steer
Pickers Pressure Washing
Grand Champion Market Hog
Gene Wenger Meats
Reserve Champion Market Hog
Engle Publishing Company
Grand Champion Market Lamb
First Union Bank
Reserve Champion Market Lamb
Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank
Grand Champion Market Goat
Manheim Auto Auction
Reserve Champion Market Goat
Manheim Auto Auction
Richard Albright
Bank of Lancaster County
Brubaker Farms
Conestoga Auction Co.
Farm Boy Ag
John E Fullerton, Inc
Garber Farms
Mylm Good
Goods Receiving Station
Groff’s Meats, Inc
Hatfield Quality Meats Inc
Hawthorne Electric Iqc
David Hemsee, Jr
Hernley’s Farm Equipment
Jim & Shirley Hershey
Norma Hildebrand
J & R Logging, Inc
and Large 2 300-500 lbs 60.00-97.50,
500-700 lbs 49.00-70.00; BULLS:
Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 83.00-
102.00,500-700 lbs 50.00-83.50, Medium
and Large 2 300-500 lbs 63.00-90.00,
500-700 lbs 45.00-77.00.
CALVES 3S6o...Compared with 3819
head last week and 3552 head a year
ago. Vealers mostly steady with spots
20.00 higher...VEALERS: Good 130-325
lbs 75.00-127.50, Standard and Good 70-
115 lbs 30.00-70.00, Utility 45-100 lbs
10.00- FARM CALVES: Holstein
bull calves No 1 firm to 5.00 higher with
No 2 calves 20.00 to 30.00 higher, Hol
stein heifers good, 10.00 to 30.00 higher
with No 2 heifers 40.00 to 60.00
higher...No 1 Holstein bulls 90-125 lbs
100.00- No 2 90-125 lbs 60.00-
146.00, No 1 Holstein heifers 80-120 lbs
280.00- No 2 65-110 lbs 100.00-
340.00.
Beef type bulls and heifers 70-130 lbs
75.00-
HOGS 1217... Compared with 1467
head last week and 2433 head a year
ago. Barrows and gilts mostly steady,
sows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. BARROWS
AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 220-265 lbs
38.00- 45-50% 220-275 lbs 36.25-
43.00, 40-45% lean 240-300 lbs 34.00-
38.75. SOWS: US 1-3 300-500 lbs 29.75-
37.50, 500-700 lbs 31.00-39.75. BOARS:
12.50-18.00.
FEEDER PIGS 347... Compared with
215 head last week and 436 head a year
ago. US 1-3 20-40 lbs 17.00-45.00, 50-70
lbs 42.00-51.00. • per head.
SHEEP 1590... Compared with 1410
head last week and 1802 head a year
ago. Slaughter lambs 5.00 to 15.00
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CALF AUCTION
Every Monday 1 FM
SHEEP, GOAT & CALF AUCTION
Every Tuesday f ' PM
All calf buyers will hi ttendance!
Other Buyers
Jagtrux
Jay Kopp
Lancaster Tractor & Equipment, Inc
Longeneckers Hatchery
Masonic Homes
Dorothy Metzler
Messick Farm Equipment Inc
New Holland Sales Stables Inc
Sally K Nolt
R P Electric
Seibert Sandblasting
R K Vogt Gram
Weis Markets
Wenger's Feed Mill Inc
White Oak Mill
Jeffrey Witmer
Kevin Zunn Building Contractor
Iower...SLAUGHTER LAMBS; Choice
40-60 lbs 105.00-133.00, 60-100 lbs
85.00-115.00, Good and Choice 50-115
lbs 65.00-78.50.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 24.00-50.00.
ONE GRADED FEEDER PIG SALE
1076.. with 1002 last week
and 1385 head a year ago... Feeder pigs
10.00 to 20.00 lower...US 1-2 20 lbs
135.00, 30-40 lbs 62.00-76.00, 40-50 lbs
79.00-85.00; Slaughter: 18-25 lbs 142.00-
165.00. 25-35 lbs 67.00-140.00. - per cwt.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Report Supplied By USDA
Tuesday, August 29,2000
TUESDAY CATTLE 154, CALVES
111, HOGS 38, SHEEP 0, GOATS 0.
LAST TUESDAY 102,93,71,0,0.
CATTLE: Compared to the last
week’s auction, slaughter cows traded
1.00- 3.00 lower, with Lean cows steady
to firm. Other classes were not well
tested.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 3 in
dividual 1295 lbs 64.00. Select 1-3 60.50-
64.75, a few returning to feed at 68.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3
1135-1640 lbs 58.25-61.25. Select 1-2
55.75- 58.75. Standard 1-2 48.75-51.25.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4
1100-1420 lbs 65.00-66.25. Select 1-3 few
56.00- Standard 1-2 51.00-55.25.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breakers 75-
80 percent lean 40.50-46.75, few up to
48.00. Boners 80-85 percent lean 35.50-
40.00, few up to 42.0. Lean 85-90 percent
lean 29.00-39.75, mostly 33.75-37.25.
Shells down to 15.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1450-1905 lbs 50.00-54.00. Yield Grade 2
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Grand Champion Meat Rabbit
Farmers First Bank
Reserve Champion Meat Rabbit
Kenneth D. Myer
>e in a
few 1050-1400 lbs 47.00-50.50.
FEEDER STEERS: Large 2 Holsteins
475-535 lbs 68.50-72.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and
Large 2 300-545 lbs 72.00-78.50, individ
ual up to 81.50.
CALVES: Compared to the last auc
tion; Holstein bulls returning to the farm
sold 10.00 lower. VEALERS: Good few
130-185 lbs 73.00-79.00. Standard and
Good 70-110 lbs 40.00-50.00. Utility 55-
80 lbs 20.00-30.00, few down to 12.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein
bulls Number 180-120 lbs 120.00-152 00.
Number 2 80-120 lbs 100.00-117.00, few
weaker calves down to 60.00. Holstein
heifers Number 1 80-120 lbs 260.00-
350.00; 80-120 lbs 200.00-215.00; 70-80
lbs 105.00-170.00. Beef type bulls and
heifers 80-135 lbs 100.00-162.00.
BARROWS AND GILTS: PERCENT
LEAN WEIGHT PRICE 45-50 One lot
230 lbs 33.00
SOWS; US 1-3 350-495 lbs 32.00-34.25
500-650 lbs 34.75-36.25 Medium 350-425
lbs 15.00-20.00
BOARS: Couple 270 lbs 30.00
FEEDER PIGS; No market test.
SHEEP; No market test.
GOATS: No market test.
COLTS: 170.00-270.00; SMALL
PONIES 200.00-500.00; LARGE
PONIES 600.00; CAMP HORSES, 24
HEAD, 600.00-1100.00, MOST 850.00;
HORSES 500.00-1075.00; REG.
HORSES 1425.00-2400.00.
Grantsville
Livestock
Grantsville, Maryland
Report Supplied by Auction
Saturday, Aug. 26,2000
STOCK STEERS AND BULLS 200-
500 LBS. 50.00-110.00.
STOCK HEIFERS 45.00-96.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO
HAY, STRAW
& GRAIN
SALE
Every Thursday
at 12 NOON
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(Rt. 30, Paradise, PA)
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HOLSTEIN STEERS GOOD 36.00-
53.50, LIGHT 35.00-55.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO
CHOICE 56.00-64.00, MEDIUM TO
GOOD 45.00-55.50.
BULLS HEAVY 44.00-56.00, LIGHT
35.00-
COWS UTILITY HOLSTEINS
32.00- CANNERS 25.00-35.00,
CULLS 22.00 AND DOWN.
808 CALVES 40.00 AND DOWN.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
RETURN TO FARM 90-120 LBS. UP
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HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES
RETURN TO FARM UP TO 200.00.
BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN
TO FARM UP TO 110.00.
HOGS TOP QUALITY UP TO 42.00,
HEAVY UP TO 40.00, LIGHT 20.00-
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SOWS 20.00-38.00.
MALE HOGS 8.00-30.00.
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LAMBS 70-85 LBS. UP TO 95.00, 85-
125 LBS. UP TO 90.00, 30-60 LBS. UP
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SHEEP UP TO 35.00.
GOATS LARGE 60.00-100.00,
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Hackettstown, N.J.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, Aug. 29,2000
CALVES .05-3.35.
COWS .2S-.47.
EASY COWS .U'A-M'A.
FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. .34-1.12'/2.
HEIFERS .19-.60V2.
BULLS .43 3 /i-,55.
STEERS .44'/2-.72.
HOGS .20-.40.
ROASTING PIGS EA. 21.00-34.00.
BOARS.IO-.15.
SOWS .20.
SHEEP .15-1.00.
LAMBS EA. 23.00-71.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .43-1.55.
GOATS EA. 50.00-145.00.
KIDS EA. 25.00-75.00.
822 HEAD TOTAL.