AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23, 2000
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Report Supplied By Auction
December 19,2000
CATTLE 111, CALVES 95, HOGS
68, SHEEP 4, GOATS 4. LAST TUES
DAY Not Avadable Not Available
CATTLE: Compared with last Tues
day’s auction, slaughter cows sold 1.50-
2.00 higher. Other classes were not well
tested.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Standard 1-
2 few 56.75-62.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS; Select 1-2 few
61.00- Standard 2 individual
57.25.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breakers 75-
80 percent lean 39.75-43.50, individual
up to 46.00. Boners 80-85 percent lean
36.00- Lean 80-90 percent lean
31.75- 35.25, few high yielding up to
38.25.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1
individual 1880 lbs 50.50.
CALVES: Holstein bulls returning to
the farm sold mostly steady with two
weeks ago. Holstein heifers were mostly
50.00 lower.
VEALERS: Standard and Good 70-
100 lbs 35.00-52.00. Utility 55-85 lbs
15.00- 30.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein
bulls Number 190-120 lbs 130.00-165.00;
80-95 lbs 105.00-125.00. Number 2 85-
120 lbs 80.00-107.00; 70-85 lbs 65.00-
77.00. Holstein heifers Number 1 95-125
lbs 210.00-265.00. Number 2 80-125 lbs
110.00- Beef type bulls and heif
ers few 70-100 lbs 100.00-150.00, indi
vidual down to 47.00.
BARROWS AND GILTS: PERCENT
LEAN WEIGHT PRICE. SOWS; US 1-
3 360-640 lbs 30.00-33.25, few down to
28.50 Medium 315-615 lbs 20.00-28.00.
BOARS: Individual 435 lbs 11.00.
FEEDER PIGS: All sold per cwt. US 1-3
LOT 70 lbs 77.00 LOT 168 lbs 40.00.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice few 105-
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120 lbs 74.00-75.00.
GOATS: All sold by the head. Kids:
Large individual 39.00. Small few 17.00-
31.00.
Westminster Livestock
Hagerstown, Maryland
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, December 19,2000
SLAUGHTER COWS: 59 HEAD,
2.00 HIGHER. UTILITY 38.50-43.00,
HIGH DRESSING 43.50-45.25,
CANNERS 36.00-40.00, SHELLY 35.00
DOWN.
BULLS: 3 HEAD. YG#l 1600-2000
LBS. 47.75-51.25.
FED STEERS: NO HIGH CHOICE
OR PRIME. LOW CHOICE 1100-1400
LBS. 69.00-72.00, SELECT 62.00-65.00.
FED HEIFERS; 10 HEAD. HIGH
CHOICE TO PRIME 1100-1375 LBS.
73.00-75.75, CHOICE 2-3 1050-1200
LBS. 69.00-72.00.
CALVES: 105 HEAD. 1 HIGH
CHOICE 204 LBS. AT 107.00, GOOD
80-115 LBS. 50.00-60.00, CULLS 70-110
LBS. 30.00-45.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS
RETURNING TO FARM 10.00
&
LOWER. #1 90-120 LBS. 130.00-151.00,
#2 80-110 LBS. 80.00-120.00; HOL
STEIN HEIFERS #1 95-115 LBS.
260.00-290.00, 80-95 LBS. 125.00-
225.00; BEEF X HEIFERS TO 132.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: VERY SCARCE.
1296 LBS. AT 45.00.
SOWS: NONE.
BOARS: 300-600 LBS. 13.00-15.50.
STOCK CATTLE: LIGHT RUN.
STEERS 350-600 LBS. 79.00-86.00.
HEIFERS: 300-600 LBS. 70.00-80.00.
BULLS: DAIRY X 500-800 LBS. TO
55.00.
SHEEP: 12 HEAD 25.00-64.00;
BULK 30.00-40.00.
LAMBS; 56 HEAD. HIGH CHOICE
90-120 LBS. 72.00-77.00, GOOD TO
CHOICE 50-90 LBS. 80.00-96.00,
MEDIUM TO GOOD 35-50 LBS. 74.00-
89.00. 1 LOT PLAIN AT 61.00.
GOATS: 58 HEAD. LARGE BILLIES
89.00-100.00, MEDIUM 50.00-75.00,
LARGE NANNIES 60.00-90.00,
MEDIUM 35.00-57.00, SMALL 30.00-
46.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: 56 HEAD,
STRONG DEMAND. BY THE HEAD,
30-40 LBS. 29.00-34.00, 40-50 LBS.
34.00-44.00: BY THE LB. 7 HEAD 63
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133 Rothsville Station Rd
Lititz, PA
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Rome, PA
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Route 869 West
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Rt 283, Rheems Exit
Elizabethtown, PA
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400 N Antrim way
Greencaslle PA
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RD #3, Box 43-Bm, Red Lion, PA
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Route 45 East
Mifflmburg, PA
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1521 Van Buren Road
Easton, PA
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6600 Limestone Rd
Oxford, PA
720 Wheeler School Rd
Whiteford, MD
LONE MAPLE
SALES & SERVICE
RD 2
New Alexandria, PA
SANDY LAKE
IMPLEMENT CO., INC.
RD 3, Sandy Lake, PA
LBS. AT 80.00; 13 HEAD 80-95 LBS.
64.00-65.00,110-130 LBS. 49.00-67.00.
Belknap Livestock
Belknap, Pa.
Report Supplied By PDA
Wednesday, Dec. 20,2000
WEDNESDAY CATTLE; 124,
CALVES 115, HOGS 103, SHEEP 15,
GOATS 19.
CATTLE: No comparison with last
week’s auction. SLAUGHTER
STEERS; Choice 2-3 1225-1450 lbs
61.50-64.50. Select 1-3 56.00- 59.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breakers 75-
80 percent lean 38.00-41.00. Boners 80-
85 percent lean 34.75-38.50, Lean 85-90
percent lean 30.00-35.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 2
few 1270-1725 lbs 40.00-42.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Large 2 Hol
steins few 360-425 lbs 65.00-70.00, indi
vidual up to 94.00.
VEALERS: Standard and Good 90-
125 lbs 42.50-65.00; 75-85 lbs 34.00-
55.00. Utility 55-130 lbs 10.00-32.50.
RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein
bulls Number 195-135 lbs 117.50-152.50,
mostly 125.00-145.00. Number 2 75-110
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• No wind-carried manure; tractor
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Ja^a,
lbs 72.50-115.00. Holstein heifers
Number 1 few 85-105 lbs 260.00-310.00.
Number 2 65-130 lbs 120.00-250.00. Beef
type bulls and heifers 65-100 lbs 102.50-
145.00.
BARROWS AND GILTS: PERCENT
LEAN WEIGHT PRICE 45-50 260-275
lbs 40.00-43.50 40-45 225-280 lbs 37.00-
39.75
SOWS; US 1-3 380-420 lbs 30.00-36.50
Couple 570-575 lbs 28.75-29.25
BOARS: 145-255 lbs 17.00-19.25
FEEDER PIGS: All sold per head. US
1-3 35-50 lbs 10.00-19.00 Utility 20-25
lbs 2.00- 5.00. SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice 40-60 lbs 93.00-117.00; individ
ual 104 lbs 75.00.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP; Utility 32.00-
35.00.
GOATS: All sold by the head. Billies:
Large 65.00-80.00. Medium 40.00-59.00.
Nannies: Large individual 66.00.
Medium individual 37.50. Kids; Large
15.00-31.00.
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