Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Jan. 17,2001 T uesday 2000-08-02 (est) Week ago (est) Year ago (act) Week to date (est) Same Period Last Week (est) Same Period Last Year (act) Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, Pa. January 16,2001 Report Supplied By PDA CATTLE 401...(PDA)..steers active, steady to strong, cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher. STEERS: Choice 2-3 1075-1500 lbs 74.50-81 50, Select 1-3 65.00-75.00, Stan dard 1-2 54.00-63.75. HOLSTEIN STEERS- High Choice and Prime 2-3 1250-1650 lbs 68,00-71.50, couple to 75.50, Choice 2-3 1200-1500 lbs 65.00-68.75, few Select 1-2 60.50- 64.00. HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 950-1375 lbs 70.75-79.00, Select 1-3 62.25-74.00, Stan dard 1-255.75-60.00. COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 40.00- 44.50, few to 46.50, Boners 80-85% lean 36.50-43.00, Lean 85-90% lean 32.00- 38.00. Shells down to 22.50. BULLOCKS; couple Select 1-3 1290 & 1320 lbs 56.50 & 59.75. 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FARM CALVES: No 1 Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs 120.00-157.50, No 2 80-120 lbs 60.00- few No 2 Holstein heifers 80-100 lbs 90.00-180.00. One beet type bull and heifer 75 lbs 90.00. HOGS 116... BARROWS AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 240-270 lbs 38.00- 39.25, 195-210 lbs 29.25-30.25, couple 310 lbs 40.50, 45-50% lean 220-270 lbs 34.50- 40-45% lean 220-270 lbs 32.50- SOWS: one US 1-3 435 lbs 30.00. FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET TEST! SHEEP 3...N0 MARKET TEST! GOATS 0...N0 MARKET TEST! Got For highly productive High yields and nutri- HYTEST SEEDS offer For your one seed SHEEP 11,000 11,000 14.000 38.000 38.000 37.000 CALVES HOGS 5.000 379,000 5.000 371,000 5.000 369,000 14.000 1,111,000 13.000 1,133,000 14.000 1,106,000 Get hytest;. HYTEST Forages Built To Feed. ©2OOO HYTEST SEEDS HYTEST SEEDS (logo) and brand are a registered trademarks DHOB44ILF National Carlot Beef Report Des Moines, IA Jan. 17,2001 Report Supplied By USDA COW & BULL CARCASS FOB OMAHA Loads Reported. Compared to Tuesday’s 3:00 P.M. report- Cow and bull carcasses not established. UT.brk 2- 4 450/up unq UT,bng 1-3 400/up unq Cutter 1-2 350/up unq Bulls YG 1 500/up unq COW & BULL CARCASS CAF WEST COAST Loads Reported Com pared to last week; Market for Week Ended: January 12, 2001 Lds Price Range UT.brk 2-4 450/up UT.bng 1-3 400/up 68.00 70.00 Cutter 1-2 350/up 68.00 70.00 Bulls YG 1 500/up BONELESS PROCESSING BEEF/BEEF TRIMMINGS 159.0 Loads Reported. Lean boneless in Omaha 1.00 to 2.00 higher, Texas firm to 3.00 higher; 85% firm to 3.00 higher; 65% steady. Demand and offerings moderate. Beef trimmings steady on light to moderate demand and offerings. FOB OMAHA BASIS: Chm Ln Lds Price Range Wtavg 90% fr 15 104.0 - 107.0 106.40 90% fz unq 85% fr 19 97.0 - 100.0 99.26 85% fz 75% fr unq 75% fz 65% fr 2 64.0 64.00 65% fz 50% fr 91 36.00 - 38.00 36.69 50% fz 10 42.00 unq 42.00 50% bx unq Bull 92-94 unq FOB EAST TEXAS AND OKLA HOMA: Chm Ln Lds Price Range Wtavg 90% fr 21 104.0 -106.00 105.21 90% fz 1 X 09.5 109.50 85% fr 85% fz 75% fr 75% fz 65% fr 65% fz CAF NORTHEAST AREAS: Chm Ln Lds Price Range Wtavg 90% fr unq 90% fz 85% fr unq 85% fz 75% fr 75% fz 65% fr 65% fz CAF WEST COAST BASIS Market for Week Ended: 01/12/2001 Chm Ln Lds Price Range Wtavg 90% fr 105.75 105 75 90% fz unq 85% fr unq 85% fz unq 75% fr unq 75% fz unq 65% fr 63 50 - 66.00 64.80 65% fz unq 50% fr 40 00 40.00 50% fz unq ABCDE after quotes represents days since last actual market test. Quotes are dropped after 5 days of no test or before if they no longer reflect current market conditions. Belleville Livestock Auction Belleville, Pa. Jan. 17,2001 Report Supplied By USDA,PDA CATTLE 314...(PDA).. (Supply in cluded 225 cows and heifers in the Dairy sale)..Compared with last week’s sale... Compared with last week’s sale..sl. cows steady to 1.00 higher. STEERS: one Select 1-3 65.75, co’iple Standard 1-2 57.50 & 59.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS: one Standard 1-242.50. HEIFERS: few Select 1-3 65.00-66.00, one Standard 1-2 57.00. COWS; Breakers 75-80% lean 38.50- 44.75, Boners 80-85% lean 35.75-40.00, Lean 85-90% 33,00-39.00. Shells 32.00 and down. BULLS: few Yield Grade 1 1785-1850 lbs 49.50-52.00, few Yield Grade 2 1160- 1950 lbs 44.50-50.00. & • - mKk Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20, 2001-Al5 FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: one Large 2 305 lbs 64.00; HEIFERS: one Large 1 860 lbs 55.50; BULLS, few Medium and Large 2 235-325 lbs 56.00- 62.00. CALVES 83. .VEALERS: Standard and Good 70-135 lbs 30.00-50 00, few Utility 60-70 lbs 5,00-20 00 FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 5.00 higher..No 1 Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs 120.00-154.00, 75-85 lbs 95.00-127.50, No 2 80-120 lbs 50.00-125 00; few No 1 Holsteins heifers 75-95 lbs 245.00- 280.00, few No 2 90-110 lbs 117.50- 150 00. Beef type bulls and heifers 90-95 lbs 142.50-145 00 HOGS 31... BARROWS AND GILTS -45-50% lean 235-275 lbs 32.50-35.25, 40- 45% lean 285-335 lbs 33 00-41.50 SOWS few US 1-3 335-365 lbs 34 00- 36 50 FEEDER PIGS 53 ..US 1-3 40-55 lbs 16 00-28.00, 60-75 lbs 31.00-42.50 per head. SHEEP 20... SLAUGHTER LAMBS: few High Choice and Prime 60 lbs 120.00-131.00, Choice 60-80 lbs 80.00- 90.00, 95-105 lbs 60.00-70.00, few Good and Choice 65-70 lbs 66.00-74.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 14.00-37.00. GOATS ll...(All sold by the head). Few Large Billies 54.00-70 00, Medium 50.00-60.00, Large Nannies 54.00-61.00. HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS: 760.00- 1510.00 per head. New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Report Supplied by Auction Wednesday, Jan. 17,2001 124 DAIRY COWS, 113 HEIFERS, 16 BULLS. MARKET STRONGER. LOCAL FRESH COWS 575 00- 1475.00, FEW 1500.00-1650.00. LOCAL SPRINGERS 535 00- 1300 00 BETTER FRESH COWS 1675 00- 1800.00. LARGE HEIFERS 1285.00-1425 00, SMALL HEIFERS 700.00-1150.00. SHORTBRED HEIFERS 750.00- 1125.00. OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS 875.00- BULLS 485.00-775 00, PUREBREDS 800 00-935 00. UPSTATE LOADS FRESH 1025.00- 1800 00,1 AT 2050 00 CANADIAN LOADS FRESH 1100.00- 00, SPRINGERS 960 00- 1350.00. FRESH HEIFERS 910.00-1435 00. REGISTERED HEIFERS 1125 00- 1385.00. SMALL OPEN HEIFERS 575 00- 760.00. 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