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Belknap Livestock Belknap, Pa. Report Supplied By USDA, PDA Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 WEDNESDAY CATTLE 98, CALVES 84, HOGS 77, SHEEP 4, GOATS 8. LAST WEDNESDAY, NOT AVAILABLE. CATTLE: No comparison with last Wednesday’s auction. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 couple 1230-1250 lbs 75.00-76.00. Stan dard 1-2 couple 54.50-55.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3 couple 1238-1382 lbs 66.00. Select 2 indi vidual 60.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 1040-1450 lbs 68.00-75.00. Standard 1-2 few 53.00-63.25. SLAUGHTER COWS: Breakers 75- 80 percent lean 42.50-46.00. Boners 80- 85 percent lean 40.00-44.00. Lean 85-90 percent 36.00-42.00. Shells down to 25.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1 few 1290-1930 lbs 58.75-67.00. Yield Grade 2 few 1150-2010 lbs 48.00-57.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium few 1-2 440-615 lbs 61.00-77.50. FEEDER BULLS: Medium 1-2 few 375-550 lbs 70.50-85.00; few 770-840 lbs 58.00- 59.00. VEALERS: Good few 158-292 lbs 72.00- Standard and Good 75-115 lbs 31.00-58.00. Utility 60-75 lbs 25.00- 33 00. RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein • Dump Truck Loads • Spreaders Available Rohrer’s Quality Hi-Cal Damp Lime 88% CCE ENP67 55% 65% 98% NOW ONLY $4.50 Per Ton (Picked Up) Lititz, PA • (717) 626-9760 Registered with PA Department of Agriculture bulls Number 195-125 lbs 127.50-147.50, mostly 130.00-140.00. Number 2 85-130 lbs 60.00-130.00. Holstein heifers Number 1 few 90-105 lbs 310.00-335.00. Number 2 80-115 lbs 190.00-280.00. Beef type bulls and heifers 70-95 lbs 125.00- 190.00. BARROWS AND GILTS: PERCENT LEAN WEIGHT PRICE 49-54 220-270 lbs 39.00-42.00 40-45 220-270 lbs 35.00- 38.50 SOWS: US 1-3 Individual 536 lbs 26.00 BOARS; Individual 684 lbs 12.50 FEEDER PIGS: US 1-3 35-45 lbs 25.00-31.00 per head. Few 50-70 lbs 34.00 per head 115-135 lbs 33.00-37.50 per cwt SHEEP: No market test. GOATS: All sold by the head. Billies: Medium individual 80.00. Kids; Small few 11.00-37.00. Frederick Livestock Frederick, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction February 12,2001 SLAUGHTER COWS: 96 HEAD, 1.00 HIGHER. UTILITY 42.50-47.75, CANNERS 38.00-43.75, SHELLY 38.00 DOWN. BULLS: 5 HEAD. YG#2 1500-2050 LBS. 54.50-58.75,12485 LBS. AT 55.00. FED STEERS: NONE. FED HEIFERS: 1 CHOICE HOL STEIN 1360 LBS. AT 57.75. CALVES: 175 HEAD, GOOD Calcium Oxide 41% Magnesium Oxide 6% Passing 100 Mesh Passing 60 Mesh Passing 20 Mesh lIX CONCRETE READY iTONE SLAUGHTER. 90-120 LBS. 65.00- 78.00, CULLS 80-100 LBS. 40.00-60.00, WEAK AND LIGHT 40.00 DOWN; HOLSTEIN BULLS RETURNING TO FARM 10.00-15.00 LOWER. #1 90-120 LBS. 140.00-162.00, 80-90 LBS. 100.00- 125.00; #2 90-120 LBS. 87.00-137.00,80- 90 LBS. 75.00-95.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 20.00-40.00 HIGHER. #1 85- 120 LBS. 300.00-360.00, HOLSTEINS X 140.00- 70-85 LBS. 135.00- 240.00; BEEF X BULLS 90-120 LBS. 170.00- BEEF X HEIFERS 95- 110 LBS. 140.00-187.00. BUTCHER HOGS; 36 HEAD. #1 AND 2 220-275 LBS. 36.00-37.00,1 LOT TO 38.50, 280-300 LBS. 39.00-39.50, #1 AND 3 300-380 LBS. 30.00-33.50. SOWS: 5 HEAD. 400-600 LBS. 28.00- 30.00; THIN 25.00-27.00. BOARS: 10 HEAD. 220-300 LBS. 20.00; 2 AT 29.00 AND 30.00; 325-400 LBS. 12.00-16.50. STOCK CATTLE: MAINLY BULLS OFFERED. STEERS, NONE. HEIFERS: 2 HOLSTEINS 160-180 LBS. 164.00-168.00, 2 HOLSTEIN X 102.00 AND 121.00. BULLS: 1 305 LBS. AT 99.00; HOL STEINS 350-400 LBS. 71.00-79.00, MED. BEEF 400-600 LBS. TO 65.00. SHEEP: 40.00-61.00. LAMBS: 11 HEAD. CHOICE 105-120 LBS. 83.00-91.00,60-80 LBS. TO 116.00; YEARLINGS 100-120 LBS. 79.00-87.00 GOATS* 7 HEAD. LARGE BILLIES MARKET LEESPORP, BERKS COUNTY, PA 19533 (610r926-1307 LIVESTOCK AUCTION EVERYWEDNESDAY - 1:00 P.M. v, £ Farmers Market 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Flea Market 7:00 AM to ?? visit our website: www.leesportmarket.com Agricultural Generators Spectrum Detroit Diesel L.P. Gas, Diesel, Natural Gas Generators 5 to 2,000 KW Service - Rental - New & Used Units In Stock JTjm-M WM Wsrsr/EMS Power Generation Systems Specialists Call Leonard Martin 85.00-104.00, MED. SS.OO-90.00, SMALL 40.00-50.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: 3 165 LBS. 36.00. Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, Pa. February 13,2001 Report Supplied By PDA CATTLE 344...(PDA)..Compared with last week’s sale..steers steady to strong, cows .25 to 2.50 higher. STEERS: few High Choice and Prime 2-4 1185-1290 lbs 78.00-81.50, Choice 2- 3 1000-1460 lbs 74.50-79.00, Select 1-3 66.00-75.00, Standard 1-2 61.00-65.50. HOLSTEIN STEERS: few High Choice and Prime 2-3 1390-1595 lbs 69.00- Choice 2-3 1200-1635 lbs 64.00- one Standard 1-2 54.00. HEIFERS: High Choice and Prime 2- 4 100-1400 lbs 77.00-81.25, Choice 2-4 975-1350 lbs 71.50-78.50, Select 1-3 63.50-69.00, few Standard 1-2 55.00- 57.00. COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 43.00- 51.50, couple 54.50, Boners 80-85% lean 41.25-46 50, Lean 85-90% lean 37.00- 43.25. Shells down to 26.50. BULLS; few Yield Grade 1 1430-1820 lbs 54.50-65.50, Yield Grade 2 1075-2485 lbs 45.50-54.50, few down to 35.00. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Large 2 820-1065 lbs 5500-62.50, Medium 1 375-550 lbs 90.00-98.00, 550-700 lbs 79.00-85.00, Medium 2 450-700 lbs 60.00- HEIFERS: few Large 2 700- 860 lbs 50.00-55.00, Medium 1 325-550 lbs 79.00-86.00, Medium 2 335-550 lbs 63.00- 550-800 lbs 50.00-68.00; BULLS: Medium 1 375-550 lbs 81.00- 95.00, Medium 2 350-550 lbs 56.00- 85.00. 550-750 lbs 60.00-71.00. CALVES 100...VEALERS: Standard 330 Fonderwhite Road, Lebanon, PA 17042 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17,2001 -Al7 and Good 75-110 lbs 25.00-60.00, Utility 55-80 lbs 10.00-20.00. FARM CALVES: No 1 Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs 135.00-155.00, No 2 80-115 lbs 60.00-130.00; couple No 1 Holstein heif ers 90 & 1 IS lbs 320.00 & 325.00, few No 2 80-110 lbs 215.00-280.00. Few beef type bulls and heifers 75-110 lbs 80.00-170.00. HOGS 72...8ARR0WS AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 250-260 lbs 39.25-42.75,45- 50% lean 220-270 lbs 36.25-38.00. SOWS, few US 1-3 335-440 lbs 28.50- 33.00. BOARS: one 555 lbs 13.00. FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET TEST! SHEEP 2... SLAUGHTER SHEEP: few 20.00-25.00. GOATS 4...N0 MARKET TEST! Livestock Cooperative Auction Market Of North Jersey Hackettstown, N.J. Report Supplied by Auction Tuesday, Feb. 13,2001 CALVES. 10-3.00. COWS .25-.50. EASY COWS ,05 '/<-.39'/< FEEDERS 300-600 LBS .27-1.02'/: HEIFERS .23-.65. BULLS .49'/:-.61. STEERS .49-.76. HOGS .3S-.43. ROASTING PIGS EA 29.00-35.00 EA. BOARS 10-28 SOWS ,23'A- 29 SHEEP .29-.81 LAMBS EA 83.00-90 00 LAMBS PER LB. .58-1 60 GOATS EA. 35.00-165 00. KIDS EA. 10.00-62.50 HIDES EACH 14 00-42.00 EA TOTAL: 487 HEAD. 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