Pa. Weekly 13 Livestock Auctions Friday, March 2 Report Supplied By PDA CATTLE 4849... Compared with 4085 head last week and 4980 head a year ago. si. steers started the week off strong and showed strength all week closing to 2.00 higher, heifers also showed strength gaining 2.00 this Week, si. cows showed their first sign of weakness closing 2.00 lower, bulls closed steady to 2.00 lower. STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 80.00- Choice 1-3 76.50-82.50, Select and Low Choice 2-3 71.75-78.00, Select 1-3 67.50-76.75, Standard 1-2 64.00- HOLSTEIN STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-3 68.00-73.75, Choice 2-3 64.00-68.75, Select 1-2 57.00-62.25, Stan dard 1-2 50.00-57.50. HEIFERS: Choice few Prime 2-4 74.50-81.00, Select 1-3 67.00-75.00, Stan dard 1-2 57.00-65.25. COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 44.00- 52.75, Boners 80-85% lean 42.00-50.00, Lean 85-90% lean 35.00-42.50, High Yielding to 47.75. Shells 34.75 and down. 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FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 85.00- 105.00. 500-700 lbs 66.00-93.00, Medium and Large 2 300-500 lbs 74.00-95.00, 500-700 lbs 70.00-75.00, Large 3 600-750 lbs Holsteins 60.00-68.00; HEIFERS; Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 84.00- 98.00, 500-700 lbs 76.00-89.00, Medium and Urge 2 300-500 lbs 75.00-89.00, 500-700 lbs 62.00-77.00; BULLS: Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 85.00- 112.00. 500-700 lbs 76.00-86.00, Medium and Large 2 400-600 lbs 66.00-80.00. CALVES 32S0...Compared with 2936 head last week and 3527 head a year ago. Vealers mostly steady...VEALERS: Choice 150-300 lbs 85.00-125.00, Good 125-250 lbs 80.00-95.00, Standard and Good 75-120 lbs 40.00-67.50, Utility 50- 100 lbs 20.00-50.00, few to 10.00; FARM CALVES: Holstein bull calves started the week off steady but closed 20.00 lower, Holstein heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher..No 1 Holstein bulls 80-120 lbs 130.00- No 2 80-120 lbs 80.00- 145.00; No 1 Holstein heifers 80-120 lbs WHAT’S AHEAD FOR I CATTLE & HOG FUTURES I E • We Deal In Futures And Options jj • Our Only Business is Commodity Futures and Options e i • In Allentown Area and Same Principals For Over 25 e Years e • When Buying options, your nsk is limited to the loss of [I the premium paid plus all transaction costs. Buying g | futures and options have inherent risks and should be jj j done only with nsk capital. e FOR INFORMATION..LITERATURE... | CHARTS... 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HOGS 1331... Compared with 1032 head last week and 2023 head a year ago. Barrows and gilts mostly 2.00, spots 2.50 higher, sows steady to .50 higher. BARROWS AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 220-265 lbs 39.85-42.85, 45-50% lean 225-275 lbs 38.00-40.00, 40-45% lean 240-300 lbs 35.00-38.50. SOWS: US 1-3 300-500 lbs 27.00- 33.00, 500-700 lbs 29.00-34.50, Medium 300-475 lbs 16.00-26.00. BOARS: 14.00-16.50. FEEDER PIGS 71... Compared with 79 head last week and 166 head a year ago. US 1-3 40-60 lbs 30.00-43.00 per head. SHEEP 16S0...Compared with 932 head last week and 1809 head a year ago. Slaughter lambs 20.00 to 25.00 higher due to the upcoming Muslim Hol iday. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice 40-80 lbs 140.00-200.00, 80-100 lbs 120.00- 155.00, late sales to 175.00, 100-160 lbs 100.00-140.00, Good and Choice 50-60 lbs 117.50-131.00, 90-125 lbs 77.00- 95.00. ' * ' % CALL US FOR A DEMO! Parts Stores: East Earl —717-354-0584 • Quarryville —717-7' SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 50.00-100.00. TWO GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES 594... Compared with 293 last week 714 head a year ago... Feeder pigs mostly mostly steady..No 1-2 40-55 lbs 70.00-90.00, 60-80 lbs 66.00-75.00; US 2 30-50 lbs 75.00-81.00, 50-70 lbs 62.00- 77.00; Slaughter 20-40 lbs 100.00-175.00 per cwt. Westminster Livestock Hagerstown, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction Tuesday, March 6,2001 SLAUGHTER COWS: 68 HEAD, 1.00- LOWER. UTILITY 41.00- 44.00, HIGH DRESSING 44.00-46.25,1 AT 49.75, CANNERS 38.00-43.00, SHELLY 38.00 DOWN. BULLS: 15 HEAD. YG#l 1300 LBS. TO 60.00; YG#2 1100-1975 LBS. 45.00- 56.00; SELECT TO LOW CHOICE BULLOCKS 60.00-65.25. FED STEERS: 13 HEAD, 1.00 HIGHER. HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 1100-1475 LBS. 83.00-84.75, CHOICE HOLSTEINS 1200-1300 LBS. 69.00- 72.00, SELECT HOLSTEINS 1000-1100 LBS. 62.00-64.00. FED HEIFERS: 6 HEAD. HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 1200-1400 LBS. 82.00- CHOICE 2-3 OVER 1400 LBS. 50.00-75.00; CHOICE HOL STEINS 1360 LBS. AT 64.50. CALVES: 87 HEAD. CHOICE 200- 300 LBS. 91.00-103.00, GOOD 80-110 LBS. 60.00-70.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS 20.00- HIGHER. #1 95-130 LBS. 155.00- 85-95 LBS. 100.00- 147.00; #2 95-140 LBS. 90.00-145.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS FEW OF FERED. #llOO-120 LBS. 270.00-335.00; 1 BEEF X BULL 90 LBS. AT 152.00. BUTCHER HOGS: 39 HEAD, 2.50 HIGHER. #1 AND 2 230-260 LBS. 45.00; #1 AND 3 230-300 LBS. 40.00- 43.00. SOWS: 6 HEAD. 300-400 LBS. 27.00- 32.50,500-700 LBS. 34.00-37.75. BOARS: 3 HEAD TO 14.25. STOCK CATTLE: 82 HEAD. STEERS 300-500 LBS. 92.00-106.00, 500-700 LBS. 80.00-91.00, 700-900 LBS. & Complete Diet Mixers CREST EQUIPMENT Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,2001-A7 800-646-66 717-86 339 King Street, Myerstown PA 70.00- 900-1100 LBS. 53.00-67.50. HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 80.00-95.00, 500-700 LBS. 73.00-81.00. BULLS: 200-400 LBS. 89.00-118.00, 400-600 LBS. 80.00-85.00, 600-800 LBS. 69.00- 800-900 LBS. 65.00-73.00. SHEEP: 18 HEAD 40.00-70.00, OVER 200 LBS. 30.00-50.00. LAMBS: 20 HEAD, 10.00 LOWER. CHOICE 90-120 LBS. 100.00-115.00, BUCKS 150-200 LBS. 100.00-107.00, MEDIUM TO GOOD 50-70 LBS. 100.00- MEDIUM 30-70 LBS. 75.00- GOATS: 34 HEAD. LARGE BILLIES AND WHETHERS 100.00-165.00, MEDIUM 70.00-115.00, THIN 35.00- 55.00, NANNIES 40.00-80.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: 66 HEAD, BY THE HEAD, 11 HEAD 30 LBS. 24.00- 25.00, BY THE LB. 16 HEAD 25 LBS. 90.00- 14 HEAD 30 LBS. 80.00. NEXT TUES., MARCH 13, SPE CIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE, APPROX. 7:30 P.M. New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Report Supplied by Auction Wednesday, March 7,2001 135 DAIRY COWS, 144 HEIFERS, 8 BULLS. MARKET STRONGER. LOCAL FRESH COWS 500.00- 1525.00. I.at 1750.00. LOCAL SPRINGERS 750.00- 1375.00. BETTER FRESH COWS 175000- 1800.00. LARGE HEIFERS 1285 00-1475.00,6 HEAD 1535.00, SMALL HEIFERS 510.00- 00. SHORTBRED HEIFERS 825.00- 1050.00. OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS 835.00- BULLS 400.00-760.00, PUREBREDS 385.00- 2 HERDS ALL STAGES 460.00- 1550.00. 1 AT 1800.00. UPSTATE LOADS FRESH 1050.00- 1750.00. 1 AT 1950.00. REGISTERED HEIFERS 1025.00- 1450.00. SMALL OPEN HEIFERS 550.00- 700.00, SMALLER 350 00-450.00. %
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