Leesport Livestock Auction Leesport, Pa. June 28,2001 Report Supplied By PDA WED. CATTLE 155, CALVES 159, HOGS 114, SHEEP 25, GOATS 24. LAST WED. CATTLE 169, CALVES 137, HOGS 110, SHEEP 51, GOATS 24. CATTLE: Compared to last Wednes day’s auction, slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher, instances 4.00 higher on Boner and Lean cows. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Other classes not well tested. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3 few 1220-1310 lbs 76.75-77.00. Select 1-3 few 72.00-76.75. HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3 1375-1510 lbs 68.00-71.00. Select 1-2 64.75- 67.25. Standard 1-2 56.75-64.75. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Select 1-3 few 70.00-75.25. SLAUGHTER COWS: Breakers 75- 80 percent lean few 52.00-56.00. Boners 80-85 percent lean 49.00-53.00. Lean 85- 90 percent lean 43.00-49.75. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1 few 1070-1615 lbs 64.25-65.50. Yield Grade 2 few 1325-1470 lbs 56.00-62.75. FEEDER STEERS: Large 3 500-700 lbs 56.00-62.00. FEEDER BULLS: Medium and Large 1 200-400 lbs 87.50- 90.00. CALVES; Compared to last week’s auction; Holstein bulls returning to the farm were active, and sold fully 10.00 higher. VEALERS: Good individual 160 lbs 75.00. Standard and Good few 65-110 lbs 60.00-95.00. Utility 60-90 lbs 20.00- 57.50. RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein bulls Number 190-120 lbs 160.00-187.50, mostly 170.00-185.00. Number 2 70-120 lbs 95.00-165.00. Holstein heifers Number 1 80-120 lbs 360.00-465.00. Number 2 70-110 lbs 215.00-300.00, weaker calves down to 165.00. BARROWS AND GILTS: PERCENT CHANGE WEIGHT PRICE 45-50 Few 200-260 lbs 49.00-50.25 40-45 Few 315- 320 lbs 37.00-42.00 SOWS: US 1-3 400-500 lbs 39.00-42.00 One head 510 lbs 41.50 FEEDER PIGS: All sold cwt. US 1-3 20-30 lbs 62.50-85.00 40-80 lbs 65.00- 77.50 90-150 lbs 60.00-72.50 SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice few 20*30 lbs 100.00-120.00; few 40-50 lbs 90.00- 105.00; few 50-140 lbs 70.00- 90.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP: Utility 1-3 few 20.00-24.00, individual Yearling 54.00. GOATS: All sold by the head. Billies: Large individual 69.00. Nannies: Large couple 59.00. Medium few 25.00-51.00. Kids; Large 20.00-27.50. Small 5.00- 15.00. Westminster Livestock Hagerstown, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction June 26,2001 SLAUGHTER COWS: 69 HEAD, MOSTLY STEADY. BREAKERS 48.00- LIMOUSIN 1518 LBS. AT 58.25, BONERS 46.00-51.00, LEAN 42.00- THIN 42.00 DOWN. BULLS: 11 HEAD, GOOD SELEC TION. YG#l 63.00-67.25, 2 HIGH DRESSING 73.00 AND 77.25, YG#2 58.00- FED STEERS: 24 HEAD, NO PRIME OFFERED. HIGH CHOICE 1200-1475 LBS. 77.00-79.25, CHOICE 2-3 73.00-77.00, LOW CHOICE 70.00- 75.00, HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME HOLSTEINS 1200-1400 LBS. 70.00- 71.75, LOW CHOICE 1300-1600 LBS. 63.00- FED HEIFERS: 1 CHOICE 4 1080 LBS. AT 74.25, LOW CHOICE HOL STEINS 1000-1300 LBS. 58.00-64.00. CALVES: 103 HEAD. HOLSTEIN BULLS RETURNING TO FARM 10.00- HIGHER. #1 94-120 LBS. 160.00- 80-92 LBS. 125.00- 150.00; #2 94-120 LBS. 110.00-150.00, 75-90 LBS. 100.00-125.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 5 HEAD. #2 90-120 LBS. 345.00- 70-80 LBS. 130.00- 190.00; 1 STARTED 144 LBS. AT 152.00; BEEF X BULLS 80 LBS. TO 170.00. BUTCHER HOGS: 66 HEAD, 1.00 LOWER. #1 AND 2 230-270 LBS. 52.00, 1 LOT 284 LBS. AT 51.00; #1 AND 3 50.00- #2 AND 3 48.00-49.00. SOWS: 17 HEAD, 2.00 LOWER. 300- 475 LBS. 38.00-40.00, 475-675 LBS. 39.00- BOARS: 4 HEAD. 600-800 LBS. 21.00- 1412 LBS. AT 27.00. STOCK CATTLE: 65 HEAD. STEERS 300-500 LBS. 96.00-100.00, 500-700 LBS. 81.00-94.00, 700-900 LBS. 70.00- HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 80.00-96.00, 500-700 LBS. 75.00-94.00, 700-900 LBS. 60.00- BULLS: 200-400 LBS. 98.00-102.00, 400-500 LBS. 90.00-100.00, 500-700 LBS. 73.00-85.00; RED ANGUS 800 LBS. AT 69.50. SHEEP: 37 HEAD 35.00-45.00, HEAVY 20.00-30.00. LAMBS: 112 HEAD, WEAKER DEMAND. HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 90-120 LBS. 78.00-89.00, 70-90 LBS. 79.00- 35-55 LBS. 100.00-115.00; MEDIUM TO GOOD, ALL WEIGHTS, 70.00- YEARLINGS 48.00-55.00. GOATS: 71 HEAD. ACTIVE BID DING. LARGE BILLIES AND WHETHERS 85.00-115.00, FEW 130.00- MEDIUM BILLIES 45.00- 80.00; LARGE NANNIES 50.00-80.00; MEDIUM NANNIES 40.00-70.00; FLESHY KIDS 30.00-45.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: 64 HEAD. BY THE HEAD, 15-25 LBS. 18.00-23.00, 30-40 LBS. 25.00-35.00, 40-50 LBS. 38.00- BY THE LB. 5 HEAD 53 LBS. AT 85.00; 7 HEAD 110-125 LBS. 65.00- 2 HEAD 157 LBS. AT 58.00. Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, Pa. June 27,2001 Report Supplied By USDA TUESDAY CATTLE 244, CALVES 112, HOGS 87, SHEEP 2, GOATS 2. LAST TUES. CATTLE 249, CALVES 114, HOGS 152, SHEEP 1, GOATS 16. CATTLE: Compared to last Tues day’s auction, slaughter steers traded weak. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Other classes were not well tested. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 few 1360-1415 lbs 78.75- 82.00. Choice 2-3 1075-1500 lbs 76.00- 80.75. Select 1-3 68.00-76.50. Standard 1-2 few 57.00-65.00. HOLSTEINS STEERS: High Choice 3 individual 1200 lbs 72.50. Choice 2-3 1230- 1635 lbs 66.00-68.75. Select 1-2 62.00-66.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-3 MID-MOUNT ZERO TURN MOWER**, All new Zero-Turn mowers with Kohler engines ranging from 22 to 26 HP on 4 models with cutting widths of 54” to 74”. t Ground speed of 10 mph for better productivity and very smooth steering for ease of , ,'*»# trimming Naturally Bush Hog quality for year use BUSH HOG 995-1255 lbs 70.00-78.25, mostly 73.00- 76.00. Select 1-3 few 64.25-71.50. Stan dard 1-2 few 53.00-62.25. SLAUGHTER COWS: Breakers 75- 80 percent lean 49.00-56.50, few up to 59.00. Boners 80-85 percent lean 45.25- 53.50. Lean 85-90 percent lean 42.00- 47.00. Shells down to 30.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1 few 1515-1875 lbs 60.05.75.25. Yield Grade 2 1025-2255 lbs 52.50-60.25. FEEDER STEERS; Medium and Large 2 few 505-790 lbs 56.50-67.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium 1-2 few 60-845 lbs 61.00-67.00; 325-550 lbs 69.00- 79.00, couple up to 86.00. FEEDER BULLS: Medium 2 few 310- 520 lbs 63.00-81.00. VEALERS: Standard and Good 75- 110 lbs 40.00-77.50. Utility 50-80 lbs 10.00- 33.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein bulls Number 185-115 lbs 145.00-167.50. Number 2 80-120 lbs 80.00-140.00. Hol stein heifers Number 1 few 85-90 lbs 405.00- 425.00. Number 2 few 80-105 lbs 220.00- Beef type bulls and heif ers few 75-110 lbs 150.00-185.00; few 205-255 lbs 99.00-109.00. BARROWS AND GILTS: Prices were Blades overlap 1 cleaner cut, and the spindle design is field proven for dependability Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 30,2001 -Al7 1.00- higher than last Tuesday. PERCENT LEAN WEIGHT PRICE 49-54 240-280 lbs 54.00-56.00 45-50 225- 285 lbs 50.00-54.00 40-45 240-300 lbs 46.25-49.75 SOWS: US 1-3 Individual 745 lbs 46.00 Few 405-430 lbs 34.00-41.00 BOARS: Individual 1005 lbs 22.00 Couple 235-245 lbs 35.00-38.00 FEEDER PIGS: US 1-3 145-195 lbs 48.00- cwt One lot 40 lbs 42.00/ per head SHEEP: Not well tested. GOATS: Not well tested. New Wilmington Livestock New Wilmington, Pa. Report Supplied by Auction Monday, June 18,2001 SALE NOT REPORTED JUNE 25, 2001! BUSH Hi
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