Dewart Livestock Dewart, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Monday, July 30,2001 STEERS: 60.00-73.00. HEIFERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTE. GOOD COWS: 40.00-46.00. CANNERS AND CUTTERS: 30.00- 40.00. BULLS: 48.00-51.50. VEAL: 90-190 LBS. 100.00-548.00; 70-90 LBS. 50.00-100.00. HOGS:I AT 47.50. SOWS: NONE. FEEDER PIGS: 30.00-42.00 HEAD. Eastern Cornbelt Direct Feeder Cattle Summary Springfield, 111. July 27,2001 Report Supplied By USDA Eastern Cornbelt Direct Cattle Sum mary for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Compared to last week’s, market feeder cattle were mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand is light to moderate. Trading is slow to moderate. Receipts this week consisted of 51% beef type steers, 9% Holsteins and about 40% heif ers. Confirmed sales 900 this week, 1000 last week and 1200 a year ago. FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large Frame 1-2; small lot 550 lbs 102.00 del.; 775-875 lbs 86.00-88.50 del. HOLSTEIN STEERS: Large Frame 3: load lot 525 lbs 86.00 del. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 550-625 lbs 93.00- 96.00, few 91.00 del.; 750-800 lbs 87.00, few plain 81.00 del. 777771 mm € Coo/aln • 52 INCH IN BOX/WITHOUT MOTOR • 52 INCH IN BOX/WITH MOTOR Hershey EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Your Partner in Agri-Business 255 Plane Tree Drive, Lancaster, Pa 17602 Toil Free 800-HEC-0988 Fax (717) 291-1534 Email address-partsservice @ Hequip.com We are open Mon. - Fri. 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Oui National Weekly Lamb Report Des Moines, lowa July 31,2001 Report Supplied By USDA NATIONAL WEEKLY LAMB REPORT: Prior week slaughtered lamb count for week ending Monday, July 30 - FORWARD CONTRACTS: Domestic 0; Imported 0. FORMULA ARRANGE MENTS: Domestic 14,957. Imported 0. PACKER OWNED SHEEP SLAUGHTERED: Week ending Monday, July 30 - DOMESTIC: 6,654 head; carcass weight range 39-128 lbs, avg. 80 lbs; dressing percentage range 49.0-50.0%, avg. 49.5; Choice or better grade 99.5; Good 0.4%. IMPORTED: None. FORWARD CONTRACT PUR CHASES: None. FORMULA PURCHASES: DOMES TIC: 23,337 head; 51-103 lbs, avg. 76 lbs; price range 58.59 -153.06, weighted avg. price 128.48 per cwt. IMPORTED: 0. Belleville Hay Belleville, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Wednesday, August 1,2001 Hay—Straw—Grain 35 LOTS TOTAL. ALFALFA: 2 LOTS 77.50-80.00. MIXED HAY: 21 LOTS 45.00-142.50, MOSTLY 62.50-95.00. TIMOTHY: 1 LOT, 67.50. STRAW: 4 LOTS, 70.00-92.50. EAR CORN: 5 LOTS, 75.00-80.00. OATS; 2 LOTS 2.00 AND 2.40/BU. FOR SALE Lancaster Silo Roller Mill Blower 717-786-0738 SPECIALLY HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The 23rd annual Penn sylvania Department of Agricul tural (PDA) Performance Test Ram Sale will take place at the Penn State Ag Arena, Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. All 65 rams to be sold com pleted an official 84-day per- Morrison Cove Produce Auction Roaring Spring, Pa. Report Supplied by Auction July 31,2001 APPLES: 3.50-4.25 Vi BU. BEANS: GREEN 4.50-8.25, YELLOW 3.75-6.75, BOTH Vi BU. CABBAGE 4.00-6.75 BOX. CANTALOPES: .75-1.65. CUCUMBERS: 2.50-4.25 Vi BU. EGGPLANT: 4.50-7.50 Vi BU. ONIONS: SPANISH 6.50-10.25 Vi BU. PEACHES: 7.50-14.00 Vz BU. PEPPERS: GREEN 4.50-8.50, HOT 4.00- ALL Vz BU.. PICKLES: 3.50-4.75 Vz BU. Vz BU. POTATOES: RED 4.00-6.25, WHITE 4.00- BOTH '/iBU. RED BEETS: 4.50-8.00 Vz BU. SWEET CORN: 1.10-2.30 DOZ. TOMATOES: SM. TO URGE. 8.00- 18.00 '/iBU. WATERMELONS: 1,75-2.65; SEED LESS 2.25-3.00. ZUCCHINI: 1.50-5.00; YELLOW 2.50-5.00 Vz BU. Also Roller Mill Blowers For Rent PRICED NCFS2 FANS SPECIAL SALE We are currently overstocked on grain bin & feed hopper bins, bolts & nuts Grade 8 Hex Bin Bolts 3/8x1” .060 ea. Grade 8 Hex Bin Bolts 5/16x3/4 .040 ea. Grade 5 Hex Bin Bolts 3/8” .0150 ea. Grade 5 Hex Nuts 5/16” .0150 ea. rr Service Department is Available 24 Hours a Day Performance Test Ram Sale Offered By Breeders, PDA formance test at PDA’s Livestock Evaluation Center on July 10. The breeds represented at this year’s performance test are Dorset, Hampshire, Suffolk, Oxford and Shropshire. Throughout the test, the rams were evaluated for genetics, per formance and reproductive soundness. Other activities scheduled for PDA’s performance test sale will include a youth skillathon; in formative presentations; and an invitational ewe sale, selling ap proximately 70 ewes directly fol lowing the conclusion of the ram sale. The Pennsylvania Sheep Association Field Day Aug. 11 FRIEDENS (Somerset Co.) All cattlemen are invited to attend the Pa. Angus Associa tion’s summer field day Aug. 11 at ErReR Hill Farms, Friedens. The schedule of events includes: • 9 a.m. Registration. • 10 a.m. Cattle Walk with Dick Beck. • 11 a.m. Carcass Judging Your opportunity to select which animals have highest in tramuscular fat, largest ribeye, least rib fat and least rump fat. • Noon Angus lunch. Thursday (est) Week ago (est) Year ago (act) Week to date (est) Same Period Last Week (est) Same Period Last Year (act) $204.75 $328.77 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4,2001-Al9 Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Thursday, August 2,2001 - MARKET LEESPORT, BERKS COUNTY, PA 19533 (610) 926-1307 LIVESTOCK AUCTION EVEBYWEDNESDAY ■ 1:00 P.M. LEESPORT T Farmers Market 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Flea Market 7:00 AM to ?? visit our website: www.leesportmarket.com C > ’l A Dry Cow Booster That Costs 70 a Day Hoffmans Horse and Cattle Powder is an ideal tonic for cows over freshening. Feed 6 wks. before freshening. 1 Tablespoon a day. (Two weeks over freshening, feed 1 Tablespoon This is an over-all good booster if fed to dry cows, and it will pay you big dividends Sugar Valley Collar Shop 18 Wagon Wheel Lane Loganton, PA 17747 D & J Farm Store Gap Repair Shop 65 Hess Rd 994 Gap Rd Quanyville, PA 17566 Kinzers, PA 17535 717-442-4781 Daniels Farm Store 324 Glenbrook Rd Leola, PA 17540 717-656-6982 We need more dealers for different areas. If interested, please write to: J.L. Hoffman, 183 Stonyhill Rd., Quarryville, PA 17566 Field Day will also take place. Registration for Pennsylvania Sheep Field Day begins at 8:45 a.m. Additional information about these events is available on the PDA Website at www.pda .state.pa.us. This event is spon sored by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Pennsylva nia Sheep and Wool Growers Association and Penn State Uni versity. For sale catalogs tor more information, contact Glenn Eberly at the Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Eval uation Center (814) 238-2527. • 1 p.m. Ultrasound car cass demo and ultrasound preg- nancy and sexing demo. • 3 p.m. Discussion and questions. • 3:30 p.m. Farm tours. ErReR Hill Farms is one of the Northeast’s oldest continu ous Angus operations. For more information, please call (814) 445-4440. Directions: From the PA Turnpike, use exit 10. ErReR Hill Farms is located just eight miles north of the turnpike on Route 601. CALVES HOGS 4.000 354,000 3.000 353,000 4.000 361,000 17.000 1,394,000 16.000 1,384,000 18.000 1,414,000 CATTLE 126,000 127.000 127.000 506.000 506.000 510.000 A & E Ag Products 12 Southwest View Di Gordonville, PA 17529 717-786-3128 or 538-0324 Elvin Zimmerman 18051 Ridgewood Ave Barnett, MO 65Q11 573-378-2658 SHEEP 13.000 12.000 13.000 43.000 45.000 47.000
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