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A2O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 11,2001 Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Thursday, August 9,2001 Thursday (est) Week ago (est) Year ago (act) Week to date (est) Same Period Last Week (est) Same Period Last Year (act) Pa. Weekly 13 Livestock Auctions 1 t Friday, August 3 Report Supplied By PDA CATTLE: 4781... Compared with 4161 head last week and 4337 head a year ago. Compared with last Friday’s sum mary..sl. steers closed the week 2.00 to 3.00 lower, si. heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower, si. cows steady to firm with good demand, bulls mostly steady. STEERS: High Choice and Prime 2-4 73.00-77.25, early sales to 78.25, Choice 2-3 71.25-75.75, Select and Low Choice 2-3 70.00-74.00, Select 1-3 68.00-72.75, Standard 1-257.00-67.50. HOLSTEIN STEERS; High Choice and Prime 2-3 67.25-69.50, Choice 2-3 63.00- Select 1-2 55.75-63.75, Stan dard 1-2 52.25-56.25. HEIFERS: Choice few Prime 2-4 /0.00-74.50, few to 76.00, Select 1-3 65.00- Standard 1-2 53.75-64.00. COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 47.00- 55.75, Boners 80-85% lean 40.50-49.00 mostly 43.00-47.25, Lean 85-90% lean 36.00-44.00. Shells 36.00 and down. BULLOCKS: Select 1-3 63.00-68.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-2500 lbs 58.00- Yield Grade 2 900-2400 lbs 18.00- FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 85.00- 94.00, 500-700 lbs 64.00-81.00, Medium and Large 2 300-500 lbs 73.00-85.00, 500-700 lbs 63.00-70.00; HEIFERS- Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 79.00- 98.00, 500-700 lbs 68.00-79.00, Medium and Large 2 300-500 lbs 71.00-83.00, 500-700 lbs 60.00-73.00; BULLS; Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 81.00- ! 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No I Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs 120.00- 162.00 late sales to 171.00, 80-90 lbs 70.00-100.00, No 2 80-130 lbs 70.00- 140.00 weaker calves to 50.00; No 1 Holstein heifers 80-120 lbs 400.00- 590.00, No 2 80-120 lbs 175.00-390.00. Beef type bulls and heifers 75-120 lbs 80.00-220.00. HOGS 1819... Compared with 1300 head last week and 1678 head a year ago. Barrows and gilts 1.00 to 3.00 higher, sows steady to 3.00 higher. BAR ROWS AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 220- 265 lbs 47.25-52.75, few to 54.00,45-50% lean 220-275 lbs 45.00-47.50, 40-45% lean 240-300 lbs 40.00-45.00. SOWS: 1-3 300-500 lbs 37.00-40.00, 500-700 lbs 40.00-43.00. BOARS: 24.00-38.00. FEEDER PIGS 266... Compared with 131 head last week and 227 head a year ago. 1-3 25-50 lbs 29.00-48.00, 50-70 lbs 46.00-60.00. per cwt. SHEEP 16Sl...Compared with 1210 head last week and 1944 head a year ago. Slaughter lambs under 60 lbs steady to 10.00 higher, over 60 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. 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Feeder pigs active and firm... 1-2 30-50 lbs 105.00- 50-70 lbs 87.00-101.00, few to 127.00, 70-85 lbs 86.00-92.00, 2 30-50 lbs 106.00-118.00, 50-70 lbs 86.00- 107.00; Slaughter 20-40 lbs 132.00- 162.00,40-50100.00-144.00. per cwt. National Carlot Meat Report Des Moines, IA August 7,2001 Report Supplied By USDA USDA Carlot Meat, 4:00 P.M. Sum mary Compared to previous day, prices in dollars per hundredweight, equated to FOB Omaha Basis. NATIONAL BOXED BEEF CUTOUT: Boxed beef uneven on mod erate demand and moderate offerings. Select and Choice chuck and round cuts weak. Select rib and loin cuts generally steady while Choice rib and loin cuts firm. Beef trimmings lower on light to moderate demand and moderate offer ings. Estimated composite cutout value of Choice 1-3 600-7 SO lbs carcasses up .17 at 119.92, 750-900 lbs up .14 at 119.09; Select 1-3 600-750 lbs dn .56 at 114.30, 750-900 lbs dn .49 at 113.98; based on 175.35 loads of Choice cuts, 154.65 loads of Select cuts, 33.00 loads of Trimmings, and 7Q.7S loads of coarse ground trim mings. CARCASS PRICE EQUIVALENT INDEX VALUE: Estimated carcass price equivalent value of Choice 1-3 600- 750 lbs up .05 at 109.60, 750-900 lbs up .02 at 109.01; Select 1-3 600-750 lbs dn .32 at 103.26, 750-900 lbs dn .27 at 103.05. Current index reflects the equiv alent 0f365,841 head of cattle. NATIONAL CARLOT BEEF: The Cutter cow carcass gross cutout value was estimated at 94.86, unchanged. BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE: Hide and offal from a typical slaughter steer Lan<aster Farming's Classified Ads Get Results! Introducing the Gates Mobile Crimp™ 4-20 crimper: Fast , simple and versatile. You Can Take It With You. And when you take the gates Mobile Crimp™ 4-20 crimper with you, on-site repairs will be faster, easier, and cover more applications tha ever before. That’s because Gates designed this portable crimper with unmatched versatility and coverage. The Mobile Crimp 4-20 crimper allows for variable crimping positions and a swi away cylinder for easier loading of dies and assemblies. Operating with nearly any hand, a or electrical 10,000 PSI pump, you’ll be able to crimp anything from low-pressure return lines up to four-spiral hose with 1 1/4" I.D. No other portable crimper has that kind of application coverage. Visit your Gates distributor to find out more about the powerful Mobile Crimp 4-20 crimper - and feel free to take one with you. THE WORLD’S MOST TRUSTED NAME IN BELTS, HOSE AND HYDRAULICS was estimated at 8.02, up .01. NATIONAL CARLOT PORK: Sales reported on 55.3 loads of pork cuts and 17.0 loads of trim/process pork. Com pared to Monday’s close; Fresh •/«” bone in loins 1.00-4.00 lower; boston butts steady; sknd. hams steady to 2.00 lower; sdls. bellies 14-16 lbs. not tested; lean trimmings mostly steady. Trading slow to moderate, with light to moderate demand and offerings. Calculations for a 185 lb Pork Carcass 51-52 percent lean 0.80” -0.99” back fat at last rib—77.ls up .16. Loins bone in fresh V* inch trim 21 Ib/down 114.00- 124.00; Hams bone in trimmed, 17-20 lbs trim spec 1 71.00-73.00; 20-23 lbs trim spec 166.00-68.00. CARLOT LAMB CARCASS: 4,101 head reported. Lamb Carcass, Choice and Prime, Yield Grade 1-4; 51-55 lbs 100.00-187.00; 56-60 lbs 100.00-185.00; 61-65 lbs 132.50-185.00; 66-70 lbs 132.50-165.00; 71-75 lbs 100.00-165.00; 76-80 lbs 100.00-136.00; 81-85 lbs 99.00- 136.00; 86-up lbs 99.00-129.00. East Fluid Milk And Cream Review Madison, Wis. August 8,2001 Report Supplied by USDA Spot prices of class II cream, dollars per lb. butterfat: F. 0.8. producing plants: Northeast: 2.5665-2.6849; Deliv ered Equivalent: Atlanta: 2.5467-2.7244 mostly 2.5665-2.6652. PRICES OF CONDENSED SKIM, DOLLARS PER LB. WET SOLIDS. F. 0.8. PRODUCING PLANTS: North east: Class 11, includes monthly formula prices: I.OSOO-1.1400; Class HI - spot prices - .9400-.1.0300. The following are the July 2001 Class and component prices under the Federal Milk Order pricing system: Class II $15.96 (down $.09 from June), Class 111 $15.46 (up $.44); and Class IV $14.81 (down $.52). The following are product price averages used in computing Class prices: butter $1.9094, NDM $0.9634, cheese $1.6573, and dry whey $.2842. The Class II butterfat price is $2.1953 and the Class m/IV butterfat price is $2.1883. Hot weather continues to plague the East. Record high temperatures are being record an most of the Morthdut Cow comfort is a big issue and milk pro duction is falling in all areas of the region. Along with the falling output, fat and protein tests (yields) are lower. The hot weather is also causing some plant efficiency problems. Fluid milk supplies are lighter, but the generally slow bottled milk sales are keeping surplus milk vol umes fairly steady. More Southeastern schools are reopening next week and bottlers are ordering more milk. Han dlers are pulling more milk in from Northern states. Florida’s imports are not taking too much milk this week, but volumes are expected to jump next week when school lunch bottling “kicks in.” So far, milk shipments into the South east are coming from New York, Massa chusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and lowa. The condensed skim market un changed, but prices for Class in con tinue to inch higher at the low end of the range. Demand for wet solids is good, particularly from cheese makers trying to improve their yields and output. How ever, as wet solids’ prices move higher, some users are looking to NDM as a less expensive source of solids. The fluid cream market is little changed. Demand is good, but offerings are heavier than some might expect when milk supplies are tightening. Re ports indicate that quite a few loads of Eastern cream are moving to butter makers in the Midwest. Eastern butter makers are less eager to churn and build inventories at current butter prices. Most are using their inventories to fill retail orders. More often, these butter makers are selling their own cream on the spot market if they can. Spot prices are gen erally higher as the average price of butter at the CME increased more than two cents last week. Ice cream produc tion (s steady at seasonally heavy levels. The high cost of butterfat is still a big concern to most mix and ice cream makers. Cream cheese production is steady to a little heavier. Some producers are buying some extra loads of cream this week. Bottled cream sale are fair to good as UHT plants are taking in a little more cream this week. New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Report Supplied by Auction Wednesday, August 8,2001 118 DAIRY COWS, 133 HEIFERS, 17 BULLS. MARKET LOWER. LOCAL FRESH COWS 525.00- 1575.00. LOCAL SPRINGERS 810-1700.00, 1 AT 2000.00. BETTER FRESH COWS 1725.00- 2125.00. LARGE HEIFERS 1675.00-1885.00, 14 HEAD 1800.00-2000.00. SMALL HEIFERS 835.00-1475.00. JIHORTBpED 910.00- OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS 975.00-1300.00. BULLS 560.00-850.00, PUREBREDS 300.00-925.00. UPSTATE LOADS FRESH 1025.00- 1725.00. CANADIAN LOADS FRESH 1300.00-2125.00. FRESH HEIFERS 600.00-1575.00. REGISTERED HEIFERS: 1000.00- 1875.00. SMALL OPEN HEIFERS 725.00- 925.00, SMALLER 250.00-435.00. Ask For Jay