Al6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22,2001
GRAIN. CATTLE, HOG.
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FUTURES MARKETS
Markets Courtesy of Chicago Board and Mercantile Exchange
Closing Bids: Thursday, September 20,2001
Corn
215 3/4
220
227 3/4
235 1/4
239 1/4 234 1/2 238 1/2
239 3/4[243 3/4|239 1/4| 243
242 3/4
248
257
beans
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470 1/2
476 1/2
481
483
485
488
Soybean Meal
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Pa. Weekly
13 Livestock Auctions
Friday, September 14
Report Supplied By PDA
CATTLE 4920.. Compared with 4084
head last week and 6184 head a year
ago. Compared with last Friday’s sum
maiy.sl steers mostly 1.00 to 2 50 lower
with lighter buyer demand due to terror
ist attacks, heifers 1.50 to 2.00 lower,
bulls steady
STEERS High Choice and Prime 2-4
69.00-71 00, Choice 2-3 66.25-70 50,
Select and Low Choice 2-3 65.75-70.00,
Select 1-3 62.25-66.75, Standard 1-2
50.50-62.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: High Choice
and Prime 2-3 61.50-66.00, Choice 2-3
58.00-63.75, Select 1-2 SS.OO-62.50, Stan
dard 1-2 46.25-56.75.
HEIFERS: Choice few Prime 2-4
65.00-70.75. Select 1-3 59.50-67 25, Stan
dard 1-248.25-59.25.
COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 40.75-
48.75, Boners 80-85% lean 39.25-47.00,
Lean 85-90% lean 35.00-43.25. Shells
33.00 and down.
BULLOCKS: one Choice 2-3 64.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-2500 lbs
54.00- Yield Grade 2 900-2400 lbs
44.00-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS:
Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 85.00-
105.00,500-700 lbs 64.00-85.00, Medium
and Large 2 300-500 lbs 72.00-88.00,
500-700 lbs 65 00-92.00; HEIFERS:
SW^\
474 3/4
468
481
475
486
480
481
1/2
487 1/4
489 1/2
484
488
488
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Medium and Large 1 300-700 lbs 75.00-
107.50, 500-700 lbs 65.00-84.00, Medium
and Large 2 300-500 lbs 56.00-83.00,
500-700 lbs 58.00-78.00; BULLS:
Medium and Large 1 300-500 lbs 81.50-
98.00, 500-700 lbs 71.00, Medium and
Large 2 300-500 lbs 67.00-104.00, 500-
700 lbs 50.00-83.50.
CALVES 3344... Compared with 2946
head last week and 3985 head a year
ago Vealers steady. VEALERS: Good
150-280 lbs 79.00-112.50, Good 160-240
lbs 70.00-97.50, Standard and Good 60-
125 lbs 40.00-70.00, Utility 50-105 lbs
10.00-40.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bull calves
mostly steady with spots of 5.00 tower,
Holstein heifers active, with record high
prices being set..No 1 Holstein bulls 90-
120 lbs 105.00-159.00, No 2 80-120 lbs
60.00- No 1 Holstein heifers 80-
120 lbs 410.00-690.00, No 2 65-120 lbs
100.00-
Beef type bulls and heifers 60-120 lbs
100.00-235.00.
HOGS 1720... Compared with 989
head last week and 472 head a year ago.
Barrows and gilts mostly .25 to .50
higher, sows mostly steady. BARROWS
AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 220-280 lbs
43.00- 45-50% lean 200-280 lbs
41.25-43.75. 40-45% lean 240-280 lbs
35.00-
SOWS: 1-3 300-500 lbs 32.00-35.00,
500-700 lbs 34.00-36.00.
BOARS: 22.00-26.00.
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474 +4W
473 1/4
480
485
485 1/2
487
489 1/2 j 489
488 1/2
488
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155.5
154.1
154.0
238 1/4
24
242 3/4
22
480
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485 1/4
+46
487
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+44
488
+44
+ 21
+ 19
Oats
+ 17
+ 21
+ 21
+ 20
+ 19
FEEDER PIGS 267... Compared with
206 head last week and 439 head a year
ago. 1-3 30-50 lbs 34.00-49.00, 50-60 lbs
46.50-52.50 —percwt.
SHEEP 1701... Compared with 1524
head last week and 1301 head a year
ago. Slaughter lambs 5.00 to 10.00 lower.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS; Choice 40-60
lbs 80.00-120.00, 60-100 lbs 65.00-90.00,
100-130 lbs 55.00-65.00, Good am’
Choice 40-100 lbs 50.00-72.50.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 20.00-45.00.
ONE GRADED FEEDER PIG SALE
38S...Compared with 298 last week and
221 head a year ago. Feeder pigs 5.00 to
10.00 lower.
FEEDER PIGS: 1-2 45-55 lbs 89.00-
100.00, 60-65 lbs 80.00-85.00, 73 lbs
75.00; Slaughter 20-35 lbs 105.00-135.00,
50-55 lbs 90.00-101.00. per cwt.
Oklahoma Feeder
Cattle Weekly
Oklahoma City, OK
September 19,2001
Report Supplied By USDA
Oklahoma National Stockyards -
Weekly Cattle Summary Compared to
last week: Feeder steers and heifers
steady to 2.00 higher. Steer calves
steady. Heifer calves steady to 2.00
lower. Demand good for all classes. Cash
feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, and cow
markets are functioning normally with
no ill affects Bulk supply calves under
Lean Hogs
Date
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
09/20/01
Oct 01 5930 5975 58875967 +6O
Dec 01 5510 5525 54205490 +5
Feb 02 5535 55505455 5515 -7
Apr 02 5630 5675 55925617 unch
May 02 6087 6105 60756100 +l5
Jun 02 6360 637063356355 -12
Jul 02 6090 609060776077 -3
Aug 02 5910 5910 5890 5890 -2
Oct 02 5342 534253425342 +2
Composite Volume Open_lnt
09/19/01 13553 42895
Pork Bellies
Date
09/20/01 Feb 02 7940 81907855 8177 +237
09/20/01 Mar 02 8100 8200 8100 8200 +250
09/20/01 May 02 8267 8525 8267 8525 +255
09/20/01 Jul 02 8400 840084008400 +220
09/20/01 Aug 02 8400 840084008400 +lBO 0 2
Composite Volume Openjnt
09/19/01 952 2748
Live Cattle
Date
09/20/01 Oct 01 6960 698568256912
09/20/01 Dec 01 7125 714769977082
09/20/01 Feb 02 7295 73177165 7242
09/20/01 Apr 02 7495 7515 7345 7460
09/20/01 Jun 02 7127 715070177107
09/20/01 Aug 02 7200 722071107192
09/20/01 Oct 02 7350 738073157365
Composite Volume Open_lnt
09/19/01 29071 117152
650 lbs. Feeder cattle over 700 lbs in
short supply throughout the trade area
Quality plain to average Calves in
medium to mostlj fleshy conditions,
ieeder cattle in slightly thin to medium
flesh. Weigh-ups gaunt to average, few
full.
Receipts reduced by heavy rains over
the weekend along with uncertainty on
the part of cattlemen due to unsettled
national situation. Receipts this week
5750; last week 11,762; last year 9184.
Supply consisted of 37 percent yearlings
and calves over 600 lbs; 57 percent
calves, 6 percent cows and bulls. Heifers
comprised 46 percent of feeder and calf
supply.
Prices follow with weighted average
weight and price in parenthesis.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and
Large 1: CALVES; few 295-335 lbs
134.00- 139.00; 350-400 lbs (393 lbs)
123.00- (125.48); 400-450 lbs (432
lbs) 110.00-115.00 (113.51); 450-500 lbs
(471 lbs) 102.00-114.00 (109.87); 500-550
lbs (514 lbs) 96.75-108.00 (103.74); 550-
600 lbs (572 lbs) 96.00-104.00 (100.59);
600-650 lbs (622 lbs) 94.00-102.00
(97.22); 700-725 (715 lbs) 86.50-90.75
(89.68). YEARLINGS: 600-675 lbs (650
lbs) 96.00-103.25 (99.05); few lots 700-
725 lbs (723 lbs) 96.25; 750-800 lbs (780
lbs) 89.50-95.25 (93.64).
HOLSTEINS: Steers: Large 3: 445 lbs
77.00; 525 lbs 76.50; 715 lbs 70.00.
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FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and
Large 1: CALVES; 300-400 lbs (350 lbs)
100.00-110.00 (108.39); 400-500 lbs (450
lbs) 90.00-97.00, several Fancy 104 00-
109.50 (95 99); 500-600 lbs (550 lbs)
85.25-91 25 (87.99), 600-650 lbs (630 lbs)
83.50-88.25 (85.93). YEARLINGS. 500-
600 lbs (550 lbs) 91.50-92.75 (92.86); 600-
650 lbs (646 lbs) 91.50-92.50 (92.41); 650-
700 lbs (670 lbs) 87.50-93.00 (91.57); 720
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81.25.
Average Farm Feed
Costs for Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state to
have handy reference of commodity
input costs in their feeding operations
for DHIA record sheets or to develop
livestock feed cost data, here’s last
week’s average costs of various ingred
ients as compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember, these are averages, so you
will need to adjust your figures up or
down according to your location and the
quality of your crop.
Corn, No.2y 2.29 bu., 4.10 cwt.
Wheat, N 0.2 2.48 bu., 4.14 cwt.
Barley, N 0.3 —1.39 bu., 2.96 cwt.
Oats, N 0.2 —1.38 bu., 4.30 cwt.
Soybeans, No. 1 4.47 bu., 7.46 cwt.
Ear Corn 62.81 ton, 3.l4cwt.
Alfalfa Hay —122.50 ton, 6.13 cwt.
Mixed Hay —116.25 ton, 5.81 cwt.
Haj —.113,00 t0p,.5,6 cwt, . .
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