Leesport
Livestock Auction
Leesport, Pa.
April 17,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
CATTLE 269...(PDA)...(5upp1y included 109
steers & heifers, 83 cows, 15 bulls and 62 feeder
cattle)..Compared with last week’s sale..steers
1.50 to 2.50 lower, Holsteins steers hilly 2.00 to
3.00 lower, cows mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower one a
light supply, heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower, bulls 2.00
to 4.00 lower.
STEERS: Choice 2-3 1185-1485 lbs 65.50-70.75,
Select 1-3 57.00-65.00, couple Standard 1-2 50.25
& 55.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3 1315-1610
lbs 56.75-60.75, Select 1-2 50.00-55.75, Standard
1-2 46.50-51.75.
HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 1115-1415 lbs
65.50- Select 1-3 56.00-64.25, couple Stan
dard 1-2 42.75 & 50.00.
COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 37.00-42.25,
Boners 80-85% lean 36.75-41.75, Lean 85-90%
lean 35.00-40.50. Shells 35.00 and down.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1175-1895 lbs
52.00- Yield Grade 2 975-2120 lbs
41.50-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: one lot Medium
1 500 lbs 73.00, Medium 2 275-500 lbs 60.00-75.00,
one Large 2 750 lbs 52.00, Large 3 450-490 lbs
Holsteins 52.50-56.00, 550-915 lbs Holsteins
45.00- HEIFERS: Medium and Large 2
255-465 lbs 55.00-78.00, one Large 1 540 lbs 70.00;
BULLS: Medium and Large 2 345-365 lbs 60.00,
one Medium 1 290 lbs 83.00, Large 3 505-870 lbs
Holsteins 51.50-55.00.
CALVES 126...Vealers 10.00 higher. VEAL
ERS: Standard and Good 70-90 lbs 50.00-75.00,
few Utility 55-65 lbs 45.00. FARM CALVES: Hol
stein bulls 15.00 to 20.00 higher, Holstein heifers
remains steady ..No 1 Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs
155.00- 75-85 lbs 120.00-172.50, No 2
80-120 lbs 85.00-160.00; No 1 Holstein heifers
90-110 lbs 490.00-600.00, No 2 70-125 lbs
220.00-
Beef type bulls and heifers 85-110 lbs
95.00-165.00,150-265 lbs 77.00-110.00.
HOGS 0...N0 MARKET TEST!
FEEDER PIGS 11... 1-3 25-40 lbs 80.00, 97 lbs
67.00. per cwt.
SHEEP 28... Slaughter lambs 5.00 to 10.00
lower. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice 20-50 lbs
90.00-155.00, couple 60 & 70 lbs 118.00 & 120.00.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 25.00-45.00, few Year
lings 60.00-75.00.
GOATS 14...(AU sold by the head). Few Medi
um Billies 39.00-52.00, couple Large Billies 70.00,
one Medium 27.50, couple Large Kids 50.00,
Small 21.00-30.00.
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Report Supplied By Auction
April 16,2002
SLAUGHTER COWS: 70 HEAD, STEADY.
BREAKERS 38.00-i2.75, BONERS 37.00-42.00,
LEAN 35.00-38.00, THIN 35.00 DOWN.
BULLS: 6 HEAD, 2.00-3.00 LOWER. YG+NI
1600 LBS. AT 60.75, YG+N2 1300-1900 LBS.
51.00-56.00.
FED STEERS: 22 HEAD, 2.00 LOWER.
HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 1300-1500 LBS. TO
70.00; CHOICE 2-3 1100-1500 LBS. 63.00-67.00,
HIGH CHOICE HOLSTEINS 57.00-59.25, LOW
DRESSING 55.00-57.00.
FED HEIFERS: 13 HEAD. HIGH CHOICE
TO PRIME 1200-1400 LBS. 69.00-71.75,
CHOICE 4 TO 68.25, SELECT TO LOW
CHOICE 1000-1200 LBS. 61.00-64.00, CHOICE
HOLSTEINS 1520 LBS. AT 49.50.
CALVES: 117 HEAD. HOLSTEIN BULLS
RETURNING TO FARM, STEADY. +NI9O-120
LBS. 155.00-172.00, 80-88 LBS. 135.00-157.00;
+N2 90-120 LBS. 120.00-150.00, 75-88 LBS.
80.00-110.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS +NI 100
LBS. TO 615.00, +N2 80-100 LBS. 310.00-480.00;
BEEF X BULLS 60-90 LBS. 100.00-130.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: 42 HEAD, 2.00 LOWER.
+NI AND 3 230-290 LBS. 24.00-25.25, +N2 AND
3 280-325 LBS. 21.00-22.50.
SOWS: 300-500 LBS. TO 20.25, 500-700 LBS.
22.00-25.00.
BOARS: TO 11.50.
STOCK CATTLE: 145 HEAD, STEADY.
STEERS MED. AND LARGE FRAME 200-400
LBS. 95.00-117.00, 400-600 LBS. 85.00-95.00, 1
AT 107.00, 600-800 LBS. 65.00-77.00, 800-1000
LBS. 55.00-63.00.
HEIFERS: MED. AND LARGE FRAME
300-400 LBS. 78.00-96.00, FEW 100.00-104.00,
400-500 LBS. 75.00-84.00, 500-700 LBS.
63.00- 700-950 LBS. 53.00-64.00.
BULLS: MED. AND LARGE FRAME 200-400
LBS. 90.00-119.00, 1 AT 130.00, 400-500 LBS.
75.00- 3 AT 104.00,500-600 LBS.
71.00-85.00.
SHEEP: 16 HEAD 22.00-40.00.
LAMBS: 64 HEAD, HIGHER
PRICES. CHOICE TO PRIME 70-80
LBS. 90.00-99.00, 50-70 LBS.
110.00- 30-50 LBS.
112.00- WOOLED 110 LBS.
77.00-91.00.
GOATS: 83 HEAD. LARGE
WETHERS AND BILLIES
70.00-106.00, MEDIUM 45.00-75.00,
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LARGE NANNIES 65.00-95.00, MEDIUM
40.00- SMALL FLESHY 30.00-47.00,
SMALLER 20.00-40.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS; 35 HEAD. 20-40 LBS.
15.00- 50-70 LBS. 25.00-35.00; BY THE LB.
7 HEAD 37 LBS. AT 66.00,4 HEAD 55 LBS. AT
71.00, 100 LBS. AT 41.00; STOCK BOARS
200-325 LBS. 15.00-22.00.
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Report Supplied by Auction
Monday, April 15,2002
STOCK STEERS AND BULLS: 200-500 lbs.
55.00-100.00.
STOCK HEIFERS: 200-500 lbs. 61.00-87.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: good to choice
65.00-70.00, medium to good 61.00-64.50, heavy
choice over 1450 lbs. 58.00-64.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: heavy Choice
48.00-61.00, light 47.00-70.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Good to Choice
66.00-69.00, Medium to Good 60.00-65.50.
BULLS: heavy Sl.OO-SB.SO, light 40.00-60.00.
COWS: Utility (Holsteins) 39.00-44.25, Com
mercial to Good 32.00-39.25, cull cows 32.00 and
down.
VEALS: Good to Choice 50.00-86.00, Med. to
Good 50.00-67.00.
808 CALVES: 50.00 and down.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES, RETURN TO
FARM: 90-120 lbs. up to 170.00; HOLSTEIN
HEIFER CALVES, RETURN TO FARM: 90-120
lbs. up to 660.00, BEEF X CALVES return to
farm up to 180.00.
HOGS: top quality, up to 31.00.
SOWS: up to 28.00.
LAMBS, CHOICE, up to 70.00.
Goats choice up to 48.00.
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weights.
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