Pennsylvania Junior Hereford Association Preview Show Results
Liz Hitz, Littletown, with a medium weight entry, took
home champion steer honors.
Donald Sunday, Dover, with his medium weight entry,
won reserve champion steer placing.
June 1 Cattle On Feed 3 Percent Lower Than Year Ago
WASHINGTON, D.C Cat
tle and calves on feed for slaugh
ter market in the United States
for feedlots with capacity of 1,000
or more head totaled 10.94 mil
lion head on June 1, 2002,
according to the National Agri
cultural Statistics Service
(NASS). The inventory was 3
percent below June 1, 2001 and
slightly below June 1,2000.
Placements in feedlots during
May totaled 2.23 million, 6 per
cent below 2001 and 3 percent
below 2000 : Net placements were
2.16 million. During May,
placements of cattle and calves
weighing less than 600 pounds
were 350,000, 600-699 pounds
were 434,000, 700-799 pounds
were 744,000, and 800 pounds
and greater were 699,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during
May totaled 2.17 million, 1 per
cent below 2001 and slightly
below 2000.
Other disappearance totaled
72,000 during May, 29 percent
below 2001 and 37 percent below
2000.
7 States Down 2%
Cattle on feed June 1, 2002, in
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
Junior Hereford Association
members from Pennsylvania ex
hibited 29 head of cattle at the
PJHA Preview Show, conducted
May 18 at the Manheim Farm
Show Grounds. Cliff Orley, Leba
non, evaluated the quality set of
cattle. Following is a list of win
ners:
SHOW WINNERS
Grand and senior champion heifer: Katie
Shultz.
Reserve grand and reserve senior cham
pion heifer Margeaux Firestone.
Grand champion and bred-and-owned
and reserve champion Junior heifer Mar
geaux Firestone.
Champion cow-calf pair Donald Sunday.
Champion steer Liz Hitz.
Reserve champion steer Donald Sun-
Grand champion bred-and-owned bull:
Liz Hitz.
OTHER DIVISION WINNERS
Calf champion heifer Can Turner.
Reserve calf champion heifer; Chns
Hess.
Junior champion heifer: Hope Long.
SHOWMANSHIP
Winners included Katie Shultz, champion
peewee; Derek Brehm, Johnstown, reserve
champion peewee; Jennifer Shultz, Dills
burg, champion intermediate; Krista Moser,
Philadelphia, reserve champion intermedi
ate; Can Turner, champion junior, Liz Hitz,
reserve champion junior, Emilie Miller, Wo
melsdorf, champion senior; Margeaux Fire
stone, reserve champion senior.
the historic 7 States for feedlots
with capacity of 1,000 or more
head totaled 9.42 million, down 2
percent from the previous year
and down slightly from June 1,
2000.
Placements in feedlots during
May totaled 1.95 million, 5 per
cent below 2001 and 2 percent
below 2000.
Marketings during May totaled
1.86 million, 1 percent below
2001 and slightly below 2000.
Other disappearance during
May was 61,000 head, 31 percent
below 2001 and 28 percent below
2000.
May Milk Production Down Slightly In Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Milk production in
Pennsylvania during May
2002 totaled 957 million
pounds, down 0.1 percent
from last year’s production,
according to the Pennsylva-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 29, 2002-A33
Katie Shultz, Dillsburg, took home senior and grand
champion heifer honors.
Margeaux Firestone, Womelsdorf, won reserve senior
and reserve grand champion heifer placing.
CATTLE ON FEED: Number on Feed, Placements,
Marketings and Other Disappearance -
I,ooo+ Capacity Feedlots,
United States, June 1, 2001-2002
Number 2002 as % of
2001 2002 2000 2001
1,000 Head Percent
On Feed May 1 1 10,944 11,170 - 1 10,951 100 98
Placed on Feed During May 2,305 2,372 2,227 97 94
Cattle Marketed During May 2,167 2,196 2,166 100 99
Other Disappearance During May 2 115 101 72 63 71
On Feed June I 1 10,967 11,245 10,940 100
ITEM
* - Revised.
1 - Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being
fed a ration of grain or other concentrates and expected to produce
a carcass that will grade Select or better.
2 - Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and
shipments to other feedlots for further feeding.
nia Agricultural Statistics Service
(PASS).
The number of milk cows in
the state during the month aver
aged 580,000 head, down 1,000
head from April and down
19,000 head from May 2001. Pro-
duction per
cow averaged
1,650 pounds
2000
in May, 50 pounds more than
both April 2002 and May 2001.
Milk production in the 20
states surveyed during May 2002
totaled 13.0 billion pounds, up
3.2 percent from May 2001. April
revised production, at 12.6 billion
pounds was up 3.3 percent from
April 2001. The number of milk
cows averaged 7.76 million head,
14,000 head more than May
2001.