A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13, 2002
National Carlot
Meat Report
Des Moines, IA
July 9,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
USDA Market News USDA Carlot
Meat 4:00 Summary: Compared to Previ
ous Day, Prices in Dollars per hundred
weight, Equated to FOB Omaha Basis.
BOXED BEEF CUTS: Boxed beef cut
out values lower on moderate demand
and moderate to heavy offerings. Select
and Choice rib, chuck, round and loin
lower. Beef trimmings generally steady on
moderate demand and offerings.
Estimated composite cutout value of
Choice 1-3, 600-750 lbs carcasses down
1.81 at 109.36, 750-900 lbs down 1.48 at
109.15; Select 1-3, 600-750 lbs down 1.08
at 105.54, 750-900 lbs down 1.34 at
104.82; based on 140.30 loads of Choice
cuts, 164.78 loads of Select cuts, 58.23
loads of trimmings, and 85.21 loads of
coarse ground trimmings.
Estimated carcass price equivalent
value of Choice 1-3, 600-750 lbs down
1.08 at 98.21, 750-900 lbs down .84 at
98.06; Select 1-3, 600-750 lbs down .72 at
92.45, 750-900 lbs down .89 at 91.97. Cur
rent index reflects the equivalent of
312,226 head of cattle.
NATIONAL CARLOT BEEF: The
Cutter cow carcass gross cutout value was
estimated at 86.44, unchanged.
By-Product Drop Value: Hide and offal
from a typical slaughter steer was esti
mated at 7.35, up .01.
NATIONAL CARLOT PORK: Sales
reported on 55.0 loads of pork cuts and
12.0 loads of trim/process pork. Com
pared to Monday’s close: Fresh bone-in
loins 2.00 higher; butts 3.00-4.00 lower;
skinned hams 20-27 lbs steady to firm;
seedless bellies 14-16 lbs 3.00 higher; lean
trimmings steady. Trading slow to moder
ate, 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 58.03 up .05. Loins bone in
fresh '/< inch trim 21 Ib/down/light. Hams
bone in trimmed, 20-23 lbs trim spec 1
38.00. Seedless bellies 12-14 lbs 82.00;
14-16 lbs 85.00; 16-18 lbs 82.00.
CARLOT LAMB CARCASS: 3,352
head reported. 40-45 lbs 159.00-159.00;
45-50 lbs 159.00-162.50; 50-55 lbs 159.00
-162.50 55-60 lbs 159.00-162.50; 60-65 lbs
159.00- 65-75 lbs 159.00-162.50;
75-85 lbs 154.00-162.50 85/up lbs
154.00-
North Carolina
Livestock Sales
Raleigh, N.C.
July 10,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
Mount Airy Livestock Auction: CAT
TLE and CALVES: Receipts this week
945, last week no sale due to the holiday.
No trends are available. Slaughter cows
and bulls 29 percent. Replacement pairs
and feeder cows 7 percent. Feeder steers
and bulls under 600 lbs 31 percent, over
600 lbs 8 percent; feeder heifers under 600
lbs 21 percent, over 600 lbs 4 percent.
SLAUGHTER COWS:
Breakers 75-80 percent lean
850-1500 lbs 34.00- 38.50,
high dressing few
39.00- Boners 80-85
percent 850-1400 lbs
34 00-39.50, high dressing
39.50- Lean 85-90 per
cent 850-1300 lbs
29.00- Lean 85-90 per
cent 750 lbs and down few
25.00-
SLAUGHTER BULLS:
Yield Grade 1 1000-1500 lbs
47.00- 1500 lbs and up
48.50-
FEEDER STEERS: Me
dium and Large 1 and 2:
200-250 lbs 90.00-112.00;
250-300 lbs 85.00-94.00;
300-350 lbs 81.00-86.00;
350-400 lbs 80.00- 93.00;
400-450 lbs 75.00-84.00;
450-500 lbs 70.00-83.00;
500-600 lbs 73.00-81.00;
700-800 lbs few 67.00-69.00.
Small 1 and 2: 250-300 lbs
few 72.00-87.00; 300-350 lbs
75.00- 350-400 lbs
69.00- 400-450 lbs few
72.50-78.00; 500-600 lbs few
64.00- 600-700 lbs
70.00- 73.50. Medium and
Large 3: 350-400 lbs few
62.00- Large Holsteins
500-600 lbs few 43.50; 800
lbs and up 48.00-56.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Me
dium and Large 1 and 2:
250-300 lbs few 75.00-83.00;
300-350 lbs few 75.00-80.00;
350-400 lbs few 74.00-80.00; 400-450 lbs
72.00- 450-500 lbs 71.00-76.00;
500-600 lbs 68.00-79.00; 600-700 lbs
66.00- Small 1 and 2: 200-250 lbs
few 67.00-77.00; 250-300 lbs few
70.00- 300-350 lbs few 60.00-74.00;
350-400 lbs 61.00-74.00; 400-450 lbs
64.00- 450-500 lbs 64.00-70.00;
500-600 lbs 55.00-67.50; 600-700 lbs
57.0067.00; 700-800 lbs few 57.0065.00.
Medium and Large 3; 200-250 lbs
70.00- 300-350 lbs few 65.00- 67.50;
350-400 lbs 60.00-70.00; 400-450 lbs
60.00- 450-500 lbs few 60.0069.00;
500-600 lbs few 55.0060.00; 700-800 lbs
few 52.50- 65.00.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium and Large
1 and 2: 400-450 lbs 77.00-84.00; 450-500
lbs 73.00-78.00; 500-600 lbs 70.00-74.50.
Small 1 and 2; 400-450 lbs 70.00-78.00;
450-500 lbs few 65.50-72.00; 500600 lbs
60.00- 600-700 lbs few 58.0063.50.
Medium and Large 3: 400-450 lbs few
65.00- 71.50; 450-500 lbs few 65.00-73.50;
600-700 lbs few 57.00-64.00. Small 3;
500-600 lbs few 50.00-57.00.
FEEDER COWS: Small 1, 660-980 lbs
middle age cows 34.50-45.00.
STOCK COWS: Small 1, 800-1025 lbs
middle age cows bred 2-7 months few
290.00-440.00 per head. Medium 1,
1050-1300 lbs middle age cows bred 2-8
months 375.00-540.00 per head.
COW/CALF PAIRS: Medium 1,
1050-1350 lbs middle age cows with
calves 100-300 lbs few 430.00-700.00 per
pair.
BABY CALVES, per head: Holsteins:
Small 37.50-45.00; Large 55.00- 90.00.
GOATS, per head: SLAUGHTER
CLASSES: Kids: Selection 1, 20-40 lbs
few 52.50, 40-60 lbs 30.00-57.50; Selection
2, under 20 lbs 12.50-17.50, 20-40 lbs few
20.00-27.50. Yearlings: Selection 2, 60-80
lbs few 30.00-32.50; Selection 3 60-80 lbs
few 27.50. Does/Nannies: Selection 2,
50-70 lbs few 22.50-32.50. Bucks/Billies:
Selection 2, 70-100 lbs few 25.00-27.50,
100-150 lbs few 35.00-40.00. REPLACE
MENT CLASSES: Does/Nannies: Selec
tion 1, 70-100 lbs few 42.00-52.50; Selec
tion 2,70-100 lbs few 37.50-45.00.
Oklahoma Feeder
Cattle Weekly
Oklahoma City, OK
July 10,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL STOCK
YARDS, Weekly Cattle Summary
Compared to last week; Feeder steers
steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers
steady. Steer and heifer calves steady.
Good demand for all classes. Calves
mostly new crop and in typical fleshy
mostly unweaned condition. Feeder cattle
in mostly medium condition, few fleshy.
Receipts this week 9250; last week 9037;
last year 13,137. Supply consisted of 74%
yearlings and calves over 600 lbs; 23%
calves; 3% cows and bulls. Heifers com
prised 38% of feeder & calf supply.
Prices follow with weighted average
weight and price in parenthesis.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and
Large 1: CALVES: 300-400 lbs (350 lbs)
105.50-111.50 (107.92); 400-450 lbs (433
lbs) 96.00-104.00 (103.34); few 450-500 lbs
(456 lbs) 91.00-94.00 (93.38); 500-550 lbs
(519 lbs) 87.00-92.25 (90.25), string fancy
94.25; 550-600 lbs (572 lbs) 82.75-89.50
(85.64); 600-650 lbs (626 lbs) 75.00-83.75
(80.30), strings fancy 86.75-88.75; 650-700
lbs (684 lbs) 76.25-79.50 (77.53); 700-750
lbs (728 lbs) 77.75-79.75 (78.36); 750-800
lbs (762 lbs) 73.00-77.75 (74.25). YEAR
LINGS: 600-700 lbs (650 lbs) 80.00-85.00
(83.24); 700-750 lbs (727 lbs) 78.25-81.25
(79.23); 750-800 lbs (775 lbs) 75.50-79.75
(77.15) 800-850 lbs (826 lbs) 75.00-77.00
(75.99); 850-900 lbs (858 lbs) 73.00-75.50
(74.15) 900-950 lbs (940 lbs) 69.75-73.00
(71.28); 950-1000 lbs (969 lbs) 67.75-71.50
(70.40); 1000-1100 lbs 66.00-66.75;
1100-1175 lbs 63.25-64.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and
Urge 1: CALVES: 300-400 lbs (350 lbs)
88.00- (94.24); 400-500 lbs (450 lbs)
81.50- (85.61); 500-550 lbs (521 lbs)
77.00- (82.75); 550-600 lbs (571 lbs)
76.00- 81.50 (79.17), load fancy 84.00;
600-650 lbs (616 lbs) 74.00-77.00 (74.82);
650-700 lbs (675 lbs) 68.75-72.00 (69.77).
YEARLINGS: 600-700 lbs (650 lbs)
76.25- (76.77); 700-800 lbs (750 lbs)
71.50- (73.96); 800-850 lbs (826 lbs)
70.25- (70.84).
East Coast and North
Central Veal Report
Des Moines, lowa
July 10,2002
Supplied By USDA
CARLOT VEAL CARCASS REPORT:
Northeast and North Central Basis: Com
pared to trading last week: Northeast spe
cial fed veal steady on light to moderate
offerings and demand. North Central
steady to S.OO lower on light to moderate
offerings and a light demand.
VEAL CARCASS, SPECIAL FED,
HOT BASIS, FOB PRODUCTION
POINTS; Hide-On, 240-300 lb: Northeast
110 head. North Central 1,154. Hide-Off,
215-275 lb; North East 225-228.00; North
Central 205-226.00.
CONTRACT INFORMATION: Hot
Basis, Hide-Off, as of July 10,2002 - Con
tract calves slaughtered this week:
207-220.00. Packers calling market
205-209.00. Future contracts offered:
Firm Bottom 200-205.00. Firm Top
215-230.00. Firm Bottom, Open
Top 205.00, 210.00 and 215.00.
Firm Bottom 200.00 and 205.00,
Split Top 220.00.
•North Central - OH, IN, 11, MI
& WI
•Northeast - MA, MD, PA, NY,
NJ, DE, CT & VT.
WEEKLY DISTRIBUTIVE,
LESS THAN CARLOT, EAST
COAST AREA VEAL CUTS
TRADE, SPECIAL FED: Market
for Tuesday, July 9 Compared
to last week: Distributive special
fed veal cuts are trading mostly
steady with exception of few loins
trading firm. Movement is season
ally slow to moderate on light to
moderate offerings and demand.
Eastern Cornbelt Direct
Feeder Cattle Weekly
Springfield, 111.
July 5,2002
Report Supplied By GSDA
Eastern Cornbelt Direct Feeder Cattle
Summary for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
and Ohio: Feeder steers and heifers were
mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Trading activity
was slow and demand was light. Receipts
this week: 24% beef type steers, 0% Hol
stein steers and 76% heifers. Confirmed
Weekly Meat Production Under Federal Inspection
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5- (USDA-NASS)-Total red meat pro
duction under federal inspection for the week ending Saturday, July 6, was
estimated at 763.1 million lbs., according to the USDA's Agricultural
Marketing Service. This was 17.8% lower than a week ago and 4 3%
higher than a year ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date
was 3.1% higher compared to the previous year.
Week Ending (1) Beef
06-Jul-02 467 4
29-Jun-()2 558 9
Change
()7-Jul-0l
dn 16 4%
447 8
Change
2002 YTD
2001 YTD
Change up 3 7% dn 4 7% up 2 6% dn 3 7% up 3 1%
1- Previous week estimates may be revised Year ago data are actuals
2- Excludes lard
3-Totals may not add due to rounding 2002 totals are subject to revision
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER (head)
Cattle Calves/Vealers Hogs Sheep/Lambs
619.000 15,000 1,478,000 41,000
743.000 18,000 1,839,000 52,000
dn 16 7% dnl6 7% dnl9 6% dn 21 2%
605.000 16,000 1,429,000 49,000
up 2 3% dn 6 3% up 3 4% dn!6 3%
17.863.000 500,000 49,301,000 1,586.0(H)
17.845.000 489,000 48,575,000 1,581,000
up 0 1 % up 2 2% up 1 5% up 0 3%
Week Ending
06-Jul-02
29-Jnn-02
Change
07 Jul-01
Change
2002 YTD
2001 YTD
Change
Week Ending LIVE
Estimate
Estimate
Actual
DRESSED
Estimate
Estimate
Actual
06-Jul-02
29-Jun-02
07 Jul-01
06-Jul-02
29-Jun-02
07 Jul-01
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SLAUGHTERED BY CLASS
CATTLE HOGS
Wk Ending Steers Heifers Cows Bulls/Stags Barrows/Gilts Sows Boars/Stags
22- 53 0% 30.2% 15.0% 18% 96.0% 37% 0.3%
23- 50.5% 33.9% 13.9% 18% 96 5% 32% 0.3%
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i 2002 Manure Hauler Certification Field Days
Dates:
A July 30, 2002 - Manure Hauler Certification Program Field Day
Greater Vision Farm, Fleetwood, Pa., Berks Co. £
July 31, 2002 - Manure Application Field Day
Greater Vision Farm, Fleetwood, Pa., Berks Co.
August 1, 2002 - Manure Application Field Day
The Buser Farm, Yorkana, Pa., York Co.
Agenda:
8:45 Registration - Coffee, Doughnuts
9:00 Introduction and program recap; Some main points from
the Classroom - Robb Meinen, PSD Dept, of Dairy & Animal
Science
9:45 Concurrent Sessions (For concurrent sessions the group
will be split and each session will be offered twice):
P-Index Exercise* - Jerry Martin, Pa. Nutrient Management
Program; Joel Myers, USDA-NRCS; Mark Goodson, York Co.
Coop Ext.; Jennifer Weld, USDA-ARS
Compaction Exercise - Sjoerd Duiker, PSD Dept, of Agronomy;
Robb Meinen, PSU Dept, of Dairy & Animal Science
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Concurrent Sessions
Calibration Exercise* - Leon Ressler, Lancaster Co. Coop Ext.;
Robb Meinen, PSU Dept, of Dairy & Animal Science
Soil Pit - Joel Myers, USDA-NRCS; Mark Goodson, York Co.
Coop Ext.
2:00 Concurrent Sessions
Hand-held GPS Exercise - Brad Georgic, PSU Dept, of Ag
Engineering
GPS on Field Equipment - David Wagner, PSU Dept, of Ag
Engineering
3:30 Equipment Demonstrations, Injection and Variable Rate
Applications - Dan Shirley, Beltsville, Md., USDA Ag Research
Farm; Various local haulers
4:00 Adjourn *
Registration Contact: p
Robb Meinen t
(814) 865-2987 or rmeinen@das.psu.edu t
Please bring a calculator to the meetings. £
Participants will be asked to pay a $lO registration fee at the farm. W
Five Continuing Ed credits are offered to certified Nutrient \
Management Plan Writers. W
A classroom session must be attended to complete hauler w
certification. This year’s classroom session is on December 17 £
at the Farm Show Building in Harrisburg. r
MEAT PRODUCTION (million pounds,
(excludes condemned)
Calf/Veal Pork (2)
2 9 290 1
3 5 3620
dn 17 1%
3 0
dn 3 3%
92 2
96 7
up 4 4%
13,466 4
12,989 7
AVERAGE WEIGHTS (lbs.)
Cattle Calves/Vealers Hogs
1239 319 265
1235 318 266
1214 309 262
759
756
744
sales 600 this week, 1200 a week ago and
1250 a year ago.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and
Large 1-2: load lot 665 lbs 86.00; load lot
776 lbs 79.50. HOLSTEINS: Medium and
Large 3: no test
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and
Large 1-2: 600-650 lbs 76.50-78.00;
700-800 lbs 74.50-77.50.
Prices are based FOB the farm unless
otherwise indicated. Delivered prices in
clude freight, commissions, and other ex
penses.
Lamb/Mutton Hotels (3)
2 7 763 1
3 5 928 9
dn 20 I %
276 9
dn 22 9%
3 6
dn 25 0%
109 2
1134
up 4 8%
9,753 6
9.509 2
Sheep/Lamb
132
134
144
197
198
195
195
196
190
dn 17 8%
731 3
up 4 3%
23,421 4
22,709 0
66
67
72