A 34 Lancaster Farming Saturday, December 21,2002
Shaffer Receives Honorary Agent Award
MIFFLINVILI.E (Columbia
Co.) Carl 1. Shaffer. Mifflin
\ille, received the Honorary
County Agent Award at the re
cent annual meeting ot the Penn
sylvania Association of County
Agricultural Agents. The award
rccogni/es persons who have
Pa. Weekly
14lnesloek \mlions
Friday. December 1 \ 2002
Report Supplied By PI) V
M Il\ FSIOC K \t'C
(AIFIF S67S Compared
with 10 head last week and
SfoO head a \ear ago Beef type
steers mostly SO to 100 higher
w ith pnees weakening as the
week ended finishing steady
with last week, Holstein steers
mostly steady, heifers 100 to
1 SO higher, eows SO to 100
lower hulls steady to 1 00 high
STI IRS High ( hoitt and
I'nmi 2 4 72 00-78 (M) C hoitt
1 1 67 00 7S SO Select and I ow
C hoite 2 1 67 7S-72 7S Select
M 6* 00-70 7S Standard 1-2
SS 00-6 S 00
HOI STFIN STE FRS High
t hoiu and I*rimc 2-1
59 SO 61 7S C hoiee 2-1
S 6 00 62 00. Select ! 2
SI SO SHOO. Standard 1-2
40 SO S 2 St)
HF 11 I RS C hoicc few Prime
2 4 6SOO-7SSO Select 1-1
61(10 67 2S Standard 1-2
46 SO 60 00
C OWS Breakers 7S-80 f r lean
IS 00-42 00, Boners lean
12 00 19 7S 1 can BS-90G
27 75-16 SO Shells 27 00 and
down
BUI FOURS few Select 1 1
S 6 SO-S 9 SO
BUMS \ teld Grade 1
1000-2SOO lbs 46 00-SS 00, Yield
Grade 2 900-2400 lbs
18 SO 49 00
F F F I) F R C ATTLF
SFFFRS Medium and Urge* 1
100-500 lbs 74 00-96 00, SOO-700
lbs 70 00-8150, Medium and
Urge 2 100-500 lbs SO 00 70 00,
SOO 700 lbs 41 00-60 00, Large 2
100-SOO lbs 16 (MI-49 00 HFIF
FRS Medium and 1
100-500 lbs 65 00-79 00. 500-700
lbs S 6 SO-74 00. Medium and
1 arge 2 100-500 lbs 49 00-64 00.
500-700 lbs 41 SO-66 00 BULFS
Medium and Urge 1 100-SOO lbs
70 00-91 00. SOO-700 lbs
S 8 SO 79(H). Medium and I arge
2 100 SOO lbs SO 00-79 00.
SOO-700 lbs 48 00-6 S 00
CAIVFS 3859 Compared
with 2762 head last week and
3563 head a \ear ago \ talers
sttadv VFAIFRS Standard
and (iood 6S 110 lbs
20 00 42 SO, Utility SO-110 lbs
SOO-2SOO FARM CALVES
Holstein bull cal\ts mostly
steady yuth a flurry of buyer at
tmtits late in the y\cek taking
pntts 2S 00 to SO 00 higher.
Holstein htiters 2S 00 to SO 00
loyyer No 1 Holstein bulls
90-120 lbs 80 00-137 SO. late
week sales 127 00-179 00. No 2
80 12S lbs 4S 00-110 00, late
week sales 99 00-160 00. No I
Holstein heifers 80-110 lbs
220 00-41 S 00. few to SOS 00 No
2 70-110 lbs 100 00 270 00
Beef type bulls and heifers
60 HSlbs7Soo-HSOO
HOGS 1 Compared yvith
79S head last week and 1844
head a year ago Barrows and
gilts 300 to SOO higher sows
steady BARROWS AND
(.11 TS 49-54 r r lean 220 270 lbs
33 7S-367S few loeal markets
IS 00 42 SO 4S So*f lean
220-27 S lbs 29 SO- 33 00 40-4S*>
lean 24(M00 Ibs2SS(MOSO
SOWS 1-* 300 SOO lbs
2125-24 00, SOO-700 lbs
24 00-28 2S
HOARS 6 SO 7 2S
FFFDFR P I (. S
181 Compared with 143 head
last week and 240 head a year
ago US 1-3 30-SO lbs
10 00-24 00 per head
SHF EP 2371 Compared
yvith 1559 head last week and
3003 head a year ago Slaughter
lambs steady to SOO lower
SI AUC.HTFR I AMBS Choice
35-50 lbs 120 00-142 SO 50-70
lbs 98 00-145 00, 90-Ml lbs
9SOO 120 00 Good ant- mice
3S-7S lbs SOOO-9600 SI AUC.H
TFR SHFEP 2S 00-SO 00
ONF GRADED FFFDFR
PICi SAI F 432 Compared with
556 head last week and 806
head a year ago All Feeders
went for slaughter with prices
20 00 to 40 00 higher 1-2 20-27
lbs 16S 00-260 00, one 300 00,
worked closely with Penn State
and are leaders in agriculture.
Shaffer is a trustee at Penn
State and vice president of the
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. He
was named a Pennsylvania Mas-
Carl Shaffer, left, receives the Honorary County Agent
Award at the recent annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Association of County Agricultural Agents. Presenting the
award is Dave Hartman, livestock and forage agent from
Columbia County.
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