(Continued from Page A 2) Wethers 70-100 lbs 85 00-91 00.100-175 lbs 95 00 Billies Selection I 100-150 lbs 101 00-137 00 ISO-250 lbs 145 00-22000 Selection 2 70-100 lbs 5000-65 00, 100-150 lbs 65 00-92 00,150-250 lbs 115 00- HO 00 Selection 3 100-150 lbs 90 00-100 00 Lancaster County Weekly Cattle New Holland, Fa. Report Supplied Bv L'SDA Friday, January 3,2003 CATTLE CALVES 2033 1728 1419 1265 2282 1601 THIS WEEK LAST WEEK LAST YEAR Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2 00-400 higher Supplies continue to lighten up in Lancaster County as producers get their barns cleaned out This week was no exception, as the quality of the steer runs were very mixed We did see the usual hard fed Choice and Prime steers, but as farmers send the tail end of their steers to town there are a lot more Yield Grade 4‘s Also, with the snows melting and the rains falling, there is a lot more mud hanging on the bottom side of the stock, not to mention the fill some of the steers are carrying Never-tue-less, packers made it very clear early in the week that they need steers to keep the chains running, and were willing to add sever al dollars to their bids to procure them This time a year ago m Lancaster County fed Choice steers were bringing around 66.00, and with those same steers cur rently bringing around 76 00; the 10.00 difference defi nitely has put some black ink back into the farmers bottom line as we enter 2003 Holstein steers also sold 2 00-4.00 higher this week, as bidding was very active on the spotted stock Slaughter heifers sold with a higher undertone in light tests Slaughter cows kicked off the week trending weaker, but by weeks end cows were trading 100-3 00 higher Higher cow carcass cut out values lent very good support, as well as very good buyer attendance, especially late in the week The Western direct feed yards are moving steers at mostly 75.00 this week, which is a 1 00 higher than last week This combined with February live cattle contract at the Mercantile Exchange trading above 79.50 again, have cast a fanner friendly ray on the current market as we kick off the New Year This week's reported supply in cluded 26 percent steers, 5 percent heifers, 58 percent cows, 4 percent bulls, with the balance feeders SLAUGHTER STEERS High Choice and Prime 2-4 1235-1485 lbs 74 50-78 75, avg 76 06-77 35 Choice 2-3 1115-1490 lbs 72 50-76 75, avg 73 88-74 92. full 70 50-73 00, high dressing Charo lais-X's 7425-81 50, heavyweights 1500-1545 lbs 69 25-72 50 Select and low Choice 2-3 1095-1495 lbs 70 50-74 75, avg 72 09- 72 90, heavy weights 1515-1545 lbs 7000-70 75 Select 1-2 1225-1470 lbs 68 75- 71 75, avg 70 75-70 81, heavyweights 1520-1655 lbs 6000-68 75 Standard 1-2 1070-1485 lbs 63 00-69 25, avg 66 96 HOI STEIN STEERS High Choice and Prune 2-3 1270*1580 lbs 60 75-65 75, avg 63 50-64 44 Choice 2-3 1250-1610 lbs 55 00-6100, avg 57 68-59 86, heavyweights Select 1605-1720 lbs 5100-53 25 and low Choice 1-3 1290-1660 lbs 52 75-5900, avg 53 33-56 80 Select 1-2 1050-1515 lbs 51 00-56 50, avg 53 94*54 39 Standard 1-2 1200*1535 Jersey Shore Livestock Mar- ket, Inc. Jersey Shore, Pa- Report Supplied By Auction Thursday, Jan. 2,2003 RETURN TO FARM CALF 100 00-420 00 GOOD VEAL: 70 00-99 00 COMMON VEAL 1000-69 00 SELECT STEERS 65 00-68 00 COMMON STEERS 58 00-64 00 COMMERCIAL COWS 46 00-43 SO CANNFRS/CUTTFRS <0 00-38 00 SHFIIS 2500T02900 SFLECT HEIFERS 64 00-67 00 COMMON HEIFFRS SO 00-63 00 COMMON FFEDFRS 35 00-72 00 BUI IS 38 00-47 00 Average Farm Feed Costs for Handy Reference To help farmers across the state to have handy re ference of commodity input costs in their feeding opera tions for DHIA record sheets or to develop live stock feed cost data, here’s last week’s average costs of various ingredients as com piled from regional reports across the state of Pennsyl vania. Remember, these are av erages, so you will need to adjust your figures up or down according to your lo cation and the quality of your crop. Com, No.2y 2.99 bu., 5.34 cwt. Wheat, N 0.2 3.43 bu., 5.72 cwt. Barley, N 0.3 2.11 bu., 4.52 cwt. Oats, N 0.2 1.96 bu., 0.1 l cwt. 5 72 Soybeans, No.l bu., 9.56 cwt. Ear Com 85.44 ton, 1.27 cwt. 140.50 Alfalfa Hay ton, 7.03 cwt. Mixed Hay 143.75 ton, 19 cwt. Timothy Hay 107.50 on, 5.38 cwt. lbs 46 00-53 00. avg 49 81-50 13 SI AUGHTER HEIFERS High Choice and Prime 2-4 1005-1345 lbs 71 75-73 50, avg 70 65-72 25 Choice 2-3 1040-1295 lbs 69 00-70 50, avg 6967, few high dressing Charolais crosses 70 75*79 00 Few Select and low Choice 2-3 1040- 1420 lbs 67 00-67 SO, avg 67 25 Select 1-3 1045-1265 lbs 63 75-67 25. avg 65 50 SLAUGHTER COWS PFRCENT LEAN WEIGHT BUI K LOW DRESSING Breakers 75-80 Over 1400 lbs 38 25-46 50 34 25-39 75 Boners 80-85 Over 1200 lbs 35 50-39 50 32 00-37 25 I«m (Hi-Yield) 85-88 Over 1200 lbs 33 50-37 00 30 50-35 00 Lean 88-90 Over 1000 lbs 31 00-35 50 26 50-32 25 Lean (Light-Wt) 85-90 750-1000 lbs 26 50-31 75 23 00-28 00 SLAUGHTER BULLS Yield Grade 1 1315-2285 lbs 4SOO-58 00. 875 lb individual 5100 Yield grade 2 1110-2220 lbs 41 50-48 00. low dressing or full 37 25- 4150 Bullocks Couple Select 1-2 11 SO-1175 (bs 52 00-57 00 FEEDER CATTLE Holstein Steers Large 3 pack age 695 lbs 47 50, package 715 lbs 43 50, package 820 lbs 43 50 Holstein Heifers Large 3 package 675 lbs 39 50, package 785 lbs 41 00 CALVES Compared to last week, veal calves sold mostly steady to 15 00 higher Holstein bull calves re turning to feed sold sharply lower the first day of the trading period However, prices trended sharply higher Tuesday through Thursday, as buyer demand was ex cellent Many feeders are keeping a close eye on fin ished prices as currently prices are below 200.00, therefore there is definitely some skepticism in the air Holstein heifers sold sharply higher due to very good demand, and a very nice selection all week SLAUGHTER CALVES* Choice 130 lb individual 96 00.325 lb individual 56 00 Standard and Utility 55-110 tbs 15 00-3000, weaker 1100-15 00 CALVES RETURNING TO FEED: Monday- Hol stein bulls 95-125 lbs 100 00-132 00.90 lbs 75.00-80 00, 80 lbs 75 00. Plainer-type bulls 130-135 lbs 80.00-87 00; 95-125 lbs 77 00-100 00,85-90 lbs 75 00-80.00 Weaker type bulls 95-125 lbs 30.00-75 00, 80 lbs 35 00- 60 00 Few Holstein heifers 80 lbs 15000-20000; 70 lbs 115 00-17000 Tuesday* Graded Number One Holstein Bulls 95-125 lbs 107 00*150 00, package 90 lbs 105 00,80*85 lbs 100 00 Graded Number Two Holstein bulls 95-125 lbs 9000-13000, couple packages 90 lbs 85 00-90.00, package 84 lbs 70 00; package 82 lbs 65.00 Holstein bulls sold individually 95-125ibs 45.00-90 00, few up to 110 00, 90 lbs 35 00-85 00; 75-85 lbs 35 00-50.00, indi vidual 72 00 Beef- type bulls 110 lbs 80.00, fancy 85 lb individual 85.00 Graded Number One Holstein Heifers 95-115 lbs 360 00-41000 Graded Number Two Hol stein Heifers 95-110 lbs 29000-315 00, package 82 lbs 220 00; package 73 lbs 100 00, couple 65 lbs 85 00 Hol stein heifers sold individually 95-110 lbs 125 00-200 00, few 310 00-34000, 90 lb individual 10000 Few beef type heifers 110 lbs 55 00, fancy 125 lb individual flnnaii cnh onrk Com planting is coming soon, we have excellent quality mid quantity of seed com this year. 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BULLS YIELD GRADE 1 1500«-2000« 39 00-48 00, YIELD GRADE 2 1000#-1400# 3800-5400 FEEDER STEERS M & L 1 300-500# 80 00-89 00 250-280# 80 00-94 00. M 600-900# 55 00-85.00 HEIFERS- M I & L 1 300-500# 68 00-7400, L 1 400-650# 60 00-75 00 BULLS M & L 1 300-620# 7000-90.00 CALVES Veal Prime 70.00-85 00, Choice 60 00-84 00; Good 350&-7000-, Farm Calves #1 Hol stein Bulls 90-120# Few 35.00-115 00. #2 Holstein Bulls 80-100# Few 10 00-5000, Beef Bull &. HfreTHd 50.00-34.00 HOGS- Barrows & Gilts #l-2 210-255# 35 00-45 00, #2-3 255-280# 32.00-44 00, Sows #l-3 300-500# 17 00-35.00; Feeder Pigs 1-3 15-20# 5.00-17 00/Hd 1-3 25-35# 10.00-41 00/Hd LAMBS High Choice 80-100# 60.00- Choice 40-75# 6000-122.50, Feeder Lambs Good 50 00-95 00; Sheep 16.00- 00; Fat Sheep 20.00 and down. GOATS Urge 45.00-125 00/Hd , Medi um 30 00-70 00/Hd; Small 10 00-30 00/Hd HORSES. 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