Four States Livestock Wednesday Sale Hagerstown, Md. Report Supplied By Auction Wed., Feb. 12,2003 SLAUGHTER COWS: 115 HEAD, 1.50 LOWER. BREAKERS 38.00-43.00, HIGH DRESSING TO 48.00, BONERS 35.00-39.50, LEAN 32.00-36.00, THIN AND LIGHT 32.00 DOWN. BULLS: 9 HEAD. YG+NI 1700-2200 LBS. 48.75-51.00; YG+N2 1100-1800 LBS. 46.00-50.00. FED STEERS; 25 HEAD, STEADY. HIGH CHOICE 2-4 1200-1500 LBS. 76.00-79.00, 1500-1575 LBS. 74.00-76.50, CHOICE 2-3 1200-1475 LBS. 74.00-77.00, LOW CHOICE 68.00-71.00. FED HEIFERS: 20 HEAD, 1.00 LOWER. HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 1200-1400 LBS. 75.00-78.50, CHOICE 2-3 73.00-75.00, LOW CHOICE 1000-1100 LBS. 66.00-69.00, CHOICE HOLSTEINS 1300 LBS. AT 52.75. CALVES: 168 HEAD. GOOD 80-115 LBS. 38.00-48.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS RETURNING TO FARM 5.00-10.00 HIGHER! +NI 95-120 LBS. 130.00- 90-94 LBS. 85.00-112.00; +N2 95-120 LBS. 95.00-125.00, 80-94 LBS. 50.00-83.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS FEW OFFERED. +NI 80-120 LBS. 350.00- BEEF X BULLS AND HEIFERS 70-110 LBS. 105.00-135.00. BUTCHER HOGS: 47 HEAD, GOOD QUALITY OFFERED. +NI AND 2 200-270 LBS. 34.00-36.25, 1 LOT AT 38.25, 270-330 LBS. 33.00-35.00, 400-475 LBS. 27.00-30.00,1 516 LBS. AT 27.00. SOWS: 27 HEAD, 1.00-2.00 HIGHER. 400-650 LBS. 22.00-27.00, THIN AND ROUGH 21.00 DOWN. We Finance Rural America. Our representatives come from agricultural and rural backgrounds and have the financial “know how” to help make your businesses work. Our specialty is applying our knowledge to help you achieve your hopes and dreams for your rural agricultural business. All of our representatives work very hard at making themselves accessible to you. The best way to get to know someone’s business is to go see it first-hand. That’s why we spend most of our time visiting farms and rural businesses like yours. When you need help exploring financing alternatives, call someone with the knowledge to help you find the best way to make your enterprise successful. Call someone who will take the time to visit your operation and see it first-hand. Call someone who wants you to succeed. Your success is our success. Call Telmark. Mike Dixon Ken Darlington Sue Beshore Andrew McLean Liz Anderson Central PA,West MD Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Del-Mar-Va Del-Mar-Va 814-684-5707 Mike Fullam Pennsylvania 570-966-9202 BOARS: 8 HEAD. 195-300 LBS. 18.00-20.00,1 AT 24.00. STOCK CATTLE: 35 HEAD, IN CLUDES 14 STOCK COWS. STEERS, HEREFORDS 500 LBS. TO 59.00, 800-950 LBS. 52.00-55.00. HEIFERS: FEW OFFERED. BULLS: 350-500 LBS. TO 71.00. STOCK COWS: 14 THIN STOCK COWS BRED 3-8 MONTHS 235.00-450.00. GOATS: LARGE BILLY AT 93.00, FLESHY KIDS TO 42.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: 66 HEAD, ALL CULLS. Westminster Livestock Hagerstown, Md. Report Supplied By Auction Tuesday, February 11,2003 SLAUGHTER COWS: 122 HEAD, STEADY TO 2.00 LOWER. BREAKERS 38.00-44.25, 1 AT 49.50, BONERS 37.00-41.50, LEAN 34.00-39.00, THIN AND LIGHT 34.00 DOWN. BULLS: 16 HEAD. YG+NI 2000-2160 LBS. 56.00-58.50, YG+N2 1200-1800 LBS. 45.00-50.00. FED STEERS; 30 HEAD, STEADY PRICES. HIGH CHOICE 2-4 1200-1450 LBS. 76.00-79.00, CHOICE 2-3 1450-1575 LBS. 72.00-75.75, LOW DRESSING CHOICE 1150-1400 LBS. 73.00-76.00, SELECT LOW CHOICE 69.00-73.00, HIGH CHOICE HOLSTEINS 1350 LBS. AT 65.25, LOW CHOICE 58.00-59.25. FED HEIFERS: 20 HEAD. HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 1150-1450 LBS. 74.00-76.00, 2 AT 79.25 AND 79.75, LOW CHOICE 68.00-72.25, STAN DARD TO SELECT HOLSTEINS 1100-1300 LBS. 45.00-49.00. 610-793-0150 717-932-1715 410-827-5052 410-651-4128 Joe Polite Northwest PA 724-981-1324 Brenda Pfleegor Pennsylvania 570-568-8440 C'rELMAKK " www.telmark.com CALVES: 113 HEAD. 1 CHOICE 310 LBS. AT 96.00, GOOD 80-115 LBS. 37.00-50.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS RE- TURNING TO FARM 5.00 HIGHER. +NI 95-125 LBS. 120.00-135.00, 80-94 LBS. 82.00-115.00; +N2 95-125 LBS. 95.00-118.00, 80-94 LBS. 60.00-80.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 50.00 HIGHER. +NI 80-110 LBS. 370.00-470.00; BEEF X BULLS AND HEIFERS TO 122.00. BUTCHER HOGS: 36 HEAD, 2.00 LOWER. +NI AND 3 240-290 LBS. 34.00-37.00, +N2 AND 3 32.00-34.00, 295-325 LBS. 30.00-34.00. SOWS: FEW OFFERED. 400-600 LBS. 24.00-27.50. BOARS: DUROC 396 LBS. AT 19.50. STOCK CATTLE: 49 HEAD STEERS 350-550 LBS. 75.00-81.00, 600-800 LBS. 69.00-75.00, 800-1000 LBS. 63.00-69.00. HEIFERS: 400-600 LBS. 65.00-76.00, 600-800 LBS. 63.00-71.00, 800-1000 LBS. 60.00-65.00. BULLS: 400-500 LBS. 76.00-78.00, 500-600 LBS. TO 67.00. SHEEP: IS HEAD 25.00-40.00. LAMBS: 70 HEAD. CHOICE 80-110 LBS. 109.00-115.00, 110-140 LBS. 97.00-99.00,50-80 LBS. 100.00-117.00. GOATS: 28 HEAD. LARGE BILLIES AND WETHERS 90.00-130.00, LARGE NANNIES 45.00-80.00, FLESHY KIDS 35.00-50.00, SMALL KIDS 23.00-35.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: NONE. Lisa Sonnen NJ and PA 717-866-9217 Doug Snee Southwest PA,WV 724-627-5941 Grantsville Livestock Grantsville, Maryland Report Supplied by Auction Saturday, February 7,2003 STOCK STEERS AND BULLS: 200-500 lbs. 45.00-87.00. STOCK HEIFERS: 35.00-79.50. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Good to Choice 63.00-75.50, Medium to Good 52.00-62.50. HOLSTEIN STEERS: Good 50.00-58.00, Light 45.00-52.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Good to Choice 71.00-75.00, Medium to Good 50.00-70.00. BULLS: Heavy 43.00-52.50, Light 40.00-54.00. COWS: Utility Holsteins 32.00-44.00, Canners 28.00-34.50, Culls 25.00 and down. 808 CALVES: 40.00 and down. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES RE TURN TO FARM: 90-120 lbs. Up to 103.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES RE TURN TO FARM: Up to 260.00. BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN TO FARM: Up to 95.00. HOGS: Top Quality up to 48.50, Heavy up to 42.00, Light 25.00-40.00; FEEDER PIGS, BY HEAD: Up to 24.00. SOWS: 20.00-32.00. MALE HOGS: 3.00-9.00. LAMBS: 70-85 lbs. up to 130.00,85-125 lbs. up to 116.00, 30-60 lbs. up to 127.00, Culls up to 60.00. SHEEP: Up to 50.00. GOATS: Large 55.00-140.00, Medium 25.00-85.00, Small 10.00-30.00, all by the head. Feeder sale every second Sat. per month. > The 2002 Five-Acre Com Club winners are scheduled to Vhfeu appear in the March 1 Com Talk, a newsletter of the m Pennsylvania Com Growers Association (PCGA). Included that issue: PCGA board of director information, grower feature, and PCGA and NCGA news. Attention 609 Growers We will be buying non-contracted tobacco by appointment March 4 Please call; Clark Stauffer (717) 733-8921 • (717) 575-0622 or Eugene Martin (717)354-8263 • (717)371-6979 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 15, 2003-A9 Accident, Md. Report Supplied by Auction Monday, February 10,2003 STOCK STEERS AND BULLS: 200-500 lbs. 55.00-81.00. STOCK HEIFERS: 200-SOO lbs. 51.00-72.50. SLAUGHTER STEERS. Good to Choice 71.00-77.50, medium to good 66.00- heavy Choice over 1450 lbs. 55.00- HOLSTEIN STEERS: heavy Choice 56.00-64.00, light 39.00-58.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Good to Choice 71.00-76.00, Medium to Good 60.00-68.50. BULLS: heavy 40.00-48.50, light 40.00-56.00. COWS: Utility (Holsteins) 37.00-42.00, Commercial to Good 31.00-36.50, cull cows 33.00 and down. VEALS; Good to Choice 50.00-75.00, Med. to Good 50.00-67.00. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES, RE TURN TO FARM: 90-120 lbs. up to 121.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES, RETURN TO FARM: 90-120 lbs. up to 260.00, BEEF X CALVES return to farm up to 160.00. HOGS: top quality, up to 40.00. dred weights. Friend’s Stockyard 808 CALVES: 40.00 and down. SOWS: up to 28.00. LAMBS, Choice up to 97.00. GOATS; Choice up to 60.00. Livestock prices are all given per hun-