A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8, 2003 East Coast and North Central Veal Report Des Moines, lowa March 5,2003 Supplied By USDA CARLOT VEAL CARCASS REPORT, Mar. 3. Northeast and North Central Basis Compared to trading last week. Northeast special fed veal mostly steady with a few 5.00 lower on light to moderate offerings and demand. North Central steady to weak on mostly light to moder ate offerings and a light demand. Market undertone trending mostly steady to weak. VEAL CARCASS, SPECIAL FED, HOT BASIS, FOB PRODUCTION POINTS- Northeast 1.000 head, hidc-Off, 215-275 lb 180.00-193.00. North Central 465 head; hide-on 240-300 lbs 165-175.00. CONTRACT INFORMATION Hot Basis, Hide-Off (of March 5, 2003); Con tract calves slaughtered this week. 190 00-206 00, mostly 190.00-204 00 Packers base market 180 00-195.00. Fu ture contracts offered- Firm Bottom 177 00-182.00, Firm Top 19700-202.00. Firm Bottom, 180.00, Split Half Top 200.00 Fixed 181 00, 183.00, and 184.00. •North Central - OH, IN, 11, MI & WI. •Northeast - MA. MD, PA. NY, NJ, DE. CT & VT WEEKLY DISTRIBUTIVE, LESS fIfAN CARLOT, EAST COAST AREA VEAL CUTS TRADE, SPECIAL FED- Market for Tuesday, Mar 4 Compared to last week: Distributive special fed cuts are trading occasionally weak on loin cuts Other cuts mostly steady with chucks slightly firm. Market activity slow to moderate with chucks mostly moderate on light to moderate offerings and de mand Prices per CWT Carcass, hide off 200-250 lb 220-240 00; Foresaddles 85-110 lb 170-185 00, Kosher Forcsaddles 90-110 lb 195-205 (Ml; Hmdsaddles 85-115 lb 280-300.00; loins, regular 17-25 lb 235-275 00; loins, 4x4 trmd 12-18 lb 425-460.00, Hotel Racks, 8 rib 15-21 lb 425-460.00, 7 rib 14-20 lb 465-480 00,6 rib 13-17 lb 525-545 00, Chuck, square cut 36-47 lb 110-120.00. Shoulder, full 14-20 lb 135-175.00; Ugs, double 70-90 lb 275-300.00, TBS 3-piece 24-32 lb 575-635.00, BHS heel-out 27-35 lb 350-425.00; Top Round, trmd, cap-off 8-10 lb 725-800.00; Breast 10-12 lb 75-90 00, Necks, bone-m 24-28 lb 110-125.00, Stew Meat, regular 200-225 00, Boneless Trimmings 75-809 c lean 52-61.50, Heavy Nature Green Hides, per piece 39-41.00. tA Dry Cow Booster That Costs 70 a Day Hoffmans Horse and Cattle Powder is an ideal tonic for cows over freshening Feed 6 wks before freshening 1 Tablespoon a day (Two weeks over freshening, feed 1 Tablespoon in the morning & 1 Tablespoon in evening) Cotvs will clean better after freshening. Cows have a lower somatic cell count and will have less mastitus problems. Great for reproduction tract and cows will cycle bet ter after freshening. Will help rumen func tion over freshening. Less feet problems and less stress. This is an over-all good booster if fed to dry cows, and it will pay you big dividends. Sugai Valley C ollar Shop 18 Wagon Wheel I ane Logamon PA 17747 D & .1 Farm Store 65 Hess Rd Quanyville, PA 17566 Daniels Farm Store 424 Glenbiook Rd Leola, PA 17540 717-656-6982 Gap Repair Shop 994 Gap Rd . . Kinzers, PA 17535 717-442-4781 National Sheep Summary San Angelo, Texas March 4,2003 Report Supplied By USDA At midwest market centers all classes steady. At New Holland, PA slaughter lambs not established; slaughter ewes steady At San Angelo, TX slaughter lambs 7.00-10.00 higher; slaughter ewes firm; feeder lambs 2.00-5 00 higher, in stances 7.00 higher. Estimated receipts 6500 head for today. SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice and Prime 2-3 90-150 lbs; San Angelo, shorn and wooled 95.00-105.00; new crop 95 lbs 109 00. Midwest: shorn 98.00-100 00, wooled 93.00-95 00 New Holland: no test. Virginia: no test SLAUGHTER EWES: San Angelo. Good and Choice 2-4 38 00-45.00; Good 2-3 5000-59.00; Utility and Good 1-3 55.00- 50; Utility 1-2, 48.00-55.00; few Cull and Utility 1-2 35 00-45.00. Midwest: Utility and Good 1-3, 33.00-40.00; Cull 1 25.00- New Holland. Good and Choice 2-4 68.00-74.00; Utility and Good 1-3 130-190 lbs 35.00-58.00, 195-260 lbs 31.00- Billings; no test. Virginia: no test. FEEDER LAMBS Medium and Large 1-2- San Angelo: 70-90 lbs 100.00-104.00; set 113 lbs 104.00; new crop 40-60 lbs 120 00-125.00; 60-80 lbs 118.00-125 00, set 61 lbs 130.00; 80-90 lbs 105 00-115.00, 90-105 lbs 105.00-110.00. Midwest- 60-80 100 00-110 00, 80-100 lbs 90 00-100 00 Virginia: no test Billings. no test REPLACE MENT EWES: Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo; Mixed age 105-135 lbs 62 50-68.00 cwt. Billings: no test. Klvin Zimmerman IXOSI Ridgewood Ave Barnett. MO 6501 I 573-378-2658 Bird-In-Hand Farm Supply 200 Maple Ave Bird-ln-Hand, PA 17505 Gideon F. King 5465 Elam Rd Kinzer, PA 17535 Eastern Cornbelt Direct Feeder Cattle Summary Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Feeder steer prices were 1 00-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers were un evenly steady Demand and trading activ ity were moderate. Some severe weather early in the week hampered transortation and feeder trading was limited in some areas. Reported sales consisted of about 64% beef steers, 26% heifers and 10% Holstein steers Approximately 85% of the cattle marketed this week weighed over 600 lbs Confirmed sales 1250 this week, 300 last week and 1050 last year. FFEDER STEERS: Medium and Large Frame 1-2. load lot 573 lbs 93.50;575-67S lbs 84.00-87.00; 725-750 lbs few 74.00-77.50, 800-850 lbs 79.00-80.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS: Medium and Large Frame 3' load lot 500 lbs 75.00. FEEEER HEIFERS: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: load lot 625 lbs 87 00, 625-725 lbs 75.50-78.00; 725-800 lbs 72.50-74.00. Prices are based FOB the farm unless otherwise indicated. 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Demand was moderate to good Trading was slow Severe winter storms slowed trading to a standstill early in the week Carlot lamb carcasses were mostly 4.00-5.00 higher Confirmed sales this week about 54% slaughter lambs, 46% ewes and an additional 499 head of goats. Total sheep and lambs sales 650, last week 650 and year ago 1125 SLAUGHTER lAMBS. Choice 2-3 March 22 issue of Lancaster Faming will (ontoin publicity about the upcoming Pennsylvania Beef Expo, scheduled March 27-30 at State College. Watch for it! GIVES YOU A CHOICE OF DISTRIBUTION f # < r f , * ’ ** ; fa The new advance design distributor. Or, choose the Volumaxx unloader gives Jamesway Powermaxx™ you the best of both worlds. broad pan silage distributor, your choice of distribution. With proper distribution. 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