Morrison’s Cove Livestock Martinsburg, Pa. Report Supplied by Auction Monday, March 31,2003 CATTLE: 119 HEAD. STEERS: CHOICE 71.00-74.50, GOOD 68.00-71.00. HEIFERS: CHOICE 70.00-72.50. GOOD 60.00-67.00. COWS: UTILITY AND COMMER CIAL 37.00-43.00, CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 20.00-35.00. BULLOCKS: GOOD & CHOICE 50.00- BULLS: YGfNI 45.00-57.00. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 60.00- BULLS 35.00-65.00, HEIF ERS 40.00-70.00. CALVES: 71 HEAD. CHOICE 75.00- GOOD 70.00-75.00, STAN DARD 25.00-40.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS. 60.00-120.00, HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 100.00-220.00. HOGS: 135. US+NI-2, 36.00-39.00; US +N 1-3,32.00-35.00. SOWS: US +NI-3 18.00-25.00. BOARS: NO MKT TEST. FEEDER PIGS: 42 HEAD. US +NI-3 20-50 LBS. 5.00-40.00. SHEEP: 10 HEAD. CHOICE LAMBS 120.00- GOOD LAMBS 100.00- SLAUGHTER EWES 15.00- GOATS: 40.00-62.00. Dewart Livestock Dewart, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Monday, March 31,2003 STEERS: 50.00-68.75. HEIFERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTE. GOOD COWS: 35.00-43.00. 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Your success is Call Telmark. our success Mike Dixon Central PA,West MD 814-684-5707 610-793-0150 717-932-1715 410-827-5052 410-651-4128 Mike Fullam Brenda Pfleegor Joe Polite Lisa Sonnen Doug Snee Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Northwest PA NJ and PA Southwest PA.WV 570-966-9202 570-568-8440 724-981-1324 717-866-9217 724-627-5941 New Holland Dairy Sale New Holland Sales Stables Report Supplied by Auction Wednesday, April 2,2003 218 DAIRY COWS, 194 HEIFERS, 22 BULLS. MARKET STEADY. LOCAL FRESH COWS 575.00- 3 HEAD 1675.00, 1725.00. LOCAL SPRINGERS 685.00-1435.00. BETTER FRESH COWS 1600.00- LARGE HEIFERS 1300.00-1435.00. SHORT BRED HEIFERS 750.00- OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS 800.00- BULLS 260.00-735.00, PUREBRED 675.00- UPSTATE LOADS FRESH 800.00- CANADIAN LOADS FRESH 775.00- 2 AT 1625.00 AND 1650.00. FRESH HEIFERS 750.00-1475.00. REGISTERED HEIFERS 1175.00- SMALL HEIFERS 560.00-1210.00. SMALL OPEN HEIFERS 575.00- SMALLER OPEN HEIFERS 175.00- New Holland Horses New Holland Sales Stables Report Supplied by Auction Monday, March 31,2003 261 HEAD, MARKET STEADY. WORK HORSES 385.00-850.00. DRIVING HORSES 385.00-710.00. RIDING HORSES 350.00-1110.00. REGISTERED RIDING 1075.00- 1 650.00. PONIES 260.00-450.00. LARGE PONIES 525.00-635.00, 2 AT 950.00 AND 1200.00. COLTS 135.00-375.00. REGISTERED COLTS 1 AT 635.00. Ken Darlington Sue Beshore Andrew McLean Liz Anderson Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Del-Mar*Va Del-Mar-Va www.telmark.com 800-451-3322 * Telmark Division of Wells Fargo Financial Leasing LMAfIK* New Wilmington Livestock New Wilmington, Pa. Report Supplied By PDA Monday, March 31,2003 CATTLE 212...(PDA)...Compared with last week’s sale...steers stronger, cows 1.00 to 1.50 lower. STEERS: few Choice 1-3 1250-1410 lbs 77.00-79.00, Select 1-2 67.00-72.50, Stan dard 1-2 60.00-65.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS; one High Choice and Prime 2-3 1380 lbs 70.00, Choice 2-3 1160-1460 lbs 59.00-63.00, Se lect 1-2 52.25-58.00, one Standard 1-2 46.50. HEIFERS: Choice 1-3 1050-1320 lbs 70.00- one Select 1-2 64.75, few Standard 1-2 55.50-62.75. COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 39.00- Boners 80-85% lean 34.50- Lean 85-90% lean 29.50- Shells 29.00 and down. BULLS: few Yield Grade 1 1445-2290 lbs 47.25-50.00, one Yield Grade 2 1325 lbs 43.00. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medi um and Large 2 500-750 lbs 53.00-67.00, few Large 2 1040-1210 lbs 42.00-53.00; Heifers: Medium and Large 2 325-575 lbs 60.00- BULLS: few Medium 1-2 400-550 lbs 69.00-75.00, few Medium and Large 2 640-680 lbs 53.00-65.00. CALVES 132...{A11 calves sold per cwt). VGALERS: couple Choice 210 & 270 lbs 110.00, couple Good 290 & 310 lbs 70.00, Standard and Good 70-110 lbs 20.00- Utility 50-80 lbs 5.00-20.00. FARM CALVES: No 1 Holstein bulls 85-130 lbs 90.00-127.50, No 2 80-115 lbs 50.00- No 1 Holstein heifers 90-110 lbs 235.00-270.00, No 2 80-110 lbs 75.00- Beef cross bulls and heifers 80-110 lbs 70.00- HOGS 184... BARROWS AND GILTS: 49-54% lean 230-280 lbs 35.25-36.25, 45-50%. lean 220-280 lbs 33.00-35.25, 40-45% lean 220-300 lbs 30.00-33.00. SOWS: 1-3 400-620 lbs 22.50-27.25. BOARS: few 350-700 lbs 3.00-8.00, few 200-285 lbs 12.00-16.00. FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET TEST! SHEEP 70... SLAUGHTER LAMBS: few Choice 30-40 lbs 127.50-130.00, 40-70 lbs 105.00-138.00, 70-100 lbs 115.00- 100-135 lbs 90.00-120.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 11.00-18.00, Yearlings 65.00-70.00. GOATS 13...(A11 sold by the head with weights estimated). Kids: Selection 2 few 20 lbs and under 4.00-38.00, few 20-40 lbs 20.00- Nannies: couple 70 & 100 lbs 50.00. Billies; one 70 lbs 45.00. Greencastle Livestock Greencastle, Pa. Report Supplied By PDA March 31,2003 CATTLE 430...(PDA)..(Supply in cluded 118 slaughter steers and heifers, 242 cows, 17 bulls and 53 feeder cat tle)..Compared with last Monday’s sale... steers .50 to .75 higher, cows .50 to 1.50 lower, heifers steady on a light supply, bulls unevenly steady. STEERS: few High Choice and Prime 2-3 1280-1395 lbs 76.25-78.00, average 76.90, Choice 1-3 1140-1495 lbs 72.00- mostly 73.50-76.50, average 74.95, Select 1-2 68.50-73.50, few Yield Grade 1 up to 75.75, few Standard 1-2 55.00- HOLSTEIN STEERS: few High Choice and Prime 2-3 1285-1540 lbs 65.75- few Choice 2-3 1325-1430 lbs 64.z5-64.75, few Select 1-2 52.00-57.75, Standard 1-2 41.500-50.00. HEIFERS: Choice 1-3 1050-1450 lbs 71.00- average 73.55, few Select 1-2 65.25-71.25, few Standard 1-2 54.00- COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 37.75- average 41.45, Boners 80-85% lean 35.50-42.75, average 38.55, Lean 85-90% lean 31.00-39.50, average pi New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. Special Sheep and Goat Sale Easter Sale W 9:00 AM SHARP! g Thurs., April 10 Mon., April 14 Sat., April 12 Special Sale Mon., April 21 717-354-4341 (Office) Any questions contact Ken Smoker 610-593-2123 (Home) 717-355-0706 (Fax) |jj David Kolb, Mgr. 61L Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5, 2003-A9 34.60. Shells 30.70 and down. BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1225-2260 lbs 47.25-50.75, one 56.00, average 49.90. Yield Grade 2 1260-2460 lbs 43.50-47.50, average 46.15. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medi um and Large 1 300-495 lbs 89.00-109.00, 580-680 lbs 71.00-80.00, 950-1015 lbs 62.00- Medium and Large 2 335-400 lbs 65.00-78.00, 575-600 lbs 65.00-76.00, one Large 3 550 lbs 44.00; HEIFERS; Me dium and Large 1 400-460 lbs 74.00- 570-615 lbs 66.00-67.00. one 900 lbs 63.00, Medium and Large 2 245-375 lbs 77.50-78.00, 520-550 lbs 61.00- Medium and Large 3 560-635 lbs 37.00-43.00, 845-1045 lbs 39.50-55.00, BULLS; few Medium and Large 1 290-470 lbs 82.00-100.00, one 930 lbs 54.50, one Medium and Large 2 680 lbs 46.00. CALVES 367...VEALERS: Stan dard and Good 76-95 lbs 30.00-40.00, Utility 60-95 lbs 10.00-25.00. FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher...No 1 Holstein bulls 90-125 lbs 120.00-147.50 mostly 125.00-145.00, average 132.10, 80-90 lbs 100.00-120.00, No 2 80-125 lbs 65.00-115.00, weaker calves down to 50.00; few No 1 Holstein heifers 90-110 lbs 200.00-250.00, few No 2 70-90 lbs 70.00-150.00. Few beef cross bulls and heifers 90-105 lbs 80.00-105.00. HOGS 21... Barrows and gilts 2.00 to 3.00 lower. BARROWS AND GILTS: 45-50% lean 255-285 lbs 29.00-31.00, few 40-45% lean 290-315 lbs 29.00-30.00. SOWS: few 1-3 395-490 lbs 17.00-23.00. BOARS: one 470 lbs 6.00. FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET TEST! SHEEP 30... Slaughter lambs steady. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice 80-120 lbs 95.00-113.00, few Good and Choice 30-90 lbs 61.00-90.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 16.00-33.00, few Yearlings 60.00-65.00. GOATS 98...(A11 sold by the head with weights estimated). Kids: Selection 1 20-40 lbs 32.50-65.00, 40-60 lbs 60.00- 60-80 lbs 76.00-79.00. Selec tion 2 one under 20 lbs 32.50, 20-40 lbs 22.00- 40-60 lbs 37.50-62.00. Year lings: Selection 2 40-60 lbs 40.00. Nannies' 50-70 lbs 47.50-67.50, 70-100 lbs 65.00- Wethers: 70-100 lbs 62.50-87.50. Billies: one 65 lbs 55.00, 90-150 lbs 90.00-140.00.