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Slaughter Sheep: Utility and Good 1-3
125-265 lbs 29.00-46.00.
Slaughter Goats; There was no market
comparison due to the Memorial Day hol
iday on Monday. The run consisted of
tewer than 200 head; therefore prices ate
carried over from the last full market. All
goats are quoted by the head.
Kids: Selection 1 20-40 lbs 24.00-48.00;
40-60 lbs 46.00-66.00; 60- 80 lbs
58.00- Selection 2 20-40 lbs
17.00- 40-60 lbs 25.00-55.00. Selec
tion 3 20-40 lbs 14.00-25.00; 40-60 lbs
20.00-
Yearlings: Selection 1 60-80 lbs
60.00- 80-100 lbs 70.00-95.00. Selec
tion 2 60-80 lbs 36.00-60.00; 80-100 lbs
43.00- Selection 3 60-80 lbs
22.00-
Nannies: Selection 1 70-100 lbs
65.00- 100-140 lbs 85.00-102.00, few
105.00- Selection 2 70-100 lbs
40.00- 100-170 lbs 58.00-82.00.
Billies: Selection 1 100-150 lbs
92.00- few 120.00-136.00; ISO- 250
lbs 120.00-154.00, couple 192.00-210.00.
Selection 2 100-130 lbs 74.00-90.00. Selec
tion 3 70-100 lbs 45.00-75.00.
Wethers: 70-100 lbs 70.00-94.00;
100-150 lbs 98.00-120.00, individual 225
lbs 137.00.
Lancaster County
Weekly Cattle
New Holland, Pa.
Report Supplied By USD A
Friday, May 30,2003
CATTLE CALVES
THIS WEEK 1922 1083
LAST WEEK 2510 1306
LAST YEAR 2212 1370
Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold
up to 1.00 lower on Monday as the bulk of the
tattle were weighing up full, and the quality of
the run was below average. When Tuesday and
Thursday are combined prices were fully .50-
400 higher, mostly 2.00-4.00 higher. Bidding
was very active on Tuesday, with buyers ex
tremely aggressive on Thursday as the run was
around 200-300 head lighter than normal; and
with the demand outweighing the supply prices
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on high Choice and Prime steer* topped 89.00.
The 89.00 paid for a small group on Thursday
was a record for the county, although the more
important note is to point out the prices being
paid for the majority of the Choice steers, which
was mostly 83.30-BS.SO on Thursday. National
ly, boxed beef cutout values were several dollars
higher again this week, with light Choice end
ing up at 148.67 on Thursday. The direct feed
yards moved their live steers 1.00-2.00 higher
from 80.00-81.00, and 3.00 higher in the meat
from 127.00-130.00. Futures at the Mercantile
Exchange still hold a noticeable discount to the
cash trade, especially when the May contract
expires in a couple of days. Slaughter Holstein
steers were scarce early in the week, with late
week prices 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers
sold study to 3.00 higher for the week. Slaugh
ter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower on Tuesday,
with fleshy cows frilly 2.00-3.00 higher on
Thursday, and with Lean cows steady to 1.50
higher. Demand and buyer attendance were
both very good late in the week as a few Premi
um White cows sold over 60.00. Slaughter bulls
were scarce on Tuesday, with a fancy Thursday
run trading with a higher undertone. The re
ported supply this week included 704 head of
steers, 104 heifers, 798 cows, 64 bulls, with 222
head of feeder cattle. Note: Weekly receipts do
not include Monday as the sale was not covered
due to the Memorial Day holiday.
Slaughter Steers: High Choice and Prime 2-4
1185-1470 lbs 84.75-89.00, 82.00-86.50 early in
the week. Choice 2-3 1100-1485 lbs 82.00-86.25,
79.00- 83.75 early in the week, Charolais-crosses
80.25- few heavy 1495-1505 lbs
82.25- Choice 4 few frill 1175-1460 lbs
79.00- 77.50-7925 early in the week. Few
higher yielding Choice 2 1075-1420 lbs
82.25- Select and low Choice 2-3
1075-1420 lbs 77.00-82.50, few heavy 1515-1585
lbs 67.50-75.25. Select 1-2 1080-1415 lbs
77.00- few heavier muscled up to 82.75,
7325- 77.25 early in the week.
Holstein Steers: High Choice and Prime 2-3
1350-1560 Kw 70.0074.50, up to 7825 late in
the week, few heavy 16101655 lbs 69.25-70.25.
Select and Choice 2-3 1285-1590 lbs
66.50-70.75, few heavy 1635-1675 lbs
59.00- Select 1-2 1165-1520 lbs
61.006525, few up to 68.75.
Slaughter Heifers: Prime 4-5 10801390 lbs
78.00- High Choice and Prime 3-4
1035-1400 lbs 81.50-85.00. Choice 2-3
1035-1240 lbs 78.75-82.75. High dressing Select
2 individual 1190 lbs 83.25.
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Slaughter Cows: Percent Lean, Weight, Bulk,
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61.75. Breakers, 70-75, over 1400 lbs,
48.00- 45.00-50.50. Boners, 75-80, over
1200 lbs, 44.50-51.25, 41.75-45.75, up to 53.25.
Lean (hi-yield), 80-85, over 1200 lbs, up to
47.00 Lean, 85-90, over 1000 lbs, 39.00-43.25,
36.00- up to 44.50. Lean (light-wgt),
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Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2 1195-2145
lbs 53.00-60.75, 48.75-59.50 early in the week,
several fancy high dressers 63.50-69.75, with a
few outstanding 70.75-75.00, low dressing
49.25-52.00.
Calf Summary: Compared to last week, veal
calves sold steady to firm. Holstein bull calves
suitable for special-fed veal bams sold sharply
higher for the week due to good buyer demand.
Finished calves are pushing into the 200.00
range again as veal plants offer mote money to
U.S. producers as the Canadian border remains
closed. Holstein heifers sold sharply higher on
Tuesday as prices were as high as 480.00, how
ever, on Thursday prices trended lower as bids
did not top 380.00. This week the PA Depart
ment of Agriculture graded 726 head of calves
in Lancaster County.
Veal Calves: Standard and Utility 60-110 lbs
11.00- up to 47.00 on Thursday.
Calves Going Into Special-fed Veal Bams:
Tuesday- Graded Number One Holstein Bulls
120-125 lbs 150.00-165.00; 95-120 lbs
195.00- lot averaging 90 lbs 175.00; 80-85
lbs 150.00-164.00. Graded Number Two Hol
stein Bulls 90-120 lbs 145.00-197.00; two lots
80-85 lbs 125.00. Few beef bulls 105-110 lbs
190.00- Graded Number One Holstein
Heifers 90-110 lbs 425.00-480.00; package aver
aging 83 lbs 380.00; couple 75 lbs 280.00. Grad
ed Number Two Holstein Heifers 90-110 lbs
410.00- package averaging 84 lbs 375.00;
package averaging 74 lbs 240.00; package aver
aging 63 lbs 220.00. Individual beef heifer 95 lbs
180.00.
Thursday- Graded Number One Holstein
Bulls 120-125 lbs 180.00; 95-120 lbs
205.00- 90-95 lbs 150.00; 85-90 lbs
140.00; 80-85 lbs 100.00. Graded Number Two
Holstein Bulls 90-120 lbs 145.00-182.00, five
head 204.00; 80-90 lbs 130.00; 75-80 lbs 105.00.
Graded Utility Holstein Bulls 100-110 lbs 72.00;
90- 100 lbs 65.00. Holstein Heifers 90-125 lbs
260.00- 80-90 lbs 190.00- 260.00, individ
ual 340.00; 65-75 lbs 120.00-220.00. Cross-bred
Heifers 75-105 lbs 125.00-200.00.
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Pennsylvania
Livestock Auction
Waynesburg, Pa.
Thursday, May 29,2003
Report Supplied By Auction
Cattle: STOCK COWS: 34.50-55.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility 4 Commercial
42.00- Boner 4 Boning Utility
36.00- Cutter & Boning Utility
35.00- Canner & Low Cutter 35.00-38.50;
Shells 30.00 4 down.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE I 15004-2000#
39.00- YIELD GRADE 2 1000#-1400#
38.00-
FEEDER STEERS; M 4 L 1 300-500#
80.00- 250-280# 80.00-102.00; M 600-900#
55.00-
HEIFERS: M 1 4 L 1 300-500# 68.00-100.00;
L 1 400-650# 60.00-82.00.
BULLS; M 4 L 1 300-620# 70.00-94.00.
CALVES; Veal Prime 70.00-85.00; Choice
60.00-84.00; Good 35.00-70.00; Farm Calves #1
Holstein Bulls 90-120# Few 35.00-150.00; #2
Holstein Bulls 80-100# Few 10.00-50.00; Beef
Bull 4 Hfrs./Hd. 35.00-90.00.
HOGS: Barrows 4 Gilts #l-2 210-255#
37.50-42.00; #2-3 255-280# 36.00-41.00; Sows
#l-3 300-500# 30.00-34.00; Feeder Pigs 1-3
15-20# 5.00-22.00/Hd. 1-3 25-35# 10.00-23.00/
Hd.
LAMBS: High Choice 80-100# 77.00-120.00;
Choice 40-75# 75.00-112.00; Feeder Lambs
Good 50.00-97.00; Sheep 22.00-33.00; Fat Sheep
22.00 and down.
GOATS; Large 45.00-10S.00/Hd.; Medium
30.00- Small 10.00-30.00/Hd.
HORSES; Horses 19.00-51.50; Ponies
20.00-
Greencastle Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Report Supplied by PDA
Thursday, May 29,2003
CATTLE: 186.
COWS; .30 TO 1.00 HIGHER.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: SELECT 1-2 FEW
53.00, 57.25. STANDARD 1-2 ONE AT 46.25.
COWS; BREAKERS 75-80% LEAN 45.00,
52.25, MOSTLY 46.25, 51.00, AVERAGE
48.40. BONERS 80-85% LEAN 40.25, 48.75,
BULK OF SALES 41.75, 47.75, AVERAGE
44.90. LEAN 85-90% LEAN 34.50, 44.50,
MOSTLY 37.00,42.00, AVERAGE 39.30.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 FEW 1535/1875
LBS. 57.25, 58.75, AVERAGE 57.90. YIELD
GRADE 2 FEW 1370/1870 LBS. 51.00, 55.25,
AVERAGE 53.25.
FEEDER CATTLE; HEIFERS: L 3 HOL
STEINS, ONE AT 255 LBS. 75.00, ONE AT
790 LBS. 52.00.
CALVES: 225. STANDARD & GOOD FEW
70/110 LBS. 30.00, 42.50. UTILITY 50/75 LBS
10.00, 30.00. FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN
BULLS 35.00 TO 50.00 HIGHER. NO. 1
BULLS 90/125 LBS. 170.00, 230.00, MOSTLY
185.00, 215.00, AVERAGE 19990, 80/90 LBS.
120.00, 140.00. NO. 2 BULLS 80‘/.25 LBS
110.00, 185.00, WEAKER CALVES 75.00,
100.00, HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: 90.00 TO
125.00 HIGHER. NO 1 85/120 LBS. 370.00,
500.00, AVERAGE 448 35. NO 2 FEW 65/100
LBS. 100.00,320.00, AVERAGE 205.30.
HOGS: 13. 45-40% LEAN FEW 225 LBS.
37.50. US 1-3 FEW 325/470 LBS. 18.00, 25.00.
1-3 ONE AT 555 LBS. 30.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 0. NO MARKET TEST.
SHEEP; 6. CHOICE FEW 140 LBS 88.00.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP FEW 29.00, 30 00.
GOATS; 3. NANNIES ONE AT 60 LBS
42.50. BILLIES COUPLE 60 & 65 LBS. 42.50.
Steers Sell At Record $B9 CWT
MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) There was quite an air of ex
citement at the New Holland Sales
Stables cattle auction Thursday
when very active bidding for High
Choice and Prime steers went to
$B9 per hundredweight.
Three head weighing about 1,365
pounds sold individually at $B9 and
one small lot of black steers in the
same weight range sold at $88.75.
They were purchased for a ko
sher kill packer.
Thursdays prices broke the re
cord of $88.50 which was set Tues
day at the Vintage auction surpas
sing the record $88.25 set there
Monday, May 19.
Taylor Cox, the USDA market
reporter, said the quality of the run
was very good with the majority of
the offerings consisting of Choice
and Prime cattle.
He said the' sale atmosphere was
something to see as the farmers
watched the bids going higher and
higher to reach an almost unbeliev
able price.
What was probably even more re
markable, the market reporter
noted, was that the most of the
Choice steers sold from $B2 to $B6.
The average selling price of the
Choice steers was $84.50, which was
also a sale record in the county.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31,2003-A37
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report Supplied By Auction
Thursday, May 29,2003
RETURN TO FARM CALF: 100-490.
GOOD VEAL: 70.00-99.00.
COMMON VEAL: 20.00-69.00.
CHOICE STEERS: 78.00-84.00.
SELECT STEERS: 75.00-81.00.
COMMON STEERS: 53.00-74 00.
COMMERCIAL COWS: 45.00-56.00.
CANNERS/CUTTERS: 35.00-49.00.
SHELLS: 25.00-34.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS: 77.00-81.00.
SELECT HEIFERS: 70.00-76.00.
COMMON HEIFERS: 46.00-69.00.
GOOD FEEDERS: 65.00-80.00.
COMMON FEEDERS: 48.00-64.00.
BULLS: 51.00-60.00.
Gceencastlc, Pa.
Report Supplied By Auction
Thursday, May 29,2003
HAY; 12 LOADS. STRAW; 2 LOADS
TOTAL LOADS: 14.
ALFALFA: 82.50-202.50.
MIX HAY: 117.50-235.00.
CATTLE: 96. COWS: STEADY TO TO 3.00
HIGHER. BULLS: STEADY.
STEERS: SELECT 1-2 1295/1420 LBS.
79.00. 84.00. SELECT 1-2 69.50, 74.25. STAN
DARD 1-2 COUPLE 61.75 & 68.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1360 &
1610 LBS. 68.00 & 69.00. SELECT 1-2 COU
PLE 60.00 & 66.50.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 1-3 1140/1460 LBS.
79.00. 81.75. SELECT 1-2 ONE AT 68.25.
COWS; BREAKERS 75-80% LEAN 47.50,
56.00. ONE AT 59.50. BONERS 80-85% LEAN
42.00. 47.75. LEAN 85-90% LEAN 35.00,43.00.
SHELLS 33.50 AND DOWN.
BULLS: YG 1 1180/1755 LBS. 55.00, 56.50.
YG 2 1050/1730 LBS. 47.50,52.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: FEW M & L
-1 335/720 LBS. 71.00, 85.50. HEIFERS: M & L
-1 385/530 LBS. 80.00, 86.00. M & L-2 300/440
LBS. 60.00, 66.00. 510/795 LBS. 55.00, 69.00.
BULLS; FEW M & L-I 485/595 LBS. 71.00,
83.00.
CALVES: 99 STANDARD & GOOD 75/110
LBS. 37.50,620.00. U TILITY SS'/aO LBS. IQ.OO,
35 00. FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. NO. 1 BULLS
90/120 LBS. 130.00, 165.00. NO. 2 BULLS
80/125 LBS. 80.00, 132.50. NO. 1 HEIFERS 94
LBS. ONE AT 280.00. NO. 2 HEIFERS 75/80
LBS. 170.00, 230.00. BEEF CROSS BULLS
AND HEIFERS 100 & 112 LBS TWO AT
115.00.
HOGS 16. 45-50% LEAN 250/285 LBS
44.25.45.00. 40-45% LEAN 260/300 LBS. 38.00,
39.00. MEDIUM 288 & 384 LBS TWO AT
16 SO. BOARS- SIS & 656 LBS 10 75 & 11.50
FEEDER PIGS; NO MARKET TEST.
SHEEP; 27 HCH & PR 128 LBS. ONE AT
85.00 CHOICE 45/78 LBS 100.00, 107.50
SLAUGHTER SHEEP 16 00, 35.00. YEAR
LINGS 77.50,87.50
GOATS: NO MARKET TEST
Combined with the Vintage auc
tion, Choice slaughter steers sold for
a weekly average of $83.25 10 cents
per hundredweight higher than the
$83.15 record set in December 1990.
All the factors which support a
market excellent demand for
beef, reduced supplies of Choice
cattle in the midwestem feedlots,
advancing CME futures prices
have come together to produce
these record prices.
Plus, the closing of the Canadian
border has added an unforeseen
positive influence on the current
market.
Basically, though, it has to be the
exceptional demand for beef that
continues at record-breaking prices.
Carcass cutout values based on
prices of fabricated beef cuts,
Thursday, advanced more than $2.
The Choice 600-750 pound car
cass cutout value was reported at
$147.83 $5.19 higher compared to
last Friday’s; and the Choice
750-900 pound cutout value was set
at $147.94 up $4.16 from last Fri
day’s.
The record prices in the Lancas
ter County are probably also a re
cord in the entire U.S. In the mid
western feedlots, trading was
reported active Wednesday at $1 to
$2 higher prices with high Select to
mostly Choice steers rating $BO-81
live and $126-130 dressed basis.
Greencastle Hay
Indiana
Livestock Auction
Homer City, Pa.
Thursday, May 29,2003
Report Supplied By PDA