AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19, 2003 Staunton Weekly Feeder Cattle Sale Richmond, Va. July 14,2003 Report Supplied By USDA WEEKLY AUCTION at Staunton, July 11 FEEDER CATTLE: 495 head (300 steers, 135 heifers, 60 bulls). Prices per cwt. based on in weights. FEEDER STEERS: Med./Lge. 1: 300-400 lb 90.00-107.00; 400-500 lb 90.00- SOO-600 lb 88.00-101.00; 600-700 lb 85.00-98.00; 700-800 lb 80.00- load lot 800-900 lb 80.00; lot 1000-1100 lb 77.75. Med./Lge. 2: 400-500 lb 91.00-98.00; 500-600 lb 79.00-86.00; 600-700 lb 75.00-85.00; 700-800 lb 72.00- Small 1: 400-500 lb 75.00- 500-600 lb 75.00-84.00; 600-700 lb 70.00-77.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Med./Lge. 1: 200-300 lb 80.00-89.00; 300-400 lb 82.00- 400-500 lb 82.00-90.00; 500-600 lb 79.00-83.75; 600-700 lb 75.00- FEEDER BULLS: Med./Lge. 1: 300-400 lb 90.00-102.00; 400-500 lb 85.00- SOO-600 lb 80.00-86.00; 600-700 lb 75.00-81.00; 700-800 lb 71.00- West Virginia Feeder Cattle Charleston, W. Va. July 14,2003 Report Supplied By USDA REGULAR SALES FROM WESTON, GREENBRIER VALLEY AND PARK ERSBURG on July 11 and 12. Prices per cwt. FEEDER STEERS: 114 head. Med 7 Lge. 1:200-300 lb BS.OO-100.00; 300-400 lb 90.00- 400-500 lb 91.00-103.00; 500-600 lb 82.00-93.00; 600-700 lb 75.00- 700-800 lb 74.00-80.00; 800-900 lb 70.00; 900-1000 lb 62.00-68.50. MedTLge. 2; 300-400 lb 85.00; 400-500 lb 74.50- 500-600 lb 82.00; 600-700 lb 68.50- 800-900 lb 64.00-68.50. Small 1&2: 300-400 lb 80.00-86.00; 500-600 lb 745.00- FEEDER HEIFERS: 218 head. Med./ Lge. 1; 200-300 lb 70.00-83.00; 300-400 lb 75.00- 400-500 lb 77.50-88.00; 500-600 lb 74.50-86.00; 600-700 lb 65.00- 700-800 lb 62.50-79.00; 800-900 lb 62.00-76.00. Med./Lge. 2: 300-400 lb 67.00-78.00; 400-500 lb 67.00- 500-600 lb 69.00-77.00; 600-700 lb 65.00-70.60; 700-800 lb 60.50-69.00; 800-900 lb 44.00-52.50. Small 1&2: 300-400 lb 63.00-72.50; 400-500 lb 60.00- 500-600 lb 60.00-65.00; 600-700 lb 60.00-65.00. FEEDER BULLS: 106 head. MedTLge. 1: 200-300 lb 90.00-102.50; 300-400 lb 84.00- 400-SOO lb 80.50-84.00; 500-600 lb 76.00-85.00; 600-700 lb 64.00- 700-800 lb 65.00-75.00; 800-1000 lb 49.50-59.00. Med./Lge. 2: 200-300 lb 87.50-93.00; 300-400 lb 88.00- 400-500 lb 75.00-76.00; 500-600 lb 70.00-77.50; 600-700 lb 67.00-72.00; 700-800 lb 72.00; 800-1000 lb 54.50. Small 1&2:400-500 lb 83.00; 500-600 lb 63.00-68.00; 700-800 lb 57.00. Livestock Cooper- ative Auction Market Of North Jersey Hackettstown, NJ. Report Supplied by Auc- lion Tuesday, July 15,2003 CALVES .13-2.60. COWS .10-.50. EASY COWS ,20-.43'/4. FEEDERS 300-600 LBS. .29-.9J. HEIFERS ,49'/2-.70. BULLS .48'/2-.63>/4. STEERS ,42-.73. HOGS, NONE. ROASTING PIGS EACH 20.00-44.00. BOARS .07. SOWS, NONE. SHEEP. 13-.67. LAMBS EA. 2.00-60.00. LAMBS PER LB .57-1.41. GOATS 90,00-147.50. E A KIDS EA. Ifoo-100.00. ' Virginia Livestock Auction Summary Richmond, Va. July 16,2003 Report Supplied By USDA NORTHERN VIRGINIA LIVE STOCK Front Royal, Marshall, Rock ingham, Shenandoah, Staunton, and Winchester for July 07-12. All prices per hundred pounds liveweight, except where noted. FEEDER CATTLE: 1,022 head (410 steers, 7 Holstein steers, 351 heifers, 254 bulls). FEEDER STEERS: Med./Lge. 1: 300-400 lb 90.000-107.00; 400-500 lb 88.50-100.00; 500-600 lb 88.00-101.00 few 81-85.00; 600-700 lb 79.00-98.00; 700-800 lb 75.00-86.75; 800-900 lb 76.75-80.00; 900-1000 lb 74.00; 1000-1100 lb 77.75. MedTLge. 2: 300-400 lb 81.00-89.50; 400-500 lb 81.00-98.00; 500-600 lb 75.00-86.00; 600-700 lb 75.00-85.00; 700-800 lb 66.00-74.00; 800-900 lb 72.00. Small 1: 400-500 lb 75.00-85.00; 500-600 lb 75.00-84.00; 600-700 lb 70.00-77.00. HOLSTEIN STfeERS: Med./Lge. 2: 300-500 lb 72.00; 500-700 lb 55.00-63.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Med./Lge. 1; 200-300 lb 80.00-92.00; 300-400 lb 82.00- 400-500 lb 79.00-90.00; 500600 lb 77.00-86.50; 600-700 lb 70.25-82.75; 700-800 lb 71.00; 800-900 lb 69.50. Med./Lge. 2; 200-300 lb 82.00- 300-400 lb 80.00-91.75; 400-500 lb 74.00-80.00 few 64.0069.00; 500-600 lb 71.00-79.75; 600-700 lb 71.00- 700-800 lb 68.0068.50; 800-900 lb 64.5066.00. BULLS: Med./Lge. 1: 200-300 lb 99.00; 300-400 lb 90.00-104.75; 400-500 lb 83.00- 500600 lb 73.00-86.00; 600-700 lb 67.00-81.00; 700-900 lb 61.00- few 55.00-57.00. Med./Lge. 2: 300-400 lb 76.00-88.00; 400-500 lb 72.00- 500-600 lb 64.50-77.00; 600-700 lb 65.00-70.50; 700-900 lb 55.50. SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 662 head (95 steers and heifers, 528 cows and 39 bulls). SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-3, 1150-1300 lb 75.50-80.25, 1300-1450 lb 74.50-82.00, 1505-1600 lb 70.00-78.00; Se lect 2-3, 1000-1200 lb 74.75-75.25. HOL STEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3, 1100-1300 lb 64.50, 1300-1500 lb 64.25. HEIFERS: Choice 2-3, 950-1100 lb 77.00-78.00; 1100-1300 lb 74.00-80.00, 1315-1370 lb 70.00- Select 2-3,850-1100 lb 71.00. SLAUGHTER COWS: Breaking Utili ty and Commercial 2-4, 38.50-51.00; Cut ter and Boning Utility 1-3, 36.00-50.50; Canner and Low Cutter 1-2,28.00-41.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: YG 1-2, 900-1300 lbs 45.5061.50; 1300-1600 lbs 47.75-54.00; 1600 lbs and over 49.0060.00. COWS RETURNED TO FARMS: 28 head. 1113-1410 lbs: Med./Lge. 1 few 2, 8 years old to aged, bred 2-8 months, 425.00-625.00 per head. I Custom Fabrication of Galvanized Barn Equipment COWS WITH CALVES AT SIDE: 17 pairs. 825-1150 lbs: MedVLge. 1 few 2, 6 years to aged with calves 175-501 lbs 420.00-900.00 per pair. 950-1150 lbs: Med./Lge. 1, 4 years to aged with calves 125-300 lbs 535.00-700.00 per pair. BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS: 142 head. Newborn to 4 Weeks 10.00- per head. Over 100 lbs 35.00- per cwt. SHEEP: 153 (60 slaughter lambs, 68 feeder lambs, 25 slaughter ewes). SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Spring Wooled: Choice and Prime 1-2, 80-110 lbs 92.00-100.25; 110-125 lbs 90.00. Good and few Choice 1-2, 60-90 lbs 983.00-92.00. FEEDER LAMBS: Spring Wooled: Med./Lge. 1-2, 40-60 lbs 72.50-80.00; 60-90 lbs 76.25, one 90.00; Small/Med. 1- 40-60 lbs 80.00; 60-90 lbs 95.75-99.50 few 80.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Choice 2- 15.50-29.00; Utility and Good 1-3, 29.00-34.50. Oklahoma Feeder Cattle Weekly Oklahoma City, OK July 16,2003 Report Supplied By USD A OKLAHOMA NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, Weekly Cattle Summary Compared to last week:Feeder steers and steer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 1.00 lower. Yearling Stockers steady. Demand good though not as robust as last week. Hot dry conditions plus a good market has many cattle moving to town. Flint hills and Osage cattle are moving or pre paring to move, big video sale starting Tuesday, and larger Oklahoma auction receipts giving buyers a larger selection. Quality of supply plain to average with numerous plainer type Brahma cross. Top flight northern quality yearlings scarce. Receipts this week 14,550; last week 7430; last year 9659, Supply consisted of 79% over 600 lbs; 19% calves; 2% cows and bulls. Heifers comprised 41% of feed er & calf supply. Prices follow with weighted average weight and price in parenthesis. FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large 1: CALVES: few 325-400 lbs (350 lbs) 114.00-121.00 (119.40); 400-500 lbs (450 lbs) 104.00-110.50, load 425 lbs thin 118.25 (111.06); 500-600 lbs (550 lbs) 96.00- (99.30); 600-650 lbs (622 lbs) 92.50- (95.12); 650-700 lbs (675 lbs) 91.50- 92.00 (91.61); 725-750 lbs (737 lbs) 84.00- (87.60). YEARLINGS: 500-525 lbs thin (515 lbs) 108.75-110.25 (109.48); 600- 700 lbs (650 lbs) 93.00-98.50 (95.36); 700-750 lbs (724 lbs) 88.00-95.75 (92.34); 750-800 lbs (772 lbs) 86.25-90.35 (88.42); 800-850 lbs (823 lbs) 83.00-87.75 (85.79); 850-900 lbs (876 lbs) 81.00-86.25 (83.52); 925-975 lbs (950 lbs) 81.75-83.75 (82.50). FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large X: CALVES; few 300-350 lbs 105.00- 400-500 lbs (450 lbs) 92.00- (94.00), many thin 99.50- 500-550 lbs (520 lbs) 93.50- (96.83); 550-600 lbs (575 lbs) 88.50- (90.15); 600-700 lbs (650 lbs) 85.50- (86.73). YEARLINGS: 500-600 lbs (550 lbs) 91.00-97.50 (94.28); 600-700 lbs (650 lbs) 86.75-92.00 (89.69); 700-800 lbs (750 lbs) 83.00- (85.45); 800-850 lbs (811 lbs) 81.50-84.50 (82.27), Kirkwood Hay Kirkwood, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Tuesday, July 15,2003 21 LOTS. TIMOTHY: 115.00-165.00. ALFALFA: IST CUTTING 125.00-192.00,2 ND 142.00-175.00. GRASS: 70.00-115.00. WHEAT STRAW: 122.00-135.00. BARLEY STRAW: 90.00-135.00. SALE DAY TUES. 10 A.M. Five-Area Weekly Average Direct Slaughter Cattle St. Joseph, Mo., July 14, 2003 - USDA Market News Service • Sales in Texas/Oklahoma; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; and lowa/Minnesota Feedlots for Week Ending Sunday, July 13, 2003 Confirmed Sales: 248,062; Week Ago: 217,691; Year Ago: 156,058 LI VE FOB BASIS SALES - Beef Breeds: SLAUGHTER STEERS: Head Count Over 80% Choice 2,282 65-80% Choice 10,767 35-80% Choice 51,715 0-35% Choice 1,261 TOTAL all grades 66,025 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Over 80% Choice 928 65-80% Choice 7,199 35-65% Choice 34,962 0-35% Choice 1,.192 TOTAL all grades 44,281 DRESSED DEUVERED H SLAUGHTER STEERS: Over 80% Choice 1,577 752-850 65-80% Choice 15,765 708-900 35-65% Choice 26,931 700-884 0-35% Choice 81 727 TOTAL aU grades 44,354 700-900 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Over 80% Choice 736 685-788 65-80% Choice 12,884 646-829 35-65% Choice 17,235 651-806 0-35% Choice TOTAL all grades 30,855 646-829 Weekly Wei Live Steer Dressed Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer Same Period L Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer Same Period L Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer Hfc Salute Our faming Industry Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Friday, July 11,2003 Hay—Straw—Grain 47 LOADS TOTAL MIXED HAY: 62.00-190.00. RCHARDGRASS: 3 LOADS 71.00-120.00. Weight Range 991-1375 1050-1400 1075-1465 1140-1300 991-1,465 i 1050-1230 I 1075-1260 1 950-1280 ! 1100-1280 I 950-1280 iASIS SALES Averai Head Count 66,025 44,281 44,354 30,855 63,247 50,425 30,366 28,324 Year 33,522 32,129 37,990 26,122 ALFALFA: 5 LOADS, 95.00-150.00. TIMOTHY: 60.00 AND 220.00. STRAW: 13 LOADS, 107.00-180.00 EAR CORN: 127.00 O Avg. Avg. Weight Price 1,290 75.18 1,285 74.93 1,263 74.28 1,243 73.86 1,267 74.41 Price Range 73.00- 73.00- 72.00- 73.00- 72.00- 1,162 1,163 1,142 1,193 1,147 74.00- 74.00- 73 00-75.60 74 00-74.50 73.00- Beef Breeds: 824 817 815 827 816 118.00-120.50 117.50- 116.50- 00 118.00 116.50- 118.00-121.00 119.00-121.00 117.75-121.00 740 747 729 117.75-121.00 737 Avg. Price 74.41 74.39 119.62 119.57 Avg. Weight 1,267 1,147 816 737 1,262 -i - 74.90 1,146 74.89 816 119.55 733 119.63 1,298 1,153 835 753 LOADS 74.40 75.12 74.24 74.46 74.39 120 14 119.79 119 50 118.00 119.62 119.47 119.84 119.37 119.57 62.72 62.94 97.61 97 67