(Continued from Page A 2) on alight test Nannies sold steady to weak on a below average run, while Billies sold steady to firm Wethers sold mostly steady Over all quality was average, with moderate bidding activity All goats are sold by the head, with estimated weights. Kids Selection 1 few 40-60 lbs 60 00-74 00 Selection 2 20-40 lbs 43 00-50 00,40-60 lbs 58 00-68 00, few pig mies 3800-45 00; 60-80 lbs 68.00-7400 Selection 3 20-40 lbs 27 00-30 00,40-60 lbs 40.00-55 00 Yearlings Selection 1 few 80-100 lbs 84 00-90 00 Se lection 2 few 60-80 lbs 64 00-78 00 Nannies Selection 1 100-150 lbs 8200-8800 Selec tion 2 50-70 lbs 5200-58 00, 70-100 lbs 6200-74 00, 100- ISO lbs 68 00-82 00 Selection 3 few 50-70 lbs 4000-46.00, 70-100 lbs 44.00-54.00, 100-150 lbs 5100-60 00 Billies* Selection 1 100-150 lbs 115 00-12700, 150-250 lbs 142 00-165 00. individual 177.00 Selection 2 70-100 lbs 75.00-82 00, few package pigmies 48 00, 100-150 lbs 9400-108 00, 150-250 lbs 120 00-137 00 Selection 3 few 70-100 lbs 67 00-75 00, 100-150 lbs 82 00-92 00 Wethers. 50-70 lbs 58.00-72 00; 70-100 lbs 84 00-86 00,100-150 lbs 102 00-107 00. Lancaster County Weekly Cattle New Holland, Pa. Report Supplied By USDA Friday, Aug. 29,2003 CATTLE CALVES THIS WEEK 2114 2119 LAST WEEK 2173 1909 LAST YEAR 2539 1475 Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold mostly steady early in the week, with the lower quality cattle trending 100-2 00 higher on Monday It was another bell ringer on Thursday as prices were a full 2 00-3 00 higher on the light run In May of this year prices for Prime steers got up to 90.00 in Lancaster County, with many producers and analysts assuming that the mar ket would eventually slide into it's historical summer time lows. However, every time there is a hint of weak ness, the fat cattle market comes back to life This held true on Thursday as once again several small packages of high Choice and Prime steers sold from 88 00-89.60, 210 Weidmansville Rd., Ephrata Take Rt. 322 W. (W Mam St) from Ephrata. 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Keith Snyder, Auctioneers Lie. #499 #2116 #3433 with one head at 90 00 The beef industry is in relative ly unfamiliar territory, especially as we head into early September Boxed beef cutout values are holding firm, with heavy and light Choice carcasses both at 143 00 The current August live cattle contract at the CME will expire by weeks end, but it is going down fighting as there have been several limit-up rallies over the past couple of weeks; it closed at 84 05 on Thursday Spot September and October are set to pick up right where August leaves it, at 83.30 and 82 05 respectively The western direct feed yards moved their steers from 8100-84 00 live, and from 131.00-132 00 on a dressed basis, with the MPR office in St Joseph, MO reporting nearly 240,000 head traded by Thursday afternoon Maybe the prices of these high price feeders are justi fied, with the December live cattle contract currently at 80 20, with February at 79.30. Although when you are giving over 90 00 for 8-9 weights you had better be a pretty efficient feeder. Its anyone's guess right now where things are heading, you used to be able to point to the phases of the moon when the market was good, bad, or ugly Who knows, maybe it's the once in a life time look at the planet Mars in the southeastern sky that has the pot stirred up; lets just hope that unlike Mars, we won't have to wait another 300 years before we see such a hot summer market Local Holstein prices were mostly steady on Tuesday and Thursday, with a very nice run of high Choice and Prime steers up to 100 higher on Monday The heifer runs were to light to test this week Lean slaughter cows sold steady to 2 00 higher this week, with all other classes trending steady to 3 00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady Yield Grade 1 bulls sold steady to 3 00 higher, with the fleshier bulls trading steady to 2 00 lower The reported supply this week in Lancaster County in cluded 605 head of slaughter steers, 90 head of slaugh ter heifers, 1075 head of daughter cows, 114 head of slaughter bulls, and 230 head of feeder cattle. Slaughter Steers. High Choice and Prime 2-4 1170-1480 lbs 86 10-89 60, individual 90 00, 83 00-86.00 early in the week, full and Yield Grade 4-5 83.00- 85 50 Choice 2-3 1070-1495 lbs 82 00-86 50, ma jority 83.00-86 00 late m the week, 80.00-83.25 early in the week, few lighter 1000-1100 lbs 80 00-83.00, heavy 1500-1550 lbs 82.75-85 00, Charolals and Limi-crosses mostly 84.50- 87 75 High yielding Choice 1-2 which includes some crosses 1210-1340 lbs 85.00-89 00 Select and low Choice 2-3 1010-1495 lbs 79 25-83 75, mainly 80 25-83 25, Charolais-crosses 80 50-83 25, heavy 1640-1665 tbs 75 00-79 50, couple 1735 lbs 7000-7025 Select 1-2 1110-1460 lbs 76.00- 50, bulk 77 00- 80 25 Standard 1-2 1005-1305 lbs 74 50-77 00 Fetf returning to feed. 1050- 1120 lbs 7400-76 50 Holstein Steers High Choice and Prime 2-3 1325-1560 lbs 72 00-75.85 with the bulk on Monday, fancy single 77 75, couple 1600-1665 lbs 7150-72 50 Choice 2-3 1145-1595 lbs 69.50-72 75, few heavy 1605-1750 lbs 65.25-66.50. Select and low Choice 1-3 1190-1515 lbs 65.00-70 75 Few Select 1-2 1365-1390 lbs 65 00-65.75. Couple Stan dard 1-2 1275 lbs 5900. Slaughter Heifers Couple fancy high Choice and Pnme 2-3 1255-1270 lbs 83.00- Choice, few Pnme 2-3 1130-1300 lbs 7900-82 25 which includes a few Charolais-crosses. Select and low Choice 2-3 1030-1360 lbs 75.00-79 00 Slaughter Cows. Percent Lean, Weight, Bulk, Low Dressing Premium White, 65-70, Over 1600 lbs, www.kllnekreldergood.com 5200-55 75, 46 25-5125, High dressing 5600-5950 Breakers. 75-80, Over 1400 lbs, 45 00-50 25, 42 75-46 00, High dressing 5100-53 00 Boners, 80-85, Over 1200 lbs, 40 00-45 75, 37 75-41.00, High dressing 4600-47 00 Lean (Hi-Yield), 85-88, Over 1200 lbs. 39 50-43 00 Lean, 88-90, Over 1000 lbs, 34 75-39 75, 3075-35 25, up to 4150 Lean (Light-Wt), 85-90, 750-1000 lbs, 33.00-37.00,27.50-32 75 Slaughter Bulls Yield Grade 1 1080-1960 lbs 50 75-60 00, high dressing up to 63 25, full 46 50-51 25 Yield Grade 2 1035-1990 lbs 48 25-53 00, low dressing 44 00-48 00 Bullocks Couple low Choice 2 73 50-80 25 Select 1-2 1085-1460 lbs 66 50-70 00 Calf Summary Compared to last week, slaughter calves sold steady to sharply higher early in the week, with late week prices mostly 2 00-10 00 lower There is around 60-70 percent of the graded runs currently going to slaughter as producers have their veal bams filled up. Holstein bull calves suitable for special-fed veal bams sold steady to 30 00 higher, with instances sharply higher on the heavier weight bulls The majori ty of the weakness was noted on the lighter weight Number 2 bulls, as they sold sharply lower at the Tues day and Thursday sale Holstein heifer calf prices have picked up some steam as the better heifers are bringing as much as 500 00 Northeast special-fed hide-off veal carcasses are as high as 340 00, as demand remains very good due to the light offerings The reported sup ply this week included 1410 head of bulls and heifers that were graded by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, compared to 1269 head the pnor week Slaughter Calves: Good and Choice 335-500 lbs 80.00- 00 Standard and Utility 50-125 lbs 2000-37 00, up to 47 00 on Tuesday, weaker 10.00- Calves Going Into Special-fed Veal Bams Monday- Holstein Bulls 95-125 lbs 142 00-165.00; 75-95 lbs 110 00-135 00 Plamer-t>pe Holstein Bulls 95-125 lbs 95 00-130 00, 75-95 lbs 75 00-105 00. Weak er Holstein Bulb 95-125 lbs 60 00-85 00. 75-95 lbs 4000-70.00, few 2800- 3800. Hobtein Heifers few 95-125 lbs 400 00-440 00, 75-95 lbs 30000-320 00 Plainer-type Holstein Heifers 200 00-240 00. 75-95 lbs 15000-210.00 Weaker Holstein Heifers 95-125 lbs 100 00-150 00,75-95 lbs 80 00-110 00 Tuesday- Graded Number One Holstein Bulls 122 lbs 14S00. 95-112 lbs 165 00- 180.00, 90 lbs 9000-100.00; 80-85 ibs 40.00-60.00 Graded Number Two Holstein Bull calves 100-113 Ibs 100 00-117.00,95 lbs 80.00; 80-90 lbs 35.00-43 00, package 73 Ibs 23 00 Graded Number Three Hobtein Bull calves 90-110 Ibs 42 00-47 00, 80 Ibs 33 00. Graded Number One Hol stein heifers 90-102 Ibs 485 00-50000, package 83 lbs 31000; package 73 ibs 140.00 Graded Number Two Holstein heifers 90-103 lbs 435 00-45000, package 82 lbs 200 00. package 72 lbs 100 00, package 64 Ibs 60 00 Few Beef-type Heifers and Bulb 60.00-190 00 Thursday- Graded Number One Holstein bulb 120-125 Ibs 142 00, 115-120 lbs 16200, 95-115 lbs 180 00-187 00, 90-95 Ibs 120 00, 80-90 Ibs 67 00-72 00 Graded Number Two Hobtein bulb 95-120 Ibs 12400-137 00, 88-92 Ibs 62.00, 80- 86 lbs 44.00-46 00 Graded Number Three Hobtein bulb 105-130 lbs 40 00. Holstein heifers 90-100 lbs 400 00-495 00; 80-85 Ibs 40000-47000. Plainer- type heifers 90-110 lbs 260 00-365 00; 85 Ibs 240 00-300.00 Weaker heifers 95- 100 lbs 145.00-19000, 80-85 lbs 165.00-27000, 75 Ibs 11500-15000; 60-70 Ibs 80.00-135.00; 50-SS lbs $OOO-70.00 Few beef bulls and heifers 75-105 ibs 102 00-130 00 Greencastle Hay Greencastle, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Thursday, Aug. 28,2003 HAY 7 loads. 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Lawrence, of the USDA Natural Resources Conserva tion Service, announced on Thursday that Pennsylvania will receive $3.9 million in fed eral funds for farmland pres ervation this year, Pennsylva nia’s largest annual award to date and the top award in the nation for 2003. “Pennsylvania leads the na tion in the number of acres of prime farmland being protect ed and maintained for produc tion agriculture,” said Wolff. “Since 1996, when the federal government begem reimburs ing states for farmland it pre- Pennsylvania Livestock Auction Waynesburg, Pa. Thursday, Aug. 28,2003 Report Supplied By Auction CATTLE STOCK COWS 3700-55 00 SLAUGH TER COWS Utility & Commercial 42 00-52 SO, Boner & Boning Utility 36 00-48 50, Cutter & Boning Utility 35 00-43 00, Canner &. Low Cutter 35 00-40 50, Shells 30 00 St down BULLS YIELD GRADE 1 15004-2000# 51 00-63 00, YIELD GRADE 2 10004-1400# 38 00-6800 FEEDER STEERS M & L 1 300-500# 8000-11000 250-280# 8000-109 00, M 600-900# 55 00-103 00 HEIFERS. M 1 & L 1 300-500# 78 00-107.00, L 1 400-650# 60 00-94 00 BULLS M & L 1 300-620# 70 00-102 00 CALVES Veal Prime 70 00-85 00, Choice 60 00-84 00, Good 35 00-7000, Farm Calves #1 Hol stein Bulb 90-120# Few 3$ 00-95 00, #2 Hobtein Bulls 80-100# Few 10 00-50 00, Beef Bull & Hfrs/Hd 35 00-9000 HOGS Barrows & Gilts #l-2 210-255# 37 50-42 50, #2-3 255-280# 35 00-4000, 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# 8000-10000, Choice 40-75# 85 00-117 00, Feeder Lambs Good 65 00-94 00, Sheep 15 00-45 00, Fat Sheep 25 00 and down GOATS* Large 45 00-95 00/Hd , Medium 30 00-67 00/Hd , Small 10 00-30 00/Hd HORSES Horses 19 00-51 50. Ponies 20 00-48 00 Jersey Shore Livestock Market, Inc. Jersey Shore, Pa. Report Supplied By Auction Thursday, Aug. 28,2009 RETURN TO FARM CALF 100-530 GOOD VEAL 7000-9900 COMMON VEAL 1000-6900 CHOICE STEERS 77 00-8000 SELECT STEERS 7000-7600 FARM'^» */ 2724 Conestoaa Creek Rd \ V\ 610-286-9052 /£ Sales & Rentals /j*Sf serves, Pennsylvania has re ceived nearly $5 million to purchase 72 agriculture con servation easements across the commonwealth. The funding commitment we are receiving today will significantly en hance our efforts to maintain prime farmland and strength en Pennsylvania’s agricultural economy.” More than 13,400 acres of prime Pennsylvania farmland have been preserved under the federal program. On Thursday, the Pennsyl vania Agricultural Land Pres ervation Board was expected to vote on preserving SO addi tional farms, totaling 5,339 acres. COMMON STEERS 5S 00*69 00 COMMERCIAL COWS 43 00-5700 CANNERS/CUTTERS 35 00-4600 SHELLS 25 00-3400 CHOICE HEIFERS* NONE SELECT HEIFERS 72 00-77 00 COMMON HEIFERS 45 00-71 00 GOOD FEEDERS 7000-85 00 COMMON FEEDERS 35 00-69 00 BULLS 44 00-60 00 SOWS NONE LAMBS NONF Greencastle Livestock Grcencastlc, Pa. Report Supplied by PDA Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003 CATTLE 199 COWS 1 00-2 0 LOWER STEERS ONE STANDARD 2 57 50 HOLSTEIN STEERS COUPLE SELECT 1-2 AT 56 25-57 25 STANDARD 1-2 50 00-54 00 HEIFERS ONE STANDARD 2 51 00 COWS BREAKERS 75-80% LEAN 43 (KM7 25. AVERAGE 44 90 BONERS 80-85% LEAN 38 75-45.00, LOW DRESSING 36 50-37 50, AVER AGE 41 15 LEAN 85-90% LEAN 34 00-42 75, AVER AGE 37 70 SHELLS 33 75 AND DOWN BULLS FEW YIELD GRADE 1 1620/1890 LBS 55 50-56 75 ONE YIELD GRADE 2 930 LBS. 50 25 FEEDER CATTLE HEIFERS FEW LARGE 3 HOLSTEINS 655/815 LBS 35 00-3900, 860/970 LBS 5400-56 00 CALVES 321 VEALERS STANDARD & GOOD 70/110 LBS 2000-30.00 UTILITY 50/105 LBS 5 00-2000 FARM CALVES HOLSTEIN BULLS UN EVEN, 1000 LOWER TO 1000 HIGHER NO 1 HOLSTEIN BULLS 90/120 LBS 110.00-18000, AV ERAGE 143 45, 80/90 LBS 65 00-90 00. NO 2 BULLS 75'A25 I BS 30 00-95 00 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS NO 2 70/105 LBS 8000-24000 BEEF CROSS BULLS AND HEIFERS 70/105 LBS 105 00-19000 HOGS NO MARKET TEST FEEDER PIGS NO MARKET TEST SHEEP 4 SLAUGHTER LAMBS FEW CHOICE 100/110 LBS 80 00 GOATS 6 KIDS SELECTION I 20/40 LBS 25 00 SELECTION 2 30/50 LBS 25 00-27 50, 50/65 LBS 57 50 YEARLINGS 60/80 I BS 77 50 BILLIES 50/70 LBS 55 00
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