Livestock auctions
Results from recent livestock auctions and crop sales in the region were as follows: The Pennsylvania Livestock Market Report for Waynesburg for Thursday, Nov. 18, is as follows:
Cattle:
STOCK COWS: 55-72
SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility & Commercial 46-59; Boner & Boning Utility 45-50.50; Cutter & Boning Utility 45-51; Canner & Low Cutter 40-48.50; Shells 40 down.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1500-2000 pounds 50-64.50;Yield Grade 2 1000-1400 pounds 48-70.
FEEDER STEERS: M & L 1 300-500 pounds 80-137.50, 250-280 pounds 80-135, 600-900 pounds 65-104; HEIFERS M 1&L 1 300-500 pounds 100-115, L 1 400-650 pounds 60-113; BULLS M & L 1 300-620 pounds 72-12600.
CALVES: Veal…Prime 70-125; Choice 60-84; Good 40-84. Farm Calves #1 Holstein Bulls 90-120 pounds Few 35-160; #2 Holstein Bulls 80-100 pounds Few 10-50; Beef – Bull & Hfrs./Hd. 35-95.
HOGS: Barrows & Gilts #1-2 210-255 pounds 40-70, #2-3 255-280 40-60; Sows #1-3 300-500 pounds 32-45.50; Feeder Pigs 1-3 15-20 pounds 34-45/Hd., 1-3 25-35 pounds 10-33/Hd.
LAMBS: High Choice 80-100 pounds 85-112, Choice 40-75 85-141; Feeder Lambs Good 91-107; Sheep 30-54; Fat Sheep 20-45.50.
GOATS: Large 85-150/Hd; Medium 50-97/Hd.; Small 11-41/Hd.
HORSES: Horses 15-47; Ponies 20-42.
Eighty Four Livestock Auction held in Eighty Four on Monday, Nov. 22 results are as follows:
CATTLE 439…[PDA]…compared with last week’s sale…sl. Steers were steady, sl. Bulls were steady to 2 higher.
COWS: Breakers 75-80 percent lean 51-53.50, Boners 80-85 percent lean 46-51, lean 85-90 percent, 43-47.50. Shells 42 and down.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1210-1450 pounds 61-64, Yield Grade 2 1310-2240 pounds 53-58.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers, heifers and bulls were steady to 5 lower;… STEERS: few Medium and Large 1 400-500 pounds 99-108; 505-700 pounds 80-95, few Medium and Large 2 435-470 pounds 73-87; 500-780 pounds 73-87; HEIFERS: Medium and Large 1 300-500 pounds 86-94, 510-600 pounds 85-96, Medium and Large 2 345-500 pounds 70-85; 520-875 pounds 66-85; BULLS: Medium and Large 1 350-475 pounds, 91-114, 510-640 pounds, 91-98; Medium and Large 2, 325-500 pounds, 75-85; 520 -680 pounds, 75-89.
CALVES 114…[All calves sold per cwt.]
VEALERS: Standard and Good 75-90 pounds, 40-65, Utility 55-95 pounds, 15-35.
FARM CALVES: No. 1 Holstein bulls, 90-125 pounds, 160-210, mostly 170-200; No. 2, 80-125 pounds, 100-155, weaker calves to 75; couple No. 1 Holstein heifers 90-125 pounds, 430 to 525, No. 2, 85 to 100 pounds, 140 to 350.
Beef cross bulls and heifers 95-115 pounds, 125-160; 175-290 pounds 85-105.
HOGS 0… Barrows and gilts, 45-50 percent lean, 225-240 pounds, 50 to 56.
FEEDER PIGS 0… NO MARKET TEST.
SHEEP 132… Slaughter lambs were steady to 15 higher.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: High Choice and Prime, 110-140 pounds 90-107.50, Choice 40-50 pounds 149 to 159; 55-75 pounds, 130 to 150; 80-100 pounds, 117.50 to 130; good and choice, 60 to 80 pounds, 100 to 128.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 38 to 60, Yearlings 65 to 80.
GOATS 31…[All sold by the head with weights estimated].
Kids: Selection 1, 20-40 pounds 57-60; 40-60 pounds, 70-79; 60 to 80 pounds, 87 to 95.
Yearlings: Selection 1, 40 to 60 pounds, 79 to 90.
Nannies: 100 pounds and over, 62 to 77.50.
Billies: 70 to 100 pounds, 80 to 89.
Results from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Grain and Hay Report market news summary for central Pennsylvania for Nov. 22 follows:
Alfalfa, 65 to 170; mixed hay, 60 to 160; timothy, 60 to 130; straw, 95 to 182.50; ear corn, 52.50 to 80.
Grain report for western Pennsylvania:
Corn number 2, 1.74 to 2.18, average 2.08; wheat number 2, 2.80 to 2.90, average 2.85; barley number three, 1.75; oats number two, 1.70 to 2, average, 1.80; soybeans number one, 4.80 to 5.07, average 4.93; and ear corn, 60; average 60.