May 14, 2006 2 min read

Results from recent livestock auctions and crop sales in the region were as follows: Eighty Four Livestock Auction held in Eighty Four on May 8 results were as follows:

CATTLE: 269…[PDA]… Compared with last week’s sale: slaughter cows were steady to 1 higher; slaughter bulls were steady.

STEERS: Choice 1-3, couple, 970 and 990 pounds, 78. Select 1-2, 71-78.

HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3, 1,235-1,385 pounds, 67-69.50. Select 1-2, 63.50-66.50.

HEIFERS: Select 1-2, couple, 73 and 74.

COWS: Breakers 75-80 percent lean, 54-58; boners 80-85 percent lean, 48.50-53.50; lean 85-90 percent lean, 43-49.50; shells.

BULLS: Yield grade 1, 975-1,400 pounds, 65-68; yield grade 2, 1,635-2,245 pounds, 57.50-61.50.

FEEDER CATTLE: Steers were steady.

STEERS: Medium and large 2, 500-940 pounds, 85-104.

HEIFERS: Medium and large 1, 310-465 pounds, 109-123; 515-540 pounds 106-108. Medium and large 2, 330-500 pounds, 92-106; 515-690 pounds, 83-98.

BULLS: Medium and large 1, 300-490 pounds, 108-130; Medium and large 2, 400-500 pounds, 92.50-106. Large 3, 545-870 pounds, 78-96.

CALVES 123 (calves sold per hundredweight). Holstein bulls were steady to 15 higher.

VEALERS: Standard and good, 70-90 pounds, 80-100, Jersey utility, 55-85 pounds, 50-75.

FARM CALVES: No. 1 Holstein bulls, 90-120 pounds, 225-290; 80-85 pounds, 220-245. No. 2, 75-130 pounds, 140-215, weaker calves 135 and down; No. 1 Holstein heifers, 95-120 pounds, 450-550; No. 2, 65-90 pounds, 210-370. Beef cross bulls and heifers, 80-90 pounds, 160-235.

HOGS 0…No market test.

FEEDER PIGS: No market test.

SHEEP 69

SLAUGHTER LAMBS: High, choice and prime, 105-125 pounds, 110-112.50, choice 25-50 pounds, 118-132.50; 60-75 pounds, 110-129; 80-111 pounds, 116-120.

SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 33-55.

GOATS 21: (sold by the head with weights actual).

KIDS: Selection 2, 40-60 pounds, 62.50-75. Selection 3, 20-40 pounds, 20-45.

YEARLINGS: Selection 1, 114-121.

NANNIES: 70-100 pounds, 77.50-95.

BILLIES: 70-100 pounds 100-00-122.

The Market News Service Grain Market Summary for Western Pennsylvania for May 8, follows:

Corn number 2, 2.04-2.35, average 2.26; wheat number 2, 3.13-3.30, average 3.22; barley number 3, 1.75, average 1.75; oats number 2, 1.70-2, average 1.83; soybeans number 2, 5.30-5.57, average 5.44; and ear corn, 57-75, average 66.33.

The Hay Market Summary for May 6, for central Pennsylvania follows:

Alfalfa, 105 to 177; mixed hay, 20 to 215; timothy, 140 to 205; straw, 100 to 160; and ear corn, 80 to 100.