Farm market and cattle sale (pic heavy)

Daryl in PA · Mar 14, 2012

Went to Leesport, PA market today. Temps in the 70's this afternoon.

100lb bull calves were averaging 2.50-2.80 per lb!!!!

1200-1600 lb steers averaging 1.10-1.20 per lb.

Above pics are just a few of the stands outside. Got to spend time with my dad today, just poking around the market grounds.

Jim SC · Mar 14, 2012

Sounds like a great day. thanks for posting pics.

john in la · Mar 14, 2012

$250 to $280 for week old bull calves???

Yes it has been alot of years since I have bought or sold baby calves but I had no idea they were that high.

I am afraid to ask what heifers were selling for.

Daryl in PA · Mar 14, 2012

Open heifer calves were a about a dollar a pound cheaper. I haven't been to this sale in about 3 weeks, but almost all winter, bull calves were selling for around .75-1.00 per lb. I should have asked the guy from the USDA that records all the pricing why bull calves were so high this week. Maybe the demand for veal is up. I have no clue!!

Kent Petersen · Mar 14, 2012

i see you can grow bananas and pinapple in PA now are people that stupid

Anonymous-0 · Mar 14, 2012

Nice looking Ithaca 37 on the end of the gun table.

Tony in Mass. · Mar 14, 2012

I love Pennsylvania pineapples, the hull is softer than Hawaiian ones. It seems the local grown bananas stay yellow longer too. I hope someone bought that Ithaca 37 before it falls on the floor....

Mtractor · Mar 14, 2012

In the last picture at first glance I thought the two guys was one big guy they have the same color clothes on..lol

john in la · Mar 14, 2012

I can see $75 to $100 for good healthy bull calves today. Heck I paid $50 to $75 for them years ago.

I mostly bought pure breed unregistered heifers though. $100 to $250 and sold them as springers for $1000 to $1500. Most of the calves I bought were straight off the farm. Something about that one day at the sale barn that made them babies sick.

But like I said that was years ago. Here is one of the last calves I had and that girl (my youngest) is almost 22 now.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 14, 2012

The Authorities do not allow those guns to be sold or displayed in that manner here. {OZ}

Paid 390c a kilo for a Hereford Bull.95 kg. slightly bigger size.[because I wanted him]
The Black steer would bring approx 1.90 kg.
Butchers like them at 300-350 kg.But I do note, the heavier, the lower the price.

Texasmark1 · Mar 15, 2012

John, it's called stress. They have inoculations for it.

Example of why animals have it: Was at a sale barn once and walking past the loading chute that feeds the sales arena. Had dozen or so feeder calves lined up. The "attendant" had the high voltage stick (that hangs from the ceiling) in his hand just merrily walking down the chute shocking the crap out of every one of those babies.

I felt like taking the stick away from him and applying it to his private parts and see what he thought about that!

Mike (WA) · Mar 15, 2012

The auction looked pretty sparsely attended- but if bull calves were bringing $250, I guess the right 2 guys were there. Can't imagine paying that for day-olds, given the number you lose when you get em home.

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