Texas was the bright spot in the dairy heifer markets this month, with top-quality Holstein springers up from $1,125-1,500 last month to $1,200-1,575 this month. Springer prices remained steady throughout the rest of the country, with the exception of Wisconsin. Top-quality heifers there fell from $1,400-1,600 last month to $1,250 to 1,500 this month, possibly due to increasingly dry conditions in the upper Midwest. Calf prices also fell slightly in Wisconsin and more precipitously in Pennsylvania, down from $200-240 last month to $170-200 this month.
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Springing heifers
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Heifer calves
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Location (sale date)
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Supreme/top grade
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Approved/medium grade
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90-120 pounds
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Turlock, Calif. (6/29/12)
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$1,300-$1,525
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$1,100-$1,275
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NR
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Stratford, Wis. (7/3/12)
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$1,250-$1,500
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$1,000-$1,250
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$140-$200
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Sulphur Springs, Texas (6/28/12)
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$1,200-$1,575
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$900-$1,200
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$80-$270
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New Holland, Pa. (6/27/12)
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$1,475-$1,575
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$1,100-$1,425
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$170-$200
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