Virginia
Auction Summary
April 11-17
Report supplied by VDA
Total of Va. Weekly Feeder
Cattle Auction Receipts; 8,202.
Trend: Steady to 5.00 higher.
South & Southwest Va.
Smithfield
April 11-17
Report supplied by VDA
STEERS: Medium 1 300-500 lbs.
70.00- 500-700 lbs. 60.25-74.00,
700-1000 lbs. 54.50-62.50. Large 1
300-500 lbs. 70.00-81.00, 500-700 lbs.
64.50-74.50, 700-1000 lbs. 55.0061.00.
Small 1 300-500 lbs. 57.00-67.00,500
700 lbs. 50.00-64.00, 700-1000 lbs.
50.00-
HEIFERS: Medium 1 300-500
lbs. 54.00-62.00, 500-700 lbs. 47.00
55.00,700-900 lbs. 45.00-52.00. Large
1 300-500 lbs. 52.00-63.00,500-700 lbs.
51.75-60.75, 700-900 lbs. 48.50-55.00.
Small 1 300-500 lbs. 55.0d66.00, 500
700 lbs. 47.00-54.00.
Northern Va. Auction Summary
April 11-17
Report supplied by VDA
STEERS: Medium 1 300-500 lbs.
61.50-74.00, 500-700 lbs. 61.50-71.50;
700-1000 lbs. 54.50-68.00, Large 1
300-500 lbs. 66.00-76.00; 500-700 lbs.
60.00-72.00, 700-1000 lbs. 55.00-61.25-
Small 1300-500 lbs. 60.00-72.50 ; 500-
700 lbs. 57.00-67.00.
HEIFERS: Medium 1 300-500
lbs. 50.00-64.00, 500-700 lbs. 47.00
60.00,700-900 lbs. 44.50-55.75, Large
1300500 lbs. 52.0061.00,500700 lbs.
51.0060.25, 700900 lbs. 43.0053.00.
SmaU 1 300500 lbs. 48.0058.50,500
700 lbs. 47.00-54.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
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Virginia
markets
Saturday, April 13
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
steady-1.50 higher; Bulls-steady;
Heifers 2.00 higher. Steers- M&L-l
300-500 lbs. 65.00-76.00, 500-700 lbs.
57.00-72.00, 700-1000 lbs. 53.0064.00.
S-1&M&L-2 300500 lbs. 62.00-70.00,
500-700 lbs. 57.0069.00. Feeder
Bulls: M&L-l 300500 lbs. 60.00
70.00, 500-700 lbs. 52.0063.75. S
-1&M&L-2 300500 lbs. 52.0058.00.
Heifers; M&L-l 300500 lbs. 55.00
64.00, 500-700 lbs. 47.0060.00. S
-1&M&L-2 300500 lbs. 51.0054.00,
500-700 lbs. 47.0052.50.
STOCK COWS; Beef w/Calves
340.00450.00. Baby Calves 38.00
88.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE; Trend
Too Few.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Trend
Steady. Utility & Commercial 2-4
35.0043.00; Canner & Cutters 1-3
31.50-35.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS; 1 & 2
44.0050.50.
LAMBS: Trend Too Few To
Trend. High Choice & Prune 76.00
spring lambs; Slaughter Ewes
13.0017.50; Head Ewes/Lambs
47.5067.00.
HOGS: USI-3 200240 lbs. 40.75;
Sows 1-3 41.00-46.00; Boars 25.00.
VEAL: G00d63.0070.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good &
Choice 52.0057.00.
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, April IB
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers- 50
cents lower. Choice 55.0057.25;
Good 50.0054.00; Medium 49.00
Down. Heifers- Good 44.0047.00;
Medium 43.00 Down. Cows- $l.OO
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To 82.00 Higher. High Yield 42.00
44.75; Average 37.0041.00; Big
Middle 34.0056.00; Fatty Herf.
34.00-39.00; Shelly 36.00 Down. Fat
Bulls- $l.OO Lower. Good 48.00
49.25; Medium 46.0047.00. Veal
Calves- Light Calves $2.00 Higher.
Choice 80.0085.00; Good 72.00
79.00; Medium 60.00-71.00; Farm
Hfrs. 57.0065.00; Farm Bulls 63.00
73.00; Light Calves 47.0054.00;
Weak Calves 46.00 Down. Lambs-
Few Offered. Good & Medium
58.0064.00. Sows- 500600 lbs. 45.00
47.00; 300475 lbs. 35.50-39.00.
STOCKER: Steers- 300-550 lbs.
Good Run Very Active $2.00.
Higher Choice 65.00-70.50; Good
58.00- Medium 52.00-57.00;
Culls 51.00 Down. Steers- 600-850
lbs. Choice 63.0067.00; Good 55.00-
62.00; Medium 54.00 Down.
Heifers- (All Weights) Few Light
Wts. 58.0061.00; Choice 52.0065.50;
Good 46.00-51.00; Medium 40.00-
45.00. Bulls- Choice 60.0065.00;
Good 55.00-59.00; Medium 50.00-
54.00. Dairy Cows To $475.00.
Spring Hfrs- To 775.00. Pigs, Hd.
Good Run 1.00 Higher. 20-35 lbs.
20.00- ; 4060 lbs. 35.(NM8.00;
Shoats by lb. 39.00-52.00. Slaughter
Hogs- $1.50 Higher. 220-235 lbs.
39.75-41.75; 240-260 lbs. 40.50-41.35.
The Feeder Cattle Sale This
Weeek. There Was A Bug Run Of
Steers, Heifers and Bulls. Prices
Were $2.00 Over Last Week. Next
Special Feeder Cattle Sale Will Be
April 24th, At 7: P.M.
Next Week Will Have A Holstein
Bull Born March 21, 1964, Sire-
Elevation Son Of Select Sires Inc.
In Ohio. Reg. Papers Available.
Hatfield Tops $42.50.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, April IS
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 254: Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers grading standard & good
including Choice Holstein mostly
$l.OO lower. Slaughter cows highly
uneven. Slaughter bulls mostly
steady. Few Choice slaughter
steers 1250-1420 lbs. 56.75-57.10,
Few Good 51.75-57.25, one 1825 lbs.
44.25, Good & Choice holsteins 1295-
1725-48.75-53.50, Standard 47.00-
50.25, Few Utility 44.5046.75. Two
Choice slaughter heifers 52.00 &
56.25, Few Good 50.25-54.85,
Services
ial
Standard 46.0049.75, Utility & Low
Standard 43.0046.50. Breaking
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 41.0044.00, few to 45.10,
Cutter & Boning Utility 37.60-40.75,
few to 42.50, Canner & Low Cutter
34.0037.50, few to 39.75, Few Shells
down to 30.00. Two Good slaughter
bullocks 49.25 & 53.50, Standard
47.0048.00, Few Utility & Low
Standard 43.0044.50. Yield Grade
No. 1 1445-2400 lbs. slaughter bulls,
48J1052.00, one at 52.60, Yield
Grade No. 2 1015-1455 lbs. 44.75-
47.50.
CALVES 190; Vealers grading
high Standard & Good uneven. Two
Prime Vealers 90.00 & 96.00, Choice
73.0080.00, Few Good 70.0077.00,
Standard & Good 90115 lbs. 52.00
57.00. 6085 lbs. 42.0050.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls
90-130 lbs. 59.00-74.00; Few
Holstein heifers 85-105 lbs. 53.00
57.00.
Few Beef Cross Bulls & Heifers
85-95 lbs. 50.0057.00.
HOGS 258: Barrows & gilts $2.00
3.00 higher. US No. 1-2 215-255 lbs.
barrows & gilts 44.25-44.60, few 200
205 lbs. 43.50-43.85, No. 1-3 220-245
lbs. 43.75-44.10, Lot No. 2-3 200 lbs.
at 41.00, No. 1-3 145-180 lbs. 33.50-
39.50. Sows. US No. 1-3 310620 lbs.
sows 35.00-39.00, few to 44.00, Few
No. 2-3 310565 lbs. 33.00-37.50. Few
Boars 28.00-34.50.
FEEDER PIGS 19: US No. 1-3
20-45 lbs. feeder pigs 71.0fr-81.00 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP 18: High Choice & Prime
20-80 lbs. Spring Slaughter Lambs
66.00-80.00.
GOATS 7: Few 13.00-26.00 per
head, Two at 39.00 & 41.00 per head.
Eighty-Four Livestock
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, April IS
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 262. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
steers and cows steady. Few
Choice 59.00-61.75, Good 53.5(155.50,
Standard 48.50-53.00, Utility 44.00-
48.25. Choice slaughter heifers
55.00-60.00, Good 50.00-54.00,
Standard 44.00-48.50, Utility 41.00-
44.00. Breaking Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows 40.00-43.00,
Individual 43.50, Cutter & Boning
Utility 36.50-41.00, Canner & Low
Cutter 31.00-36.75, Shells down to
28.00. Yield Grade No. 1 1250-1800
lbs. slaughter bulls, 47.0050.50,
Yield Grade No. 2 900-1400 lbs.
41.50-
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Medium Frame #1 350650 lbs.
58.50- Heifers Medium
Frame #1 300550 lbs. 48.0061.50;
Bulls Medium Frame HI 400600
lbs. 53.0065.00.
CALVES 234: Vealers mostly
steady. Choice 82.00-99.00, Good
64.00-84.00, Standard & Good 90-120
Lebanon, Lancaster, New Holland,
Morgantown, Reading, Kutztown, to
Myerstown.
lbs. 46.50-57.00, 6055 lbs. 40.00-
47.00, Few Utility 55-90 lbs. 30.00-
38.00. Farm calves; Holstein hulls
90-120 lbs. 61.00-78.00.
HOGS 104: Barrows & gilts
steady to weak. Few US No. 1-2 220-
255 lbs. barrows & gilts 41.00-42.00,
No. 1-3 205-270 lbs. 40.00-40.75, No.
2-3 212-290 lbs. 38.00-40.00, Few No.
1-3 128 lbs. 40.00. SOWS: US. 1-3
325500 lbs. sows 36.00-41.00, No. 2-3
300-600 lbs. 34.00-36.50. Few Boars
29.00-31.25.
FEEDER PIGS 2: NO MARKET
TEST.
SHEEP 95: Spring slaughter
lambs $5.00-10.00 lower. High
Choice & Prime 70-110 lbs. Spring
slaughter lambs 80.00-90.00, Choice
52-55 lbs. 71.00-79.00. Few
Slaughter Sheep 14.00-17.00.
GOATS 15:9.00-24.00.
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, April 15
Report supplied by auction
Holstein Hfr. Calves 55.00-66.00.
Veal Calves 65.00-91.00.
Vealer Bull Calves 65.00-77.00.
Slaughter Calves 50.00-55.00.
Grassers & Feeders 34.00-45.00.
Lambs 45.00-60.00.
Sheep 8.00-17.00.
Hogs, 200 to 250 38.00-43.50.
Sows 30.00-33.50.
Boars 30.00-35.50.
Pigs 22.00-50.00.
Heifers 36.00-42.75.
Steers, medium 40.00-45.00.
Steers, feeder 36.00-50.00.
Bulls 39.0046.50.
Cows, utility 38.5042.75.
Cows, fat 38.0042.00.
Cows, medium 35.00-36.50.
Cows, poor or small 28.00-33.00.
Cattle Market real active.
Calf Market steady.
Horses to 325.00.
Ponies none.
Goats 10.0040.00.
Hay 40.00-50.00.
Straw none.
Remarks: Expect cattle market
to stay firm.
New Holland
Horse
New Holland Sales Stables
Monday, April 15
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 306 head of
horses, mules and ponies. Market:
steady.
Local;
Better horses 450.00-550.00.
Driving horses 300.00-700.00.
Riding horses 275.00400.00.
Lightweight killers 225.00-275.00;
Heavyweight killers 300.00385.00.
Mare ponies 35.0075.00; Colts
10.00-25.00; Gelding ponies 35.00-
75.00.
Larger ponies 125.00150.00.