Virginia Weekly Livestock Thonday, April 2,1987 WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA MARKETS IN REVIEW. MARCH 26-APRIL 1, 1917. FEEDER CATTLE IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS AND SLAUGHTER CATTTLE IN NATIONAL AND VIRGINIA MARKETS WERE STEADY TO $2.00 HIGHER DURING THE WEEK. SOME WEAKNESS WAS NOTED IN THE DIRECT TRADING AREA Of THE MIDWEST. CARCASS BEEF PRICES WERE SO CENT TO $2.00 LOWER. THE BOXED- BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE OF CHOICE 2-3 550-700 LB CARCASSES WERE $102.42 TUESDAY THIS WAS 62 CENT LOWER THAN LAST WEEK. A WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE WAS IN THE FACE OF LOWER PRICE UNDERTONES WAS NOTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $4 00 HIGHER WHILE THE MIDWEST WAS STEADY TO $3 00 LOWER. COW BEEF PRICES HAD CUTTERS STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER ■EEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS DOWN 1 1 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND DOWN 3.3 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO AVERAGE WEIGHTS 10 LBS LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR VEAL AND CALF PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE $2.00 HIGHER WHILE EAST COAST CARCASS PRICES WERE UNEVENLY STEADY TO $2.00 HIGHER LAST Green Dragon Livestock Sales Location: Ephrata RD 4. mile N. on North State St.,, Ephrata. cows X SALE EVERY FRIDAY Lots of good Northern feeder & Stockers. Slaughter Cows - Bull Steer, Veal-lamb. 11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week. 1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale. 7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale. For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on farm or at our barn or other market information call: Office 717-733-2444, .Home 717-838-4318. I WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor All out of state and new buyers must have tosh or certified check or current letter of credit from bank. ~ ~ 1 WHY WASH IT DOWN THE STREAM? Is Your Manure Management System Washing It Down The Stream? Do You Need An Effective System To Correct The Problems, Without Overspending? You will Want To Call US Agri-Systems - The Manure Manage ment Specialists. They’ve Been Handling Situations Like Yours For 15 Years. They’ve Seen What Works And What Doesn’t And They Won't Just Try To Sell You Something. Instead Of A Wash Get Results With US AGRI-SYSTEMS 1-800-222-2948 SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE Co* Feeding Programs And Services To Meet Your Individual Needs Computerized Record Keeping System Grain Purchasing And Exchange f livestock market and auction news <VIRGINI4 MARKETS WEEK SLAUGHTER WAS DOWN 2.4 PERCENT FROM A WEEK AGO AND DOWN 4.2 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO WHEN AVERAGE WEIGHTS 9 LBS. LIGHTER. LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE $2.50-3.00 HIGHER. MID WEST PRICES WERE $2.00 HIGHER ROCKINGHAM AUCTION IN VIRGINIA RECEIVED $93 50 FOR SPRING LAMBS. SAN ANGELO. TEXAS SOME FEEDER LAMBS WERE AS HIGH AS $114.00 PER CWT. SLAUGHTER WAS 7 PER CENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 14 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS AND MIDWEST STEADY TO 25 CENT LOWER WEAKENING TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. PORK PRODUCTS ENDED THE WEEK STEADY TO ABOUT $l.OO HIGHER PORK PRODUCTION WAS DOWN 5 9 PERCENT FROM A WEEK AGO AND DOWN 4.6 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 1 LB LIGHTER THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET CLOSED STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS 1-4. 220-250 LBS AT $46 00-46 50 PER CWT TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 189 HEAD THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED $lOO LOWER THAN LAST WED NESOAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS 1-4, 220- 250 LBS AT $47 0047 50 PER CWT. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 14.207 HEAD AT HARRISONBURG. LYNCHBURG AND TAP PAHANNOCK HOG PRICES WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS $46 0046 00/CWT SOWS RANGED $33.0D39.0Q1CWT AND BOARS WERE 129.00 CWT. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATLE CHOICE STEERS 2-3 10001300 LBS 57.7542.50 CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1300 LBS 6 OVER 56.756100 CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1100 LBS 6 OVER 54.00 60.00 UTILITY 4 COMMERCIAL COWS 37 25 46.50 BULLS 1-2 9001300 LBS 43.0056.00.1-2 13001600 LBS 46.0057.00 1-2 1600 LBS 6 OVER 46 5057 SO SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100250 LBS 73.0090.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100250 LBS 67.0045.00 CALVES • GOOD AND CHOICE 250500 LBS 54.0064.00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE 4 PRIME 95125 LBS SPRING 90.75-93.50;W00L 42 50-44.50 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 24 200250 LBS 46 50 49.00 SOWS US 1-3 300500 LBS 35 0042 40. 500 LB 4 OVER 34.0043.25 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS, MEDIUM 1 300500 LBS 72 5046 50 FEW 64.00 500700 LBS 65 0074 50 FEW 60 00 HEIFERS. MEDIUM 1 300500 LBS 60.0072 00 FEW 54 00 500700 LBS 57 0067 50 1150 E WH BBL FEEDER CATTLE TREND; Mostly Steady. STEERS: M&L-l YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR HOGS IMMEDIATELY Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors Supplying Farm Fresh Feeder Pigs Marketing and Hedging Marketing of Genesis Breeding Stock Developing Individual Financial Programs Shenandoah Valley Livestock Harrisonburg, Va. Sat., Mar. 28,1987 Report aupplled by auction Services 300-500 lbs. 72.50-80.50; 500-700 lbs. 66.00-74.00; 700-1000 lbs. 60.00 67.25; Holstein 300-1000 lbs. 49.50 57.00. S-L&M-" T/-2 300500 lbs. 64.00 71.00; 500-700 lbs. 59.00-67.00. FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300 500 lbs. 65.50-74.00; 500-700 lbs. 58.60-63.75; S-L&M&Lr2 300500 lbs. few 60.0064.00. HEIFERS: M&L-l 300500 lbs. 62.0065.00; 500-700 lbs. 58.5064.00; 700-1000 lbs. 54.0059.50. S-L&M&L -2 300500 lbs. 56.6051.75; 500700 lbs. 56.5059.00. STOCK COWS: Beef 460.00580.00 w/calves. Baby Calves: Small & Med. 43.0082.00; Large 82.0092.00. SLAUGHTER COWS TREND: Mostly Steady, Canner & Cutter 2.00 lower. Utility & Commercial 2- 4 38.75-44.00; Canner & Cutters 1-3 32.0036.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS 1&2: 48.5054.00. LAMBS: Trend- 2.50 higher. Blue 0 High Choice & Prime Spring 91.25; wooled 82.50; Feeder Lambs Choice 85-00-88.00; Slaughter Ewes 16.50-27.50. HOGS: Sows 1-3 41.0043.25; Boars 28.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good & Choice 58.00-65.00. YORK CO. LIVESTOCK SALES LTD. Special Feeder Cattle Sale THURSDAY, APRIL 30,1987 At 7 p.m. Cattle received after 11 a.m. Thursday, Apr. 30, 1987 or by special arrangement. Regular auction hours every Monday. Contact Stan Nagle, 215-566-3239 Dale Wheeler, 301-357-8796 Auction, Mondays only, 717-993-2564 SPECIAL GRADED SALE Friday, April 10 11 AM • 250 Head Local Acclimated Cattle Walter M. Dunlap and Sons Lancaster Stockyards Tel. (717) 397-5136 An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast With The Times is the Monday before the Christian Easter and Greek Easter, and on Monday, April 6th, all lambs will be sold at auction beginning at noon. We recommend that these be the days, Monday, April 6th and Monday, April 13th, you have your lambs on the market. Your are respectfully solicited. Sorting will begin at 5:00 A.M. For further in formation contact KENNETH SMOKER. Telephone 1-717-397-5136 (OFFICE) or 1-215-593- 2123 (HOME). Walter M. Dunlap and Sons Lancaster Stockyards Tel. (717) 397-5136 An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast UnodiKer FattrtngifelttityVtyrM, A Virginia Feeder Cattle Wednesday, March 24,1987 SOLD STATE GRADED STEERS; MEO SURGE 1 SMALL 1 MED.SURGE 2 400-500 72.50-73.00 70.00 500-600 70.50-76.00 61.00-70.50 66 004*50 600-700 67.00-70.25 65 0069.00 62.00 700600 66 5070 50 - 66 0066 00 600900 64 25-67 00 - 55.00900100060 25-67 25. COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY’S CLOSE CHOICE AND PRIME SPECIAL FED VEAL UN TESTED. STEADY TONE GOOD AND CHOICE BONING VEAL 2.00 TO 3 00 HIGHER. INSHIPPEO UNTESTED CHOICE AND PRIME UMB STEADY VEAL CARCASS-HIDE ON CHOICE AND PRIME (SPECIAL FED) NO SALES REPORTED 220260 LBS GOOD AND CHOICE BONING TYPE ■ HIDE ON NORTHEASTERN SUPPLIERS 900 HEAD 65-75 LBS 94 009600 2.003 00 HIGHER 55-64 LBS 92 0094 00 45-54 LBS 90 0092 00 35-44 LBS 86 009000 34 LBS DWN 66 0066 OO INSHIPPEO NO SALES REPORTED UMB CARCASS. CHOICE t PRIME 10 LOAD 55 LBS DOWN ISO 00. STEADY 55-65 LBS 170 00. STEADY 65-75 LBS 160 00. STEADY LAMB CONSIGNORS An Important Notice ALL CONSIGNORS OF - On Monday, April 13th, East Coast Carlot Report Thursday, April 2,1987 KING'S AUCTION KIRKWOOD Hay, Straw and Grain Auction EVERY TUESDAY 12:00 Located Rt 472 5 miles south ol Quarryvllle or 6 milts north ol Oslord at Shaub's Auction House Lloyd H. Kraidtr, Auctioneer AU-000513L No out of state checks AU TRUCKERS AND FARMERS WELCOME M ■aSi' t\'
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