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.
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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
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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
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No out of state checks
AU TRUCKERS AND
FARMERS WELCOME
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