P f MARKETS Shenandoah Valley Livestock Harrisonburg, Va. Saturday, April 18,1987 Report supplied by auction FEEDER CATTLE TREND: Steady. STEERS: M&L-l 300-500 lbs. 78.00-86.00; 500-700 lbs. 69.75- 78.00; 700-1000 lbs. 59.0046.00. S- L&M&L-2 300500 lbs. 66.50-77.00; 500-700 lbs. 65.00-72.50 ; 700-1000 lbs. 63.00. FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 500- 700 lbs. few 64.50-72.50. HEIFERS; M&L-l 300500 lbs. 64.00-72.75; 500-700 lbs. 61.0055.75; S-L&M&L-2 300500 lbs. 1 lot 69.50; 500-700 lbs. 60.0054.00. SLAUGHTER COWS TREND: Steady. Utility & Commercial 2-4 40.75-45.00; Canner & Cutters 1-3 35.0037.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS 1&2: ATTENTION FARMERS The New Way To Market Your Livestock HATFIELD 0 MOYER PACKING CO. PACKING CO. Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle At The BLAIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RD 1 Martinsburg, Pa MONDAYS - Hogs 8 AM to 11:30 AM Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM THURSDAYS- Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM • No commission or yardage fees deducted from check • Livestock weighed and paid for immediately • You may call our office sale day for ( prices DALE R. HOOVER - Owner Business 814-793-3077 Residence 814-793-2657 YOU HAVE A PROBLEM JUST WATTING TO HAPPEN... You Might Not Know It, But Your Lagoon System May Be Ready To Become Your Biggest Headache. The Solids In Your Lagoon Can Take Over And Leave You With A Hard Pond. Don’t Wait Until The Last Minute. Now Is The Time To Contact US Agri-Systems. The Phone Rings Many Times In A Year With Problems Of Waiting Too Long - US Agri-Systems Solves Those Problems But Wants To Think About Taking Care Of The Potential Problem Before It Costs You More Money. Don’t Hestitate - Contact US AGRI-SYSTEMS TODAY TOLL FREE 1-800-222-2948. livestock market and auction news 49.7558.75. LAMBS:' Slaughter Ewes 14.50 23.00. HOGS; US 1-3 200240 lbs. 50.25; Sows 13 40.00-43.50; Boars 35.00. VEALS: Choice & Prime 1 at 97.00. Virginia Feeder Cattle Tuesday, April 21,1987 SPECIAL GRADED HOLSTEIN FEEDER CATTLE SALE HELD AT HARRISONBURG. VIRGINIA ON APRIL 20. 1987 457 HEAD SOLD STATE GRADED STEERS. MEOUARGE 112 MED ILARGE 3 FEW LOW 2’S 300-400 71 00-73 OO 73 25 400 500 73 00 67 00 500-600 70 00 68 00 600-700 66 00 66 SO 700-800 60 50 59 75 800-900 62 00 62 25 900-1000 59 00 54 50 1000-1100 56 SO 58 00 5100 1100-1200 55 00 - 1200 LBS I OVER 50 00 - 0930EWHBBL mmOH FARMERS EVERY MONDAY HATFIELD PACKING CO. and MOYER PACKING CO. Will Receive Your Hogs and Cattle at the DANVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET RD 4, Danville, PA • We will receive your hogs from 8 AM to 12 Noon every Monday. Your hogs will be weighed and paid for immediately. • We will also accept your sows & boars. • Your cattle will be received from 12:30 to 5 P.M. We will either pay you tor your cattle immediately or you may sell them dressed weight. • There will not be a commission or yardage fee deducted from your check. • You may call our office Monday morning and we will be able to tell you the base price for hogs for the day. MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner Danville Buying Station Phone: 717-275-2880 Virginia Weekly Livestock Wednesday, April 22,1987 WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA MARKETS IN REVIEW. APRIL 16-22 1987 FEEDER CATTLE IN VIRGINIA AUCTION WERE STEADY TO $4 00 HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES RANGED STEADY TO SO CENT LOWER SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS RANGED STEADY TO $1 LOWER AS CARCASS BEEF PRICES WERE WEAK TO $lOO LOWER COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS AND THE MIDWEST WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO $2 OO LOWER ALTHOUGH SOME LOCAL SALES WERE AS MUCH AS $3 00 HIGHER COWS BEEF RANGED STEADY TO $2 00 LOWER THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE TUESDAY WAS $lO9 73/CWT THAT’S 39 CENT LOWER THAN LAST WEEK BEEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 6 PERCENT ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK BUT 5 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO WHEN AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE IB LBS HEAVIER VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS HELD STEADY WHILE EAST COAST CARCASS PRICES WERE STEADY TO $3 00 HIGHER SLAUGHTER LAST WEEK WAS 6 PERCENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 23 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO WHEN AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE IB LBS HEAVIER LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS MOVED LOWER ALONG WITH MIDWEST PRICES FOLLOWING EAST COAST CARCASS PRICES THAT MOVED STEADY TO $7 00 LOWER SLAUGHTER LAST WEEK DROPPED 16 PER CENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS WEEK BUT WAS 3 PERCENT ABOVE LAST YEAR WITH AVERAGE WEIGHTS 3 LBS HEAVIER THAN IN 1956 HOG PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUCTIONS AND THE MIDWEST WERE STEADY TO $l5O HIGHER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN IMPROVED PORK PRODUCTS MARKET WHICH MOVED STEADY TO AS MUCH AS $4 00 HIGHER BEFORE CLOSING UP TO $2 00 LOWER PORK PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 6 PERCENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 13 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO ALTHOUGH AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE NEARLY UNCHANGED THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET CLOSED STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS 1-4.220-250 LBS AT $49 00- 5000/CWT TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 200 HEAD THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED STEADY WITH LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS 1-4. 220-250 LBS AT $5O 50- 51OCVCWT TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 12.652 HEAD AT HARRISONBURG. LYNCHBURG AND TAP PAHANNOCK HOG PRICES WERE STEADY TO 75 CENT HIGHER WITH LAST WEDNESDAY AT $4B 00-50 75/CWT SOWS BROUGHT $36 00 40 00ICWT BOARS WERE $3O OOCWT PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1000-1300 LBS 60 5066 00 CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1300 LBS t OVER 62 0064 00 NO CHOICE HEIFERS REPORTED UTILITY S COMMERCIAL COWS 37 5047 00 FEW 51 50 BULLS 1-2 9001300 LBS 47 25-58 00,1-2 13001600 LBS 46 0056 75 1-2 1600 LBS S OVER 500059 75 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100250 LBS 80 0095 00 FEW 75 00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100250 LBS 70 0082 00 FEW 60 00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 2SO 500 LBS 64 0078 00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH LOUIS LYONS & SON Consign your cattle and hogs, feeder pigs & calves to Louis Lyons & Son. They offer choice service, excellent sorting & marketing of your livestock. Charles Oilier, Manager Phone 394-7915 Burnell Siegrist - Buyer & Seller Phone 717-626-8653 W 9l ahl ng personnel 11AM • 350 Head Local Acclimated Cattle All Weights Walter M. Dunlap and Sons Lancaster Stockyards Tel. (717) 397-5136 An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast With The Times NEW FINISHING BARNS For Hogs Wanted! a. Prefer York, Adams, Franklin, Cumberland, Lebanon or Berks Counties b. We supply Top contract payments c. Quality feeder pigs from our own sow units d. Building specifications to utilize your investment in facilities e. Top-notch serviceperson f. Quality Feeds We need three 1,200 head barns to be built this spring and summer. FARM CREST FEEDS 717-6264)331 (Monday thru Friday 7:30 AM - 5 PM) Year Loco! Muster Met Peeler Lilian fMiAnj, CHOICE 1 PRIME 95-125 LB SPRING 90 00- 94 SO,WOOL 70 00-75 00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 49 34-52 40 SOWS US 1-3 300- 500 LBS 39 0048 75. 500 LB 5 OVER 40 50 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS. MEDIUM 1 300500 LBS 7* 00-49 00 FEW 102 50 500700 LBS 70 OO 84 00 FEW 64 00 HEIFERS. MEDIUM 1 300500 LBS 62 0076 00 500700 LBS 61 0072 00 FEW 58 00 Names New Officers FELTON, Del. - Roman A. Troyer was elected president of the Dover Local of Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative during a recent meeting here at the Felton Fire Hall, Eastern director Daniel W. Fox announced. Other officers are: John R. Detweiler of Dover, vice president; Henry A. Byler of Dover, secretary, and Lawrence McClements of Clayton, treasurer. The Local also elected a delegate, John H. Miller of Wyoming, and an alternate delegate, Eli E. Mast Jr. of Wyoming, to represent local farmers at cooperative business meetings. Dover Local HAY & STRAW SALE 12:00 Noon Every Wednesday Westend of Avondale at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Route 41. Harvey Z. Martin 215-268-3604 (Office) 215-445-5303 (Residence)
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