Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, May IS, 1987
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS:
M&L-l 300-500 lbs. 84.00-90.50; 500-
700 lbs. 72.00-84.00; 700-1000 lbs.
65.00- Holstein 300-1000 lbs.
55.75-74.00.
FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300-
500 lbs. 70.00-77.50; 500-700 lbs.
55.00417.50; 70MQO lbs. 63.0frd7.50.
HEIFERS: M&L-l 300-500 lbs.
68.00- 500-700 lbs. 69.00-72.00;
700-1000 lbs. 60.00-64.00.
STOCK COWS: Beef M&LI
310.00- (1 at 675.00); Dairy
770.00- Baby Calves 131.00
&Down.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility &
Commercial 2-4 45.00-51.00;
Canner & Cutters 1-3 37.00-46.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1&2
55.25-58.50.
LAMBS: Blue 0 High Choice &
ggKtk'% GWALTNEY of
SMiTHFIELD, LTD.
RECEIVING HOGS:
LANCASTER COUNTY FARMERS
MONDAYS: McCoy's Branch Office. Bareville
WEDNESDAYS: (Next to Bawells Butcher Shop)
A FRIDAYS: on Butler Rd. 717-656-9668
TUESDAYS: BAR Cattle
THURSDAYS: Marietta
717-426-3258
YORK COUNTY FARMERS
MONDAYS: Stewartstown
717-993-2564
TUESDAYS: Thomasville
717-792-2248 or 9836
Contact for information;
Ed Herrmann, 717-284-3203
or Charlie Kauffman, 215-593-5674
Future forward contracts available
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IVIEGINI4
MARKETS
Prime 95.85; Red O Choice 88.00;
Feeder Lambs Choice 91.00-97.00;
Slaughter Ewes 19.00-24.25; Head
Ewes 65.00 & Down.
HOGS: US 1-3 200-240 lbs. 54.00;
Sows 1-343.75-49.50; Boars 32.00.
VEALS: Choice & Prime 87.00-
93.00; Good 75.0086.00.
Virginia Weekly
Livestock
Thursday, May 21,1987
MARKETS IN REVIEW. MAY 14-20. 1987
FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS HELD STEADY ALONG WITH MID
WEST PRICES WHILE SLAUGHTER CATTLE
PRICES WERE STEADY TO $2 00 LOWER
CARCASS BEEF PRICES RANGED STEADY TO
$2 OO LOWER AS THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT
VALUE OF CHOICE 2-3. 550-700 LB CARCASSES
REACHED $ll2 47/CWT TUESDAY. $3 41
LOWER COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK COWS
AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE
STEADY TO $4 00 HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST
PRICES WERE STEADY TO $1 00 LOWER AND
LIMITED COW BEEF SALES WERE STEADY TO
WEAK LAST WEEK BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 12
PERCENT ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK BUT 7
PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO WHEN AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE 10 LBS HEAVIER VEAL AND
CALF PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUCTIONS FOLLOW
EAST COAST CARCASS PRICES IN AN UNEVEN
Supplying Farm Fresh
Feeder Pigs
Marketing and Hedging
Marketing of Genesis
Breeding Stock
Developing Individual
Financial Programs
RANGE OF $5 00 LOWER TO $7 00 HIGHER
AVERAGING MOSTLY STEADY SLAUGHTER
LAST WEEK WAS ONLY 1 PERCENT HIGHER
THAN THE PREVIOUS WEEK BUT 23 PERCENT
BELOW A YEAR AGO AND AVERAGE WEIGHTS
WERE 8 LBS LIGHTER THAN IN 1968 LAMB
PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE UNEVEN
$3 00 LOWER TO $4 00 HIGHER WHILE MIG
WEST PRICES RANGED STEADY TO $2 00
HIGHER THE EAST COAST CARCASS PRICES
HELD STEADY AS SLAUGHTER LAST WEEK WAS
DOWN 7 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK
AND 8 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO
AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 2 LBS LIGHTER
THAN LAST YEAR HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS AND THE MIDWEST WERE STEADY
TO $3 00 HIGHER ALTHOUGH PORK PRODUCT
PRICES WERE UNEVEN HAMS WERE STEADY
TO $4 00 HIGHER AS PORK LOINS AND BELLIES
MOVED STEADY TO AS MUCH AS $4 OO LOWER
BEFORE CLOSING ON AN UP TURN PORK
PRODUCTION WAS 2 PERCENT BELOW THE
PREVIOUS WEEK AND 7 PERCENT BELOW LAST
YEAR WITH AVERAGE WEIGHTS ONLY 3 LBS
HEAVIER THAN IN 1986 THE RICHMOND HOG
MARKET CLOSED $2 00-2 50 HIGHER THAN
LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS
1-4, 200-240 LBS AT $55 00-56 (XVCWT TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 238 HEAD THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED
$2 00 HIGHER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS 1-4. 200-240 LBS AT
$55 50-57 00/CWT TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE
WEEK 10.926 AT HARRISONBURG. LYN
CHBURG AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES
WERE SO CENT TO $2 00 HIGHER THAN LAST
WEDNESDAY AT $54 00-56 OOCWT SOWS
RANGED $36 0040 OOCWT AND BOARS WERE
$3O OOCWT PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
Services
AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE CHOICE
STEERS 2-3 10001300 LBS 68 8071 SO CHOICE
STEERS 2-3 1300 LBS 8 OVER 67 75-69 00
CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 950 LB 8 UNDER 65 50
68 20 CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 9501100 LBS 63 75-
68 25 CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1100 LBS 8 OVER
64 8069 50 UTILITY 8 COMMERCIAL COWS
40 5052 00 BULLS 1-2 9001300 LBS 50 25-
63 00 FW 48 OO 1-2 13001600 LBS 45 0058 25
1 2 1600 LBS 8 OVER 500061 SO SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS • HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 100250 LBS 80 0095 00 GOOD
AND CHOICE 100250 LBS 73 0089 00 FEW
66 00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250500
LBS 63 0077 00 FEW 83 00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING
93 0096 75 WOOL 79 00 SLAUGHTER HOGS
US 2-4 200250 LBS 52 75-56 SO SOWS US 1 3
300500 LBS 41 0051 25. 500 LBS 8 OVER
46 75-51 50 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS.MEDIUM
1 300500 LBS 78 0090 00 500700 LBS 77 OO
86 00 FW 70 50 HEIFERS. MEDIUM 1 300500
LBS 65 0077 50 500700 LBS 62 75-76 50
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Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, May 20
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers: $1
lower. Choice to Prime 71.00-75.00;
Good to Choice 65.00-70.00;
Medium 59.00-64.00; Good to
Choice Holsteins 52.00-59.00.
Heifers: Choice 62.00-65.00; Good
55.0041.00; Medium 50.0044.00.
Cows very active $1 higher. High
Yield 48.0042.00; Average 44.00-
47.00; Big Middle 40.0043.00; Fatty
Herf. 38.0043.00; Shelly 40.00
down. Fat Bulls $1 higher. Good
57.0049.75; Medium 54.0046.00.
Veal Calves: Low Choice 95.00-
100.00; Good 85.00-94.00; Medium
75.0064.00; Farm Hfrs. 95.00-
106.00; Farm Bulls 110.00-130.00;
Light Calves 85.00-93.50; Veal
Calves 80.00 down. Lambs steady
prices. Choice 85.00-90.00; Good
80.0064.00; Medium 75.00-79.00.
STOCKER: Good run $2 higher.
Steers 300450 lbs. Choice 81.00-
89.00; Good 70.0060.00; Medium
63.0069.00; Culls 62.00. Steers 800-
850 lbs. Choice 72.00-78.00; Good
65.00-71.00; Medium 58.0064.00.
Heifers- (All weights) Choice 60.00-
66.00; Good 55.0049.00; Medium
50.0044.00. Dairy Cows $450.00-
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Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
Lancaster Stockyards Tel. (717) 397-5136
An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast With The Times
$600.00. Springing Heifers $750.00
$lOOO.OO. Pigs. Hd. steady prices,
30-50 lbs. 30.00-52.00. Shoats by the
lb. 120-185 lbs. 49.00-57.00. Light
Boars 160-325 lbs. 36.0046.50;
Slaughter Hogs steady. 215-260 lbs.
54.75-56.25. Sows 400580 lbs. 44.00
48.00; 345-375 lbs. 39.5041.00. Bulls:
Good 59.0063.00; Medium 54.00
58.00.
Next week May 27, will have 1
grade Holstein bull, service age,
out of cow that milks 96 Ibs/day.
Also 1 hereford bull, 1800 lbs,
brings good calves, no papers.
Grantsville Livestock
Grantsville, Maryland
Saturday, May 16,1987
Large: 3035; Medium: 25-30.
HOGS: Top Barrows & Gilts
56.0057.20; Heavy Butcher 52.00
56.50; Light Butcher 45.0055.00;
Butcher Sows 35.0050.00; Feeder
Shoats 30.0051.00.
VEAL: Good 75.00-105.00;
Standard 60.00-74.00; Utility 50.00
59.00; Bull 75.00132.00.
SHEEP & LAMBS; Good 85.00
99.00; Utility 60.0075.00; Slaughter
Ewes 18.0024.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE; Steers:
Good 65.0071.50; Standard 58.00
62.00; Utility 50.0055.00.
HEIFERS: Good 62.0069.25;
Standard 55.0060.00; Utility 45.00
50.00.
COWS; Commercial 44.00-54.75;
Utility 40.00-42.00; Canner & Cutter
35.00-
BULLS: Commercial & Good
52.00- Cutter & Utility 48.00-
50.00.
STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE:
Yearling Steers: Good 62.00-68.50;
Medium 50.0060.00.
STEER CALVES; Good 72.00-
85.00; Mediumss.oo-70.00.
HEIFER CALVES: Good 60.00-
71.00; Medium 45.00-55.00.
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