Virginia Weekly last week was up 4 percent
I ivoctnolr FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK BUT 8
LiiVcalUt-K PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO AND
Richmond, Virginia AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 7 LBS
Thursday, July 23, 1987 LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR. COWS
FEEDER STEERS & HEIFERS IN AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS
VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY AND THE MIDWEST WERE STEADY
TO $5.00 LOWER WHILE MIDWEST TO $l5O LOWER WHILE COW BEEF
PRICES RANGED STEADY TO. $lOO HAD VERY LIMITED SALES. CALF
LOWER. SLAUGHTER CATTLE IN AND VEAL PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUC
VIRGINIA AUCTIONS AND THE MID- TIONS FOLLWED EAST COAST CAR
WEST FOLLOWED CARCASS' BEEF CASS PRICES STEADY TO $3.00 HIGH
PRICES STEADY TO $lOO LOWER ER BEFORE CLOSING DOWN $2.00.
WITH THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT SLAUGHTER LAST WEEK WAS 8 PER
VALUE ON TUESDAY REACHING CENT ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK,
$102.79/CWT - $3.02 LOWER THAN BUT 12 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR
LAST WEEK. BEEF PRODUCTION AGO. WEIGHTS WERE 6 LBS. HEA-
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MARKETS
THE GOOEY BUSTERS
VIER THAN THIS YEAR. LAMB
PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS
WERE STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER
WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $2.00 LOWER. EAST
COAST CARCASS PRICES RANGED
STEADY TO $5.00 LOWER. SLAUGH
TER WAS 3 PERCENT BELOW THE
PREVIOUS WEEK AND 6 PERCENT
BELOW A YEAR AGO WHEN AVER
AGE WEIGHTS WERE ONLY 1 LB.
LIGHTER. HOG PRICES AT VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS AND THE MIDWEST
WERE STEADY TO $lOO HIGHER
ALTHOUGH SOME WEAKNESS DID
OCCUR. PORK PRODUCT PRICES
RANGED STEADY TO $6.00 HIGHER.
PORK PRODUCTION LAST WEEK
WAS 1 PERCENT BELOW THE PREVI
OUS WEEK AND 1 PERCENT BELOW
A YEAR AGO AS AVERAGE WEIGHTS
WERE 4 LB. HEAVIER THAN LAST
YEAR. THE RICHMOND HOG MARK
ET CLOSED $1.50 HIGHER THAN
LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS
AND GILTS US 1-4, 200-240 LBS AT
$58.50- 59.00/CWT. TOTAL RECEIPTS
FOR THE WEEK 233 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED $1.50-2.00 HIGHER THAN
LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS
AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS. AT
$59.50-60.00 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 12.762.
AT HARRISONBURG, LYNCHBURG
AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $1.50 HIGHER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT
$56.00-60.00/CWT. SOWS RANGED
38.00-40.00/CWT AND BOARS
$3lOO/CWT.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 2%; SLAUGHTER COWS 22%;
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3%; SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 6%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 46%
OVER 600 LBS 21%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE
CHOICE STEERS 1100 LBS & OVER
63.75-64.50 CHOICE STEERS 1100-1300
LBS 64 25-66.10 CHOICE STEERS 1300
LBS & OVER 65.25-67.65 CHOICE
HEIFERS 950-1100 LBS 60.02
!UrjSHH(R*jTSRQRERS 1110 LBS &
OVER 62.75-65.00 UTILITY & COM
MERCIAL COWS 35.00-48.00 BULLS
1-2 900-1300 LBS 51.25-63.00 FEW 44.50
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 50.00-59.25; 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 49.50-59.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250
LBS 85.00-109.00 GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 70.00-88.00 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 9
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95- 125 LB SPRING
76.35-87.00FEW72.00; BUCK 71.00
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 57.00-59.75 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 42.00-48.00; 500 LBS & OVER
42.0047.90 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 300500 LBS 80.0095.00
FEW 72.00 500700 LBS 70.0082.00
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FEW 66.00 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
300-500 LBS 70.00-82.00 500-700 LBS
62.00-73.50
CATTLE: 259. Cowi .25-1.50 higher,
few Choice 1100-1470 lb. steers
58.60-62.75; few Good 55.00-59.50; few
Standard 45.25-50.25; Choice heifen indi
vidual! 58.75-61.25; few Good
54.00-57.75; cows Breaking Utility A
Commercial 44.75-47.85; Cutter A Boning
43.25-46.75; Canner* Cutter 39.75-43.75;
shell! down to 36.00; few YG 1, si. bulls
1180-1725 lb. 49.25-55.85.
CALVES: 395. Few Good A Choice
vealers 67.00-77.00; few Standard A Good
110-115 lb. 80.00-82.00; 65-95 lb.
69.00-79.00; Utility 60-85 lb. 63.00-70.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. bulls 85-90 lb.
75.00-93.00; 95-125 lb. 110.00-133.00;
heifers 95-115 lb. 78.00-89.00.
HOGS: 36. Not enough of any one grade
to establish market lest One US 1-3,545 lb
sow 45.75; few boars 39.50-42.50.
FEEDER PIGS; No market test
SHEEP: 9. One lot Good 56 lb. feeder
lambs 62.00.
EAST COAST CARLOT MEAT
TRADE DELIVERED PRICES (CAP)
BOSTON TO WASHINGTON AREA
INCLUSIVE.
COMPARED TO TUESDAY’S
CLOSE: CHOICE AND PRIME SPECIAL
FED VEAL FIRM IN LIMITED TEST
AND COMPARISON. GOOD AND
CHOICE BONING VEAL STEADY TO
FIRM: INSHIPPED UNTESTED.
CHOICE AND PRIME SPRING LAMB
NOT ESTABLISHED. STEADY TO
FIRM UNDERTONE.
220-280 LBS. LTD. 18Z00-183.00.
65-75 LBS. 110.00, FEW 112.00,
STEADY-FIRM.
All Weights
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Thursday, July 23
Report supplied by PDA
East Coast Carlot
Wednesday, July 22, 1987
Report supplied by USDA
VEAL CARCASS-HIDE-ON
CHOICE & PRIME
(SPECIAL FED)
60 HEAD