Virginia Weekly
Livestock
Thursday, September 17, 1987
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW; SEPT. 10-16,
1987
FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN
VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SOLD MIXED
J 3.00 HIGHER TO $3.00 LOWER
WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE MIX
ED ALSO $l.OO HIGHER TO $2.00
LOWER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS WERE STEADY AT VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS WHILE MIDWEST MARK
ETS WERE STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER.
BOXED BEEF PRICES WERE 62 CENT
HIGHER LAST WEEK AS THE BOXED
BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE REACHED
5105.67/CWT. TUESDAY.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS WERE STEADY TO AS
MUCH AS $7.00 HIGHER WHILE MID
WEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY
STEADY. BEEF PRODUCTION LAST
WEEK WAS 10% BELOW THE PREVI
OUS WEEK AND 15% BELOW A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 5
LBS LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY LAST
WEEK, FOLLOWING MIDWEST
PRICES WHICH WERE STEADY.
SLAUGHTER WAS UP 4% FROM THE
PREVIOUS WEEK AND 19% BELOW A
YEAR AGO AS AVERAGE WEIGHTS
WERE 23 LBS. LIGHTER THAN A
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YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE STEADY TO $7.00 HIGH
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE FIRM
TO $3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER LAST
WEEK WAS 1 PERCENT ABOVE THE
PREVIOUS WEEK AND 14 PERCENT
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE 2 LB. HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR.
HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE $l.OO-3.00 LOWER THIS
WEEK. PORK PRICES WERE GENER
ALLY MIXED, PORK PRODUCTION
LAST WEEK WAS 12 PERCENT
BELOW THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 9
PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE L LB.
LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR.
THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET HAD
NO QUOTES THIS WEEK.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED $3.00
THAN WEDNESDAY WITH BAR
ROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS
$52.00-53.00 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 14727
HEAD.
AT HARRISONBURG, LYNCHBURG
AND TAPPAH ANNOCK. HOG PRICES
WERE $1.50-3.00 LOWER THAN LAST
WEDNESDAY AT $51.00-56.00. SOWS
RANGED $38.00-43.00 AND BOARS
$33.00 PER CWT.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 2%; SLAUGHTER COWS 15%;
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%; SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 2%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER6OOLBS 68%
AND OVER 600 LBS 12%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE CHOICE
STEERS 2-3 1000-1300 LBS 63.50-67.50
CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1300LBS&OVER
63.75-63.85 CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 950
LBS & UNDER 59.25-63 00 CHOICE"
HEIFERS 2-3 950-1100 LBS 59.25-64.75
CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1100 LBS &
OVER 60.75-64.00 UTILITY & COM
MERCIAL COWS 40.00-51.25 FEW
36.00.
BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS
45.00- 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
48.00- 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
45.00- FEW 62.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 100-250 LBS 77.00-94.00
GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS
75.00-90.00FEW67.00CALVES - GOOD
AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 69.00-80.00.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 68.00-76.00.
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 51.50-56.50 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 42.00-51.25; 500 LBS & OVER
43.50-56.25.
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Livestock Sales Ltd.
P.O. BOX 243 • FAWN GROVE, PA 17321
(717) 993-2564
York County's Only Livestock Auction
On PA Route #24 between Stewartstown and
New Park
All Kinds of Livestock Sold on Commission
GWALTNEY OF SMITHFIELD
Open Every Monday - Hogs -600 a m -12 noon
Auction ■ 7.00 p.m. - ?
SPECIAL FEEDER SALE
THURS.. OCT. 1 - 7 P.M.
We have buyers - We need cattle
Cattle received after 10 a.m. Thurs., 10/1/87 or by
special arrangement. Contact Auction Monday
only or Stan Nagle anytime.
Stan & Mary Nagle - Owners
Home Phone: (215) 566-3239
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Lancaster Farm^.,saturda^Septm
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 83.00-97.00
500-700 LBS 77.00-89.00 HEIFERS;
MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 73.00-85.00
500-700 LBS 64.00-77.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, Sept. 12, 1987
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE TREND: STEADY.
STEERS: M&L-l 200-300 LBS.
95.00- 300-500 LBS. 78.00-94.00,
500-700 LBS. 74.00-80.00,700-1000 LBS.
66 50. S-L&M&L-2 300-500 LBS
75.00- 500-700 LBS. 71 00-75.00;
HOLSTEIN 300-1000 LBS. 57.00-71.00.
FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300-500
LBS. 83.00; 500-700 LBS. 76.00 S-
L&M&L-2 300-500 LBS 70.00; 500-700
LBS. 67.00.
HEIFERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
71.00- 500-700 LBS. 67.00-74.50;
900-1000 LBS. 60.50. S-L&M&L-2
300-500 LBS. 65.00-70.00; 500-700 LBS
64.00-
STOCK COWS: BEEF- 51000, BABY
CALVES 34 00-114 00
SLAUGHTER COWS TREND.
STEADY TO SI LOWER. UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL 2-4 40.00-47 50; CAN
NER & CUTTERS 1-3 34 00-40.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1&2
48 00-55.50.
LAMBS: TREND $7 HIGHER. BLUE
O HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 76.00, RED
O CHOICE 74.50; FEEDER LAMBS
CHOICE 88.00-90.00; SLAUGHTER
EWES 20.00-29.75.
HOGS; US 1-3 200-240 LBS. 55 00;
SOWS 1-3 48.00-50.00; BOARS 39.50.
VEALS: CHOICE & PRIME 94.00;
GOOD 79.0a84.00.
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, Sept. 14, 1987
CATTLE 606. SLAUGHTER STEERS:
CHOICE & PRIME 64.00-67.75, FEW TO
68.5 a, GOOD & CHOICE 62.0a65.50;
GOOD & CHOICE - HOLSTEIN
56.0a61.75. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
CHOICE 63.00-67.50; GOOD & CHOICE
59.75-64.75; STANDARD & GOOD
52.0a60.00. COWS: UTILITY & COM
MERCIAL 45.0a50.50, FEW TO 54.00;
CUTTER & BONING UTILITY
44.50-48.50; CANNER & LOW CUTTER
44.50 & DOWN. BULLS - ALL WEIGHT-
S' YIELD GRADE 1 56.50-62.00; YIELD
GRADE 2 50.00-57.00. STOCKER
CATTLE - ALL WEIGHTS; STEERS -
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 - 1:00 PM
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
Located 18 miles south of Lancaster,
Pa., 6" miles south of Quarryville, take
Rt. 272 to Little Britain, turn north, fol
low Little Britain Road to Jackson Road,
right. 2nd farm, OR take Rt. 222, out of
Quarryville to Cedar Hill Road to Little
. Britain Road to Jackson Road, left.
Watch for sale arrows.
20 White Diamonds Due
Between Sept. 28 & Oct. 5
20 White Diamonds Due
Between Oct. 5 & Oct. 18
Also 10 York & Hamp Close
50 to 60 Head
WHITE DIAMOND GILTS
Here Now a new cross again.
Large White & Landrace, first
generation true F-l gilts.
Parent stock originated from
Lieske Bros. Minnesota; Very
productive in litter size
and feed conversion.
Vaccinated for Lepto, Eryslplas,
Rhinitis, E’Coll, Pasteueralla
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Truck Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
JOHN B. STOLT2FUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE FRI., OCTOBER 23, 1:00 P.M.
MEDIUM & GOOD 72.00-95.00; HEIF
ERS - MEDIUM & GOOD 64.00-78.00;
BULLS - MEDIUM & GOOD
66.00-80.00; STEERS - HOLSTEIN
51 50-57.00.
CALVES 621. GOOD & CHOICE
125-250 LBS. 92.00-109.00; MEDIUM &
GOOD 125-250 LBS. 84.00-95.00;
MEDIUM & GOOD 80-120 LBS.
85.00-93.00; LIGHT & CULL - ALL
WEIGHTS 85.00 & DOWN; HOLSTEIN
BULLS - RETURN TO FARM UP TO
135.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS - RETURN
TO FARM UP TO 130.00.
LAMBS, SHEEP & GOATS 80.
CHOICE LAMBS 70.00-75.50; MEDIUM
& GOOD LAMBS 65.00-70.00; LIGHT &
CULL LAMBS 58.00-64.00; SHEEP,
EWES & BUCKS 21.00-29.00; GOATS -
ALL SIZES (BY HEAD) 16.00-62.00.
HOGS. 157. NO. 1-3 BUTCHER HOGS
- 190-225 LBS. 52.00-55.50; NO. 1-3
BUTCHER HOGS - 225-250 LBS.
54 00-56.75; NO. 1-3 BUTCHER HOGS -
250-300' LBS. 50.00-54.50; GOOD
BUTCHER SOWS - 400 LBS. DOWN
46.00-51.00, GOOD BUTCHER SOWS -
400 LBS. UP 47.00-52.50; HEAVY
BOARS - OVER 300 LBS. 38.50-41.00;
PIGS - ALL SIZES (BY HEAD)
29 00-49.00.
SALE EVERY MONDAY AFTER
NOON AT 3:30 P.M. & THURS. AT 1.00
P.M.
HAY & STRAW SALE EVERY MON
DAY & THURS. AT 11:30 A.M.
SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE,
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18TH & OCT. 9 AT 7:OC
P.M.
Joliet Cattle
Des Moines, lowa
Wednesday, September 16, 1987
REPORTED SALES FOR WEDNES
DAY 2,600 WEEK TO DATE 10.00 Q.
LIVE SALES TRADE SLOW.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
LIGHTLY TESTED, 50 LOWER.
DEMAND AND SELLER INTEREST
LIGHT.
LIVE SALES SLAUGHTER STEERS.
MOSTLY CHOICE 2-4 1050-1300 LBS.
65.50- MIXED GOOD AND
CHOICE 2-3 AND SMALL LOTS
64.50- 50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
MOSTLY CHOICE 2-4 950-1100 LBS.
64.50- MIXED GOOD AND
CHOICE 2-3 AND SMALL LOTS
63.00-64.50.
MOST CATTLE DELIVERED TO
THE PACKING PLANTS WITH WEIGH
ING CONDITIONS EQUIVALENT TO
3% SHRINK AT THE FEEDLOTS.
CARCASS BASIS STEERS AND
HEIFERS NOT WELL TESTED, FEW
1 00 LOWER.
If
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