Shenandoah Valley Livestock Harrivonburg, V«. Saturday, Oct. 31, 1987 Report supplied by auction FEEDER CATTLE TREND: STEERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS. 79.00-88.00; 500-700 LBS. 68.00-78.00; 700-1000 LBS. 62.00-71.50; HOLSTEIN 300-1000 LBS. 65.SODOWN. FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS. 68.00-76.50; 500-700 LBS. 54.0061.50. HEIFERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS. 67.0073.50; 500700 LBS. 60.0066.50; 700-1000 LBS. 59.00-DOWN. S- L&M&L-2 500700 LBS. 60.00 DOWN. STOCK COWS: BEEF: 597 SODOWN; BABY CALVES 35.00117.00. SLAUGHTER COWS TREND; UTILI TY & COMMERCIAL 2-4 37.0047.75; IT STIRS THE IMAGINATION... If you’ve looked at your lagoon wonder ing how it can be emptied, you’ve probably imagined money floating away. You should be imagining a manure management system to handle your needs without costing you a fortune. At U S Agri- Systems you’ll find the manure manage ment system that Green Dragon Livestock Sales 1 Location: Ephrata RD 4. 1 mile N. on North State St., Ephrata. cows * 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.-DairySale. 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. WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor All out of state and new buyers must have cash or certified check or current letter of credit from bank. SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE Co* Feeding Programs And Services To Meet Your Individual Needs Computerized Record Keeping System Grain Purchasing And Exchange f Livestock market and auction news AIRGINI4 MARKETS CANNER & CUTTERS 1-3 29.0036.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS 1&2 46.0054.50. LAMBS: TREND: BLUE O HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 65.00; RED O CHOICE 68.50; FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE 80.0082.50; SLAUGHTER EWES 20.0030.25. HOGS: SOWS 1-3 34.0035.00. VEALS: GOOD 74.00. Virginia Weekly Livestock Richmond, Va. Thursday, Nov. 5, 1987 WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA. MARKETS IN REVIEW; OCT. 29.-NOV. 4, 1987. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA AUC TIONS SOLD STEADY TO $5.00 LOW ER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE stirs your imagina tion into reality, and state of die art equip ment backed by years of experience in the manure man- agement business. Many of your neigh bors have already found U S Agri- Systems to be the leader in manure management without breaking the budget. Call them today toll free 1-800-222-2948. 6WALTNEY of Ujy SMITHFIELD, LTD. RECEIVING HOPS! LANCASTER COUNTY FARMERS MONDAYS: McCoy's Branch Office. Bareville WEDNESDAYS: (Next to Bawells Butcher Shop) A FRIDAYS: on Butler Rd. 717-656-9668 TUESDAYS: B&RCattle THURSDAYS: Marietta 717-426-3258 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 Supplying Farm Fresh Feeder Pigs Marketing and Hedging Marketing of Genesis Breeding Stock Developing Individual Financial Programs STEADY TO $2.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS WERE STEADY AT VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WHILE MIDWEST MARK ETS WERE STEADY TO $lOO LOWER. BOXED BEEF PRICES WERE $1.85 LOWER LAST WEEK AS THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE REACHED $102.00/CWT MONDAY. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO $1.50 LOWER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $4.00 LOWER. BEEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS .8% BELOW THE PREVI OUS WEEK AND 1.5% BELOW A V6aR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 2 LBS. HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI NIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY LAST WEEK. FOLLOWING MIDWEST PRICES WHICH WERE STEADY TO AS MUCH AS SZOO LOWER. SLAUGHTER Services WAS 2% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 11% BELOW A YEAR AGO AS AVER AGE WEIGHTS WERE 1 LB. HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO. LAMB PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUC TIONS WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOW ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $3.00 LOWER. SLAUGH TER LAST WEEK WAS 7% ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND .6% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 1 LB. HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUC TIONS WERE $l.OO TO $4.00 LOWER THIS WEEK. PORK PRICES WERE STEADY TO $3.00 LOWER EXCEPT HAMS WHICH WERE AS MUCH AS $4.00 HIGHER DURING THE WEEK. PORK PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 5% ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 10% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET CLOSED $3.00 LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS AT $39.00-39.50 PER CWT. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 103 HEAD. THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED $3.00-3.50 LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS 39.00-40.50 PER CWT. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 15190 HEAD. AT HARRISONBURG. LYNCHBURG AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES WERE $3.00 LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT $38.00-44.00. SOWS NO PRICES QUOTED. BOARS $26.00-37.00 PER CWT. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 1%. SLAUGHTER COWS 17%; SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%; SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%; FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 67%, OVER 600 LBS 12%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA AUCTIONS. • SLAUGHTER CATTLE CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1000-1300 LBS 60.00-63.30 CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER 57.50- CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 900-1000 LBS 54.75-58.50 CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1100 LBS & OVER 59.50- UTILITY & COMMERCIAL COWS 37.00-47.00 BULLS 1-2 900-1300 LBS 41.75-55.00; 1-2 1300-1600 LBS' 44.00- 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 46.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES AND YEAR END BLOW OUT!!! Lowest Prices Ever SAVE THOUSANDS ON SIZES BELOW! 27x44 41x56 50x100 36x52 48x68 60x120 ACT NOW! OFFER GOOD FOR LIMITED TIME ONLY! Workshops - Grain Storage • Machine Storage - Livestock ATLANTIC BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. ATTENTION: Hundreds of satisfied customers names & phone numbers on request. CALL NOW! 1-800-942-1234 1-800431-1338 in New York State in Pennsylvania & Ohio VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS 73.00-83.00 FEW 65.50 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 62.00-77.50 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 55.00-65.00 FEW 80.00. SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 6X50-67.00. SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 40.00-43.75 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 30.00-41.25 500 LBS & OVER 33.00-4XOO. FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 80.00-90.00 FEW 72.00 500-700 LBS 71.50-BXOO FEW 66.00. HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 64.00-77.00 500-700 LBS 61.00-72.00. Grantsville Livestock Grantsvillc, Maryland Saturday, Oct. 31, 1987 LARGE: 55-70; MEDIUM: 45-50. HOGS: TOP BARROWS A GILTS 41.00- HEAVY BUTCHER 40.00- LIGHT BUTCHER 33.00- BUTCHER SOWS 35.00- FEEDER SHOATS 15.00- VEAL: GOOD 85.00-90.00; STAN DARD 75.00-80.00; UTILITY 60.00-70.00; BULL CALVES 1.00-1.23. SHEEP ft LAMBS; CHOICE FEEDER LAMBS 75.00-82.00; GOOD 70.00-74.00; UTILITY 58.00-64.00; SLAUGHTER EWES 20.00-32.00. SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS GOOD 62.00-66.00; STANDARD 58.00-60.00; UTILITY 48.00-54.00. HEIFERS: GOOD 58.00-61.50; STAN DARD 52.00-55.00; UTILITY 40.00-48.00. COWS: COMMERCIAL 40.00-46.50; UTILITY 38.00-39.00; CANNER AND CUTTER 30.00-35.00. BULLS: COMMERCIAL ft GOOD 52.00- CUTTER ft UTILITY 42.00- STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE: (YEAR LING STEERS) GOOD 65.00-75.00; MEDIUM 55.00-60.00; INFERIOR ft COMMON 45.00-50.00. STEER CALVES: GOOD 70 00-78.00; MEDIUM 60.00-65.00; INFERIOR ft COMMON 50.00-55.00. HEIFER CALVES: GOOD 62.00-70.00; MEDIUM 55.00-58.00; INFERIOR & COMMON 48.00-50.00.
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