Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, Jan. 14, 1988
MARKETS IN REVIEW; JANUARY
7-13, 1988. FEEDER STEERS AND
HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA AUCTION
SOLD STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER
WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS WERE STEADY AT VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS WHILE MIDWEST MARK
ETS WERE STEADY TO $ 1.00 HIGHER.
BOXED BEEF PRICES WERE $.31
HIGHER LAST WEEK AS THE BOXED
BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE REACHED
5102.43/CWT. WEDNESDAY.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS WERE MIXED, $3.00 LOW
ER TO $2.00 HIGHER WHILE MID
WEST PRICES WERE MIXED, $4.00
LOWER TO $2.00 HIGHER. BEEF PRO
DUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 13%
ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND
10% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 8 LBS.
LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY LAST
WEEK. FOLLOWING MIDWEST
PRICES WHICH WERE STEADY TO
WEAK. SLAUGHTER WAS 26%
ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 12%
BELOW A YEAR AGO AS AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE 5 LBS. HEAVIER
PLEASE NOTE!
Change of Location to Home Farm
On Hill Rd. In Heated Shed
FRIDAY, FEB. 12 - 1:00 PM
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
Snow Date
Following Tuesday same time:
Located 4 miles east of former loca
tion, 1 mile off 472 midway between
Quarryville & Oxford, PA, 1 mile south
of Kirkwood, turn west off 472 at Union
Church (Street Rd.) 1 mile to crossroad
turn left, 2nd farm on right. Hill Road.
Watch for sale signs.
50 to 60 Head
WHITE DIAMOND GILTS
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, Eiyslplas.
Rhinitis, E’Coli, Paateueralla
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Truck Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE FRI., MARCH 11, 1:00 P.M.
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THAN A YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE $2.00-3.00 HIGHER LAST
WEEK AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $B.OO HIGHER. SLAUGH
TER LAST WEEK WAS 19% ABOVE
THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 3%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE THE SAME AS LAST
YEAR.
HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE $1.50 TO $3.50 HIGHER
THIS WEEK. PORK PRICES WERE
LOWER DURING THE WEEK. PORK
PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 18%
ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND
2% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE 1 LB. HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR.
THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET
CLOSED $1.50 HIGHER THAN LAST
WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND
GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS AT
$40.50-41.00 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS 220 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED $1.50 HIGHER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4,200-240
LBS AT $41.50- 42.50 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 13,146
HEAD.
AT HARRISONBURG, LYNCHBURG
AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES
WERE $1.50-2.00 HIGHER THAN LAST
WEDNESDAY AT $38.00-41.50. SOWS
Livestock market and auction news
ATTENTION 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 wilt be received from 12:30 to 5 P.M.
We will either pay you for 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
Ph0ne:717.275-2880
RANGED $28.00-30.00 AND BOARS
$22.00 PER CWT.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 5.5%, SLAUGHTER COWS 25%,
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1.5%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 2%.
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 54%
AND OVER 600 LBS 12%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS: SLAUGHTER CATTLE
CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1000-1150 LBS
62.35-64.00 CHOICE STEERS 2-3
1150-1300 LBS 62.00-65.25 CHOICE
HEIFERS 2-3 900-1000 LBS 61.00-61.85
CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1000-1150 LBS
61.50-63.75 CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3
1150-1250 LBS 62.25-63.75 UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL COWS 40.75-49.50
BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 48.50-57.25
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 52.50-62.50 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 51.00-60.25 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250
LBS 87.00-92.00 GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 75.00-86.00 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
70.00- FEW 61.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME
95-125 LBS 76.25-78.75 SLAUGHTER
HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 39.90-43.00
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 32.90-43.75
500 LBS & OVER 31.50-38.00 FEEDER
CATTLE STEERS: MEDIUM 1 300-500
LBS 83.00-95.00 500-700 LBS
70.00- FEW 68.50 HEIFERS;
MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 70.00-82.00
500-700 LBS 63.50-76.25.
Southeast And Central
Virginia Area
Livestock Summary
Richmond, Va.
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1988
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE
SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 140 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER SOWS 1.00-1.25 HIGHER
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16, 1988-A9
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 32.90-34.00
500 LBS & OVER 36.20-36.90 BOARS
27.50-29.75
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 138 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
STEADY TO 1,00 HIGHER. SLAUGH
TER COWS MOSTLY STEADY TO 3 00
LOWER. SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 19 HEAD STEERS CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 62.00-63.00 SELECT 2-3
900-1100 LBS 58.00-60.00
HEIFERS CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS
59.00-61.50.
SLAUGHTER COWS 85 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 40.25-48.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 40.75-49.00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
37.00-42.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 4 HEAD; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 48.50-52.501-2 1300-1600
LBS 54.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS 15 HEAD VEALERS - GOOD
AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 79.00-86.00
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 68.00-76.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 279 HEAD - FEED
ER STEERS AND FEEDER HEIFERS
MOSTLY STEADY. FEEDER BULLS
1.00- HIGHER. STEERS; MEDIUM 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 78.50-84.50
400-500 77.00-85.50 75.00-80.00 500-600
74.00- 69.00-76.00 600-700
68.50-75.50 700-800 67.00-75.50
HOLSTEIN STEERS; MED.&LARGE
1-2 300-500 LBS 66.00; 700-900 LBS
58.00.
HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300400 74.0080.00
400500 69.50-76.75 67.00-68.00
70.00-72.00 500-600 66.00-76.25
64.0068.00 600-700 72.00
FEEDER BULLS 200-300 101.00-103.50
72.00-90 00 300-500 84.00-91.00 75.00
72.00- 500-700 66.50-74,00
58.00- COWS RETURNED TO
FARMS 17 HEAD; M-l, 850-950 LBS
460.00- PER HEAD. COWS WITH
CALVES AT SIDE 34 PAIR; M-1.6-9 YR
OLD WITH CALVES 225-250 LBS
500.00- 00 PER PAIR. BABY
iftlartm Concrete
Subsidiary of Martin Paving, Inc.
CONCRETE MIXED AT JOB SITE
METERED DELIVERY
PAY ONLY FOR WHAT YOU USEI
No Waste - We Mix Any Amount You Need
Mixes Can Be Changed Right On The Job
Mon. Thru Sat. Ephrata: (717) 733-7915
Delivery Lltitz: (717) 826-2494
P.O. Box 446 Lebanon: (717) 272-7541
'Ephrata, PA
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 40
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
42.50-77.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS
72.00-107.50 PER CWT.
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Richmond, V».
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1988
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 20 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER SOWS 1.00 HIGHER.
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 30.50-34.50
500 LBS & OVER 31.50-33.50 BOARS
25.75.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 173 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH
TER BULLS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 15 HEAD HEIFERS STANDARD
1-3 850-1100 LBS. 49.00-57.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS 140 HEAD
CUTTER & BNG.UT 1-3 39.00-45.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 43.00-48.75
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
38.00-44.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3 HEAD; 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 54.75 1-2 1600 LBS &
OVER 56.00-60.25.
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS 15 HEAD VEALERS - GOOD
AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 82.00-85.00
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 77.00-83.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 225 HEAD - TOO
FEW FOR A TREND. STEERS:
MEDIUM 1 200-300 82.00-101.00
300-400 80 00-88.00 400-500 77.00-87.00
500-600 76 00-80.00 600-700 72.00-77.00
HOLSTEIN STEERS: MED.&LARGE
1-2 700-900 LBS 55.00-57.00.
HEIFERS, MEDIUM 1 300-400
70.0076 00 400500 73.00-78.00 500600
68.0076.00 600700 62.0070.00 FEED
ER BULLS 200300 82.00101.00 300-500
80.00-88.00 BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 40 HEAD
NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 36.0096.00
PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 53 00-107.00
PER CWT