Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, February 4, 1988
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW; JAN. 28-FEB. 3,
1988. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SOLD
STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER WHILE
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$3.00 HIGHER ALSO.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ATTENTION FARMBiS
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 8 boars.
• Your cattle will 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
Phone:7l7-275-2880
Livestock market and auction news
ERS WERE LOWER AT VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS THIS WEEK WHILE MID
WEST MARKETS WERE STEADY TO
$l.OO LOWER. BOXED BEEF PRICES
WERE $4.90 LOWER LAST WEEK AS
THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE
REACHED $101.04/CWT. TUESDAY.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS WERE STEADY TO $2.00
HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $2.00 HIGHER.
BEEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK
AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET |
RD 4. EPHRATA, PA 17522 I
I MILE NORTH OF EPHRATA |
ON NORTH STATE STREET. |
HOURS: MONDAY, TUESDAY, and
WEDNESDAY 7:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M
215-458-5677 Residence
717-733-9648 Office
Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors J
ATTENTION FARMER*
The New Way To Market Your Livestock
HATFIELD 0 MOYER
PACKING CO. PACKING CO.
Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle
At The
BLAIR-BEDFORD
BUYING STATION
RDI Martinsburg. Pa
MONDAYS ■ Hoes 8 AM to 11:30 AM
Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM
THURSDAYS - Cattle & Calves
8 AM to 3 PM
• No commission or yardage fees
deducted from check
• Livestock weighed and paid for
immediately (
• You may call our office sale day for
prices {
DALE R. HOOVER - Owner
Business 814-793-3077 1
Residence 814-793-2657
WAS 4 PERCENT BELOW THE PREVI
OUS WEEK AND 3 PERCENT ABOVE A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 13 LBS. HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY LAST
WEEK, FOLLOWING MIDWEST
PRICES WHICH WERE FIRM.
SLAUGHTER WAS 4 PERCENT
BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 9 PER
CENT BELOW A YEAR AGO AS AVER
AGE WEIGHTS WERE 3 LBS. LIGHT
ER THAN A YEAR AGO.
OPEN TO RECEIVE
YOUR MARKET HOGS
215-458-5677 Residence
717-733-9648 Office
YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR
HOGS IMMEDIATELY
EMERY'S
BUYING
STATION
| • Forward Contracting • Hedging Services
CFS PF*£OMMODIT^
LAMB PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOW
ER LAST WEEK AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER LAST WEEK WAS 4 PER
CENT ABOVE THE PREVIOUS WEEK
AND 8 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 1
LB. HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR.
HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOW
ER THIS WEEK. PORK PRICES WERE
MIXED DURING THE WEEK. PORK
PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 4
PERCENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS
WEEK AND II PERCENT BELOW A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS
WERE 3 LBS HEAVIER THAN LAST
YEAR.
THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET
CLOSED 50 CENT HIGHER THAN
LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS
AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS
$43.50-44.50 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 137 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED 50 CENT HIGHER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240
LBS $45.00-46.00 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 18,712
HEAD.
AT HARRISONBURG. LYNCHBURG
AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $1.50 LOWER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT
$42.00-45.50. SOWS RANGED
$28.00-33.00 AND BOARS $22.00 PER
CWT.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 4%, SLAUGHTER COWS 22%.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%. SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS 3%, FEEDER
CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 62%, OVER
600 LBS 8%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE
CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1000-1300 LBS
62.00-64.90 CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1300
LBS & OVER 62.50-64.80 CHOICE
HEIFERS 2-3 900-1100 LBS 59.90
CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1100 LBS &
OVER 61.50-63.00 UTILITY & COM-
MERCIAL COWS 42.00-53.00 BULLS -
1-2 900-1300 LBS 48.0a54.00FEW61.00
l-2130ai600L8547.5a59.60 1-21600
LBS*OVERS3.7S-61.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 10a250
LBS 85.0a95.00 FEW 100.00 GOOD
AND CHOICE 10a250LBS 70.0a88.00
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
25a500L8570.0a85.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS 80.0a84.00; BUCKS 77.00
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 20a250
LBS 41.75-46.70 SOWS US 1-3 30a500
LBS 30.0a37.00; 500 LBS & OVER
32.0a36.00 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 30a500 LBS 86.0a99.00
FEW 106.00 50a?00 LBS 80.0a90.00
FEW 75.00 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
30a500 LBS 75.0a88.00 50a700 LBS
69.5a80.00.
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Marshall (Fauquier) And
Staunton Union, Va.
Tuesday, February 2, 1988
OUR BUSINESS IS f
SERVICE TO FARMERS I
Let us help you build a
successful
Call:
717-761-2740
800-382-1356
in
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 37 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. BARROWS AND
GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 46.70.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 447 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 235 HEAD SOLD STATE GRADED.
STEERS; (‘-DENOTES STATE
GRADED) ‘CHOICE 1000-1300 LBS
62.00-64.90 ‘CHOICE 1300 LBS &
OVER 62.50-64.80.
HEIFERS; ‘CHOICE 2-3 950-1100
LBS 59.90 ‘CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS &
OVER 61.50-63.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS 200 HEAD
CUTTER & BNG.UT. 1-3 38.00-46.25
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 43.00-49.50
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
37.00-45.75.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 5 HEAD; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 52.50 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
54.751-21600 LBS & OVER 59.25-61.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS 7 HEAD VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS FEW
79.00-105.00.
LAMBS 65 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS 50 CENT LOWER. HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 81.50
FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE AND FAN
CY 70-85 LBS 94.50 SLAUGHTER
EWES ALL GRADES 20.00-25.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 340 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS:
MEDIUM 1 MED.&LARGE 2 200-300
90.00- 300-400 99.50-107.00
FEW 82.00 400-500 81.00-94.50 79.00
500-600 77.00-81.00 600-700
82.00- 79.50 700-800 80.00
900-1100 72.00
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL
1 200-300 89.50 300-400
73.00-86.50 78.00-79.50 400-500 75.50
80.00 500-600 70.00-79.00
600-700 70.00-75.00 FEEDER
BULLS; MED. 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-500 LBS 83.00
86.50 500-700 LBS 74.00-76.50
700-900 LBS 66.75 BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 39 HEAD
NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 60.00-127.00
PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 70.00-135.00
PER CWT.
Westminster Hay
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
32 LOADS,
ALFALFA, RND. BALES, 30.00-37.00,
GOOD ALFALFA. 102.00, REG. ALFAL
FA. 60.00-86.00.
ALFALFA MIX, 75.00 AND 76.00;
CLOVER. 47.50; TIMOTHY, 83.00;
TIMOTHY MIX, 55.00-74.00; GRASS.
50.00-80.00.
ORCHARD GRASS, 60.00; STRAW,
WHEAT. 66.00-73.00, OAT. 70.00, 1.15
BALE; OATS, 2.40 BU.; WOOD.
62.00-65.00 CORD.
Dewart Hay
Dcwart, PA.
Monday, Feb. 1, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
HAY, 24 LOADS, 51.00-135.00;
STRAW, 2 LOADS, 61.00-75.00; 18
LOADS WOOD, 25.00-58.00; OATS, 1.85
BU.
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