Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, February 11, 1988
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW: FEB. 4-10,
1988; FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SOLD
STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER WHILE
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$3.00 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS WERE HIGHER AT VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS THIS WEEK WHILE MID
WEST MARKETS WERE STEADY TO
Aimmi 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 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: 717-275-2880
SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE
Cnfc
Feeding Programs
And Services To
Meet Your Individual
Needs
Computerized
Record Keeping
System
Grain Purchasing
And Exchange
? Livestock market and auction news
AIRGINI4
MARKETS
$2.00 HIGHER. 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 $lOO
HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $4.00 HIGHER.
BEEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK
WAS 5 PERCENT BELOW THE PREVI
OUS WEEK AND 3 PERCENT BELOW
A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 14 LBS. HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI-
( Keo & Lois Emery, Proprietors (
ATTENTION FARMERS.
The New Way To Market Your Livestock
HATFIELD - MOYER
PACKING CO. PACKING CO.
Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle
At The
BLAIR-BEDFORD
BUYING STATION
1
I MONDAYS • Hoes BAM to 11:30 AM
Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM
► THURSDAYS- Cattle & Calves
8 AM to 3 PM
' •No commission or yardage fees
i deducted from check
• Livestock weighed and paid for
i immediately
• You may call our office sale day for
i prices
i DALE R. HOOVER - Owner
[ Bust ness 814-793-3077
1 . Residence 814-793-2657
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AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET z
RD 4, EPHRATA, PA 17522 I
1 MILE NORTH OF EPHRATA (
ON NORTH STATE STREET. |
OPEN TO RECEIVE
YOUR MARKET HOGS
HOURS: MONDAY, TUESDAY, and
WEDNESDAY 7:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M
215-458-5677 Residence
717-733-9648 Office
215-458-5677 Residence
717-733-9648 Office
YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR
HOGS IMMEDIATELY
Supplying Farm Fresh
Feeder Pigs
Marketing and Hedging
Marketing of Genesis
Breeding Stock
Developing Individual
Financial Programs
NIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY LAST
WEEK. FOLLOWING MIDWEST
PRICES WHICH WERE WEAK TO $4.00
LOWER. SLAUGHTER WAS 4 PER
CENT ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 6
PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO AS
AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 6 LBS.
LIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE STEADY TO $2.00 LOW
ER LAST WEEK AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY. SLAUGHTER LAST
WEEK WAS 1 PERCENT ABOVE THE
PREVIOUS WEEK AND 6 PERCENT
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE 1 LB. HEAVIER
WERVS
BIWIN6
STATION
Services
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 13, 1988-A9
THAN LAST YEAR.
HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA AUC
TIONS WERE STEADY TO $2.00 HIGH
ER THIS WEEK. PORK PRICES WERE
MIXED DURING THE WEEK. PORK
PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 3
PERCENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS
WEEK AND 3 PERCENT ABOVE A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS
WERE 3 LBS. LIGHTER THAN LAST
YEAR.
THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET NO
REPORT.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED STEADY THAN
LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS
AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS
$45.00-46.00 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 13,077
HEAD.
AT HARRISONBURG. LYNCHBURG
AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT
$42.00-46.50. SOWS RANGED
$30.00-34.00 AND BOARS $23.00 PER
CWT.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 1%. SLAUGHTER COWS 18%,
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS 2%. FEEDER
CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 59%. OVER
600 LBS 19%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE CHOICE
STEERS 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 63.50-65.00
CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1150-1300 LBS
64.00- CHOICE STEERS 2-3 1300
LBS & OVER 65.00-66.00 CHOICE
HEIFERS 2-3 900-1000 LBS 64.00
CHOICE HEIFERS 2-3 1000-1150 LBS
60.35-65.50 UTILITY & COMMERCIAL
COWS 40.00-52.25 BULLS 1-2 900-1300
LBS 45.00-58.75 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
52.00- 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
52.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES
AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS
89.00- GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 81.00-94.00 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
70.00- SLAUGHTER LAMBS
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS
80.00- SPRING 83.50-84.50
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 43.75-46.50 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 30.00-38.25; 500 LBS & OVER
32.00- FEEDER CATTLE FEED-
PLEASE NOTE!
Change of Location to Home Farm
On Hill Rd. in Heated Shed
FRIDAY, MAR. 11 ■ 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, i mile off 472 midway between
Quarryvllle & 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.
Validated Brucellosis
Free Herd #169
Qualified Pseudorabies
Free Herd #55
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, Erysiplas,
Rhinitis, E’Coli, Pasteueralla
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., APRIL 8, 1:00 P.M.
ERS; MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS
92.00- 500-700 LBS 81.00-92.00
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS
74.00- FEW 90.00 500-700 LBS
64.00- FEW 82.00.
Southwest Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
WythevlHc, Va.
Tuesday, February 9, 19S8
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 12 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 35.00 500 LBS A OVER
33.00-33.50.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 104 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY TO 2.00
HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS
STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 97 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 44.00-50.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 43.75-49.50
CANNER A LOW CUTTER 1-2
36.00-43.25.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 7 HEAD; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 48.00-53.75 1-21300-1600
LBS 54.75-58.75 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
53.75.
LAMBS 64 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS 2.00 LOWER. HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 82.00 CHOICE
85-125 LBS 75.00 FEEDER LAMBS
CHOICE AND FANCY 70-85 LBS 82.00
SLAUGHTER EWES ALL GRADES
22.00-30.50 SLAUGHTER RAMS ALL
GRADES 25.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 101 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400
116.00 400-500 91.50 500-600
84.50-85.00.
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 MED.&LARGE
2 300-400 79.00-84.00 81.00-88.00
400-500 - 75.50 500-600 75.50
600-700 70.00-71.00 BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 25 HEAD
NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 70.00-102.50
PER HEAD.
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AUCTION
EVERY
THURSDAY
AT I PM
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES. INC.
10 miles East of Lan
caster on Rt. 30,
Paradise, PA
717-442-4181 or
768-8204
L Robert Frame, Mgr.
HAY & STRAW
SALE
12:00 Noon
Every Wednesday
Westend of Avondale
at the intersection of
Baltimore Pike and
Route 41.
Harvey Z. Martin
215-268-3604
(Office)
215-445-5303
(Residence)