Virginia Weekly
Richmond, VA
Thurs., March 24, 1988
MARKETS IN REVIEW; MARCH
17-23, 1988. FEEDER STEERS AND
HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS
SOLD STEADY THIS WEEK AS MID
WEST MARKETS WERE STEADY TO
WEAK.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF-
ATTENTION FARMERS
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
RD 1 Martinsburg, Pa
MONDAYS - Hogs 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
Residence 814-793-2657
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 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
SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE
Feeding Programs
And Services To
Meet Your Individual
Needs
Computerized
Record Keeping
System
Grain Purchasing
And Exchange
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE $2.00 TO $6.00
HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT HIGHER.
THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE
ON TUESDAY WAS $106.19 DOWN
$3.30 FROM LAST TUESDAY.
COWS AND BULLS AT VIRGINIA
MARKETS WERE STEADY TO $3.00
HIGHER THIS WEEK AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE MOSTLY STEADY.
BEEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK
( Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors
On*
Livestock market and auction news
OPEN TO RECEIVE
YOUR MARKET HOGS
AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET z
RD 4, EPHRATA, PA 17522 I
1 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
215-458-5677 Residence
717-733-9648 Office
YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR
HOGS IMMEDIATELY
Supplying Farm Fresh
Marketing and Hedging
Marketing of Genesis
Breeding Stock
Developing Individual
Financial Programs
WAS 4 PERCENT ABOVE THE PREVI
OUS WEEK AND 2 PERCENT ABOVE
LAST YEAR AS AVERAGE WEIGHTS
WERE 6 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE MOSTLY STEADY WHILE
MIDWEST PRICES WERE MIXED
$4.00 LOWER TO $5.00 HIGHER. PRO
DUCTION WAS ABOUTTHE SAME AS
THE PREVIOUS WEEK BUT 9 PER
CENT BELOW A YEAR AGO.
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 11
POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST
YEAR.
LAMBS PRICES IN VIRGINIA LAST
WEEK WERE STEADY TO $3.00 HIGH
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
EMERY'S
BUYING
STATION
Feeder Pigs
Services
MOSTLY STEADY. PRODUCTION 2
PERCENT HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK
AND 16 PERCENT HIGHER THAN
LAST YEAR AS DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
MARKET HOG PRICES AT VIRGINI-
A MARKETS WERE STEADY TO $l.OO
HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
FIRM TO $l.OO HIGHER. PRICES FOR
FRESH PORK CUTS FINISHED THE
WEEK $1.25 TO $4.25 LOWER. PORK
PRODUCTION WAS 3 PERCENT
BELOW LAST WEEK BUT 6 PERCENT
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUND HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR. THE RICH
MOND HOG MARKET CLOSED WITH
NO TREND REPORTED WITH BAR
ROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS
AT $40.00-40.50 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 205 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED $l.OO HIGHER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240
LBS AT $41.00-42.00 PER CWT. TOTAL
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 13,000
HEAD.
AT HARRISONBURG, LYNCHBURG
AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES
WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER
LAST WEDNESDAY AT $39.00-41 50.
SOWS RANGED $28.00-30.00 AND
BOARS $21.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 1%. SLAUGHTER COWS 17%.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%. SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS 1%, FEEDER
CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 67%, OVER
600 LBS 13%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS;
CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 67.50-69.00
HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 950-1100 LBS
64.00-66.25 CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS &
OVER 64.75-68.00 UTILITY & COM
MERCIAL COWS 40 00-54.50 BULLS;
1-2 900-1300 LBS 51.50-61.00 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 52.50-64.501-21600 LBS
& OVER 55.00-68.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250
LBS 89.00-105.00 GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 86.00-94.00 FEW 75.50
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250500 LBS 70.0085.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS SPRING 84.0085.50; WOOL
80.0086.00 HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS SHORN 82.75 SLAUGHTER
HOGS US 2-4 200250 LBS 40.0043.00
SOWS US 1-3 300500 LBS 28 0037.00;
500 LBS & OVER 28.25-35.00 FEEDER
CATTLE STEERS: MEDIUM 1 300500
LBS 95.00113.00 FEW 85.00 500700
LBS 85.0093.00 FEW 72.00 HEIFERS;
MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 82 0093.00
500700 LBS 70 0083.00.
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Marshall & Staunton Union, VA
Toes, March 22, 1988
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 60 HEAD- BAR
ROWS AND GILTS STEADY. BAR
ROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS
41.75 3-4 250-300 LBS 40 00 SOWS US
1-3 500 LBS 32.75 BOARS 25 00.
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|j SERVICE TO FARMERS \
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 149 HEAD -
Let us help you build a
successful
Call:
717-761-2740
800-382-1356
Grains &
• Forward Contracting • Hedging Services
CFS PFA COMMODITY FUTURES SERVICE, INC.
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marketing program!
NO TREND REPORTED.
SLAUGHTER COWS 139 HEAD
CUTTER & BNG.UT. 1-3 41.00-49.75
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 44.00-53.75
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
40.00-47.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 10 HEAD - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 56.50 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
56.50-62.75 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
57.00-62.25.
LAMBS 115 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS STEADY. HIGH CHOICE &
PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 85.50;
WOOL 81.75; SHORN 82.75 CHOICE
85-125 LBS WOOL 80.75 SLAUGHTER
EWES ALL GRADES 10.00-25.00
SLAUGHTER RAMS ALL GRADES
17.00-22.50.
FEEDER CATTLE 410 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 200-300
87.00- 14.00 300-400 92.00-100.00
400-500 87.00-102.00 91.00 500-600
80.00- 600-700 76.00-84.00
HOLSTEIN STEERS; MED.&LARGE
1-2 300-500 LBS 74.00; 500-700 LBS
70.00.
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 300-400
75.00- 400-500 73.00-83.50 500-600
68.00- 600-700 64.00-70.00 800-900
57.50 FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1 200-300
LBS 87.00-114.00 300-500 LBS
87.00- 500-700 LBS 76.00-88.00
COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 17
HEAD; M&L-l. 6-12 YR OLD
450.00- PER HEAD COWS WITH
CALVES AT SIDE 35 PAIR, M&L-l,
6-10 YR OLD WITH CALVES 100-250
LBS 530.00-745.00 PER PAIR. BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 30
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
60.00- 170.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS
90.00- PER CWT.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Sat., March 19, 1988
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE TREND: STEERS
STEADY 3.00 HIGHER.
STEERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
92.00-99.00; 500-700 LBS. 75.00-97.00;
700-1000 LBS. 70.00-80.00. S-L&M&L-2
300-500 LBS. 85.00-90.00; 500-700 LBS.
73.0087.00; 7001000 71.00, HOLSTEIN
3001000 LBS. 63.0081.00.
FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300500
LBS. 85.0093.00. S-L&M&L-2 300-500
LBS. 76.00.
HEIFERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
76.00-92.00; 500-700 LBS. 70.00-76.00;
700-1000 LBS. 69 00. S-L&M&L-2
500-700 LBS. 63.00-68.00.
STOCK COWS- BEEF: 445.00-605.00
BABY CALVES; 35.00-128 00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: STEADY.
UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 2-4
43.00- CANNER & CUTTERS 1-3
39.00-
SLAUGHTER BULLS
53.00-61.00; 1 AT 6800.
LAMBS: STEADY. BLUE O HIGH
CHOICE & PRIME SPRING 84.25, RED
O CHOICE WOOLED 75 00; FEEDER
LAMBS CHOICE 89.50-90.00;
SLAUGHTER EWES 15.00-25.75, HEAD
EWES 50.00-67.00.
HOGS: US 1-3 200-240 LBS 41.00;
BOARS 24.50.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD &
CHOICE 75 00-85.00
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