Virginia Weekly Richmond, VA Thurs., March 31, 1988 MARKETS IN REVIEW, MARCH 24 30, 1988 FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SOLD STEADY TO $4 00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $6 00 HIGHER SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS AT VIRGINIA GRADED SALES WERE STEADY TO $1 00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE $l.OO-2 50 HIGHER. THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE ON TUESDAY WAS $112.11, AN INCREASE OF $5 92 OVER LAST TUESDAY. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA THIS WEEK WERE STEADY TO $2.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADYTOSLOO HIGHER. BEEF PRO DUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 3 PER CENT BELOW LAST WEEK AND 1 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 10 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. 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 Livestock market and auction news - VEAL AND CALF PRICES WERE STEADY TO $2 00 HIGHER IN VIRGI NIA THIS WEEK WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO STRONG CALF PRODUCTION WAS DOWN 7 PERCENT FROM LAST WEEK AND 12 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 9 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR LAMBS PRICES IN VIRGINIA LAST WEEK WERE MOSTLY STEADY lO $4 00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $2 00 HIGHER PRODUCTION WAS 4 PERCENT ABOVE LAST WEEK AND 31 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR AS AVER AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST j f WERT'S f BUVINe t j (/V % STATION j OPEN TO RECEIVE | YOUR MARKET HOGS j AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET x RD 4, EPHRATA, PA 17522 ft 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 ((” OUR BUSINESS IS ] Ken & Lois Emery. Proprietors f \ SERVICE TO FARMERS I \ $ YFAR MARKET HOf' PPICES IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO 75 CENT LOWER LAST WEEK AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $lOO LOWER FRESH PORK PRICES WERE $3 00-13 00 OVER THE PREVIOUS WEEK PORK PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN 1 PERCENT HIGHER THAN LAST WEEK BUT 10 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR AGO AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET CLOSED 50 CENT LOWER WITH BAR ROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS AT $39 50-40 00 PER CWT TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 200 HEAD 215-458-5677 Residence 717-733-9648 Office YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR HOGS IMMEDIATELY THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED 50 CEN F LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS AT $4O 50-41 50 PER CWT IOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK 15,173 HEAD AT HARRISONBURG. LYN CHBURG AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES WERE STEADY LAST WEDNESDAY AT $39 00 41 50 SOWS RANGED $2B 00-32 00 AND BOARS $2O 00-22 00 PER CWT. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 1%, SLAUGHPER COWS 17%, SLAUGI ITER BULLS 2%. SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%, FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 64%, OVER 600 LBS 15% PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS. Cl IOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 68 00-69 75 HEIFERS, NO PRICES REPORTED. UTILITY & COMMERCIAL COWS 44 00-56 50 BULLS, 1-2 900-1300 LBS 51.75-64.50 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 52 00-65 00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 53 25-65.00 FEW 70 00 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS 91 00-105 00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 76 00-90 00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 70 00-85.00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 82 00-90 25, WOOL 75 00-81 50 HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS BUCK 82 00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 38 75-42 75 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 27 00-36 00, 500 LBS & OVER 29 50-39 10 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS. MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 95 00-113 00 LEW 85 00-9000 500-700 LBS 88 00-101 00 HEIFERS, MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 80 00-94 00 500-700 LBS 72 00-84 00 Northern Virginia Ar c a Livestock Summary Marshall & Staunton Onion, VA Tues, March 29, 1988 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST TUESDAY. SLAUGHTER HOGS 22 HEAD - BAR ATTENTION FARMERS: Let us help you build a successful Call: 717-761-2740 800-382-1356 Gr; | • Forward Contracting • Hedging Services jCFS. PFA^COMMODIT^^ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 2, 1988-A9 ROWS AND GILTS 75 CENT LOWER BARROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 38.75-4100 3-4 250-300 LBS 33.50-36.50 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 31.00- 500 LBS & OVER 32 25 SLAUGHTER CATTLE 132 HEAD - SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY SLAUGHTER BULLS 100 HIGHER SLAUGHTER COWS 122 HEAD CUTTER & BNG.UT. 1-3 43 00-48 00 BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 47.00-56.50 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2 40 00-49 50. SLAUGHTER BULLS 10 HEAD; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 52.00-59.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 56.00-60 00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 58.00- LAMBS 105 HEAD -SLAUGHTER LAMBS SPRING 3 00 HIGHER, WOOL STEADY. HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 90.25 CHOICE 85-125 LBS WOOL 80.00 SLAUGHTER EWES ALL GRADES 15.00-22.25. FEEDER CATTLE 445 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED &LARGE 2 200-300 94.00-120.00 300-400 90 00-107.00 400-500 89.00-106 00 97 00 500-600 88.00-101 00 81.00- 600-70075.00-88 50 81.00 80 OO 900-1100 69.00-71 00 HOLS TEIN STEERS; MED &LARGE 1-2 300-500 LBS 62 00-80.00, 500-700 LBS 65.00 700-900 LBS 59 00-61 25 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 MED &LARGE 2 300-400 82.00-89.00 400-500 77 00-88 00 79.50 500-600 67 00-73 00 76 50-78.50 75.00 600-700 62 00-77.00 FEEDER BULLS, MED 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1300-500 LBS 85 00-107.00 77 00-92 00 500-700 LBS 73 00 700-900 LBS 64 50-68 50 BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 29 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 50 00-159 00 PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 80 00-126 00 PER CWT. CATTLE: 100 TRADING SLOW ON VERY LIGHT SUPPLY UNDERTONE STEADY TO FIRM ON VERY FEW REPORTED SALES. NO CLASS OR GRADE FULLY REPRESENTED marketing program! •in m**' Livestock s & Peoria Cattle Peoria, 111. Wed., March 30, 1988
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