Virginia Weekly Richmond, Va. Thursday, April 14, 1988 WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA MARKETS IN REVIEW, APRIL 7-T5, 1988; FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA WERE MIXED THIS WEEK $5.00 HIGHER TO $2 00 LOWER MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS AT VIRGINIA AUCTIONS WERE STEADY TO $1 00 HIGHER AS MID WEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY STEADY. THE BOXED BEEF CUT-OUT VALUE ON TUESDAY WAS $109.75 A DECREASE OF 11 CENT FROM LAST TUESDAY. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA AUCTION WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO $2 00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $lOO LOWER. BEEF PRODUCTION LAST WEEK WAS 2 PERCENT BELOW THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 2 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE WEIGHTS WERE 17 POUNDS HEA VIER THAN LAST YEAR. VEAL AND CALF PRICES WERE $2 00-4.00 LOWER THIS WEEK IN VIR GINIA AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY 52.00 LOWER. CALF PRO DUCTION WAS LESS THAN 1 PER CENT BELOW LAST WEEK AND 13 PERCENT BELOW LAST YEAR. DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. LAMBS PRICES AT VIRGINIA AUC TIONS LAST WEEK WERE STEADY TO $2.50 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY $2 00 LOWER. PRODUCTION WAS 12 PERCENT BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 25 PER CENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVER AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 8 POUND HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. MARKET HOG PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $1.50 LOWER DURING THE WEEK BUT SHOWED STENGTH TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WITH $l.OO TO $1.50 RISE IN THE MARKET. MIDWEST PRICES WERE HIGHER AT THE END OF THE AmmOH FARMERS The New Way To Market Your Livestock HATFIELD c MOYER PACKING CO. PACKING CO. Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle At The BLAIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RD 1 Martmsburg. Pa MONDAYS - Hogs BAMto 11 ;30 AM Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM THURSDAYS Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM • No commission or yardage tees 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 SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE Feeding Programs And Services To Meet Your Individual Needs Computerized Record Keeping System Grain Purchasing And Exchange f Livestock market and auction news -^MARKETS PERIOD ALSO. FRESH PORK PRICES GENERALLY STEADY THIS WEEK EXCEPT HAMS WHICH WERE WEAK TO 50 CENT LOWER. PORK PRODUC TION WAS 1 PERCENT BELOW LAST WEEK BUT 3 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHT- S WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. THE RICHMOND HOG MARKET CLOSED STEADY TO 50 CENT HIGH ER WITH BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS AT $39.00-40.00 PER CWT. THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED 50 CENT HIGHER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-4 200-240 LBS AT $40.50-41.50 PER CWT. AT HARRISONBURG, LYNCHBURG AND TAPPAHANNOCK HOG PRICES WERE 1.00 HIGHER TO 25 CENT LOW ER WITH LAST WEDNESDAY AT $40.00-41.25. SOWS RANGED $26.00-30.00 AND BOARS $22.00 PER CWT. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 1% SLAUGHTER COWS 11%. SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%, FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 70%, OVER 600 LBS 16%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS; CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS 67.00-71.00 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER 64.50-71.50 HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 950-1100 LBS 62.50-67.50 CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS & OVER 66.25-69.75 UTILITY & COMMERCIAL COWS 44.00-55.50 BULLS; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 52 00-64.50 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 54.50-68.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 55.00-66.00 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS 90.00-108.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 80.00-95.00 FEW 75.00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 78.00-96.00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125.L8S SPRING 81.00-87.25; WOOL 75.00-80.00 HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS SHORN 77.25 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 38.50-41.50 Go* Supplying Farm Fresh Marketing and Hedging Developing Individual Financial Programs SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 29.00-37 25, 500 LBS & OVER 32 00-37 25 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 95.00-112.00 500-700 LBS 85.00-99 00 FEW 78.00 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 300-500 LBS 85 00-99 00 500-700 LBS 70 00-86.00. Northern Virginia Livestock Tucs., April 12, 1988 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST TUESDAY SLAUGHTER HOGS 35 HEAD - BAR ROWS AND GILTS 200 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER SOWS STEADY. BAR ROWS AND GILT S US 2-4 200-250 LBS 41.50 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 31 00-32 50 BOARS 25 00 SLAUGHTER CATTLE 107 HEAD SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH TER BULLS STEADY SLAUGHTER COWS 83 HEAD CUT TER &BNG.UT. 1-3 41 50-49 00 BRKG. UT. & COMM. 2-4 44.75-53 00 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2 40 50-47 00 SLAUGHTER HULLS 5 HEAD, 1-2 900-1300 LBS 61 00-62 00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 59 00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 60 00-62 75 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS 10 HEAD CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 80 00-90 00, LAMBS 140 HEAD - SLAUGHTER LAMBS 2.00 LOWER. HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 84.00, SHORN 77.25 SLAUGHTER EWES ALL GRADES 21 00-26 00. FEEDER CATTLE 660 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 95 00-101.00 3OO-400 95.00-114 00 100 00-105.00 85 00-88 00 90 00-95 00 400-500 95 00-103.00 10000-103.00 85.00- 00 87 00-95 00 500-600 85.00- 00 600-700 85.00-89 00 HOLSTEIN STEERS; MED.&LARGE 1-2 300-500 LBS 75.00-80.00 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 300-400 77.00-82.00 400-500 78.00-86 00 ■82.00-86.00 500-600 72 00-82 00 80 00-82.00 600-700 65.00 FEEDER BULLS; MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS Feeder Pigs Services Marketing of Genesis Breeding Stock 95 00-101 00 300-500 LBS 88 00-92 00 500-700 LBS 81 00-85 00 COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 10 HEAD. M&L-1.8 12YROLD5IOOO 570 00PER lIEAD. COWS WIT! I CALVES AT SIDE 60 PAIR. M&L-l, 4-10 YR OLD WITH CALVES 200-300 LBS 745 00-890 00, M&L 1 TEW S-l, 6-10 YR OLD WITH CALVES 610 00-725 00 PER HEAD BBAY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 30 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 60 00-135 00 PER HEAD. OVER •"100 LBS 70 00-128 00 PER CWT. STATE GRADED FEEDER CATTLE 1276 HEAD SOLD AT MARSHALL. STEERS, MED &LARGE 1 MED &LARGE 2 300-400 110 50-115 50 10500 400-500 9500-110.00 94 00-107 00 500-600 90 00-95 00 90 00-94 25 600-700 86 75-87.50 88 50-88 75 700-800 82 00-84 50 80 50 800-900 74 50-78 75 HEIFERS; MED &LARGE 1 MED &LARGE 2 300 400 86 00 400-500 81 50-87 25 79 00 85 00 500-600 81.00-83 25 75 00-76 75 600-700 73 00-75 50 700-800 70 75-75 00 800-900 66 50-70 50 Southeast & Central Virginia Lynchburg, Va. Mon., April XI, 1988 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST MONDAY. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 115 HEAD - SLAUGHTER COWS 200 HIGHER SLAUGHTER BULLS 1 00-2 00 LOW ER SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS 4 00-5 00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS 100 HEAD CUTTER & BNGUT 1-3 46 00-51.50 BRKG UT. & COMM. 2-4 46 75-53 00 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2 39.00-43.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS 7 HEAD - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 55 00-56.75 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 55 50-59.50 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 58 00. SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS 8 HEAD VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS 95 00-105 00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 89.00-95 00 FEEDER CATTLE 374 HEAD - FEED ER STEERS AND FEEDER HEIFERS STEADY TO 200 LOWER. FEEDER BULLS 2 00-3 00 LOWER STEERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 rAIR ENTRAINED CONCRETE @ Competitive Prices No Job Too Smalll Pay Only What You Use - And Do The Job Yourself General Contractors Welcome “Do-It-Yourselfer” 687-0990 19 Meadow Lane, Paradise, PA OUR BUSINESS IS SERVICE TO FARMERS Let us help you build a successful marketing program! Call: 717-761-2740 800-382-1356 Gn • Forward Contracting • Hedging Services CFS PFA COMMODITY FUTURES SERVICE, INC. 300-400 98 00-110 00 95 00-110.00 400-500 95 00-107 00 85.00-88.50 85 00-91.00 500-600 88 00-95.00 84.00-88 00 75 00-79 00 600-700 79 00-88 00 700-800 75.00-83.00 73 00-76 00 800-900 69.00-69 50 HOLSTEIN STEERS, MED &LARGE 1-2 300-500 LBS 78.00-85 50 HEIFERS, MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED &LARGE 2 300-400 91.50-95.00 75 00 85 75-93 00 400-500 78.00-84 00 71 00-74 50 74 00-87.00 500-600 71 00-79.75 65 00-73 00 600-700 61 0055 00-65.00 700-80065 00-68 00 55 00-59.00 FEEDER BULLS; MEDIUM I LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 LBS 110.00-115.00 106.00- 300-500 LBS 85.00-112.00 80.00-100.00 80.00-101.00 500-700 LBS 70.00-90.00 60.00-74.00 700-900 LBS 69.00 70.00 BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 12 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 55.00- PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 95.00- PER CWT. STATE GRADED FEEDER CATTLE 219 HEAD SOLD AT LYNCHBURG. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 98.00-11050 96.00-109.00 400-500 94.00-98.50 95.00- 500-600 89.50-96.00 85.00 86.00- 600-700 85.50 83.50 81.00- 700-800 75.00-77.00 75.00- 900-1100 68.00-70.25 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 83.00-94.50 74.75-82.25 90.00-94.00 400-500 78.00-87.50 71.75-85.50 78.00-88.50 500-600 78.00-80.00 70.25 —0900 E BBL. Peoria Sheep Peoria, Illinois Tues., April 12, 1988 SHEEP: 100 TRADING MODERATE ON VERY LIGHT SUPPLY. NOT ENOUGH SALES FOR AN ADEQUATE MARKET TEST. FEW SALES SHARP LY LOWER. PACKAGE CHOICE WOOLED FALL LAMBS: CHOICE 115 LBS. 68.00. OLD CROP WOOLED LAMBS: FEW CHOICE 109-111 LBS 60.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: FEW CULL AND UTILITY 1000-12 00. & Livest ck
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