.VIRGINIA MARKETS Virginia Weekly MAHMETS IN REVIEW: NOV, 3-NOV. 8, 1988. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA AUCTION WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO $5.00 HIGHER AS MID WEST PRICES WERE $7.00 TO $10.50 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE MIXED, $2.25 HIGHER TO $2.00 LOWER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE $1.50 TO $2.50 LOWER. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA WERE MIXED, $2.00 LOWER TO $2.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 3% BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT 2% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 15 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY WHILE VEAL AND CALF CARCAS SES IN THE MIDWEST WERE $5.00 TO $7.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER WAS 2% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND LESS THAN 1% BELOW A YEAR AGO. Wanted To Buy Crippled and Disabled Sows and Boar* Hogs Slaughtered For Federal Inspection ATTENTION FARMBIS EVERY MONDAY HATFIELD PACKING CO. and MOYER PACKING CO. Will Receive Your Hogs and Cattle at the DANVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET RO4, 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 A boars. Your cattle will be received from 12:30 to S 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 Feeding Programs And Services To Meet Your Individu: Needs Computerized Record Keeping System i p r ' r '» r* * *• AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 16 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $1.50 HIGHER AS MID WEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO .50 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER WAS 1% BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT 3% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 5 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A LAST YEAR. SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA WERE 50 CENT TO $1.50 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE FULL $1.50 LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE UNEVEN. $2.00 TO $6.00 LOWER EXCEPT BELLIES WHICH WERE 25 CENT TO $3.75 HIGHER. PORK PRO DUCTION WAS LESS THAN 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO BUT 5% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUNDS LIGHTER . THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED $1.50 LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS, US 1-4 200-240 LBS $35.00-36.00 PER CWT. AT HARRISONBURG AND LYN CHBURG HOG PRICES WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT $35.00-39.00 Contracts Available *-*' t H .v > PER CWT. SOWS NO QUOTE. BOARS NO QUOTE. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 0% SLAUGHTER COWS 13%, slaughter Rolls 1%. Slaugh ter CALVES AND VEALERS 1%. FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 70%. OVER 600 LBS 15%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS; CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 64.00 HEIFERS; NO PRICES REPORTED THIS WEEK UTILITY & COMMER CIAL COWS 37.00-48.50 BULLS; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 45.00-58.00 1-2 13001600 LBS 45.25-58.75 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 47.0059.50 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100250 LBS 87.0090.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100250 LBS 74.0085.00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 70.0082.00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS 54.00- SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200250 LBS 36.5039.50 SOWS US 1-3 300500 LBS 24.00-33.00; 500 LBS & OVER 25.0030.00 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 200300 LBS 90.00- 300-400 99.00-113.50 400-500 85.00-99.00 500-600 . ATTENTION FARMERS . The New Way To Market Your Livestock HATFIELD 0 MOYER PACKING CO. PACKING CO. Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle At The BL AIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RDI Martinsburg. Pa. MONDAYS - Hogs 7so AM to 12 Noon Cattle & Calves 7:30 AM to 4 PM THURSDAYS - Cattle & Calves 7:30 AM to 4 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 Businas* 814-793-3077 Rasidanc* 814-793-2657 Supplying Farm Fresh Feeder Pigs [arketing and Hedging Marketing of Genesis Breeding Stock Developing Individual Financial Programs Services unctsnr nrimgi MBiniiy, NnMnn^iwiQ 74.00-89.00 600-700 72.50-80.50 FEW 90.00 700-800 69.00-82.00 800-900 63.50-77.00 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 300-400 LBS 70.00- 400-500 70.00-81.00 500-600 70.00- 600-700 63.00-76.50 700-800 64.50-71.00 800-900 57.50-65.00 1140 E WH BBL Mercer Livestock Auction Mercer, Pa. Tuesday, November 8, 1988 Report Supplied by PDA -CATTLE 341. Compared with last Tuesday’s market: Slaughter steers and Cows $1 to $1.50 higher. Few high Choice si. steers 72.00-73.00, Choice 66.25-72.50, Select 63.00-66.50, Standard 56.00-62.50, few Utility 47.50-50.00. Choice si. heifen 65.00- Select 61.00-65.00, Standard 51.00- Utility 45.50-50.50. Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows 44.00- couple high yielding Com merical to 52.00, Cutter & Boning Utility 41.00- Canner & Low Cutter 35.00- Shells down to 26.00. Yield Grade No. 1, 1200/2055 lbs. si. bulls 55.00- No. 2 1100/2000 lbs. 47.00- Feeder Cattle: Medium & Large Frame No. 1, 300/500 lbs. stcen 67.00- 700/900 lbs. 63.00-66.00. Med. & Large Frame No. 1 600/900 lbs. heifen 50.00- Medium Frame #l, 500/650 lbs. bulls 60.00-64.00. CALVES 98... Standard and Good 90/120 lbs. vealen 80.00-91.00.60/85 lb«. 75.00- Utility 45/65 lbs. 20.00- Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 90/125 lbs. 105.00-155.00. HOGS 168,..Barrowi and gilts $1 to $1.50 higher. US No. 1-2 215/250 lbs. 39.00-39.75,1-3 220/260 Iba. 38.00-39.10, lot 2-3 300 lbs. 37.85. US No. 1-3 360/600 lbs. sows 30.00-32.00, few 2-3 400/650 lbs. 25.00-28.00. Few Boars 21.50-25.00. FEEDER PIGS 6... Few US 1-3 30/40 lbs. feeder pigs 16.00-18.00 • per head. SHEEP 18...C00d & Choice 60/77 lb*, feeder lambs 44.00-46.50. GOATS 4... Few Small 14.00-15.00- per head. Peoria Cattle PEORIA, ILLINOIS Thursday, November 10,1988 TRADING AND DEMAND MOD ERATE. COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK’S CLOSE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS SOLD WEAK TO .50 LOWER. DEMAND LIGHT FOR STEERS OVER 1225 LBS. AND HEIF ERS OVER 1100 LBS. AND ANY CON ... Contract with Purina Mills, Inc. Now accepting new and existing sow herds We supply: t - Quality Purina Feeds - Sound Genetic Program - A Service Representative To Assist You - Competitive Contract Payment -Call Us Today -1-800-873-5300 Purina Mills, Inc. Serving The Needs Of Agriculture SIGNMENTS CARRYING OVER 20% YIELD GRADE 4‘S. CLEARANCE INCOMPBTE ON THESE TYPES WITH CATTLE REMAINING IN FIRST hands Late, slaughter cows SOLD WEAK TO 1.00 LOWER. BULLS WEAK TO 2.00 LOWER. SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHGER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH ABOUT 10% COWS. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 1500 AS COMPARED WITH ACTUAL RECEIPTS OF 1690 A WEEK AGO AND 1628 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: STEERS: CHOICE 2-4, MOSTLY 3, 1050-1200 LBS. 69.00-70.00 1200-1450 LBS. 66.00- 900-1050 LBS. 67.50-69.00 CHOICE 3-4, FEW 5 1050-1250 LBS. 65.00- SELECT St CHOICE 2-3, 1000-1200 LBS. 66.00-68.50 HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS. 68.50-69.00 CHOICE 2-4, MOST LY 3. 950-1100 LBS. 67.00-68.50 1100-1250 LBS. 65.00-68.00 800-950 LBS. 66.00-67.50 CHOICE 3-4, FEW 5 900-1100 LBS. 64.00-67.00 SELECT St CHOICE 2-3,900-1100 LBS. 65.00-67.00 COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-3 39.00-43.00 CUT TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 43.00- CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 1-2 38.00-43.00 BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1-2 1400-1900 LBS. 49.00-56.50 INDIVIDU AL 60.00 Belleville Livestock Auction November 9, 1988 CATTLE llS..PDA...Breaking Utility »nd Commercial slaughter cowi 45.50-49.00, couple SI.IO, Cutter and Booing Utility 45.00-48.25, Canner and Low Cutter 39.00-44.50, Sheila down to 35.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1.1145/1500 Iba. il. bulla 48.50-59.00. CALVES 114... Standard and Good 75/95 Iba. vealera 80.00-88.00, Utility 60/90 Ibi. 70.00-77.00. Farm Calvea: Hols tein Bulls 90/130 Iba. 90.00-150.00, Hot Heifers 100/125 Iba. 89.00-100.00. HOGS 46... US No. 1-3 220/260 Iba. bar rows and gills 41.50-43.85, lot 1-3 196 lbs. 34.00. Individual US No. 1-3 525 lbs. tow 29.50. Few Boats 21.50-23.00. FEEDER PIGS 289... US No. 1-3 20/35 lbs. feeder pigs 8.00-16.50, 35/50 Iba. 15.00-21.00, few 60/75 lbs. 24.00-29.00 all per head. SHEEP 31... Choice wool slaughter lambs 80/125 lbs. 50.00-60.00. Few Slaughter ewes 17.00-37.00.
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