Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Wednesday, November 23, 1988
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA,
MARKETS IN REVIEW: NOV. 17-23,
1988. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE MOSTLY
$2.00-5.50 LOWER WHILE MIDWEST
PRICES WERE $4.00-7.00 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE $1.50-1.75
LOWER AND MIDWEST PRICES
WERE 75 CENT TO $l.OO LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY
$2.00-3.00 HIGHER. BEEF PRODUC
TION WAS LESS THAN 1 PERCENT
BELOW LAST WEEK BUT 4 PERCENT
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
MARKET TOUR
FORMULA FED
CALVES
WITH AREA PACKER
Our valued growers
weigh their own calves.
Domenic Venuto, Inc.,
622 Federal Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215-339*9921
or 215-467-9614
or 215-389-VEAL
A TTENTION 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: 717-275-2880
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 14
POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST
YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE STEADY WHILE MID
WEST MEAT PRICES WERE MOSTLY
STEADY. VEAL AND CALF SLAUGH
TER WAS 5 PERCENT ABOVE A
WEEK AGO BUT 15 PERCENT BELOW
A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 22 POUNDS HEA
VIER THAN LAST YEAR.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$2.00-3.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE $4.00 LOWER. LAMB
SLAUGHTER WAS 4 PERCENT
BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 3 PER
CENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3
POUND LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR.
SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA
WERE 50 CENT TO $1.25 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 75 CENT TO
$l.OO LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES
WERE 50 CENT TO $4.50 LOWER.
PORK PRODUCTION WAS 5 % ABOVE
A WEEK AGO AND 6 PERCENT
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUNDS
LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR.
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 Martmsburg, Pa
MONDAYS - Hogs 7:30 AM to 12 Noor
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
Business 814-793-3077
Residence 814-793-2657
HIE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED 75 CENT LOWER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS, US 1-4
200-240 LBS $33.50-34.50 PER CWT.
AT HARRISONBURG. & LYN
CHBURG HOG PRICES WERE $l.OO
LOWER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY
AT $34.00-36.50. SOWS NO QUOTE.
BOARS NO QUOTE.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
1% SLAUGHTER COWS 18%.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%,
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
61%, OVER 600 LBS 18%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS: SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS; NO PRICES
QUOTED THIS WEEK. HEIFERS; NO
PRICES QUOTED THIS WEEK. UTILI
TY & COMMERCIAL COWS
37.50-49.25 BULLS; 1-2 900-1300 LBS
47.75-58.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
50.00- 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
50.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES
AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS
90.00- GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 70.00-83.00 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
65.00- SLAUGHTER LAMBS
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS
54.50-63.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4
200-250 LBS 35.00-36.10 SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 20.00-33.00; 500 LBS A
OVER 25.00-32.00 FEEDER CATTLE
STEERS; MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS;
MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS 96.00-118.00
300-400 LBS 68.50-83.00 300-400
89.00-100.00 400-500 69.00-78.00
400-500 87.00-99.50 500-600 65.00-78.00
500-600 75.00-88.00 600-700 65.00-78.00
600-700 70.00-84.00 700-800 65.00-73.00
700-800 72.00-82.00 800-900 58.00-68.50
800-900 62.50-77.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Sat, Nov. 19, 1988
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE TREND: STEADY
TO 4.00 HIGHER. STEERS M&L-l
300-500 LBS. 83.00-99.00; 500-700 LBS.
75.00-86.00; 700-1000 LBS. 71.00-77.00;
HOLSTEIN 300-1000 LBS. 59.00-78.00.
S-L&M&L-2 300-500 LBS. 75.00-80.00;
500-700 LBS. 68.00-80.00; 700-1000 LBS.
69.00.
FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300-500
LBS. 80.00-92.00; S-L&M&L-2 300-500
LBS. 72.00; 500-700 LBS. 66.00.
HEIFERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
70.00- 500-700 LBS. 67.00-76.00;
700-800 LBS. 64.00. S-L&M&L-2
300-500 LBS. 63.00-69.00; 500-700 LBS.
60.00-
STOCK COWS: BEEF: PAIRS
600.00-650.00; BRED 370.00-455.00;
BABY CALVES: 30.00-138.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS TREND: $2 HIGH
ER. UTILITY & COMMERCIAL
40.00- CANNER & CUTTERS 1-3
37.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1 & 2
52.00-
LAMBS: TREND SLAUGHTER $3
HIGHER; FEEDERS STEADY TO $2
HIGHER. BLUE O HIGH CHOICE &
PRIME 61.10; RED O CHOICE 62.25;
FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE 75.50-78.75;
SLAUGHTER EWES 15.00-24.00.
HOGS: US 1-3 200-240 LBS. 36.00;
SOWS 1-3 24.00-33.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD &
CHOICE 68.00-70.00.
FISHER’S PAINTING
Specializing In Farm Buildings And Roof Coating
With Aerial Equipment
WE SELL DISCONTINUED COLORS AND
MISMATCHES IN OUR PAINT STORE
PRICED FROM $l.OO TO $lO.OO PER GALLON
900 Gallons Of Int./Ext.
Latex (Light Tan) From Factory
Special $6.50/Gallon
FISHER’S PAINTING
4056 A Newport Road, Kinzers, PA 17535
(Across From Pequea Valley High School)
. (717) 768-3239
OUR BUSINESS IS
SERVICE TO FARMERS
Let us help you build a
successful marketing program!
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Grains & Livestock
• Forward Contracting • Hedging Services
CFS PFAJCOMMOD^
Lebanon Valley
Livestock Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, November 22, 1980
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 166...PDA...Compared with
last Tuesday's market; Slaughter cows $2
to $2.50 higher. One Choice slaughter steer
1200 lbs. 70.25. flew Choice si. heifers
60.00- Breaking Utility & Commer
cial si. cows 47.00-52.25, Cotter & Boning
Utility 46.75-50, Canner & Low Cutter
42.25-46.50, Shells down to 39.50. Yield
Grade No. 1, 1200/2040 lbs. sL bulls
54.00-
CALVES 227...C0up1e Choice vtalers
93.00697.00, few Good 75.00-85.00,
Standard & Good 75/100 tbs. 67.00-75.00,
Utility 60/85 lbs. 55.00-65.00, couple to
70.00. Farm Calves; Hoi. Bulb 90/130 lbs.
80.00-157, mostly 115.00-145.00; Hoi.
Heifers 100/130 lbs. 120.00-136.00.
HOGS 157...8arr0ws and gilts about
steady. Few Lou US No. 1-2 200/220 lbs.
38.50- few 1-3 230/255 lbs
37.75-39.00. US No. 1-3300/640 lbs. sows
26.50- few to 390 ft. Few Boars
23.00-25.00, couple Ligm weights 32.50.
FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 Market Test.
SHEEP 9.. Pew Choice 80/145 Ibi. wool
slaughter lambs 47.00-58.00, one 62.00.
One Yearling 145 lbs. 38.00. One Buck
17.00.
GOATS 0...N0 Market Test.
Peoria Sheep
Peoria, Illinois
Monday, November 21, 1988
FEDERAL-STATE MARKET NEWS
FLASH. MIDSESSION AND CLOSE
SHEEP: 150 TRADING MODERATE.
COMPARED WITH LAST TUESDAY
SLAUGHTER LAMBS MOSTLY
STEADY NOT ENOUGH SLAUGHTER
EWES FOR A MARKET TEST.
SHORN SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-130 LBS. #1
AND 2 PELTS 59.00-61.00.
WOOLED SLAUGHTER LAMBS;
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-125 LBS.
58.0a59.00.