Virginia Weekly Richmond, Va. Wednesday, December 21,1988 MARKETS IN REVIEW: DEC. 15-21, 1988. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $lOO HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO $3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE 50-75 CENT LOWER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY STEADY. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $6.00 HIGHER BUT MIDWEST PRICES WERE $1.50-4.00 LOWER. BEEF PRODUC TION WAS 1 PERCENT ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 2% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. . ATTENTION FARMERS The New Way To Market Your Livestock HATFIELD - MOYER PACKING CO. PACKING CO. Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle, At The BLAIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RDI Martinsburg. Pa. MONDAYS - Hogs 7:30 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 Business 814-793-3077 Residence 814-793-2657 FAT-O-METER PROVEN HAMPSHIRES Proven In 14 States Because Of A Program Of: 1. Strict Herd Health. 2. Inbred And Linebred For Predictable And Consistent Offspring. Inbreeding Also Greatly Increases The Vigor And Heterosis In The Offspring. 3. Selected For Soundness, Lean Muscle, Aggressiveness And Longe vity. 4. Guarantee And Delivery On All Animals. 5. References Available. □ Call Collect For More Information OUTLAW SEEDSTOCK SERVICES Ben Outlaw SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE Feeding Programs And Services To Meet Your Individu: Needs Computerized Record Keeping System VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI NIA WERE STEADY AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $5.00 HIGHER. VEAL AND CALF SLAUGH TER WAS THE SAME AS LAST WEEK BUT 11% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 8 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE $3.00 HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER. LAMB SLAUGHTER WAS 4% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 1% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA WERE $2.50-3.00 HIGHER AS MID WEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO $2.00 HIGHER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO $9.00 LOWER Route 2, Box 324 A • Seven Springs, NC 28578 • 919-569-7521 On* Contracts Available V EMERfS \ BUYING swnoM OPEN TO RECEIVE YOUR MARKET HOGS AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET RD 4, EPHRATA. PA 17522 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 YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR HOGS IMMEDIATELY Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors Supplying Farm Fresh Feeder Pigs [arketing and Hedging Marketing of Genesis Breeding Stock Developing Individual Financial Programs EXCEPT LOINS WHICH WERE 56.00.9i00 HIGHER. PORK PRODUC TION WAS 3% BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT 6% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVER AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED $4.25-5.00 HIGHER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH BARROWS AND GILTS, US 1-4 200-240 LBS $40.25-4100 PER CWT. AT HARRISONBURG, TAPPAHAN NOCK A LYNCHBURG HOG PRICES WERE $2.50-3.00 HIGHER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT $38.00-43.75. SOWS RANGED $24.00-28.00 AND BOARS $20.00 PER CWT. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 0% SLAUGHTER COWS 23%, SLAUGHTER 2 BULLS 2%. SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%. FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 55%. OVER 600 LBS 19%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY AUCTIONS: SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS; CHOICE 2-3 1100-1300 LBS 68.00-70.85 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS A OVER 67.00-70.00 HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 950-1100 LBS 66.10-69.00 CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS & OVER 65.75-70.00 UTILITY A COMMERCIAL COWS 42.00-53.50 Services n i %. r r i « BULLS; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 48.00-58.00 1- 1300-1600 LBS 51.00-6415 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 51.50-65.25 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS 75.00-91.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 67.00-79.50 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS 60.00-69.60; BUCKS 58.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2- 200-250 LBS 35.00-41. 00** *»FEW LOTS RETURNED FOR HOME SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 36.00-46.00** SLAUGHTER** 500 LBS A OVER 22.50-35.50**. FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS 115.00-139.00 300-400 LBS 75.00- 300-400 82.00-98.00 FEW 113.00 400-500 70.00-85.50 400-500 85.00- 500-600 64.00-77.50 500-600 77.75-89.00 600-700 64.00-79.00 600-700 73.50-82.50 700-800 62.50-74.50 700-800 70.00-81.00 800-900 800-900 67.00- THIS REPORT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AGAIN UNTIL THE WEEK OF JAN. 9, 1989. DUE TO THE LACK OF INFORMATION WE'WILL RECEIVE THRU THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Southwest Virginia Area Livestock Summary Wylhevllle, Va. Tuesday, December 20, 1988 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST TUESDA R SLAUGHTER HOGS 30 HEAD - FEW LOTS RETURNED FOR HOME SLAUGHTER BARROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 35.00-37.00 3-4 300-325 LBS 39.00-45.00. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 80 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. SLAUGHTER COWS 75 HEAD CUT TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 42.00-47.00 BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 43.00-49.00 FEW 50.00-51.00 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2 33.00-41.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS 5 HEAD; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 50.25 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 55.00-57.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 60.00. COUNT REPORTED. HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 64.00 FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE AND FANCY 70-85 LBS 72.00 SLAUGHTER EWES ALL GRADES 15.00-18.00. FEEDER CATTLE 90 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 400-500 85.00-89.00 79.00-81.00 500-600 79.00-91.00 73.00-75.00 75.00- 600-700 80.00-81.75 71.00- 700-800 70.00-74.00 800-900 71.00-76.00 900-1100 67.00- HOLSTEIN STEERS; MED.&LARGE 1-2 300-500 LBS 77.00- 500-700 LBS 69.00-75.00 700-900 LBS 60.50; 900-1100 LBS 53.50 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 76.00-80.00 400-500 70.00-77.50 75.00-76.00 500-600 72.00-77.00 69.00 600-700 71.00 BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 20 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 45.00-100.00 PER HEADS. BOYDELL FARMS 302 lona Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042 Phone: 717-272-8943 DISTRIBUTORS FOR PROVEN RESULTS... QUARRYVILLE TRIAL N.C. #2515 - 151.2 Bus. Per A. P # 3378 * 144.7 Bus. Per A. N.C. Shores N.C. Waves Pella Williams Lancaster Arming, Saturday, Oacambar 24,1M8-A9 Northern Virginia Area Livestock Summary Orange, Va. Wednesday, December 21, 1988' ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY. SLAUGHTER HOGS 7 HEAD - TOO FEW FOR A TEST. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 165 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 85 HEAD STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 71.00-73.00 CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 72.00-74.25 HOLSTEIN: CHOICE 1-3 1100-1500 LBS 63.00 SELECT 1-2 1100-1500 LBS 61.00-62.00. HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS 68.00- CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 70.00- SLAUGHTER COWS 75 HEAD CUT TER & BNG. UT. 1-3 43.00-51.50 BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 42.00-50.00 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2 38.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS 5 HEAD; 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 52.00-55.50 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 60.25. FEEDER CATTLE 90 HEAD - TOO FEW IN ANY GROUP TO TEST. BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 40 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 30.00-120.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 100.00-120.00 PER CWT. Southeast And Central Virginia Area Livestock Summary Smithficld, Va. Thursday, December 22, 1988 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY i(SOUTHSIDE (BLACKSTONE) AUCTION NO SALE). SLAUGHTER HOGS 125 HEAD - SLAUGHTER SOWS STEADY. BOARS 1.25 LOWER. BARROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 41.75 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 26.50-26.75 500 LBS & OVER 28.20-28.80 BOARS 23.10. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 10 HEAD - TOO FEW TO QUOTE PRICES. SLAUGHTER COWS 10 HEAD - TO FEW TO QUOTE PRICES. North Jersey Livestock Hackettstown, NJ Tues, Dec. 20, 1988 Report supplied by auction CALVES .19-1.40. COWS .38V4 -.53'/i. EASY COWS .3S-.43. HEIFERS .42-.62. BULLS .36'/. -.66. STEERS .45-.65. HOGS .25-,45. ROASTING PIGS, EACH 10.00-46.00. BOARS .18 .45. SOWS .18 .28. SHEEP .20-.60. LAMBS EACH 5.00-82.00. LAMBS PER LB. .41-1.10. GOATS EACH 31.00-104.00. KIDS EACH 28.00-70.00. 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