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.
SCHLESSMAN'S
HYBRID COR
>. 805 • 711 -.642.,.--^^
ybean;
1987 Ohio - All Reps.
53134 - 58.5 Bu/A - Group 111
Pella - 53.7 Bu/A - Group 111
53136 • 70.2 Bu/A - Group 111
A 3127 - 60.6 Bu/A - Group 111
Williams 82 - 61.2 Bu/A - Group 111
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