Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Monday, January 12,1989
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW: JAN. 5-11,
1989 PEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
WEAK AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
VERY STRONG.
ATTENnOU 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 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
(fSSBSh mmM
SMITHFIELD, LTD.
RECEIVING HOGS:
LANCASTER COUNTY
FARMERS
MONDAYS: McCoy's Branch Office, Barevilla
WEDNESDAYS; (Next to Bawells Butcher Shop)
& FRIDAYS: on Butler Rd. 717-656-9668
TUESDAYS; B & R Cattle
THURSDAYS: Marietta
717-426-3258
YORK COUNTY FARMERS
MONDAYS: Slewartstown
717-993-2564
TUESDAYS: Thomasvllle
717-792-2248 or 9836
DEWART AREA FARMERS
WEDNESDAYS - Dewart Sale Barn,
717-538-9835
Contact for Information;
Ron Myers, 717-656-3291
Ed Herrmann, 717-284-3203
or Charle Kauffman, 215-593-5674
Future forward contracts available
SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE
Gaik
Feeding Programs
And Services To
Meet Your Individu;
Needs
Computerized
Record Keeping
System
SLAWGRTEk STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
50 CENT HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE STEADY TO $5.00 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$l.OO HIGHER. BEEF PRODUCTION
WAS 8 PERCENT BELOW A WEEK
AGO AND 1% ABOVE A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 5 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$1.50-2.75 LOWER AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE $l.OO-2.00 LOWER.
LAMB SLAUGHTER WAS 14%
BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 6%
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUND
Contracts
Available
mrnm farmrs
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 - (Dwner
Danville Buying Station
Phone: 717-275-2880
Supplying Farm Fresh
Feeder Pigs
[arketing and Hedging
Services
Marketing of Genesis
Breeding Stock
Developing Individual
Financial Programs
HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR.
SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA
WERE 50 CENT TO $3.00 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO
$l.OO LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES
WERE UNEVEN. $1.50 TO $5.75 LOW
ER. PORK PRODUCTION WAS 14%
BELOW A WEEK AGO AND LESS
THAN 1% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 4 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED $l.OO LOWER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS. US 1-4
200-240 LBS $40.50-42.00 PER CWT.
AT HARRISONBURG. TAPPAHAN
NOCK & LYNCHBURG HOG PRICES
WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY AT
$39.00-43.50. SOWS RANGED $26.00-
30.00 AND BOARS 20.00 PER CWT.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 1% SLAUGHTER COWS 23%.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%.
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
51%, OVER 600 LBS 23%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS: SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1300
LBS & OVER 71.00-74.25 HEIFERS;
CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS 65.00 UTILI
TY & COMMERCIAL COWS
38.00- BULLS; 1-2 900-1300 LBS
49.50-58.50 FEW 66.00 1-2 1300-1600
LBS 54.00-62.50 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
50.00- FEW 45.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250
LBS 83.00-98.00 GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 75.00-80.00 FEW 99.00
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 76.00-90.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS 65.00-70.00 SLAUGHTER
HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 37.00-44.00
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 22.00-36.00
500 LBS & OVER 30.50-37.50.
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 90.00-108.00 300-400 LBS
78.00- 300-400 88.00-105.00
400-500 70.00-84.50 400-SOO
87.00- 500-600 70.00-81.25
500-600 77.50-89.00 600-700 67.00-78.00
600-700 72.00-86.00 700-800 66.50-74.50
700-800 72.00-83.00 800-900 68.50-73.50
800-900 67.50-77.00.
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Orange, Virginia
Monday, January 12, 1989
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY SLAUGHTER HOGS 22
HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 40.00-42.00 3-4 250-300 LBS 38.00
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 22.00-24.00
500 LBS & OVER 30.50 BOARS 24.75.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 155 HEAO -
NO TRENDS REPORTED.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 20 HEAD.
STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS &
OVER 71.00-74.25 SELECT 2-3
KING’S AUCIioFT]
KIRKWOOD 1
Hay, Straw and
Grain Auction
EVERY TUESDAY
12:00
Located RL 472 S mllM Muth
of Quarryvllla or ( mllu north
of Oxford corner of Rt 472 and
Noblo Rood of Room Tobacco
Station.
Uoyd H. K raider i
Auctioneer I
AUOOOSI3L I
No out of state checks (
ALL TRUCKERS AND (
FARMERS WELCOME /
BOYDELL FARMS
302 lona Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042
Phone: 717-272-8943
DISTRIBUTORS FOR
PROVEN RESULTS... QUARRYVILLE TRIAL
N.C. #2515 = 171 Bus. Per A.
P #3324 = 161 Bus. Per A.
N.C. Shores
N.C. Waves
Agri 8836
Pella
Williams
900-1100 LBS 68.00-69.25 SELECT 2-3
1100 LBS & OVER 66.50-69.25
HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS
65.00 SELECT 2-3 850-1100 LBS 60.50.
SLAUGHTER COWS 132 HEAD
CUTTER & BNG. UT. 1-3 37.25-47.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 45.00-51.00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
38.75-44.00. ‘
SLAUGHTER BULLS 7 HEAD; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 57.00-60.00 1-2 1300-1600
LBS 60.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
59.00-63.25.
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS 2 HEAD VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS
84.00-94.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 240 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 88.00-97.50
85.00- 400-500 90.00-95.50
80.00- 88.00 500-600
81.50- 84.00 600-700 86.00 78.50
900-1100 67.25 69.25 HOLS
TEIN STEERS: MED.&LARGE 1-2
500-700 LBS 67.75; 700-900 LBS
53.50- 1100 LBS & OVER
47.50-
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE I
SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400
77.00- 81.50 400-500
76.00- 77.50-80.00 72.50-79.00
500-600 74.50-75.00 76.50-79.00 74.00
72.50 600-700 74.50 700-800
68.00- 66.50 FEEDER
BULLS; MED. 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-500 LBS
81.00- 92.00 75.50-86.50
77.00- 500-700 LBS 78.00-83.00
69.00- 70.00 700-900 LBS 64.50
67.00 65.50 COWS RETURNED TO
FARMS 14 HEAD; M-l, 850-1050 LBS
SPRINGERS 44,00- 66.50 PER CWT OR
BY THE HEAD 485.00. COWS WITH
CALVES AT SIDE 8 PAIR; M&S-l, 4-7
YR OLD WITH CALVES NEWBORN
TO 150 LBS 450.00-640.00 PER PAIR.
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 44 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD 40.00-125.00 PER HEAD. OVER
100 LBS 86.00-137.00 PER CWT.
Peoria Cattle
Peoria, Illinois
Thursday, January 12, 1989
FEDERAL-STATE OPENING. MID
SESSION AND CLOSE CATTLE: 25
NOT ENOUGH OFFERED FOR A
MARKET TEST.
MARTIN'S HAY 81
STRAW SALE
Public Auction Every Wednesday,
12 Noon Sharp
Location: John Primus & Son,
Buck Run Road, Coatesville, PA
Coordinators:
Harvey Z. Martin John Martin Primus
215-445-5303 215-383-6686
Leon Kurtz, Auctioneer
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