Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, January 26, 1989
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW: JAN. 19-25,
1989. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE MIXED, $4.00
HIGHER TO $3.00 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $3.00-5.00
HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE UNEVEN,
$l.OO LOWER TO $1.25 HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO
$l.OO LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE STEADY TO $3.00 HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO
$l.OO LOWER. BEEF PRODUCTION
WAS 6 PERCENT ABOVE A WEEK
AGO BUT 3 PERCENT BELOW A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 4 POUNDS HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE WEAK WHILE IN THE
MIDWEST THE DEMAND WAS LIGHT
AND TRADING SLOW. VEAL AND
CALF SLAUGHTER WAS 5 PERCENT
ABOVE A WEEK AGO BUT 5 PER
CENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2
POUNDS HEAVIER.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
STEADY TO $3.00 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $2.00 HIGHER.
LAMB SLAUGHTER WAS 3% ABOVE
A WEEK AGO BUT 2% ABOVE A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER
THAN LAST YEAR.
SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE
On*
Feeding Programs
And Services To
Meet Your Individual
Needs
Computerized
Record Keeping
System
Prices for 609 tobacco remained at an all time high last
week. All good tobacco sold for $1.47 to $1.50 per lb.
WE ARE YOUR BEST TOBACCO MARKET
NOW IS THE TIME TO MARKET YOUR TOBACCO
Don’t Miss These Exiciting Prices!
This is the FINAL SALE so if you want top prices for
your tobacco you better market it through this final auc
tion. Prices may drop after the auction closes.
REMEMBER, WE CAN ONLY DO OUR JOB WITH YOUR
HELP AND YOUR TOBACCO.
DON’T FORGET, FINAL SALE ON THURSDAY
Receiving Tobacco every day from 7:30 am to 4 pm, and
on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to
12 noon.
609 Tobacco Seed available]
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’ SLAUGHTER' HOGS' IN'VIRGINIA
WERE $l.OO-2.00 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE 25-50 CENT
LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $5.00 LOWER. PORK
PRODUCTION WAS DOWN 3 PER
CENT FROM A WEEK AGO BUT 6
PERCENT HIGHER THAN A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR
•*THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET CLOSED $l.OO-2.00 LOWER
THAN LAST WEDNESDAY’S TRAD
ING. BARROWS AND GILTS; COUN
TRY PLANTS US 1-3 200-250 LBS
37.50-41.00 US 1-2 210-250 LBS
HIGH YIELDING 39.00-42.00 US 2-4
210-250 LBS 37.00-40.00 SOWS
WERE $28.00. BOARS NO QUOTE.
••♦THIS REPORT IS NOW TAKING
THE PLACE OF THE SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA HOG MARKET AND THE
COUNTRY POINT HOG MARKET.***
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 1% SLAUGHTER COWS 18%.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%,
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
60%, OVER 600 LBS 18%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS; SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 70.50 CHOICE 2-3
1150-1300 LBS 70.00-74.25 CHOICE 2-3
1300 LBS & OVER 71.50-76.00 HEIF
ERS; NO PRICES WERE REPORTED
THIS WEEK. UTILITY & COMMER
CIAL COWS 40.00-52.50 BULLS; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 50.00-60.00 FEW 67.00
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 50.00-63.50 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 52.00-64.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250
LBS 90.00-100.00 GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 84.00-91.00 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
79.00-92.00 FEW 71.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS 64.00-67.80 SLAUGHTER
HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 37.00-42.00
Contracts
Available
FINAL SALE DATE
THURSDAY, FEB. 9 - 9:30 AM
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 26.00-36.00
500 LBS & OVER 30.00-35.00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS
93.00- 300-400 LBS 78.00-91.00
300-400 97.00-112.00 400-500
74.00- 400-500 85.00-100.00
500-600 70.00-83.00 500-600 80.00-94,50
600700 64.00-76.25 600-700 75.50-87.25
700-800 65.00-72.50 700-800 72,00-84.50
800-900 64.50-68.00 800-900
65.00-
Orange, Va.,
Wednesday, February 1, 1989
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TOLAST
WEDNESDAY.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 160 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH
TER BULLS 1.00 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 20 HEAD STEERS; CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 68.00-74.00 CHOICE 2-3
1150-1300 LBS 71.00-76.50.
HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS
67.00- CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS
70.00-
SLAUGHTER COWS 110 HEAD
CUTTER & BNG. UT. 1-3 45.00-52.50
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 43.0052,00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
40.0045.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 5 HEAD- 1-2
900-1300 LBS 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 60.00-61.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 250 HEAD - FEED
ER STEERS AND FEEDER HEIFERS
STEADY. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 200-300
90.00- 300-400 85.00-105.00
400-500 85.00-95.00 500-600 82.00-96.00
600-700 73.00-80.00 700-800
73.00-
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
300-400 75.00-85.00 80.00-85.00 400-500
73.00- 78.00-81.00 500-600
70.00- 73.00-78.00 600-700
67.00- 70.00-71.00 FEEDER
Supplying Farm Fresh
Feeder Pigs
[arketing and Hedging
Marketing of Genesis
Breeding Stock
Developing Individual
Financial Programs
Office Hours
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
19 Meadow Lane,
Paradise, PA 17562
RY-000007-L
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Services
BULLS; MED. 1 200-300 LBS
90.00115.00 300500 LBS 85.0095.00
500-700 LBS 70.00-75.00 BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 20
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
50.00130.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100
LBS 105.00140.00 PER CWT.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, NJ
Tues., Jan. 31, 1989
Report supplied by auction
CALVES .37-1.6214 .
COWS .32Vi -.63.
EASY COWS .0414 -MV.. . .
HEIFERS .43-.68V4 .
BULLS .51-.70.
STEERS .57-.71.
HOGS .25-.41.
ROASTING PIGS, EACH 10.00-30.00.
BOARS: .13-.25.
SOWS .25-.35.
SHEEP ,27-.88.
LAMBS EACH 46.00-77.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .25-1.12'/,.
GOATS EACH 24.00112.00.
KIDS EACH 25.0064.00.
HIDES EACH 23.0030.00.
TOTAL: 1,257.
Grantsville Livestock
Grantsville, Maryland
Saturday, Jan. 28, 1989
HOGS: TOP BARROWS & GILTS
39.00- HEAVY BUTCHER
36.00- LIGHT BUTCHER
30.00- BUTCHER SOWS
26.00- FEEDER SHOATS
5.00-
VEAL: GOOD 90.00-112.00; STAN
DARD 70.00-80.00; UTILITY
55.00- HEAVY BULL CALVES
95.00-
SHEEP & LAMBS: GOOD
75.00-77.00; UTILITY 60.00-70.00;
SLAUGHTER EWES 20.00-25.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS:
GOOD 65.00-69.75; STANDARD
ATTENTION FARMERS
FURMAN FOODS, INC.
Is interested in contracting
tomato acreage for the 1989
growing season.
Call for information.
Furman Foods, Inc.
RD 2, Northumberland, PA 17857
717-473-3516 -
1-800-952-1111
BOYDELL FARMS
302 lona Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042
Phone; 717-272-8943
SO.bO-eXOO; UTILITY 55.b6-58.06.
HEIFERS; GOOD 64.00-68.00; STAN
DARD 58.00-60.00; UTILITY
50.00-54.00.
COWS: COMMERCIAL 42.00-49.50;
UTILITY 38.00-40.00; CANNER & CUT
TER 30.00 AND DOWN.
BULLS: COMMERCIAL & GOOD
55.00- CUTTER & UTILITY
48.00-
STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE: GOOD
75.00-85.00; MEDIUM 60.00-70.00.
STEER CALVES: GOOD 85.00-94.00;
MEDIUM 65.00-75.00.
HEIFER CALVES; GOOD
75.00-90.00; MEDIUM 50.00-65.00.
Penns Valley
Livestock
Centre Hall, Pa.
January 31, 1989
Report Supplied by Auction
BEEF COWS: UTILITY AND COM
MERCIAL 47.50-51.00; CUTTERS
43.00- CANNERS 40.00-42.50.
SHELLS 37.50.
HEIFERS: COMMERCIAL
48.00-
STEERS; SELECT 63.00-67.50; STAN
DARD 57.00-60.00.
BULLS: STANDARD 50 50-56.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: 300-500 LBS.
LARGE FRAME 67.00-81.00; 300-500
SMALL FRAME 62.00-78 00, 500-700
LBS. LARGE FRAME 58 00-67.00.
VEAL CALVES; GOOD 75.00-82 00,
STANDARD 67.00-74.00; UTILITY
59.00-
FARM CALVES: BULLS
110.00- HEIFERS 100.00-117.00.
HOGS; 40.00-43.00.
SOWS; 30.00-34.00.
BOARS: 27.00-29.00.
SHOATS: 25-30 LBS. PER HEAD
10.00- 30-35 LBS. PER HEAD
21.00-
LAMBS: 70.00-73.00.
SHEEP: 15.00-30.00.