Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thun. Feb. 9-Wed. Feb. 15, 1989
REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW: FEB. 9-15,
1989. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE 50 CENT TO $7.00
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$3.75-5.75 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
$l.OO LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $1.50 LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE UNEVEN. $2.00 HIGHER TO
$3.00 LOWER WHILE MIDWEST
AmmON FARMERS
EVERY MONDAY
HATFIELD PACKING CO. and
MOYER PACKING CO.
Will Receive Your
Hogs and Cattle at the
DANVIUE 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 youjnay 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
SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE
Feeding Programs
And Services To
Meet Your Individu;
Needs
Computerized
Record Keeping
System
PRICES WERE $4.00 LOWER. BEEF
PRODUCTION WAS 4 PERCENT
BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 3 PER
CENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 14
POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST
YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF MOVEMENT
THIS WEEK WERE AT A MINIMUM
THIS WEEK AT BOTH THE LOCAL
AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$3.00-10.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE STEADY TO $l.OO
HIGHER. LAMB SLAUGHTER WAS 1
PERCENT BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT
6 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 3 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR.
SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA
WERE 50 CENT TO $l.OO LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$l.OO LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES
WERE MOSTLY STEADY EXCEPT
Cnfc
Contracts
Available
HAMS WHICH WERE STEADY TO
$2.50 LOWER. PORK PRODUCTION
WAS LESS THAN 1 PERCENT BELOW
A WEEK AGO BUT 9 PERCENT
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE THE
SAME AS LAST YEAR.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET CLOSED 50 CENT LOWER
TO $1.50 HIGHER COMPARED TO
LAST WEDNESDAY’S TRADING.
BARROWS AND GILTS; COUNTRY
PLANTS US 1-3 200-250 LBS
36.50-42.00 US 1-2 210-250 LBS
HIGH YIELDING 40.00-42.00 US 2-4
210-250 LBS 37.00-40.00 SOWS
WERE $27.00-35.00 AND BOARS
$lB.OO-25.00
B4ERVS
\ BUYING
STATION
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
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
i 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
Supplying Farm Fresh
Feeder Pigs
[arketing and Hedging
Marketing of Genesis
Breeding Stock -
Developing Individual
Financial Programs
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
6% SLAUGHTER COWS 13%.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS lC
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
57%, OVER 600 LBS 21%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS: SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS; CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 71.25-74.00 CHOICE 2-3
1150-1300 LSS 70.85-73.00 CHOICE 2-3
Services
1300 LBS & OVER 7100-74.00 HEIF
ERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS
63.75- CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS
68.75- UTILITY & COMMERCIAL
COWS 43.50-57.25 BULLS; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 53.00-64.25 1-21300-1600
LBS 51.50-62.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
58.75- SLAUGHTER CALVES
AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS NO
QUOTE THIS WEEK GOOD AND
CHOICE 100-250 LBS 84.00-94.50
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 80.00-92.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS 65.00-67.00 FEW 58.00
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 37.00-40.00 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 25.50-34.00 500 LBS & OVER
31.5036.00.
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
200300 LBS 95.00114.00 FW 137.00
300-400 LBS 80.0095.00 300-400
95.00- 400-500 73.00-87.50
400-500 88.50-105.00 500-600
67.50-80.50 500-600 85.00-97.00 600-700
62.75-74.50 600-700 72.00-84.00 700-800
63.00- 700-800 73.00-80.00 800-900
65.00 800-900 65.00-74.00.
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Staunton Union & Marshall
(Fauquier), Va.
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 30 HEAD -
BARROWS AND GILTS 1.00 HIGHER.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 40.00 3-4 250-300 LBS 38.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 110 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH
TER BULLS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 97 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG UTILITY 1-3 44.00-55.75
BRKG UTILITY & COMM 2-4
44.00-53.00 CANNER & LOW CUTTER
1-2 39.00-48.75.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 13 HEAD - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
56.50-62.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
62.00-62.50.
LAMBS 170 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS STEADY. HIGH CHOICE AND
PRIME 95-125 LBS 65.00-67.00 CHOICE
85-125 LBS 60.00 SLAUGHTER EWES
ALL GRADES 15.00-28.00 SLAUGH
TER RAMS ALL GRADES 20.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 130 HEAD - TOO
FEW TO REPORT ON ANY CLASS.
COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 55
HEAD; M&L-l, 4-8 YR OLD
470.00- PER HEAD. COWS WITH
CALVES AT SIDE 97 HEAD; M&L-l.
4-8 YR OLD WITH CALVES
630.00- PER PAIR. BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 43
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
40.00- PER HEAD. OVER 100
LBS 100.00-140.00 PER CWT.
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STATE GRADED FEEDER CATTLE
347 HEAD SOLD AT MARSHALL
(FAUQUIER) STEERS; MED.&LARGE
1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400
99.00 400-500 96.00-96.50
500-600 84.75-86.00 82.00 600-700
74.00-86.75 76.50 700-800 76.50-81.75
72.00 74.50 800-900 74.00-80.50
900-1100 69.00-72.00.
HEIFERS; MED.&LARGE 1
MED.&LARGE 2 400-500 79.50-81.00
70.50 500-600 77.00-80.00 71.50 600-700
70.00-75.00 700-800 63.75-68.25
800-900 64.50-64.75.
Southwest Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Wytheville, Va.
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 28 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. BARROWS AND
GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 37.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 57 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS MOSTLY
STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 55 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 47.00-53.50
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 47.00-50.00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
35.00-47.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2 HEAD; 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 58.00-59.75
LAMBS 50 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS 4.00 LOWER. HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 58.00
SLAUGHTER EWES ALL GRADES
12.00-17.00 SLAUGHTER RAMS ALL
GRADES 18.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 75 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 700-800 75.00 800-900
65.00-65.50 HOLSTEIN STEERS;
MED.&LARGE 1-2 300-500 LBS 81.00;
500-700 LBS 75.00 700-900 LBS 64.50
HEIFERS; MED.&LARGE 1 300-400
91.00 FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1 SMALL
1 300-500 LBS 89.00 500-700 LBS
79.50 BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 19 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD 80.00-157.50 PER HEAD.
Peoria Sheep
Peoria, Illinois
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
STATE MARKET NEWS FLASH.
MIDSESSION AND CLOSE SHEEP: 100
TRADING MODERATE. NO RECENT
PRICE COMPARISON ON SLAUGH
TER LAMBS.
SHORN SLAUGHTER LAMBS: CON
SIGNMENT CHOICE AND PRIME
WITH #1 AND 2 PELTS 115 LBS. 64.00.
WOOLED SLAUGHTER LAMBS;
CHOICE AND PRIME 95-120 LBS.
58.00-62.00.
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