Virginia Weekly Richmond, Vs. February 16-23, 1989 FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA WERE UNEVEN. $2.00 LOWER TO $B.OO HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE $l.OO-2.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE $1.25 HIGH ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOWER. 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 RD 1 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 ATTENTION FARMERS EVERY MONDAY HATFIELD PACKING CO. and MOYER PACKING CO. Will Receive Your Hogs and Cattle at the DANVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET RO 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 - Owner Danville Buying Station Phone: 717-275-2880 SWINE PRODUCTION SALES AND SERVICE Feeding Programs And Services To Meet Your Individual Needs Computerized Record Keeping System COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA WERE $3.00-4.00 LOWER AS MID WEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY $l.OO LOWER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 6 PERCENT ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 3 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 18 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI NIA WERE STEADY AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $2.00 HIGHER. VEAL AND CALF SLAUGH TER WAS 9 PERCENT ABOVE A WEEK AGO BUT 2 PERCENT BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE $B.OO-9.00 LOWER LAST WEEK On* Contracts Available WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE $2.00 HIGHER. LAMB SLAUGHTER WAS 5 PERCENT ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 8 PERCENT ABOVE LAST YEAR. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHT- S WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY STEADY. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE UNEVEN. $5.00 LOWER TO $2.00 HIGHER. PORK PRODUCTION WAS 3 PERCENT ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 11 PERCENT ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG MARKET CLOSED 50-75 CENT LOW ER THAN LAST WEDNESDAY WITH rfumnmk mm* SMITHFIELO, LTD. J RECEIVING HOGS: LANCASTER COUNTY FARMERS MONDAYS: McCoy's Branch Offlcs, Barsvllle WEDNESDAYS: (Next to Bawells Butehsr Shop) A FRIDAYS: on Bullor Rd. 717-656-9668 TUESDAYS: B & R Caltlo THURSDAYS; Marlotta 717-426-3258 YORK COUNTY FARMERS MONDAYS; Stswartstown' 717-993-2564 TUESDAYS: Thomasvilla 717-792-2248 or 9836 Contact for Information: Ron Myers, 717-656-3291 .Ed Herrmann, 717-284-3203 or Charle Kauffman, 215-593-5674 Green Dragon Livestock Sales feP j Location: Ephrata RD 4. 1 mile N. on North State St., Ephrata. 0 0* s COWS % SALE EVERY FRIDAY Lots of good Northern Feeder & Stockers. Slaughter Cows - Bull Steer, Veal-lamb. 11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week. 1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale. 7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale. For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on farm or at our barn or other market information call: Office 717-733-2444, Home 717-838-4318. WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor All out of state and new buyers must have cash or certified check or current letter of credit from bank. Supplying Farm Fresh Feeder Pigs [arketing and Hedging Marketing of Genesis . Breeding Stock Developing Individual Financial Programs Services BARROWS AND GILTS; COUNTRY POINTS PLANTS US 1-3 200-240 LBS 36.50-41.25 US 1-2 210-240 LBS HIGH YIELDING 39.00-41.50 US 2-4 210-240 LBS 36.50-39.50 SOWS $28.00-34.75 AND BOARS $25.50-26.85. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 5%; SLAUGHTER COWS 26%; SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%; SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%; FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 47% OVER 600 LBS 20%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS 70.00-74.70 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER 71.70-75.40 HEIF ERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS ■69.00-72,00 CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS & OVER 70.70-73.75 UTILITY & COM MERCIAL COWS 43.50-53.00 BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 53.00-63.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 50.00-62.50 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 52.50-65.25 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 100-250 LBS 105.00-109.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 89.00-105.00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 75.00-81.50 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS 60.00-67.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 37.00-40.50 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 29.00-35.00; 500 LBS & OVER 31.00-36.70 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 HEIF ERS: MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS 95.00-105.00 300-400 LBS. $87.50-100.00 300-400 95.00-112.00 400-500 80.00-96.00 FW 76.00 400-500 90.50-103.00 500-600 72.00-80.25 500-600 84.00-95.00 600-700 70.00-79.75 600-700 75.50-87.75 700-800 61.00-73.00 700-800 70.00-77.00 800-900 63.00-66.25 800-900 67.00-79.00. NOW IS TO THINK ~Mr Shop with us for your supplies Drip • Overhead • Pumps • Filters | Injectors • Layflat 4- PVC Pipes • Fittings Plastic Mulches - Black or Clear ”” Smooth and Embossed Various Width & Length Taking orders on row covers can for free price catalog: Mulch Layer Mfg. • Raisedbed • Flatbed John W. Zimmerman Water Wheel Transplanters Irrigation Plants through plastic mulch or bare Center Church Rd. ground. r#i East Earl, Pa. 17519 Free delivery on 2 skid orders plus Phone (215) 445-6976 additional 10% 5% On NGf* seed purebred by March-4,1989. Don’t miss this special early payment discount on top quality NC+ seed. You’ll be dollars ahead now and bushels ahead at harvest time. Order today. NOTE' discount applies only to seed paid for in lull by date shown NC+ HYBRIDS District Sales Manager Barry L. Hoke gg 244 Moyer Ridge Dr., Manheim, PA 17545 Home Ph. (717) 665-2009 Answering Service (717) 665-9347 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1989-A9 Southeast And Central Virginia Area Livestock Summary SmlthfleM And Southslde (Black atone, Va. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS. SLAUGHTER HOGS 143 HEAD - SLAUGHTER SOWS MOSTLY 50-75 CENT HIGHER. BARROWS AND GILTS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 39.00 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 32.20-33.00 500 LBS & OVER 36.50-36.70 BOARS 28.00. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 55 HEAD - SLAUGHTER COWS 2.00-3.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS 45 HEAD CUT TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 45.00-53.25 BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 44.00-51.25 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2. SLAUGHTER BULLS 2 HEAD; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 59.00-62.50 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER. FEEDER CATTLE 61 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 105.00 94.00 93.00 400-500 95.00 84.00-89.00. HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 400-500 76.00- FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1 MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 LBS 101.00- 300-500 LBS 97.00 85.00- 500-700 LBS 69.50 700-900 LBS 57.50-64.00 BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 11 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 40.00- PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 89.00-123.00 PER CWT. THE TIME IRRIGATION
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