Cattle & Hogs Virginia Weekly Jlchmond, Va. ay, October 25, 1989 WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA MARKETS IN REVIEW; OCT. 19-25, 1989. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA SHOWED STEERS $3.00-4.50 HIGHER AND HEIFERS UNEVEN $2.00 HIGHER TO $4.00 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE $2.00-3.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $1.50 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE $2.00-4.00 HIGHER. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA WERE MOSTLY 50 CENT TO $9.00 Green Dragon Livestock Sales Location: Ephrata RD 4. mile N. on North State St., Ephrata. o o* s cows X 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. HOG CONTRACTS AVAILABLE! An Opportunity For People Who Are Capable Of Managing A New 1,000-2,000 Head Finishing Facility BENEFITS INCLUDE: ■ POSITIVE Cash Flow & Depreciation Write-Offs ■ MINIMAL Labor & Flexible Hours ■ QUALITY Farm-Produced Feeder Pigs ■ SUPERIOR On-Farm Technical Support !! HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOWER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 2% BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT 2% BELOW YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 13 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR. VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI NIA WERE STEADY ON A STRONG MARKET AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $2.00 LOWER. VEAL AND CALF PRODUCTION WAS THE SAME AS LAST WEEK BUT 16% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 6 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO. LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE Oaft \$> xX v Shearson Lehman Hutton is a full service brokerage firm fully integrated to serve your hedge and arbitrage needs in all agri cultural futures and options contracts. With a worldwide presence and over 80 years of market experience, we have the capabilities to design and tailor trading programs for: * Farms * Producers * Elevators * Ranchers * Merchandisers * Packers * Feed Mills Shearson Lehman Hutton 11 N. Third Stmt 2nd Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 PA Only I*Boo-332-1700 Local 717-780-1788 Jamas A. Rohrbaugh Financial Consultant Y Details - Ask For Mike Miller Or Jarmon $2.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $1.50 LOWER. LAMB PRODUCTION..WAS 4% above a Week ago and 7% 'ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. SLAUGHTER HOGS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY WITH LAST WEEK AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE $2.00-2.50 HIGHER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE VERY UNEVEN, $2.00 HIGHER TO $B.OO LOWER. HOG PRODUCTION WAS \% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 2% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO. THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG MARKET OCT. 18-25,1989. RECEIPTS FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN VIRGINIA ESTIMATED 17,571 HEAD COMPARED TO LAST WEEK 18,399 HEAD. THE MARKET CLOSED STEADY COMPARED TO LAST WED NESDAY'S TRADING WITH BAR ROWS AND GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS PLANTS US 1-3 200-240 LBS 45.00-49.00 US 1-2 210-240 LBS FEW HIGH YIELDING 46.50-48.50 US 2-4 210-240 LBS BASE PRICE 44.50-46.50 SOWS $32.50-43.50 AND BOARS $24.00-33. 70 SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 0%; SLAUGHTER COWS 12%; SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%; SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%; FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 66% OVER 600 LBS 20%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA * Exporters Shearson LEHMAN HUTTON An American Express company Minds Over Money nNNX Call For WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS: NO QUOTES THIS WEEK HEIFERS; NO QUOTES THIS WEEK UTILITY A COMMERCIAL COWS 41.00-52.50 BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 54.00-58.00 FEW 45.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 50.00-63.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 51.00-65.50 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS 100.00- GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS 82.00-100.00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 67.00- SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 50.00-56.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 44.00-47.00 SOWS QS 1-3 300-500 LBS 32.00-38.00; 500 LBS A OVER 36.00-40.00. FEEDER CATTLE STEERS: MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS 90.00-108.00 300-400 LBS 70.50- 300-400 90.00-106.00 FEW 89.00 400-500 70.00-85.00 400-500 82.50- 500-600 68.00-82.00 500-600 78.50- 600-700 60.00-76.50 600-700 70.00- 700-800 60.00-74.00 700-800 71.00- 800-900 59.00-67.25 800-900 64.50- Northern Virginia Area Livestock Summary Orange, Virginia Wednesday, October 25, 1989 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY SLAUGHTER HOGS 5 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. SOWS U S 1-3 300-500 LBS 36.75-39.25. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 103 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 6 HEAD STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 67.00-70.00 SELECT 2-3 900-1100 LBS 65.00. SLAUGHTER COWS 64 HEAD CUT TER & BNG. UT. 1-3 40.00-45.50 BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 42.00-49.50 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2. SLAUGHTER BULLS 12 HEAD - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 56.50-57.50 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 52.75-60.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 61.50-62.00. SLAUGHTER CALVES 21 HEAD GOOD & CHOICE 250-500 LBS 69.00-85.00. FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE & FANCY 70-85 LBS 46.00. FEEDER CATTLE 420 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 86.50 400-500 86.00-91.50 77.00-82.50 500-600 80.00-85.00 75.50-79.00 600-700 74.00-79.75 72.00 700-800 74.75-77.75 800-90071.75 HOLSTEIN STEERS; MED.&LARGE 1-2 900-1100 LBS 57.25 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 28,1989-A9 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 71.00- 68.50-73.00 68.75-75.00 400-500 72.00-78.50 66.50-73.50 65.00- 500-600 70.00-73.50 66.00- 600-700 69.00-74.00 FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1 SMALL 1 •100-300 LBS 91.50 300-500 LBS 75.50-93.50 71.00-80.50 500-700 LBS 73.00- 70.00 COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 6 HEAD; COWS WITH CALVES AT SIDE 12 PAIR; M-l, 3-12 YR OLD 700-1000 LBS WITH CALVES 50-340 LBS $480.00-630.00. L-l 6-8 YRS OLD 1000-1250 LBS WITH CALVES 260 LBS $740.00-800.00 PER PAIR. BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 32 HEAD NEWBORN TO4WK OLD 40.00-105.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 76.00-132.50 PER CWT. Southeast And Central Virginia Area Livestock Summary Soulhside (Blackstone) and Smlthfleld, Va. Wednesday, October 25, 1989 ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS. SLAUGHTER HOGS 225 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 36.90-37.70 500 LBS & OVER 38.50 BOARS 35.80-36.80. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 89 HEAD - SLAUGHTER COWS $l.OO HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY. SLAUGHTER COWS 83 HEAD CUT TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 44.00-52.00 BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 4400-5200 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2 37.00-43.75. SLAUGHTER BULLS 6 HEAD; 1-2 900-1300 LBS 54.75-62.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER FEEDER CATTLE 320 HEAD - FEED ER STEERS $l.OO-2.00 HIGHER FEED ER HEIFERS STEADY. FEEDER BULLS STEADY. STEERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 300-400 79.50 400-500 86.00- 82.00 88.00-90.00 500-600 72.00- 85.0077.00-80.00600-700 82.00- 700-800 74.25 800-900 69.00-70.50 HEIF ERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED&LAR GE 2 300-400 79.75 63.00-68,50 63.50-75.50 400-500 67.50-78.50 62.00- 60.00-74.00 500-600 65.00- 63.00-65.00 600-700 64.00- FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 200-300 LBS 96 00-111.00 300-500 LBS 74.00-90.50 64.00-75.00 70.00-86.50 500-700 LBS 62.00-77.00 61.00-65.00 BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 20 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD 55.00-87.50 PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 61.00-1 16.00; MOSTLY 101.00- 00 PER CWT.
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