Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Jan. 11,1990
MARKETS IN REVIEW; JAN. 4-10,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE UNEVEN, $3.00
HIGHER TO $B.OO LOWER WHILE
MIDWEST PRICES WERE $1.50-2.50
HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE NOT
REPORTED THIS WEEK AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO
$l.OO LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE MOSTLY $3.00-5.00 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$l.OO LOWER. BEEF PRODUCTION
WAS 2% BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT
2% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 8 POUNDS
HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE VERY UNEVEN AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$2.00 HIGHER. VEAL AND CALF PRO
DUCTION WAS 7% ABOVE A WEEK
AGO AND 14% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 4 POUND LIGHTER THAN
LAST YEAR.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
STEADY TO $6.00 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
MARKET YOUR
FORMULA FED
CALVES
WITH AREA PACKER
Our valued growers
weigh their own calves.
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820 W. Girard Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-923-VEAL
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$2.00 LOWER. LAMB PRODUCTION
WAS 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND
18% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND
HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE $l.OO-1.50 HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO
$l.OO Higher fresh pork prices
WERE $5.00 TO $lO.OO HIGHER
EXCEPT LOINS WHICH WERE
$2.00-3.00 LOWER. HOG PRODUC
TION WAS 10% BELOW A WEEK AGO
AND 8% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET JAN. 4-10, 1989. RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA ESTIMATED 17,930 HEAD
COMPARED TO LAST WEEK
HEAD. THE MARKET CLOSED
$l.OO-1.50 HIGHER COMPARED TO
LAST WEDNESDAY'S TRADING
WITH BARROWS AND GILTS: COUN
TRY POINTS PLANTS US 1-3 210-250
LBS 47.00-47.50 US 1-2 210-250 LBS
HIGH YIELDING 48.50-49.50 US 2-4
210-250 LBS BASE PRICE 46.50-47.50
SOWS $33.50-45.00 AND BOARS
$25.00-35.25
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 0%; SLAUGHTER COWS 27%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%; SLAUGH-
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TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
53% OVER 600 LBS 17%
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS: NO
PRICES REPORTED THIS WEEK
HEIFERS; NO PRICES REPORTED
THIS WEEK UTILITY & COMMER
CIAL COWS 42.00-55.00 BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 51.00-64.00 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 52.00-65.50 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 54.00-66.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS
92.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250
LBS CALVES - GOOD AND
CHOICE 250-500 LBS 67.00-84.00
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE
& PRIME 95-125 LBS 52.00-59.00
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250
LBS 44.00-48.25 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 35.00-48.00 500 LBS & OVER
35.00-48.00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 95.00-110.00 300-400 LBS
72.00- 300-400 85.00-101.00
400-500 69.00-84.50 400-500
83.00- FEW 76.00 500-600
68.00- 500-600 77.00-90.00
600-700 62.50-76.50 600-700
70.00- 700-800 62.00-74.00
700-800 70.00-84.00 800-900 61.00-66.50
800-900 65.00-76.50.
L. Robert Frame, Sr,
president
N. Virginia Area
Livestock
Staunton Union & Monhall
(Fauquier), VA
Jan. 9, 1990
SLAUGHTER HOGS 31 HEAD -
BARROWS AND GILTS 75 CENT
HIGHER. BARROWS AND GILTS US
2-4 200-250 LBS 48.25 BOARS 30.00
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 177 HEAD
SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH
TER BULLS 1.50 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER COWS 157 HEAD
CUTTER & BNG.UT. 1-3 44.00-52.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 24 43.00-55.00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
41.00-47.75
SLAUGHTER BULLS 5 HEAD; 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 58.00 1-2 1600 LBS &
OVER 56.00-61.00
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS 15 HEAD CALVES - GOOD
AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 67.00-73.00
LAMBS 50 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS STEADY. HIGH CHOICE AND
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PRIME 95-125 LBS 58.50 CHOICE
85-125 LBS 60.00 FEEDER LAMBS
CHOICE AND FANCY 70-85 LBS 62.50;
60-70 LBS 61.00 SLAUGHTER EWES
ALL GRADES 19.00-25.00 SLAUGH
TER RAMS ALL GRADES 23.00
FEEDER CATTLE 160 HEAD - TOO
FEW IN ANY GROUP TO QUOTE A
MARKET
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 29 HEAD NEWBORN TO4WK
OLD 25.00-115.00 PER HEAD. OVER
100 LBS 77.50-117.00 PER CWT.
STATE GRADED FEEDER CATTLE
282 HEAD SOLD AT MARSHALL. VIR
GINIA ON JAN. 9. 1990
STEERS; MED.&LARGE 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 400-500 81.00-92.50
82.75 75.00-85.50 500-600 79.00-86.00
75.00 75.00 600-700 79.00-82.25 74.00
77.00 700-800 78.00-79.50 73.00
800-900 77.00
HEIFERS; MED.&LARGE 1
MED.&LARGE 2 400-500 73.00-78.00
500-600 75.00-79.50 65.00-75.00 600-700
73.75-77.00 700-800 70.00 —.
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