Virginia
Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Jan. 17, 1990
MARKETS IN REVIEW; JAN. 11-17,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE $l.OO-4.50 LOW
ER WITH HEIFERS SHOWNING SOME
STRENGTH. MIDWEST PRICES
WERE 25 CENT TO $2.75 LOWER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA HAD NO COMPARI
SON WITH LAST WEEK BUT HAD A
STEADY UNDERTONE AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE STEADY TO WEAK.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
HAD COWS $l.OO LOWER AND
BULLS $2.00 TO $3.75 HIGHER AS
MIDWEST MARKETS WERE ALSO
10-20-20 @
$l60 00
10-20-10 @
$l60 00
8-24-8 @
$l65 00
GROUP YOUR SEED, FERTILIZER & SPRAYS AND
SAVE EVEN MORE NOW THRU JAN. 30th!
BOYDELL FARMS
302 lona Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042
Phone: 717-272-8943
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
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1-800-468-5524
MIXED, 50 CENT LOWER TO $l.OO
HIGHER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS
10% HIGHER THAN A WEEK AGO
BUT 3% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 4 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA AND NATIONALLY DID NOT
SELL ENOUGH AT ANY ONE TIME
TO ESTABLISH A MARKET. VEAL
AND CALF PRODUCTION WAS 6%
ABOVE A WEEK AGO BUT 21%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 11
POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A YEAR
AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
SAVE t/ij*
- FULL LINE OF -
SPRAY MATERIAL
Atrazine
Banvel
Bicep
Bladex
Bullet
Extrazine
Furadan
Gramoxone
Lasso
Lorox
Counter Prowl
Dual Roundup
Plus Many More
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419 West High St., Elizabethtown, PA 17022
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84 VWAP
74 AT
Wetfoot
Erie
NC 2520
NC 2402 A &-i Q5O
NC 2500 N> ■ 5*
NC 2390
Lebanon
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Details - Ask For
Mike Miller Or Jarmon
(717) 367-1525
MIXED, $l.OO LOWER TO $3.00 HIGH
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$l.OO-6.00 LOWER. LAMB PRODUC
TION WAS 15% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
AND 23% ABOVE A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
LAST YEAR.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE STEADY AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO $1.75
LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
$2.50-5.50 LOWER. HOG PRODUC
TION WAS 32% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
AND 2% ABOVE A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSSED WEIGHTS
WERE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET JAN. 11-17, 1989. RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA ESTIMATED 16,233 HEAD
COMPARED TO LAST WEEK 17,930
HEAD. THE MARKET CLOSED NO
TREND REPORTED COMPARED TO
LAST WEDNESDAY'S TRADING
WITH BARROWS AND GILTS: COUN
TRY POINTS PLANTS US 1-3 210-250
LBS 45.50-47.00 US 1-2 210-250 LBS
HIGH YIELDING NO QUOTE US 2-4
210-250 LBS BASE PRICE NO QUOTE
SOWS $33.75-43 00 AND BOARS
$25.00-34.60
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 5%; SLAUGHTER COWS 16%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%; SLAUGH-
OATS
Noble
Ogle
Porter
Hercules
Heritage
TWINES
422
Farms \ /
B9 7|fschaettar«lown
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Call For
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
53% OVER 600 LBS 24%
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS:
CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 71.75-74.35
CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 71.70-75.85
CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER
71.50-74.10 HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3
900-1000 LBS 68.00-73.00 CHOICE 2-3
1000-1270 LBS 69.25-75.75 UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL COWS 40.00-53.50
BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 52.50-65.00
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 54.00-64.50 1-21600
LBS & OVER 56.25-69.25 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS
GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 6800-82.00 FEW 93.00
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH
CHOIOO-500LBS 33.00-40.50 FEW 50.50
500 LBS & OVER 38.50-45.75
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 88.00-101.00 300-400 LBS
72.00- 300-400 85.00-101.00
400-500 70.00-85.00 400-500
82.00- FEW 72.50 500-600
68.00- 500-600 76.50-89.00 FEW
70.50 600-700 63.50-74.00 600-700
74.50-88.00 700-800 60.00-72.50
700-800 72 00-85.00 800-900 61.50-69.00
800-900 68.00-80.00.
S.E. & Central Virginia
Area Livestock
Southside (Blackstone),
VA
Jan. 17, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE
SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS. **NO
REPORT ON SMITHFIELD
AUCTION**
Myerslown
l«(^(Fmls
Swine Finishing Contracts Available
for new or remodeled buildings!
We need ALL-IN-ALL Out Facilities
as well as Continuous Flow Facilities
Facility Sizes Needed:
600 Head Capacity
900 Head Capacity
1200 Head Capacity
Become a part of our Planned Growth!
Call now to discuss this opportunity!
717-626-0331
or
1-800-432-3040
SLAUGHTER HOGS HEAD -
NONE REPORTED. SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 500 LBS & OVER
lanuary
BOARS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 80 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS
STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 66 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 46.00-51.75 1 53.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 45.00-51.50
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
42.50-45.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS 14 HEAD; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 54.00-63.001-2 1300-1600
LBS 58.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
56.00-65.50
FEEDER CATTLE 290 HEAD - FEED
ER STEERS AND HEIFERS STEADY
-1.00 HIGHER. FEEDER BULLS
STEADY-1.00 HIGHER. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2
300-40096.00 400-500 87.00-90.50
78.50 500-600 82.00-82.50
70.50-77.50 600-700 75.00-78.00 --
700-800 75.00-78.00
HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 80.50-83.50
64.00- 79.00-80.00 400-500
77.00- 67.00-68.50 69.00-75.00
500-600 71.50-76.00 64.00-67.00
600-700 67.00-71.00
FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 LBS
100.00- 79.00 72 00-76.00 300-500
LBS 83.00-101.00 68.00-76.00
68.00- 500-700 LBS 68.00-80.00
60.00- 58.00-68.00 700-900 LBS
61.00 58.50
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 22 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD 41.00-60.00 PER HEAD. OVER
100 LBS 75.00-126.00 PER CWT.
Belknap Livestock
Dayton, PA
NOT AVAILABLE.
Eighty-Four Livestock
Eighty-Four, PA
NOT AVAILABLE.
1,1990-A9