Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thunday, February 1, 1990
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW; JAN. 25-31,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $2.50
LOWER WITH HEAVY HEIFERS
SHOWING SOMBSTRENGTH AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE UNEVEN. $l.OO
HIGHER TO $l.OO LOWER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
$5.00 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE MOSTLY $1.75-8.00 HIGHER
AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$1.50-2.50 HIGHER. BEEF PRODUC
TION WAS 8% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
BUT 1% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3
POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A YEAR
AGO.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE STEADY WHILE MID
WEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY
STEADY. VEAL AND CALF PRODUC
TION WAS 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
BUT 15% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 23 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
HAY, STRAW
& GRAIN SALE
Every Thursday at 1 p.m.
Vintage Sales
Stables, Iqc.
(Rt. 30, 10 miles east of Lancaster
In Paradise, PA)
For Info. L. Robert Frame, Sr.
717-442-4181 business president
215-458-8518 home Glenn S. Frame,
Mgr.
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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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50 CENT LOWER AS THE MIDWEST
MARKET WAS UNEVEN. $2.00 HIGH
ER TO $ 1,00 LOWER. LAMB PRODUC
TION WAS 3% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
AND 8% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1
POUND HEAVIER THAN A YEAR
AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT
HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$1.50-2.00 LOWER. FRESH PORK
PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO $9.00
HIGHER EXCEPT BELLIES WHICH
WERE $5.75-6.75 LOWER. HOG PRO
DUCTION WAS 2% ABOVE A WEEK
AGO AND 4% ABOVE A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 1 POUND LIGHTER .THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET JAN. 25-31,1989. RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 31,668 HEAD COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK 16,585 HEAD. THE
MARKET CLOSED STEADY TO 50
CENT HIGHER COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY'S TRADING WITH
BARROWS AND GILTS: COUNTRY
POINTS LOCAL PLANT DELIVERED
(30 MILE RADIUS) US 1-3 210-250 LBS
45.50-46.75 47.75-48.25 FEW 49.00 US
1-2 200-210 LBS 45.25-46.25 US 1-3
250-260 LBS 45.25-46.25 US 2-3 260-270
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LBS 43.25-44.25 US 2-4 370.300 LBS
39.25-42.25 SOWS J 34.00-43.00 AND
BOARS $25.00-33:50 "VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 525
HEAD US 1-3 210-250 LBS
$46.00-46.75.
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SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 1%; SLAUGHTER COWS 24%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3%; SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
60% OVER 600 LBS 12% PRICE
RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY
AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE
STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS
70.50 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS A OVER
71.00 HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS '
A OVER 71.50 UTILITY A COMMER
CIAL COWS 46.00-58.00 BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 55.00-66.501-2 1300-1600
LBS 56.50-67.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
55.00-69.00 SLAUGHTER CALVES
AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE A PRIME 100-250 LBS 1 AT
108.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250
LBS CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS I AT 87.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE A PRIME
95-125 LBS 50.00-55.00 SLAUGHTER
•HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 43.00-45.75
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 34.00-43.50
500 LBS A OVER 40.25-45.75
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1
HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS
93.00- 300-400 LBS 75.00-86.50
FEW 98.00 300-400 90.00-108.00 FEW
85.00 400-500 72.00-87.50 400-500
85.00- FEW 82.00 500-600
72.00- 500-600 78.00-95.00 600-700
66.00- 600-700 74.00-84.00 700-800
66.00- 700-800 71.00-81.00 800-900
65.00- 800-900 66.50-79.00.
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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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N. Virginia Area
Livestock
Orange, VA
Jan. 31, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY
NO REPORT AVAILABLE.
Call For
S.W. Virginia Area
Livestock
Wythe rill*, VA
Jan. 30, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 4 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. BARROWS AND
GILTS US 2-4 250-300 LBS 4100-46.00
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 41.50
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 58 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS $l.OO-3.00 HIGH
ER
SLAUGHTER COWS 50 HEAD CUT
TER A BNG.UT. 1-3 47.00-52.00
BRKG.UT. A COMM. 2-4 48.00-53.50 1
AT 58.50 CANNER A LOW CUTTER
1-2 37.00-46.50
SLAUGHTER BULLS 8 HEAD; 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 58.50-65.00 1-2 1600
LBS A OVER 58.75-63.00
LAMBS 58 HEAD - SLAUGHTER
LAMBS $3.00 LOWER. HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 95-125 LBS 50.00 CHOICE
85-125 LBS 48.00 SLAUGHTER EWES
ALL GRADES 15.00-22.00 SLAUGH
TER RAMS ALL GRADES 18.00
FEEDER CATTLE 84 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 200-300 95.00-101.00
400-500 84.00-85.00 500-600 87.00-90.00
600-700 83.00-84.00
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 LARGE I
MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 95.00-97.00
74.50-80.00 300-400 98.00 400-500
75.00- 90.00-91.00 72.00-74.00
500-600 75.00-83.00 70.00-75.00
600-700 77.00-78.75 FEEDER
BULLS; MED. 1 300-500 LBS
85.00- 500-700 LBS 79.00-80.00
COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 4
HEAD; M-2, 5-9 YR OLD 800-925 LBS
400.00- PER HEAD. COWS
WITH CALVES AT SIDE 1 PAIR; M-1.7
YR OLD 875 LBS WITH CALF 90 LBS
650.00 PER PAIR. BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 18 HEAD
NEWB.ORN TO 4 WK OLD
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Jan. 31, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE
SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS. (SMITH
FIELD NO REPORT)
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 45 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS $2.00-3.00 HIGH
ER. SLAUGHTER BULLS $l.OO-100
HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER COWS 38 HEAD CUT
TER ft BNG.UT. 1-3 50.50-57.00
BRKG.UT. ft-COMM. 2-4 49.00-54.75
CANNER ft LOW CUTTER 1-2
45.00-49.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS 7 HEAD; 1-2
900-1300 LBS 62.75 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
60.50- 1-2 1600 LBS ft OVER
59.50-
FEEDER CATTLE 124 HEAD - FEED
ER STEERS. FEEDER HEIFERS AND
FEEDER BULLS $l.OO-2.00 LOWER.
STEERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 105.00
400-500 94.00 80.00 89.50 500-600
78.00-82.50 HOLSTEIN STEERS;
MED.&LARGE 1-2 500-700 LBS 69.00;
900-1100 LBS 56.00-SB.OO
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 86.00-87.50
73.00- 400-500 83.00 71.00-74.00
71.00- FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1
SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2 200-300
LBS 86.00-108.00 99.00 300-500 LBS
86.00- 66.00-87.00 79.00-80.50
500-700 LBS 76.00 BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 11
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
70.00-102.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100
LBS 111.00-151.00 PER CWT.