Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, March S, 1990
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW; MARCH 1-7,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE $1.75-3.75 HIGH
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE MIX
ED $6.50 HIGHER TO $l.OO LOWER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE $2.25 HIGH
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$l.OO-1.75 HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE $1.25-2.75 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $l.OO-2.00 HIGH
ER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 2%
ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 6%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 4 POUND
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE STEADY FOLLOWING
MIDWEST PRICES WHICH WERE
ALSO STEADY. VEAL AND CALF
PRODUCTION WAS 5% ABOVE A
WfeEK AGO BUT 15% BELOW A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGED DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER
THAN A YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$l.OO-4.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE STEADY TO $2.75
LOWER. LAMB PRODUCTION WAS
10% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 9%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE THE
SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE $l.OO-1.25 HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT
HIGHER. FRESH PORK LOINS WERE
$4.00-8.00 HIGHER EXCEPT BOSTON
BUTTS $l.OO-3.50 LOWER. SLAUGH
TER HOG PRODUCTION WAS 4%
ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 6%
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 2 POUNDS
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
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MARKET IN VIRGINIA FOR THE PER
IOD TOTALED 51,293 HEAD COM
PARED TO LAST WEEK 49,465 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED $l.OO-1.23 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
50.00-51.00 50.50-51.00 FEW 50.00 US
1-2 200-210 LBS 48.50-49.00 US 1-3
250-260 LBS 48.50-49.00 US 2-3 260-270
LBS 46.50-47.00 US 2-4 270-300 LBS
42.50-45.00 SOWS $36.75-47.75 AND
BOARS $25.00-37.25 VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 896
HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $49.25-50.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 3%; SLAUGHTER COWS 16%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%; SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
53% OVER 600 LBS 25%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1100
LBS ft UNDER 73.25-74.75 FEW 70.00
CHOICE 2-3 1100-1300 LBS 73.25-76.50
FEW 69.75-70.75 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS
& OVER 74.20-76.25 HEIFERS;
CHOICE 2-3 950-1100 LBS 71.50-73.90
CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS ft OVER
71.50-74.80 UTILITY ft COMMERCIAL
COWS 44.50-57.00 BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 52.00-66,001-21300-1600
LBS 53.50-67.50 FEW 70.00 1-2 1600
LBS ft OVER 55.00-68.00 FEW 7150
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS
VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE ft PRIME
100-250 LBS GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 89.00-93.00 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
76.00-93.00 SLAUGHTER LAMBS
HIGH CHOICE ft PRIME 95-125 LBS
SPRING 65.10; WOOL 58.00-63.00
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1-3 200-250
LBS 44.00-50.00 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 47.75 500 LBS A OVER
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FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 95.00-113.00 300-4QO LBS
82.00- 300-400 94.00-110.00 FEW -
114.00 400-500 78.00-90.00 400-500
95.50- FEW 86.00 SOO-600
69.50- 500-600 BS.OO-99.00 600-700
71.00- 600-700 75.00-88.00 700-800
63.50- 700-800 72.00-83.00 800-900
63.50- 800-900 65.00-75.00.
Northern Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Orange, Virginia
Wednesday, March 7, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY. SLAUGHTER HOGS 25
HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-3 200-250
LBS SO.OO 2-4 250-300 LBS 45.50 1-3
180-200 LBS 42.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 73 HEAD -
NO TRENDS REPORTED.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 25 HEAD HEIFERS; STANDARD
1-3 850-1100 LBS 58.00-64.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS 45 HEAD CUT
TER * BNG.UT. 1-3 52.00-55.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 46.00-52.00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
45.00-50.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3 HEAD - 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 58.00-62.25 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 56.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 175 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 200-300 89.00-97.00 300-400
88.00- 400-500 87.00-94.00 500-600
79.00- 600-700 78.00-84.00.
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 300-400
77.00- 400-500 76.00-80.00 500-600
75.00- FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1
300-400 LBS 88.00-93.00 400-500 LBS
84.00-
Southeast And
Central Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
SouthsMe (Blackstone), Virginia
Wednesday, March 7,1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE
SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS. (SMITH
FIELD NOT AVAILABLE).
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 75 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH
TER BULLS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 67 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 49.50-56.75
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 44.50-57.00 1
AT 58.25 CANNER & LOW CUTTER
1-2 43.50-46.75.
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SLAUGHTER BULLS 8 HEAD; 1.2
1900-1600 LBS 59.00-66.0 a
FEEDER CATTLE 335 HEAD - FEED
ER STEERS, FEEDER HEIFERS AND
FEEDER BULLS STEADY. STEERS;
MEDIUM IMEDALARGE 2 300-400
92.00- 400-500 92.00-95.50
84.00- 500-600 88.00-91.00
78.00- 600-700 82.00-86.00
82.00- 700-800 72.00-73.00
800-900 66.75-69.25 ™ 900-1100 65.00.
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 98.00
79.50- obz4oo-500 84.00-87.50
70.50- 73.00-86.00 500-600
73.00- 70.00-74.00 70.00-75.00
600-700 73.00-74.50 61.75-71.00
700-800 67.00-67.50 800-900
63.50- FEEDER BULLS;
MED. 1 SMALL 1 MED.&LARGE 2
200-300 LBS 94.00-113.00
89.00- 300-500 LBS 88.00-112.00
82.00- 500-700 LBS 76.00-77.00
7OO-900 LBS 63.0065.00
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 32 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD 36.00-60.00 1 AT 110.00 PER
HEAD. OVER 100 LBS 95.00-130.00
PER CWT.
Southwest Virginia
Area Livestock
Summary
Wythevlllc, Virginia
Tuceday, March 6,1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 24 HEAD -
BARROWS AND GILTS 75 CENT
LOWER. BARROWS AND GILTS US
1-3 200-250 LBS 44.00 2-4 250-300 LBS
38.00-39.50 BOARS 25.00.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 83 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY TO
$l.OO HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER COWS 79 HEAD CUT
TER & BNG.UT. 1-3 45.00-53.00
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 46.00-54.00
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
38.00-46.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 4 HEAD; 1-2
1600 LBS & OVER SS.OO-61.00.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS TOTAL 100
HEAD - SLAUGHTER LAMBS $2.00
HIGHER SLAUGHTER LAMBS 26
HEAD HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME
95-125 LBS 58.00 FEEDER LAMBS 31
HEAD CHOICE AND FANCY 70-85
LBS 60.00 SLAUGHTER EWES AND
RAMS 43 HEAD SLAUGHTER EWES
ALL GRADES 18.00-25.00 5 HEAD
GOATS $19.00-75.00 PER HEAD.
FEEDER CATTLE 217 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 MED.ALARGB 2 200-300
95.00- 300-400 94.00-100.00
85.00- 400-500 93.00-99.00
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54.00- 500-600 87.00-90.00
600-700 75.00-76.00 HOLSTEIN
STEERS; MED.&LARGE 1-2 200-300
LBS 90.00-96.00; 300-500 LBS
89.00- 500-700 LBS 73.00-80.50.
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
MBD.4LARGE 2 200-300 84.00-87.00
300-400 82.00-88.00 78.00-84.00 400-500
81.00- 74.00-80.00 500-600
70.00- FEEDER BULLS; MED. 1
MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 LBS
93.00- 300-400 LBS
91.00- 84.00-92.00 400-500 LBS
88.00- 82.00-90.00 500-600 LBS
84.00- 75.00-83.00 COWS WITH
CALVES AT SIDE 4 PAIR; M-142,7-9
YR OLD 775-950 LBS WITH CALVES
100-275 LBS 775.00-785.00 PER PAIR.
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 30 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD 40.00-167.50 PER HEAD.
Shenandoah
Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
March 3, 1990
Report supplied by auction
STEERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
86.00-99.00; 500-700 LBS. 81.50-97.00;
700-1000 LBS. 70.00-79.50; HOLS THINS
300-1000 LBS. 62.50-84.50.
S-L&M&L-2: 300-500 LBS.
82.00-91.50; 500-700 LBS. 71.00-81.00;
700-1000 LBS. 62.00-65.50.
FEEDER BULLS; 300-500 LBS,
88.00-106 00; 500-700 LBS. 73.50-88.00;
700-800 LBS. 57.00-61.50.
S-L&M&L-2: 300-500 LBS.
85.00-93.50; 500-700 LBS. 65 00-78.50.
HEIFERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
83.00-97.00; 500-700 LBS. 69.00-84.50,
700-1000 LBS. 63.50-71.50.
S-L&M&L-2: 300-500 LBS.
67.00-81.00; 500-700 LBS. 59.50-73,00,
700-1000 LBS. 60.50-67.50.
STOCK COWS. BEEF TYPE
450.00-675.00.
BABY CALVES. BY THE HEAD;
75.00-130.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 46.50-51.75; CAN
NERS AND CUTTERS 41.00-46.25;
HIGH DRESSING COWS 52.00-55.25.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: 57.25-61.00.
LAMBS: BLUE O 62.00; RED 59.35;
FEEDER LAMBS 70.75.
SLAUGHTER EWES: 19.00-24.75;
HEAD EWES 50.00-75.00.
HOGS: 43.75-45.75.
SOWS: 47.75.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND
CHOICE 90.00-139.00; 250-500 LBS.
76.00-93.00.
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