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Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
July 11, 1990
MARKETS IN REVIEW; JULY 5-11,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE UNEVEN, $4.00
LOWER TO $5.00 HIGHER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $3.00-7.00 HIGH
ER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY
FOLLOWING THE MIDWEST WHICH
WAS STEADY TO 50 CENT HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE STEADY TO $4.00 HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY
TO FIRM. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS
18% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 4%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 5 POUNDS
LIGHTER.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE FIRM AS MIDWEST
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PRICES WERE STEADY TO $3 00
LOWER. VEAL AND CALF PRODUC
TION WAS 39% BELOW A WEEK
AGO AND 35% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 28 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$1.25-2.50 HIGHER AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE MIXED, $l.OO LOWER
TO $6.00 HIGHER. LAMB PRODUC
TION WAS 12% BELOW A WEEK
AGO BUT 5% ABOVE A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 6 POUND HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE 50 CENT HIGHER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY
TO $l.OO HIGHER. FRESH PORK
PRICES WERE STEADY TO $20.00
HIGHER. PORK PRODUCTION WAS
14% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND LESS
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THAN 1% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 4 POUND HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET JULY 5-11, 1990. RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 2,957 HEAD COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK 2,349 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED $1.50-2.00 LOWER COM
PARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY'S
TRADING WITH BARROWS AND
GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS LOCAL
PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE
RADIUS) US 1-3 210-250 LBS
59.50-60.00 59.00-60.00 FEW 61 00 US
1-2 200-210 LBS 57,00-58.00 US’' 1-3
250-260 LBS 57.00-58.00 US 2-3
260-270 LBS 55,00-56.00 US 2-4 270-300
LBS 51.00-54.00 SOWS $38.25-52.20
AND BOARS $36.00-44.20 VALLEY
AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS;
826 HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $62 25-63 00
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 0%, SLAUGHTER COWS 18%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3%, 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 1300 LBS & OVER 73.00
HEIFERS; NO PRICES QUOTED THIS
WEEK SLAUGHTER COWS UTILITY
& COMMERCIAL COWS 47.00-59.75
SLAUGHTER BULLS BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 62.0a74.00 FEW 55.00
1-2 130ai600LBS 59.00-71.00 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 60.00-76.50 FEW 56.25
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SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS
VEALERS.- HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
100-250 LBS 92.00-101.00 GOOD AND
CHOICE 100-250 LBS 78.50 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
86.00- FEW 69 00-75.00 SLAUGH
TER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS SPRING 50.75-53 50
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1-3 200-250
LBS 56.50-62.95 SOWS US 1-3 300-500
LBS 41.00-4700 500 LBS & OVER
45.00-
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 92.50-103.00 300-400 LBS
79.00- 300-400 87.50-102 00 FEW
109 00 400-500 75.00-88 00 400-500
89.00- 500-600 78.00-94.00
500-600 80.00-94.00 600-700 69.00-82.00
600-700 78.00-91.00 700-800
66.00-74.50 700-800 73,00-84.50
800-900 65.00-71.50 800-900
68.50-78.50
N. Virginia Area
Livestock
Staunton Union & Marshall,
VA
July 10, 1990
SLAUGHTER HOGS 56 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. BARROWS
AND GILTS US 1-3 20a250 LBS 61.35
2-4 25a300 LBS 57.0a60.00 SOWS US
1-3 300-500 LBS 41.00-42.00
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 94 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS $l.OO LOWER
SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 83 HEAD
COWS CUTTER & BNG. UT. 1-3
46.5a53.00 BRKG. UT. & COMM. 2-4
48.0a56.50 CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER 1-2 44.5a49.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS 11 HEAD - 1-2
90ai300 LBS 64.00 1-2 130ai600 LBS
63.75-65.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
65.0a69.50
TOTAL LAMBS 530 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER LAMBS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS 200 HEAD
HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME 95-125 LBS
SPRING 53.50 CHOICE 85-125 LBS
SPRING 47.00 FEEDER LAMBS 250
HEAD CHOICE AND FANCY 7a85
LBS 47.00; 6a7OLBS 44.50 EWES AND
RAMS 80 HEAD SLAUGHTER EWES
ALL GRADES 14.0ai8.00 SLAUGH
TER RAMS ALL GRADES 15.0ai8.50
FEEDER CATTLE 205 HEAD - NO
PRICES QUOTED.
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 40 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD $40.0a 120.00 PER HEAD. OVER
100 LBS $70.00-137.50 MOSTLY
$90.0ai37.50 PER CWT.
STATE GRADED FEEDER CATTLE
694 HEAD SOLD AT MARSHALL, VA
ON JULY 10, 1990
STEERS: MED.&LARGE 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 98.25
400-500 90.25-98.75 81.00-91 00
500-600 87.75-93.50 85.00-86.00 82.75
600-700 84,50-89.50 79.50 77.75 700-800
83.00- 76.75-82 50 800-900
82.75-83.25 74.50-77.75 900-1000
78.00-
HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300-400 89.00
400-500 85.00-92.00 76.50-80.00 500-600
82.50- 78.00 600-700 79.25-84.00
77.00 700-800 77.50-80.25 78.00 800-900
26.50- —.
S.E. & Central Virginia
Area Livestock
Smithfleld & Southside (Biackstone),
VA
July 11, 1990
SOUTHSIDE CATTLE SOLD ON
OUT WEIGHTS.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 165 HEAD - NO
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14,1990-A9
TREND BARROWS AND GILTS US 1 -3
200-250 LBS 64.50 SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 48.00-49.60 500 LBS &
OVER 50.10-51.10 BOARS 42.00-42.75
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 68 HEAD -
NO TREND
SLAUGHTER COWS 52 HEAD CUT
TER & BNGUT. 1-3 42.50-56.75
BRKG.UT. & COMM. 2-4 47.50-56 50
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 1-2
47 75-5000
SLAUGHTER BULLS 13 HEAD, 1-2
900-1300 LBS 58.00-65 00 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 6000-67.75 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 65.75-69 25
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND
VEALERS 3 HEAD VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 200-350 LBS
GOOD & CHOICE 200-350 LBS
86.00- 00 FEEDER CATTLE 364
HEAD - NO TREND STEERS,
MEDIUM 1 MED.&LARGE 2 300-400
91.00- 89.50-91.00 400-500
89.00- 50 77.00-86.00 500-600 85 00
84.00- 600-700 81,50-84.00 78.00
HOLSTEIN STEERS; MED &LARGE
1-2 300-500 LBS 78 50 500-700 LBS
75.0079.50 700-900 LBS 66 50 HEIF
ERS; MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 300400 76.0094.50
82.00- 50 400-500 80.00-86 50
70 0080 00 500-600 76 00-82 00 76 00
600-700 70.50-76 50 FEEDER
BULLS; MED. 1 SMALL 1
MED.&LARGE 2 200-300 LBS
99.00- 300-400 LBS
89.50-105.00 75.00-82.00 73.50-84.00
400-500 LBS 90.50 73 00-74.00
74.00- 500-600 LBS 75.00-80 00
600-700 LBS 72 50 700-900
LBS 65.00
COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 7
HEAD; M-l, 5-7 YR OLD $48.00-48.50
PER CWT. BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 33 HEAD
NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
$35.00-67.50 PER HEAD. OVER 100
LBS $97.50-125.00 PER CWT
Shenandoah
Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
July 7, 1990
Report supplied by auction
STEERS; M&L-l 300-500 LBS
85.00-98.00; 500-700 LBS. 78.00-92,00;
700-900 LBS. 70.00-83.00.
S-L&M&L-2 HOLSTEIN 300-1000
LBS. 65.00-89.00.
FEEDER BULLS: M&L-l 300-500
LBS 84.00-92 00; 500-700 LBS.
70 00-83 00, 700-800 LBS. 62 00-71 00
HEIFERS M&L-l 300-500 LBS
72 00-80 00, 500-700 LBS 67.00-81 00;
700-1000 LBS. 65.00-77.00
STOCK COWS BEEF WITH CALVES
700 00-970.00, BABY CALVES BY THE
POUND 100.00-130.00, BY THE HEAD
40 00-175.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: STEADY TO
1 00 LOWER. UTILITY AND COMMER
CIAL 2-4 47.00-56.00; CANNER AND
CUTTERS 1-3 4500-49 00
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1&2
66.25-70.50.
LAMBS: BLUE O HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 53.30; RED O CHOICE
46.70; FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE
47.00- SLAUGHTER EWES
14.00- HEAD EWES 35.00-43.00.
HOGS; US 1-3 200-240 LBS. 61.50;
SOWS 1-3 55.25; BOARS 42.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES; 69.00-75.00.