Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly ers in Virginia were steady to
Richmond, Va. $4.00 HIGHER FOLLOWING MID-
Thursday, August 2, 1990 WEST PRICES WHICH WERE STEADY
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA TO S 3OO HIGHER.
MARKETS IN REVIEW: JULY 25-AUG. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
-2 1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIF- ERS WERE NOT REPORTED THIS
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WEEK AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
MOSTLY STEADY.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE MIXED $3.50 HIGHER TO $5.00
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $1.50 HIGHER. BEEF
PRODUCTION WAS 4% BELOW A
WEEK AGO AND 1% ABOVE A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 6 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE MOSTLY STEADY FOL
LOWING MIDWEST PRICES WHICH
WERE ALSO MOSTLY STEADY.
VEAL AND CALF PRODUCTION WAS
6% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 15%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 31
POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A YEART
AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$1.50 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $6.00 LOWER.
LAMB PRODUCTION WAS 6%
BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT 5%
ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3 POUNDS
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE $l.OO-1.50 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50-75 CENT
LOWER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
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MIXED, $lO.OO HIGHER TO $12.00
LOWER. HOG PRODUCTION WAS 6%
BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 8%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 5 POUNDS
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET JULY 26-AUG. 1, 1990.
RECEIPTS FOR THE DIRECT HOG
MARKET IN VIRGINIA FOR THE PER
IOD TOTALED 2,758 HEAD COM
PARED TO LAST WEEK 3,021 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED WITH NO TREND
DUE TO NO PRICE QUOTED COM
PARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY'S
TRADING WITH ARROWS AND
GILTS; COUNTRY POINTS LOCAL
PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE
RADIUS) US 1-3 210-250 LBS
59.50-60.00 NO QUOTE US 3-4 210-250
LBS NO QUOTE SOWS $42.00-52.00
AND BOARS $35.00-44.00 VALLEY
AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS;
790 HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $59.50-60.50.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 1%; SLAUGHTER COWS 21%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 4%. SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
55%, OVER 600 LBS 19%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3
1100-1300 LBS 70.25 HEIFERS;
CHOICE 2-3 950-1100 LBS 70.00
SLAUGHTER COWS UTILITY & COM
MERCIAL COWS 46.00-58.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 55.00-69.50 1-21300-1600
LBS 62.00-74.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
61.00- FEW 55.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS
90.00- GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS CALVES - GOOD AND
CHOICE 250-500 LBS 79.00-84.50
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE
& PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING
48.50-53.50 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1-3
200-250 LBS 51.75-60.25 SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 42.50-51.00 500 LBS &
OVER 47.50-52.00.
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 95.00-113.00 300-400 LBS
84.00-99.50 300-400 94.00-109.00
following buyers for
supporting our 28th Annual
FFA Hog Show & Sale
Hatfield Packing
White Oak Mill
Keystone Farm Credit
Willie The Butcher
Ken and Leon Trucking
Arnold Hog Farm
Ray Burkholder Trucking
Vent Dull
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4 1990-A9
400-500 82.00-95.50 FEW 74.50 400-500
89.00-107.00 500-600 76.00-92.00
500-600 84.00-98.00 600-700 73.00-87.00
600-700 81.00-93.50 700-800 72.00-84.75
700-800 75.00-86.00 800-900 70.00-77.00
800-900 70.25-83.75.
Northern Virginia
Livestock Summary
Orange, Va.
Wednesday, August 1, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY. SLAUGHTER CATTLE
139 HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED
SLAUGHTER STEERS & HEIFERS 14
HEAD STEERS CHOICE 2-3,1150-1300
LB. 70.25 SELECT 2-3 , 900-1100 LB.
68.00 - 70.00.
HEIFERS CHOICE 2-3, 900-1100 LB.
70.00 SELECT 2-3, 850-1100 LB. 68 00 ■
70.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS 97 HEAD CUT
TER & BONING UT. 1-3 47.00 - 53 00
BREAKING UT. & COMM 2-4 48.50 -
56.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 28 HEAD Y G.
1-2, 900-1300 LB. 65.00 Y.G 1-2,
1300-1600 LB. 62.00 - 74.00 Y.G 1-2,
1600 LBS. & OVER 61.00 - 68.25.
LAMBS TOTAL RECEIPTS 10 HEAD
- NO TRENDS REPORTED SLAUGH
TER LAMBS 10 HEAD CHOICE AND
PRIME, 95-125 LB. SPRING 50.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 281 HEAD- FEED
ER STEERS $2.00-6.00 HIGHER. FEED
ER HEIFERS STEADY TO $2 00 HIGH
ER. FEEDER BULLS STEADY STEERS
MEDIUM 1 400-500 94 00- 99.00
500-600 93.50- 97 50 600-700 83 00-
90.00 700-800 80 25 HOLSTEIN STEER
MED & LARGE 2 700- 900 62 50 1100 &
OVER 56.50- 59 00
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED
& LARGE 2 300-400 - 80.00- 86.00
400-500 84.75- 91.00 - 78 00- 84.00
500-600 83.50- 90 50 76 50- 80 50 76 00-
82.50 600-700 76.50- 84 00 - - 700-800
72.00 - - BULLS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1
MED & LARGE 2 200-300 114 00 - -
300-400 95.00- 99.00 - 89 00- 92 50
400-500 89.00- 95.25 83.00- 87 00 -
500-600 80 50- 85 00 - - 600-700 75 25-
79.50 - - BABY CALVES RETURNED
TO FARMS 32 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4
WK OLD $7OOO-112.50 PER HEAD.
OVER 100 LBS $lOO 00-110 00 PER
CWT.
The Lancaster
County Red Rose
FFA thanks the