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Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
August 9, 1990
MARKETS IN REVIEW: AUG. 2-8.
1990 FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE UNEVEN, $3.50
HIGHER TO $2.00 LOWER FOLLOW
ING MIDWEST PRICES WHICH WERE
ALSO MIXED, $9.25 LOWER TO $20.00
HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
$3 25 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE 75 CENT HIGHER TO 75 CENT
LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE WERE SI .50-2.25 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE 75 CENT TO
$l.OO HIGHER. BEEF PRODUCTION
WAS 5% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND
5% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 8 POUNDS
LIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO.
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VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE STEADY TO WEAK AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY
TO $5.00 LOWER. VEAL AND CALF
PRODUCTION WAS 3% ABOVE A
WEEK AGO BUT 11% BELOW A YEAR
AGO AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 26 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
MIXED, 75 CENT HIGHER TO 75 CENT
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$2.00-5.25 HIGHER. LAMB PRODUC
TION WAS 1% BELOW A WEEK AGO
BUT 5% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3
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POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A YEAR
AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE STEADY AS MIDEST
PRICES WERE $1.50-2.00 LOWER.
FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
$1.50-18.00 LOWER EXCEPT BELLIES
WHICH WERE $2.00 HIGHER. PORK
PRODUCTION WAS 8% ABOVE A
WEEK AGO AND 3% BELOW A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 4 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET AUG 2-8, 1990. RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 2,662 HEAD COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK 2,758 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED STEADY COMPARED TO
LAST WEDNESDAY'S TRADING
WITH BARROWS AND GILTS COUN
TRY POINTS LOCAL PLANT DELIV
ERED (30 MILE RADIUS) US 1-3
210-250 LBS 56 50-57 00 57.50-58 50 US
3-4 210-250 LBS 56.00-57 00 SOWS
$44.00-52.50 AND BOARS $36.00-44.00
VALLEY AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA
HOGS; 786 HEAD FOR THE PERIOD.
US 1-3 210-250 LBS $57.25-58.00
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 2%; SLAUGHTER COWS 17%
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SLAUGHTER BULLS 3%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
49%. OVER 600 LBS 29%
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS:
CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 70 50-73.00
CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 72.00-78.50
CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER
72.50- 75 HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3
900-1100 LBS 69.75-78.00 CHOICE 2-3
1100 LBS & OVER 73 50-79 00
SLAUGHTER COWS UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL COWS 48 00-56.50
FEW 60 25 SLAUGHTER BULLS
BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 53 50-69 00
FEW 71.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
59.00- 00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER
57.50- 00 FEW 75 50 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS
97.00- GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250*LBS 90.50-10000 CALVES -
GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS
77.00- SLAUGHTER LAMBS
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS
SPRING 48.50-52.75 SLAUGHTER
HOGS US 1-3 200-250 LBS 51.00-56.75
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 43.00-49.75
500 LBS & OVER 49.00-51.50
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 97.00-109.00 300-400 LBS
83.50- 300-400 96.00-110.00 FW
89.00 400-500 81.00-93.50 400-500
89.00- 500-600 80.00-90.00 FEW
75.50 500-600 84.00-99.00 600-700
76.00- 600-700 79.50-91.00
700-800 76.50-85.00 700-800
76.50- 800-900 64.00-77.00 800-900
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STOCK HEIFERS 70 00-92 50
SLAUGHTER STEERS. GOOD TO
CHOICE 70 00-74 00, MEDIUM TO
GOOD 64 00-69.50
HOLSTEIN STEERS HEAVY
60 00-68 50, LIGHT 57 00-61 50
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO
CHOICE 70 00-75 25, MEDIUM TO
GOOD 62 50-68 50
BULLS HEAVY 62 50 73 50, LIGHT
58 00-68 00
COWS FEW HIGH DRESSING
56 00-60 50, UTILITY HOLSTEIN
50 00-55 50, CANNERS 44 00-53 75,
COMMERCIAL TO GOOD 47 00-54 50.
CULL COWS 45 00 & DOWN
VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE
95 00-109.00, MEDIUM TO GOOD
75 00-90 00
808 CALVES; 50.00-76.00.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LB
100.00-154.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES:
RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LB
100.00-170.00.
HOGS: TOP QUALITY 58.50-59.50;
HEAVY 55.00-58.75; LIGHT
5200-57.00.
SOWS; 42.00-48.00.
MALE HOGS: 41.00-45.00,
BUTCHER LAMBS- 45 00-50 00
EGGS: (PER DOZEN) LARGE .70-.75,
MEDIUM AND SMALL, NONE
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