Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, August 16, 1990
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW;
AUG. 9-15,1990. FEEDER STEERS AND
HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA FOLLOWED
MIDWEST PRICES AND WERE VERY
UNEVEN, $2.00 LOWER TO $4.00
HIGHER, MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$9.00 LOWER TO $6.00 HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE MIXED, $2.00
LOWER TO $3.50 HIGHER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$1.75 HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
HAD COWS $4.50-5.00 LOWER AND
BULLS $2.50-4.25 HIGHER, MIDWEST
PRICES WERE $l.OO-2.00 HIGHER.
BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 5% ABOVE
A WEEK AGO BUT 5% BELOW A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 10 POUNDS LIGHT
ER THAN A YEAR AGO.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE MOSTLY STEADY AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
WEAK. VEAL AND CALF PRODUC
TION WAS 3% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
BUT 9% BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVER
AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 28
POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A YEAR
AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
$l.OO-2.75 LOWER AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE 75 CENT TO $2.00
LOWER. LAMB PRODUCTION WAS
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An Opportunity For People Who Are Capable Of
Managing A New 1,000-2,000 Head Finishing Facility
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■ POSITIVE Cash Flow & Depreciation Write-Offs
■ MINIMAL Labor & Flexible Hours
■ QUALITY Farm-Produced Feeder Pigs
■ SUPERIOR On-Farm
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2% BELOW A WEEK AGO AND 2%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 3 POUNDS
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE 50 CENT TO 75 CENT
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$l.OO-1.25 LOWER. FRESH PORK
PRICES WERE MIXED, $5.00 HIGHER
TO $7.00 LOWER. HOG PRODUCTION
WAS LESS THAN 1 % ABOVE A WEEK
AGO AND 6% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGED DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 3 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET AUG. 9-15,1990. RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 2,931 HEAD COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK 2,662 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED 50-75 CENT LOWER
COMPARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY'S
TRADING WITH BARROWS AND
GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS LOCAL
PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE
RADIUS) US 1-3 210-250 LBS
55.50-56.00 56.00-56.50 US 3-4 210-250
LBS 54.50-55.50 SOWS $44.00-53.00
AND BOARS $35.00-43.30 VALLEY
AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS;
774 HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $56.00-56.50.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
3%; SLAUGHTER COWS 16%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 1%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
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Wanted To Buy
Crippled and
Disabled Sows
and Boars
Hogs Slaughtered For
Federal Inspection
PHONE 717-274-7609
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53%, OVER 600 LBS 24%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 76.00-76.50 CHOICE 2-3
1150-1300 LBS 70.00-76.50 CHOICE 2-3
1300 LBS & OVER 70.25-76.75 HEIF
ERS; CHOICE 2-3 900 LB & UNDER
68.00- CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS
70.00- CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS &
OVER 70.00-74.00 SLAUGHTER COWS
UTILITY & COMMERCIAL COWS
42.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS
BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 58.00-70.00
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 57.00-70.00 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 60.00-75.50 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS
- GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS
91.00- CALVES - GOOD AND
CHOICE 250-500 LBS 80.00-87.75
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE
& PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING
45.50-50.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1-3
200-250 LBS 52.00-57.50 SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 40.00-50.50 500 LBS &
OVER 46.00-51.90
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1
HEIFERS; MEDIUM I 200-300 LBS
90.00- 300-400 LBS 85.00-95.00
FEW 103.00 300-400 98.00-115.00
400-500 82.00-97.50 400-500
93.00- FEW 86.00 500-600
81.00- FEW 75.00 500-600
80.00- 600-700 74.00-87.50 600-700
80.00- 700-800 74.00-84.00 700-800
78.00- 800-900 71.00-77.25 800-900
73.00-
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Hagerstown, Md.
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1990
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: UTILITY
50.00- 00; HIGH DRESSING
56.00- CANNERS 48.00-53.00;
SHELLY 48.00 DOWN.
BULLS: YG#ll3OO LBS. UP TO 68.25;
YG#2 61.00-65.00; STANDARD
55.00-60.00.
FED STEERS: SELECT 1200-1400
LBS. 67.00-71.00; SELECT AND LOW
CHOICE 900-1050 LBS. 70.00-74 00-
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STANDARD 1 100-1400 LBS
58.00-64.50.
FED HEIFERS: CHOICE TO PRIME
800-1050 LBS. 71.00-74.00; CHOICE
700-800 LBS. 67.00; SELECT, ALL
WEIGHTS, 62.00-66.00.
VEAL CALVES: CHOICE 170-300
LBS. 107.00-115.00; GOOD 82.00-94 00;
CULLS 85-110 LBS. 67.00-73.00; 50-80
LBS. 63.00-69.00; WEAK AND ROUGH
63.00 DOWN.
FARM CALVES, HOLSTEIN BULLS:
#1 90-125 LBS. 140.00-173.00; #2 85-110
LBS. 90.00-150.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: 95-120 LBS.
150.00-200.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: #1 AND 3 220-260
LBS. 55.75-56.50; 260-280 LBS.
54.00-55.00; 200-215 LBS. 54.00-55.00.
SOWS: 300-700 LBS. ->7.00-50.00.
BOARS: 400-750 LBS. 44.00-45.75
STOCK CATTLE; STEERS 300-500
LBS. 86.00-95.00; ONE 106.00; 500-700
LBS. 68.00-75.00; 700-800 LBS.
70.00-77.00; 800-1000 LBS. 65.00-74.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 78.00-94.00;
500-700 LBS. 74.00-84.00; 700-800 LBS.
64.00-71.00.
BULLS; 300-500 LBS. 78.00-99.00;
500-700 LBS. 78.00-89.00; 900-1000 LBS.
64.00-65.00.
LAMBS: CHOICE 60-110 LBS.
48.00-53.00; 40-60 LBS. 51.00-65.00;
GOOD. ALL WEIGHTS, 46.00-48.00.
SHEEP: 18.00-25.00.
GOATS: MEDIUM 35.00-61.00;
SMALL 20.00-37.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD,
15-30 LBS. 11.00-24.00; 30-40 LBS.
25.00-34.00; 50-65 LBS. 50.00-59.00; BY
THE POUND, 150-190 LBS. 53.00-60.00;
100-150 LBS. 55.0a64.00.
STOCK BOARS; 200-225 LBS,
48.0a49.00; BRED GILTS 20a250 LBS,
54.0a55.00.
Shenandoah
Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Aug. 11, 1990
Report supplied by auction
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 18,1990-A9
STEERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
95.00-108.00; 500-700 LBS. 86.00-93.00;
700-900 LBS. 75.25-86.00; HOLSTEIN
300-1000 LBS. 68.00-77.50.
S-L&M&L-2 500-700 LBS.
85.00-87.00; 700-1000 LBS. 72.00-74.00
FEEDER BULLS: 300-500 LBS.
85.00-98.00; 500-700 LBS. 76.00-84.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 88.00-95.00;
500-700 LBS. 86.00-88.50; 700-1000 LBS.
79.00.
S-L&M&L-2 300-500 LBS.
78.00-85.00; 500-700 LBS. 76.00-83.50.
STOCK COWS: BABY CALVES
80.00-165.00
SLAUGHTER COWS; UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 50.00-53.50; CAN
NER AND CUTTERS 1-3 42.75-49.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1&2
60.00-60.50
LAMBS: BLUE O HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 49.50; RED O CHOICE
46.60; FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE 43.75
SLAUGHTER EWES 17.00-21.00.
HOGS: USI-3 200-240 LBS. 54.50
BOARS 31.50.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD ANE
CHOICE 78.00-80.00
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, NJ
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1990
Report supplied by auction
CALVES .26-1.35.
COWS .43-62.
HEIFERS .32.-.76.
BULLS .58% -.72.
STEERS .65% -.71% .
HOGS .42-.54% .
SOWS .43-.45.
ROASTING PIGS. EACH 17.00-24.00.
BOARS .42-.46V4 .
SHEEP .10-.52.
LAMBS, EACH 7.00-69.00.
LAMBS PER LB. .33-1.17% .
GOATS EACH 9.00-122.50.
KIDS EACH 9.00-60.00.
EASY COWS 17- 51% .
TOTAL 1,055.