Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
August 22, 1990
MARKETS IN REVIEW; AUG.I6-22,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA UNEVEN, 50 CENT
HIGHER TO $3.50 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$9.50 LOWER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
$4.00 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE MIXED. $6.00 HIGHER TO $4.25
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER. BEEF
PRODUCTION WAS 1% ABOVE A
WEEK AGO BUT 1% BELOW A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 7 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE WEAK AS MIDWEST
PRICES WERE UNEVEN, $3.00 HIGH
ER TO $6.00 LOWER. VEAL AND
CALF PRODUCTION WAS 1% BELOW
A WEEK AGO AND 2% BELOW A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 35 POUNDS HEA
VIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
50 CENT TO $1.25 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $2.00-3.00 LOW
ER. LAMB PRODUCTION WAS 5%
ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 1%
BELOW A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUNDS
HOG CONTRACTS AVAILABLE!
An Opportunity For People Who Are Capable Of
Managing A New 1,000-2,000 Head Finishing Facility
BENEFITS INCLUDE:
■ POSITIVE Cash Flow & Depreciation Write-Offs
■ MINIMAL Labor & Flexible Hours
■ QUALITY Farm-Produced Feeder Pigs
■ SUPERIOR On-Farm
Technical Support
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1-800-468-5524
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE $1.50 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $1.75-2.25 LOW
ER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $13.50 LOWER. HOG
PRODUCTION WAS 11% ABOVE A
WEEK AGO AND 2% ABOVE A YEAR
AGO. AVERAGED DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 3 POUNDS HEAVIER
THAN A YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET AUG. 16-22, 1990 RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 2.859 HEAD COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK 2,931 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED $1.50 LOWER COM
PARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY'S
TRADING WITH BARROWS AND
GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS LOCAL
PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE
RADIUS) US 1-3 220-250 LBS
54.00- 54.00-55.00 US 3-4 220-250
LBS 53.00-54.00 US 1-3 200-220 LBS
49.00- US 2-4 250-27 U LBS
49.00- US 3-4 270-300 LBS
46.00- SOWS $40.00-51.25 AND
BOARS $34.00-42.00 VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 596
HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $54.00-54,75.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 4%; SLAUGHTER COWS 13%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%. SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
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419 West High St. Elizabethtown. PA 17022
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS:
CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 66.00-76.75
CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 67.00-74,90
CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER
74.00- HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3
900-1100 LBS 68.00-73.50 CHOICE 2-3
1100 LB A OVER 68.00-73.50 SLAUGH
TER COWS UTILITY A COMMER
CIAL COWS 46.75-58.75 SLAUGHTER
■BULLS BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS
55.00- 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
60.50-72.00 FEW 57.50 1-2 1600 LBS A
OVER 61.75-75.50 FEW 59.50
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS
VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE A PRIME
100-250 LBS GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS 85 00 CALVES - GOOD
AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 80.50-82.00
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE
A PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING
46.75-49.50 SLAUGHTER HOGS US
1-3 200-250 LBS 49.50-56.00 SOWS US
1-3 300-500 LBS 44.50-46.00 500 LBS A
OVER 42 50-50.25
Wanted To Buy
Crippled and
Disabled Sows
and Boars
Hogs Slaughtered For
Federal Inspection
PHONE 717-274-7609
I
Details - Ask For
Mike Miller Or Jarmon
(717) 367-1525
58%. OVER 600 LBS 23%
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 103.00-116.00 FEW 134.00
300-400 LBS 89.00-105.00 300-400
97.00- 400-500 80.00-96.50
400-500 92.00-110.00 500-600
80.00- 500-600 85.00-98.50
600-700 74.00-86.00 600-700
83.00- 700-800 74.00-78.50
700-800 77.00-85.00 800-900 65.00-70.00
800-900 74.00-84.50.
N. Virginia Livestock
Staunton Union - Marshall
VA
August 21, 1990
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 332 HEAD -
NO TRENDS REPORTED.
********** tjje FOLLOWING ARE
STATE GRADED SALES
SLAUGHTER STEERS & HEIFERS 258
HEAD STATE GRADED STEERS
CHOICE 2-3, 1000-1150 LB. 66.00 -
73.50 CHOICE 2-3,1150-1300 LB. 67,00
- 74.90 SELECT 2-3,900-1100 LB. 69.00
- 75.75
HEIFERS CHOICE 2-3 , 900-1100 LB,
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Call For
68.00 - 73.50 CHOICE 2-3,1100 LBS. A
OVER 68.00 - 73.50 SELECT 2-3,
850-1100 LB. 67.00 - 70.25
*•****•**•**«•* end OF STATE
GRADED SALES **•**•*♦*♦*
SLAUGHTER COWS 65 HEAD CUT
TER A BONING UT. 1-3 47.00 - 53.50
BREAKING UT. A COMM. 2-4 50.50 -
56.00 C ANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1 -2
43.00 - 49.50
SLAUGHTER BULLS 9 HEAD Y.G.
1-2,900-1300 LB. 56.50 - 65.00 Y.G. 1-2,
1300-1600 LB. 57.50 - 63.00 Y.G. 1-2,
1600 LBS. A OVER 62.25 - 68.00
FEEDER CATTLE 340 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL I MED A
LARGE 2 200-300 104.00 - - - 300-400
103.00- 100.00-102.00 94.50 -
400-500 89.50- 96.00 - 91.00 - 500-600
93.00- 95.00 85.00- 91.50 85.00- 86.00 -
600-700 89.75- 94.25 88.50- 90.25 - -
700-800 - - - 73.00- 75.50 800-900
64.00 HOLSTEIN STEER MED A
LARGE 2 300- 500 86.00 900-1100 61.50
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
SMALL 1 MED A LARGE 2 300-400
88 00- 93.00 92.00 84.50- 85.00 82 25
400-500 85.00- 92.00 89.25- 91.00 - 75 50-
82.50 500600 86.25- 87.25 85.25- 87.00
80.75- 83.00 80.00 81.00 600700 - 77.50
- - 800900 - - 62.75 - BULLS MEDIUM 1
LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED A LARGE 2
200-300
103.00- 106.00 82.00- 88.50 -
400-500 84.00- 91.00 - 82.00 - 500-600
81.00- 85.00 - - - 600-700 - - 73.00 -
700-90071.5071.5063.50- 65.00- COWS
WITH CALVES AT SIDE 6 PAIR; M-l.
5-6 YR OLD 1100 LBS WITH CALVES
100-125 LBS $BlO.OO PER PAIR. BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 16
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
$50.00-115.00 PER HEAD. OVER 100
LBS $lOO.OO-102.50 PER CWT.
Central & S.E.
Virginia Livestock
Smithfleld Blackstone • Southside
VA
August 22, 1990
SLAUGHTER HOGS 175 HEAD -
MULVANEY LIVESTOCK
SERVICES 'linn
Tom Mulvaney, Jr.
nXrjni/ Easton, PA
(215) 258-1670
OFFERING: Order Buying, Livestock Trucking To Leesport
Sale In PA & Hackettstown Sale In NJ.
TOP PRICES FOR DOWN & DISABLED
CATTLE, Paid On Dressed Weight At
Competitive Prices.
Also - Fat Cattle, Bulls and Steers.
NOW AVAILABLE! - Removal of Dead Cattle & Horses
(Subject To Charge Based On Area)
PRESENTLY HANDLING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
PA-Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, Monroe, Part Of Berks
NJ-Warren, Hunterdon, Sussex
Call (215) 258-1670
Contracts Being Offered For...
New Farrow To Finish Units
Preferrably 300-500 Sows. Also Interested
In New And Existing Finishing Floor
To Be Run “All-In-All Out”
We Supply
• Cash Flow Information
• Professional Service Personnel
• Quality Genetics
• Producer Incentive Programs
Become a part of our Planned Growthl
Call now to discuss this opportunity!
717-626-0331
or
1-800-432-3040
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25,1990-A9
SLAUGHTER SOWS STEADY TO $1.75
LOWER. BOARS $1.50-2.00 LOWER.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-3,
200-250 LB. 55.00 US 1-3, 180-200 LB.
53.00 SOWS US 1-3,300-500 LB. 47.75 -
49.20 US 1-3,500 LBS. & OVER 49.90 -
50.00 BOARS 300-600 LB. 43.00 - 44.50
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 76 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY TO
$1.50 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER BULLS
STEADY.
SLAUGHTER STEERS & HEIFERS 4
HEAD HEIFERS SELECT 2-3, 850-1100
LB. 59.00 - 63.
SLAUGHTER COWS 57 HEAD CUT
TER & BONING UT. 1-3 49.00 - 57.50
BREAKING UT. & COMM. 2-4 45.00 -
57.75 CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1-2
43.50 - 48.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS 15 HEAD Y.G.
1-2,900-1300 LB 62 00 - 63.75 Y.G 1-2,
1300-1600 LB 60 00 - 67 75 YG 1-2,
1600 LBS. & OVER 69 00 - 71.00
FEEDER CATTLE 376 HEAD
STEERS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 300-400 110.00-116.00 8200-
96.50 - 400-500 85,00-100.00 85.00- 90.00
78.00- 98.00 500600 80.00- 98.50 - 90 00
600700 88.75 - - 700800 - - 83.75
HOLSTEIN STEER MED & LARGE 2
300- 500 85.50- 90.00
101.00 300-400
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED
& LARGE 2 200-300 101.50 - - 300-400
87.50- 92.75 74.00- 80.00 80.00- 90.00
400-500 83.00- 90.00 - 78.00- 82.00
500-600 75.00- 83.00 - 73.00- 75.50
600-700 74.50- 77.00 - 81.50 BULLS
MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED & LARGE 2
200-300 118.00-125.00 78.00- 86.00
95.00- 112.00 300-400 111.00 76.00- 84.00
86.00- 400-500 - 73.50- 79.50
79.00- 87.00 500-600 83.00- 90.00 - -
600-700 73.00- 77.00 - - BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 61 HEAD
NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
$67.50-134.00 MOSTLY $77.00-107.50
PER HEAD.