Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Thursday, September 6, 1990
Week Of Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1990
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW; AUG.3O-SBPT.
5, 1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE MIXED $3.00
HIGHER TO $3.00 LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $1.50-2.00
LOWER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
$2.25 LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $1.25 LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE STEADY TO $6.50 LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE $l.OO LOW
ER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 1%
BELOW A WEEK AGO BUT 3%
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 AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$4.00 LOWER. VEAL AND CALF PRO
DUCTION WAS 4% ABOVE A WEEK
AGO AND 3% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
Every Wednesday
At 11:00 A.M.
GOOD’S AUCTION
111 Maple Ave.
Leola, PA 17540
717-656-8911
717-656-9554
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
WERE 24 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
STEADY TO $l.OO LOWER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$5.00 HIGHER. LAMB PRODUCTION
WAS 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND
7% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 4 POUNDS
HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE 50 CENT LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE MOSTLY
STEADY. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
UNEVEN. $7.00 HIGHER TO $6.00
LOWER. HOG PRODUCTION WAS 3%
ABOVE A WEEK AGO BUT LESS
THAN 1% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 5 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET AUG. 30-SEPT. 5. 1990.
RECEIPTS FOR THE DIRECT HOG
MARKET IN VIRGINIA FOR THE PER
IOD TOTALED 2,023 HEAD COM
PARED TO LAST WEEK 3,116 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED 50 CENT LOWER
COMPARED TO LAST WEDNES
DAY'S TRADING WITH BARROWS
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SAWDUST &
KILN DRIED
WOOD SHAVINGS
* Delivered To Your Farm
* Excellent Dairy Bedding
* Economical
* Year Around Supply
Call For Price
JD.
Lancaster, pa
717-653-5935
004
AND GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS LOC
AL PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE
RADIUS) US 1-3 220-250 LBS
50.00-50.50 52.00-53.25 US 3-4 220-250
LBS 50.50-51.50 US 1-3 200-220 LBS
46.50- US 2-41250-270 LBS
47.50- US 3-4 270-300 LBS
43.50- SOWS $37.00-44.00 AND
BOARS $32.00-36.00 VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 1289
HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $50.50-51.25.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 2%; SLAUGHTER COWS 14%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
61%, OVER 600 LBS 21%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 69.00-73.75 CHOICE 2-3
1150-1300 LBS 70.00-73.75 CHOICE 2-3
1300 LBS & OVER 72.75-74.50 HEIF
ERS; CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS & OVER
71.00- SLAUGHTER COWS UTIL
ITY & COMMERCIAL COWS
45.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS
BULLS • 1-2 900-1300 LBS 54.00-67.00
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 56.75-69.50 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 60.00-71.50 FEW 58.00
SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS
VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
100-250 LBS GOOD AND CHOICE
100-250 LBS CALVES - GOOD AND
CHOICE 250-500 LBS 82.00-98.00
SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE
& PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING
47.00- SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1-3
200-250 LBS 50.00-50.50 SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 43.00-47.50 500 LBS &
OVER 41.75-49.50.
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 98.00-111.00 FEW 122.00
300-400 LBS 80.00-94.00 300-400
94.00-112.00 400-500 79.75-92.00
fartininc.
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Call For
Details - Ask For
400-500 85.00-102.00 500-600
74.50-87.00 500-600 80.00-95.00 600-700
73.00- 600-700 78.00-92.00 700-800
71.00- 700-800 74.00-86.25 800-900
65.00- 800-900 71.00-83.50.
Southeast Virginia
Livestock Summary
Smlthfleld (Blackstone)
Southside, Va.
Wednesday, September 5, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
WEDNESDAY SOUTHSIDE CATTLE
SOLD ON OUT WEIGHTS.
SLAUGHTER HOGS 95 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. BARROWS AND
GILTS US 1-3,200-250 LB. 50.50 SOWS
US 1-3,300-500 LB. 43.20 - 47.50 US 1-3,
500 LBS. & OVER 49.50 BOARS
300-600 LB. 37.75 - 39.40.
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 81 HEAD -
NO TRENDS REPORTED.
SLAUGHTER STEERS & HEIFERS 8
HEAD STEERS CHOICE 2-3, 1000-1150
LB. 69.00 - 70.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS 64 HEAD CUT
TER & BONING UT. 1-3 48.00 - 54.00
BREAKING UT. & COMM. 2-4 45.00 -
54,00 CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1-2
38.50 - 47.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 9 HEAD Y.G.
1-2,900-1300 LB. 56.50 - 67.00 Y.G. 1-2,
1300-1600 LB. 63.25 Y.G. 1-2,1600 LBS.
& OVER 58.00 - 67.50.
FEEDER CATTLE 584 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE I SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 300-400 94.00- 99.00
98.00- 75.00- 81.50 86.00- 94.00
400-500 85.00- 96 00 92.50- 94.00 85.50-
90.00 76.50- 90.00 500-600 80.00- 92.00
92.00 - 76.50- 88.00 600-700 80.00- 88.50
81.00- 88.00 - - 700-800 80.00- 83 00 - - -
800-900 73.00- 90.00.
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
SMALL 1 MED & LARGE 2 300-400
81.00- 91.00 87.50- 89.00 80.00- 80.50
73.00- 86.00 400-500 80.00- 88.50 81.00-
87.00 73.00- 82.00 79.00- 84.00 500-600
77.00- 87.00 84.00- 86 00 77.00 72.50-
78.50 600-700 71,00- 78.50 76.00- 81.50 -
- BULLS MEDIUM 1 LARGE I SMALL
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SERVICES 'QjMR.
VMkot Tom Mulvaney, Jr.
(BaM/ Easton. PA
JSSssslSr (2i5) 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
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We Supply
• Cash Flow Information
• Professional Service Personnel
• Quality Genetics
• Producer Incentive Programs
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or
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8,1990-A9
1 MED & LARGE 2 200-300
108.00- - - 103.00 300-400 88.00-
97.50 94.00- 97.00 75.50- 78.00 79.50-
85.00 400-500 83.50- 94.00 87.00- 93.00 -
77.00- 89.00 500-600 76.25- 83.00 82.50-
87.00 - 68.00- 74.00 600-700 63.50- 74.50
- - - COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 8
HEAD; M-1&2, 700-850 LBS
$46.50-55.00 PER CWT BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 30 HEAD
NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
$57.50-110.00 PER HEAD OVER 100
LBS $77.50-130 00 PER CWT.
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, Sept. 3, 1990
Report supplied by auction
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES TO
180 00.
VEAL CALVES TO 100 00
VEALER BULL CALVES TO 190.00
SLAUGHTER CALVES 83.00 AND
DOWN.
GRASSERS & FEEDERS 50.00-80.00.
LAMBS MOSTLY 50.00-60 00.
SHEEP 18 00-32.00.
HOGS 200 TO 250 LBS 48 00-51 00
SOWS 42 00-45.00
BOARS 35 00-42.00.
PIGS 15.00-42.00
HEIFERS 50.00-63 00
STEERS 55.00-66 25.
FEEDER STEERS 50.00-92.00
BULLS 54 00-67 00
COWS GOOD 52 00-57 00.
COWS MEDIUM 48 00-52.00
COWS POOR OR SMALL 50 00 AND
DOWN
CATTLE MARKET STEADY
CALF MARKET STEADY.
HORSES TO 510.00.
PONIES TO 230.00.
COATS TO 82 50.
PRICES GOOD.