Virginia Weekly
Oct. 11, 1990
MARKETS IN REVIEW; OCT. 4-10,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO
$2.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA NOT FULLY
TESTED, WHILE MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO $3.00
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO $ 1.00 LOWER. BEEF PRO
DUCTION WAS 4% BELOW A WEEK
AGO AND 6% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
VEAL AND CALF PRICES IN VIRGI
NIA WERE NOT FULLY TESTED AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE $l.OO-5.00
LOWER. CALF AND VEAL PRODUC
TION WAS 3% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
BUT 11% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
THANK YOU...
EPHRATA FAIR’S
YOUTH LIVESTOCK BUYERS
For A Most Successful Sale!
| SWINE |
■ CHAMPION - BLUE LAKE BUILDERS
■ RESERVE CHAMPION - HATFIELD QUALITY
MEATS
■ Hatfield Quality Meats -13 ■ Martin’s Country Market - 7 Hogs
■ Carlos R. Leffler - 5 Hogs ■ Agri Inc. - 5 Hogs
■ Keystone Farm Credit - 4 Hogs ■ Stoney Ridge Farm * 3 Hogs
■ Farmersville Equipment - 3 Hogs ■ Ephrata National Bank - 2 Hogs
■ Blue Lake Builders - 2 Hogs ■ Martin Paving • 2 Hogs
■ Henry Hoover Agway - 2 Hogs ■ Key-Aid Distributors - 2 Hogs
I Gehman’s Feed Mill - 2 Hogs ■ Sensenig’s Feed Mill - 2 Hogs
■ Ezra Good Trucking - 2 Hogs ■ Farmer Boy Ag • 2 Hogs
■ John Martin Butcher -1 Hog ■ Arnold Hog Farm -1 Hog
■ Trans Equipment • 1 Hog ■ Farmer’s First Bank -1 Hog
■ White Oak Mills -1 Hog ■ Dutchman Turck Service • 1 Hog
■ Willie The Butcher - 1 Hog
Sale Average Was $l.Ol Per Pound On 65 Head.
Special Thank You To Randall Kline and Ray Good of
Kreider, Kline and Good Auction Service For Donating
Their Services Once Again At Our Sale.
jiW. Production Tested • Performance Proven
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 22 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO,
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
STEADY TO 50 CENTS LOWER AS
MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO
$2.00 HIGHER. LAMB PRODUCTION
WAS 7% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND
5% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE
DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND
LIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE STEADY TO $l.OO LOW
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES ALSO
REGISTERED STEADY TO $ 1.00 LOW
ER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
$2.00-18.00 HIGHER. HOG PRODUC
TION WAS 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO
AND 6% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET OCT. 4-10, 1990 RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 2,845 HEAD COMPARED TO
~.. ... . Contact Your White Oak/Pro Genetics Representative
19 W® St High Street 0r Ca |, (PA Toll Free ) 1-800-468-5524
Elizabethtown, PA 17022 or (717) 357.1525
LAST WEEK 3.118 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED $l.OO 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
54.50- 56.50-57.50 US 3-4 220-250
LBS 54.50-55.50 US 1-3 200-220 LBS
50.50- US 2-4 250-270 LBS
50.50- US 3-4 270-300 LBS
46.50- SOWS $41.00-45.00 AND
BOARS $34.00 VALLEY AND NORTH
ERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 759 HEAD FOR
THE PERIOD. US 1-3 210-250 LBS
$55.50-56.75.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 0%; SLAUGHTER COWS 10%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
67%. OVER 600 LBS 22%
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS: NO
PRICES QUOTED THIS WEEK HEIF
ERS; NO PRICES QUOTED THIS
WEEK SLAUGHTER COWS UTILITY
& COMMERCIAL COWS 43.75-56.50
SLAUGHTER BULLS BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 54.50-67.00 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 50.00-65.75 1-2 1600
LBS & OVER 52.00-68.50 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS
HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS
-- GOOD AND CHOICE 100250 LBS
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250500 LBS 73.0081.50 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS SPRING 44.25-48.00
SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1-3 200250
LBS 55.50 SOWS US 1-3 300500 LBS
42.50-44.00 500 LBS & OVER
Producers Of
Better Built
Gilts And
Bonus Maker
Boars
42.50-49.50
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 95.00-110.00 300-400 LBS
80.00- 300-400 93.00-108.00
400-500 80.00-93.00 400-500
89.00- 500-600 72.00-84.00
500-600 82.00-98.00 600-700 72.00-83.00
600-700 80.00-92.00 700-800
69.00- 700-800 73.00-86.00
800-900 64.00-70.00 800-900
73.00-
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1990
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS; UTILITY
51.00- 00; HIGH DRESSING UP TO
59.00. COUPLE 60 00-62.75; CANNERS
47.00- SHELLY 47.00 DOWN.
BULLS: YG#l 1400-1800 LBS. UP TO
69.00; YG#2 59.00-64.50.
FED STEERS: HIGH CHOICE AND
PRIME 76.00-79.00; SELECT TO LOW
CHOICE 68,00-73.00.
FED HEIFERS- SELECT 800-1000
LBS. 66.00-69.00.
VEAL CALVES: CHOICE 200-300
LBS. 99.00-106.00; GOOD 85.00-95.00;
CULLS 60-100 LBS. 62.00-69.00; WEAK
AND ROUGH 60.00 DOWN.
FARM CALVES, HOLSTEIN BULLS
#1:90-120 LBS. 130.00-160.00; #2 80-100
LBS. 90.00-125.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: 95-120 LBS.
150.00- BEEF X BULLS UP TO
125.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: #2 AND 3 215-260
LBS. 55.50.
SOWS: #1 AND 3 400650 LBS.
48.0051.25; #2 AND #3 45.0047.00.
BOARS; UP TO 44.75.
STOCK CATTLE. STEERS: 300-500
LBS. 82.00-99.00; 500-700 LBS.
75.0090.00; 700900 LBS. 68.0085.00;
9001050 LBS. 62.0074.00.
HEIFERS: 300500 LBS. 70.0082.00;
500700 LBS. 65.0075.00; 700900 LBS.
58.0068.00.
BULLS: 300500 LBS. 75.0092.00;
500700 LBS. 65.0083.00; 700900 LBS.
60.0070.00.
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: SPRIN
GERS 625.00-1100.00; FRESH
700.001090.00.
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 Growth!
Call now to discuss this opportunity!
717-626-0331
or
1-800-432-3040
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13,1990-A9
LAMBS: CHOICE 109 LBS. UP TO
52.00; 60-80 LBS. UP TO 57.00.
SHEEP; HEAVY BUCKS 16.00-20.00.
GOATS: MEDIUM 45.00-55.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD.
15-30 LBS. 20.00-28.00; 30-50 LBS.
28.00-40.00,50-60 LBS. UPT043.00; BY
THE POUND. 100-130 LBS. 51.00-54.50.
STOCK BOARS; 215-250 LBS
48.00-49.50.
NOTE: NEXT WED., OCT. 17, SPE
CIAL DAIRY CATTLE SALE.
ALREADY PROMISED ONE REGIS
TERED HOLSTEIN BULL IS MOS
OLD, SIRE ARLINDA ROTATE SON,
DAM CHAIRMAN DAUGHTER.
STEERS: M&L-l 300-500 LBS.
88.00-103.00; 500-700 LBS. 80.00-94.00;
700-1000 LBS. 73.00-84.00; HOLSTEIN
500-1000 LBS. 64.00-78.00.
S-L&M&L-2: 300-500 LBS
85.00-92.00; 500-700 LBS. 70.00-81.00;
700-1000 LBS. 69.00-75.00.
FEEDER BULLS: 300-500 LBS.
85.00-92.00; 500-700 LBS. 70.00-81.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 77.00-89 00;
500-700 LBS. 75.00-82.00.
S-L&M&L-2: 300-500 LBS.
71.00-79.50; 500-700 LBS. 69.00-72.50
S-L&M&L-2: 300-500 LBS. 77,00.
STOCK COWS: BEEF 425.00-585.00;
WITH CALVES 560.00-1000.00; BABY
CALVES BY THE HEAD 56.00-179.00;
BY CWT. 100.00-169.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 50.00-54.50, CAN
NERS AND CUTTERS 45.00-50.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS; 1&2
53.00-68.50.
LAMBS; BLUE O HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME 48.00; RED O CHOICE
44.75; FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE
54.00- SLAUGHTER EWES
13.00-
HOGS: US 1-3 200-240 LBS. 55.50;
SOWS 1-3 44.00; BOARS 41.50.
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Oct. 6, 1990
Report supplied by auction