Virginia Weekly March 14, 1991 MARKETS IN REVIEW; MARCH 7-13, 1991. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $4.00 HIGHER WHILE MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $3.75 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO 75 CENT HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE 50 CENT TO $l.OO HIGHER. COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA WERE VERY UNEVEN, WITH COWS 50 CENT TO $1.50 LOWER AND BULLS 50 CENT TO $2.50 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER. BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 2% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 6 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO. LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE $3.00-16.00 HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE STEADY TO $4.00 HIGHER. LAMB PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN 1% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 9% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVER AGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND LIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR GINIA WERE $1.50 HIGHER AS MID WEST PRICES WERE $1.25-1.75 HIGH ER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE $2.75-7.50 HIGHER EXCEPT HAMS WHICH WERE STEADY TO $5.50 LOWER. HOG PRODUCTION WAS 7% ABOVE A WEEK AGO AND 10% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 4 POUND HEAVIER THAN A YEAR AGO. THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG Purina Mills Spring Dairy Meeting March 21, 1991 Plain & Fancy 9:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:45 10:45 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:00 12:00 - 1:00 1:10 - 1:20 1:50 1:10 - 2:10 1:50 - Contact Your Dealer For Reservations ■ mAAmm m m 717-442-4183 iECOyWI I C 717-768-3301 T 800-635-3592 HIGH BROS. MARKET MARCH 7-13, 1991 RECEIPTS FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN VIRGINIA FOR THE PER IOD TOTALED 4,781 HEAD COM PARED TO LAST WEEK 4,016 HEAD. THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARKET CLOSED $1.50 HIGHER COMPARED TO LAST WEDNES DAY'S TRADING WITH BARROWS AND GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS LOC AL PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE RADIUS) US 1-3 220-240 LBS 50.50-51.00 52.00-53.00 US 3-4 220-240 LBS 50.00-51.00 US 1-3 200-220 LBS 46.00- US 2-4 250-270 LBS 46.00- US 3-4 270-300 LBS 43.00- SOWS $32.00-39.00 AND BOARS $38.90 VALLEY AND NORTH ERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 776 HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3 210-250 LBS $49.00-50.50. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 2%; SLAUGHTER COWS 12% SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%; FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 61%. OVER 600 LBS 24%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS; CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 75 00-78.75 CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 75.75-80.25 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS & OVER 76.25-80.75 HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS 73.00-79.50 CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS & OVER 72.75-80.50 SLAUGHTER COWS UTILITY & COM MERCIAL COWS 46.50-56.50 SLAUGHTER BULLS BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 54.00-66.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 56.50-70.00 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 55.00-68.75 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 200-350 LBS GOOD AND CHOICE 200-350 LBS Milk & Donuts Dairy Herd Profit Opportunities Dr. Randy Lyle - Dairy Consultant Vitamin Update Rick Kolb - Dairy Specialist Break Feeding Strategies To Improve Profit Larry Wile - Dairy District Manager Lunch Silage Preserve Update Larry Wile Body Scoring Phil Jaquith - Dairy District Manager Close & Door Prizes OR CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-300 LBS 82.00-96.50 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME 95-125 LBS WOOL 50.00-55.50 HIGH CHOICE * PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 59.00-64.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US 1 3 200-250 LBS 47.25-50.00 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 38.50-48.50 500 LBS & OVER 42.25-46.00. FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS 110.00-130.00 300-400 LBS 95.00- 300-400 105.00-123.00 400-500 87.00-105.00 400-500 100.00- 500-600 80.00-96.50 500-600 97.00-1 12.00 600-700 75.00- 600-700 86.00-100.00 700-800 72.00-80 00 700-800 81 00-97.00 800-900 69.00-77.00 800-900 73.00- Livestock Market, Inc. Auction ever? Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Jersey Shore, Pa. Report supplied by Auction Thursday, March 14, 1991 RETURN TO FARM CALF 1.00-1.65. GOOD VEAL 70.00-100.00. COMMON VEAL 20.00-69.00. CHOICE STEERS 76.00-81.25. SELECT STEERS 65.00-75.00. COMMON STEERS 61.00-64.00. COMMERCIAL COWS 49.00-57.00. CANNERS-CUTTERS 46.00-56.00. SHELLS 37.00-45.00. CHOICE HEIFERS; 73.00-79.00. SELECT HEIFERS 65.00-72.00. COMMON HEIFERS 56.00-64.00. GOOD FEEDERS 70.00-89.00. COMMON FEEDERS 60.00-69.00. BULLS 64.00-68.50. GOOD HOGS 50.10-52.60. 717-354-0301 Jersey Shore Agriscience Teachers WASHINGTON, DC The National FFA Organization’s Agriscience Teacher of the Year award nominees from Pennsylva nia have been named. These indi viduals were selected by Pennsyl vania state agricultural education leaders for their dedication to young people pursuing careers in agriculture. The teachers nomi nated to represent Pennsylvania are: Paul Heasley, of Danville, who teaches at Danville Area Senior High School in Danville; Ronald Frederick, of Blue Ball, who teaches at Twin Valley High School in Elverson; James Tatro, of Philadelphia, who teaches at Walter Biddle Saul High School in Philadelphia; and Donald McNutt, of Womelsdorf, and Ste phen Miller, of Robesonia who both teach at Conrad Weiser High School in Robesonia. The Agriscience Teacher of the Year award program recognizes outstanding agriculture instructors who emphasize agriscience and new technologies in their curricu la. Teachers are acknowledged for their innovative instruction which sparks student’s interest in the sci entific aspects of agriculture The Greencastle, Indiana , and Pennsyl vania livestock auction reports for March 14 are unavailable this week . Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1991-Al9 Nominated including biology, the cnviron ment, engineering and agribusiness. “Quality science education is vitally important to students wish ing to succeed in today’s careers. The work teachers do to prepare students for the many opportuni ties in the agriculture industry assists U.S. competitiveness in the world marketplace,” said Edward C. Mac Ewen, vice president. Cor porate Communications, GTE Corporation. The Agriscience Teacher of the Year award program is sponsored by the GTE Foundation as a spe cial project of the National FFA Foundation. FFA is a national organization of 387,042 members in 7,634 loc al chapters preparing for careers in the science, business and technol ogy of agriculture. Local, state and national activities and award programs provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills acquired through agri cultural education. FFA members strive to develop agricultural lead ership, cooperation and citizenship.
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