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
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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.