Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
May 2, 1991
MARKETS IN REVIEW; APRIL
25-MAY 1. 1991. FEEDER STEERS
AND HEIFERS IN VIRGINIA WERE
MIXED $6.50 LOWER TO $5.00 HIGH
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$1.50-1.75 LOWER.
THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS
SOLD IN VIRGINIA THIS WEEK FOR
A TREND HOWEVER. MIDWEST
PRICES WERE STEADY TO 50 CENT
HIGHER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE VERY UNEVEN, 51.50 LOWER
TO $3.00 HIGHER. MIDWEST PRICES
WERE STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER.
BEEF PRODUCTION WAS 4% ABOVE
A WEEK AGO AND 9% ABOVE A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 21 POUNDS HEA
VIER THAN A YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
MIXED 75 CENT HIGHER TO 75 CENT
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
$lO.OO-13.00 HIGHER. LAMB PRO
DUCTION WAS 6% HIGHER THAN A
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WEEK AGO AND 8% HIGHER THAN A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUND LIGHTER.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE $lOO HIGHER AS MID
WEST PRICES WERE $1.75 TO $2.00
HIGHER. FRESH PORK PRICES WERE
$4.00-6.50 HIGHER EXCEPT BELLIES
WHICH WERE $2.00-2.50 LOWER.
HOG PRODUCTION WAS 2% BELOW
A WEEK AGO BUT 5 % ABOVE A
YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED
WEIGHTS WERE THE SAME AS LAST
YEAR.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET APRIL 25-MAY 1, 1991.
RECEIPTS FOR THE DIRECT HOG
MARKET IN VIRGINIA FOR THE PER
IOD TOTALED 5,197 HEAD COM
PARED TO LAST WEEK 5,197 HEAD.
THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG
MARKET CLOSED $2.00 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
49.50-50.00 52.50-53.50 US 3-4 220-240
LBS 50.50-51.50 US 1-3 200-220 LBS
Ray N. Wiley Agency, Inc.
323 W. MAIN STREET • P.O. BOX 477
MOUNT JOY, PA 17552
419 West High Street JARMON
Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (PA Toll Free) 1-800-468-5524 or (717) 367-1525
46.50- US 2-4 250-270 LBS
47.50- US 3-4 270-300 LBS
43.50- SOWS $39.00-46.50 AND
BOARS 32.00-36.00 VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 415
HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $49.00-51.25.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 0%; SLAUGHTER COWS 16%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%. SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
64%, OVER 600 LBS 18%
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS
SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS:
SELECT 2-3 1100 LBS ft OVER 71.00
HEIFERS; SELECT 2-3 850-1100 LBS
68.00 SLAUGHTER COWS UTILITY &
COMMERCIAL COWS 48.00-58.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS BULLS - 1-2
900-1300 LBS 59.25-72.00 1-2
1300-1600 LBS 58.00-71.00 1-2 1600
LBS ft OVER 58.00-71.00 SLAUGHTER
CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS -
HIGH CHOICE ft PRIME 200-350 LBS
GOOD AND CHOICE 200-350 LBS
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 86.00-97.00 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE & PRIME
95-125 LBS SPRING 62.00-70.00 HIGH
CHOICE ft HUME 95-125 LBS WOOL
49.00-54.50 FEW 67.50 SLAUGHTER
HOGS US 1-3 200-250 LBS 45.00
SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 37.50-46.00
500 LBS ft OVER 43.00-46.00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1
200-300 LBS 110.00-128.00 300-400 LBS
91.00-109.00 300-400 112.00-128.00
400-500 94.00-107.
00 400-500 110.00-127.00 500-600
80.00-97.00 500-600 95.00-112.50
600-700 70.50-85.00 600-700
84.75-102.00 700-800 69.00-80.50
700-800 78.00-92.50 800-900 68.00-76.50
800-900 73.50-89.00.
FRANK A.
FILLIPPO, me.
- WANTED -
DISABLED & CRIPPLED
COWS, BULLS & STEERS
Competitive Prices Paid
Slaughtered under
government inspection
Call: Frank Fillippo -
Residence - 215-666-0725
Elam Ginder - 717-367-3824
C.L. King - 717-786-7229
Offering Duroc, Blackline
& Maternal Line Boars
N. Virginia Livestock
Orange, VA
May L 1991
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 117 HEAD -
NO TRENDS REPORTED.
SLAUGHTER STEERS ft HEIFERS
17 HEAD STEERS SELECT 2-3, 1100
LBS. ft OVER 71.00
HOLSTEIN STEERS SELECT 1-2,
1100-1500 LB. 60.50
HEIFERS SELECT 2-3, 850-1100 LB.
68.00 STANDARD 1-3, 850-1100 LB.
69.00 - 72.00
SLAUGHTER COWS 89 HEAD
COWS CUTTER ft BONING UT. 1-3
47.50 - 63.00 MOSTLY 55.00-63.00
BREAKING UT. ft COMM. 2-4 50.00 -
58.00 CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1-2
40.50 - 52.50
SLAUGHTER BULLS 11 HEAD
BULLS Y.G. 1-2,1300-1600 LB. 66.25 -
71.00Y.G. 1-2,1600 LBS. ft OVER 63.00
- 69.00
LAMBS TOTAL RECEIPTS 20 HEAD
- NO TRENDS REPORTED. SLAUGH
TER LAMBS 18 HEAD SPRING
CHOICE AND PRIME, 95-125 LB. 70.00
EWES ft RAMS 2 HEAD EWES ALL
GRADES 17.00
FEEDER CATTLE 209 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 300-400 104.00-112.00 -
106.00- 95.00-101.00 400-500
105.00- - 101.00-104.00 - 500-600
100.00 - - - 600-700 - 95.00 - - 700-800 -
86.50 - 77.00- 81.50
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
SMALL 1 MED & LARGE 2 300-400
92.50-105.00 - - 89.50- 96.00 400-500
88.00- 92.75 - 86.50- 87.50 88.00- 92.00
500-600 86.50- 88.25 - 77.50 84.50- 86.00
600-700 - 80.00- 87.50 - - BULLS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 300-400 96.00-107.00 -103.00 -
400-500 99.00-108.00 96.00- 97.50 91.00-
92.00 - 500-600 85.00- 94.00 - - 88.50
COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 7
HEAD - M-l, 4-10 YR OLD 900-1100
LBS $500.00-690.00 PER HEAD. COWS
WITH CALVES AT SIDE 3 PAIR; M-l.
4-10 YR OLD 900-1100 LBS WITH
CALVES NEWBORN TO 200 LBS
Bonus Maker
Boars
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 4, 1991-A9
$700.00-800.00 PER PAIR. BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 29
HEAD NEWBORN' TO 4 WK OLD
$60.00-140.00 MOSTLY $63.00-103.00
PER HEAD. OVER 100 LBS
$92.50-140.00 PER CWT.
(Blackstone) • Southride Smithfleld
VA
SLAUGHTER HOGS 225 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER SOWS 75 CENT TO $2.50
LOWER. BOARS $1.30-2.00 LOWER.
SOWS US 1-3,300-500 LB. 41.40 - 44.20
US 1-3,500 LBS. & OVER 44.25 - 44.40
BOARS 300-600 LB. 37.75 - 40.90
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 42 HEAD -
SLAUGHTER COWS AND SLAUGH
TER BULLS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER COWS 38 HEAD
COWS CUTTER & BONING UT. 1-3
51.00 - 56.75 BREAKING UT. & COMM.
2-4 48.00 - 56.25 CANNER AND LOW
CUTTER 1-2 48.50 - 49.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS 4 HEAD
BULLS Y.G. 1-2, 900-1300 LB. 63.50 -
66.50 Y.G. 1-2, 1300-1600 LB. 63.00 -
65.50
FEEDER CATTLE 212 HEAD - FEED
ER STEERS STEADY TO $l.OO HIGH
ER. FEEDER HEIFERS $2.00-3.00
HIGHER. FEEDER BULLS STEADY.
STEERS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 300-400 120.00-125.00 -
111.00- 400-500 107.00-113.00 -
96.00- 500-600 99.50-104.50 - -
600-700 84.75 65.00- 78.50 - 700-800
82.50- 84.50 - - 800-900 78.00- 79.50
78.00- 79.00 - HOLSTEIN STEER MED
& LARGE 2 300- 500 97.00-105.00 500-
700 87.00
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED
& LARGE 2 200-300 113.00 - 110.00
300-400 98.00-10Z50 89.00- 90.00 84.50-
90.00 400-500 90.00- 97.00 - 85.00- 94.00
500-600 84.00- 86.50 - 83.00- 88.50
BULLS MEDIUM 1 SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 200-300 - - 110.00-125.00
300-400 115.00-119.00 - - 400-500
105.00-108.00 93.00- 94.50 107.50
500-600 - - - 600-700 80.00- 86.00 - 77.00-
80.00 COWS RETURNED TO FARMS
21 HEAD; M-l, & L-2, 850-950 LBS
$440.00-650.00 PER HEAD. COWS
WITH CALVES AT SIDE 16 PAIR;
M&L-l, 4-10 YR OLD 850-1000 LBS
WITH CALVES $620.00-925.00 PER
PAIR. BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 9 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK
OLD $142.00-150.00 PER HEAD. OVER
100 LBS $109.00-157.50 PER CWT.
Central & S.E.
Virginia Livestock
Mij 1, 1991
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