Cattle & Hogs Virginia Weekly Richmond, Va. Tuesday, March 30, 1993 WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA: REVIEW OF VIRGINIA DIRECT HOGS FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 24 - 30, 1993. RECEIPTS FOR COUNTRY BUY ING STATIONS IN VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOTALED 1781 HEAD. RECEIPTS FOR DELIVERY TO THE PLANT (WITHIN A 30 MILE RADIUS) FOR THE PERIOD TOTALED 5103 HEAD. THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG MARKET FOR TUESDAY MARCH 30, CLOSED $3.50 LOWER COMPARED TO LAST TUESDAY’S TRADING. BARROWS AND GILTS; VIRGINIA COUNTRY POINTS U.S. 1-3 220-250 LBS 41.00-44.00 LOCAL PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE RADIUS). US 1-2220-250 LBS. 43.00-43.50 FEW 44.50 US 2-3 220-250 LBS. 42.00-42.50 US 1-3 200-210 LBS. 39.00-39.50 US 1-3 210-220 LBS. 41.00-41.50 US 2-4 250-260 LBS. 40.00-40.50 US 2-4 260-270 LBS. 38.00-38.50 US 3-4 270-280 LBS. 36.00-36.50 US 3-4 280-300 LBS. 34.00-34.50. “I’ve used only Agway seed com the past four years. I pi: varieties for both pickin and silage. I like the standability and the way Agway varieties pick...clean. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 7%; SLAUGHTER COWS 10% SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%. SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%; FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 61%. OVER 600 LBS 21%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY AUCTIONS. SLAUGHTER CATTLE: TOTAL HEAD COUNT 23 STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 75.50 CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS 72.25-74.75 HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS 68.50. SLAUGHTER COWS TOTAL HEAD COUNT 535 UTILITY & COMMER CIAL COWS 40.00-50.25. SLAUGHTER BULLS: HEAD COUNT 38 BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 55.00- 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 54.50-63.25 1-2 1600 LBS & OVER 54.00- SLAUGHTER CALVES & VEALERS TOTAL HEAD COUNT 25 HEAD CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 78.00-85.00. SLAUGHTER LAMBS TOTAL HEAD COUNT 607 CHOICE & FEW PRIME 1-2, 95-125 LBS WOOLED 84.00-85.00 CHOICE 1-2 S5-12S LBS WOOLED 6S.SO-80.00CHOICE ft FEW PRIME 1-2, 95-125 LBS SPRING 83.00-90.50 CHOICE 1-2 85-125 LBS SPRING 80.00-82.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS TOTAL HEAD COUNT 77 US 1-3 200-250 LBS 40.25-47.00 US 1-3 180-200 LBS 35.00 US 2-4 250-300 LBS 35.25-40.00 FEW 58.50-59.00 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 29.00- 500 LBS & OVER 37.00- FEEDER CATTLE TOTAL HEAD COUNT FOR ALL WIEGHTS 3696 STEERS: MEDIUM 1 200-300 115.00- FEW 91.00-101.00 300-400 90.00-115.00 FEW 135.00 400-500 87.00-113.00 500-600 78.00- 600-700 77.00-92.00 700-800 80.00-88.00 800-900 71.00- HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 300-400 90.00- FEW 76.00-84.50 400-500 77.00- 500-600 74.00-89.50 600-700 68.00- 700-800 63.00-81.50 800-900 68.00- SPECIAL TEL-O-AUCTION SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE HELD AT DALEVILLE, VA ON MARCH 23.1993. 143 HEAD SOLD AT CARCASS BASIS USDA GRADE AND WEIGHTS. STEERS - 125 HEAD CHOICE 2-3 600-900 LBS $131.50-133.50 FEW SELECT 2-3 600-900 LBS $127.50-129.50. HEIFERS - 18 HEAD CHOICE 2-3 550-900 LBS $131.70 FEW SELECT 2-3 550-900 LBS $127.70. SLAUGHTER CATTLE SALE HELD AT STAUNTON UNION ON MARCH 23, 1993. 213 HEAD SOLD. STEERS: CHOICE 1050-1350 LBS 75.00- SELECT 950-1150 LBS 75.00- HOLSTEIN 1400 LBS 72.75 HEIFERS: CHOICE 1050-1250 LBS 74.00- SELECT 1000-1175 LBS 73.00- The only growing conditions that count are yours. So we customize our hybrids, whether for silage or grain, to fit your growing season, your soil type, your rainfall. Specifically, your location. Yield? Standability? Outstanding. Just ask your Agway Crop Sales Specialist, Reading-Bone or Andgrow salesperson. Then simply try a Held of the variety that’s designed for your area. And rind out how Agway research benefits the only customer that counts. Specifically, you. Northern Virginia Blackstone-Southdde, Va. Wednesday, March 31,1993 PRICES BASED ON OUTWEIGHTS. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 83 HEAD SLAUGHTER COWS 77 HEAD COWS CUTTER & BONING UT. 1-3 42.25 - 45.50 HIGH DRESSING 45.75-49.25 BREAKING UT. & COMM. 2-4 42.00 - 45.75 HIGH DRESSING 46.50-47.75 CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 1-2 38.50 - 45.25 SLAUGHTER BULLS 6 HEAD BULLS Y.G. 1-2, 1300-1600 LB. 57.75 - 60.00 Y.G. 1-2,1600 LBS. & OVER 56.50 - 64.75. FEEDER CATTLE 393 HEAD STEERS 80 HEAD, HOLSTEIN STEERS 34 HEAD, HEIFERS 174 HEAD, BULLS 105 HEAD. STEERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE2 200-300 118.00- 118.00-124.00 - - 300-400 113.00- 113.00-119.00 - 98.50- 400-500 103.50-109.50 103.50- - 94.00-105.00 500-600 94.50- 94.50-101.50 - 79.00- 92.50 600-700 87.50 87.50 - - 700-800 74.50- 78.50 74.50- 78.50. HOLSTEIN STEER MED & LARGE 2 300- 500 74.00- 81.00 500- 600 69.50- 70.50 600- 700 61.50- 65.00. HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 200-300 90.00- 98.00 90.00- 98.00 - 90.00-102.00 300-400 83.00- 94.00 83.00- 94.00 80.00- 85.00 92.00-109.00 400-500 79.00- 88.50 79.00- 88.50 71.50- 78.00 77.00- 83.50 500-600 75.00- 84.50 75.00- 84.50 - 72.50- 80.00 600-700 73.00- 79.50 73.00- 79.50. BULLS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 200-300 109.00- 109.00-119.00 - - 300-400 95.00- 95.00-106.50 85.00- 93.00 - Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3 1993-A9 400-500 97.50-103.50 97.50-103.50 85.00- 93.50 94.00- 99.00 500-600 78.00- 91.00 78.00- 91.00 - - 600-700 73.50- 80.00 73.50- 80.00. COWS RETURNED TO FARMS 7 HEAD M-l, 3-8 YRS OLD 800-1000 LBS 45.50-47.00; L&M-2, 3-4 YRS OLD 800-950 LBS 47.00-49.00 PER CWT. COWS WITH CALVES AT SIDE 3 HEAD M-l, 8-12 YRS OLD 950-1050 LBS WITH CALVES 150-200 LBS 550.00-650.00; L-l, 10 YRS OLD WITH CALVES 250 LBS 790.00 PER PAIR. HEIFERS (BRED) 5 HEAD - 750-900 LBS 58.00-60.00 PER CWT. BABY CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 13 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WKS OLD 65.00-127.50 PER HEAD. - SmithfleM, V«. Wednesday, March 31, 1993 PRICES BASED ON INWEIGHTS. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 21 HEAD SLAUGHTER COWS 12 HEAD COWS CUTTER & BONING UT. 1-3 44.50 - 46.00 BREAKING UT. & COMM. 2-4 40.50 - 44.50 CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 1-2 38.00 - 43.00 SLAUGHTER BULLS 9 HEAD BULLS Y.G. 1-2, 900-1300 LB. 56.00 - 59.00 Y.G. 1-2, 1300-1600 LB. 52.00 - 66.75. LAMBS TOTAL RECEIPTS 20 HEAD FEEDER LAMBS 20 HEAD FEEDER LAMBS CHOICE AND FANCY, 70-85 LB. 65.00 - 85.00 CHOICE AND FANCY, 60-70 LB. 61.00 - 64.50. FEEDER CATTLE 78 HEAD. STEERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 400-500 - - 88.00 - 500-600 89.00. HOLSTEIN STEER MED & LARGE 2 400- 500 72.00. HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 300-400 - - 74.75- 81.00 - 400-500 79.00- 80.00 - 76.50 70.00 500-600 76.00- 78.00 - 71.00 - 700-800 - - - 66.00. BULLS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED&LARGE 2 200300 - - 90.00 92.00 - 400500 - - 75.75- 82.00 78.00 500-600 - - 74.00 76.00 - 700900 - - - 54.00- 65.00. LLAMAS: Make Great Pets, Excellent Wool, Very Easy Keepers, Many To Choose From $750 Write or Call For Information DEJA-VUE LLAMA FARMS Bethlehem, PA (215) 868-0186 AREA DAIRY FARMERS On Tuesday, April 6,1993 at the farm of John Beiler of 12A South Ronks Rd., Ronks, Pa. at 7:00 p.m. - there will be a meeting on health care for the dairy cow. A discussion on using a very suc cessful, natural prevention program will be presented. John Beiler will discuss how he has used Vita-Min-Lac Products the past three years to control his somatic cell count without the use of drugs and what the products have done for his herd health. Levi A. Yoder of Ohio, beginning his fifth year with this natural prevention program, will also share what Vita-Min- Lac Products has done for his Percheron mares and his dairy cows in regards to mastitis, high cell count etc. (without needing a veterinarian other than for pregnancy checking). The success of his thirty-five sow, farrowing operation will also be discussed (again, without the need of drugs and high vet expenses)! Please come and hear what Vita-Min- Lac Products can do for you, without the holding of milk or meat from the market, and keeping your animals on full feed for maximum growth and production. Be sure and mark your calendars for Tuesday evening at 7:00 at the John Beiler farm!! Refreshments will be furn ished, so bring your friends and neigh bors with you. Vita-Min-Lac Livestock Products, Inc.
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