Virgini
Cattle
Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Wednesday, June 22, 1994
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
REVIEW OF VIRGINIA DIRECT HOGS
FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 15-21, 1994.
RECEIPTS FOR COUNTOY BUYING
STATIONS IN VIRGINIA FOR THE
PERIOD TOTALED 1059 HEAD.
RECEIPTS FOR DELIVERY TO THE
PLANT (WITHIN A 30 MILE RADIUS)
TOTALED 1918 HEAD.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 21,
1994 CLOSED NO TREND ESTAB
LISHED COMPARED TO LAST TOES-
VALLEY FRESH FOODS
Valley Fresh Foods’ complexes in Turlock,
California, Townsend, Montana, Woodburn,
Oregon, and Rochester, Washington house 2 6
million birds, with several houses of Big Dutchman
Cage Systems
Anas chose the Big Dutchman chain system
because it handles the feed capacities he needs
for his high bird density houses It is easy to adjust
the amount of feed and feeding schedule as
needed when making feed formulation changes It
all adds up to more eggs and better feed
conversion
IF ITS WORTH YOUR INVESTMENT, TRUST IT TO HERSHEY
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DAY'S TRADING.
RECEIPTS FOR HOT CARCASS
BASIS TOTALED 2249 HEAD.
BARROWS AND GILTS: HOT CAR
CASS BASIS 163-191 LB. CARCASS
58.95 48% LEAN YIELD <.27mm(1.15
IN. TENTH RIB) BACKFAT.
LOCAL PLANT DELIVERED LIVE
BASIS (30 MILE RADIUS)
US 2-3 220-250 LBS. 39.00-41.00.
VIRGINIA COUNTRY POINTS LIVE
BASIS U.S. 1-3 220-250 LBS
40.00-41.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 0%; SLAUGHTER COWS 27%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 3%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
56%, OVER 600 LBS 14% PRICE
RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY
AUCTIONS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS ft HEIFERS;
TOTAL HEAD COUNT - HEAD
STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1150-1300 LBS
SELECT 2-3 1000-1200 LBS.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-3 950-1100 LBS
SELECT 2-3 *5O-1100 LBS
SELECT 2-3 1100-1300 LBS.
SLAUGHTER COWS TOTAL HEAD
COUNT 370 HEAD UTILITY ft COM
MERCIAL COWS 36.00-45.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS; HEAD
COUNT 42 HEAD BULLS -1-2 900-1300
LBS 50.00-61.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS
53.00-68.00 1-2 1600 LBS ft OVER
53.75-62.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES ft VEALERS
TOTAL HEAD COUNT - HEAD
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS TOTAL HEAD
COUNT 554 HEAD NEW CROP
CHOICE ft PRIME 3-4 145 LB.
CHOICE ft FEW PRIME 1-2 FEW 3
98-106 LB. 66.00-69.00 GOOD ft FEW
CHOICE 1-2 88-92 LB. 63.25-65.25
GOOD ft FEW CHOICE 1-2 61-73 LB.
RELIES ON THE
&u) Putdiman.
CHAIN
FEEDING SYSTEM
Joe Anas, President of Valley Fresh Foods, Inc believes his
decision to use Big Dutchman Cage Systems with Chain
Feeding is right on the money Mr Arias has been changing
over to Big Dutchman for several years and has plans to
continue to equip future houses with Big Dutchman systems.
The bottom line, he says, "is that Big Dutchman's chain
feeding system promotes better management flexibility that
equates to higher profits."
The computer print-outs from the current test* in Turlock,
California, confirm to Mr Arias his decision to go with Big
Dutchman Cham Feeding provides him with more eggs,
better feed conversion and fewer undergrades than drag
auger feeding
*Test house contains both the Big Dutchman chain feeding
system and Chore-Time's drag auger system it houses
sister birds and other parameters that are equal
68.25-69.00 (OLD CROP) WOOLED
CHOICE A FEW PRIME 2-3 118 LB—
. ft FEW PRIME 1-2 FEW 3
110-114 LB. GOOD ft FEW
CHOICE 1-2 60-80 LB.
SLAUGHTER HOGS TOTAL HEAD
COUNT 16 US 1-3 200-250 LBS 35.00
US 2-4 250-300 LBS 32.00 SOWS US 1-3
300-500 LBS 22.00-25.
00 500 LBS ft OVER.
FEEDER CATTLE TOTAL HEAD
COUNT FOR ALL WEIGHTS 963
HEAD.
STEERS; MEDIUM 1 200-300
95.00-101.00 300-400 75.00-87.00
400-500 76.00-81.00 FEW 68.00-72.00
500-600 76.00-83.00 FEW 59.0060.00
600700 73.0078.00.
HEIFERS; MEDIUM 1 200-300
81.0091.00 300400 75.0083.00 400500
66.0074.00 500600 62.0068.00 700800
67.5068.00.
LIVESTOCK WEIGHTED AVER
AGES COMBINED LOCATIONS SUM
MARY WEEK ENDING JUNE 17,1994.
STATE GRADED SALES MARKET;
MARSHALL. VA (880 HEAD) MARK
ET: STAUNTON UNION, VA (92
HEAD).
CONTRACTS
AVAILABLE FOR
LAYERS, PULLETS
AND BREEDERS.
CALL FOR DETAILS/
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 25, 199449
RECEIPTS 972 LAST WEEK 1.106
LAST YEAR N/A.
MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1
FEEDER STEERS HEAD WGT RANGE
AVE WGT PRICE RANGE AVG PRICE
3 357-357 357 $BB.OO-88.00 88.00 42
458-474 472 $BO.OO-91.75 89.21 15
515-541 538 $77.00-79.50 79.17 21
642-645 642 $76.00-78.00 77.81 7
659-659 659 $76.50-76.50 76.50 11
728-728 728 $70.00-70.00 70.00 3
815-815 SIS $68.50-68.50 68.50 7
927-927 927 $63.25-63.25 63.25.
MEDIUM FRAME 1 FEEDER
STEERS HEAD WGT RANGE AVE
WGT PRICE RANGE AVG PRICE 1
395-395 395 $BO.OO-80.00 80.00 5
460-471 469 $BO.OO-88.25 86.60 12
541-541 541 $83.50-83.50 83.50 43
561-568 562 $Bl.OO-14.00 83.65 25
648-648 648 $81.50-81.50 81.50 1
685-685 685 $67.00-67.00 67.00 18
771-771 771 $76.00-76.00 76.00 16
827-827 827 $70.50-70.50 70.50.
LARGE FRAME 1 FEEDER STEERS
HEAD WGT RANGE AVE WGT PRICE
RANGE AVG PRICE 3 423-423 423
$87.00-87.00 87.00 8 450-488 478
$79.50-81.50 81.00 17 542-542 542
$84.00-84.00 84.00 8 551-565 SSS
$78.50-78.50 78.50 17 663-663 663
$79.25-79.25 79.25 20 729-745 737
$73.00-74.50 73.83 9 832-846 842
$64.50-67.25 66.64 6 915-930 927
$59.00-62.75 62.13 1 1030-1030 1030
$52.00-52.00 52.00.
SMALL FRAME 1 FEEDER STEERS
HEAD WGT RANGE AVE WGT PRICE
RANGE AVG PRICE 8 355-375 365
$76.00-78.00 77.19 16 420-442 441
$77.00-77.00 77.00 3 450-450 450
$75.50-75.50 75.50 1 535-535 535
$61.00-61.00 61.00 13 554-554 554
$76.25-76.25 76.25 7 628-630 628
$60.00-70.00 68.57 1 775-775 775
$67.50-67.50 67.50.
MEDIUM /\ND LARGE FRAME 2
FEEDER STEERS HEAD WGT RANGE
AVE WGT PRICE RANGE AVG PRICE
1 305-305 305 $85.00-85.00 85.00 4
365-365 365 $87.50-87.50 87.50 16
435-435 435 $76.50-77.00 76.97 5
485-495 489 $76.50-78.75 77.40 15
546-546 546 $75.50-75.50 75.50 38
550-595 557 $74.00-79.75 78.46 29
641-643 642 $70.50-75.25 74.27 10
651-651 651 $73.00-73.00 73.00 12
705-735 729 $66.00-72.00 71.25 2
760-760 760 $62.50-62.50 62.50 7
805-831 827 $62.50-63.25 63.14 1
920-920 920 $55.00-55.00 55.00.
MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1
FEEDER HEIFERS HEAD WGT
KEN CLUGSTON
(717) 665-6775
CRAFT-BELT
CONSTRUCTION INC.
FARM-HOME BUILDING
1242 Breneman Road
MANHEIM, PA 17545
PH: (717) 665-4372.
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