UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person BROOKSHIRE, JANE T WLR FOODS, INC. POST OFFICE BOX 7000 BROADWAY, VA 22815 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WLR FOODS, INC. WLRF 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year OCTOBER 31, 2000 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |09/0130/|AI | |~~235~~317.~~908~~203** |A |$4.~~59218~~68785 |110,~~372~~443.~~920~~291 |D | | |00 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | | |1,433* |I |Husband's IRA | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| **Adjusted total for new ca| | | | | | | | | | lculation of 401K Plan. | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| End of month totals include| | | | | | | | | | any dividend reinvestments| | | | | | | | | | , employee stock | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| purchases, and stock ~~dividends~~divide| | | | | | | | | | nds. | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| *Beneficial ownership expre| | | | | | | | | | ssly disclaimed. | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Options| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Right to Buy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|

Explanation of Responses: (a) Exerciseable in increments of 33 1/3 after 1, 2, & 3 years from transaction date. (b) Stock options granted under WLR Foods, Inc. long-term incentive plan. Number of derivative securities at the end of the month exclude expired employee stock options. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Elizabeth M. Mullins DATE November 7, 2000

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