Hog Prices
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, February 9
Barrows and Gilts 50-75 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1
220-2251b5. 29.35-29.75; US 1-2 210-
240 lbs. 28.50-28.60; US 2-3 195-255
lbs. 27.85-28.35.
Lancaster Market
Monday, February 7
Barrows and Gilts generally
steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1
200-2401b5. 28.00-28.25; US 1-3195-
255 lbs. 27.00-27.50.
New Holland Auction
Monday, February 7
HOGS 739 Barrows & Gilts:
$1.50 to $1.75 lower. US No. 1-2
205-240 lbs. 27.75-29.50; US No. 1-3
190-250 lbs. 27.00-27.75. US No. 2-4
240-280 lbs. 26.00-27.00; US No. 3-4
140-185 lbs. 25.00-27.00.
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs.
20.00-23.00. Boars: 20.00-22.00.
Vintage Auction
Tuesday, February 8
Barrows and Gilts strong to 25
higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS US 1
200-235 lbs. 28.75-29.00; US 1-2 200-
240 lbs. 28.50-28.75; US 2-3 195-250
lbs. 28.00-28.50, mainly 28.25-
28.50.
Saturday, February 5
HOGS 684 Barrows & Gilts:
$2.25 to $2.50 lower. US No. 1-2
200-220 lbs. 27.50-28.00; US No. 2-3
195-250 lbs. 26.75-27.50; US No. 2-4
195-260 lbs. 26.10-26.60; US No. 3-4
245-280 lbs. 25.00-26.50; US No. 2-4
100-180 lbs. 20.60-23.00.
Sows: US No., 1-3 310-630 lbs,
18.00-22.00. Boars: 19.00-20.25.
Peoria Auction
HOGS: 3500. Moderately ac
tive, opening steady to weak,
instances 25 lower. US 1-2 200-235
lbs. 27.50-28.00; about 100 head
28.00; 1-3 200-260 lbs. 27.00-27.50.
Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, February 8
225 Barrows and gilts, steady.
US No. 2-3 200-235 lbs. barrows
and gilts 27.60-28.10, lot at 28.50.
No. 2-4 140-185 lbs. 25.50-26.50. US
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Market, Inc.
1 mile east of
Fredericksburg
along Route 222
Phone Jonestown
865-2881
Sale every Tuesday at 1:30
P.M< starting with feeder
cattle and pigs
OmaKa Cattle
Thursday, February 10
Compared with last week’s
close, closing prices on slaughter
steers and heifers were 50-75 c
higher. Cows closed 1.00-1.50
higher, bulls were strong to 50c
higher and feeder cattle strong to
50c higher.
Four day receipts 19,300 as
compared 18,700 previous week
and 19,800 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 37 per cent, fairly
liberal percentage choice,
moderate volume high-choice
and prime. Heifers 38 per cent,
supply predominatly good to
average-choice. Cows 9 per cent,
feeders 11 per cent.
The upward spiral in fed cattle
prices was resumed and the
downturns enforced the previous
week were largely offset. An
upward trend on carcass beef
coupled with moderate
marketings were stimulating
factors. The ratio betwwen live
prices and carcass realizations
are still not considered favorable
to packers and some buyers were
rather cautious on late rounds.
Average cost slaughter steers
first three days 36.23, average
weight 1128 lbs. as compared
36.10 and 1131 lbs. previous week
and 31.74 and 1150 lbs. a year ago.
Market Steers
Steers - High-Choice and
Prime, part load, 1086 lbs., 3-4,
38.10; 1012-1441 lbs., 2-4, 37.25-
38.00. Choice, 975-1275 lbs., 2-4,
36.25- Load mostly choice,
13501b5., 4,36.00. Mixed Good and
Choice, 950-1250 lbs., 35.50-36.25.
Good, 32.50-35.50. Standard and
low-good, 31.00-32.50.
Heifers high-choice and prime,
part load, 954 lbs., 3-4 37.00; 925-
1158 lbs., 3-4 36.50-36.75. 825-1025
lbs., 2-4, 35.50-36.50. Mixed Good
and choice, 800-1000 lbs., 34.50-
35.50. Good, 30.00-34.50. Standard
and low-good, 28.00-30.00.
Cows utility and commerical,
23.00-35.00. Utility dairybreds,
25.25- Canner and cutter,
20.50-23.50. Mixed cutter and low
utility, 23.75-24.00.
Bulls - utility, commercial and
No- 2-3 300-500 lbs. SOWS 19.85-
22.60. Few Boars 19.50-19.85.
FEEDER PIGS 35 Lot US No.
1-3 20 lbs. feeder pigs 10 per head,
lot No. 1-3 40 lbs. 18 per head.
Indianapolis Auction
HOGS: 2500. 25 lower, active.
US 1-2 200-230 lbs. 28.00; 70 head
28.25; 1-3 200-250 lbs. 27.50-28.00.
St. Louis Auction
HOGS: 7000. Moderately ac
tive, 25 to mostly 50 lower. US 1-3
200-240 lbs. 27.25-27.75, mostly
27.50; 1-3 240-260 lbs. 26.75-27.50;
2-4 250-280 lbs. 26.00-27.00.
U. S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
For the week ending Thursday, February 10
Week to date
Some period last week
Same period last year
Estimated daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection,
ALFALFA For Long Rotations
This big yielder often out-produces
other alfalfas by 10 percent or more.
It produces high quality dark green
forage throughout the season
comes back quick after harvest. High
seedling vigor helps you get a good
stand.
SEE OR MIL YOUR PIONEER SALESMAN.
Don’t Plant Feed
Oats,Official Warns
Farmers using Feed oats for
planting, instead of for feed as
intended, “are just asking for
trouble,” warns Gus Day,
supervisor, Md. State Seed In
spection Service.
Quackgrass, bindweed and
other weed seeds are again
showing up in feed oats
(sometimes called “grain oats”
or "Western oats”) examined by
the Seed Inspection Service.
“Lower yields more than wipe
out any small savings you think
you make on the price of the seed.
In addition, you are liable to buy
a weed or plant disease in
festation that will cost you a lot of
money, sweat and tears over a
period of time trying to control.
“It is sad,” he adds, “to see a
man fighting over the years
against weeds or plant diseases
he bought and planted himself.
“Seed is the smallest part of
the cost of producing a crop, and
trying to save a few cents by
using inferior seed just doesn’t
make sense,” he points out.
Only certified seed should be
planted, according to Day. “It is
of known germination, purity and
freedom from weeds. It is treated
against diseases. It is labeled and
described by regulation to
protect you against loss why
take a chance with seed of
unknown quality.”
good, 26.50-28.50. Commercial,
US 2, 29.00-30.00. Cutter and low
utility, 24.50-26.50.
Feeder Steers
Feeder cattle and calves strong
to 50c higher under continued
good demand. Supplies mainly
fleshy two-way steers, moderate
showing calves and yearlings.
Steers - Choice load, 452 lbs.,
42.50; 604-631 ibs., 38.50-40.00;
high-good and choice, 893-1077
lbs., 34.50-36.00. Standard and
good load, 688 lbs., 31.75.
Heifers - Choice four loads, 416-
507 lbs., 37.50-38.00; 725-855 lbs.,
33.50-34.50.
Southeast Poultry
Meeting March 21
The Annual Southeast Penn
sylvania Poultry meeting will be
held at Trainer’s Restaurant in
Quakertown starting at 6:30 p.m.
March 21, reports David L.
Kantner, associate Bucks County
ag agnent.
Both egg processing and
marketing will be included in the
program. Mark your calendar
and save the date, Kantner
urges.
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
449.000 1,074,000 159,000
452.000 1,168,000 159,000
444.000 1,277,000 169,000
520
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 12.1972
FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thursday, February 10)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
February 36.75 27.10
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
February ’73 32.45
May ’73
Trend Cattle are lower, Hogs are lower, Potatoes are steady,
and Eggs are lower.
a-asked
CORRECTION - The 32.12 Futures Trading on Chicago Fresh Eggs
for February ‘73 in last weeks issue should have been Chicago Cattle
for February ‘73.
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc,
Used Burlap Bags
Hazardous
May Be
Reusing burlap bags in various
industries throughout the
Commonwealth is a common
practice, but the Department of
Environmental Resources warns
of potential health hazards such a
practice might create.
This was brought to the at
tention of John W. Knauber,
director, Division of Oc
cupational Health, by the U. S.
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, as it cited a case in
which burlap bags, once used to
hold asbestos, created a situation
which was extremely hazardous
to workmen handling the bags.
It was pointed out in the HEW
memorandum that shaking out a
single bag, used in a nursery to
wrap the roots of rose bushes, for
four minutes created over 300
times the allowable limit of
contaminants for a full workday.
Knauber said that many in
dustries throughout the State use
second hand burlap bags, some of
which, at one time or another,
may have been used to hold
substances which are harmful
and which could very easily
create a health problem.
In the Kitchen
APPLE FRITTERS
IV2 cups sifted all-purpose
flour
IVz tsps. baking powder
V* tsp. salt
1 egg
% cup milk
2 cups finely chopped,
pared, cooking apples
3 tbsps. butter or
margarine
Sift together flour, baking
powder and salt. Beat egg
with milk in medium bowl;
blend in dry ingredients. Stir
in apple. Heat butter in blaz
er pan over medium flame.
Drop batter by the spoonful
into hot butter. Cook, turning
once, until browned on both
sides. Makes 6 servings, 2
fritters per serving.
34.70 25.05 3.28
33.75 26.95
27.10
33.17 26.25
32.60 24.15
32.40 23.55
b-bid n-normal
Therefore, he suggested that
such bags be checked for
previous use and, if possible, be
cleaned before being reused.
Knauber also invited
manufacturers who may be in
doubt as to what steps should be
taken to contact his office for
advice.
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Farmers monthly meeting.
7:30 p.ni. Farm and Home
Foundation boad of directors
reorganizational meeting.
Farm and Home Center.
7:30 p.m Central 4-H Tractor
Club, Landis Bros., Inc.,
Manheim Pike, Lancaster.
Garden Spot Young Farmers
officers meeting.
Drug education seminar for
Lancaster County law en
forcement personnel, Mount
Joy Vo-Tech
February 15-17
Southeastern Dairy Conference,
Guernsey Breeders Bam.
Thursday, February 17
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Penn State tax
records program meeting,
Farm and Home Center.
10 a.m. - ? Chester County
Extension Dairy Day, Sad-
sburyville Fire Hall.
12 noon ABC District Two
annual membership meeting,
Sadsburyville Fire Hall.
7 p.m. Agrico-Geigy crop
management meeting,
Hostetler’s dining Room,
Mount Joy.
7 30 p.m. H. Louis Moore’s
annual agricultural outlook
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
Forage workshop, Kutztown.
Clothing Construction Course,
Paoli United Methodist
Church.
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Southeastern
Pennsylvania Forage Day,
Farm and Home Center.
6:45 p.m. Garden Spot Young
Farmers Annual banquet,
Blue Ball Fire Hall.
7 p.m. Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative District Five
annual membership meeting,
Quarryville.
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
3.06
29.40
29.10
28.85
3.94
31.80
35.00
37.90
2.82
38.50
3.75
Calendar
School,
Friday, February 18
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