Hog Prices
Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, May 2
330 Head of Hogs
Barrows and Gilts 50c to 75c
higher.
Barrows and Gilts: U.S. 2-3 200-
240 pounds 24.85-25.50; 2-4 190-260
24.25-24.75 ; 2-3 300-550 20.00-21.00.
Boars: (few) 19.85-20.25.
New Holland Auction
Monday, May 1
Hogs 831: Barrows & Gilts:
Fully $1 higher. US No. 1-2 200-240
lbs. 25.50-27.00; US No. 1-3 200-240
lbs. 25.00-25.50; US No. 2-4 240-260
lbs. 24.75-25.25; US No. 2-4 170-200
lbs. 22.50-24.00.
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs.
20.00-22.50. Boars: 20.00-21.50.
Lancaster Market
Monday, May 1
Hogs: Barrows and Gilts
strong to 50 higher.
Barrows and Gilts; US 1210-230
lbs. 26.00-26.50; US 1-3195-250 lbs.
25.25-25.75; US 2-3 240-260 lbs.
24.50- US 3-4 250-280 lbs.
23.50-
Vintage Auction
Saturday, April 29
Hogs 802: Barrows & Gilts:
Strong to $1.25 higher. US No. 1-2
200-235 lbs. 25.50-25.85, few to
26.25; US No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 24.75-
25.35; US No. 2-4 245-265 lbs. 23.75-
24.25; US No. 2-4130-155 lbs. 20.50-
22.50.
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs
20.00-22.25.
Boars: 19.25-20.75.
Tuesday, May 2
Hogs: Barrows and Gilts 25-50
higher.
Barrows and Gilts: US 1210-240
lbs. 25.75-26.00; US 1-2 200-240 lbs.
25.35-25.60; US 2-3 195-245 lbs.
24.85-25.25.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, May 3
Hogs: Barrows and Gilts
steady to 25 lower.
Barrows and Gilts: US 1200-230
lbs. 26.50; US 1-2 210-225 lbs. 25.35-
25.50; US 2-3 195-250 lbs. 24.85-
25.25.
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.
ANNOUNCING
NEW POLICY AT UNCASTER STOCK YARDS
STOCKER AND FEEDER SALE
SECOND FRIDAY EACH MONTH
NEXT SALE MAY 12, 1972 AT 1:00 P.M.
ALL GRADES, BREEDS, WEIGHTS
LOAD LOTS - SMALL LOTS
DNION STOCK YARDS
LANCASTER, PA.
St. Louis Auction
Hogs: 5500. steady to 25 lower.
US 1-2 200-230 lbs. 25.00; 1-3 210-
250 lbs. 24.25-24.75.
Peoria Auction
Hogs: 4000. active, opening
steady on wts. under 230 lbs.;
heavier wts. 25-50 higher. US 1-2
200-230 lbs. 25.00-25.50; 1-3 200-250
lbs. 24.50-25.00.
Indianapolis Auction
Hogs: 2500. steady to strong,
fairly active, US 1-2 200-240 lbs.
25.25-25.50; 1-3 200-240 lbs. 24.75-
25.25 ; 240-260 tbs. 24.00-24.75.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, May 4
Receipts this week 3,900, last
week 6,400 and last year 1,400. As
compared with last weeks close
■slaughter steers unevenly 25-50
inst. 75 higher, most advance on
Choice and below grades.
Slaughter heifers 25 to mostly 50
higher. Cows fully 50, instances
1.00 higher. Bulls strong to 50
higher. Supply mainly High Good
and Choice Slaughter steers and
heifers with several loads Mixed
Choice and Prime steers, balance
of receipts mostly cows.
Steers—Part load Prime 1335
pounds 3-4 37.25. High Choice and
Prime 1225-1375 37.00-37.25.
Mixed Good and mixed Choice
and Prime 1175-1325 3-4 36.25-
37.00. Choice 975-1325 2-4 35.00-
36.50. Mixed Good and Choice 925-
1225 33.75-35.50. Good 31.00-34.25.
Holsteins 31.75-32.25. Standard
Holsteins 30.50-31.00.
Heifers —Few Prime 1085
pounds 3-4 36.50. Choice 800-1050
2-4 25- 34.25-36.00. Several 34.50-
34.75. Mixed Good and Choice 725-
950 pounds 33.25-34.50. Good 30.25-
33.25.
Cows—Commercial 23.50-26.00.
Utility 25.00-27.50. Cutter 23.50-
26.50. Canner 20.00-24.00.
Bulls—Utility and Commercial
28.00-31.50, some 32.00-32.50.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, May 1
Reported receipts of 287 head;
market steady and active.
Load Kansas riding and driving
horses, 125-140.
Load Tennessee riding horses,
105-250.
Local riding horses, 110-410;
driving horses, 140-400; work
horses, single, 175-300, one out
standing pair, 900.
Large Ponies, 30-50; pony
mares, 20-50; colts and geldings,
5-20; killers, 10-12.
U. S. Inspected livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Under Federal Inspection
Thurs. May 5
Week ago
Year ago
Week to date
Same period last week
Same period last year
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, May 4
Closing prices slaughter steers
25-50 c higher with best demand
for Choice and Prime and many
of these at the full advance.
Heifers 50c higher under broad
demand in active trading. Cows
closed mostly steady higher.
Four day total 19,500 as com
pared 17,500 previous week and
22,900 year ago. Slaughter steers
approximately 38 per cent,
heifers 41 per cent, fairly liberal
percentage Choice and moderate
volume High-Choice and Prime,
cows 9 per cent and feeders 8 per
cent. Marketings expanded over
previous week but much better
distributed over trading period
than previous week. Price ad
vance on fed cattle a reflection of
higher prices on carcass beef at
wholesale level. One major
packer out of market with labor
difficulties which were settled
late in week, but there was a
continued broad demand for
cattle to be slaughtered at points
outside the immediate Omaha
area. Feeder buyers continued to
compete aggressively for fleshy
two-way steers.
Slaughter Steers; Load High-
Choice and Prime 1209 pounds 3-4
36.25, highest locally in seven
weeks. Moderate volume same
grade 1057-1303 2-4 35.50-36.00
with 16 loads 35.85-36.00. Choice
975-1275 2-4 34.50-35.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 950-1225 34.00-
34.50. Good 31.50-34.00, Holsteins
2-3 31.50-32.00. Standard and Low-
Good 30.50-31.50.
Average cost slaughter steers
first three days 34.67 average
weight 1145 pounds as compared
to 34.24 and 1144 pounds previous
week and 32.29 and 1142 pounds a
year ago.
Slaughter Heifers: Five loads
High-Choice and Prime 950-1097
3-4 35.35-35.50, moderate showing
same grade 870-1109 2-4 35.00-
35.25. Choice 825-1050 2-4 closed
34.00- Mixed Good and
Choice 750-1000 33.25-34.00. Good
30.00- Standard and Low-
Good 28.50-30.00.
Cows: Utility and Commercial
mainly 24.50-26.00, few Utility
Dairybreds 26.25-26.50. Canner
and Cutter 21.50-24.50, Mixed
Cutter and Low-Utility 24.75-
25.00. Shelly Canner 19.00-21.50.
Bulls; Utility, Commercial and
Good 27.50-31.00, Commercial 1-2
31.50-33.00. Cutter and Low-
Utility 24.00-27.50.
Feeders: Big bulk of supply
fleshy two-way steers, moderate
volume heifers. Trading fairly
active strong to 50c higher.
Outshipments 1500 head little
changed from previous week.
Part load Choice 523 pound
steers 43.00, part load Choice 761
HOGS
310,000
CATTLE
121,000
338.000
355.000
1,266,000
118,000
120,000
486,000
1.302.000
1.373.000
474.000
474.000
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
February ‘73 33.72 27.10
March ‘73
April
May ‘73
Trend - Cattle are steady, Hogs are steady, Potatoes are lower, and
Eggs are steady.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc,
Figures recently compiled by
the United States Department of
Agriculture indicate per-acre
real estate taxes paid by
American farmers have risen 34
per cent since 1967.
North American farmers
shipped 1,163 million bushels of
wheat and wheat products
throughout the world during 1970
making this continent the world’s
largest wheat exporter.
pounds 38.00. Choice 1005-1181
pounds steers 34.25-35.00, High-
Good and Choice 975-1107 33.00-
34.50. Load Good 1131 pounds
31.25.
Few Choice 503-567 heifers
35.00-37.50. High-Good and Choice
704-857 33.25-34.00.
SHEEP
37,000
38.000
41.000
144,000
147.000
157.000
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
Smoketown, Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 6,1972
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, May 4)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
35.50 28.00
34.65 28.30
33.60 27.00
33.50 27.20
33.65 25.25
2.22 27.70
28.42
2.80 41.50
3.78
West Nottingham Auction
RL 276, Rising Sun, Md.
Monday, May 1
Calves; 80-115 pounds 44.50-
58.00; 115-140 49.00-58.00; 140-240
50.50-56.50.
Steers (Holstein): 1,000-1,050
pounds 30.50-31.25.
Cows: Good Commercial 1,150-
1,590 pounds 26.00-29.00; Canner
800-1,100 20.00-26.00.
Bulls: 700-900 pounds 27.50-
30.00.
Sheep: 80-90 pounds 5.00-8.00.
Lambs; 25 pounds 25c per
pound.
Milk goat, 32.00; odd goats 9.00-
19.00.
Fh. 397-3539
3
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
29.20
33.30
39.60
38.50
41.20