Hog Prices
Vintage Auction
Saturday, September 23
Hog Market not received in
time for publication.
Tuesday, September 26
HOGS: Barrows and Gilts 25-50
lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
2 200-240 lbs. 30.75-31.00; Few
head US 131.00-31.10; US 2-3 195-
255 lbs. 30.50-30.75.
New Holland Auction
Monday, September 25
HOGS 1038: Barrows and Gilts
steady to 25c lower. US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. 30.50-31.50; US No. 1-3
200-245 lbs. 30.00-30.50; US No. 2-4
240-270 lbs. 29.00-30.00; US No. 2-4
170-190 lbs. 28.50-30.00.
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs.
24.00-26.00.
Boars: 23.00-24.50.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, September 27
Barrows and Gilts 25-50 lower,
weights over 240 lbs. steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1
225-235 lbs. 30.75; US 1-2 200-235
lbs. 30.00-30.35; US 2-3 200-240 lbs.
29.35-30.00; US 2-3 240-255 lbs.
30.10-30.35.
Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, September 26
• 185 Head of Hogs
Barrows and Gilts 25c to 50c
lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: U.S.
2-3 200-225 pounds 30.00-30.35; 2-4
(few lots) 210-235 29.75-29.85.
SOWS: U.S. 1-3 350-500 pounds
25.25-26.25; 3-4 400-600 24.75-25.25.
BOARS: (few) 22.75-23.00.
Lancaster Market
Monday, September 25
Barrows and Gilts 25-50 lower;
Sows scarce.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1
200-2351b5. 30.75-31.25; US 1-2200-
240 lbs. 30.25-30.50; US 2-3 190-255
lbs. 29.75-30.00.
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HOGS: 3500, moderately ac
tive, mostly steady US 1-2 200-240
lbs. 29.25-29.50; about 200 head
29.60; 1-3 200-270 lbs. 28.75-29.25.
Indianapolis Auction
HOGS: 3500, steady to strong,
moderately active US 1-2 210-240
lbs, mostly 29.50 around 50 head
29.75; 1-3 200-250 lbs. 29.25-29.50.
St. Louis Auction
HOGS: 6000 full steady US 1-2
210-230 lbs. 29.50-29.75; 1-3 200-240
lbs. 29.25-29.50.
New York
Dressed Meats
Thursday, September 28
Fresh meat prices mostly
unchanged for steer and heifer
beef, veal, calf and lamb. Pork
loins, picnics and hams steady,
butts and spareribs $1 lower.
Trading generally dull with
demand for all classes fresh
meats generally moderate.
Chuck cuts of railstocks very
slow but beef rounds moderate
active mostly for delivery into
next week.
Steer Beef
Prime 600 - 900 pounds 57.50 -
59.00; Choice 600 - 700 57.00 -
58.00; 700 - 800 56.75 - 57.50; 800 -
900 56.75 - 57.50; Good 500 - 800
54.00 - 56.00.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500 - 700 pounds 54.50 -
56.00.
Calf (Skin Off)
150-350 Pounds
Choice 78.50 - 82.50; Good 85.00 -
90.00; standard 68.50 - 72.50.
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90 - 150 pounds 93.00 -
101.00; Good 60- 90 85.00 - 90.00;
standard 60 - 120 72.00 - 75.00.
Lamb
Choice Spring 30 - 65 pounds
65.00 - 68.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (Steer) 145 - 190 pounds
66.00 - 69.50; Arm Chucks 90 -105
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cent and feeders near 20 percent.
Liberal percentage Choice steers
and heifers with moderate
volume High-Choice and Prime.
Fed cattle trade continued to
operate in an atmosphere of
stability even in the face of a
bearish carcass trade through
midweek. Weekly average cost of_
steers has varied only 24c per
hundredweight over past tHree
week period. Supplies fairly well
distributed over period. Feeder
buyers continued to offer strong
support on Good to low-Choice
950-1050 pound shortfed steers
suitable for short turn in feedlot
with more than 160 steers
weighing over 900 pounds going
on feeder account first three
days. Also good demand for two
way heifers.
STEERS: Nine loads High-
Choice and Prime 1050-1175
pounds 3-4 35.85-36.15, moderate
volume same grade 1025-1274 2-4
35.50- Choice 975-1275 2-4
34.50- Mixed Good and
Choice 950-1225 34.00-34.50. Good
32.50- 2-3 1100-1250 pound
Holsteins 32.50-33.40. Standard
and low-Good 31.50-32.50.
Average cost slaughter steers
first three days 34.95 average
weight 1124 pounds as compared
34.76 and 1111 pounds previous
week and 31.93 and 1096 pounds a
year ago.
HEIFERS: Ten loads High-
Choice and Prime 943-1128
pounds 3-4 34.50-34.65 early, same
grade 952-1038 34.00-34.40 late.
Choice 800-1025 2-4 closed mainly
33.00- Mixed Good and
Choice 750-975 32.25-33.25. Good
30.50- Small lots Standard
and Good 29.50-30.50.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
26.00- few Utility
Dairybreds 27.75-28.00. Canner
and Cutter 23.00-26.00, mixed
Cutter and Utility 26.25-26.50.
BULLS: Utility, Commercial
and Good 28.50-32.50, Com
mercial 1-233.00-33.50. Cutter and
low-Utilitv 25.00-28.50.
FEEDERS: Trading
48.00 - 50.00; Ribs (7-rib) 34-40
66.00 - 74.00; Loins (trmd) 50-70
84.00 - 86.00; Rounds (Steer) 70 -
95 66.00 - 67.50; Full Plates 32.50 -
33.00; Hinds (Heifer) 120 - 170
64.00 - 66.00.
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (regular) 8 - 14 pounds
65.00 - 68.00; 14 - 17 64.00 - 67.00;
Picnics (regular) 4 - 8 39.50 -
41.50; Boston Butts 4-8 55.50 -
57.00; Spareribs 3 pounds down
59.00 - 61.50; Hams (skinned) 14
pounds down 59.00 - 61.50; 14 -17
55.50 - 58.00; 17 - 20 54.00 - 56.00.
Kosher Market
Kosher steer beef and lamb:
mid week trade active. Prices
steady. Quotes unchanged.
U. S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Week to date
Same period last wek
Same period last yr.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1972
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, September 28)
October
November
December
January ‘73
February 38.15 28.60
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
Trend - Cattle ? re higher, Hogs are higher, Potatoes are lower, and
Eggs 'ire lower.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities Inc.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Wednesday, September 27
There were 1,461 head sold.
Steers
Choice and Fancy: 300 - 400
pounds 49.50 - 51.50; 405 - 500 48.00
- 53.00; 505 - 600 46.75 - 52.00; 600 -
680 43.25 - 47.50.
Good: 300 - 400 pounds 49.50 -
50.75 ; 405 - 500 46.25 - 49.00; 505 -
600 45.00 - 49.25; 600 - 680 42.00 -
47.00.
continued active under
very aggressive demand, prices
strong to 50c higher. Out
shipments from regular market
trading approximately 3,100 head
as compared to 3,200 previous
week. Outgo included more than
1,600 steers over 900 pounds most
of these of fleshy two-wav variety
and many logdlots carried
considerable percentage Choice
grade for slaughter.
STEERS: Several loads Choice
and Prime 510-675 pounds 48.00-
50.00, few consignments Choice
616-726 45.00-47.00. Choice 905-1100
35.50-36.50, short load 926 pounds
37.00. High-Good and Choice
these weights 34.50-35.50.
HEIFERS; Three loads Choice
and Prime 522-613 pounds 43.75-
45.00. Load Choice 436 pounds
44.00, load Choice 642 pounds
36.85. High-Good and Choice 743-
899 33.00-34.75. Few Good and
Choice stock cows 27.50-30.00.
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
500.000 1,290,000 171,000
506.000 1,271,000 171,000
501.000 1,379,000 160,000
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Potatoes
36.00 29.40
37.20 29.15
37.65 25.70 4.37
37.50 26.47
26.42
37.35
23.20
Feeder
Sale
Medium: 405 - 500 pounds 44.00 -
44.50; 505 - 600 44.75 - 46.25; 600 -
800 41.00 - 47.00.
Short
42.50.
Choice and Fancy: 300 - 400
pounds 40.00; 405 - 500 40.50 -
43.00; 500 - 600 37.50 - 39.50.
Good: 300 - 400 pounds 40.00 -
41.50; 405 - 500 39.50 - 41.75 ; 500 -
600 35.25 - 35.50.
Medium: 300 - 400 pounds 39.00 -
39.50; 405 - 500 37.00 - 40.00; 500 -
600 30.00 - 36.75.
Short; 414 - 535 pounds 38.50 -
40.50.
Abingdon, Virginia
Tuesday, September 26
There were 1563 head sold.
Steers
Choice and Fancy: 500 - 700
pounds 41.75 - 45.50; 700 - 800 38.75
- 40.10; 800 - 1000 34.80 - 37.50.
Good; 500 - 700 pounds 41.20 -
45.00; 700 - 800 38.90 - 39.40; 800 -
1000 33.50 - 35.25.
Medium: 500 - 700 pounds 38.50 -
42.75; 700 - 800 37.20 - 38.60; 800 -
1000 33.50 - 33.80.
Common: 500 -700 pounds 36.00
- 38.25; 700 - 800 34.25 - 35.00; 800 -
1000 32.00 - 33.50.
Tuesday, September 26
There were 711 head sold,
Steers
Choice and Fancy: 300-400
pounds 51.75-52.00; 405-500 49.50-
50.50; 505-600 47.00-49.00 ; 605-700
41.75-44.50.
Good: 300-400 pounds 50.00-
50.50; 405-500 48.50-51.75 ; 505-600
45.00-48.00; 605-700 41.00-43.25.
Medium: 300-400 pounds 44.50-
45.00; 405-500 46.00-46.75 ; 505-600
39.50-44.50.
Choice and Fancy: 300-400
pounds 39.50-40.00; 405-500 41.00-
42.25 ; 505-600 39.00-41.00.
Good; 300-400 pounds 40.00 ; 405-
500 40.00-42.00; 505-600 36.25-38.50.
Medium: 300-400 pounds 40.00;
405-500 39.75-40.50.
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40.50
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4.15 39.50
5.12 35.35
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Heifers
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