Hog Prices
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Lancaster Market
Monday, May 14
Barrows and gilts fully steady;
instances 25 higher; sows scarce.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1
200-240 lb. 38.00-38.50; US 1-2 200-"
245 lb. 37.25-37.75;US 2-3 1*95-250
Jb. 37.00-37.25; US 3-4 250-275 lb.
36.50-37.00.
Vintage Auction
Saturday, May 12
HOGS 686: Compared with last
Saturday’s report; Barrows and
gilts mostly steady.US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. 37.75-38.25, few 38.85;
US No. 1-3 200-245 lbs. 37.00-37.75;
US No. 2-4 195-260 lbs 36.35-37.10;
US No. 2-4 165-180 lbs. 35.75-36.85.
US No. 1-3 320-460 lbs. 31.00-33.75
SOWS: US No. 1-3 320-460 lbs
31.00-33.75.
BOARS: 29.00-29.25.
Wednesday, May 16
HOGS 600. Compared with last
Wednesday’s report: Barrows
and gilts fully $2.50 higher. US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 39.50-40.10; US
No. 1-3 200-2501b5. 39.00-39.50: US
No. 2-4 290 lbs. 34.00.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-575 lbs.
31.00-33.00.
BOARS; 29.00-30.00.
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, May 16
Barrows and gilts mostly 2.00
higher.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1225-
235 lb. 40.50; tJS 1-2 210-240 lb.
39.60- US 2-3 190-245 lb,
39.00-39.60; US 2-3 245-260 lb,
38.60-
New Holland Auction
Monday, May 14
HOGS 1080. Compared with last
Monday’s report; Barrows and
gilts 50 cents to 75 cents higher.
US No 1-2 200-240 lbs. 38.25-39.00'
US No. 1-3 200-240 lbs. 37.75-38.25;
US No. 2-4 240-260 lbs. 37.00-37.75;
US No. 2-4 180-190 lbs. 35.00-37.00.
SOWS; US No. 1-3 300-575 lbs,
30.00-33.50
BOARS: 30.50-31.50.
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Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, May 15
345 Head of Hogs
U.S. 2-3 195 - 245 pounds 39.00 -
39.75; 2-4 190 - 260 37.85 - 38.75.
SOWS: U.S. 1-3 300 - 500 pounds
(few) 32.50 - 34.25; 2-3 300 - 600
29.75 - 32.50.
PEORIA AUCTION
HOGS: 800.
Barrows and gilts opening 25-50
lower.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
200-230 lb. 39.00-39.25; US 1-3 200-
240 lb. 38.50-39.00.
Indianapolis Auction
HOGS; 2500.-Barrows and gilts
200-250 lb. steady.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
200-230 lb. 39.00-39.25; 46 head at
39.40; US 1-3 200-250 lb. 38.50-
39.00.
St. Louis Auction
HOGS; 5000. Barrows and gilts
steady to mostly 25 lower.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
200-240 lb. 39.00-39.50; 21 head at
39.75; US 1-3 210-250 lb. 38.75-
39.25.
Soil Temperatures
Reporting From Southeast
Research Center, Landisville.
Week Ending May 18
Degrees
2 Inches Bare
4 Inches Bare
2 Inches Sod
4 Inches Sod
U, S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
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Dressed Meats
Compared with Wednesday,
steer and heifer beef weak; veal
and calf fully steady; lamb
steady; pork cuts mostly $1
higher.
Mostly moderate supplies of
fresh meat classes meeting
moderate demand. Beef rounds
moving best with demand for
rough cuts less urgent than for
past two weeks. Beef chucks
under pressure and fully $2 lower
for the week and it is apparent
that good volume these delivered
direct to chain stores along with
other primal cuts in beef and
pork. Most stores will obviously
be well stocked into next week.
Prime 600 - 900 pounds 72.50 -
73.00; Choice 600 - 700 72.50 -
73.00; Choice 700 - 800 72.00 -
73.50; 800 - 900 72.50 - 73.00; Good
500 - 800 71.00 - 72.50.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500 - 700 pounds 71.00 -
72.50.
150 - 350 Pounds '
Choice 86.00 - 92.00; Good 83.00 -
89.00; Standard 79.00 - 82.00.
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90 - 150 pounds 117.00 -
122.00; Good 60 - 90 113.00 -119.00;
Standard 60 - 120 95.00 - 98.00.
Choice and Prime 30-55 pounds
73.00 - 75.00; 55 - 65 69.00 - 72.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (Steer) 145 - 190 pounds
80.50 - 83.00; Arm Chucks 90 -105
63.00 - 65.00; Ribs (7-rib) 34 - 40
89.00 - 93.00; Loins (Trmd) 50 - 70
103.00-105.00; Rounds (Steer) 70 -
95 76.00 - 78.00; Full Plates 49.50;
Hinds (Heifer) 120 - 170 80.00 -
82.00.
Date
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (Regular) 8-14 pounds
75.00 - 77.00; 14 - 17 74.00 - 76.00.
Picnics (Regular) 4 - 8
51.00; Boston Butts 4 - 8 63.00 -
66.00; Spareribs 3 pounds down
81.00 - 84.00; Hams (Skinned) 14 -
17 64.00 - 67.00; 17 - 20 61.00 - 62.00.
Regional Hay Prices
Monday, May 14,1973
(All hay No. 2 and better prices
paid by dealers at the farm price
per ton.)
Hay and Straw steady to weak,
movement slow
Alfalfa '
Mixed hay
Timothy hay
Straw
Mulch
Smoketown, Po.
Thursday, May 17
Steer Beef
Calf (Skin Off)
Lamb
50.00-
35.00-
30.00-
25.00-
15.00-
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, May 17)
May
46.30 38.55
June
July
August 46.00 38.10
September
October 45.50 36.55
November
December 45.60 36.70
January
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February 45.65 37.10
March
April 45.40 35.30
May
June
45.40 35.50
Trend - Cattle are stronger, Hogs are weaker, Potatoes are
stronger and Eggs are stronger.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc,
Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending May 11
- CATTLE 6429, compared with
7219 head last week, and 6842
head a year ago. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
steers and cows steady to 25 cents
higher! Slaughter heifers strong
to 50 cents higher. Slaughter hulls
steady to $1 higher.
STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 1050-1350 pounds 46.85-
48.85; Choice 950-1300 45.25-47.00;
Good 43.00-45.25; Standard 40.50-
43.00; Utility 38.85-40.50.
HEIFERS: Choice 42.85-44.60,
Good 41.00-43.00, Standard 39.00-
41.00, few Utility 37.00-39.00.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 35.85-37.90, few
to 39.00, Cutters ■ 34.00-36.00,
Canners 31.40-34.00, Shells down
to 28.00.
BULLS: Choice 44.00-47.00,
Good 42.00-44.25,' Utility and
Commercial Cutters
38.00-39.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good and
Choice 300-700 pounds steers
47.00-65.00, Medium and Good
350-750 42.50-54.00. Good 300-650
heifers 49.00-55.00, Medium 350-
800 39.00-48.00.
CALVES 2763. Compared with
2967 head last week, and 3520
Ph. 397-3539.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 19,1973—3
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
38.75
head a year ago, Vealers steady
to $1 higher.
VEALERS: Prime 71.00-74.00,
few to 78.00, Choice 68.00-71.00,
Good 63.00-68.00, Standard 57.00-
63.00, few Utility 90-120 pounds
44.00-52.00, few 70-85 pounds 40.00-
45.00.
FARM CALVES; Were active.
Holstein Bulls 80-130 pounds
64.00-85.00; Holstein Heifers 85-
150 pounds. 72.00-93.00, few to
105.00.
HOGS 5887, compared with 6708
head last week, and 8037 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
strong to $1 higher.
BARROWS and GILTS: US 1-2
200-240 pounds 37.00-37.75, 2-3 200-
250 36.25-37.00, 2-4 190-260 35.75-
36.50, 2-4 125-190 31.00-35.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-570 pounds
30.75-33.00, 2-3 300-600 29.00-31.00.
BOARS: 24,50-27.00.
FEEDER PIGS 665, compared
with 517 head last week, and 703
head a year ago. US 1-3 20-35
pounds feeder pigs 15.00-24.00,1-3
35-50 24,00-32.00 per head.
SHEEP 786, compared with 879
head last week, and 572 head a
year ago. Spring slaughter lambs
unevenly steady.
SPRING LAMBS; Choice 60-95
pounds 40.00-42.75, few to 44.00,
Good 75-100 34.00-40.00. Slaughter
ewes 9.00-18 00.
PSU Reports
Growing Degree
Days, Rainfall
A report from Penn State of
weekly crop and weather
roundups with a report on
weather conditions for the week
ending May 14.
In Lancaster, the average
temperature for the week was 61
degrees, no departure from the
normal average for the time of
year.
Growing degree days for crops
that start at 50-degrees totaled
255 degrees, or 63 more than in an
average year.
Rainfall for the week totaled .19
inches; rainfall since April 1
totaled 6.28 inches, or .93 more
than normal.
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
48.35
45.30
53.25
54.00
58.90
55.00
3.73 57.00
58.80
58.00
4.26
4.48
5.03