Hog Prices
Lancaster Market
Monday, July 31
HOGS: Barrows and gilts 2.75-
3.25, instances 4.00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: Few
lots sorted US 1 210-240 lb. 58.00-
58.50; US 1-2 200-245 lb. 57.50-
58.00; US 2-3 190-260 lb. 56.00-
57.00, mainly 56.50-57.00; US 3-4
255-285 lb. 55.00-55.50.
Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, July 31
258 Head of Hogs
Barrows and Gilts $8 higher.
U.S 1-3 195 - 235 pounds 59.50 -
60.00; 2-3190 - 240 58.60 - 59.10; one
lot 3-4 270 pounds 56.00.
Sows: U.S. 1-3 300 • 450 pounds
51.00 - 55.00; 2-3 400 - 550 49.25 -
50.75.
Boars: Few at 40.00.
St. Louis Auction
ST. LOUIS HOGS: 4500.
Barrows and gilts fully steady
after a slow weak start
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
200-240 lb. 59.00-59.25', US 1-3 200-
250 lb. 58.50-59.00, latter price
freely
hdiaiiapolis Auction
INDIANAPOLIS HOGS: 2500.
Barrows and gilts mostly
steady to 50 higher
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
200-240 lb. 58.75-59.00; US 1-3 195-
260 lb. 58.00-58.75; US 2-3 250-280
lb. 57.00-58.25.
New Holland Auction
Monday, July 30
HOGS 865: Compared with last
Monday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts: $7.25 to $7.50
higher. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
58.50-59.50, 30 hd. 59.75-60.25; US
No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 57.50-58.50; US
No. 2-3 240-280 lbs. 57.00-58.50; US
No. 2-4 160-185 lbs. 57.00-58.50
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs.
43.00-48.50; Boars: 42.50-43.50
TRY A CLASSIFIED AD
Vintage Auction
Saturday, July 28
HOGS 401: Compared with last
Saturday’s market. Barrows &
Gilts: Mostly $6 to $7 higher. US
No. 1-2 200-235 lbs. 57.00-57.50, No.
1-3 200-240 lbs. 56.60-57.00, No. 2-3
195-255 lbs. 55.25-56.10, No. 2-4 170-
. 195 lbs. 52.10-54.85.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-590 lbs.
41.60-47.50. BOARS: 38.00-42.25.
Wednesday, August 1
HOGS 500: Compared with last
Wednesday’s market. Barrows
and Gilts: $7 to $8.50 higher. US
No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. 59.50-60.00, No.
2-3 200-250 lbs. 59.00-59.50. SOWS:
US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. 47.00-48.00.
Boars 35.00-39.00.
Peoria Auction
PEORIA HOGS: 4500.
Barrows and gilts opening
mostly steady.
BARROWS & GILTS: Us 1-2
200-240 lb. 58.00-58.50; 135 head
58.60-58.75; US 1-3 200-250 lb.
57.50- US 2-3 240-270 lb.
56.50-
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, August 1
HOGS: Barrows and gilts-1.50-
2.00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: Eight
head US 1200-215 lb. 60.25; US 1-2
200-240 lb. 59.25-59.85; US 2-3 220-
260 lb. 58.50-59.10.
Oklahoma
Thursday, August 2
Hog Auction 600
Barrows and Gilts: Steadv to
strong, few 20c higher: fairly
active.
US 1-2185-285 pound 58.00-58.80;
1-3 190-270 57.00-58.00; 2-3 225-295
56.00-57.00.
Sows: 1.00-2.75 lower,
US 1-3 285-725 pound 48.75-51.90.
Boars: All weights 39.00-44.10.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, August 2
Receipts This Week 2400, Last
Week 2405, and Last Year 4662.
Compared with last weeks
close, slaughter steers 2.00-400
higher; most advance on choice
offerings. Slaughter heifers
mostly 3.00-4.00 higher. Cows
1.00-150 higher. Bulls steady to
strong. Supply 70 percent
slaughter steers, 20 percent
slaughter heifers, and the
balance mostly cows. Steer
supply mostly choice 1000-1100
pounds.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Part
load Choice and Prime 1200
pounds 3-4, 55.5010 ad same
grade 1200 pounds 55.00. Choice
900-1300 2-4,52.50-54.50, late 53.00-
55.00. Mixed Good and Choice
51.00-52.50. Good 48.00-51.00. Part
load Standard and Good
Holsteins 47.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Package Choice and Prime 970
pounds 3-4, 53.25. Couple loads
same Grade 910-970 3-4, 53.00.
Choice 800-1000 2-4, 51.00-52.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 49.00-
51.00. Good 45.00-49.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
35.50- High Dressing Utility
38.00-39.00. Canner and Cutter
32.50-
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2, 1100-
1700 pounds 39.50-42.50. Several
43.00-44.50.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, July 31
264 Head of Cattle
Compared with last weeks
market, slaughter steers $6 to $7
higher. Slaughter cows $1 to $2
higher. Slaughter bulls $5 higher.
STEERS; Choice 1000 - 1200
pound slaughter steers 57.00 -
58.25; Good 53.00 - 55.50; Stan
dard 50.50 - 52.85.
HEIFERS: Good slaughter
heifers (couple) 50.00 and 51.75;
Utility and Standard (few) 43.00 -
47.50.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutters 39.00 - 42.50;
Cutters 36.85 - 39.25; Canners
34.75 - 37.50; Shells down to 34.00.
BULLS: Choice slaughter bulls
(couple) at 54.00; Good 51.75 -
52.85; Utility and Commercial
46.75 - 51.75.
225 Head of Veal Calves
Prime (few) 75.00 - 76.50;
Choice (few) 70.00 - 73.00; Good
62.00 - 67.00; Utility 90 - 120
pounds 52.00 - 59.00; 70 - 85 pounds
(few) 45.00 - 50.00.
Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 70
- 85 pounds (few) 45.00 - 50.00.
Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 70
- 85 pounds 55.00 - 65.00; 90 - 135
pounds 65.00 - 80.00; 140 - 200
pounds 80.00 - 85.00; Holstein
Heifers 70 - 85 pounds 60.00 -
70.00; 90 -135 pounds 70.00 - 85.00.
13 Head of Sheep
Choice 70 -100 pound spring
slaughter lambs (few) 37.00 -
38.50; one lot Utility 70 pounds
32.50.
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Now accepting Hogs on
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Garden Spot Quality Meats
Call AL SHAFFER At
Lancaster. Pa
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Evenings (215) 779-3847
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4,1973
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, August 2)
August
September
October
November
December
January
74
February 58.45 53.20
March
April
May
June
July
August
Trend - Cattle are Stronger, Hogs are Steady, Potatoes are Steady
and Eggs are lower.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc
Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending July 27
CATTLE 5918, compared with
5515 head last week, and 5885
head a year ago. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
steers mostly $2 to $2.50 higher.
Slaughter heifers mostly strong
to $l, spots $2 higher. Slaughter
cows strong to $1 higher.
Slaughter bulls mostly stronf
$1 higher.
STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 1050-1350 pounds 51.75-
52.85, few to 53.60, Choice 950-1400
49.50-51.75, Good 46.25-49.25,
Standard 43.75-46.25, few Utility
39.00-42.00.
HEIFERS; Choice 46.25-48.50,
Good 43.50-45.50, few to 46.50,
Standard 41.50-43.50, Utility 39.50-
41.50.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 37.25-39.50, few
to 40.00, Cutters 35.00-37.25,
Canners 32.50-35.00, Shells down
to 28.00.
BULLS: Choice 46.00-48.50,
Good 44.50-47.00, Utility and
Commercial 42.50-46 50, few to
48.50, few Cutters 39.40-41.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good and
Choice 300-750 pound feeder
steers 50.00-69.50; Good and
Choice 300-550 pound feeder
heifers 47.50-60.00.
CALVES 3820, compared with
4234 head last week, and 4816
head a year ago. Vealers steady
to $1 higher
Wish I’d Said
That
S-^r.
Women comprise 22.5 per
cent of the Nation’s 254,930
full-time college and univer
sity faculty members on nine
and 10-month contracts, the
U.S. Office of Education re
ports.
U. S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
56.02 58.50
58.45 54.00
58.60 54.20
57.55 51.02 6.50
56.90 50.40
49.50
55.32 47.90
VEALERS- Prime 71.50-75.00,
Choice 68.00-71.50, Good 64.50-
69.00, Standard 58.00-64.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 52.50-58.00, 70-85
47.00-52.50.
Farm calves active, Holstein
Bulls 80-130 pounds 61.50-80.00;
Holstein Heifers 80-135 71.50-
100.00, few to 119.00.
HOGS 6173, compared with 5520
head last week, and 6054 head a
year ago. Barrows and Gilts $5 to
$8 higher with prices advancing
throughout the week. Sales end of
week reflected prices up to 55.50.
Sows mostly $5 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
2 200-240 pounds 52.50-53.00, 1-3
200-250 51.50-52.50, 2-3 190-260
50.90-51.90, 2-4 125-185 43.00-52.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-575 pounds
42.60-45.50, late sales up to 49.00,
2-3 300-600 41.50-44.50. Boars 32.00-
36.50.
FEEDER PIGS 1030, com
pared with 940 head last week,
and 695 head a year ago. US 1-3
20-35 pounds feeder pigs 18.00-
32.00 per head, 1-3 35-50 27.00-
40.50, 1-3 50-75 29.00-47.50 per
head.
SHEEP 1167, compared with
1201 head last week, and 955 head
a year ago. Spring slaughter
lambs uneven, with prices
showing $2 higher to $1 lower.
Choice 70-120 pounds spring
slaughter lambs 35.50-38.00, few
to 41 00, Good 60-110 32.00-36.00,
Utility 40-80 25.00-32.00. Slaughter
ewes 8 00-20.00.
“Carry only today’s bur
den, don’t add to it the bur
den of yesterday and the day
before.”—Mrs. Gary Hiott,
The Pickens (S.C.) Sentinal.
1
“You should learn from the
mistakes of others. You can’t
live long enough to make all
of them yourself.’’-Dale
Holdridge, The Langford
(S.D.) Bugle.
CATTLE
323.000
423.000
469.000
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
75.40
81.40
78.60
5.20 78.90
80.50
73.70
70.00
6.25 66.25
7.75
SHEEP
151.000
151.000
143.000
HOGS
1,018,000
1,022,000
1,040,000