Hog Prices
Lancaster Market
Monday, Sept. 17
Barrows and gilts 1.00-2.00
lower; sows scarce.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1
200-240 lb. 47.50-48.00 couple lots
early 48.50; US 1-2 200-240 lb.
46.75-47.50; US 2-3 190-255 lb.
46.00-46.50.
Vintage Auction
Saturday, Sept. 15
HOGS 680, compared with last
Saturday’s market.
Barrows and Gilts: Mostly
$3.50 higher.
US No. 1-2 200-235 lbs. 47.85-
48.50, lot 48.85; US No. 1-3 195-235
lbs. 47.35-47.85; US No. 2-3 190-240
lbs. 46.85-47.50; Few US No. 2-4
250-255 lbs. 46.00; US No. 2-4 120-
180 lbs. 41.00-46.50
Sows: US No. 1-3 355-505 lbs.
41.50-43.75 Few Boars: 39.0041.75
Wednesday, Sept. 19
HOGS 350, compared with last
Wednesday’s market.
Barrows and Gilts: Mostly isl
lower.
US No. 1-2 200-235 lbs. 46.50-
47.50; US No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 45.00-
46.00
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs.
40.25-41.75
Boars: 40.00-41.00
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Barrows and gilts steady to
weak.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1
220-230 lb. 47.75-48.00; US 1-2 200-
240 lb. 46.50-46.60; US 2-3 200-240
lb. 46.00-46.50; US 3-4 240-260 lb.
45.50-46.00.
St. Lnnis Auction
HOGS 5500.
Barrows and gilts 25 to mostly
50 lower.
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New Holland Auction
Monday, Sept. 17
HOGS 996, compared with last
Monday’s market.
Barrows and Gilts: Strong to $2
lower.
US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. 46.50-
47.50; US No. 1-3 200-230 lbs. 45.50-
46.25; US No. 2-3 240-260 lbs. 45.50-
46.00; US No. 2-4180-200 lbs. 44.00-
46.00
Sows US No. 1-3 300-575 lbs.
38.00-42.00
Boars: 38.00-41.00
Peoria Auction
HOGS 40($0
Barrows and gilts mostly 2.00
lower.
US 1-2 200-240 lb. 43.00-43.50; US
1-3 200-260 lb. 42.50-43.00
Indianapolis Auction
Hogs 1500.
Barrows and gilts 1.00-150
lower.
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 44.00-44.25. 32
head 44.50; US 1-3 195-240 lb.
43.50-44.00
Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, September 18
444 Head of Hogs
Barrows and gilts $1 higher.
U.S. 1-3 200 - 240 46.35 - 46.75 ; 2-3
220 - 250 46.10 - 46.50; 2-4 145 -175
38.75 - 43.00.
Sows: U.S. 1-3 350 - 500 pounds
43.00 - 44.75.
Boars: Couple at 38.00.
35 Head of Feeder Pigs
U.S. 1-3 20 - 35 pounds 15.00 -
21.00 per head.
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Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, September 18
412 Head of Cattle
Compared with last weeks
market, slaughter steers $3 to $4
lower. Slaughter cows mostly
steady to $1.75 lower.
STEERS: Choice 1000 - 1300
pound slaughter steers 45.00 -
48.00; Good 44.50 - 46.00; Stan
dard 43.25 - 45.00; Utility 40.25 -
43.00.
HEIFERS: Good and Choice
(few) 44.00 - 46.50.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 37.75 - 40.00;
Cutters 35.75 - 37.85; Corners
33.50 - 36.50; Shells down to 29.00.
BULLOCKS: Good (few)
bullocks 46.75 - 49.75; Standard
(few) 44.75 - 46.75; Utility 42.60 -
44.60.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1000 -
1400 pounds (few) 42.00 - 46.10,
individual at 51.60.
249 Head of Veal Calves
Prime (individual) at 74.50;
Choice (few) 68.50 - 72.50; Good
(few) 67.00 - 70.00; Standard
(few) 60.00 - 64.00; Utility 90 -120
pounds 51.00 - 57.00; 70 - 85 45.00 -
50.00/
FARM CALVES: Holstein
Bulls 70-85 pounds 52.00 - 59.00;
90 - 130 pounds 58.00 - 72.00;
Holstein Heifers 90 - 130 73.00 -
85.00.
17 Head of Sheep
Choice (few) 85 - 110 pound
spring slaughter lambs 33.00 -
35.00.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, September 20
Compared with last week’s
close: closing prices slaughter
steers 4.50-5.50 lower, some 1250-
1350 pounds grade 4-5 6.00-7.00 off.
Heifers closed 6.00:7.00 lower.
Cows were 4.00-5.00 lower and
bulls 2.00-3.00 lower. Small
supply yearling feeders steady
early with fleshy two-way steers
closing 3.00-4.00 lower.
Four day receipts 19,500 as
compared 13,600 previous week
and 17,600 a year ago. Slaughter
steers approximately 36 percent.
Heifers 37 percent cows 12 per
cent and feeders 11 percent.
Large percentage Choice steers
and heifers with considerable
volume high-Choice and Prime
with average weight of steers for
three days at 1146 pounds
heaviest since last week of
December 1972. Most severe
price break in recent memory
enforced on slaughter steers and
heifers as prices plunged
downward in reflection of in
creased marketings, which in
cluded many heavier weight
cattle, and a rapidly declining
carcass trade. Late, trading
particularly dull as most in
terests had accumulated
adequate inventories for im
mediate requirements are were
not interested in acquiring large
numbers in view of factors with
best steers demand for available
supply 1000-1150 pounds grade 2-
3.
STEERS: Moderate volume
high-Choice and Prime 1048-1198
pounds 3-4 47.00-47.50 on opening
session. At midweek, same grade
1043-1255 44.50-45.00 and four
loads 1317 pounds 4-5 42.00. On
Thursday, high-Choice and
Prime 1100-1150 3-4 43.75-44.00.
Choice 1000-1250 2-4 42.00 n
Choice 1000-1250 2-4 42.00-43.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 975-1200
41 00-42.00. Good 39.00-41.00.
Standard and low-Good 37.50-
39.00
Average cost slaughter steers
for three days 45.10 average
weight 1146 pounds as compared
’B.ll and 1117 pounds previous
week and 34.76 and 1111 pounds a
year ago.
HEIFERS; High-Choice and
Prime 887-1127 pounds 3-5 46.00-
46 50 early Closing sales high-
Choice and Prime 950-1025 3-4
4100-41.75. Choice 900-1100 3-5
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22,1973
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, September 20th)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
October
November
December
January ’74
February 45.55 42.72
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
Trend _ Cattle are Lower, Hogs are Lower, Potatoes are Higher
and Eggs are Mixed.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday. September 20
Receipts This Week 5100,
Compared to Last Week 3400, and
to Last Year 43.
Compared with last weeks
close, slaughter steers 3.00-6.00,
instances 7.50 lower on weights
over 1200 pounds. Slaughter
heifers 2.00-5.00 lower. Cows 1.00-
3.00 lower. Bulls weak to 2.00
lower. Supply about 70 percent
slaughter steers, 20 percent
slaughter heifers and the balance
mostly cows. Steer supply mostly
choice 1050-1150 pounds with
about 20 loads weighing 1250-1450
pounds: heifer supply mostly
choice 800-900 pounds.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Five
loads Choice and Prime 1300-1340
pounds 3-4, 45.00-45.75, late load
1250 pounds 42.50. Choice and
Prime 1300-1450 4-5 Tuesday,
43.00-43.50; closing 37.50-40.00.
Choice 900-1200 2-4, 44.50-48.00;
closing 44.50-46.50 with package
Choice 850-1000 39.00-40.00.
Standard and low-Good 37.50-
39.00.
COWS: Utility and Commerical
32.50- Canner and Cutter
29.50- mixed Cutter and low-
Utility 32.75-33.00. Shelly Canner
27.50-
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1400-
2000 pounds 40.00-43.00, few yield
grade 1 44.00-45.00.
" FEEDERS; Prices on feeder
yearlings steady early; however,
late sales fleshy two-way steers
3.00-4.00 lower. Outshipments of
1800 head compared 500 previous
week.
STEERS: Three loads Choice
and Prime 480-520 pounds 63.50,
loade 705 pounds 62.00 and load
Choice 675 pounds 52.00. Five load
Choice 859-1031 46.75-47.25 early,
high-Good and Choice 931-1069
45.25-46.50. Two loads Choice 967
pounds 43.50 late. Two loads low-
Good 1050-1075 Holsteins 43.35
early.
HEIFERS: Three loads Choice
and Prime 540-652 pounds 57.50-
60.00. Load Choice 506 pounds
55.00, small lots mixed Good and
Choice 776-887 42.50-44.50.
U. S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Fcd^ l lnspe^J” n
CATTLE HOGS infctr
490.000 1,269,000 162,000
476.000 975,000 153,000
507.000 1,271,000 171,000
Week-to-date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
40.82' 39.25
42.40 41.12
46.05 41.60 7.20 51.00
46.12 42.00
41.90
45.67 41.40
45.30 40.00
Monday 49.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 900-1300 43.50-45.00. Good
42.50-43.50. Standard and Good
Holsteins late 42.25-42.50
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Load Choice and Prinfe early,
1025 pounds 3-5, 45.25;' late,
couple loads Choice and Prime
950-1050 4-5, 43.00-43.50. Choice
800-1100 2-4, 43.50-45.00. Load
Monday 950 pounds 3-4, 46.50 and
couple loads 46.00. Mixed Good
and Choice 800-1050 42.50-43.50.
Good 41.00-42.50.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
33.00-36.00, mostly 33.00-35.50.
Cutter 32.00-34.00. Canner 30.00-
32.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2, 1100-
1700 pounds 40.00-46.00. Closing
40.00-44.00; few early 47.00.
Oklahoma City
Estimated Receipts 11,200
Same Day Last Week 5,732
Same Day Last Year 9,733
Slow, feeder cattle and calves
now 1.00-3.00 lower; all weights
and grades sharing in the
decline; fairly large attendance
buyers; majority receipts Good
and Choice 300-850 pound steers
and 300-650 pound heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Choice
300-400 pound 64.75-68.00, part
load 325 pound at 74.00; part load
296 pound at 79.00; 400-500 61.75-
65.75, part load 433 pound at
69.30; 500-600 57.00-59.50, part
load 505 pound at 61.40; 600-700
53.00-56,20; 700-800 49.25-50.10,
part load 803 pound 52.40 early in
the morning; mixed Good and
Choice 338-500 56.00-60.00; 51.75-
57.75; 500-700 45.75-52.00; 700-800
45.50-49.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice
300-370 pound 55.00-57.75, two part
loads 265-285 60.25-62.50; 400-500
51.50-56.10 ; 500-600 48.75-51.55;
600-650 45.75-48.70; mixed Good
and Choice 300-500 47.00-53.75;
500-660 43.25-48.25; Good 473-640
41.00-45.25
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
61.50
5.53 61.45
60.40
55.25
53.90
6.85 53.25
8.13
Thursday, September 20
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