Hog Prices
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Lancaster Anchor
Wednesday, December 19
Barrows and gilts 2.00-3.00
higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1
210-240 lb. 47.00; US 1-2 200-240 lb.
45.75-46.00; US 2-3 195-255 lb.
45.25-45.75.
Vintage Auction
Saturday, December 15
HOGS 1251: Compared with
last Saturday’s market. Barrows
& Gilts $1 to $2 higher. US No. 1-2
200-245 lbs. 43.85-44.35,2 lots 44.75,
No. 1-3195-240 lbs. 43.00-43.75, No.
2-3 190-260 lbs. 42.10-42.85, No. 2-4
295-340 lbs. 36.00-38.75, No. 2-4110-
1651b5. 39.00-40.60. SOWS; US No.
1-3 212-255 lbs. 35.00-36.60, No. 1-3
345-525 lbs. 31.30-33,25. Boars US
-275 lbs. 32.0040.00.
Wednesday, December 19
HOGS 450: Compared with last
Wednesday’s market. Barrows &
Gilts unevenly steady. US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. 45.00-46.50, few to
46.75, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs. 44.00-
45.00. SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-550
lbs. 30.00-34.00. Boars: Light
34.00-38.0 a
Lancaster Market
Monday, December 17
Barrows and gilts very uneven,
averaging steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
2 200-240 lb. 44.00-45.00; few US 1
200-240 lb. 45.00-45.50; US 2-3 190-
255 lb. 42.00-43.50.
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New Holland Auction
Monday, December 17
HOGS 760: Compared with last
Monday’s market. Barrows &
Gilts Mostly $1 to $2 higher. US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 46.0047.00, No.
1-3 200-245 lbs. 44.5046.00, No. 2-3
220-260 lbs. 42.0044.50, No. 24160-
190 lbs. 42.0044.50. SOWS: US No.
1-3 300-550 lbs. 31.50-36.00. Boars
30.50-33.60.
Lebanon Valley Auction
Tuesday, December 18
260 Hogs
Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to $1 -
higher. US 1-3 200-235 pounds
43.8544.35, 2-3 200-255 43.0043.85,
lot 24 250 42.35. Few US 1-3 400-
500 pounds sows 34.60-35.25. Few
Boars 33.00-35.00.
9 Feeder Pigs
Not enough of any one grade to
establish a market.
St. Louis Auction
HOGS; 1600.
Barrows and gilts about steady
on limited sales under 240 lb.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
3 200-240'1b. 43.00-44.00.
Peoria Auction
HOGS: 2000.
Trading very slow, market not
established.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
3, few sales 200-240 lb. 41.50-42.00.
Indianapolis Mon
HOGS; 1000.
Barrows and gilts 1.00 higher,
trading active.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
2 200-230 lb. 44.00-44.25; US 1-3
200-240 lb, 43.00-44.00; US 2-3 240-
260 lb. 42.00-43.00.
Green Dragon Hay
December 14
54 loads of hay including:
Alfalfa, few loads 47.00-68.50, one
load at 91.00; Timothy 31.00-
43.00; Mixed hay 31.00-50.00, one
load at 58.50; Stubble hay, two
loads 33.50'and 35.00.
16 loads straw 39.00-48.50.
Coni, six loads 68.00-70.00.
Oats, one load 1.45 per bushel.
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Dressed Meats
Thursday, December 20
Daily distributive - less than
carlot meat trade.
Compared with Wednesday:
Steer and heifer beef closing out
at high quotation for week. Small
stock classes steady, pork loins
and butts $5.00 or more ad
vanced, picnics $2.00 higher,
spareribs steady, hams $2.00
lower.
Supplies relatively small in all
divisions. Moderately broad
demand for beef hinds, rounds
and ribs along with pork loins.
Current receipts of fresh meats
will be well cleared before close
of long pre-holiday weekend.
Prime 600-900 pounds 70.00;
Choice 600-700 69.00 ; 700-800
69.00; 800-900 66.00. Good 500-800
65.00.
Choice 500-700 pounds 69.00.
Calf (Skin Off)
150-350 pounds
Choice 97.00-100.00; Good 86.00-
95.00; Standard 80.00-86.00.
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90-150 pounds 112.00-
115.00; Good 60-90 100.00-107.00;
Standard 60-120 85.00-90.00.
Lamb
Choice and Prime 30-55 pounds
78.00; 55-65 74.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (steer) 145-190 pounds
79.00- Arm Chucks 90-105
61.00- Ribs (7-rib) 34-40
85.00- Loins (trmd) 50-70
96.00- Rounds (steer) 70-95
85.00- Full Plates 42.00;
Hinds (heifer) 120-170 77.00-79.00.
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (regular) 8-14 pounds
86.00-88.00; 14-17 84.00-86.00;
Picnics (regular) 4-8 56.50-59.50;
Boston Butts 4-8 70.00-73.00;
Spareribs 3 pounds down 72.00-
76.00; Hams (skinned) 14-17 79.00-
81.00; 17-20 74.00-76.00.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, December 18
207 Cattle
Compared with last Tuesday’s
market, slaughter cows $2 to $4
higher. Slaughter bullocks 75
cents to $1 higher. Few Choice
1000-1200 pounds slaughter steers
42.1CH3.85, few Good 39.50-43.00,
few Standard 39.10-41.35. In
dividual Choice slaughter heifers
at 43.50, few Good 38.75-40.00.
Utility & High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 36.00-38.60,
Cutters34.oo-36.00, Canners 31,25-
34.00, Shells'down to 29.00. Few
Choice slaughter bullocks 47.10-
49.25, Good 43.85-45.75, Standard
41.75-44.00, Utility 36.50-39.50.
Yield Grade 1-2 1200-1550 pounds
slaughter bulls 43.00-44.85.
200 Vealer Calves
Vealers grading Good $4 lower,
Utility & Standard $1 to $2 lower.
Two Prime vealers 70.00, few
Choice 64.00-67.00, Good 56.00-
61.00, Standard 50.00-55.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 39.00-45.00, 70-85
35.00-39.00. Farm calves, Holstein
bulls 90-120 44.00-56.00; Holstein
heifers 90-130 50.00-70.00
Regional Hay Prices
Monday, December x 7,1973
(All hay No. 2 and better prices
paid by dealers at the farm price
per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady to strong.
Alfalfa 55.00-60.00
Mixed Hay 40.00-50.00
Timothy Hay 30.00-40.00
Straw 35.00-40.00
Mulch 15.00-25.00
U. S. Inspected livestock Slaughter
Estimated Dally Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
459.000 1,168,000 122,000
485.000 1,160,000 117,000
470.000 1,209,000 138,000
Week-to-date
Same period last week
Same period last year
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Steer Beef
Heifer Beef
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,1973 —
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, December 20)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
December
January ’74
February 46.35 43.90
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
47.25 42.40
November
December
Trend Cattle are Lower, Hogs are Lower, Potatoes are Mixed,
and Eggs are Mixed.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Oklahoma City e#r ™ Cattle
Thursday, December 20 t
Estimatedßecpints i w CATTLE: Receipts this week
ILme Day Last Week G&3 last week 8000 and last year
Same Day Last Year 5 615 6 7°°- Compared with last weeks
Salable receints sharolv close ’ slau S hter steers fuU y 50 >
cifftaaS due to storm conditfore instances LOO higher. Slaughter
over most of the marketing area he * ers ful ly SOhigher. Cows 1.00 -
yesterday resulting in hazardous mstances 2.00 higher. Bulls fully
road conditions. Trading st ®® d y-.
moderately active on the limited Pecei P te 65 P™* slaughter
supply, feeder cattle and calves steers, 25 percent heifers and the
somewhat uneven, averaging •
about steady; supply mainly SLAUGHTER STEERS.
Good and Choice 350-750 pound chor f and Pri “ e “ 50 :* 2 ™
steers and 300-625 pound heifers; P®™* f 5 ® -
Moderate buyers. I? 00 ’ late Three loads
FEEDER STEERS: Small lots Jjw* ime S'- 1 , 370
Choice, few Prime 350-400 pounds 2-4,
59.90-60.80; 400-475 54.25-59.90; 39.50-41.50; Load 42.00. Choice
500-600 49.00-54.00; 640-730 47.00- 1300 , 3 1’
49.90, small lot 871 at 45.40; Mixed and Choice 38.00-
Good and Choice 300-500 51.75- 2 ?.50. Good 37.00-38.00. Load
54.75; 500-625 46.25-48.50, small lot Standard and Good Holstems
794 at 45.00; Good 300-500 45.25- HTFR ' pRS .
49.75; few 600-735 41.25-43.00. SLAUGHTER HElh EKS.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Good Cho “| e and Pn j ne 0 ® 00 :^ 1 ® 0
416-481 41.75-44.00; 562-937 37.00- pounds, yield ® rad f
41 3 Q 39.50. Choice and Prune 1000-1175
FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice, 5 L??: 0 9?!l 00 n Ch^ C l
few Prime 275-356 pound 47.00- Sa Couple loa<b-40:50.
48.75; 400-500 43.25-45.75 ; 500-600 d o ( !^ od aad c o e _
42.75-43.60; few 600-625 40.50- 3 ®; (^ 37 - 50 - . .
43.00; Mixed Good and Choice C °”.r?
300-500 40.7545.25; Good 500-700
34 00-39 50 33.50-34.00. Cutter 26.00-31.00.
For the week: Compared to Canner 24.00-26.00.
late last week, feeder cattle and BULLS: Yield grade 1-2, 1100-
calves strong to mostly 1.00 I?°° P ounds 37 f °: 40 :®°- In *
higher with some sales on choice dividual yield grade 1, 42.00
offerings 2.00 higher; Cow
numbers moderately reduced
and fully 2.so4.oohigher; Bulls in
small supply and 1.50-2.00 higher.
Salable receipts near 7,400 head
compared to 14,833 last week and
14,452 the comparable week a
year ago. Cows 28 percent cattle
receipts; feeders 73 percent of
total.
Great Lakes
The biggest of the Great Lakes,
the well-named Superior, accounts
for nearly a third of the total
-31,700 square miles. It holds 2,935
cubic miles of water, and its
depth at one point drops to 1,333
feet, making it the deepest of the
five.
41.30 44.45
48.25 43.00 8.95 46.15
48.65 44.90
45.70
48.10 44.60
42.40
Local Grain
These prices are made up of the
average prices quoted by five
participating local feed and grain
concerns. It should be noted,
however, that not every dealer
handles each commodity. All
prices are per bushel except ear
com which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, December 20,
1973, are as follows:
Bid+ Offered+
Ear Cora, New 59.00 68.00
Shelled Corn 2.86 3.06
Oats, Local 1.15 1.60
Oats,
Western
Barley
Wheat
Soybeans
+Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer
delivered to the mill. Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for at
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
56.20
48.60
8.58 47.20
9.82 43.75
44.90
5.42
Thursday, December 20
1.74 1.88
2.35 2.57
4.24 4.62
5.43 5.85
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