Hog Prices
Lancaster Auction
Wednesday, December 26
Barrows and gilts 50-1.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1
215-225 lb. 45 50-45.75; US 1-2 200-
2301 b. 44.60-44.85; US 2-3 200-245
lb. 44.25-44.75; US 3-4 220-230 lb.
43.25-43.60; US 3-4 250-265 lb.
42.75-43 35.
New Holland Auction
Monday, December 24
Hog Receipts 1033.
Retail 45.50-47.75; US No. 2-34
44-45.50; Heavyweights 42-44;
Sows 33.50-37; Boars 32-35.50.
Vintage Auction
Saturday, December 22
Hog Receipts - 846 Market $3. to
$3.50 higher.
US 1-2195-230 lbs. 45,60-46; US
1-3 200-240 lbs. 44.85-45.50; US 2-3
240-260 lbs. 43.75-44.75; few 2-4
150-160 lbs. 40.50-42.
Sows US 1-3 200-585 lbs. 30-34;
Boars 29.85-35.
Wednesday, December 26
Hog Receipts 528 Barrows and
Gilts 25 to 50 lower, Spots $l.OO
lower.
US 1-2 200-240 lbs. 44.50-45.50;
US 1-3 200-250 lbs. 43.75-44.50; US
1-3 300-550 lbs. 32.35;
Boars 29-31, Lightweights 33-36.
bidianapalis Auction
HOGS: 3000.
Barrows and gilts very uneven,
opening steady to 25 lower than
Wednesday’s close, later around
50 to 1.00 lower than Wednesday’s
close.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-
2 200-230 lb. 42.00-42.75, late 42.00;
US 1-3 200-240 lb. 41.00-42.25 late
41,00-41.75.
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Peoria Auction
HOGS; 6000.
Barrows and gilts opening 2 50
lower than yesterday’s high time.
Supply presently about 600 head
under the estimate.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
2 200-230 lb. 40.5041.00; US 1-3
200-240 lb. 40.0040.50.
St. Louis Auction
HOGS: 7500.
Barrows and gilts 1.00-1.50
lower,
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
3 200-220 lb. 41.5042.00; 220-250 lb.
40.0042.00.
Farm Calendar
Thursday, January 3
12:30 p,m. - County Tobacco
Show, Farm and Home
Center.
7:30 p.m. - Ephrata Adult Far
mer Officers meeting,
Ephrata Vo-Ag Department.
7:45 p.m. - Penn Manor Adult
Farmer meeting. Topic;
“Pennsylvania Clean Stream
Law and Your Farm.” Penn
Manor High School Ag
Department.
Friday, January 4
7 p.m. - Fulton Grange Cen
tennial banquet at Memorial
United Methodist Church,
- Quarryville.
National Farmers Union Con-
vention, Harrisburg, January
4-5.
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing
Association meeting.
The 58th Pennsylvania Farm
Show begins Monday,
January 7.
PEDIGREE OF COMMANDER RAY;
SIRE: Roybrook Reward 266007
Excellent & Class Extra. Son of
Glenalcomb Supreme Dora (100-Ton Dam)
12 UACTS. 2X 2132284 - 7824 - 3 67%
DAM: Edgeware Wayne Rae 1444793
(100-Ton Dam) -10 LACTS. 2X:213841-
7888 - 3.69%. Maternal granddaughter of
Ula Wayne Commander (100-Ton Dam).
10 LACTS 2X 219509-8147-3.17%.
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Omaha Cattle
Thursday, December 27
Compared with last week’s
close: Slaughter steers mostly
1 00 higher, heifers 50-75 higher.
Cows closed 50-1.00 higher, bulls
fully steady Small feeder supply
mostly 50 higher, supply mainly
partly fattened two-way steers.
Three day receipts in holiday
shortened week 13,900 as com
pared 19,700 previous week and
21,000 a year ago. Slaughter
steers 43 percent, heifers 37
percent, cows 10 percent and
feeders 7 percent. Fed Cattle
prices pushed higher for the third
consecutive week under good
demand by all buying interests.
Demand particularly broad at
midweek with buyers quite
anxious to acquire numbers for
immediate slaughter. Prices
upturns firmly supported by
advancing prices in the wholesale
carcass trade. Canadian buyers
were competitive for 1000-1200
pound steers yield grade 2-3.
Overall finish steers and heifers
quite attractive with moderate
showing high-Choice and Prime
included, many cattle again
carried considerable mud.
STEERS: Approximately 13
loads high-Choice and Prime
1049-1208 pounds yield grade 3-4
42.25. Several loads Choice yield
grade 2-3 1050-1125 42.25-42.50.
Bulk Choice 1000-1200 2-4 41.00-
42.00. Choice 1200-1300 3-4 40.00-
41.50, two loads 1175-1300 3-4
carrying moderate amount of
mud 39.50-40.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 975-1250 40.00-4L25. Good
38.23-40.00, Standard and low-
Good 37.00-38.25.
Average cost of slaughter
steers two days in holiday
shortened week 40.96 average
weight 1151 pounds as compared
39.52 and 1173 pounds previous
week and 37.61 and 1152 pounds a
year ago.
HEIFERS; Eleven loads high-
Choice and Prime 893-1100
pounds yield grade 3-4 40.75-41.00.
Bulk Choice 850-1075 2-4 39.50-
40.50. Mixed Good and Choice 800-
1000 38.50-39.50. Good 36.50-38.50.
Standard and low-Good 35.00-
36.50.
COWS: At the close, Utility and
Commercial 31.50-34~.00, a few
Utility 34.50-35.00. Canner and
Cutter 29.00-32.00. Mixed Cutter
and low-Utility 32.25-32.75.
BULLS ; Yield grade 1 & 2 1400-
1800 pounds 38.00-40.00, a few
40.50-41.00
FEEDERS: Prices mostly 50
higher Outshipments * ap
proximately 900 head as com
pared 1700 previous week.
STEERS: Two loads Choice 480
pounds 54.00, load Choice 515
52.00. Part loads Choice 875-935
42.15-43.00. High-Good and Choice
925-1125 41.00-42.00.
HEIFERS: Two loads Choice
470 pounds 50.00. Load Choice 599
45.00, Good and Choice 637-867
38.50-40.00.
Green Dragon Hay
December 21,1973
23 loads of Hay and 10 loads of
Straw sold as follows;
Alfalfa, 2 loads 83.00-90 00;
Timothy, few loads 32.00-45.00,
Mixed hay 40 00-57.00; Stubble
hay, one load.at 31.00, Straw
35.0042.00; Corn, 2 loads 61.00
and 68 50
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Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, December 27)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
January ’74
February *■
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
November
December
Trend Cattle are Stronger, Hogs are Stronger, Potatoes are
Lower and Eggs are Higher.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds Securities, Inc.
DID YOU KNOW?
p?
The]]? Era to 2,000 A.D.
(NEWS OF EARTH, ENVIRONMENT. ENERGY)
Our It nler
There are between 30,000\ and
40,000 municipal water supply
systems in this lonntrs, large and
small. Many uere not designed to
cope with present-day ran nater
quality. These systems nere de
signed, primarily, to remoie i ali
form hnileria from the relatiieh
tlean nater of earlier days. The
primipal com eras at that time
acre tsphoid, iholera and d>sea
lery, The first Ino of these dis
eases now hate been routed in the
V.S. for the most part.
Today, new threats to public
health are appearing in drinking
water while much of the appar-
U. S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
307.000 673,000 76,000
452.000 1,200,000 113,000
369.000 900,000 106,000
Week To Date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
47.70 43.90
49.40 42.65 9.38 47.80
49.40 44.45
45.25
48.85 43.60
48.10 41.80
41.80
atus to meet these threats remains
tuned to contamination problems
of an earlier era.
Onr national naler resources
are finite but onr demand for
water continues to rise sleadilr.
This fact, pins the imreasing tol
lime, i anety, and complexity of
pollutants that enter snrjaie and
around n liter, pose problems.
Federal standards
n filer u ere first issued in 1911 in
response to legislation designed to
preienl the interstate spread of
communicable diseases. The stand
ards nere modified and expanded
a number of limes. Those in use
in reient years are the 1962
U. S. Pit hi tt Health Sen ice Drink
ing II alcr Standards. If ben the
Km iron mental Protection i genes
(HP i) ii as established in Decern,
her, 1970, it took responsibility
for the Federal standard-setting
authority, and is reiising the 1962
standards in order to make onr
ii aler safer.
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
59.25
52.06
8.93 49.85
10.19 45.45
45 50
5.35
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