HOG PRICES
Lancaster
Market
Monday, January 28
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
mostly 1.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 190-240 lb. 44.50-45.00;
US 1-2 190-240 lb. 43.75-44.25;
US 2-3 190-255 lb. 43.25-43.75;
US 3-4 240-280 lb. 42.0043.00
Vintage
Auction
Saturday, January 26
HOGS 1048: Compared
with last Saturday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts weak to 61
lower. US No. 1-2 195-235 lbs.
44.00-44.75, No. 1-3 190-240
lbs. 43.00-43.85, No. 2-3 185-
275 lbs. 41.5043.35, No. 24
125-175 lbs. 35.0040.00.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 295-535
lbs. 34.25-35.75, individual at
39.00, US No. 2-3, individual
655 lbs. at 32.60. Boars 31.00
34.85, Light Weights 37.85-
40.25.
Wednesday, January 30
HOGS 500: Compared with
last Wednesday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts steady to 25
cents lower. US No. 1-2 200
240 lbs. 44.7545.25, No. 1-3
200-250 lbs. 44.0045.00, US
No. 1-3 Sows 300-575 lbs.
31.00-33.00. Boars 30.00-31.00,
Light Weights 32.00-36.00.
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Auction
Tuesday, January 29
Hogs 445
Barrows & Gilts steady to
25 cents lower. US 1-3195-240
pounds barrows & gilts 43.75-
44.60, 2-3 195-250 43.0043.60.
US 1-3 and 2-3 300-500 sows
33.00-35.00. Boars 29.00-32.00.
Feeder Pigs 17
Few lots US 1-3 2030
pounds feeder pigs 15.50-
19.00 per head.
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, January 30
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
50-1.00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 210-240 lb. 45.5045.60;
US 1-2 200-240 lb. 45.0045.25;
US 2-3 195-250 lb. 44.5045.00.
New Holland
Auction
Monday, January 28
HOGS 1611: Compared
with last Monday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts: Mostly
steady to 25 cents lower.
US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
44.2546.25; US No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 43.7544.25; US No. 2-3
230-270 lbs. 40.0044.25; US
No. 24 160-190 lbs. 42.00
44.25.
Sows: US No. 1-3 300-575
lbs. 32.0038.00
Boars: 28.00-38.00
St. Louis
Auction
ST. LOUIS HOGS: 4500.
Barrows and gilts steady
to 50 higher. -
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2, 150 head, 200230 lb.
41.7542.00; US 1-3 200250 lb.
41.0041.50.
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Peoria
Auction
PEORIA HOGS: 1500.
Barrows and gilts opening
mostly steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 41.50-42.00;
about 30 head at 42.25; US 1-3
200-240 lb. 40.50-41.50.
Indianapolis
Auction
INDIANAPOLIS HOGS
1500.
Barrows and gilts steady
to 50 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 42.00; 21
head at 42.50; US 1-3 200-240
lb. 41.25-42.00.
New York
Dressed
Meats
Thursday, January 31
Daily distributive - less
than carlot meat trade.
Compared with Wed
nesday: Prices unchanged
for all fresh meats.
However, meat wholesalers
confronting very poor
movement and struggling to
realize dollar returns in line
with up trend particularly
for railstocks. Uncertainties
regarding transportation of
meats has created some talk
that several New York
operators cannot afford to
remain open after Friday
unless some guarantee for
delivery next week will be
forthcoming in the mean
time.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 pounds
78.00-80.00; Choice 600-700
77.50-79.00; 700-800 77.00-
79.00; 800-900 77.00-78.00;
Good 500-800 75.50-77.00.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 pounds
74.00-76.00.
Calf
150-350 pounds
Choice 97.00-104.00; Good
86.00-98.00; Standard 82.00-
86.00.
Veal
Choice 90-150 pounds
114.00- Good 60-90
105.00- Standard 60-
120 85.00-90.00.
Lamb
Choice and Prime 30-55
pounds 85.00-87.00; 55-65
82.00-84.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (steer) 145-190
pounds 88.00-92.00; Arm
Chucks 90-105 72.00-75.00;
Ribs (7-rib) 3440 80.00-90.00;
Loins (trmd) 50-70 102.00-
105.00: Rounds (steer) 70-95
88.00- Full Plates 50.00-
51.00; Hinds (heifer) 120-170
87.00-
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (regular) 8-14
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City
Thursday. January 31
Estimated Receipts 7,700
Same day last week 8,410
Same day last year 8,318
Moderately active,
compared to late last week,
feeder steer calves and
feeder steers over 750 pound
50 cents to 1.00 higher;
feeder steers 500-750 50 cents
to 1.00 lower; feeder heifer
calves 1.00-2.00 higher;
feeder heifers 50 cents to 1.00
higher; majority receipts
Good and Choice 400450
pound steers and 350650
pound heifers including
liberal numbers arriving
from wheat pastures;
moderate attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice, few Prime 300-400
pound 60.25-65.00; 400-500
56.75-61.00; 500-600 51.75-
55.00, two small lots 495-500
56.40-56.90; 600-700 50.25-
53.75; 700-80049.00-52.60; 800-
960 4i8.00-50.80; Mixed Good
and Choice 300-500 51.75-
59.75; 500-700 47.75-52.25; 700-
910 44.7547.50; Good 500-655
45.00-
HOLSTEIN STEERS:
Good 643-945 pound 42.80-
45.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice, few Prime 300-400
pounds 49.50-55.60; 400-500
47.00- 500-600 46.50-
48.80; 600-750 45.50-49.30;
mixed Good and Choice 300-
500 45.2549.00; 500-700 44.00-
46.00; few Good 440-575 41.25-
43.00.
For the week: Compared
to late last week, feeder
steer calves and feeder
steers over 750 pound 50
cents to 1.00 higher; feeder
steers 500-750 pound 50 cents
to 1.00 lower; feeder heifer
calves 1.00-2.00 -higher;
feeder heifers 50 cents to 1.00
higher. Slaughter cows
mostly 1.50-2.25 higher;
Green
Dragon Hay
Friday, January 25
103 loads hay including:
Alfalfa 55.00-81.00, individual
at 95.00; Timothy 31.0046.00;
Mixed hay 31.50-51.00, seven
loads 59.00-76.00; Clover, few
loads 34.00-56.00; Stubble
hay, two loads 30.50 and
40.00.
47 loads straw 42.00-51.00.
Com, eight loads 70.00-
78.50.
Soybeans, one load $5.25
per bushel.
pounds 83.00-86.00; 14-17
80.00- Picnics
(regular) 4-8 56.00-58.00;
Boston Butts 4-8 67.00-70.00;
Spareribs 3 pounds down
80.00- Hams (skinned)
14-17 73.00-75.00; 17-20 67.50-
71.00.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 2,1974-^
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, January 31)
Cattle Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
February 49.00 44.55
March
April 53.20 45.05 11.40 53.50
May
June 54.45 48.55
July
August 53.40 47.75
Sept.
October 52.30 46.50
November
December 52.12 46.50
Trend Cattle are Lower, Hogs are Lower, Potatoes are
Lower and Eggs are Steady.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept.,
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, January 31
Despite a midweek sag,
closing prices on slaughter
steers and heifers were 1.00-
2.00 higher than the full dose
of the proceeding week.
Cows closed 50 cents lower
and bulls weak. The feeder
supply was hardly sufficient
to afford a good test of the
trade.
Four day receipts 18,500 as
compared 25,600 previous
week and 15,700 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 45 percent,
heifers 32 percent, overall
finish attractive although
many carrying considerable
mud. Cows 12 percent,
feeders 5 percent.
Fed cattle prices con
tinued to follow a very
erratic pattern with wide
day-to-day fluctuations. A
Monday run of only 3300
sparked a sharp upturn in
forced trading as buyers
scrambled for numbers to
meet immediate
requirements, However,
much of the advance on
steers was lost as supplies
expanded and there was a
growing concern over the
availability of transportation
facilities for moving the
finished product eastward,
and particularly beyond
Chicago.
STEERS: Forepart of
week, moderate volume
high-Choice and Prime 1058-
1304 pounds y*eld grade 34
49.00-50.00, at midweek low
time, same grade 1050-1225
48.0048.50. Choice 1000-1300
grade 24 closed 47.0048.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 975-
1225 46.5047.25. Good 43.50-,
46.50. Standard and low-
Good 42.0043.50.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 47.47
U.S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS
118,000 239,000
Thurs., 1-31-74
Week Ago
Year Ago
Week to Date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
10.05 58.00
12.92 49.00
48.85
6.28
average weight 1148 pounds
as compared 47.84 and 1150
pounds previous week and
40.62 and 1113 pounds a year
ago.
HEIFERS: High-Choice
and Prime 951-1149 pounds
yield grade 3-4 48.50-49.25
early. At midweek, same
grades 47.50-48.25, load 1000
48.50. Choice 850-1050 grade
2-4 closed 46.50-47.75. Mixed
Good and Choice 800-1000
45.50-46.50. Good 42.00-45.50.
Standard and low-Good
40.00-42.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 29.00-31.50, few
Utility dairybreds 31.75-
32.00. Canner and Cutter
25.50-29.00, mixed Cutter and
low-Utility 29.25-30.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1&2
1400-1800 pounds 36.00-40.00,
grade 1 41.0041.50. Load
Choice 1150 bullocks grade 1
& 2 41.50.
FEEDERS: Outshipments
less than 1000 head, hardly
sufficient to establish a
reliable trend.
STEERS: Small volume
high-Good and Choice 923-
1089 48.00-49.00. Several
loads mixed Good and
Choice 904-1000 46.50-47.50.
HEIFERS: Load Good and
Choice 782 pounds 44.50.
COWS: Part load Good and
Choice 37.00.
Regional
Hay Prices
Monday, January 28,1974
(All hay No. 2 and better
prices paid by dealers at the
farm price per ton.)
Hay & Straw, slow steady
to weak.
Alfalfa 60.00-65.00
Mixed Hay 40.00-50.00
Timothy Hay 30.00-40.00
Straw 35.00-38.00
Mulch
323.000
260.000
121,000
112,000
1,094,000
465,000
478.000
447.000
1.270.000
1.106.000
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Chicago
Fresh Eggs
62.80
48.75
50.50
58.00
20.00-26.00
SHEEI
34.00
38.00
36.001
137.000
136.00(
137.00