HOG PRICES
Lancaster
Market
Monday, March 4
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
50-75 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 200-240 lb. 41.00-41.50;
US 1-2 190-240 lb. 40.00-40.50;
US 2-3 195-255 lb. 39.50-40.00
Vintage
Auction
Saturday, March 2
HOGS 934: Compared with
last Saturday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts mostly $1.50
lower. US no. 1-2 200-230 lbs.
40.3540.85, No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 39.8540.50, No. 2-3 240-
275 lbs. 38.50-39.75, No. 24
180-185 lbs. 37.75-38.10, 30-60
lbs: 35.00-38.00. Few US No.
1-3 385475 lbs. sows 33.25-
36.00. Boars; 31.10-34.25.
Wednesday, March 6
HOGS 709: Compared with
last Wendesday’s market
Barrows & Gilts $1 to $1.50
lower. US No. 1-2 200-245
39.50, No. 1-3 200-260 lbs.
37.00-38.85. SOWS: 1-3 300-550
lbs. 31.25-33.00, No. 2-3 350-
600 1 31.00. Boars: Few 30.75.
Leb. Valley
Auction
Tuesday, March 5
Hogs
Barrows and Gilts: US 1-3
190-245 pounds 38.25-39.50; 2-
3190-265 37.85-38.60; Sows 1-3
300-500 few 33.00-36.00.
Feeder Pigs
Few US 1-3 20-35 pound
feeder pigs 20-50-31.50 per
head.
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, March 6
HOGS; Barrows and gilts
mostly 2.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 200-230 lb. 39.00-39.25;
US 1-2 200-240 lb. 38.00-38.50;
US 2-3 190-250 lb. 37.60-38.25.
New Holland
Auction
Monday, March 4
HOGS 1675: Compared
with last Monday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts: $1 to $1.50
lower. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
40.25-42.00, No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 39.50-40.25, No. 2-3 230-
270 lbs. 38.50-40.00, No. 2-4
160-190 lbs. 38.00-40.00. US
No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows
28.00-32.00. Boars: 28.00-
31.00.
St. Louis'
Auction
ST. LOUIS HOGS: 5500.
Barrows and gilts weak to
50 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS;
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 37.25-37.50;
US 1-3 200-230 lb. 37.00-37.25.
Peoria
Auction
PEORIA HOGS: 4000.
Barrows and gilts mostly
50 lower, trading slow.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 37.00-37.50;
US 1-3 200-240 lb. 36.50-37.00.
Indianapolis
Auction
INDIANAPOLIS HOGS:
1500.
Barrows and gilts steady
to weak, or steady to 50 lower
than Wednesday’s best tune,
trading slow.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 200-235 lb. 37.50-38.00;
US 1-3 200-240 lb. 36.75-37.75.
New York Dressed Meats
Thursday, March 7
Daily distributive - less
than carlot meat trade.
Compared with Wed
nesday: Steer and heifer
beef mostly $1 lower, veal
and calf steady to weak,
lamb fully $2 lower, pork
loins, butts, sparerib and
hams steady, picnics $2
lower.
Demand for fresh meats
only fair at best with
pressure selling dominant on
the part of wholesalers,
volume buyers continue to
operate conservatively as
consumer demand running
very poor.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 pounds
69.50- Choice 600-700
69.50- 700-800 65.00-
68.50; 800-900 64.50-68.00.
Good 500-800 64.00-67.00.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 pounds
69.00-71.00.
Claf
150-350 Pounds
Choice 100.00-104.00; Good
93.00-96.00; Standard 86.00-
90.00.
Veal
Choice 90-150 pounds
118.00- Good 60-90
112.00- Standard 60-
120 90.00-96.00.
Lamb
Choice and Prime 30-55
pounds 78.00-80.00; 55-65 7-
3.00-76.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (steer) 145-190
pounds 83.00-86.00; Arm
Chuck 90-105 59.00-64.00;
Ribs (7-nb) 34-40 72.00-77.00;
Loins (trmd) 50-70 100.00-
105.00; Rounds (steer) 70-95
80.00-84.00; Full Plates 37.00-
40.00; Hinds (heifer) 120-170
81.50-85.00.
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (regular) 8-14
pounds 77.00-80.00; 14-17
74.00-77.00; Picnics
U.S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS
469.000 1,235,000
468.000 1,237,000
478.000 1,202,000
.Week To Date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
(regular) 4-8 52.00-55.00;
Boston Butts 4-8 67.00-69.00;
Spareribs 3 pounds down
79.00-84.00; Hams (skinned)
14-17 71.50-73.50; 17-20 68.00-
71.00.
Kosher Steer Beef
Choice and Prime
forequarters 61.00-64.00.
Oklahoma
City
Thursday, March 7
Estimated receipts 9,500
Same day last week 10,379
Same day last year 9,946
Active, feeder cattle and
calves 1.00-2.00 higher, some
sales 3.00 higher; majority
receipts Good and Choice
500-850 pound steers and 450-
650 pound heifers arriving
mainly from wheat
pastures; fairly large at
tendance buyers. Two day
receipts should exceed 20,000
head.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
small lots Choice 354-396
pound 53.25-54.25; 400-500
48.00- part load 471 at
51.60; 500-60043.75-48.75, part
load 507 at 50.00; 600-700
41.75-44.00, part load 628 at
44.30; 700-800 41.75-43.75; 800-
1022 39.00-1022. 39.00-42.75,
largely 40.00-42.75; mixed
Good and Choice 350-500
42.00- 500-700 39.50-
43.50; few 700-950 36.75-40.00;
Good 350-500 37.75-43.00; 500-
700 36.00-38.75. Few small
lots Good 787-813 Holstein
steers 33.75-34.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 354-385 pound 44.25-
48.00; 400-500 41.00-44.30; 500-
600 38.0041.75, short load 542
at 42,50; 600-700 38.0040.50;
few 700-750 38.70-40.30;
mixed Good and Choice 400-
500 39.0041.00; 500-665 35.75-
40.75; few Good 367-568 33.75-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 9,1974
Futures Trading
March
April 44.15 38.15 12.15 54.90
May
June 47.20 40.77
July
August 48.10 42.77
Sept.
October 49.05 42.95
November
December 50.47 44.85
Feb. ’75
April
Trend Cattle are Higher, Hogs are Higher, Potatoes are
Mixed, and Eggs are Higher.
38.75.
For the week: Feeder
cattle and calves recovered
most of the early losses to
close steady to 1.00 lower
compared to late last week;
cows under pressure and
1.50-2.50 lower; bulls 2.00-
3.00 lower. Salable receipts
near 27,200 head compared
to 18,603 last week and 16,339
the same week a year ago.
Cows eight percent cattle
receipts; feeders 90 percent
of total.
Local Grain
Thursday, March 7
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,
March 7,1974 are as follows:
SHEEP
134,000*
128,000
130,000
Bid+Offered-f
Ear Corn, New
Shelled Com
Oats, Local
Oats, Western
1.95 2.17
Barle 2.50 2.81
Wheai 4.71 4.83
Soybeans 5.35 5.65
-(-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 his mill.
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Ezra W. Martin Co.
Garden Spot Quality Meats
Call AL SHAFFER At
Lancaster, Pa
717-397-5113
Evenings 215 779-3847
(Closing bids as of Thursday, March 7)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
42.85
46.85
46.40
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept.,
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
75.00 83.00
3.10 3.36
1.45 1.70
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
10.65 55.95
14.80 52.30
7.25 58.25
Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, March 7
Compared with last week’s
close: Prices on slaughter
steers declined 2.00-2.50 as
compared late previous
week and heifers mostly 2.00
lower. Cows 2.50-3.00 lower
and bulls 1.00 off. Feeder
supply not sufficient for
adequate market test.
Four day receipts 14,600 as
compared 16,300 previous
week and 15,600 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 48 percent,
heifers 34 percent, cows 14
percent.
STEERS: Several loads
high-Choice and Prime 1100-
1225 pounds yield grade 3-4
42.00- same grade
mainly 4 1175-1250 41.00-
41.50. Choice 975-1150 grade
24 41.0042.25 late, two loads
1157-1175 grade 3 42.7543.00.
Choice 1150-1250 grade 34
40.0041.50, load 1203 grade 3
42.00, load 1325 grade 4 38.50,
two loads 1369-1462 grade 24
35.00- Mixed Good and
Choice 975-1225 39.5041.00.
Good 36.50-39.50. Standard
and low-Good 34.50-36.50.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 41.08
average weight 1126 pounds
as compared 44.37 and 1137
pounds previous week and
44.09 and 1131 pounds a year
ago.
HEIFERS: Several loads
and part loads Choice and
Prime 892-1180 pounds yield
grade 2-4 41.75-42.50. Choice
850-1025 grade 2-4 40.25-41.50,
some Choice and Prime
grade 3-4 1025-1050 included
at 41.50 and some 1000-1050
grade 3-5 39.25-40.00. Mixed
Good and Choice . 800-1000
39.25-40.50. Good 36.00-39.00.
Standard and low-Good
34.50-36.00'
Utility and
Commercial 29.00-31.00,
Canner and Cutter 25.00-
29.00, mixed Cutter and
Utility 29.25-30.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1 & 2
1400-1800 pounds 37.00-40.00,
grade 2 40.25-41.00.
3
52.90
54.75
58.00