HOG PRICES
Lancaster
Market
Monday, Aprils
HOGS: Carrows and gilts
mostly steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 200-240 lb. 34.50-35.00;
US 1-2 195-240 lb. 34.00-34.50;
US 2-3 195-245 lb. 33.50-34.00;
US 3-4 265-290 lb. 31.35-32.60.
Vintage
Auction
Saturday, April 6
HOGS 1014: Compared
with last Saturday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts mostly $1 to
$1.50 lower. US No. 1-2 200-
225 lbs. 33.50-34.00, No. 1-3
200-240 lbs. 32.60-33.50, No. 2-
3 210-245 lbs. 32.00-32.75, No.
2-4 245-275 lbs. 30.75-31.75,
No. 2-4 160-190 lbs. 27.75-
30.50. US No. 1-3 335-570 lbs.
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sows 25.00-27.00. Few Boars
28.00-28.50.
Wednesday, April 10
HOGS 600; Compared with
last Wednesday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts mostly
steady to 25 cents higher. US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 33.50-
34.10, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
33.00-33.50, No. 2-4 245-300
lbs. 29.50-33.00. US No. 1-3
300-575 lbs. sows 25.00-26.00.
Boars 24.00-26.00, light
weights 26.00-26.50.
Leb. Valley
Auction
Tuesday, April 9
HOGS 340
Barrows & Gilts $1 higher.
US 1-3 200-240 pounds
barrows & gilts 33.85-34.35,2-
3 215-265 32.10-33.85. Few 1-3
350-450 pounds sows 27.00-
28.50. Few Boars 24.00-24.50.
FEEDER PIGS 4
Not enough of any one
grade to establish a market.
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, April 10
HOGS: Barrows and Gilts
steady to 50 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 200-235 lbs. 34.75-35.00;
US 1-3195-250 lbs. 33,00-33.60;
US 34 255-280 lbs. 31.00-32.60.
Peoria
Auction
PEORIA HOGS: 2500.
Opening mostly steady,
slow.
US 1-2 200-230 lbs. 32.50-
33.00; 1-3 200-240 lbs. 31.50-
32.50.
U. S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
Week to Date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
New Holland
Auction
Monday, April 8
HOGS 1500: Compared
with last Monday’s market.
Barrows Si Gilts steady to 25
cents lower. US No. 1-2 200-
235 lbs. 34.25-35.50, No. 1-3
200-245 lbs. 33.75-34.25, No. 2-
3 230-270 lbs. 32.75-33.75, No.
2-4 175-190 lbs. 32.75-33.75. US
No. 1-3 300375 lbs. sows
25.00-28.00. Boars; 25.00-
27.00.
St. Louis
Auction
ST. LOUIS HOGS: 5500.
Active, fully 50 lower.
US 1-2 200-230 lbs. 32.00-
32.25, mostly 2O-
O lbs. 31.75-32.00; 230-250
lbs. 31.00-31.75.
Indianapolis
Auction
INDIANAPOLIS HOGS:
2500. 25-50 lower, rather
slow*
US 1-2 200-230 lbs. 32.50-
32.75; 1-3 200-250 lbs. 31.50-
32.50.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, April 10
Reported receipts of 101
cows, 2 heifers, and 8 bulls.
Load of Franklin County
cows, springers, 570-746.
Load of New York State
cows, springers, 550-660.
2 herd dispersals from
Delaware of 60 head all
stages of production, 360-675.
Locally consigned cqws,
425-850; springing heifers
425-600; bulls 235-445.
HOGS
1.279.000
1.223.000
1.062.000
CATTLE
460.000
457.000
341.000
New York
Dressed
Meats
Thursday, April 11
Daily distributive less than
carlot meat trade.
Compared with Wed
nesday, today’s trade mainly
fill in on the part of retail
outlet while from a
wholesale standpoint it is a
clean up affair. Prices
strong for all fresh meats
moved this season with beef
arm chucks much improved
while rils are generally
oversold. Quotations un
changed for carcass meats
primal cuts and pork. Many
wholesale establishments
will not function on Friday
and it appears that
clearance will be fairly
complete in all divisions for
the week.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 pounds 68-
70.00; Choice 600-700 67.00-
70.00; 700-800 65.00-67.00; 800-
900 64.00-66.00; Good 500-800
65.00-67.00.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 pounds
67.00-69.00.
Calf
150-350 pounds
Choice 90.00-96.00; Good
83.00-88.00; Standard 80.00-
84.00.
Choice 90-150 pounds
111.00- Good 60-90
102.00- Standard 60-
120 88.00-93.00.
Lamb
Choice and Prime 30-55
pounds 74.00-75.00; 55-65
67.00-69.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (steer) 145-190
pounds 82.00-85.00; Arm
Chuck 90-105 55.00-58.00;
Ribs (7 rib) 34-40 80.00-84.00;
Loins (trmd) 50-70 98.00-
100.00; Rounds (steer) 70-95
76.00- Full Plates 29.00-
31.00; Hinds (heifer) 120-170
81.00-
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (regular) 8-14
pounds 71.50-74.00; 14-17
68.00- Picnics
(regular) 4-8 42.00-45.00;
Boston Butts 4-8 56.00-59.00;
Spareribs 3 pouxds down
75.00- Hams (skinned)
14-17 62.00-65.00; 17-20 59,00-
61.00.
SHEEP
146.000
150.000
113.000
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, April 11
Cattle: receipts this week:
3300; last week: 4900; year
ago: 2500.
Compared with last week,
slaughter steers and heifers
mostiy 50-1.00 higher. Cows
and bulls steady. Supply
about 80 percent slaughter
steers, 15 percent slaughter
heifers, balance mostly
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1270 pounds 2-4
41.00-42.75; loads 1000-1100
42.75-43.50; load 1090 pounds
mostly 3 44.00; Choice and
Prime 1200-1300 34 40.00-
41.50; couple loads 1560-1596
pounds 32.00-36.00; mixed
Good and Choice 900-1300
39.5041.00; Good 38.00-39.50;
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Evenings 215 779 3847
April 42.60 34.10
May
June 47.00 39.00
July
August 49.00 40.27
September
October 48.00 39.75
November
December 48.05 41.20
Feb. ’75 48.20 41.30
March
April
May
Trend Cattle are Higher, Hogs are Stronger, Potatoes
are Stronger, and Eggs are Stronger.
Veal
Com is Strong, Wheat is Strong, Soybeans are Mixed, and
Soybean Meal is Weaker.
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Thursday, April 11
Estimated Receipts 8,500
Same Day Last Week 10,522
Same Day Last Year 3,922
Fairly active, feeder cattle
and calves strong to 50 cents
higher; receipts Good and
Choice 450-850 pound steers
and 400-700 pound heifers:
fairly large attendance
buyers. This area received
from one to two inches of
much needed rain during the
past 24 hours, resulting in a
broad demand for thin
fleshed cattle suitable for
grazing.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
part loads and small lots
Choice 400-500 pound 50.00-
55.50; 500-600 43.5049.75, two
small lots 506-527 50.60 ; 600-
700 42.7544.75, small lot 607
pound at 45.90; 700-800 pound
42.25-44.40; 800-930 41.00-
43.40; mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 44.50-50.25;
early standard and good
holsteins 37.50-38.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-1050 pounds 2-4
40.00-42.00; load 42.25, few
42.50; Choice and Prime 900-
1150 3-4 39.00-41.00 early few
4-5 38.00-39.00; mixed Good
and Choice 750-1100 38.00-
40.00; Good 37.00-38.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 27.50-33.00;
high-dressing Utility 33.50-
34.00; Cutter 26.00-31.00;
Canner 24.00-26.00.
BULLS; 1-2 1100-1800
pounds 35 504 0 00
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13,1974 —
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Wednesday, April 10)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept.,
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing bids as of Wednesday, April 10)
Corn Wheat Soybeans
2.67% 4.27-4.28 5.46-5.48 1.25%
2.62 4.054.06 5.31 1.33
2.49 4.084.10
Markets Provided by Commodity Dept.,
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Oklahoma
City
18.46 40.50
40.90
7.18
8.40
40.00
10.00
5.23-5.24
500-700 40.00-43.75; 700-850
40.00-42.00; few Good 375-500
39.50- 500-900 37.50-
41.00; 560-912 Holstein steers
36.5040.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Small lot choice 360 pound
43.80; few Choice 485-500
42.0042.30; Choice 500-600
39.50- 600-700 39.50-
41.25; few 700-800 37.50-39.50;
mixed Good and Choice 335-
500 39.5041.25; 500-685 37.00-
39.25; Good 340-500 38.25-
40.25.
For the week:
Feeder steers 50 cents to
mostly 1.00 higher, some
offerings below average
Choice grade 1.50 higher;
feeder heifers largely 1.00-
2.00 higher, instances 2.00-
2.50 higher on heifers over
600 pounds; slaughter cows
50 cents to 1.00 lower; Bulls
steady to weak on the close.
Salable receipts near 19,200
head compared to 20,549 last
week and 6,163 the same
week last year. Cows
comprised eight percent of
the cattle receipts, feeders 90
percent of the total.
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There is a loftier ambition
than merely to stand high
tn the world It is to stoop
down and lift mankind a
little higher
-Henry Van Dyke
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It s a difficult task to convince
some people that a bargain still
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Chicago
Fresh Eggt
43.45
41.65
45.00
44.95
51.20
52.50
Soybean
Meal
1.34%