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HOG PRICES
Lancaster
Market
Monday, Aug. 5
Hogs: Barrows and Gilts
weak to 75 lower.
Barrows and gilts: US 1
200-240 lb. 39.35-39.39.85; US
1- 190-255 lb. 37.50-38.10; US
2- 255-270 lb. 37.00-37.50.
Vintage
Auction
Saturday, Aug. 3
Hogs 1003: Compared with
last Saturday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts Steady to 75
cents lower. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lbs. 38.00-38.75, No. 1-3
200-235 lbs. 37.00-37.85, No. 2-
3 190-255 lbs. 36.75-37.50, No.
2-4 275-305 lbs. 29.2W4.00,
No. 2-4 150-185 lbs. 30.00-
34.00. Sows: US No. 1-3 280-
630 lbs. 21.25-24.25. Boars
16.50-20.50, few light weights
30.50.
Wednesday, Aug. 7
Hogs 600: Compared with
last Wednesday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts fully 50
cents higher. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lbs. 39.00-39.75, No. 1-3
200-260 lbs. 38.0039.00. Sows:
US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. 23.-
25.00. Boars 22.00-25.00.
Leb. Valley
Auction
HOGS 455. Barrows & gilts
25 cents to 50 cents higher. 1-
2 200-220 pounds barrows &
gilts 38.6038.75, 1-3 195-235
38.1038.00, few lots 2-3 190-
250 36.1037.50, few lots 2-4
170-270 32.10-35.25.13 275-450
sows 23.25-26.00, 23 325-550
22.00-24.00. Boars 21.00-23.50.
FEEDER PIGS 75. One lot
13 20 pounds feeder pigs
10.50 per head, 13 35-50
pounds 15.50-18.00 per head.
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
AD
U. S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspections
CATTLE HOGS
490.000 1,125,000
482.000 1,154,000
376,000 1,066,000
Week To Date
Same Period Last Week
Same Period Last Year
AVAILABLE NOW
FOR
AUGUST SEEDING
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+ TIMOTHY
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P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
Smoketown, Pa
Lancaster
Auction
Wednesday, Aug. 7
Hogs: Barrows and Gilts
1.00-2.00 higher.
Barrows and Gilts: US 1
210-230 lb. 40.25-40.60; US 1-2
200-240 lb. 39.50-39.60; US 2-3
190-260 lb. 39.00-39.50.
New Holland
Auction
Monday, Aug. 5
HOGS 1300: Compared
with last Monday’s market.
Barrows & Gilts $1 to $1.25
lower. Us No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
37.5039.00, No. 13 200-250
lbs. 37.0037.50, No. 23 225-
275 lbs. 35.5037.00, No. 2-4
160-190 lbs. 32.5037.00. US
No. 13 300-600 lbs. sows
21.50-25.00. Boars 21.00-26.00.
Peoria
Auction
Peoria Hogs: 3500 Barrows
and Gilts opening 50-1.00
higher.
Barrows and Gilts: US 1-2
86 head 39.75 US 13 200-240
39.00-39.50
St. Louis
Auction
St. Louis Hogs: 5500
Barrows and Gilts mostly
1.50 higher.
Barrows and gilts: US 13
210-250 39.00-39.50
Indianapolis
Auction
Indianapolis hogsd: 1500
Barrows and Gilts active,
fully 1.00 higher, instances
1.25-1.50 higher than Wed
nesday’s opening sales.
Barrows and Gilts: US 1-3
200-240 39.50-40.00
Phone 717-299-2571
Omaha
Cattle
August 8, 1974
Weekly 51-Cattle-
Compared with previous
weeks closc-
Average-Choice steer and
heifers 2.00-2.50 higher,
others unevenly 1.00-2.00
higher except standard and
good holsteins Steers 2.50-
3.50 higher. Cows 2.00-3.00
higher. Bulls strong to 50
cents higher.
Four Day receipts 16,800
as compared with 18,600
previous week and 12,000 a
year ago. Slaughter steers
approximately 50 percent,
heifers 30 percent, cows 17
percent. Prices on fed cattle
moved sharply higher early
in the week for the third
successive week advancing
prices.
Slaughter steers: Three
loads Choice and Prime 1107-
1283 pounds YIELD GRADE
3-4 51.00, approximately 18
loads choice and prime 1105-
1326 pounds 3-4 50.50, and two
loads same grade 1203-1261
pounds 3-4 50.15-50.25. A few
loads choice and prime 1475-
1593. 4-5 42.00-46.00 Choice
975-1300 2-4 48.00-50.00, Large
share Wednesday 48.00-49.75,
some late sales 47.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 950-1250
44.50-47.00. Good 40.00-44.50
including several loads
standard and good 1175-1350
pounds 2-3 Holsteins 40.00-
41.25.
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
OATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
An atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on
August 9, 1945. . . .. .
Missouri became the 24th state admitted to the Union
on August 10, IS2I. A ... A .
Andrew Carnegie, famous American industrialist and
philanthropist, died on August 11, 1919.
The treaties were signed on August 12, 1898, officially
ending the Span'sh-American War.
The border between East and West Berlin was sealed off
by the East Germans on August 13, 1961.
Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945, thus ending World
The Panama Canal officially opened on August 15, 1914.
NEW OUTLOOK ON WINDOWS
SHEEP
135.000
135.000
158,00
Mmn
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material that’s almost com
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This product also can
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One place where it’s
uniquely being used is on
the windows of Trinity Epis
copal Church in Jefferson,
Ohio Built in 1876, this
church is a classic example
oi the steamboat Gothic
aichitectuie populai m the
midwest at the lime, and
it is blessed with a set ot
stained glass windows that
is i are Unlike tiaditional
stained glass windows, these
aie not a mosaic made Irom
pieces ol leaded glass m
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 47.86
average weight 1133 pounds
as compared 44.07 and 1126
pounds previous week and
53.93 and 1103 pounds a year
ago. Choice and Prime 962-
093 pounds 34 49.00, two
loads same grade 952-1022
48.75. Numerous loads
Choice and Prime 927-1022 3-
4 48.0048.50. Choice 850-1075
24 46.0047.75 late. Mixed
Good and Choice 42.5045.50.
Good 39.0042.50. Small lot
standard and good 36.00-
39.00.
Cows: Utltily and Com
mercial 24.00-25.50, a few
utility 26.00-26.50. Canner
and cutter 21.00-24.00. Mixed
cutter and low-Utility 24.25-
24.50. Shelly canner 18.00-
21.00.
Bulls: 1-2 1400-1800 pounds
26.00-31.00 A few 132.00-33.00.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Thursday, August 8
Reported receipts of 60
head. Load of Franklin
County springers 700-850.
Small Heifers 300-450 and
better heifers 650,
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
AD
stead, they were painted by
itinerant artists of the peri
od to create a stained glass
effect Unfortunately, this
has made them both irre
placeable and sadly subject
to wear by weather. To pre
vent further deterioration,
the cherished windows have
been covered with the virtu
ally unbreakable material.
This product, which might
be called a modern miracle
of a plastic, is LEXAN Sheet
from Geneial Electric
A little piece of deal,
piactically impeivious plas
tic, can provide a lot of pro
tection lor places with stain
ed glass and plenty of olhei
windows And it does all
this without marring the ap
peal ance ol the window oi
spoiling the view, as glass
embedded with w'ire mesh
oi scieemng would
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 10,1974
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, August 8)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
August 48.55 38.25
September
October 49.12 38.30
November
December
47.75
January
46.95
February
March
46.97
April
May
June 47.50 46.30
July
August 47.50
Trend Cattle are Lower, Hogs are lower, Potatoes are
Lower, and Eggs are Lower.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing bids as of Thursday, August 8)
Soybean
Corn Wheat Soybeans Meal
3.64 4.45% 8.12
September
October
November
3.57 4.59%
December
January 1975
3.62% 4.71 8.17 175.00
March
3.59 4.66% 8.19 176.00
May
Trend Com is Lower, Wheat is Lower, Soybeans are
lower and Soybean Meal id lower.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department,
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Oklahoma
City
Thursday, August 8
Estimated Receipts 10,400
Moderately active, feeder
steers over 500 pounds
steady to 50 cents lower:
feeder heifers and calves
under 500 strong to 1.00
higher: majority receipts
good and choice 400-850
steers and 400-650 heifers:
fairly large attendance
buyers.
Feeder steers: Choice, few
4.55 56.80
41.95
44.70
5.22
5.65
43.50
6.75
47.20
8.14
8.15%
Drime 400-500 pounds 37.50-
38.30,89 head 412 at 41.60 and
43 head 342 at 42.60: Choice
500-600 36.50-38.25 : 600-700
36.50- 700-800 37.00-
38.00: 800-1015 36.25-38.10;
Mixed Good and Choice 350-
500 32.25-36.75: 500-700 lb.
32.50- Few 700-80 C lb.
33.75-36.00: Good 690-981 lb.
Holstein Steers 25.25-27.00:
Feeder Heifers: Choice,
Few Prime 350-500 lb. 30.75-
34.40; Choice 500600 30.50-
31.80 : 600-765 30.00-33.60, 67
Head 672 at 34.40 and 98 head
653 at 35.10-
3
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
45.75
50.00
Sl.oo
60.45
162.00
171.50