HOG PRICES
Lancaster
Market
July 21,1975
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
75-1.25 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 210-230 lb. 60.50-60.75,
US 1-2 200-225 lb. 59.75-60.00;
US 2-3 200-260 lb. 59.25-59.75,
mostly 59.60,270-280 lb. 58.25-
58.60, 230-285 lb. 57.00-57.50.
Vintage
Auction
July 19,1975
Compared to last week,
barrows and gilts steady. US
1-2 59.50-60.00,1-3 195-250 lbs.
58.25-59.00 ; 2-4 250-270 lbs.
57.10-58.25; few 1-3 1250-175
lbs. 35.00-45.50. Sows 1-3 300-
585 lbs. 41.00-47.50 and boars
39.00-40.25.
July 23,1975
Barrows and gilts 50-75
cents higher. US 1-2 200-235
lbs. 59.75-60.00; 1-3 59.00-59.50
and sows 46,50-49.00.
Lancaster
Auction
July 23,1975
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
steady to strong.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 210-235 lb. 59.85-60 10,
one small lot US 160.75, US 2-
3 200-250 lb. 59.50-59.75.
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FEEDER CATTLE
12 NOON
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to the farmer, to the dealer and to the packer.
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P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, Pa. 17604
Phone: 393-4641 (day or night)
HAY & STRAW SALE
Every Wednesday at 12 Noon.
We Give the Buyer and Seller
Our Personal Attention
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2 miles East of Intercourse
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Consignors can get state tags at our office, thereby saving 25c marketing
expense.
Indianapolis
Auction
July 25,1975
HOGS: 1500 Barrows and
gilts active, mostly 50 in
stances 75 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 200-230 lbs. 59.50-59.75;
Us 1-3 200-245 lbs. 59.00-59.50.
New Holland
Auction
July 21,1975
Hogs: 1548 Barrows and
gilts 1.25-2.00 higher. US 1-2
200-240 lbs. 59.75-60.25; 1-3
200-240 lbs. 59.25-59.75; 1-2
190-260 lbs. 58.90-59.25; 1-3
170-190 lbs. 58-59.25; 1-2 sows
300-550 lbs. 42.00-48.00. Boars
40.00-50.00.
, Leb. Valley
Auction
No market report
available at
press time
St. Louis
Auction
July 25, 1975
HOGS: 4000 Barrows and
Gilts fairly active, fully
steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-3 200-250 lb. 58.75-59.25.
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Consign all your feeder pigs to Walter M. Dunlap & Sons
where they will be handled by a capable and experienced staff.
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Oklahoma
Cattle
July 24
Thursday Feeder
Cattle Auction
Estimated Receipts 7,900
Same Day Last Week 10,926
Actual unloads materially
short of the early estimate
fue to general rains of from
one to six and one half inches
over the entire marketing
area. Feeder steers regained
early decline with late trade
steady to 50c higher. Feeder
heifers steady to 50c lower.
Majority receipts mixed
good and choice 400-800 lb.
feeder steers, 300-700 lb.
feeder heifers. Moderate
attendance of buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 400-500 lb. 32.00-35.00,
500-600 lb. 31.25-34.50, 600-700
lb. 32.00-35.00, 700-870 lb.
33.50-36.75, part load 825 lb.
37.40. Mixed good and choice
400-500 lb. 28.00-31.75, 500-700
lb. 28.00-32.75, mostly 30.00-
32.50, 95-933 lb. 31.90. Good
350-600 lb. 26.50-29.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Peoria
Auction
July 25,1975
HOGS: 3000 Barrows and
gilts active, 50 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 200-240 lb. 59.00-59.50.;
US 1-3 200-250 lb. 58.50-59.00.
HAY MARKETS
Paul Z.
Martin
Wednesday, July 23
15 loads of hay, straw and
New
Holland
July 21,1975
151 loads of hay and 14
loads of straw. Timothy few
loads at 64-65; mixed hay
42.00-57; straw 39-58; clover
one load at 85; oats two loads
1.40 and 1.55 per bushel and
corn 65-82.
Mnunou
ONE STEP HAULING I
717-367-4036 J
Elizabethtown, PA 17022 j
Choice 300-500 lb. 24.25-26.50,
500-740 lb. 25.00-28.75. Mixed
good and choice 300-500 lb.
21.50-24.50, 500-750 lb. 23.00-
25.00. Good 300-500 lb. 19.00-
22.75, 500-700 lb. 18.00-22.00.
CATTLE FOR THE
WEEK: Feeder steers
regamed all of early week’s
downturn to close generally
steady. Feeder heifers
finished the week 50c to 1.50
lower. Slaughter cows closed
mostly 1.00 higher, with
some sales 1.50 higher.
Slaughter bulls steady, in
stances 1.00 higher. Salable
receipts this week numbered
near 22,400 head compared
to 29,400 last week and 23,765
same period last year. Cows
comprised near 17 percent,
feeder cattle 79 percent of
total.
Lebanon
Valley
Livestock
No market report
available at
press time
READ LANCASTER
FARMING FOR
FULL
MARKET REPORTS
ear corn sold as follows
Mixed Hay 32 to 70;
Timothy 53 to 60; Clover 35;
Straw 41 to 46; Corn 75 to 84.
Green Dragon
July 18,1975
Prices Per Ton
13 loads hay.
Timothy, few loads 38.00-
66.00; Mixed hay, few loads
51.00432.00; Bromegrass hay,
one load 62.00; Straw, 6 loads
42.00- Corn, 27 loads
70.00- couple to 99.00.
Regional
Hay Prices for
Southeastern & So. Central
Pennsylvania.
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady, spots
uneven.
Alfalfa 50.00-60.00, few to
70.00; Mixed hay 45.00-55.00;
Timothy hay 35.00-45.00;
Straw 25.00-33.00; Mulch
15.00-22.00.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 26,1975
Futures Trading
(Closing bids as of Thursday, July 24)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
August 47.65 55.80
September
October 42.45 49.65
November
December 41.60 49.30
January 1976
February 41.40 48.20
March
Trend Cattle are Stronger, Hogs are Stronger, Potatoes
are Higher, and Eggs are Higher.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing bids as of Thursday, July 24)
Soybean
Cora Wheat Soybeans Meal
September 2.78 3 /4
October
November
2.64% 3.83 3.83 139.75
December
January 1976
2.71% 3.93% 5.92 145.00
March
2.74% 3.95 6.01%
May
Trend Corn is Higher, Wheat is Higher, Soybe ms are
Higher, Soybean Meal is Higher.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
U. S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS
542.000 857,000
548.000 883,000
464.000 1,056,000
Week to date
Sale period last week
Sale period last year
New Holland
Horse Auction Local work horses 300-520,
Mondav Julv22 mules 135 ‘ 235 5 better horses
Monday, July 250-435; driving horses 185-
Reported receipts of 407 370; riding horses 140-235;
horses, mules and ponies, lightweight killers 16-18;
Market reported steady with heavyweight killers 22-24;
last week. mares 15-45; colts 5-20;
of Kansas riding geldings 15-35 and larger
150-410; load of P onies 50-140.
Load
horses
FOR BETTER NET RETURNS
SHIP TO THE
DANVILLE LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Old Rt. 11 Danville, Pa.
Phone (717) 275-2880
SALE EVERY MONDAY 2 P.M.
OWNERS
Charles C. Myers Melvin M. Lehman
(717) 569-2106 (717) 964-3621
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
5.80 58.00
6.82
3.68% 5.72V4 134.25
5.74%
5.83% 140.50
SHEEP
114.000
119.000
132.000
Tennessee riding horses ISO
-525.
3
49.50
55.00
60.85
56.85
136.25