READ LANCASTER FARMING
FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS
Specializing In The Filling Of
Your Custom Feeder Orders.
Fully Staffed To Handle Your
Market Cattle & Market Hogs.
NEXT FEEDER PIG SALE
OCTOBER 26, 1976
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ATTENTION CATTLE FEEDERS
Do you want to make buying your stackers and feeders easy. It can be very simple. Just call and
give us your order. All orders filled to your exact specifications. Call us anytime. We can be very
helpful.
fj " NEXT FEEDER PIG SALI
TUESDAY, OCT. 26,-1 P.M.
Consignors can get state tags at our office, thereby saving 25c marketing expense
Consign all your feeder pigs to Walter M. Dunlap & Sons
where they will be handled by a capable and experienced staff.
Feeder pigs received from 6 A.M. to 11 A.M,
LANCASTER STOCK YARDS
For Further Information, Call 717-397-5136
Hog Markets
Indianapolis
Thursday Oct. 14,1976
HOGS: 1500
Barrows and gilts uneven,
25-75 lower.
US 1-2 200-240 lb. 34.50-
35.00; US 1-3 200-240 lb. 34.25-
34.75.
Peoria Auction
Thursday Oct. 14,1976
HOGS: 4200
Barrows and gilts fairly
active after a slow start,
opening steady.
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 34.50-
35.00; US 1-3 200-240 lb. 34.00-
34.50.
St. Louis
Thursday Oct. 14,1976
HOGS: 5500
Barrows and gilts rather
slow and extremely uneven,
weights under 240 lb. very
uneven mostly steady, Over
240 lb. not fully established.
US 1-2 200-240 lb. 34.75-
35.25; US 1-3 200-240 lb. 34.50-
35.00.
Lancaster
Auction
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
Few* US 1 200-230 lb. 38.25-
38.50 US 1-2 200-240 lb, 37.25-
37.50 USD 2-3 200-240, lb.
36.25-36.75 Few 240-265 lb.
34.00-36.50
CONTACT:
JOHN CAMPBELL
Atglen, PA
(215) 593-5529
GARY McGEE
Spring Run, PA
(717) 349-2340
Vintage
Vintage Hog Sale
Saturday, October 9
No. 1 35.10-35.85, 50 head
32.62-36,00; No. 2 34.35-34.85;
No. 3 33.00-34.00; Light
weight 160-180 lbs. 25.75-
28.50; Heavyweight 250-262
lbs. 30.00-33.25; Sows 365 Ibs.-
450 lbs. 24.00-25.25; Boars
180-535 lbs. 21.00-22.50.
Vintage Fat
Hog Sale
Paradise, Pa.
Wed. Oct 13,1976
Head 673.
No. I’s 37.50 to 38.00; No.
2’536.75t037.25; No. 3’s 36.00
to 36.50; Heavy Hogs 245-260
lbs. 34.75 to 36.25; Light Hogs
160-185 lbs. 25.75 to 34.75;
Sows 350-525 lbs. 23.50 to
28.00; Boars 23.50.
New Holland
HOGS: 1220,
Retail: 34.25 - 35.75;
Heavyweight: 32.75 - 33.25;
Lightweight: 30.00 - 33.25;
Wholesale: 33.25 - 34.25;
Sows: 22.50 - 29.00; Boars:
22.00 - 28.00.
Lancaster
Feeder Pigs
Tuesday, Oct. 12,1976
Feeder Pigs
TODAY 948 Q
TWO WEEKS AGO 1843
TREND; Compared to two
weeks ago US 1-2 10.00-15.00
lower, US 2-3 15.00-20.00
lower, few sales 25-35 lb.
25.00 lower. All prices on a
per hundred weight basis.
US 1-2:30-40 lb. 58.00-70.00;
40-50 lb. 55.00-65.00; 50-70 lb.
42.50-61.00.
US 2-3: Few 25-30 lb. 54.50-
62; 30-40 lb. 48.0069.00; 40-
501 b. 40.00-54.50.C0up1e lots
45 lb. 34.00-37.50; 5060 lb.
39.00-47.00; 62-80 lb. 32.50-
43.00.
Utility: 55 head 2848 lb.
35.0046.00
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 16,1976
Futures Trading
Closing bids as of Thursday, October 14
Chicago Chicago New York New York
Cattle Hogs Maine Fresh Eggs
Potatoes
September
40.00 34.45
October
November
December 41.80 33.29
January
February 42.10 32.60
March
April 42.75 32.10 6.15
May
June
44.05 35.10
Trend—Cattle are higher, Hogs are higher. Potatoes are
higher, and Eggs are mixed.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
CHICAGO GRAIN FUTURES
( Closing bids as of Thursday, October 14)
Soybean
Corn Wheat Soybeans Meal
October
November
December
2.66 2.95
January
February
March
2.74V* 3.06 6.42V* 185.00
2.80 3.12% 6.45 185.50
May
July
2.84 3.16% 6.45 186.00
Trend—Corn is lower, Wheat is lower, Soybeans are lower,
and Soybean Meal is lower.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
U.S.
Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS
586.000 1,277,000
593.000 1,287,000
586.000 969,000
Week to date
Same period last week
Same period last year
GREEN DRAGON
LIVESTOCK SALES
1 mile North of Ephrata, PA
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and veal calves.
11:00 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M. - Dairy Cows
7:00 P.M. - Small Animal Sale
We will have consignments from Alfred
Albright, Bob Kennedy, Ray Keiper, Kelly
Bowser, and Dale Brewer.
Bring a Load and Buy a Load,
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the
farm or at our barn or other market information
call: Office 717-733-2444. Res. 717-838-4318
Walter H. Risser, Proprietor
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.63.70
66.40
5.05
65.10
59.55
5.90
176.50
6.30%
181.50
6.37 182.50
SHEEP
102,000
104.000
120.000