Hog Markets
Feeder Pigs
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Report supplied by USD A
Today 880
Last Tuesday 1181
Last Year 1313
TREND: Compared to last
Tuesday feeder pigs firm, in
stances 5.00 higher on 30-50 lb. US
1-2. All pigs wieghed on arrival and
sold by the hundred weight.
US 1-2: 50 head 30-39 lbs. 130.00-
144.00; 383 head 40-49 lbs. 120.00-
143.00; 90 head 50-59 lbs. 120.00-
132.00; 53 head 60-65 lbs. 91.00-
109.00.
US 2-3: 15 head 32-34 lb. 120.00-
132.00; 37 head 40-49. lb. 105.00-
121.00; 77 head 50-59 lb. 90.00-
New Holland Hogs
Monday, Dec. 20
Report supplied by USDA
Today 1822
Last Monday 1772
Last Year 1478
TREND: Compared to last
Monday barrows and gilts 1.00-2.50
higher, bulk 2.00-2.50 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
205-245 lb. Bulk 60.5061.60, Few
early sales and few late sales 59.75-
60.50. US 1 205-245 lb. 61.5962.75.
US 1-3 205-260 lb. Bulk 59.75-60.50,
Few early sales and few late sales
59.00-59.75,190-205 lb. 57.50-59.50.
Indianapolis Hogs
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Report supplied by USDA
500 (Fell 300 short of estimated
800) 800 - Barrows & gilts active,
higher. US 1-2 210-245 lb.
V 67.00-57.25.
SOWS: Not adequately tested.
(2%) US 1-3 Small lot 590 lb. 48.50.
US 3 Package 530 lb. 45.00.
BOARS: Lot near 240 lb. 48.00;
over 300 lb. 40.00-41.00.
St. Louis Hogs
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Report supplied by USDA
4500 - Barrows & gilts fairly
active, steady-50 higher. US 1-2
200-240 lb. 36.50-57.00, 240-250 lb.
56.0056.50. US 1-3 230-250 lb. 55.00-
56.50; 250-270 lb. 64.0055.00.
SOWS: Steady-50-higher. (About
8%) US 1-3 300-500 lb. 45.00; 500650
lb. 45.5048.00.
BOARS: Over 260 lb. 43.00; 200-
2601 b. 49.50.
NOTICE: HOG SALE
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1.1983 - 10 A.M.
You Have A Choice
If you miss Monday, there is always Wednesday
Today, as in the past, Walter M. Dunlap and
Sons oners all cattle feeders the choice of what
day to market their fat cattle.
Either Monday or Wednesday, we will advise
you to the best of our ability what day that week
we think is most advantageous to you.
So, Monday or Wednesday, you have a choice.
Give us a call for market conditions and honest
advice.
NEXT FEEDER PIG SALE
Tuesday, December 28 at 1 P.M.
Walter M. Dunlap aiid Sons _
Lancaster Stockyards
Tel. (717) 397-5136
An Old Line Commission Firm
Keeping Abreast With The Times
Lancaster Hogs
Monday, Dec. 20
Report supplied by USDA
HOGS: Barrows and gilts 1.00-
1.50 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-2
205-245 lb. 58.85-60.00. US 1 205-250
lb. 60.50-61.50, Few Selected 62.00-
62.75. US 1-3 200-260 lb. 57.85-59.10.
Tuesday, Dec. 21
TODAY 371
LAST TUESDAY 420
LAST YEAR 459
TREND: Compared to Monday
barrows and gilts 1.50-2.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-2
200-250 lb. 57.00-57.75. US 1205-245
lb. 58.25-59.00, Few 59.01W9.75. US
1-3 230-265 lb. 56.50-57.00.
Wednesday, Dec. 22
HOGS: Compared to Tuesday
barrows and gilts steady to 50
higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-245 lb. 57.5068.00, Few 58.00-
58.25. US 1 210-245 lb. 59.00-60.00.
US 1-2180-205 lb. 54.25-55.35. US 1-3
220-265 lb. 56.50-57.50.
Peoria Hogs
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Report supplied by USDA
2000 - Barrows & gilts active, SO
LDO higher. US 1-2 200-2401 b. 57.00-
57.50, 45 head 58.00. US 1-3 200-250
lb. 56.0067.00.
SOWS: Under 500 lb. steady-50
lower, over 500 lb. steady-firm.
(19%) US 1-3 350600 lb. 45.5046.00,
500-650 lb. 46.5047.00, few 47.50.
BOARS: Over 350 lb. 42.50;
under 350 lb. 40.0060.50.
Lancaster Hogs
Lancaster Stockyards
Saturday, Dec. 18
Report supplied by auction
1080 head.
US #1 215-240 lbs. 60.5063.50, few
63.75-64.10. U.S. 1 & 2 215-245 lbs.
59.5060,25; U.S. 2 & 3 210-255 lbs.
58.5069.25; Heavyweights 260-276
lbs. 58.2561.00; Sows 350 lbs. and
up 47.5062.00; Boars 200-300 lbs.
52.0062.50, 300 lbs. and up 42.00-
43.50.
Oklahoma Cattle
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Report supplied by USD A
Estimated Receipts 1600
Same Day Last Week 10,351
Feeder Steers 1.00 lower; Feeder
Heifers under 500 lb. 1.00 lower;
over 500 lb. uneven, averaging
steady. Feeder demand fair. Bulk
supply Medium Frame 1 and
Mixed 1-2 300-600 lb. Feeder Steers
and Heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium,
few? large frame 1290 lb. thin 71.25;
325-500 lb. 66.00-72.00, mostly 67.75-
71.00; 500-600 lb. 64.00-68.50; 600-700
lb. 61.8062.80, lot 775 lb. 62.80; pkg.
fleshy 735 lb. 60.40. Small frame 1
280 lb. 67.00; 475-600 lb. 59.80450.25.
Medium and Large Frame 1-2 290-
3201b5. 65.20-66.50; 550-600 lb. 60.25-
64.00; 715 lb. 61.20; 865-890 lb. 57.50-
57.90; 910 lb. 56.70; 1020 lb. 54.10.
Large Frame 2 400450 lbs. 55.50-
57.75. Large Frame 2 Holsteins 765
lbs. 51.30; 10051 b. fleshy 47.30; 1205
lbs. in Good Slaughter flesh 45.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS; Medium,
few Large Frame 1 275-400 lbs.
56.20-58.50; 400-500 lbs. 53.90-57.10;
500-675 lbs. 53.10-56.40, lot 590 lbs.
58.60, lot 740 lbs. 58.30, short load
very fleshy 810 lb. 50.90. Medium
and Large Frame Mixed 1-2 350-500
lbs. 51.00-55.00; 500-650 lbs. 52.00-
54.00. Medium and Large Frame 2
300-700 lbs. 48.00-52.00.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder
Steers under 600 lb. steady; over
600 lb. steady to 1.00 lower with
numbers limited throughout the
week. Feeder Heifers steady.
Slaughter Cows steady to 50 cents
lower. Utility and Commercial 2-3
34.40-37.80. Cutter 1-2 33.00-37.00.
Canner and low cutter 26.00-33.00
several 29.00-32.00. Bulls 1.00-2.00
lower. YG 1 few 2 1500-1850 lbs.
47.00-50.00; 1200-1500 lbs. 42.00-
47.00 few high dressing 47.00-50.00.
Salable receipts estimated at 6400
head this holiday week; last weeks
actual count 16,040; the com
parable week one year ago 1267
head. Feeder Cattle and Calves
made up 82 percent of the run;
Cows and Bulls comprised large
share of the remaining 18 percent.
Carlisle Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE; Steers were steady;
Heifers were steady; Cows were
1.00 higher; Bulls were steady to
.50 higher! Steers; No Choice.of
fered; Good 33.00-55.50; Standard
47.00-49.25; Utility 46.50 Down.
Heifers: No Choice offered; Low
Good 52.75; Standard 48.50; Utility
46.00 Down. Cows: Large run.
Utility & Commercial 38.0041.10;
Cutter 35.85-39.00; Canner & Low
Cutter 33.25-36.00; Shells 30.50
Down. Bullocks: Standard 48.10
(Few offered) Bulls: No Yield
Grad No. I’s; Yield No. 2, 47.50-
48.50.
Editorials
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On the cover. Sixteen members of the Logansvide Community 4-H
Club in York County braved low temperatures and sleet to help create
this living nativity scene by taking half-hour shifts each, for two nights
last week. The re-enactment of the manger scene was viewed by almost
2,000 visitors.
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Report supplied by IJSDA Estimated Daily Livestock Slaug
Under Federal Inspection e
CALVES HOGS SHEEP
CATTLE
This Week
385.000
Last Week
396.000
Last Year
368, I WO 31,000
Market courtesy of USDA.
Jan.
Mar. 2.41%
lay 2.49%
July
T r f ■ Corn is steady, Wheat is lower, Soybeans are lower, Soybei
Meal is lower.
FEEDER CATTLE; Steers were
steady; Heifers were steady; Bulls
were steady to 3,00 higher. Steers:
360455 lbs. 43.0047.00; Medium
290-395 lbs. 40.0042.00; Medium
510-600 lbs. 41.0044.00; 500-717 lbs.
36.00-36.50. Heifers: 670695 lbs.
42.0044.50. Bulls; 530 lbs. Good
47.00.
CALVES: Veaiers were 8.00
lower; Back to Farm Calves were
steady with last week’s prices.
Veaiers: Choice 75.00-85.00; Good
65.00-75.00; Standard & Good 55.00-
65.00.
HOGS; 1.25 higher; US No, 1-2,
54.25-58.00; US No. 1-3, 51.00-54.50;
US No. 2-3 45.00-50.50. Sows; US
No. 1-3 45.0051.00; US No. 2 & 3
42.0047.00. Boars; 40.0040.75.
FEEDER PIGS; US No. 1-325-35
lbs. 35.0040.00 Hd. No. 1-3 40-55 lbs
44.00-57.00 Hd.
LAMBS: Good 49.00-53.00;
Utility 40.0047.00. Goats: 25.00-
41.00 hd.
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in fhis issue
Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 24,1982—A:
U.S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
36,000
35,000
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing Bids as of Wednesday, Dec. 22)
Soybean
Wheat Soybeans Meal
Com
3,33%
3.39%
2.53%
3.34%
Market Provided by Commodity Department
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
Home and Youth
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Homestead Notes
Home on the Kange
Kid s Korner
hami Women news
H-A news
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Columns
Now ib the tune
Ladieb have /Ou h<’ nd'
Ida b Notebook
Graft Corner
Seeding weeding
On being a farm wile
Brocket! b Ag Auivce
Milk Check
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Features
I urke, tanning
Bibtlme iradcb beet career
908,000
918,000 71,000
1,019,000 72,000
5.64%
5.73%
5.82
Futures
Trading
(Closing Bids as of
Wednesday, Dec. 22)
Chicago Chicago New Y<
Cattle Hogs Main
Potatc
'eb. 58.40 57.15
ipr. 59.35 54.60 6.(y
June
60.91
Trend - Cattle are higher. Hi
are lower. Potatoes are steady.
Market Provided
by Commodity Department
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
3
70,000
173.30
174.20
174.90
55.97
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BID
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