Lancaster Hogs
Lancaster Stockyards
Monday, July 4
Report supplied by USDA
No market due to holiday.
Tuesday, July 5
Today 480
Last Tuesday 351
Last Year 185
TREND: Compared to last
Wednesday barrows and gilts firm
to 50 higher, instances 1.00 higher
on US 1-2.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-250 lb. 47.25-48.35. US 1 Few 210-
250 lb. 48.50-49.00. US 1-3 220-260 lb.
US 2-3 260-270 lb. 44.50-
Wednesday, July 6
HQGS; Compared to Tuesday,
barrows and gilts mostly steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-250 lbs. 47.50-W.35. US 1210-250
lbs. W. 50-49.50. US 1-3 220-270 lbs.
45.0047.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300050 lbs. 34.00-
36.00.
Lancaster Feeder Pigs
Tuesday, July 5
Report supplied by USDA
Today - 762
Last Tuesday „ 950
Last Year 856
TREND: Compared to last
Tuesday feeder pigs 2.00-2.50
lower, instances 10.00 lower. All
: weighed on arrival and sold by
aaßapundred weight.
1-2: 18 bead 25-39 lbs. 76.00-
80.00; 155 head 304)9 lbs. 72.00-
86.00; 217 head 40-49 lbs. 71.00-
82.00; 92 head 50-59 lbs. 56.50-72.00;
90 head 60-95 lbs. 56.0062.00.
US 2: 26 head 36-37 lbs. 68.00-
69.00; 18 head 41 lbs. 66.00.
US 2-3: 16 head 27-35 lbs. 68.00-
70.00; 52 head 44-59 lbs. 50.00-58.00.
J.M. HOOBER
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS
Setting Yoa Sian 1895
Specializing in
Slaughter Cattle & Feeder Cattle
John: (717)397-6191 or 569-2084 (Home)
Dick; (717) 397-6191 or 299-5123 (Hmnet
. ATTENTION
HOG PRODUCERS
Now you have a choice of marketing your fat hogs on any
one of 4 days a week through Walter M. Dunlap and Sons.
The starting times for each day are as follows: Monday at
1 P.M., Tuesday at 10 A.M., Wednesday at noon and
Saturday at 10 A.M.
Consign your fat hogs to Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
where they will be handled by experienced and capable
personnel. All hogs weighed upon arrival.
For market information contact Ken Smoker or Ollie
Nagle at 717-397-5136.
FEEDER PIG SALE
Every Tuesday - Starting at I P.M.
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
a, Lancaster Stockyards
w Tel. (717) 397-5136
An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast
With The Times
New Holland
Feeder Pigs
Wednesday, July 6
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Wednesday
Last Year
TREND: Compared to last
Wednesday, feeder pigs under 50
lbs. firm to 10.00 higher, 50-70 lbs.
weights steady. All pigs weighed
on arrival and sold by the hundred
weight.
US 1-2: 123 head 2039 lbs. 71.00-
83.00; 189 head 4049 lbs. 67.00-
78.00; 161 bead 5059 lbs. 60.00
70.00; 13 bead 61 lbs. 65.0066.00.
US 23: 16 head 23-27 lbs. 80.00
88.00; 36 head 35 lbs. 72.0076.00; 29
head 4052 lbs. 61.0064.00.
Peoria Hdgs
Thursday, July?
Report supplied by USDA
4000. Trading moderate
Harrows and gilts .501.00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US-1-2
200240 lbs. 46.5047.50, bulk 46.50
47.00. US 1-3 200-250 lbs. 45.5046.50.
SOWS: Steady to .50 lower. US 1-
3 350500 lbs. 35.5036.00; 500650
lbs. mostly 35.0035.50, few 36.00.
Indianapolis Hogs
Thursday, July 7
Report supplied by USDA
1400. Barrows and gilts 1.001.50
higher.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2 315-
250 lbs. 47.2547.75, mostly 47.25-
47.50.
SOWS: Active, firm to 1.00
higher. US 1-3 450625 lbs. 35.00-
37.00.
BOARS: Under 250 lbs.
over 300 lbs. 33.00.
New Holland Hogs
Monday, July 4
Report supplied by USDA
Today 1301
Last Monday 1776
Last Year 1188
Auction not covered due to
Holiday.
Lancaster Stockyards
Monday, July 4
Report Supplied by Auction
1000 head.
U.S. 1 220-250 lbs. 50.00-52.00;
U.S. 1&2 220-250 lbs. 48.75-49.75;
U.S. 1&3 220-250 lbs. 47.00-48.60;
Sows 300-600 lbs. 33.00-36.00; Boars
300 its. and up 31.00; Light Boars
180-300 lbs. 35.00-38.00.
618
991
557
St Louis Hogs
Thursday, July 7
Report supplied by USDA
4000. Trade active, barrows and *
gilts 1.00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
220-250 ibs. 47.00-47.50; 200-220 lbs.
46.50-47.00. US 1-3 220-250 lbs. 46.50-'
47.00; 250-270 lbs. 44.50-46.50.
SOWS: 1.00-2.00 higher. US 1-3
300-6501b5. 36.0037.00. .
BOARS: Over 250 lbs. 34.50; 200-
250 lbs. 37.50.
Westminster
Feeder Pigs
Friday, June 24
Report supplied by auction
1008 Pigs: Demand Weak.
Compared to May’s sale prices
were 530.00340.00 per hundred
lower. Extremes of $50.00 lower on
light weights. All pigs weighed on
arrival and sold by the pound.
US #1 & 2:84 head 27-39 lbs. 49.00-
53.00; 83 head 28-39 lbs. 30.0046.00;
113 head 44-52 lbs. 60.0062.00; 246
bead 4057 lbs. 35.0051.00; 81 head
6067 lbs. 50.0055.00; 27 head 6069
lbs. 42.5046.00; 31 head 7075 lbs.
40.00.
US #2: 82 head 31-36 lbs. 49.50
53.00; 75 bead 2536 lbs. 31.0040.00;
74 head 41-52 lbs. 35.0045.00.
US62&#: 97head21-461b5.20.00
39.00.
37.50,
Editorials
Dairy
Department*
bditonally speaking
Amazing Acres dairy goats
Holstein mock cattle sale
Baltimore dairy princess
Crawtord dairy princess
Clearfield dairy princess
Milk market news
Upper Susquehanna DHIA
Bucks OHIA ...
Mifflin DHIA
farm Calendar.
Mailbox Markets
Classified Ads
Farm Business
Public Sales.
U.S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Dally Livestock Slaughter—Thursday, July 7
Report supplied by USDA Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE CALVES HOGS SHEEP
Week to Dale (Est.)
408,000 31,000
Same Period Last Week(Est.)
522.000 38,000
Same Period Last Year (Act.)
384.000 31,000
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing Bids as of Thursday, July 7)
Corn
July 3.26
Oct. 3.04 V«
2.79
pec.
Trend - Corn is stronger. Wheat is lower. Soybeans are higher. Soybean
Meal is higher.
Market Provided by Commodity Department
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, N.J.
Tuesday, June 28
Report supplied by auction
12951iead.
Calves 27.0086.00; Cows 35.75-
49.25; Easy Cows 22.0044.25;
Heifers 46.75-57.25; Bulls 42.25-
62.75; Steers 41.0059.75; Hogs
35.5062.00; Roasting Pigs, each
12.0051.00; Kids 5.0036.00; Boars
28.0035.00; Sows 25.00-30.00; Sheep
10.0037.00; Lambs, each 20.00
48.00; Lambs per lb. 35.0071.00;
Goats, each 9.0055.00; Hides 17.00.
In ihis issue
Four Sections
AIU
A2O
A 34
820
820
820
C 8
DU
DIB
AJ.O
826
82/& CIO
D 2
D2b
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 9,1983—A3
Wheat Soybeans Meal
6.22'/z
3.39
6.49
3.50V2
6.65
3.66V2
July
LUg.
Trend - Cattle are lower, Hogs
are higher, potatoes are higher.
Market Provided
by Commodity Department
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
Columns
Now is the time
Ladies, have you heard 7
On being a farm wife
Craft Corner ...
Seeding, weeding . .
Ida's Notebook
Farm Talk
Brockett's Ag Advice
Home and Youth
Jr. Angus Show.
Homestead Notes
Home on the Range
Farm Women News
Women's roles on the farm 818
4-H'ers to Congress
FFA news
954,000 82,000
1,241,000 86,000
868,000 78,000
Soybean
180.00
185.90
190.50
Futures
Trading
(Closing Bids as of
Thursday, July 7)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
46.30
61.95 43.70
40.32 7.90
A 22
813
816
DIO