Lancaster Hogs
Lancaster Stockyards
Monday, October 31
Report supplied by USDA
HOGS; Compared to last
Wednesday barrows and gilts .50-
.75 higher; sows under 400 lb.
mostly steady, over 500 lb. mostly
1.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
215-255 lb. 42.35-43.35, few 43.50-
43.75. US 1 210-255 lb. 45.00-46.00.
US 1-3 220-265 lb. 41.50-42.50.
SOWS: US 1-3 350-450 lb. 32.00-
33.00, few 33.50-34.50; 450450 lb.
31.00-32.00.
Tuesday, Novembe 1
Today
Last Tuesday
Last Year
TREND: Compared to Monday
small supply barrows and gilts
mostly steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-255 lb. 42.50-43.35. US 1-3 Few
260-275 lb. 40.00-42.50.
Wednesday, November 2
HOGS: Compared to Tuesday
barrows and gilts steady to .50
lower; sows weak to 1.00 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-2
210-255 lb. 42.00-43.00; 190-210 lb.
38.00-40.50. US 1 210-255 lb. 43.00-
46.00. US 1-3 220-270 lb. 40.50-41.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 350-650 lb. 30.00-
33.00.
Lancaster Feeder Pigs
Tuesday, November 1
Report supplied by USDA
Today 1023
Last Tuesday 967
Last Year 1173
TREND; Compared to last
Tuesday feeder pigs unevenly
steady. All pigs weighed on arrival
and sold by the hundred weight.
US 1-2: 39 head 22-29 lbs. 51.00-
60.00; 115 head 30-39 lbs. 45.00-
55.00; 190 head 4049 lbs. 44.00-
60.00; 60 head 4041 lbs. 64.00-06.00;
88 head 5009 lbs. 49.00-54.00, one 50
head lot 53 lbs. 59.00; 36 head 60-65
lbs. 46.00-53.00; 9 head 85 lbs. 41.50.
US 2-3: 27 head 30-39 lbs. 41.00-
53.00; 24 head 4449 lbs. 44.00-50.00.
J.M. HOOBER
LANCASTER STOCKYARDS
Serving You Since 189 S
Specializing in
Slaughter Cattle & Feeder Cattle
John: (717) 397-6191 or 569-2084 (Home)
Dick: (717) 397-6191 or 299-5123 (H"me>
W&
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
An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast
New Holland
Feeder Pigs
Wednesday, November 2
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Wednesday
Last Year
TREND; Compared to last
Wednesday feeder pigs 5.00-10.00
lower. All pigs weighed on arrival
and sold by the hundred weight.
US 1-2; 91 head 23-37 lbs. 46.00-
48.00; 97 head 30-39 lbs. 37.0tM1.00;
111 head 40-49 lbs. 37.0040.00; 52
head 4547 lbs. 45.00; 107 head 50-59
lbs. 37.0040.00; 78 head 64-90 lbs.
36.0042.00.
US 2-3; 47 head 25-38 lbs. 25.00-
44.00; 55 head 4041 lbs. 33.00 ; 38
head 50-58 lbs. 30.00-31.00.
US 3: 40 head 43-52 lbs. 28.00-
29.00.
New Holland Hogs
Monday, October 31
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Monday 1975
Last Year
TREND: Compared to last
Monday barrows and gilts steady
to .50 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-2
210-250 lb. 42.3543.50. US 1 210-250
lb. 44.0045.00. US 1-3 220-260 lb.
41.7542.35.
Peoria Hogs
Thursday, November 3
Report supplied by USDA
3500. Barrows & gilts slow,
mostly 1.00 lower, instances 1.50
lower late.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2 225-
250 lb. 39.5040.00, late 39.00. US 1-3
200-225 lb. 39.00-39.50, late 38.00-
38.50.
SOWS; 1.00-1.50 lower. (14%) US
1-3 350450 lb. 32.00-32.50, few 33.00;
450-500 lb. 33.50-34.00; 500450 lb.
35.00-35.50.
BOARS: Over 350 lb. 29.50-30.50;
250-350 lb. 28.00-29.00; under 250 lb.
33.00-34.00.
ATTENTION
HOG PRODUCERS
Lancaster Stockyards
Tel. (717) 397-5136
St. Louis Hogs
Thursday, November J
Report supplied by USDA
6000. Barrows & gilts fairly
active, .50-1.25 lower, most decline
on weights under 260 lb.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2 200-
250 lb. 39.00-39.50. US 1-3 230-250 lb.
38.50-39.00; 250-270 lb. 38.00-38.40.
SOWS: Weights under 500 lb. 1.50
lower, over 500 lb. 4.00-5.00 lower.
Clearance incomplete. (About
12%) US 1-3 300-500 lb. 31.50; 500-
600 lb. 34.00-36.00, few over 600 lb.
36.50, late sales 33.00-35.00.
BOARS: Over 250 lb. 30.00; 200-
250 lb. 32.50.
886
732
Indianapolis Hogs
Thursday, November 3
Report supplied by USDA
1000. Barrows & gilts moderately
active, .50-1.00 lower, w/later sales
.50-.75 lower than early.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2 215-
255 lb. early 39.50-40.00, later 38.75-
39.00. US 1-3 220-260 lbs. 38.50-39.50,
later down to 38.00.
SOWS: Moderately active, no
comparison against Wednesday’s
market. (12%) US 1-3 350-475 lb.
31.50-35.00 ; 525-575 lb. 36.00-37.00.
BOARS: Over 400 lb. 29.00.
Morrison Cove
Livestock
Martins burg, Pa.
Monday, Oct. 31
Report Supplied By Auction
CATTLE 305. Choice slaughter
steers 61.00-62.75, Good 55.00-58.75,
Standard 49.75-53, Utility 44.50
48.25. Choice slaughter heifers
57.50- Good 51.25-54.25,
Standard 47.50-19.75, Utility 39.50
45.25. Commercial slaughter cows
40.50- Cutters 35.25-38.75,
Canner & Low Cutters 31.50-34.75,
Shells down to 25.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 55.50-58.25,
Good 49.25-51.75, Standard 44.50
47.25. Utility 39.50-43.75. Yield
Grade #1 slaughter bulls 53.25-
55.75, #251.75-53.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Choice
feeder steers 56.00-65.00. Good
feeder heifers 46.00-54.00. Good
feeder bulls 52.00-58.00.
CALVES 391. Prime vealers
90.00- Choice 79.00-87.50, Good
63.00- Standard & Good 110-
130 lbs. 56.00-62, 90-110 lbs. 52.50-
54.50, 70-90 lbs. 49.50-51.50, Utility
45-55 lbs. 41.00-46.00.
FARM CALVES; Hoi. Bulls 95-
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U.S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter—Thursday, November 3
Report supplied by USDA Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE CALVES HOGS SHEEP
Week to Date (Est.)
540,000 51,000
Same Period Last Week (Est.)
548.000 47,000
Same Period Last Year (Act.)
538.000 42,000
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing Bids as of Thursday, Novembers)
Soybean
Corn Wheat Soybeans Meal
8.54
Nov.
3.50%
Dec.
Jan.
3.49 3.69%
Mar.
May
Trend - All grains stronger.
Market Provided by Commodity Department
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
125 lbs. 69.00-86; Hoi. Heifers 95-120
lbs. 55.50-67.50.
HOGS 280. US No. 1-2 210-220 lbs.
barrows and gilts 41.5043.10, No. 1-
3 210220 lbs. 40.25-41.25, No. 2-3 250
290 lbs. 38.75-39.50. US No. 1-3 350
500 lbs. sows 35.75-37.50, No. 2-3 350
500 lbs. 32.25-33.75. BOARS 26.50
28.25, light weights 30.5031.50.
FEEDER PIGS 74. US No. 1-3 30
40 lbs. feeder pigs 12.0014 per
head, No. 1-3 25-30 lbs. 7.0011.00
per head.
SHEEP 42. Choice 95-105 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs 49.50-53.00,
Good 80-90 lbs. 40.00-45.50.
Slaughter ewes 12.0023.00.
GOATS 26:12.0035.00 per head.
In this
Four Sections
AlO
C 3
Dll
Dl5
Dl7
D 27
B 2
B 4
B 6
810
814
815
826
1,457,000 110,000
1,442,000 108,000
1,238,000 101,000
3.57%
8.72%
Futures I
Trading I
(Closing Bids u of
Thursday, November 3)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
Nov.
Dec. 59.30 42.60
Feb.
May
Trend - Cattle and hogs are
weaker and potatoes are stronger.
Market Provided
by Commodity Department
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
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241.20
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D 2
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D 35
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