r .1 Hog
Markets
Indiana Hogs
Louisville, Kentucky
Thursday, July 18, 1991
INDIANA DIRECT HOGS 51. BAR
ROWS AND GILTS: STEADY TO
MOSTLY .50-1.00 HIGHER. DEMAND
GOOD.
COUNTRY: PLANTS: US 1-2 220-260
LBS. 54.00-56.00, 54.50-55.50 FEW TO
56.25; NORTH CENTRAL 56.50.
210-220 LBS. 52.00-53.50
US 1-3 220-260 LBS. 53.00-55 00
SOWS: STEADY TO FIRM,
INSTANCES 1.00 HIGHER.
US 1-3 300-500 LBS. 36.00-39.00,
FEW TO 39.50; 500-650 LBS.
36.50-39.00, FEW TO 40.00.
♦‘INDIANA DIRECT RECEIPTS:
WEDNESDAY’S ACTUAL 18,900
TODAYS ESTIMATE 19,500 THURS
DAY WEEK AGO 19,300 THURSDAY
YEAR AGO 15.200 WEEK TO DATE
80,100 SM PD WEEK AGO 85,800 SM
PD YEAR AGO 58,800.
••RECEIPTS FOR A YEAR AGO
WILL NOT COMPARE TO THIS WEEK
DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE REPORT
ING BASE.
CARCASS BASIS HOG PRICES: HOT
WEIGHTS: PLANT DELIVERED.
160-185 LBS. BARROWS AND GILTS:
STEADY TO 1.25 HIGHER.
US 1 (BACKFAT THICKNESS .50- .79
IN.) 77.13 TO 81.07 US 1 (BACKFAT
THICKNESS .80- .99 IN.) 75.83 TO 78.38
US 2 (BACKFAT THICKNESS 1.00-1.24
IN.) 74.25 TO 77.08 US 3 (BACKFAT
THICKNESS 1.25-1.49 IN.) 73.25 TO
75.50 US 4 (BACKFAT THICKNESS
1 50-1.79 IN.) 70.43 TO 73.25.
ACTUAL PAYING PRICE MAY NOT
ALWAYS BE WITHIN PRICE RANGES
AS ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE FOR
SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR MUSCLING
AND BACKFAT THICKNESS WITHIN
THE GRADES.
Lancaster Hogs
Lancaster Stockyards
Sat, July 13, 1991
Report supplied by auction
620 HEAD.
US 1 215-245 LBS. 57.25-58 25.
US 1-2 215-245 LBS. 54.50-55 75.
US 1-3 215-245 LBS, 53.50-54.50.
US 2-4 215-255 LBS 52 50-53.50.
HEAVY HOGS 260-280 LBS
50 00-53 50.
GOOD SOWS. 37.50-41.00.
MEDIUM SOWS: 35 00-38.00.
THIN SOWS- 3000-35 00.
BOARS (ALL WEIGHTS)
35 75-37 00.
LT JUNIOR BOARS: 38.00-40 00.
New Holland
Feeder Pig
Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Wednesday, July 17, 1991
Feeder Pigs:
Today 1439
Last Wednesday 1048
Last Yaer 1098
TREND: Compared to last Wednesday
feeder pigs uneven; US 1-2 30-50 lb 3.00-
10 00 lower, 50-75 lb 10.00-20.00 lower,
US 2 and US 2-3 15.00-25.00 lower. All
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons offers all cattle
feeders two marketing days - Give us a call for
advice and marketing conditions.
Consign With Us - For The Marketing Edge
Consign Your Beef Cows
Mondays and Wednesdays
__f4oVjfeltlngToUnload-GoodWelghtCondltlons___
Next Graded Feeder Cattle Sale
Friday, July 26 - 11:00 A.M.
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
Uncaster Stockyards
Tel, <717) 397-5136
An Old ilne Commission Firm Keeping
Abreast With The Times
pigs weighed on arrival and sold by the
hundred weight.
GRADE HEAD WEIGHT PRICE US
1-2 75 31-37 90.00-108 00, 18 34 114.00.
226 40-49 93.00-103.00. 161 50-59
81.00-96.00. 32 60-65 76.00-88.00. 7 76
68.00.
US 2 53 22-28 97.00-107.00. 60 30-39
72.00-82.00. 267 40-49 77.00-86.00. 54
53-56 68.00-72.00. 25 60-63 62.00-70.00.
US 2-3 18 25 85.00. 22 33-37
66.00-75.00. 99 40-49 56.00-68 00 16
51-55 50.00-60 00. 22 61-64 57.00-58 00.
SLAUGHTER 60 14-21 125 00-132 00
New Holland
Hog Auction
Lancaster, Pa.
Monday, July 15, 1991
Hog Receipts:
Today 905
Last Monday 945
Last Year 796
TREND: Compared with last Monday
barrows and gilts 1.00-2 00 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS; US 1-2
215-245 lb 56.25-57.50.
US 1 210-235 lb 57.75-58.50, One lot
59.60.
US 1-3 210-255 lb 55 00-56.00.
US 2-3 215-250 lb 50.75-52.25.
US 3-4 260-290 lb 44.00-48.25
Peoria Hogs
Peoria, Illinois
Thursday, July 18, 1991
MIDSESSION AND CLOSE HOGS:
1400 TRADING MODERATE. BAR
ROWS AND GILTS .50 TO 1.00
HIGHER.
US 1-3 220-250 LBS. 57.50-57.75.
SOME 57.00 90 HEAD 58.00 2-3 230-260
LBS. 57.00-57.50. SOME 56.50 260-280
LBS. 55.00-57.00.
SOWS: .75 TO 1.75 HIGHER. MOS"i
LY 1.00 TO 1.50 HIGHER 20%.
US 1-3 325-500 LBS. 42.50 500-653
LBS. MOSTLY 43.00, FEW 43.50.
BOARS: OVER 350 BLS. 40.00-41.0)
UNDER 350 LBS. 41.50.
HOG 214: HC 57.00-58.00 HD
57.00- HE 57.00-58.00 HI
57.00- HJ 57.00-57.75 HK
57.00- HQ 56.50-57.00 HR
56.00- VV 42.50-42.50 WW
42.50-42.50 XX 43.00-43.50 YY
43.00- ZZ 40.00-41.00.
Carlisle Feeder Pigs
State Graded
Carlisle Livestock Mkt.
July 12, 1991
RESULTS ON 2,265 PIGS. TREND;
PIGS WERE MOSTLY 5.00-10,00 LOW
ER WITH SPOTS TO 20.00 LOWER.
ALL PIGS WERE WEIGHED ON ARRI
VAL AND SOLD BY THE HUNDRED
WEIGHT.
US NO. I&2’S - 1272 HD: 567 HD
37-49 LB 82.50-106.50,422 HD 50-59 LB
74.00-102.50, 250 HD 60-69 LB
70 00-99.00. 33 HD 71-79 LB 77.00.
US NO 2’S - 796 HD; 78 HD 32-39 LB
80.00- 292 HD 40-47 LB
68.00- 313 HD 50-59 LB
72.00- 77 HD 60-67 LB 71.00-91.00,
32 HD 73-75 LB 77.00-86 00,4 HD 94 LB
61.00.
US NO. 2&3’S - 149 HD; 3 HD 25 LB
ww Hay & Grain
W Markets
.......
Pa. Grain
July 15, 1991
Report supplied by PDA
COMPARED WITH LAST MON
DAY’S MARKET FOR
SOUTHEASTERN, CENTRAL, AND
SOUTH CENTRAL PA: CORN STEADY
TO .05 LOWER; WHEAT VERY
UNEVEN. MOSTLY STEADY TO 10
HIGHER: BARLEY MOSTLY STEADY;
OATS STEADY TO .10 LOWER, SOY
BEANS UNEVEN, MOSTLY STEADY
TO WEAK; EAR CORN UNEVENLY
STEADY.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.50-2.71,
AVERAGE 2.63, ‘CONTRACT FOR
HARVEST 2.30-2.52; @ WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.60-2.83, FEW REPORTED
2.50, AVERAGE 2.68; BARLEY NO. 3
RANGE 1.45-1.75, AVERAGE 1.59;
OATS NO. 2 RANGE 1.25-1.40, FEW
REPORTED 1.00, AVERAGE 1.28; SOY
BEANS NO. 1 RANGE 5.07-5.55, AVER
AGE 5.27; FEW REPORTED GR. SORG
HUM #2 ‘CONTRACT FOR HARVEST
2.30, AVERAGE 2.30, ‘CONTRACT
FOR HARVEST 2.20; ‘+BUCKWHEAT
‘CONTRACT FOR HARVEST 8.15;
EAR CORN RANGE 70.00-83.00,
AVERAGE 75.79.
SOUTH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.50-2.75,
AVERAGE 2.66; @WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.30-2.55, AVERAGE 2.46;
BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 1.40-1.75,
80.00, 29 HD 34-37 LB 56.00-62.50, 72
HD 40-49 LB 50.00-71.00. 25 HD 50-56
LB 48.00-65.00,17 HD 65 LB 60.00,3 HD
75 LB 49.00.
AS IS: 42 HD 39-90 LB 56.00-65.00.
UTILITIES: 61 HD 1 HD 25 LB. 80.00;
60 HD 31-50 LB 50.00-69.00.
NEXT STATE GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALE FRIDAY, JULY 26.1991,1:30P.M.
GRADING 7:30 UNTIL 11:30 A.M.
St. Louis
Cattle, Hogs
Thursday, July 18, 1991
OPENING MID-SESSION WEEKLY
CLOSE CATTLE AND CALVES: 350 (0
SLTR, 350 FDRS) SUPPLY CONSISTS
OF FEEDER CATTLE AND COWS FOR
THE REGULAR THURSDAY
AUCTION.
NO TEST ON SLAUGHTER CATTLE.
SLAUGHTER CLASSES: COWS:
CUTT, UTIL, COMM BULK SALES HI
DRESS % LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4
BONING 1-2 LOW TO AVG. CUTTER.
RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 1,100: WEEK
AGO 1,100: YEAR AGO 1,000.
FOR THE WEEK. SLAUGHTER
STEERS FULLY STEADY.
INSTANCES .50 HIGHER. SLAUGH
TER HEIFERS FULLY STEADY. COWS
FULLY 1.00 LOWER. BULLS STEADY
SLAUGHTER SUPPLY MAINLY
CHOICE STEERS AND HEIFERS,
AROUND 10% COWS.
KIRKWOOD
HAY AUCTION
Hay, Straw and
Grain Auction
EVERY TUESDAY
12:00
Located Rt. 472 5 mite*
south of Quarryvllte or 6
mites north of Oxford cor
nar of Rt. 472 and Nobl*
Road.
Lloyd H. Kraldar,
Auctioneer
AU-000513L
No out of state checks
STATE GRADED SALE
FRI., JULY 26
1:30 P.M.
Carlisle
LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC.
Exit 12 Off Ml
(717) 249-4511 or
Evanlng* Jim, 249-2359
s
AVERAGE 1 54; OATS NO. 2 RANGE
1.15-1.25, FEW REPORTED 1.00,
AVERAGE 1.20; SOYBEANS NO. 1
RANGE 5.05, AVERAGE 5.05; EAR
CORN RANGE 65.00-80.00, AVERAGE
72.33.
SOUTHEASTERN,
CENTRAL & SOUTH
CENTRAL SUMMARY
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2.50-2.75,
AVERAGE 2.64; @ WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.50-2.83, AVERAGE 2 61;
BARLEY NO. 3 RANGE 1.40-1.75,
AVERAGE 1.58; OATS NO. 2 RANGE
1.00-1.40, AVERAGE 1.25; SOYBEANS
NO. 1 RANGE 5.00-5.55, AVERAGE
5.24; EAR CORN RANGE 70 00-83.00,
AVERAGE 74.35.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2 50-2 75,
AVERAGE 2.64; ©WHEAT NO 2
RANGE 2.50-2 65, FEW REPORTED
2.79, AVERAGE 2 58; BARLEY NO 3
RANGE 1.45-1 60. FEW REPORTED
1.85, AVERAGE 1.59, OATS NO 2
RANGE 1.00-1.35, AVERAGE 1 24,
SOYBEANS NO. 1 RANGE 4 85-5 50.
AVERAGE 5.24, EAR CORN RANGE
70.00-78 00. AVERAGE 73 00.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CORN NO. 2-Y RANGE 2 35-2 75,
AVERAGE 2.56; ©WHEAT NO. 2
RANGE 2.25-2 65, AVERAGE 2 49,
BARLEY NO 3 RANGE 1 54-1 55,
AVERAGE 1.55, OATS NO 2 RANGE
1.05-1.60, AVERAGE 1 38, SOYBEANS
NO. 1 RANGE 5 25. AVERAGE 5 25.
EAR CORN RANGE 55 00-66 00.
AVERAGE 60.50.
MONTH AGO
CORN NO. 2-Y 2 75; ©WHEAT NO
#2 2.74; BARLEY NO. 3 1.57, OATS NO
2 1.38; SOYBEANS NO 1 5 57; EAR
CORN 75.72.
YEAR AGO
CORN NO. 2-Y 3.24; ©WHEAT NO
#2 3.16; BARLEY NO. 3 2.10, OATS NO
2 1.50; SOYBEANS NO. 1 6.06; EAR
CORN 90.30.
Green Dragon Hay
Ephrata, Pa.
Friday, July 12, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 88
MIXED HAY: 79.00-140.00.
ALFALFA: 102.00-140.00.
TIMOTHY: 67 00-118 00.
GRASS: 71.00-73.00.
STRAW: 45.00-80.00.
EAR CORN: 79.00-94.00.
OATS. 1.10-2.50 BU
Keister’s Hay
Mlddlcburg, PA
Tuesday, July 16
Report supplied by auction
58 LOADS.
ALFALFA; 130.00-165 00 TON
MIX HAY: 7000-135.00 TON.
STRAW: 65.00-85.00 TON.
EAR CORN; 85.00-92.50 TON.
OATS: 1.50-2.00 BU.
in this issue
Four Sections
COLUMNS FEATURES
Now is the Time AlO FFA Hog Show A 23
On Being A Farm Wife B 2 Weed Tour A3O
Ida’s Notebook B 3 Elk Co. Dair y Princess B 2
Have You Heard.... B 4 Poultry Contestants
Poultry Pointers C 2 Prepare 812
Foraging Around Cl 7 Fashion Revue 814
Farm Management C 24 Ohio Angus C 8
Microwave Times D 8 Pasture Management Cll
Drought Watch Cl 3
DEPARTMENTS Lebanon Fair Preview D 2
Editorial AlO Couple H.tched D 9
Farm Calendar AlO Tr - Count y DlO
Mailbox Markets 815
Sale Reports 826
Public Auction Register 828 DAIRY
Business News C 6 DHIA Focus A 22
Classified Ads C19.D14 Lancaster 4-H Dairy A 24
Lancaster Holstein A2B
HOME AND YOUTH Adams Co. DHIA CIO
Homestead Notes B 3 Mercer Co. DHIA CIO
Home On The Range B 6 DHIA D 6
Cook’s Question Comer B 8 Columbia Co. DHIA Dll
Kid’s Komer w 810 Susquehanna DHIA Dl3
4-H Happenings 815
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 20, 1991-A3
Diffenbach Auction Center
New Holland, Pa.
Monday, July 15, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS 129.
ALFALFA: 74.00-175 00
MIXED HAY. 65.00-125.00
TIMOTHY: 90 00-170.00.
CLOVER: 97.00-115 00.
STRAW: 48.00-85 00.
EAR CORN- 77 00-84 00
OATS; 1.90-2 50
This sale was formerly held at the New
Holland Sales Stables It is now held at Dif
fenbach’s New Holland Auction Center
Ltd., 100 W. Jackson St., New Holland,
across from the pnor sale location. Auction
time is 10 00 am. Monday.
Leola, Pa.
Wed, July 17, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
78 LOADS.
ALFALFA: 86.00-162.00.
MIXED HAY: 50.00-139.00
TIMOTHY: 79.00-135 00
STRAW: 58.00-94 00.
CORN 75.00-95 00
GRASS: 79.00-135.00.
OATS: 1.35-2.25 BU
Kirkwood Hay Auction
Kirkwood, Pa.
Tuesday, July 16, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
24 LOADS OF HAY.
MIXED HAY: FIRST CUTTING
99.00-170.00.
TIMOTHY: 89.00-102.00.
ALFALFA: OLD, FIRST CUTTING
108.00.
WHEAT AND STRAW; 71.00-81.00.
OAT STRAW; 56.00.
EAR CORN: 75.00-79.00.
OATS: 1 75 BU.
PAPER BEDDING: 30.00 TON.
Belleville Hay
Wednesday, July 17
Belleville, PA
Report Supplied by AucUon
TOTAL LOADS: 23 LDS. HAY.
ALFALFA; 145.00-150.00.
MIXED HAY: 60.00-117 50.
STRAW; 4 LOAD, 35.00-55 00.
EAR CORN- 82 50.
OATS: 2 LOADS, 2 10 BU
Leinbach’s Hay
Shippensburg, PA
July 13 and 16
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS 30
ALFALFA- 67 00-145 00
MIXED HAY 59 00-119 00
TIMOTHY: 75 00-120 00
BROME GRASS 75 00-102 00
ORCHARD GRASS 79 00-100 00
STRAW 55 00-60 00
EAR CORN 91 00-96 00
Good’s Hay