r Hog
Markets
Indiana Hogs
Sept. 5, 1991
HOGS 51
BARROWS AND GILTS: .50-1.00
LOWER. DEMAND LIGHT.
COUNTRY: PLANTS; US 1-2220-260
LBS. 42.50-44.00, 43.75-44.50 FEW
44.25; NORTH CENTRAL TO 44.50.
210-220 LBS. 40.50-42.25
US 1-3 220-260 LBS. 41.50-43.75
SOWS; UNDER 500 LBS. STEADY
TO 1.00 LOWER; OVER 500 LBS.
MOSTLY 1.00 LOWER.
US 1-3 300-500 LBS. 32.00-36.00.
500-650 LBS. 35.00-38.00, FEW
OVER 600 LBS. 39.00-40.00.
••INDIANA DIRECT RECEIPTS;
WEDNESDAY’S ACTUAL 22,000
TODAYS ESTIMATE 20,500 THURS
DAY WEEK AGO 21,800 THURSDAY
YEAR AGO 15,800 WEEK TO DATE
78,800 SM PD WEEK AGO 91,200 SM
PD YEAR AGO 60,200
♦•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:
1.30 TO 1.50 LOWER.
US 1 (BACKFAT THICKNESS .50- .79
IN.) 62.33 TO 65.02 US 1 (BACKFAT
THICKNESS .80- .99 IN.) 61.00 TO 62.33
US 2 (BACKFAT THICKNESS 1.00-1.24
IN.) 59.45 TO 61.03 US 3 (BACKFAT
THICKNESS 1.25-1.49 IN.) 58.45 TO
59.50 US 4 (BACKFAT THICKNESS
1.50-1.79 IN.) 54.93 TO 58.45
ACTUAL PAYING PRICE MAY NOT
ALWAYS BE WITHIN HUGE RANGES
AS ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE FOR
SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR MUSCLING
AND BACKFAT THICKNESS WITHIN
THE GRADES.
New Holland
Feeder Pigs
Sept. 4, 1991
TODAY
LAST WEDNESDAY
LAST YEAR
TREND: Compared to Ust Wednesday
feeder pigs 4.00-10.00 higher, instances
20.00 higher on SO lb weights. All pigs
weighed on atrival and sold by the
hundred weight
GRADE HEAD WEIGHT PRICE US
1-2 24 3639.00.33 44-49 78.00-82.00. 83
50-53 84.00-90.00.
US 2 60 32-37 74.00-82.00. 127 42-48
66.00-72.00. 66 52-58 58.00-74.00. 35
60-64 68.00-72.00.
US 2-3 60 32-39 58.00-68.00, 17 36
50.00. 13 45 58.00-64.00. 43 51-52
52.00-58.00.
SLAUGHTER 31 21-25 100.00-102.00.
14 27-28 75.00.
New Holland
Hogs
Monday, September 2, 1991
746 HEAD.
RETAIL: 1&2 210-230 LBS
52.00-52.50.
WHOLESALE: 1&2 210-250 LBS.
49.00-49.50; 2&3 210-250 LBS.
42.50-48.75.
SOWS, LIGHT; 35.00-37.00.
SOWS, HEAVY: 37.00-39.25.
BOARS: 30.00-35.00.
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
Next Feeder Cattle Sale
Friday, Sept. 13 - 11:00 A.M.
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
Lancaste* Stockyards
Tel. <717) 397-5136
An Old ilpe Commission Firm Keeping
__ .. . Abreast With the times
St. Louis Cattle,
Hogs
Sept. 5, 1991
CATTLE AND CALVES: 450 ( 0
SLTR, 450 FDRS)
RECEIPTS CONSISTS OF FEEDER
CATTLE AND COWS FOR THE REGU
LAR THURSDAY AUCTION.
SLAUGHTER CLASSES: COWS:
CUTT. UTIL, COMM BULK SALES HI
DRESS % LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4
BONING 1-2 LOW TO AVG. CUTIER
RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 850; WEEK
AGO 1,200: YEAR AGO 900
COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK’S
TERMINAL MARKET CLOSE,
SLAUGHTER STEERS 3.00-3.50 LOW
ER EXCEPT HOLSTEIN STEERS
1.00- LOWER. SLAUGHTER HEIF
ERS 1.50-2.00 LOWER. EXCEPT YG 3-4
2.50-3.00 LOWER. COWS AND BULLS
1.00- LOWER.
SLAUGHTER SUPPLY MAINLY
CHOICE STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH
SEVERAL LOADS AND LOT YG 3-4,
AROUND 10% COWS.
Peoria Hogs
Peoria, IL
Sept 5,1991
HOGS: 1600 TRADING MODERATE.
BARROWS AND GILTS JO LOWER
COMPARED WITH WEDNESDAY
SUPPLY MAINLY US 1-3 230-260 LBS.
US 1-3 220-250 LBS. 45.00-45.50
200-210 LBS. 39.00-40.00 2-3 230-270
LBS. 44J(M5.00
SOWS: UNDER 500 LBS. .50 LOW
ER; OVER 500 LBS. WEAK TO 1.00
LOWER 18%
US 1-3 325-500 LBS. 37.50-38.00
500-650 LBS. MOSTLY 40.00, SOME
42.00
BOARS: OVER 350 LBS. 33.50
UNDER 350 LBS. 37.50
HOG 214
HC 45.00-45.50 HD 45.00-4S.SO HE
45.00- HI 45.00-45.50 HJ
45.00- HK 45.00-45.50 HQ
44.50- HR 44.50-45.00 VV
■37.50-38.00 WW 37.50-38.00 XX
40.00- YY 40.00-42.00 ZZ
33.50-
672
1364
Buffalo Produce
Mlfflinburg R 3
Sept. 2,3, and 5, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
LOCAL TOMATOES: #1 LARGE
4.00-11.00, #1 MEDIUMS 3.00-7.50.
CANTALOPES: LARGE .80-1.40,
MEDIUMS .30-.70.
WATERMELONS: SUGAR BABIES
.801.25, CRIMSON SWEETS 20 LBS.
AND UP 1.75-2.00.
GREEN BEANS: 7.0020.00 BU.
YELLOW BEANS: 7.0020.00 BU.
CUCUMBERS: 3.0012.00 BU.
LIMA BEANS: 16.0020.00 BU.
PEACHES: 5.007.50 'A BU.
SWEET CORN: 1.502.10 DOZ.
ZUCCHINI: 3.007.00 'A BU.
PEPPERS: LARGE 5.00-9.00,
MEDIUM 3.006.00, RED 12.0018.00.
CABBAGE: 6.007.50 50 LB. BAG.
JACK BE LITTLES: 7.00 V. BU.
NEXT AUCTION MON., TUBS.,
TOURS., PHONE 717-966-1151.
National Grain
Market
SI. Joseph, MO
Sept. 4, 1991
GRAIN AND SOYBEAN PRICES
FINISHED MIXED IN ACTIVE TRAD
ING WEDNESDAY. WHEAT MIXED.
CORN UNCHANGED TO UP 1 CENT.
SORGHUM UNCHANGED TO 3
CENTS HIGHER. SOYBEANS 6 TO 9
CENTS HIGHER. WHEAT PRICES
MIXED. LACK OF EXPORT DEMAND
WEAKENED PRICES. PROMISED AID
TO BALTIC REPUBLICS AND CHINAS
EXPORT INTEREST FAILED TO STI
MULATE WHEAT TRADE. SHORT
COVERINGS. SPURRED BY SHARP
ADVANCE IN SOYBEANS.
STRENGTHENED CORN PRICES.
CORN PRICES HAVE CLIMBED
TWENTY TWO CENTS IN PAST TWO
WEEKS DUE MAINLY TO U.S.SJTS
RECENT POLITICAL UPHEAVAL
AND EXPORT PURCHASES. LATE
RALLY IN BEAN PITS LEFT PRICES
ON THE PLUS SIDE. DRY WEATHER
CONTINUES AND MANY PLACES
NEED MOISTURE. CONCERNS OVER
EARLY FROST AS LATE HOT. DRY
DOG-DAYS OF SUMMER DRAG ON,
ALSO SUPPORTED BEAN PRICES.
EXPORT NEWS: TAIWANS TRADE
TEAM COMPLETED ITS U.S. WHEAT
BUYING MISSION WITH THE PURCH
ASE OF 74,500 TONNES HARD RED
WINTER WHEAT IN KANSAS. SOUTH
KOREA BOUGHT 30,000 TONNES U.S.
NO. 1 SOYBEANS FOR OCTOBER.
DATE CHANGE YEAR AGO
09/04/91 09/03/91 09/05/90 WHEAT:
KANSAS CITY 3.20-3.22 NC-UP 1
2,75-2.78 MINNEAPOLIS 3.24-3.33 DN
1 3/4-UP 1 1/4 2.83 3/4-2.85 3/4 PORT
LAND 3.61-3.64 DN 1-NC 3.09-3.11 ST.
LOUIS 2.90-2.93 UP 1 2,76-2.79
CORN, U.S. NO. 2 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 2.54-2.57 NC-UP 1 2.46-2.51
MINNEAPOLIS 2.41 1/4 NC 2.43 SO.
lOWA 2.46-2.51 DN 1-1/2 2.48-2.50 1/2
OMAHA 2.38-2.42 NC-UP 2 2.33-2.38
SOYBEANS, NO. 1 YELLOW: KAN
SAS CITY 5.93-5.
95 UP 6 6.12-6.17 MINNEAPOLIS 5.79
1/4 UP 9 1/4 6.14 1/2 SO. lOWA
5.81-5.87 UP 6-2 6.17-6.21 C ILL. PRO
CESSORS 5.94 1/2-5.98 1/2 UP 9 1/2-6
1/2 6.23 1/2-6.35
•KANSAS CITY, US NO. 1 HARD
RED WINTER WHEAT, ORDINARY
PROTEIN. MINNEAPOLIS, US NO. 1
DARK NORTHERN SPRING WHEAT.
14% PROTEIN. PORTLAND. NO. 1
SOFT WHITE WHEAT. ST. LOUIS, NO.
2 SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT.
FUTURES CLOSE: KANSAS CITY
(DEC) WHEAT 3.19 3/4 NC 2.77 3/4
MINNEAPOLIS (DEC) WHEAT 3.05 1/4
NC 2.74 3/4 CHICAGO (DEC) WHEAT
PIGS
STATE GRADED SALE
FRI., SEPT. 13
1:30 P.M.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 7, 1991-A3
3.25 1/4 UP 1 1/2 2.80 3/4 (DEC) CORN
2.54 1/4 NC 2.36 (NOV) SOYBEANS
5.93 1/4 UP 6 1/4 6.26 1/2 DEC.
EXPORT: BARGE OR RAIL, PORT
OF NEW ORLEANS OR NORTH TEX
AS GULF. NO. 1 HARD RED WINTER
WHEAT ORDINARY PROTEIN 3.55
NC-DN 1 3.08-3.12 NO. 2 SOFT RED
WINTER WHEAT 3.66-3.67 NC-DN 1
3.01-3.04 NO. 2 YELLOW CORN
2.80-2.82 DNI-NC 2.70-2.76 NO. 2 YEL
LOW SORGHUM RAIL 4.92 NC
BARGE 4.93 UP 1 4.57-4.68 NO. 2 YEL
LOW SOYBEANS 6.20-6.21 UP 6-5
6.43-6.46.
Leinbach’s Hay
Shlppensburg, PA
August 31 and September 3
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 49.
ALFALFA; 97.00-205.00.
MIXED HAY: 74.00-152.00.
TIMOTHY: 75.00-125.00.
BROME GRASS: 75.00-122.00.
STRAW: 40.00-45.00.
EAR CORN: 95.00-105.00.
OATS: 2.00 BU.
MULCH HAY: 47.00.
Green Dragon Hay
Ephrala, Pa.
Friday, Auguit 30, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS; 80.
MIXED HAY: 56.00-132.00.
ALFALFA: 70.00-127.00.
TIMOTHY: 97.00-140.00.
CLOVER: 82.00.
ORCHARD GRASS: 64.00-120.00.
STRAW: 60.00-95.00.
EAR CORN: 80.00-96.00.
RYE SEED: 4.50 AND 4.60 BU.
OATS: 2.20 BU.
Kirkwood Hay Auction
Kirkwood, Pa.
Tuesday, September 3, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
30 LOADS OF HAY.
MIXED HAY: IST CUTTING
57.00- 3RD CUTTING 121.00.
TIMOTHY: 103.00.
ALFALFA: 3RD CUTTING
90.00- 4TH CUTTING 108.00.
CLOVER: IST CUTTING 134.00.
GRASS; 77.00.
STUBBLE HAY: 93.00.
WHEAT STRAW: 110.00.
BARLEY STRAW: 70.00.
OAT STRAW: 64.00-66.00.
EAR CORN: 80.00-87.00.
Vintage Hay
Paradise, PA
Thurs., September 5, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
4 LOADS.
MIXED HAY: IST CUTTING 83.00.
TIMOTHY: IST CUTTING 87.50.
ALFALFA MEADOW GRASS: 92.00.
ALFALFA: 82.00.
Westminster Hay
VahnlnAr, Md.
Tuesday, September 3, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 54.
ALFALFA: 112.50. 1.70-3.00 BALE.
ALFALFA MIX: 85.00-92.50,2.20-2.30
BALE.
TIMOTHY: 1.70-2.25 BALE.
TIMOTHY MIX: 75.00-85.00. .85-120
BALE.
ORCHARD GRASS: 1.80-2.20 BALE.
GRASS HAY: 1.40-2.45 BALE.
GRASS ROUND BALES: 17.00-23.00
EACH.
CLOVER HAY: 2.20 BALE.
STRAW: 1.15-2.25 BALE.
Good’s Hay
Lcola, Pa.
Wed., September 4, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
85 LOADS.
ALFALFA: 71.00-125.00.
MIXED HAY: 72.00-136.00.
TIMOTHY: 82.00-148.00.
STRAW: 61.00-95.00.
CORN: 80.00-90.00.
RYE: 4.00-4.05 BU.
OATS: 2.50-2.85 BU.
Keister’s Hay
Mlddleburg, PA
Tuesday, September 3
Report supplied by auction
62 LOADS.
ALFALFA: 82.50-112.50.
MIXED HAY: 52.50-140.00.
TIMOTHY: 80.00.
STRAW: 72.50-92.50.
EAR CORN: 90.00-105.00.
RYE: 4.20-4.90 BU.
OATS: 2.05 BU.
Belleville Hay
Wednesday, September 4
Belleville, PA
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 39.
ALFALFA: 100.00-140.00.
MIXED HAY: 90.00-125.00.
STRAW: 115.00.
CORN: 95.00-102.50.
Diffenbach Auction Center
New Holland, Pa.
Monday, Sept 2, 1991
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 111.
ALFALFA: 52.00-135.00.
MIXED HAY; 50.00-165.00.
TIMOTHY: 90.00-162.00.
ORCHARD GRASS: 115.00-155.00.
STRAW; 67.00-107.00.
EAR CORN; 59.00-92.00.
RYE SEED: 3.50-4.50 BU.
Thil tale 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 prior tale location. Auction
time is 10:00 a.m. Monday.