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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1973
Page
14
On Tuesday August 21 the Lebanon Valley Hog Auction sold 427 head of hogs. Barrows and gilts declined 2.50 to 3.00, with U S 1-3 200-235 lb at 57.85 to 58.60 and 2-3 200-250 lb at 57.75 to 58.00. Lightly slaughtered lots ranged 47.00 to 55.25. Lows included U S 1-3 300-350 lb 46.00 to 50.00, 2-3 400-700 lb 43.00 to 46.00. Boars brought 38.00 to 40.00.
Auction notes detail hog and barrow prices by weight and grade for multiple dates including Wednesday August 22 Friday August 17 and Monday August 20 with bids in the 40s to 60s per hundredweight, large lots and bulk sales, hay and corn notations. Hog categories include US 1-2 200-240 Ib and sow ranges, with occasional early sales and movement descriptions.
Slaughter steers 1.50-2.00 lower, feeders 2.00-3.00 lower while cows hold steady. Four day receipts 11,870 vs 15,250 previous week. Monday’s offering largest in six weeks with cautious demand and mixed distribution impacting prices.
Closing bids show trend cattle lower hogs lower potatoes stronger and eggs lower. Data supplied by Commodity Dept Reynolds Securities Inc.
Slaughter steers mostly $5 lower and cows down up to $1.50 with bulls $2 to $5 lower. Veal calves bring 55 to 81 dollars for light to prime lots, Holstein cattle and farm calves shown with varied weights. Sheep offer choice spring lambs at 38 to 40 dollars.
Receipts totaled 586 head of horses mules and ponies with demand steady versus last week. Tennessee riding horses brought 225 to 440 dollars, Kansas riding horses 180 to unknown, Ohio riding horses 195 to 325 dollars. Local work horses ranged 325 to 425 dollars and driving horses 180 to 310 dollars.
Receipts include 55 cows and 28 heifers with market stronger than last week. Loads include Franklin County springers 560 to 1000 dollars, one Purebred Whirlhill Kingpin daughter at 1700. Vermont cows 600 to 720. Wisconsin cows 550 to 830. Pennsylvania cows 580 to 700. Virginia springers 540 to 730. locally consigned cows 390 to 690. springing heifers 495 to 670.
The July uniform price for base milk in Federal Order 4 Philadelphia rose four cents from June. Excess milk jumped nineteen cents. Year over year base milk and excess advanced 78 and 83 cents respectively. The market weighted average was 7.38 dollars, up 77 cents from July 1972. Producer milk pooled totaled 366 million pounds with Class I at 60.75 percent of deliveries, up 0.16 percent from June and 0.7 percent above July last year.
The document lists weight ranges by horse type: lightweights 14 17 hands and 165 440 pounds, mares 30 60, colts 8 14, geldings 25 55, and larger ponies 65 85. It also notes heavyweight 20 25 and Killers category with 14 17 for lightweight and 20 25 for heavyweight.
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