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HOGS ;
It's the rime of year for ho? prices to faki i little dip, but if they d-i in the next two or three weeks i w n't be much.
P'icc? jumped 75 cents to $1 las* wt 'i *« firmer* held hogs b"/k, partly in anticipation of the j'(St ar atviced government purchase r ojram. j
SliutWr weights: are heavier but s’ u-’stcr itself is lagging. Apparent \> tliere are hogs out there that • have to come to market prrtt; soin. !
f • irv event, hog; prices ought *' ‘ "ood certainly until April .->■ it May, when supplies begin to —n last year’s levels.
’Vhenever you sell hogs, don’t *•1 them over 220 pounds. With •—vier slaughter weights, heavy * - gs are being discounted more heavily, and price advances in the next two or three jwceks won’t compensate. I
Hog prices in Virginia auctions averaged $18.70 last week, with Richmond at $18.75 to $19.25, Southeast Virginia at $18.50 to $$19, the West at $18 to $19 and Baltimore at $19.50 to 20.
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