Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-08-01 | Page 18 | Hog Prices Increase to Five-Year Peak

Hog Prices Increase To Year Five-Year Peak EAST ST. ST LOUIS LOUS Ill 11 Aug 1 UP RI Hog Hog prices on the thc National City stockyards touched 11 1 per hundredweight hundredweight hundredweight hun hun- for the t first time in five years Thursday as receipts receipt of at desirable desir- desir able ible able weights weight continued about half halfast hal last ast years year's offerings Thursdays Thursday's 10 to 15 cent advance sent the top on choice to pound weights weight to the highest level since September 15 1930 and more than double the he paid on August August August Au Au- gust 1 last year Prices were generally generally gen gen- eray 25 to 35 cents cent higher than a week ago and to 15 higher than a a month ago The Tho head received Thursday compared with wih 83 received on the same d day y last lat year