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MARKET CLASSES AND GRADES OF LIVESTOCK 33 
younger animals are handled separately and form a more or less 
distinct group of considerable economic importance. 
For practical market-reporting purposes and for purposes of this 
schedule all animals of the swine family which weigh under 130 
pounds, and which do not naturally fall into one of the other classes 
have been considered as pigs. 
Pig schedule 
Class | Subclass | Use selection Weight selection | Grade 
| — — 
Lightweight— { Pe at Ds ne 
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Mediumweight— { Pe iphone ea 
RIOR aces DO torso MpOUndsi seen \ Se UOT a ade 
Heavyweight— { Bs aia ag Brel ce ae 
ZORVOUN GSP Essa soso See e ea see eee 
3] ne Choice or No. 1. 
See Lightweight SEA 
100 pounds down_-____- Common or No. 4. 
Cull or No. 5. 
Choice or No. 1. 
Medium weight— Good or No. 2. 
See ee Medium or No. 3. 
a ee a Common or No. 4. 
Cull or No. 5. 
3 Choice or No. 1. 
iG. == Good or No. 2. 
Heavyweight— 
115 to 130 pounds Medium or No. 3. 
Common or No. 4. 
Cull or No. 5. 
Choice or No. 1. 
Good or No. 2. 
Medium or No. 3. 
Common or No. 4. 
Inferior or No. 5. 
Lightweight— 
70 pounds down_-____--_-- 
Choice or No.1. 
Good or No. 2. 
Medium or No. 3. 
Common or No. 4. 
Inferior or No. 5. 
Feeder and \ 
Medi ight— 
stocker. Mediumweight 
70 to 100 pounds. ______-- 
Choice or No. 1. 
Heavy weight— Good or No. 2. 
100 to 130 pounds. ____--- Medium or No. 8. 
Common or No. 4. 
(Interior or No. 5. 
SUBDIVISIONS OF PIG SCHEDULE 
Theoretically there should be at least three classes of pigs, for 
such animals may be male, female, or unsexed. Market demand dis- 
criminates sharply against boar pigs, and for that reason so few 
of them come to market that they are negligible. As between 
female and castrated male pigs, buyers show practically no prefer- 
ence, for reasons already set forth in connection with vealers. Hence 
to divide pigs into classes on the basis of sex condition would ma- 
terially extend the schedule without serving any useful purpose. 
Like hogs, pigs are divided into three subclasses—slaughter, 
feeder, and stocker (figs. 20 and 21), the meaning of these terms 
being identical with that used in connection with hogs. Because all 
pigs are young and therefore relatively hght in weight and generally 
lacking in finish they are not suited to as many special uses as are 
