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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1961
Page
9
Lancaster yards report slow trading with a 25 cent drop on some slaughter steers and bulls while cows rise. Slaughter steers top at 28.25 per hundredweight with multiple loads and a mix of high-Choice, Prime, and Good grades. calves and hogs also quoted with varied levels.
Vintage Livestock report shows steers steady from last week with lower quality fills. cows mostly steady to 50 higher driven by cutter grade demand. Calves and hogs mixed with vealers up, barrows and gilts higher, and sheep lambs priced around 28 for spring slaughter lambs. Receipts total 385 cattle.
A well drained hill pasture seeded to a permanent grass type suits beef cows with small calves, especially where some natural protection exists.
At the April 6 New Holland sale slaughter steers were steady with fills considered while cows rose 25 to 50 and bulls 50. Receipts totaled 921 cattle with choice slaughter steers at 25.50 to 27.75 per cwt. Good to low-choice 23.50 to 25.50. standard down to 21.00. Feeder and calf lots varied. dairy stock sale included 114 cows and 13 stock heifers. Fresh cows and springers sold steady. Holsteins 300 to 460. Guernseys 175 to 240. bulls 75 to 180. stock heifers 65 to 135.
Long noted as down, receipts show a 10 percent drop and the smallest totals since 1960. Slaughter cattle trade: steers steady to 50 lower, cows 25 to 50 higher, bulls and stockers uneven, prime and mixed lots around 28 to 28.25 per 100 pounds, most classes weak with some lower bids.
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