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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1960
Page
9
Cattle supply 3950 head, 50 percent slaughter steers, 40 percent stockers and feeders. Slaughter steers barely steady. cows steady. canners 25 higher. Bulls and stockers steady. high and prime lots noted with prices from 31.25 to 36.00 for various weights. Vealers 2700-3700. hogs 1800. sheep 125 head. spring lambs steady to uneven. Trade moderately active with list prices given for multiple grades and weights.
Cattle receipts rise by about 50 percent from last week when supplies were tight and up from the prior year. Slaughter steers make up 75 percent, with 15 percent heifers and under 5 percent cows. Prime steer percentage roughly doubles to about 5 percent. Heavy slaughter steer weights and widespread price declines mark the week, with good to prime grades down 2 to 2.50 and most steers and heifers 100-150 lower. This marks the steepest weekly decline since last November.
Slaughter steers 1300 plus pounds steady to weak, 25 to 50 lower. 900 to 1308 pounds 26.85 to 29 with some 1300 to 1500 pounds at 26.85 to 27. 975 to 1000 pounds 29.10 to 29.60. Cows steady to higher for canners and cutters. bulls 21 to 23. Heifer ranges 385 to 525 per hundred weight with good to low choice group 24 to 27.25.
Wealers steady. stockers and feeders mostly 50 lower. Two loads prime 1260 and 1390 pounds. Slaughter steers early 3275 and 33.00. Early bulk high choice and prime 1100-1400 lb slaughter steers 29.50-32.50. Early bulk. good and choice heifers 23.50-28.00. Good and choice centers 27.00-32.00, standard 20.00-27.00, good to mostly choice 52.0-56.5?b. Stock steers 29-29.50. Small run 910 lb, few choice. Feeding steers 26.25. 850-950 lb feeding steers 23-25.25. 90 head string medium 825 lb. Cross bred Charollais feeding steers 21.00.
Cattle receipts 1407 head with calves 246 and dairy sale noted. Cows mostly steady to 50 higher on some lots. steers 900 to 1275 lb quoted 26.50 to 28.75 with several 28.85 to 29.10. heifers 720 to 900 lb at 24.75 to 26.50. bulls 20 to 22. Stock and utility cattle varied. calves down 2 to 3, hogs and horses described with steady to strong riding prices.
Stock steers 23.60 to 28.00, several lots 701 to 903 pounds. Vealers under 115 pounds up 1 to 2, others steady. Good to prime vealers 28 to 39. Hogs steady with barrows and gilts 18.10 to 16.85, 151 to 161 pound lots 15.25 to 16.50, sows 385 to 635 pounds 11.0 to 11.75.
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