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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1961
Page
9
The market shows 45 percent slaughter steers and 40 percent stockers and feeders. Slaughter steers gain 50 to 100, cows stronger, bulls steady to 25 higher, feeders steady. Vealers up to 2100 higher for Choice and Prime, withGood and Choice vealers 27 to 33 and standard to utility ranges.
Protect animals advice from Penn State experts urges correcting hazards for livestock including fences and feed debris. Poultry guidance stresses lime for pullets six weeks old and shell material kept available. Hog and sheep prices move modestly with barrows and gilts up to 25 cents higher and spring lambs active with good to prime prices.
Weekly cattle review notes light Monday receipts with distribution shifts. Slaughter steers up 2 250, heifers up 1 50, cows and bulls 25 to 50 higher. prime loads sold at 26 25 per hundredweight with several 1250 to 1325 lb lots.
The August 8 Vintage sale reports receipts of 635 cattle with slaughter steers up 100 to 150 over last week while cows and bulls held steady. Mixed high appetite slaughter stock ranged 975 to 1150 pounds with several Prime offerings. heifers 665 to 770 pounds demanded 2050 to 2325, cutters and utility cows 1450 to 1650, bulls 1900 to 2150, vealers 270 to 3600.
August 10 sale at New Holland saw 1082 head with slaughter steers 150 to 2 higher and cows steady. High choice slaughter steers sold 2575 to 2635 pounds, 24 to 25.75. standard 21 to 22.50. heifers 2235 to 24. Bulls steady, vealers steady to weak 27 to 32, standard 24 to 27, utility 20 to 24. Prices listed for calves and other cattle.
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