This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1960
Page
5
Receipts total about 2175 head for the shortened holiday week with 40 percent slaughter steers and 50 percent stockers and feeders. Trading is slow. slaughter steers are steady, cows up 25, bulls and stockers steady, with various price ranges for steers, cows, calves, hogs, and sheep amid lighter supply and mixed quality.
The U S Department of Agriculture will not suspend federal grading for lamb and mutton on January 4 as planned. A decision is delayed up to February 8 to allow the House Agriculture Committee time to assess the issue after meetings with producers packers and consumer representatives and prior hearings in 1959 by a subcommittee.
Chicago and weekly review data show receipts up 5 percent year over year with little change in slaughter steer percentages. Average steer weight around 1166 pounds, with prices mixed as receipts fluctuated through the week. Load lots show prime steers in the 1090 to 1425 pound range and values around 2725 to 2800 dollars, with some weight blocks at 1185 to 1325 pounds near 2800.
The house small business committee reviewed requests to end federal lamb grading and studied the need for grading. New lamb grade standards were developed to fit the sheep industry but faced industry disagreement. The proposed standards modified existing rules and aligned with producer and market input.
New Holland market notes indicate a holiday press delay with no beef cattle report this week. December 28 horse sale receipts were 93 head with mules selling stronger and kilers active. Prices show diverse ranges for mules, saddle horses, steers, heifers, vealers, ponies, riding horses, and dry horses across stock cattle and feeder categories.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.