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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1965
Page
5
Slaughter steers closed the week steady to 25c higher with supply 70-75 percent slaughter steers and about 15 percent cows and bulls. Hogs and sheep markets showed mixed firming trends and varying lot prices across grades and weights.
At a Dec 30 cow sale 78 cows 2 bulls 3 heifers sold steady. Fresh Holsteins 275-500 Guernseys 150-200 others 150-325 Bulls 150-200 heifers 75-190. Dec 28 hog sale 462 hogs 32 shoats received. Market hogs 18-19.25 wholesale 18-18.50 retails. Shoats 4.50-14 sows 11.50-15. Dec call sale 206 head steady. Choice prime 35-38 good 30-34.50 standard 24-30 common 10-20 25 mostly 23.50-24.00. Sew loads Choice 1450-1600 lbs 23.50-23.00 Good all weights 20.00-22.50 Good and Choice 22.50-23.00 Standard low good 17.50-20.50.
The Chicago cattle weekly review shows receipts for the first three days at 24 900 vs 25 900 last week and 17 000 year ago. Slaughter steer prices range from 25 to 50 lower for certain classes with highs in the 1100 to 1400 pound trades. Prime and High Choice loads appear in the 1100 to 1400 pound segment with prices around 24 to 25 per hundredweight. Slaughter heifers show mixed moves with High Choice at 23 3/4 to 24 per hundredweight and lower values for standard grades. Cows and bulls also post varied ranges, with Utility and Commercial cows 1200-1425 and cutters 1100-1325. bulls 1450-1800.
No market report available for the Vintage Sale due to the New Year holiday. Delmarva live broiler and fryer prices eased slightly with fair demand for moderate auction offerings and high side pricing for extended pickups. Ready to cook demand fair to good with competitive prices to plants open on holiday. Slaughter estimates: Thursday and Saturday at 989,500 head versus 518,000 last weekend. Price data show broilers and fryers at 133-158 with 993,600 head purchased of 446,200 offered at Eastern Poultry Growers Exchange on Wednesday.
Rats and mice contaminate ten times the grain and feed they eat and cause heavy damage to buildings and equipment, threatening storage and operations.
Due to the New Year Holiday no market reports were available for New Hol land Fat Cattle Sale or Weekly Broiler Report.
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