Prices Rise at Lancaster Yards amid Active Cattle Trade
Lancaster County market notes show slaughter steers up to 27.50 with many 26.25 to 27.50, stockers and feeders higher, calves steady to 41, hogs mixed with best at 15.00 to 15.50, and lambs improving. Receipts forecast around 3750 cattle and 600 vealers, with ongoing price strength across classes. County hay judging crowned Landis with first in hay, Johnson second in hay.
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Lancaster County
John N. Landis
Carl Johnson
Drumore
Chicago Cattle Prices Stay Strong in Steady Week
Cattle receipts up about 5 percent from last week but 15 percent below the year ago week with over 50 000 head the largest for 1959. Slaughter steer percentages rise while heifers fall. stockers and feeders remain scarce as demand pushes prices to highs since last November. Prime and high choice steers lead at 25 00 to 29 00 per hundredweight with many loads over 1400 pounds and some at 1771 pounds. stockers gain while heavier steer weights edge up.
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Chicago
New Holland Calf Market Shows Higher Prices This Week
The New Holland sale saw calves and cattle fetch higher prices with three to four dollars per hundredweight gains for choice calves and lighter weights under 1100 lbs showing steady to strong demand. January 14 receipts totaled 3132 cattle and 306 calves with various price tiers across steers cows bulls and calves. Draft horses and mules also sold higher as farm population reports note shifts toward smaller rural holdings.
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