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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1960
Page
5
At Lancaster Yards cattle and hogs show slow sales on slaughter steers over 1200 lbs while stockers and feeders hold steady. Receipts total about 3850 head with calves and hogs adding further volume and prices range across several grades and weights.
Market receipts fall 10 percent from last week as trade shows steadiness in slaughter steer prices and a shift toward weight over grade. Vealers, stockers, and feeders remain scarce while loads of prime steers range around 28 cents and light cattle fetch 22 to 25 dollars per cwt. overall prices ease with weaker output for over 800 pounds.
New Holland reports stronger prices for light weight cattle below 1100 pounds with gains of 25 to 50 cents, while other cattle types held steady. Receipts at the January 28 sale totaled 865 cattle and 281 calves with range prices listed for steers, heifers, cows, and calves, and a separate dairy cattle sale noted steady demand for fresh cows.
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