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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1971
Page
12
Cattle calves and hogs show varied price movements across categories. Slaughter steers and cows mostly steady, hogs weak to 50 lower, veal and sheep with selective gains and losses. prices listed by weight class and grade.
Auction results show 297 head with steers at 32.50-33.50 high, heifers 28.00-29.35, cows 23.25-25.85, bulls 28.25-30.25, veal calves 39.00-41.50, and feeders around 24.50. Slaughter figures note loads of prime 1315 lb at 34.00 and various weight ranges for steers, cows, and veal. feed lot lambs and sheep also listed with price ranges.
Hay loads priced by type timothy mixed and straw with lower cow and bull quotes included. Cattle calves hogs sheep market totals and daily comparisons show slaughter steer and bull declines. calves strong. hog receipts rising with reported prices across weights.
New hay prices steady in Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania with quality described as poor and much used for mulch. Alfalfa and Timothy hay 20 to 28 dollars per ton, Mixed hay 20 to 25, Straw 18 to 25, March 12 to 17 dollars. Report by Bureau of Markets Pa Department of Agriculture.
Receipts total 348 head with steady market on better horses and lower demand on others. Prices range from 5 to 330 dollars for riding horses and ponies with two loads from Iowa and Kansas, locally consigned stock, driving horses, and a small category of killers noted.
Average local grain prices gathered from six feed and grain firms show bid and offered quotes for ear corn shelled corn oats barley and wheat as of Thursday July 1 1971. Prices are per bushel except car corn per ton.
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