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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1960
Page
5
Market report shows cattle and hog trading uneven as holiday week narrows supplies. Slaughter steers steady to 50 lower, cows up to 25 higher. stockers steady. Calves and hogs moderate activity with varied price ranges and several high end lots noted. Sheep softer after prior week, spring lambs up 2.00.
In New York the wholesale price for bottling quality milk ranged from 495 to 500 dollars, with most sales at 500 dollars per 40 quart unit. This reflects the market level for dairy producers and distributors.
Receipts for the holiday shortened week were about five percent below prior. Distribution was highly uneven with Tuesday supplying 80 percent of weekly cattle and Wednesday the smallest since September 1953. Slaughter steer mix near 75 percent, heifers 15 to 20 percent, cows around 5 percent. Weal ers and stockers light. Slaughter steer quality steady with most good to average at 25.75 to 26.50. two loads of prime 1333 to 1366 lb at 29.50. bulk 22.50 to 26.75. Feeding steers 700 to 900 lb mostly 24.00 to 24.50. stock steers 550 to 675 lb 24.00 to 25.00.
Slaughter cattle and vealers show gains from last week with higher good to choice grades. Bulls remain scarce while hogs and spring lambs advance, with feeding hogs and cull cows holding steady to higher amid a mixed market.
Slaughter steers sold 50 higher than week earlier at New Holland July 7 with 1062 head. Cows and bulls 25 to 50 higher. high choice slaughter steers 28.60 to 29.50 per cwt, most 26.50 to 28.50. Vealers steady to up to 100. lambs light offerings. dairy cattle sale July 6 had 103 cows and six stock heifers with prices steady from prior week.
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