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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1969
Page
14
Prices on light type hens held unchanged with good demand in most areas. Heavy hens remain scarce while offerings are adequate to short of buyer interest. plant and farm prices range from 8 to 12 cents for light hens and 9 to 18 cents for heavy hens with various cuts and small animal prices listed for July 15, 1969.
Prices listed across categories include calves and weaners at 39 50 to 45 00, hogs with barrows and gilts showing gains up to 50, and sheep with spring lambs valued between 2850 and 2950 for light weights. Market notes indicate steady to higher trends in several classes and varied weights across the sale.
The sale lists utility and high dressing cattle with cutters and cows by price per hundredweight, bulls in ranges from good to utility, calves with weaners and yearlings, slaughter calves, hogs including barrows and gilts with US grades, sows, sheep with spring lambs and weights, and steady to higher bids in places. Prices reflect varied weights and grades across categories.
Chicago cattle prices listed show various yield grades and weights. Prices range from about 2950 to 3250 dollars per hundredweight with grades Good to Choice and yield grades 2 to 4. The data appears as a continuing market update from page 2.
The note cites a 1969 Urner Barry publication on the New York egg market. It presents market data and pricing guidance for poultry producers and buyers.
Lancaster market report notes hog prices up to 75 higher for barrows and gilts with few sows steady. Closing sale details list US grade hogs and weight ranges with varied prices. Sheep and lamb sections show spring lambs 50 higher, ewes steady, and slaughter ewe prices around 9 to 6.
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