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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1973
Page
15
Broiler fryer movement spotty to moderate with some clearances. Slaughter schedules steady. Prices for less than trucklot unchanged. live supplies ample. market undertone firm. Thursday arrivals set with US Grade A at 49 to 51 cents per lb, plant grade around 50.
Green Dragon hay loads and mixed lots sell around 36 to 47 dollars with Clover and Timothy receipts noted. Philadelphia and Baltimore egg markets steady with white eggs at store door deliveries and carton prices in the 60s and 70s per case, live poultry and farm prices described with supply and demand levels.
Placements of broiler chicks in Pennsylvania for the week ending July 14, 1973 totaled 1,335,000, down 2 percent from the same week a year earlier but up 14 percent from the prior week.
Prices at Oklahoma City report higher feeder steer and heifer quotes with Good and Choice lots especially strong. Feeder steers 300-400 lb 70.50-77.25, 400-500 lb 63.25-71.00, 500-600 lb 57.90-65.00, 600-700 lb 54.00-59.00, 700-800 lb 52.50-55.60, 800-971 lb 49.90-53.70. Holstein steers and feeder heifers show varied gains across weight bands with activity from large buyers.
Receipts this week 2800 up from 4524 last week. Slaughter steers 75 to 1.75 higher, slaughter heifers 1.00 to 1.50 higher, cows 50 to 1.50 lower. Bulls steady. About 70 percent steers and 15 percent heifers with the rest cows. Steer lots mostly average to high Choice 1150-1200 pounds. heifers mostly Choice. Cows from 31.00 to 36.00. utility 34.00 to 36.00. cutters 32.00 to 34.50.
Lancaster Farming, published every Saturday from Lititz Pennsylvania, lists contact addresses in Lititz and Lancaster, editor Richard E. Warner, and subscription rates of $2 per year in Lancaster County and $3 elsewhere. Established November 4 1955.
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