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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1961
Page
9
Prices show cattle trading slow overall at Lancaster yards with 4200 head, 50 percent slaughter steers and 40 percent stockers. Slaughter steers steady, cows up 50-75, bulls steady to 25 higher. stockers and feeders steady. calves 725, vealers 29-41, hogs and sheep also reported with mixed gains and steady classes.
Chicago cattle steers range higher and lower with choice and prime steers mostly steady to 25 lower on wets. Heifers and cows show modest gains, bulls up to 1 higher. Prime loads around 1,225 to 1,345 pounds, with bulk weight 900 to 1,400 pounds and prices near 26.50 to 27.75.
Receipts at the March 14 Vintage Livestock auction totaled 444 cattle. Slaughter steers graded average to good and below showed mixed movement with weights over 1300 pounds down 50. Cows rose 50, bulls up 25. Choice grade steers mostly 26 to 26.85, some lots 1350 to 1550 bringing 24 to 25.10.
The market shows bid ranges for steers and heifers from 900 to 1,400 pounds with typical prices near 24 to 26 per hundredweight. High quality lots reach 25 to 26.25 with several feeder and stock steer classes trading around 23 to 29.25 and notes of dealer activity 25 to 31. Patronize our advertisers.
Slaughter steers held steady at the March 16 New Holland sale while cows and bulls rose. Receipts reached 793 head with varied gains across cattle types including vealers and utility grades. hogs and sheep showed mixed movement and limited sale data for market classes. Fresh cows and stock animals priced across multiple grades. horse and dairy categories noted limited demand.
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