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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1975
Page
12
Market notes show cattle calves hogs and sheep prices with comparisons to prior weeks. Slaughter steers high Choice to Prime mostly 36.85 38.85 per hundredweight and cows utility to high dressing 22.00 24.00. Bulls veal calves and sheep also listed with weekly changes and returns to farm figures.
Auction at New Holland shows live cattle, vealers, and lambs with varied bids. Bulls and steers mostly steady to lower while heifers and cows move differently across weight classes. Prices span from 12.00 to 63.00 per hundredweight with notable ranges for choice, good, standard, and cutter classifications.
Slaughter steers opened unevenly with gains for higher grades fading late. cows rise to 50 cents, bulls mostly steady to slightly weaker. Prices listed across weight ranges and grades, with prime vealers scarce and lambs marketing for Easter trade. goats sold 16 to 30 dollars per head.
Slaughter steers and cows show steady to higher trends from last Tuesday with gains up to 1.50. Bullocks and bulls range from 26.25 to 33.75 in various grades as calves and vealers post mixed results. Sheep and holstein figures appear alongside Lancaster Farming full market reports.
At Green Dragon March 14 1975 prices per ton are shown for hay and straw with loads of alfalfa timothy mixed clover and corn. Alfalfa fetches 67.00 to 99.00 per ton while straw ranges 38.00 to 47.00 and corn 57.00 to 68.00 per ton.
Paul Z. Martin lists loads of hay and straw sold with prices per unit ranges. Alfalfa 48 to 71, Timothy 50 to 55, Mixed Hay 54 to 77, Clover 60, Straw 35 to 41, Corn 63.
On March 17 1975 prices per ton for hay and straw are listed with 87 loads of hay and 27 loads of straw. Alfalfa ranges 62.00 to 85.50 with some loads at 94.00 to 102.00 and Timothy 51.00 to 71.00. Mixed hay 50.00 to 74.00 with some at 79.00 to 87.00. Straw 39.00 to 47.00 with one at 50.00. Clover 3 loads 62.00 to 69.00 Orchard Grass 2 loads 54.00 and 74.00 Corn 11 loads 57.00 to 68.00.
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