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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1975
Page
18
Carlisle Pennsylvania livestock sale notes steady to lower prices from the prior Tuesday. Slaughter steers and cows mixed, vealers steady to higher, hogs down. Buyer ranges cover choice to utility grades with bulls and sows listed across weight classes. Feeder pigs and light weights appear with sparse entries.
Slaughter steers mixed to 1.00 higher over last week with strong bulls and steady heifers. Cows steady, receipts about 80 percent slaughter. Feeder pigs 18.00-19.00 per head. 30-50 Ibs 30.00-36.00. 55-70 Ibs 22.00-27.00. 130 Ibs 44.00 cwt. Sheep shows lambs 37.00-56.00, woolled lambs 28.50-35.00, ewes 8.29-15.50. heifer mix and cow balance noted.
Cattle and calves at Omaha on March 19 show moderate activity for slaughter steers and heifers with uneven demand and some firmness. Cows end weaker, bulls steady. price ranges for loads and mixed grades noted across steers, heifers, cows, and bulls with yield grades 2 to 4 widely reported.
Feeder cattle and calves in Oklahoma City show steady demand with estimated receipts of 15 000. Buyers active as wheat-pasture origin cattle arrive. Feeder steers and heifers mostly between 18.75 and 31.60 per hundredweight with gains of 50 cents to 2 dollars versus late of last week.
Market receipts totaled 408 head of horses mules and ponies with stronger demand. Kansas riding horses 125 to 320 Iowa riding horses 285 to 450 Virginia work horses 410 to 800 Tennessee riding horses 285 to 400. Local work horses 350 to 450 and pairs 650 to 930 mules 155 to 500 better horses 250 to 610 driving horses 175 to 670 riding horses 160 to 230 lighter killers 18 to 20 heavyweight killers 21 to 25 mare ponies 15 to 45 colts 5 to 20 geldings 15 to 35 larger ponies 50 to 110.
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