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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1975
Page
12
Market data shows cattle prices with steers mostly lower on high grades while cows and bulls rise. Slaughter steers range 44.00 to 51.10 per hundredweight with various weights. cows 22.35 to 27.60. bulls 25.75 to 39.25. Veal calves and lambs show mixed results, with vealers easing and spring lambs steady to firm.
Hay and straw prices steady with regional variation. Alfalfa 70 to 92 dollars per ton, Timothy 45 to 65, mixed hay 40 to 97, straw 30 to 52, with recent reports from Green Dragon Ephrata and Paul Z. Martin auctions. Cattle and sheep trade mixed. steers, cows, bulls, veal, and lambs show varied price moves at recent auctions in Pennsylvania markets.
New Holland horse auction sold 407 animals including riding horses from New York and Tennessee, work horses and mules with varied price ranges. Slaughter cattle varied with cows steady to higher and bulls up to 52.00 per 100 pounds. vealers and sheep listed with limited volume.
The report notes steers 50 to 100 lower with most under 1025 lb, cows up to 1 higher, cutters and bullocks firmer, bulls 1 to 3 higher. Supply includes 35 percent slaughter steers, 10 percent cows, 10 percent bulls, rest feeders. Prices span multiple weight classes from 60 to 1565 lb with Holstein bulls and small lots reaching into the 50s and 60s per hundredweight.
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