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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1960
Page
9
Cattle trading slow with 4000 head versus 4294 last week. Slaughter steers 50 lower. cows 25-75 lower. bulls and stockers steady. Calves 650 head, trade moderately active. vealers over 140 lbs down 200, lighter weights steady. Hogs and sheep also show mixed gains and declines in price ranges.
Cattle receipts run high with prices 10 percent below last week and under last year. Steers constitute 75 to 80 percent of the supply as wealers and feeders remain scarce. Prime slaughter steer share around 34 percent, with overall trends down early in the week then largely erasing losses midweek. Load lots of prime and mixed steers around 33.50 per 1375 lb, with other ranges 29 to 31.50 for lighter weights.
At the Vintage sale barn on May 24, 438 cattle ranged from low to average quality. Slaughter steers were steady to weak versus last week, cows steady, bulls fully steady, with feeder steers 22.50 to 25.50. Vealers mostly 2 lower, hogs up to 75 cents higher, and spring lambs steady with good and choice around 25.50 per hundredweight.
The market shows load lots of mixed ages with prices from 23.25 to 28.00 per hundredweight. Good to choice steers range 26.50 to 28.00 with various weights, while medium cattle fetch 23.00 to 25.00 and lighter 25.50 to 27.32 for select lots. Patronize Our Advertisers.
Slaughter steers at New Holland closed steady to 50 higher from last week with most choice grades at 27 to 29 per cwt. cows mostly 25 to 50 lower. Receipts May 26 totaled 1146 cattle and 201 calves, with bulls 20.50 to 23.50 and vealers 28 to 37. May 25 dairy cattle sale included 147 cows and nine stock bulls with Holstein springers and fresh cows priced to 450 dollars.
A State extension clothing specialist explains collar construction and fit. She notes the test involves bending a corner of the collar to check interlining and sizing, indicating a properly interlined collar should flip back smoothly while an undersized interlining fails to hold shape.
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