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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1966
Page
9
Lancaster yards report for May 25 1966 notes Memorial Day closure. Slaughter steer prices ease 50c to 1.00 with mixed Prime and Choice at 26.50 to 28.50 for 950 to 1250 pounds. cows and bulls also down. Feeder steers higher on lighter weights. calves and hogs show varied declines and gains across categories.
Four hundred top commercial female Angus cattle will headline the Great Atlantic Summer Sale at Leesburg Virginia on June 11. Angus authority D G Canning notes rising demand and prices while listing 15 service age bulls including sons of Ankoni Jingo Eclipse Panorama and Prospero of Charter House. A top group of 50 registered females will carry strong bloodlines. Auctioneer Stan Haworth of Warrenton VA will oversee the event at the Leesburg Sales Pavilion.
Vintage cattle sale on May 24 1966 features 584 head with 25 percent cows and 10 percent heifers. Slaughter steers lower 25 to 50 with some declines up to 75. High Choice and Prime cattle fetch 27.35 to 27.85 per cwt for 1050 to 1250 lb, while cows and bulls vary by grade. Vealers and calves show mixed shifts with feeders up and down.
Memorial Day sale at New Holland Auction features regular hog beef and horse offerings. Cattle prices slip with slaughter steers down up to 50 cents, cows steady to 50 cents lower, bulls 25 to 1.00 lower. supply 14 percent cows. Sheep show 2.00 lower for spring lambs, ewes steady.
Cattle receipts 21 500 compared with 22 900 last week and 25 400 a year ago. Twelve market total 179 500 versus 173 400 a week ago and 192 900 a year ago. Slaughter steers 25 to 1.00 lower with declines on High Choice and Prime. Heifers 25-75 lower, cows 50 to mostly 1.00 lower, bulls 1.00-1.50 lower. In earlot dressed beef trade steer beef 50 lower, heifer beef 50.
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