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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1959
Page
5
Receipts fall about 1400 head from last week as slaughter steers, stockers, and calves pace market. Slaughter steers steady to 25 lower, cows 25 to 0 off, bulls steady. stockers and feeders steady to weak. Calves steady in price with vealers 28.00 to 35.00 and prime leads. Prices listed for various weights and grades reflect broad activity through the week.
In New Chicago the weekly market shows cattle supplies about five percent lower and ten percent below year ago. Prices range with Prime few and Lew Good mostly under 40 dollars. hog receipts fall about two hundred from last week with steady trading for barrows and gilts and 190 to 230 lb hogs at 14.25 to 16.50. Slaughter lambs sell steady with active trading around 425 head versus 601 last week as the segment turns to page 9.
New Holland stockyards report brisk slaughter steer receipts with about 20 percent heifers, 5 percent cows, and prime steer percentages near nine percent. Slaughter steers are generally slow with prices steady to 50 lower, while cows rise up to 50. Wealers gain up to 100, stockers and feeders scarce but steady to strong. Receipts total 856. calves strong near 38.50 to 41. heavy cattle mixed with varied weights and prices.
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