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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1966
Page
9
Market cattle report shows 2800 cattle with slaughter steers up to 50 higher while cows and bulls hold or dip. Feeder steers and calves mix gains and declines. hogs and other items noted in continuing auction sequence.
Auction totals show slaughter steers 1300 lbs at 26.00 to 27.60 with high Good to Low Choice at 24.50 to 25.75 and cutters down to 15.50. Bulls cited 22.85 to 24.85 with utilities 22.00 to 25.00. Hogs US1-2 195-225 lbs 23.00 to 23.35. sheep and slaughter lambs steady with vealers 150 lower. Continued on page 3.
Dairy cow numbers in Pennsylvania declined for the 24th straight month as October milk production fell 12 percent from a year earlier. The Crop Reporting Service put farm cows at 740000, down 2000 from September and 36000 below October 1965, with 880000 cows recorded in October 1961 and similar figures in 1964.
November 24 1966 cattle market held steady as numbers dropped for holiday sale with cows and feeders mixed. High grade beef sold 25 50 to 27 25 with few primes. cows utility and high yielding cutters 18 50 to 19 50, bulls 24 to 25, feeders 22 23 25, calves 148 on small market with slight gains.
In October, Pennsylvania saw a production drop to 548 million pounds, seven million less than a year earlier, though production per cow rose to a record 715 pounds. The year-to-date total reached 5,818 million pounds, down about 40 million pounds from last year.
Chicago cattle receipts 19 500, down from 21 000 last week and 21 800 a year ago. Twelve market total 133 900, versus 154 900 a week ago and 163 300 last year. Slaughter steers up 25, heifers up 25 to 50, cows up 50, bulls steady. In dressed beef steer and heifer beef rise, cow beef steady to 50 lower. Prime 1150 1400 lbs 25 75 26.
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