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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1973
Page
12
Market notes for Monday October 8 show cattle, calves, hogs, sheep with a detailed table of ranges by grade. Slaughter steers, cows, bullocks and bulls present varied price movements from week to week and prior periods. Veal and sheep activity appears in multiple sections with returning farm and livestock movements noted.
Friday weekly cattle market shows slaughter steers steady to 1.00 lower with some 2.00 lower on Choice over 1300 lb. Cows down 3.00-4.00 while bulls and bullocks ease 1.00-2.00. Vealers command 52.50-87.00 with Holstein entries around 76.00-80.50. demand fair for calves returning to farm.
A 234 head cattle sale notes slaughter cows mostly 50 cents lower with spots 1.50 down. Steers and heifers show mixed weights and grades, veal calves strong at 70 to 75 dollars for choice, Holstein calves 56 to 90, sheep lambs 31.50 to 32.50.
Average local grain prices from five feed and grain concerns show bid and offered figures per bushel. Ear corn Old 60.00 71 50, Ear corn New 46.00 54.00, Shelled corn 2.45 2.68, Oats local 1.15 1.35, Oats western 1.69 1.81, Barley 2.02 2.27, Wheat 3.85 4.09. Bid is price dealers pay farmers delivered to the mill. Offered is price dealers charge at their mill.
Receipts of 370 head of horses and ponies with market stronger than last week. Load Kansas riding horses 160 355. local work horses 275 400. driving horses 160 380. riding horses 150 210. Killers lightweight 8 11, heavyweight 18 25. Mare ponies 10 40, colts 5 45, geldings 10 35, larger ponies 40 75.
Dairy auction results show 130 cows 8 heifers 2 bulls with market steady. Regional lots range from 390 to 1000 per head for locally consigned cows and 365 to 560 for springing heifers and 440 to 510 for bulls with Vermont New York Wisconsin Pennsylvania Delaware and Franklin County cattle on sale.
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