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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1961
Page
9
2 Lane caster Farming reports Oct 21 1961 sale at Lancaster Yards steady to 25 cents higher with cattle totals 5425. Slaughter steers 950 1350 pounds 2450 2575 with some loads prime 1100 1225 pounds 2640. Stockers and feeders active. vealers 28 38. cows and bulls irregular. Wall Street origin note on New York Wall.
High quality slaughter steers rose up to 50 at the October 17 Vintage Slaughter sale with most grading High Choice and better. Low Choice and below stayed steady to 25 higher, while bulls fell 25. Receipts totaled 604 cattle including Prime and Choice weights, with vealers and hogs also listed.
At the New Holland sale on October 19 lighter weights and lower grades slipped while high choice steers held near prior week levels. Slaughter steers 950 to 1,250 pounds sold mostly 25 to 50 lower for lower grades, cows rose about 50, and bulls stayed steady. top lots moved 25.85 to 26.75 per hundredweight. Also reported were 278 horses and mules. dairy cattle at October 18 brought steady prices with fresh Holsteins 300 to 480 and Guernseys 190 to 240.
The report notes that at the sale there is no single class with a sufficient quantity to establish a market. Buyers and sellers face limited options as variations in class offerings prevent price discovery and a steady trade.
The National Dairy Council notes about 175 million dairy cows in the United States and a population near 180 million. It highlights a shift to fewer cows but higher milk output per cow.
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