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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1972
Page
12
Cattle calf hog and sheep prices shown with last week and year figures. Slaughter steers steady to 50 lower, cows steady, some lower. bulls steady. Veal and sheep lists with weights and price ranges. no Monday report due to Labor Day, Lancaster auction held but market not reported.
The report covers the Lebanon Valley and Lancaster area markets with 350 head of cattle and 280 head of veal calves. Slaughter steers mostly steady with cows up to 50 cents higher and bulls up to 25 cents higher. Veal calves sold 52 head of cattle and lambs plus grain prices listed. Thursday prices note grain bids and offers from five local concerns.
Receipts for four days totaling 4 600 compare with 5 098 last week and 3 593 a year ago. Slaughter steers and heifers closed steady to strong with some tests 25 higher while cows and bulls held steady to strong. Major supply consists of High Good to Choice steers and heifers with several loads from Choice to Prime.
New Holland horse auction on Monday September 4 sold 238 head with market steady. Kansas riding horses fetched 140 to 310 dollars, local work horses 150 to 270, driving horses 110 to 290, riding horses 100 to 200, better horses 220 to 260, mares ponies 5 to 30, colts 4 to 12, geldings 5 to 20, larger ponies 45 to 70, killers 6 to 9.
The report lists cow categories with ranges from 23.50 to 34.00 and bull prices from 29.75 to 34.00. Mixed good and choice cattle show several grade levels and individual high yield utility at 27.00, with canners down to 19.50.
Receipts of 50 cows two heifers and two bulls. Market steady with last week. Vermont cows fresh 450 to 620. Wisconsin cows fresh 600 to 730. Susquehanna County cows fresh 575 to 660 springers 570 to 645. Locally consigned cows 375 to 485. Heifers 315 to 400. Bulls 275 to 350.
Friday sales at Green Dragon Hay Market list 30 loads of hay with alfalfa and Timothy ranges from 41.00 to 71.00 and 33.50 to 56.00 respectively. Mixed Hay trades 25.00 to 62.00. Seven loads of straw bring 29.50 to 35.00 and five loads of ear corn fetch 45.00 to 52.00.
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