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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1973
Page
12
Slaughter steers strong to 1.00 higher with cows bullocks and bulls up to 1.50. Feeders and vealers show mixed moves as supply includes 717 afternoon. Prices listed for steers heifers cows bullocks bulls veal calves and sheep with detailed weight ranges and comparisons to prior days.
Regional market notes show hay prices by type with alfalfa 45.00 to 60.00 per ton and mixed hay 30.00 to 55.00. Straw 25.00 to 32.00. Livestock prices include slaughter steers 50.00 to 53.60 for various weights, cows 40.00 to 51.50, bulls up to 53.35, calves strong. Feeder and weanling prices listed with several load lots and per hundredweight ranges.
New Holland reports 87 cows and 10 heifers sold on Wednesday with a stronger market than last week. Pennsylvania cows bring 340 to 710 for loads, springers 530 to 780, while Canadian and Franklin County cattle bring 500 to 730 for fresh cows and 660 to 835 for springers. Vermont cows 610 to 875, Wisconsin cows 550 to 960, local consignments 340 to 940, and springing heifers 375 to 575.
Penn State reports for the week ending September 10 in Lancaster show an average temperature of 72 degrees, with a weekly high of 91 and low of 44. Growing degree days from April 1 for crops at 50 degrees totaled 2791, 138 above normal. Rainfall for the week was 0.22 inch, and total rainfall since April 1 was 19.33 inches, 3.22 inches below normal.
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