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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1960
Page
9
Cattle receipts 4600, compared with 4896 last week. Trading slow but steady with slaughter steers under 1150 lbs steady, heavier steers 25 lower. Cows up 25, bulls strong, stockers and feeders steady. Vealers 26-34, some 35, utilities down to 16. Hogs 1675, trading moderate. Sows 11-14. Sheep 350, spring lambs steady, fleeces good, choice 20-21 for light lambs.
Local receipts rose about 20 percent over the holiday week and were the largest since January. Slaughter steer supply includes roughly 10 percent prime, 65-70 percent choice, and 20 percent good, with weights around 1161 pounds on average last week. Prices stayed tight across grades, with weight acting as a key price factor. prime and choice steers over 1200 pounds were 50-100 lower, heavier steers down about 100, with other steers mostly 50 lower and heifers and cows mostly steady to 50 lower.
Receipts at the September 13 Vintage sale totaled 725 head of cattle the largest run in the auction’s history. The offering included 200 head of stockers and feeders with slaughter steers steady to 25 lower cows steady to weak bulls. High choice prime 950 to 1250 lb slaughter steers brought 12650 to 2735, bulk of choice steers 2525 to 2650, good to low choice 23 25 to 28, standard sold down to 21 and 23.
Several loads of prime steers weigh 1225 to 1311 pounds trading at 27.00 to 27.25 per hundredweight. Mixed choice and prime cattle 1350 to 1500 pounds around 24.00 to 25.00. Slaughter steers 2400 to 2575 pounds listed 22.00 to 25.00. Feeding steers 935 pounds at 25.40, 700 to 950 pounds at 21.50 to 23.00. Stockers and feeders 700 to 1000 pounds 19.00 to 21.00, with 596 pound stock steers at 19.00 to 21.00 and 25.00 for good to choice stock steers at 596 pounds.
Receipts totaled 962 cattle at New Holland on September 14 with slaughter steers mostly steady to 25 lower for weights above 1200 pounds. Cows and bulls were steady to weak, feeders and calves posted gains, hogs and sheep mixed with varied prices across categories. Fresh dairy cows ranged 850 to 500 for Holsteins and Guernseys, while horse sale notes show steady killer market despite Hurricane Donna.
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