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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
14
Prices held steady for sight type hens and heavy hens with limited October pickups. Broilers and fryers averaged 11 to 12 cents per pound with a weekly sales total of 724,500 head, down 8,100 from last week.
Receipts of 108 head with steady trend. Wholesale weights 21.35-2160, heavy weights 19-2125, sows 14-16 75, boars 12 50 15 50. Price ranges: Choice and Prime 41 50 to 47, Good and L Choice 37 50-41, Standard 33 50-36, Common 20-33. Note stray rhetorical question about hurricanes with female names and a male head.
Slaughter steers averaged 28.40 with 28.40 per hundredweight and about 1150 pounds, near the 1966 high. Prime sales spanned 1275 to 1375 pounds, with high Choice and Prime loads around 3050 dollars, while heifers stayed mostly High Good to Low Prime in 825 to 1000 pounds range. If the wife greets you with a kiss and your slippers in hand check the house number.
Vintage livestock prices list Spring lambs slaughter ewes calves vealers hogs and sheep with ranges in pounds and grades. The note includes mixed figures for US price categories and weight bands and ends with a miscellaneous remark on staying cheerful while the boss grumbles.
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