2—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 28. 1959
At Lancaster Yards
Slaughter Steers
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X.ANC YARDS
MARCH 27, 1959-
Slaughter steers moved
out slowly Mon- but were
fairly active on Wed*. Trading'
was moderately active- on all
other 1 classes. Receipts will
total about 4000 head or ab
out 190 head' less than last
week’s count. Quality waan l t
as good as in the past few
week’s.
TRe supply included’ 65%
slaughter steers- and 30%0
stockers and feeders.
Compared with, last week’s
close slaughter steers grad
ing" choice were- fully steady
Good grade and. below sold at.
steady rates with.* a* few loads
56 lower: Utility, and coml.
cows were- 50 lower and' can
n*rs and cutters, sold 25 hi
glfar: Bulls were steady to 50
lower with most of the* decli
ne- coming, on good’ grade
fed bulls. Stockers and feed
ers- were fully steady.
Bulk of the choice slaugh
ter steers brought 28-50-30.-
25,, a three load string grad
ing high choice weighingllSO
lit made 31. Good to low ch
oice-steers made" 26-28.75.
Few lots of good, and' choi
ce heifers sold'for 26-28. Cut
ter and utility cows made IT
21?,, while comlv cows sold up
tc 9 22,50. Catmers and low
cutters made 15 50-17". Utili
ty and' coml. bulls brought 23
- 25.50-good grade fed bulls
ranged from 25.50-26.50,
Good and choice 800-1050 Philadelphia, Mar 27 —
lbs feeder steers made 27.25- FLUID MILK. Market rel
-28-75, a two load string choi- ative steady. Production in
ce and- fancy 1026 lb. Angus creased at all markets under
sf.-TS brought 30, most steers the influence of favorable
gLviing choice from slaugh- weather conditions. Demand
tear standpoint. Medium and ranged from fair to good
good feeders made 25.50 - with instances of slight im
-27.50. Good and choice 550- provement over the previous
800 lb. stock calves command week. A heavier volume of
ded 28 50-31, part load choi- surplus moved to t by-prod
ce 518* lb. 32.50, part load nets, especially cottage
mostly 520 lb. 33,75. Med. cheese. Manufacture of Non
aad good stockers made 26.50 fat dry milk solids increas
-218.75. Good grade stock, ed. Wholesale selling prices
calves- made 30-34. at New York were unchangr
Trading was active for ab- ed to 5 cents lower this
out 725 head of vealers. Veal- week with sales for next
ers held steady. Good and week’s delivery prior to" Ap
choice vealers 1 made 28-36, ] (Turn -to page 5)
65% Of Run
choice and prime sold from
36-39, standard and low good
made 23-27 while utility sold
down to 18.
Receipts of hogs Will total
about the same as last week’s
1736 headcount; Trading was
moderately active. Barrows
and gilts- were* steady and
sows were scarce* but' sold at
about steady rates; U.S. 1-3
grade 190-225 lb. -barrows
and giltk madte 17-17.50. K
few lots early,in the week
grading- NW 3- sold- baek to
-16.75, hogs more uniform for
wgt. and grade,. Including 1-2
grade 190-215 lb,, butchers,
made-17.75-18:50! A; few Jots
No. X sold at 19 r 230-250 lb.
hogs made 1625-17, 300-660
lb. sows gold for 12-15.
Dr the sheep division, re
ceipts totaled about 1150 he
ad or' almost triple- last we
ek’s. count, Sharp- increase
due- to the Easter trade for
spring slaughter, lambs. Eigh
ty per cent of the- supply sp
ring lambs weighing under
60 lb. Trading was brisk.
All classes held steady.
Good and choice wooled la
mbs brought 21,50-23, and
utility and low good lambs
made 19.50-21 AO. Good and
choice 25-40 lb. spring slau«.
ghter lambs commanded 38-
40, with a few lots up to 42,
40-50 lb. lambs brought 33-
38’,, 50-70 lb. sold tor 27-32.
Milk Market
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H. M. STAUFFER & SON'S, Inc.
Witmer - Ronks - Leo!a. Pa.
SUNSHINE FARM SUPPLY
Lititz. Pa.
J. K. STAUFFER & SON
Lawn and Bellaire, Pa.
OROSS C. ULRICH, JR.
R.D. 2, Peach Bottom, Pa.
MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO.
Chicago Cattle
Early Supply
Lowest In
Four Years
WEEKLY REVIEW:
CATTLE Receipts about
10 per cent-smaller than last
week* and fully 20 per cent
less than the same week a
year ago. Supply smallest
for any week in nearly a yr.
Supplier in' the first ,two days
smallest for a Monday and a
Tuesday in four years. Holy
week was one factor in the
curtailed- supply. In-1958' re- 1
ceipts Easter week proved to
be the smallest of the year.'
Receipts at 12-main markets
a’so light and the smallest m
four weeks. x
Nearly 75 per cent of re
ceipts slaughter.steers. Aro
und 15, per cent heifers and 7
per cent cows. Percentage
steers and cows slightly in
creased; compared last week
and a slightly smaller per-cen
tage heifers around 5 per cent
of the steer supply prime,
practically the same as last
week when the 5 per cent
prime was the smallest for
any week since last June;
Smaller percentage choice
steers than the- 46 per cent
choice last week and- larger
percentage of good' grades
than the 38 percent good- last':
week. Percentages good grade
steers largest in over a year.
Average weight of slaugh
ter steers promising to be less
than last weeks average of
1160 lbs..which was lightest
since last October and 40 lbs
lighter than the record week
ly average weight of 1200 lb
reached in January this year.
Receipts included around
100 loads western cattle, mo
stly fed steers, compared 82
loads last week, in a series
of higher markets choice and
prime steers advanced 1-2
with weights over 1150 lbs.
showing most upturn, steers
grading good and below- 50-
1 higher, many sales 1 higher
Good to prime steers weigh
in. over 1150 lbs. now selling
at a premium on a grade-for
grad& basis compared light
erweights, just the reverse of
the situation earlier this year
when heavy steery-were be-
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dairymen say,' “Calfnip costs
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oh Wayne Calf Supplement and
grain.
ABERDEEN MILLS
R.D, 3, Elizabethtown, Pa.
ROHRER'S MILL
R.D. 1, Bonks' Pa.
LIME VALLEY MILLS
H.D. I. Willow Street, Pa.
Millersville, Pa.
New Holland
HigbGrade Spread N
Receipts for Thursday’s/ Stockers and
beef market were again were $26 -28 q
light with 834 cattle and A utc ilf r c alv
308 calves.-Spread betwem-
low-choice and prime prices ’
showing wider range than !5 J
been seen for more than stock buUs &nd 1
eight months. fere, with the cow
High-choice -and prime gam sluggish, dy t
cattle-, showed-/ afeirtest ad- plowing ' season
vahce,.' fully $1 - $1.50, high- due in June and,
er. Cows weak to 50 lower m more demand {
Calves,- prime and choice close springers
$1 lower. All other grades . Pcesh Holstein c
■steady.- -- ' $320-425; Guernsej
Prime butcher - steers 340;. and other W
$31.00 - 33; choice—29 - 31* 280.
50; -g00d—27.50 - 28.50, and* Stock bulls
.plain -faxmed;-—24:50' - 27.50. , 277.50; stock he*
Choice -heifers —$26.50- - MO
-28; good—23—-r2«, and plain The. Mar. 23 hots
domed.—2o - "23. ✓ 1 le .sale "had 287
Bologna bulls—s 23 - 26.50 Oilier market wa s
good" bulls—2s - 26.50, and per hundred lower,
plain tomed.— 2A - 25. - were harder to sell
Good - cows—s2o - 21.25; mand slowed up COl
medi,—lS.so 20, and 'can- tea®
ners ’and cutters-— ‘ 16.50 f
18.50. ' Mule teams sold
620; singles—§l4o:
ing sharply discounted. Ponies were $75
Heifers mostly 1-1.50 hi- ing horses $l4O
gher. Cows and bulls 50 -75 drivers $l4O-215
fiigher. Vealers fully steady. Heavy killers -vvet
Stockers'.and feeders fully 50 150, thin * kinds -
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