2 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1959
At Lancaster Yards
Slaughter Trade Better
lames E. O’Hara, HOGS; The three day sup
. ply numbered 950 head. Tr-
In CHiarge, Market News Branch a(Je was glow WJ th, barrows
CATTLE The salable sup- and gilts 25-50 lower, sows
ply of cattle for the Holiday wean to mostly 50 lower. A
shortened week numbered few U S 1-2 200-230 lb bar
-3400 The quality of fed ste- rows and gilts 16-16 50, No
ers was improved over recent 1-3 200-230 -lb 15-15 25, few
weeks and made up about 15 50, No, 1-2 and 1-3 170-
45% of the supply 200 lb. 14 25-14 75, No 1-3
Stockers and feeders made and 2-3 230-250 lb 14 75-
np about 45% also. Trade was 15. Sows No. 1-3 300-550 lb
moderately active on slaugh- g 50-12
ter cattle but slow on stocker SHEEP: The bulk of the
and feeders High-good to su ppiy arrived Tuesday with
prune slaughter steers sold three-day supply at 450
25-50 higher with standard head consisting of spring sl
and good steady. Other class- a ughter lambs. Good and choi
«s Sold steady. , ce 60-90 lb. mostly 60-75 lb
Four loads of high choice s pnng slaughter lambs sold
to mostly prime 1172-1246 lb from 21-22 50, few 23, util
steers sold at 30 and 30 50 and good 17 50.2150 with
Several loads high-choice and several lots 45-60 lb from
prune 1300-1475 lb.- 28 50 - 15-17.50 A 63 head lot of
■29, most choice steers 1050- cu h to good slaughter ewes
1250 lb 28 50-29.50. good to averaging 117 lb. turned at
low choice. 26-28 50, stand- 550
ard 24-26.
•Part load prime 508, lb. hei
fers reached 29. seyeral lots
choice 27-28. CommL cows
19-20 50. Cutter and utility
15?75-19 50, Canners and low
lf 2 5-15T5. Utility If you’re an average woik-
ST *L C °?Ti s °’ er ln industry, it takes you
g °Sod and choice 800*1050 10 minutes less tune to earn
lb. feeders 26-28 50-, med , a 'pound of hamburger than
arid good 24-27. Several load it did ten years ago.
good and choice 1050-1150 The average industrial
lb. feeders 25-26, same grade -worker was earning the equi
med and good 25 50-28.50 valent of a pound of bam
boos and choic esteer calves b rin 23 minu^es in 1958
25 ’ mCd and g °° d whereas in 1948 it took him
25 75 ' 30 33 minutes.
it took 16 minutes to earn
Part™ five P° unds of wheat flou V n
rarm vtucuudl 1958, while 10 years earlier
1 *' it took 22 minutes. A pound
Sept. 17—Penna Junior Da- of round steak took an aver
, ify Show, Farm Show Bldg age of 29 minutes in 1958,
Harrisburg. while in 1948 it took 40 min-
Sept. 16-19—Solanco Fair, I u tes
Quarryville. The figures were taken
Elizabethtown Kiwams from, the U S Bureau of
Fair. Labor Standards, and were
Sept. 18—Penna. Holstein released this week in Pen-
Cattle Show, Farm Show nsylvania by the Pennsylvan
ia g , Harrisburg la Farmers’ Association
Sept 23-26 —West Lampeter In terms of the number of
Community Fair hours or minutes it takes to
Ephrata Community Fair, earn the average industrial
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WEEKLY REVIEW
CATTLE — Receipts* during
current week which included
a holiday 10 per cent smaller
than last week and fully 15
per cent less than a year
ago,, Better than 90 per cent
of receipts bunched in two
days. Percentage of slaugh
ter s leers and cows slightly
smaller than last week,
Small increase in the per
centage of heifers, fully 70
per cent s’aughter steers
compared 74 per cent last
week, about 20 per cent heif
ers and five per cent cows
Bulk of the s'.eer supply
again graded choice, around
65 per cent choice and fully
10 per cent prime, balance
largely good grade, average
weight of slaughter steers
promising to be cbnsiderably
heavier than last weeks av
erage of 1152 lbs. which was
the lightest since last April.
Slaughter s.eers and heif
ers opened steady to 25 high
er but lost the advance later
and some steers over 1300
lbs 25 lower than late last
week. Cows, bulls and veal
ers steady to strong
Stockers and feeders
scarce but slow and only a
bout steady
Steer and heifer beef car
casses in the Chicago whole
sa’e fresh meat trade sold 50-
1 00 higher and cow beef ad
vanced 1.00-1 50
Stevens, Pa.
Chicago Cattle
Holiday
Cuts Run
worker’s supply of food, he
is getting a better deal now
than he was 10 years ago.
No. 30
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- For Fattening Beef Cattle
FEEDING DIRECTIONS
For fattening beef cattle ONLY, feed at the rate of
ONE POUND PER STEER PER DAY.
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As a roughage, use ground ear com. corn
silage better results will be obtained supplenu
of ground ear com per steer.
On low quality roughage,' use Green Pasl
One Pound Per Steer Per Day
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Steer Mkt. Very Brisk
Thursday’s beef and veal Very few farmers du
markgt found a very brisk work. 0
steer market, with choice Fresh Holstems «-
and prime grades strong to Guernseys -250-3 in Ws °
50 higher Good butcher cat- ers . 250-275 R,,n atld
tie under 1100 lbs, 50-75 140. 55 - 1
higher Best run of high- T ‘ n ,
quality cattle m 3 months, 17R head with ,^ Se Sal *
these in good demand Bulls other kinH«
strong to 50 higher on better g l d market findl
kind Cows 50 • higher, flo horJ. nies
Calves, 130 lbs. up, fully $1 drimng horses innV 0 '
higher Small calves again rpnt °l4o
dropped $2 - 2 50 per hund- Kl ' lers eigtlt ce nts
red. 1 -
Receipts totaled 858 cattle
and 354 calves and vea’ers.
Prime slaughler steers
$29 50 - 30 10; choice—2B 50-
29 50; good—26-28, and plain
to medium—23-26
Choice heifers—s 27 -28 35,
good—2s-27, and pi -med
20-24.
Good buTs—s26.so-28, pi -
med.—2s-26.50; thin—22-24 -
50, and bologna bulls 22-
25
Good cows - $2O-21.85;
med. - 18 50-20, and canners
and cutters - 15-18 50.
Stock cattle, and calves ab
sent Choice - prime vealers -
$37 50-39.60; good - 33-37-50;
pi -med - 25-31, and thin -
15-24
The Sept. 9 dairy sale had
receipts of. 90 cows, two
stock bulls and no heifers.
Fresh cows and springers
very slow, $2O-25 lower,
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