2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 26, 1959
At Lancaster Yards
Steer Supply Plentiful
lames H. O'Haia.
In Charge; Market News Branch
This week’s receipts of 8,-
100 head is the largest m
many years, and 2300 head
more than last week. Slaugh
ter accounted for about 30
per cent of the supply and
stockers and feeders 65 per
cent. Stockers and feeders
have been in plentiful supply
all week and indications are
that they will continue to be
plentiful next week.
Trading on slaughter steers
was slow and the movement
of stockers and feeders rang
ed from slow to fairly active.
Cows and bulls were fairly
active. Lot Prime 1040 lb.
slaughter steers made 30.40.
High Choice and Prime 968-
1236 lb. steers brought 30 00-
30.25.
The bulk of the Choice
slaughter steers ranged from
28.25-29.75, Good to low
Choice made 26.00-28.50,
while Standard and Low
Good made 24.50-26 25. Util
ity and Coml bulls made
2250-26 00, Good grade fed
biffls went to the scales at
26UW-27 00. Cutter and Utili
ty .cows made 16 25 19.75, &
Coml. cows sold up to 20.75,
Canners and low Cutters
made 14.75-16.25
Good and Choice 800-1950
lb. feeder steers brought 26 -
25-28.50, Medium and Good
made 24 00-27 50. Good and
Choice 550-800 lb. stock
steers ranged from 28 00-32.,
with medmm and good at
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R. D. 3, LITITZ, PA.
Ph. Lane. EX 3 7607
Strasburg OV 7 6002
Litilz MA 6-7766
25 50-28 50, few lots Com
mon down to 21.00. Good
grade stock calves made 29-
- 33.00, few lots Choice 475-
565 lb 35-36 Medium and
Good sold from 26.00-30.00.
The receipts in the calf di
vision will be about 150 head
less than last week’s 868
head count. Trading was ac
tive this week. Vealers were
steady to 1.00 higher. Good
and Choice vealers made 27.
-34.00, and Choice and Prime
reached 34 00-38.00, With a
few Prime at 39.00-40.00.
Standard and low ~Good
kinds made 21.00 27.00 while
Utility, sold down to 18.00.
Trading was fairly active
on about 500 head of hogs
this week. Barrows, gilts and
sows held steady compared
with last week’s close. U.S.
1-3 .grade 200-230 lb. bar
rows and gilts made 15-15.50
No. 3 down to 14.50. Hogs
more uniform for wgt. and
grade including 1-2 grade
200-220 lb. sold at 15.75 -
16.50. 170-195 lb. hogs br
ought 14 25-15. Lots No. 3
300 lb. sold for 13. 300-600
lb. sows made 8.-12.
The wk’s. supply of 1075
head of spring slaughter la
mbs |s about 350 head more
than last wk. Trading active.
Spring lambs steady. Good
and choice 60-95 lb. lambs
sold at 21-23.50, utility and
low good 17-21.50.
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Chicago Cattle
Supply High
Prices Drop
CATTLE —Receipts slight
ly larger than last week, lar
gest of the year to date, and
about 10 per cent greater th
an corresponding week last
year. Receipts this week and
last totaled nearly 100,000
head, about 90 per cent of
which slaughter steers and
heifers grading good and bet
ter.
Small increase in percen
tage of slaughter steers this
week and small decrease m
the percentage of heifers.
Less than 5 per cent stockers
and feeders although the
supply of such cattle lar
ger than last week.
Percentage prime steers
slightly smaller than the 11
percent prime last week. Slau
ghter steers sold steady Mon
day despite receipts of ov
er 25,000 cattle, largest for
any day since last may, the
market weakened later und
er the wgt. of numbers with
prices trending sharply lo
wer after midsession on Wed.
Slaughter steers closed we
ak to fully 1.00 lower, most
ly 50-75 lower than late last
week, fully 1000 head stilj
unsold late. High choice and
prime heifers steady to ful
ly 25 higher. Stockers and
feeders weak to fully 50 low
er, clearance incomplete.
Steer and heifer carcass be
ef prices in the wholesale
meat market steady to 1.00
better . . .
New Holland
Steer Prices Hit Slump
Prices on all kinds of steers 24.50 - 26
at New Holland were .75 to
$lOO lower on Thursday.
Calves moved barely steady
while most other kinds were
.50 to $1 00 lower.
Receipts for the day were:
Cattle 1156, Calves 367. The
overall market was very
sluggish. Short fed heavy
cattle in very poor demand.
Feeder cattle and stck steers
50 to 75 lower. Cows all
kinds a full dollar lower.
Heifers slow and lower.
Prime Steers—s2B.so-29.50;
Choice—27.so - 28 50; Good
—26 - 27.50 Plain to medium
lower. Prime steer beef hold
mg steady.
About a dozen loads high
choice to mostly prime 1100
to 1375 lb. slaughter steers
29.50-30, early Wed. some ad
erage choice 935 lb. steers
sold as high ds 28, good to
low choice steers early 25.50
-27, comparable grades late
24.75-26.25.
Good choice and prime hei
27-27.75, two loads of
1016 and 1053 lb. wgts. 28,
weeks bulk_ choice heifers -at
25 75-26.75, Jew choice lo
ads down to 25.25?
Good and- choice Vealers,
32 - 34, standard grades 26-
32, good and~ choice 443 lb.
stock calves 34.
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Stock and feeds
s22.so-28. Stock 1
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calves 36-38 so '
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Seplember 2
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bulls, and 16 h exi '
quality fresh
steady, all other k,-
Fresh Ho’stem Z
to 490, Guernsey
others—2so - 300 t,,
to 235; heifers-7’o
The September 2
sale had 175 head „
Killers were 50c ] 0
others steady
Mules—sl2s - 159
ies, Mares —135 - jei
-70-140; Ridmg h
125 250; Driving ho
- 175; Kil'ers 74 Ce
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