2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16, 1960
At Lancaster Yards
Prices Continue Climb
Jam** E. O'Hara,
(b Charge Market H#w« Branch
CATTLE: Supply includes
about 45 per cent slaughter
steers and 45 per cent Stock
ers and feeders. Trading was
moderately active on all
classes. The quality of slau
ghter steers was improved
compared with last Week.
The receipts will total about
3750 head or about 500 head
more than last week. Com
pared with last week’s close,
slaughter steers were fully
50 higher, spots up more.
Cows sold 25 higher. Bulls
held fully steady. Stockers
and feeders were mostly 50
higher. Bulk of the Choice
slaughter steers ranged be
tween 25 75 and 27.50,
mostly 26 25, up. Several
loads and lots average to
high Choice 1050 to 1345 lbs
brought 28 00-28 50, lot high
Choice and Prime 1094 lbs
commanded 28 75.
Good to low Choice steers
brought 23 75-25-75. Stand
ard and low Good 22 50-23 -
75. Several lots of Good and
Choice heifers made 22 00
25 00 Utility and Commerc
ial bulls brought 20 00-24 00,
while Good grade fed bulls
sold up to 26 50 Cutter and
Utility cows ranged between
14.50-17.25, with Commerc
ial cows going up to 17.75,
C aimers and low Cutters
made 13 25-14 50 Good and
Choice 600-800 lb stock
steers commanded 24 50 28 •
50 with Medium and Good
going back to the farms at
22.-26 Medium and Good
800-1050 lb feeder steers
commanded 21 2500-24 , few
Jots Good grade up to 25 25.
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CALVES: Trading was
moderately active through
out the week as vealers sold
at fully steady rates. The
supply will total about the
same as last week’s 600 head
count. Good to Choice veal
ers brought 29.00-34. while
Choice and Prime made 33.-
39. with a few Prime at 40 -
41. Standard and low Good
kinds ranged between 21 00
and 29.00 with Utility sell
ing down to 17.00
HOGS - Receipts will total
about 300 head less than last
week’s head count. Trading
was moderately active with
barrows and gilts selling
steady to 50 higher. Sows
steady. U. S. 1-3 grade 150-
225 lb barrows and gilts
cleared the yards at 13 50 to
14 25, -a few no. 3’s down to
13 25. Hogs more uniform for
weight and grade including
1-2 grade 190-220 lb butch
ers commanding 14 50-15.50
with a few lots mostly no
I’s weighing 200-215 lbs at
16 00 230-350 lb hogs made
13 00-13.50 300-600 lb. sows
brought 8 00-11 00.
SHEEP. Trading was mod
erately active. Wooled slaug
hter lambs were strong. The
receipts will total about 50
head less than last week’s
500 head count Good and
Choice 75-100 lb wooled
slaughter lambs ranged be
tween 18 50-21 with a few
lots Choice 85-90 lbs com
manding 22.00, while Utility
sold down to 14 25
Lancaster County awards
in the field crops division
were rather sparse
John N. Landis scored the
county’s only first place in
hay judging Tuesday. Carl
Johnson, Druinore won a
second place award in the
hay classification
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Mann & Grumelii Farm Serv.
Quarryville, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son L. H. Brubaker
Rheems, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker Nissley Farm Service
Lancaster, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service
Chicago Cattle
Price Continues
Strong, Steady
WEEKLY REVIEW
CATTLE Receipts about
5 per cent larger than last
week >but 15 per cent smaller
than the corresponding year
ago week when receipts of
slightly over 50,000 proved
to be the largest for any
week in 1959. Percentage
slaughter steers increased,
offset by a smaller percent
age heifers, fully 70 per cent
slaughter steers, around 17
per cent heifers and 7 per
cent cows.
Stockers and feeders very
scarce.
' Small decrease in the per
centage choice and prime
steers and small increase in
good grades, about 10 per
cent of steer supply prime,
around 60 per cent choice &
about 25 percent good.
Average weight of slaugh
ter steers heavier than last
week, heaviest for any week
since last July Estimated av
erage weight of 1175 lbs.
somewhat less than the year
ago Receipts this week in
cluded quite a few loads of
steers weighing over 1400
lbs the heaviest of which
scaled 1771 lbs
Trading on slaughter steers
opened active Slaughter
steers strong to 75 higher
than last weeks close except
weights over 1250 lbs The
general level of steer prices
at a new high since last No
vember
Stockers and feeders strong
to 50 higher.
Load prime 1335 lb slaugh
ter steers 29 50, quite a few
loads high choice to mostly
prime 1165-1435 lb steers
26 75-29 00, better than a
dozen loads 29.00 Many
loads high choice and mixed
choice and prime steers,
mostly weighing under 1400
lbs. 27 50-28 50, quite a few
loads high choice and mixed
choice and prime 975-1100
lb steers 27 75-28.00 with
scattered loads 2810-28 25
Bulk choice steers 26.00-27.-
50
Few choice vealers 30-30 -
50, standard and good grades
22-29 , culls down to 10 00
Washington Boro, Pa.
New Holland, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
Lilitz, Pa.
New Holland
Calf Market Is Runaw
The calf market was a
runaway on choice and pri
me at ihe New Holland Sal
es ‘ Stable's this week 'when
this kind sold three to four
dollars per hundredweight
higher. All other calves we
re' one ’to two higher.
.The -steer market was act
ive on all kinds but the tr
end '-wis again reversed. All
lightweight cattle showing
feed an<T confirmation and
weighing" under 1100 lbs.
were in most demand. Tins
kind was T steady to strong,
all other kinds sold active,
but were fttlly 50 love*.
Cows were active with
the better Holstein kinds
fully 1 higher. All other co
ws 50 higher. *
The January 14 sale had
receipts of 1*132? cattle and
306 calves.
Choice Butcher Steers
S2B 25 - 29.25, .good 26 -
28 25, plain to medium - 23-
26, heavy short fed - 23-26.
Choice butcher heifers
$24 - 25 85, good- -- '22 - 24,
pi to med. - 18-22
Good Bulls $25 - 26,
pi. to med - 22 50 - 25, bo
lognas - 22 50 - 24 50.
Good butcher cows
$l7 - 18 75, med. - 16 - 17
canners and cutters- - 15-16,
shells - 13-15
Stocker and feeder steers
$23 - 26.50.
Choice to prime butcher
calves $4l - 45. good -
37-41, med. 30 - 37. thin -
15-30, monks - 19-25.
The January 13 dairy sale
had receipts of 130 cows, se
ven bulls and 2 heifers.
Stntcly top fresh Holstein
cows were steady All other
kinds draggy and $2O per
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Fresh cows, P.J
$350 - 460, GuerJ
-285, others 22-j
Stock bulls
stock heifers
Draft horses aw
are becoming nJ
tant as the spnj
approaches. At ||
ary II horse salel
ses and mules
to $25 per head M
lers sold higher, a |
er kinds were strJ
days sale had r&l
224 head. 2
Draft Horses pJ
-540, single 12)!
Mules, pair ;j
single 110 -
Ponies 575
ing horses 100.
ving horses 110
lers BVi - 9 V (
FARM POPULATIi
CONTINUES TOlj
Only one persot
now lives on lliej
pared with one m|
and one m three |
ago, according toi
prepared coopers;
the Bureau of the
the Department j
merce, and the M
Marketing Ser\icej
the farm populate
creased by 39 1
15 5 percent TodJ
population is 212
compared with 2a
in 1950.
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