2—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, July 2, 1960
At Lancaster Yards
Trading Slow But Steady
Jamal E. O'Hara,
ta Charga. Market News Branch
Cattle. 2950 Compared
with 3550 last week. Supply
includes 45 per cent slaugh
ter steers and 45 per cent
Stockers and feeders. Trading
very slow on slaughter
steers and stackers & feeders
Model ately active on cows &
bulls.
Compared with last weeks
close, slaughter steers were
steady to 50 lower with
choice grade 25 to 50 off
Cows fully steady. Bulls
steady to strong Stockers &
•feeders steady.
Choice grade slaughter
steers 950-1300 pounds sold
26 50-28 00. Load high choice
and prime 1220 pounds 28-
50. Lot of the same grade at
1277 pounds were 29 00 A lot
of prime 1065 pounds sold at
29.50. Good to low choice
made 23 50 to 26 50 Stand
ard were 21-23 25
A load of good and choice
heifers sold for 22-25.50.
Cutter and utility cows made
15.50 to 18 50 Canners and
low cutters 14 50 to 15 50.
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REDUCED PRICES ON
JUNE HATCHED PULLET
CHICKS.
J. HOWARD MOORE,
Sales Mgr.
Second Avenue
LITITZ, PENNA.
Phone: MAdison G 5408
Winkle's Hatchery
HAROLD G. WINDLE_
COCHRANVILLE, PA.
Phone: Atglen LY 3-5941
Utility and commercial bulls
were 20 to 23 with good
grade bulls at 22 to 24.
Medium and good 600 to
900 pound feeder steers sold
23.50 to 28.00 with a few
medium grade stock calves
27-28.
Calves. 525, or about tire
same as last week. Trading
moderately active. Vealers
were steady with Igst week.
Good and choice vealers 27
to 32. Choice and prime sold
32 to 36. Siandard and low
good 19 to 27 with utility
down to 16 00.
Hogs. 1075 compared with
1400 last week. Trading was
moderately active. Barrows
and gilts and sows held stea
dy U S 1 and 2 grade 190-
225 lb barrows and gilts 19
to 19 50 Several lots of U.S.
I’s -the same weight made
19 75 - 20 00 U S. 1 and 3
grade 190-230 lb. butchers
18 50-19 lot 230-250 pound
hogs 18-18 50. US 1 to 3
grade, mostly 2 and 3 grade,
300-600 lb. sows were 11 to
13
Sheep. 400 compared with
675 last week Trading mod
erately active; spring slaugh
ter lambs were 1 00 to 2 00
lower Good and choice 70 to
90 lb spring lambs sold at
20 00-22 00 with utility and
low good at 17 to 20. A lot
of utility and good shorn
slaughter ewes brought 5 to
6 00
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Vintage Livestock
Steers Steady
To Slightly Off
Quality of slaughter steers
Was not as good as in pre
vious weeks and supply pre
dominantly good grade slau
ghter steers at Vintage tins
week.
Compared with last week,
slaughter steers grading aver
age "ood and better 50 low
pr. Low-good and below 50-
1 lower. Cows 50 higher
Bulls steady Receipts were
493 cattle.
Bulk of the choice grade
900-1300 lb. slaughter steers
2.6-37.75, good to low-choice
22 50-26, standard 18-22.
Few lots good and choice
740-1110 lb. heifers 21-25.60
Cutter and utility cows 16 -
50-18.25, canners and low
cutters 15-16 50 U i "’ -d
commercial bulls 20-22 50.
CALVESj 310. Vcalers
steady. Good and choice
Chicago Cattle
Supply Shortest
Since Last April
CATTLE — Receipts reduc
ed by nearly 20 percent and
smallest since April Consist
receipts here little changed
from last week with 75 per
cent slaughter steers, 15 to
20 percent heifers, and 5 per
cent cows. Percentage price
in slaughter steer supply a
little below 6 percent of last
week. Average weight of
slaughter steers little chang
ed from 1157 lb average last
week
Slaughter steers and heif-
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The Quality of the slaugh
ter steer run at New Holland
this week was the best in
several months. Receipts at
the June 30 sale were 962
head of cattle and 253 calves
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers were
50 higher. Cows were 50
higher and bulls went to 25
vealers 27-32, choice and
prime 32-36 50, several head
prime 38-38 50, standard and
low-good 23-27.
HOGS 77. Barrows and
gilts about steady. US 1-3
grade 197-228 lb barrows
and gilts 1810-18 75, lot of
US 1 and 2 grade 166 lbs.
16.50, lot 2-3 grade 187 lbs.
16 75
SHEEP- 59. Spring slau
ghter lambs steady. Good
and choice 60-100 lb. spring
lambs 21-22.50, few 23-23 -
50, utility and low-good 17-
21.
ers sold 50 to 100 higher
while cows steady to 50
higher. Bulls 50 to 1 00 high
er, vealers steady to weak;
Stockers -and feeders very
slow, weak to fully 50 lower.
Load prime 1163 lb steers
30 50, loadlots high choice
and mixed choice and prime
steers 26 25-29 50 with late
sales mostly 26 75 up Most
average choice 25.75-26.50
late.
Bulk good and choice heif
ers 21.00-26 50 with choice
24 75 up at the close
Utility- and commercial
bulls 19.50-21 50 with few
good fat heavy bulls down to
18 00;
Good and choice vealers
24 00-28 00, standard 18 00 -
23 00, Load good 625 lb.
j stock steers 25 25.
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In Months
to 50 higher
Several lots of Wi, ,
and prime 1,000 to i C o ' l *
slaughter steers mode o°o lb
to 29.25 Bulk of
grade slaughter stem* ° lc a
26 25 to 28 Scveial u t w 're
high choice 1,025 to l ( ~n of
steers sold at 28 I’noD 11
Good to low choice
to 26 50 witli standaui 23
ing down to 21 aid sell.
Cutter and utihu „
made 16 50 to 18 2 5
canners and low cutir.f-. Ic
at 15-16.50 Utility Sold
mereial bulls were ‘’o^n 01 "'
23 with good grade f ecl u,,’ 0
making 23 50 to 24 lo )u l$
One lot of common 49,.
pound stock calves sola
21 75. m «
Vealers sold steady .
weak with good and dm,
vealers at 28 to 34 50 siai?
ard and low good v ca
made 23.50 to 27 50 2
utility at 20-23 Wltil
The June 29 dairy catl ,
sale had receipts of 153 C Z
12 stock bulls and 22 S
heifers K
Bulls and heiiei s jqu ,
bout steady with la*t\ J'
but dairy cows were Vc i;
draggy and $25 per heas
lower. J
Fresh cows, Hols* cm*
$325 to 415, Guernseys’
$2OO-275. others - $l4O ws
Bulls - $125-185 Stock fil
ers - $l4O-230
The June 27 hoi sc sale had
receipts of 302 horses, muls
and ponies. Prices icmamed
about steady with all the
mules and several horses so
mg to killers
Pomes, Mares - '>l6o 320
geldings - $6O-135, ud™
horses - $l4O-290, drums
horses - $l4O-280, killois 10.
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