12—Lancaster Farming Saturday. May 24. 1975
Cattlemen Being
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being paid for high quality
all down the line from the
registered cattle producer
through the dressed beef
market. Rewarding those
who have stuck to quality
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TONIGHT, SATUIMy, MAY
cattle production through a
period when much of the
emphasis was in the opposite
direction."
"Economic conditions
change," Miller pointed out,
"and the rapid price in
creases that brought us $5l
finished cattle the first week
in May were definitely
stimulated by a shortage of
finished beef. But we can’t
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overlook the fact that during
this same periods it waan't
Just well finished British
breed (mostly Angus and
Angus cross) steers that
were bringing top prices.
Choice and Prime feeder
steers commanded strong
premiums over Good grade
feeders, and registered
Angus breeders who have
size, quality and growth rate
bred into their herds, were
also selling bulls and
replacement heifers at
excellent prices,” Miller
emphasized.
At the close of trading the
first week in May, Choice 600
to 700 pound carcasses in
New York brought (80 to
(81.50 per cwt., while Good
grade carcasses weighing
from 500-to 800 pounds were
quoted on the USDA wire at
(67 to (76 per cwt. On the
Midwest market Choice 500-
to 600 pound yield grade 3
carcasses were quoted at
(79, while Good 500-to 600
pound carcasses yield grade
3 were selling to (70.75.
In the live trade, Choice
900-1,100-pound slaughter
steers were selling from (47
tp (50 in Kansas City, while
Good 900 to 1,100-pound
steers went in a range from
(41 to (46.50. This demand
for quality was also reflected
in the feeder cattle market.
Choice 600 to 700-pound
feeder steers sold in (35 to
(39 range, while Good grade
feeder steers of the same
weight were bringing from
(26 to (35.
The registered Angus
business has yet to fully
respond to these price up
turns.
Although as one person
pointed out, “Some
registered Angus breeders
have hardly been aware that
there is a recession in the
cattle business.” For
example in March, the last
full month when figures were
available on Angus auction
sales around the country, the
average of all bulls sold in
production sales was $BB7.
Several sales this spring are
averaging well over $l,OOO
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per head on bulls. Produc
tion tested bulls seem to be in
particularly good demand.
At the Missouri all-breeds
production tested sale, for
example, 49 Angus bulls
averaged (1,033.
"So the demand for top
quality registered Angus
bulls is growing at a time
when many of the exotic
cattle are simply not
drawing bids above com
mercial feeder prices,”
Lloyd Miller points our.
“Angus breeders should
reach out and grab this
opportunity to sell harder
than they ever have before.
Now is the time to switch
many commercial cattlemen
bade to Angus bulls, and
develope a nucleus of long
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Miller also pointed out that
1975 is a good time to im
prove the quality of in
dividual registered herds.
"With utility and com
mercial cows selling for a
high of (25 per cwt., the cost
of culling animals from the
herd and replacing them
with heifers from top
producing cows, or cows
from another herd, is not
nearly so high as it was a
year or two ago. And prices
of registered cattle may
bottom out in 1975, offering
bargains that will not be
available again for a number
of years."
“The Important thing we
should remember is that
quality pays. There are
certainly times, like the past
few years, when price
spread between high and low
quality cattle is narrow
indeed. But in the long run,
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cattleman can count on
being compensated for
quality production," Miller
concluded.
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Remove Bulb Tops
Topi of narclaai, tulips and
other spring flowering bulbs
should not be removed until
they have matured or turned
yellow. Removing them
earlier prevents the bulbs
from storing up food for next
year's flowers, reminds J.
Robert Nuss, Extension
ornamental horticulturist at
The Pennsylvania State
University. As soon as the
bulb leaves dry down,
remove them and plant
annuals over the top of the
bubls. Petunias, marigolds
and similar bedding plants
can be used to continue
having color in your garden.
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