20—Lancaster Farming
Cattle
feeders
down
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania cattle feeders had
ft,ooo cattle and calves on
feed for slaughter market on
\pril 1, 1979, down 12 per
cent from a year ago, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
[!rop Reporting Service.
Marketings of fed cattle
luring the January-March
1979 quarter at 26,000 were
iown seven per cent from
lie same quarter a year
earlier. Placements of cattle
md calves during January-
Vlarch totaled 15,000, the
same as a year ago.
Cattle and calves on feed
or slaughter market in the
23 major feeding states on
Vpril 1 totaled 11.1 million
lead. Placements during the
January-March quarter
staled 5.88 million, down
line per cent from the
comparable quarter last
(rear but five per cent above
he same quarter in 1977.
Vlarketings of fed cattle for
slaughter during January-
Vlarch totaled 6.77 million,
slightly below the record
1978 quarter marketings,
hiring the April-June, cattle
feeders intend to market 6.35
illion head, four per cent
slow the second quarter
arketings in 1978 but three
;r cent more than 1977.
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