Weekly Summery Harrisburg, PA Friday, June 7 Report Supplied by PDA 15 livestock markets. CATTLE: 7626. Compared with 5051 last week and 6926 a year ago. Compared with last week’s market SI. steers and heifers mostly steady to 1.00 lower, cows steady to 2.00. Spots 3.00 lower, most decline 2nd half of week; bulls weak to 1.00 lower. Steers High Choice & Prime No. 34 55.00-58.85; Choice No. 24 54.00- Good 51.00-54.50; Standard 46.00-50.50; Choice SI. heifers 52.00-55.00; Good 49.00 53.00; Standard 43.00-48.00 Breaking Utility & Commercial Cows 39.0044.00; Cutter & Boning Utility 37.0041.00; Canner & Cutter 32.00-37.50; Shells 20.00; Choice Bullocks 50.00-56.50; Good 48.00- Standard 45.0049.75; Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2200 lbs. 45.00- No. 2 900-1450 lb. 43.00 50.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Steers Medium No. 1 300-850 lb. 52.00 69.00. Heifers Medium No. 1300-700 lb. 47.50-59.00; Bulls Medium No. 1 c \Viairt 300-850 lb. 49.0052.00; No. 2 Grade 400-750 lbs. 40.0052.00. CALVES: 3297. Compared with 1834 last week and 3911 a year ago. Vealers steady to mostly steady, 5.00 higher; few Hich Choice & Prime Vealers 90-104 lb. 75.00 95.00; Good 65.0040.00; 110-130 lb. 60.00-70.00 ; 90-110 lb. 55.00-65.00; 65-90 lbs. 45.0057.00. FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90 130 lbs. 59.00121.00; Mostly 70.00 92.00; Heifers 90130 lb. 64.0072.00. HOGS: 6438. Compared with 3421 last week and 6830 a year ago. Barrows & Gilts uneven; extremes .50 higher to 1.50 lower. No. 1-2 210 245 lb. 43.0046.75; No. 1-3 210250 lb. 42.5045.25; No. 2-3 200285 lb. 41.0044.00; No. 1-3140200 lb. 37.50 41.75; Sows steady to .50 higher US No. 1-3 300580 lb. 35.0039.50; No. 2- 3 300650 lb. 32.0036.50; Boars 29.0033.50. FEEDER PIGS: 1295. Com pared with 783 last week and 1405 a year ago. Mostly steady, US No. 1-3 2035 lb. 15.0025.00 per head; 3540 lb. 25.0046.00 per head. 3 GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES: 1465. Compared with 1440 last week and 1136 a year ago. GtP Spring Red meat output down 6% in April HARRISBURG - Penn sylvania’s commercial red meat production, dressed weight basis, during April totaled 74.2 million pounds, down six percent from April 1984, according to the Penn sylvania Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Beef slaughter, 88.0 million pounds liveweight, was up three percent from April 1984. Total head slaughtered was 75,200, up two Feeder Pigs steady to 11.00 higher; Spots to 20.00 higher; US No. 1-2 25- 40 lbs. 96.00-126.00; 40-50 lbs. 88.00- 110.00; 50-60 lb. 81.00-100.00; 60-75 lb. 78.0066.00; No. 2-3 3040 lb. 104.00126.00; 4055 lb. 73.0082.00. All sales per hundred weight. SHEEP; 1376. Compared with 1260 last week and 1864 a year ago. Spring Lambs steady to 3.00 lower; High Choice & Prime 65-115 lb. 75.0084.00; Choice 40110 lb. 60.00 78.00; Good 4085 lb. 45.0070.00; SI. Sheep 14.0030.00. 'Summei', percent. Liveweight averaged 1,171 pounds, an increase of 12 pounds. Veal slaughter was 3.9 million pounds liveweight, up 11 percent. Calf slaughter of 22,500 head was up eight percent, and average liveweight increased six pounds to 174 pounds. Hog slaughter, ac 33.0 million pounds liveweight, was down 23 percent from a year earlier. Total head slaughtered was 142,000, down 24 percent, but the average liveweight increasedtwo pounds to 233 pounds. Lamb and mutton slaughter was 1.5 million pounds liveweight, down 27 percent. The number slaughtered was 14,900, down 25 percent and the average liveweight decreased one pound to 98 pounds. U.S. commercial red meat production, dressed weight basis, in April totaled 3.29 billion pounds, ■ * '-i ■T ?:.♦)**> v Y’ *// Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 8,1955-Al7 up seven percent from April 1964. Beef production, dressed weight basis, at 1.94 billion pounds was up nine percent over last year. Total head killed, at 2.97 million, was up four percent, and average liveweight increased 30 pounds to 1,097. Veal production at 41 million pounds was up 14 percent from a year ago. Calf slaughter of 270 thousand head was up nine per cent, and the average liveweight increased eight pounds to 254. Pork production totaled 1.29 billion pounds, up four percent from a year ago. The 7.38 million head killed was up three percent, and the average liveweight in creased three pounds to 245. Lamb and mutton production at 30 million, was down 12 percent. Slaughter totaled 534,000 head, down 13 percent, but the average liveweight increased one pound to 113 pounds. COALSTOVES wy'T* s"*”** 5 "*”**
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