2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov.' 30, 1956 Post-Holiday Broiler Prices Off To 18.06 Average; ’55 Average 22.70 Lancaster Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstown, Pa ) (Sale report, Sale 189, Friday, Nov. 23. 1956). Broiler prices dipped three-quar ters of a cent in the post-holiday market; for an average of 18.06 cents a pound at the Lancaster ALTMAN’S SUPEKfA FEEDS are tuned-tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin, complete and-are- manufactured daily in three modern plants, com pare our prices tt j: H 200 Broiler Chicks Started 2 Weeks Gloves .. -35 c .. $1.50 Rock- Salt. 16% Dairy Feed 3.40 Salt Med. 100 lbs . . ..2.15. Fitting Ration . . . 355 Mod. Cattle Salt 2-15 15% Hog Feed .... 3.65 Corn j. 3.55 20% Hog Feed . . 4.50 Oats 80 Ibs .. .. 3.30 ■Hog Concentrate . . 5.20 Bluebird All Mash .- • 3.80 20% Bluebird Dairy 3.10 Dog Meal 25 lbs . ... • • -2.10 20% Production Mash 4.25 Rabbit Pellets 25 lb, ... 1.40 Water Softener Pellets 215 20% Quality Egg Pellets 4.15 SPECIAL CHOP FOR STEERS & HOGS 320 ALTMAN'S CASH FEED STORE WILLIS 11. WEAVER MANAGER 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715 10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ’Boost Laying Flock Performance feed ReB^RoSB OULTRY BOOSTER PELLETS to your flock IFive pounds daily per 100 hens of Red Rose Poultry Booster Pallets {25 c 7c protein) provide high protein levels for laying flocks during periods of high production and step up protein intake when production slumps. / Red Rose Poultry Booster Pellets provide increased anti- biotics to promote intestinal health Ideal,, for feeditjg when ipullats are housed to help them adjust to a new environment and provide extra protein with heavy gram feeding. Five pounds daily per 100 hens provide 10 grams of antibiotics per ,ton of total feed. Red Rose Poultry Booster Pellets help to reduce absenteeism on the nest and boost your profits through getting more eggs when prices are high . • • supply concentrated antibiotics to individual birds temporarily off feed and help speed their return to profitable egg production. Boost your profits by boosting laying flock performance Feed RED ROSE POULTRY BOOSTER PELLETS. "MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE JOHN H- BONHOLTZER RJD.2 Columbia, Pa. R.D.4 Lancaster, Pa. LEROY GED 9 Manheim, Fa. |.D.2 FAIRVIEW ROLLER MILLS JOSEPH M. GOOD & SON HJLI Narvon, Pa. R.D-1 Bird-Inland, Pa. LB. GEAYBILL & SON WALTER & JACKSON, INC. Beftra, Pa. Christiana, Pa. #1 jiW m r&i * Wmsrn’T j poultry Exchange auction Friday, Nov. 23, 1956. Auctioned -were 14 lots of 36,- 625 birds. Listed, were 19 (lots of a total' 50,426 birds. Eleven lots of 34,62$ birds brought ITV to 18% cents a WE DELIVER SNADER’S MILL R.D.I Stevens. Pa pound for an average 183)6 tents a pound. One Jot of 400' light fowl brought 11% cents a pound; one .lot' pf 100 heavy fowl brought 17 cents a pound, aftd one let of 1500 capettcs brought 24'dents a pound. For the corresponding sales a year ago,. Friday, Nov., *5. Sale. 108 In *955* offered were U lots, 28,220 broilers, sold were.ll.loto, 28,220 bird* with prices from 20-75 to 23.25, aver agings 22.79, np 2.31 cento for "the week, " prices last Friday were down .24 nf a cent from the previous Thursday’s auction. 'Here' are Friday,' NovA23 sales, listed by lot "number (each pre ceded by 23). seller and grower amount and breed, age by' weeks and days,-buyer and price: 23-1, Robert H Barr (J. Clay ton-Charies) 5500 white vantress 10 wks, to H. *W, Longacre Inc., 18%*; 23-2, H. Robert Ms* in, 1500 <White Vantress,' 1© wks, Linn Poultry, .18%*; 23-3 L. J. Den ,lndian Rivers, 9 wks, 3 days, to Indian Rivers, 9wks. 3 days, to Roy. E. Ream, .17%*; 23-4, Indian River Farm (Harvey Eberly), 300. Indian River Pullets, 10 wks. 1 day, to Viator F. Weaver, Inc., .17%*; 23-5, Wenger’s (D. Heisey, Sr.), 1500- White Rock Capettes, 14 wks 1 day, no sale, .20 bid; 23-6, Miller & Bushong (Elmer Beiler), 2500 White Vantress, 10 Wks, to H. W. Longacre Inc., 18%*; 23-7, MiKer & Bushong (Richard Blessing), 300 White Vantress, 9 wks, to Victor F. Weaver, Inc., .18*; 23-8, Miller & Bushong (Jacob C- Herr), 4200 White Vantress. 9 wks 2 days, to S. E. Davis. .SB*; 23-9, A. L. Mar nish, 800 White Vantress Pullets, 18 wks, no sale, .25%* bid. 23-10, Luther P. Klinger, 4000 White Vantress, 12 wks, no sale, .18 bid; 23-11, John V Erb, 4000 Lancaster Livestock: Slaughter Steers Lead Decline on Lower Receipts By DAVID S. LORENSON USD A Market News Service WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY REVIEW Lancaster, Pa, Nov 29, (Wednesday to Wednesday Re view) (USDA) —CATTLE; Three days receipts 3,312, week ago 4,739. More slaughter steers on sale than previous week but per centage of stockers and feeders was smaller. Compared with last Wednesday, salughter steers un evenly 5.50-SLOO lower all grades sharing in the decline. Heifers scarce steady to week Cows fully .steady, bulls barely steady, Stock er sand feeders slow steady to weak. The three-day supply com prised around 60 percent stock ers and feeders Common to Good grades and about 10 percent cows. Around 35 loads slaughter steers on sale. Bulk Choice fed steers ,980-1200 lbs. $22.00-24 50. one part load 1076 lb. high Choice and Prime $27.00. Numer ous loads Good and low Choic° shortfed steers $20.00-2150 with Some Standard and low Good from $16.50-19.75. A small show ing Standard to ’Good heifers $15.00-18.75 Most Utility and Commercial cows , $ll.OO-13.00, Canners and Cutters $8,25-11.50 individual head high yielding Holsteiu, Cutters to $12.00. Uti lity and ''Commercial bulls $14.- 75-17.00, Good fed bulls to $2l-00 Cutter grades $12.50-14.50. Bulk- Medium and Good stock steers 750 lbs and lighter $15.50-19.00, Common . grades $ll.OO-14.50. Several loads Medium and Good 800-975 lb. feeding steers $16.50- 19.25, load mixed Good and Choice 850 lb feeding steers $21.- 00. A few lots Good and Choice stock steer calves 450-550 lbs $19.00-21.50, ene load 393 lb.; mostly Choice $23.00. - CALVES; 881, week ago 834. Veal calves mostly steady with last Wednesday. Bulk Good and Choice vealers $21.00-27.00; high Choice and Prime $27.50-30.00 some to $31.00 and $32.00 early. Utility and Standard grades $14.- 50-20.50. HOGS: Compared with last Wednesday barrows and gilts strong to SO oents'ldgher, sows fqjy .steady: - Bulk harrows and. gills in Wednesday’s trade U. §. •> , jr 1 * Z dis i Indian River, 9wks 4" days, no sale, .18* bid; 23-12, Vernon Frankhouser, 1500 White Van tress, > 9 wks '6 days, to Roy E. Ream, ~18*; >313, David S. Hoover,'27oo''White - Vantress, 10 ■wks 6-days, to Roy ,& Ream, .18*1 23-14, Gleason Ritchie* 7000 White Vantress, 9 wks, College Hill Poultry, .18*; , .23-15, Gleason Ritchie, 3500 Indian River, § wks 4 days, no sale, 17%* bid. 2318,- Frank M. Herr,’'4oo De- Kalb, 101-F, to Daniel K,' Good, .11%*;- 2317, Frank M. Herr, 100 QeKalb. 309 F, to Carl B. Risser, J?*; 23r18. Robert Bare, 425 Riven & White Vantress. 10 wks. to Walter C. Mellinger, .18*; 23- 19, MlKer 3 - Bushong (Elam paehl) t 1500 White Vantress Cap ettes, 13 wks, to Linn Poultry, .24*.! : Poultry EGGS PHILADELPHIA NOV- 28 (USDA) Unsettled. Supplies of large were more than adequate for the fair demand. Medium remained in good demand with supplies ample., _ Into storage movement was fairly liberal in vdlume. Wholesale selling prices; min imum 10 pet AA quality. Large 45-48 lb White 4fr4Bi Brown 45- 47, Medium White 33-34, Brown 32-33, Extras, Minimum White 30-31, Mixed 29-30, Standard 36- 37, Checks 27-29. Receipts Nov, 27 3,100 cases all by truck. LIVE POULTRY PHILADELPHIA NOV. 28 (USDA) Unsettled. Supplies of most classes were in excess of the fair very selective demand. Large White Rock and Hylihe Pullets 27- cent, few lots 32 cent. Large White Rock Caponettes 28- cent Medium sizes 25-26 cent Ordinary quality 22 cent. mixed 1-3, 190-250 lbs $l7 00-17 - 50, a few sales No. 2 and 3 back to $l6 75. Sorted lots of N<? 1 up to $lB.OO Monday. Weights 250-270 lbs. $16.25-17 00 and, some weights 160-180 lbs $16.25- 17.00. Sows all weights U. S. mix ed 1-3, $12.50-14.50. SHEEP: 311, week ago 432 Supply was mainly _ wooled slaughter lambs. Quality rather plain. Compared with last Wed nesday lambs mostly steady. Biilk Good and Choice wooled lambs 70-95 lbs. $19.00-22.00. Utility and low Good grades $l4 50-18.50, some Cull lambs down to $B.OO ErootcnJ in 5' D^iysj -- •Vrfs2fa& Few lots roasters 18 cent without (Hearing. Caponetted cross fryers 23 cent White Rock 22-23 cent Vantress Reds 20-22 cent'Silver ' Crosses 18 cent Mixed. 18-20 cent with bulk unsold. Light typ6 broilers were unsold. No. 2 qual ity Mixed 15 cent down, to 10 cent. Turkeys unsettled. Demandi light for light supplies. Bronze Young .Hens 35-38 cent few lots 40 cent. White Holland Young Hens ,36 cept. Bronze Y6ung Toms 25-26 cent teW lots-fancy quality 33-cent. * . , Receipts Nov. 27 included Del. 14.000 lbs ,Md. 8,000 lbs. . Wholesale seining X and fancy quality wholesale .sell ing price No. 1 and fancy quality. Broilers or fryers heavy type 3-4 lbs 18-23. Pullets 4% lb and oyer 27-32. Hens heavy type 20-22 fight type 10-15,' Old roosters 10-12. 12. Ducks Muscovy 22-28 Pekin 32. Turkeys young hens 3540 Young Toms 25-33, POULTRY PHILADELPHIA NOV. 28 (USD A) Processed poultry, ready-to-oook (ice packed)-young (Continued on page 3) 99 Are really pals, these days. We see more of each other. Since I’ve been getting Dr. Salsbury's Avi-Tab in my diet, 1 feel better,eat better and, lay mojrel Avi-Tab is some pepper upper. It really helps birds get back into laying shape. Get started with Avi-Tab soon! wUew you Meed poultry yvtadicinas ask f0r.... Leacock, Pa. PH.OL 6-2482 REP. F. W. FISHER ■
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