2—Lancaster Farnnn*. Friday, November 25, 1955
Market News
LANCASTER
’LIVESTOCK MARKET
By IJiavid S. Lorenson, Reporter
USDA Market News Bureau
Lancaster, Pa-(Wednesday To
Wednesday Review)—'Cattle De
mand was fairly good early this
week for slaughter steers average
choice and better and closing
pncds held mostly steady Grass
isteetfs, along with good and low
choice shortfeds, were slow to
sell and closed the week hardy
steady Demand continued good
for cows ,and prices closed 50 to
75c higher with most advance on
camler and cutter grades Sup
plies of bulls were plentiful and
ibhat, class dosed on a steady
basis. Stackers and feeders sold
in ia rather slow trade all week,
however, closing pncss were very
arttle, changed from late last
week Bulk choice fed steers 1000
Ito ISOO lbs sold from $2O 50 to
$22 25, several loads choice and
priirte 1200-1300 lbs brought
$22 25 to $23 00, one load 1270 lib
prime steers earned $23.75 A
few lots, choice and prime 1400 to
1575 s lb steers $2lOO to $2125,
(these around 50c higher than the
prevjous Monday Good grade
turned from $lB 00 to
$l9 including a few loads 1100
(to 1250-lb grass steers $lB 00 to
$lB 50 A few commercial and
good heifers brought $l6 00 to
$lB 00 with utility grass heifers
down to 1300 or below. Most
utility and commercial cows this
week' siloo to $l2 75; canners
and * cutters largely $8 00 to
$ll 00 with high yielding cutters
to $ll5O Some shelly canners
sold dawn to $7.00 Utility and
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LANCASTER POULTRY
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Hohrei town)- There was no
sale Tuc~i.ii, Nov. 22. Next sale,
Friday, Nuv 25
Sales Kept rt, Friday, Nov. 18—
There wcie No 32 lots of birds
offered, totaling 105,170. Sold, 24
tots, totaling 74,320. Broilers
ranged from 18’ i to 2114 cents
per lib, averaging 20 48 cents. Two
lots of heavy fowls sold ait 2114.
Top went to Clayton Zimmerman,
New Holland, on 1,000 White
Vantress. ten weeks old, pur
chased by Harry Weaver, Blue
Ball Topping the heavy fowl div
ision were New Hamipshares, con
signed by Harry Holsinger, El
Lancaster, 800 fowl yearlings,
purchased by Producers Coopera
tive Exchange, Coatesville, at
2114 Two lots of turkeys, totaling
1,750, bead, were-offered, but bids
of 28’4 to 2dVt were rejected.
commercial bulls brou'ght $l4
ito $l7 50; cutters largely $l3OO
to .$l3 75 Bulk of the medium
and good stooker and feeder
steers 600 to 950 lbs turned from
$l6 50 to 18 50 ’best demand for
weights around 750 lbs and 1 ght
er A few loads choice 600 to 700-
lb feeder steers $l9 00 to $20.00,
several loads good 875 to 1000-lb
feeder steers $17.00 to $l7 75. A
few loads good to low choice
400 600 lb stock steer calves- and
light yearlings $2O 00 to $2l 50
Calves Vealers around 50c low
er than last Wednesday, most
pressure on good and low choice
grades' Wednesday’s sales in
eluded choice and prime vealers
from $24 50 to $27 00. a few to
$2B 00; commercial and good,
$l9 00-23 00 with utility down to
$l4 00.
Hogs Barrows and gilts around
sljoo lower than last Wednesday,
rows Scarce, , mostly 50c lower
bulk barrows and gilts U S
mixed 1-3, 180 to 240 lbs by Wed
nesday, $l2 75 to $13.25, a few
mostly 1 and 2, 180 to 220 lb to
■local small killers up to $13.50 A
few weights around 270 lbs down
to $l2 50 Sows 400 lbs and light
er, $l2 00 to $l2 50: 400 lbs and
over, $10.50, to $1175.
Sheep Quality of the lamb
offering was plain this week and
prices about steady with last
Wednesday Bulk good and choice
wooled slaughter lambs $17.00
to $2O 00, a few choice 80-85 lb
weights to $2O 50 Utility and low
good $l4 00 to $l7 00
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Hog prices at major terminal
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from a Tuesday slump A large
supply arrived on the second
market day of the week, pushing
prices to the season’s low mark.
Moderate offerings Wednesday
Litifz, R. D. 3
Capon Roundup Winners
Here are the first three exhibit winners of the
recent Lancaster County 4-H Capon Club Round-Up
at Hotel Brunswick, Lancaster Fxom left to right.
Miss Nancy Newcomer, R 2 Lititz, third-place win
ner; Wilmer D. Esbenshade cf 1631 Esbenshade
Road, Lancaster, second, and James R Groff, R 7,
Lancaster, first Mr Esbenshade scored 99 of a pos
sible 100 points on his year’s project to top the
round-up, showing a profit of $B3 44 after feed costs
and other expenses, totaling $223 24 .were deducted
LIVE POULTRY
PHILADELPHIA NOV. 23-
Market Week. Supplies were in
excess of the light demand for
most classes. Late offerings at
liberal price discounts failed to
clear stocks Small white rock
pullets 25c Fryers in over supply
bailed to clear Few lots caponet
ted cross fryers 24c others 23c
mixed 23 %c white rocks 20-23
vantress reds 22-23 c Cross capons
45c Capon' slips 25-28c.' Turkeys
unsettled-. Early demand good for
all except large toms. Trading
active with hens and small sizes
toms in buyer preference At
close liberal supplies especially
of heavy toms were unsold Heavy
.type hens 42c few fancy quality
45c Y toms 30-32c.Large sizes
24-25 No small 'type
Wholesale selling prices No 1
and fancy quality Broilers or
fryers heavy type 3-4 lbs. 20-24
Pullets 4% lbs and over none 4-
4H libs 25. Hens heavy type 18-
25 light type none, Duck muscovy
18-20 Pekins 23-32. Turkeys Y
Hens 42-45 Y toms 24-32.
EGGS
Philadelphia Nov 23—Market
firm at high price l ? on large
whites ibnt weak at lower prices
on mediums. Supplies of large
were barely sufficient for the very
good demand. Mediums were in
fair demand with supplies more
than adequate Fresh checks 35c,
storage 'checks 28c, with supplies
scarce and wanlted
Wholesale selling prices; mm
10 pet. AA Oual large 45-50, white
58-59, brown 55458 c, brown none,
white 44-44’A, brown 43-44, Ex
tras mm 60 Trt A qual, large 45-
50, white 57-58 c. brown none,
mixed 55-56, medium white 4243,
brown none, mixed 4243.
Hogs Recover Slightly
From Earlier Slump
allowed some gam, as much as
25 to 50 cents a hundred at
Omaha and 25 cents at Chicago.
In Chicago, high prime 1100-
1156-lb fed steeis brought $24.50-
24 75,- with a load of 1156-pound
ers going at the $24.75 figure,
highest in a month or so- The
Wednesday-to-Wednesday review
of the Lancaster market will be
found on page two-
from a dressed bird sale of $306.68. Premiums were
awarded by the Lancaster Kiwanu Club, sponsor of
the event Entertainment was provided during the
dinner award meeting by the Holstein Quartet,
which is in Chicago this week at the National 4-H
Club Congress. Members of the quartet are Ray
mond Denlinger, R 4 Lancaster; Stanley Longeneck
er, R 1 Strasburg; Aaron Landis, R 1 Strasburg, and
John Stoner,i R 7, Lancaster (Lancaster Farming
Photo).
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