2—Lancaster ranrJag, Friday, February 24. 1956
Livestock Sums
Steady, Market
Is Depressed
By David S. Lovenson, Reporter
USDA Market New* Bureau
Lancaster, Feb. 21, (Two-day
review) While receipts of live
stock at the Lancaster stock
yards the first two days this
week were about the same as a
week ago, another liberal offer
ing at the major markets in the
west was a depressing factor on
this week’s trading. Other lower
pirce influences drag
gy dressed meat trade in east
ern consuming centers.
Slaughter steers and heifers
at Lancaster sold on a steady to
weak basis compared with late
last week and some prices were
50c lower Particularly hard to
sell were good and low choice
shortfed steers averaging 1200
lbs and over and some sales in
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these weights and grades rea
ched the lowest levels of the cur
rent season. Demand also slack
ened for cows and prices were
25-50 e lower Bulls held steady.
Replacements Slow
In the face of recent price dec
lines on fed steers farmers were
reluctant to pay current prices
for replacement cattle and trad
ing was slow in the stocker and
feeder division. A number of
sales late Monday, however, held
mostly steady with last week’s
close. Bulk of the good and
choice fed steers early this week
turned from $17.00-20.00, other
good grades sold down to $16.50.
A few lots and loads- high-choice
990-1256-lb steers brought $28.50-
21.00, one load choice 1325-lb
steers realized $21.25 and one
load prime 1206-lb steers brought
$22.50. Only six head Prime 1050-
lb steers sold up to $2400.
Commercial and good heifers
$l4 50-17.00, a few choice to
$19.00. Utility and commercial
cows Tuesday sold from $11.50-
13 00; cutter grades mostly
$lO 00-12.00, a few high yielding
cutters tO\sl2 50 and canner cows
brought $8.50-9.75. Utility and
commercial bulls sold from
$15.00-17.50, a few good 800-1100-
lb butcher bulls brought $lB.OO
- 50; Cuttergrades $13.50-14.50,
poor clearance.
Stockers and Feeders
Most Medium and Good 600-
900-lb stocker and feeder steers
brought $15.00-17.00, two loads
mostly good 1060-lb feeder
steers $15.25 and a part load
850-lb choice feeders earned
$lB 50 A few good and choice
stock steer calves $19.00-22.00.
CALVES- Veal calves around
$1 00 lower this week or as much
as $3 00 lower than last Monday.
Bulk good and choice vealers
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MD-rm to MID-MAH
The Weather Bureau’s 30-day outlook
for the period from mid-February to mid-
March calls for temperatures to average
below normal in the western half of the
country, with greatest departures in the
Plateau Region., East of the Mississippi
above normal 'temperatures are predicted,
$23 00-26.50, high choice and
prime $27.00-31.00, odd head to
$32.00. Utility and Commercial
vealers mostly $15.00-20.00.
HOGS Local supplies of hogs
were liberal this week and prices
for the first two days were steady
to 50c lower than last week’s
close. Barrows and gilts U. S.
grade No. 1, 2 and 3, 180-230 lbs
sold from $12.50-13.25, several
lots 200-220 lbs mostly No. 1 and
2 brought $13.50-14.00, a few
$l4 50 m a limited trade. Weights
240-270 lbs turned from $11.50-
12.50. Sows brought $B.OO-10.50.'
SHEEP- A small supply of
wooled slaughter lambs sold
mostly steady this week. Bulk
good and choice wooled slaughter
lambs $19.00-21.50 a few choice
80-90-lb weights to $22:00. Util
ity and low good brought $l5 00-
18.50 A small lot 65-lb winter
new-crop-lambs brought $2400.
Thursday Sale
Of Broilers
Moves tower
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown) (Sales Report,
Sale #126, Thursday, Feb, 16,
1956)—'Broiler prices moved a
quarter cent lower Thursday of
last week 'compared to the pre
ceding Tuesday at the Lancaster
Poultry Exchange An average
of 22 29 was scored on 36 lots
totaling 118,830 birds Thirty-six
lots totaling 119,190 were listed.
Thirty-three lots totaling 116,750
broilers sold from 21% to 23,
averaging 22.29, two lots totaling
1700 Leghorn fowl sold at 18-8
and one lot of 380 caponettes
brought 30’1 cents
Here are Thursday, sales by
lot number, seller and grower,
amount and breed, age by weeks
and days, buyer and price.
16-1, Elvi.n Nolt, 6700 Red
Vantress, 9-5, to Penna. Dutch
Farms, 22%; 16-2, Elvin Nolt,
380 Red Vantress Caponettes, 15
wks, to Ray W. Gibble, 3014;
16-3, Eugene Schlosnagle, 5600
Red Vantress, 9-1, to C- F. Man
beck, Inc, 2214; 16-4,' Eugene
Schlosnagle, 2800 White Van
tress, 9-1, to S E. Davis, 22%;
16-5, C. J. Hiestand, Jr, 1100
DeKalb fowl yearlings, to Carl
B. Risser, 18%; 16-6, Miller &
Bushong (Elmer Garber), 2200
White Vantress, 10 wks, to Roy
E. Ream, 23;
Miller and Bushong was also
seller of lots 16-7 through 16-15,
with grower indicated in paren
theses; 16-7, (Leonard Deitz),
4000 Red Vantress, 10 wks, to
Producers Cooperative Exchange,
22%; 16-8 (Harold Stansfield)
2750 Indian River Cross, 9-3, to
Grimes & Hauer. 22%; 16-9
(Harold Stansfield) 2875 White
Vantress, 9-3, to Mandata Poultry,
22%; 16-10 (Harold Stansfield)
2800 White Vantress, 9-3, to
Mandata Poultry, 22%; 16-10
(Harold Stansfield) 2875 Red
Vantress, 9-3, to Grimes & Hauer,
22; 16-11,, (Harold Stansfield),
2875 Red Vantress, 9-3, to Grimes
& Hauer, 22; 16-12 (Mearl Long),
1100 White Vantress, 10 wks, to
Carl B. Risser, 23; 16-13, (Mearl
Long), 1500 Meatpackers, 10 wks,
to H. W. Longacre, 22%; 16-14
(Mearl Long) 2600 White Rock
Cornish Cross, 10 wks, to Pro
ducers Cooperative Exchange,
21%; 16-15, (Mejirl Long), 3400
White Vantress, 10 wks, to Til
ley’s Poultry, 22%;
with warmest
Coast.
Precipitation is expected to be subn
mai in New England, the South Atlantic
States, and the Southern Plains- In the
Remainder of the nation above normal
amounts of rain and snow are indicated.
16-16, O. Kenneth McCracken
(Eugene Weaver), 750 White
Mountains, 9-2, to Walter B.
Lehman, 21%; 16-17,' Robert H
Barr (J Clayton Charles) 5700
White Vantress. 9-3, to Victor F.
Weaver, Inc., 22; 16-18, Norman
Newcomer (Arthur), 2700 Meat
packers, 9-6, to Tilley’s Poultry,
21%; 16-19, Miller & Bushong
(H. Glenn Kauffman), 3000 Red
Vantress, 9-1, to Walter C Mel
linger, 22%, 16-20, A. K. Ear
hart, 1300 White Vantress, 9
wks, to R J. Brendle, 22%; 16-21,
Wenger’s (Joe Deitz), 3000 Red
Vantress, 10-2, to Grimes &
Hauei. 22,
16-22, Allen E. Moyer, 1000
Red Vantress. 10 wks, to C. F.
Manbeck, Inc., 22%; 16-23, Allen
E. Moyer, 1000 Red Vantress, 9
wks, to Thomas M. Bross, 22;
16-24, Paul Metzler (Richard
Thompson-, 8400 White Vantress,
8-5, ta Victor F. Weaver, Inc.,
22%; 16-25, Earl L. Newcomer,
1600 Meatpackers, 9-6, to Roy E.
Ream, 22; 16-26, Miller & Bush
ong, (Arthur Fowl), 6400 Indian
River Cross, 10-2, to Harry H.
Weaver, Jr, 22; 16-27, Miller &
Broilers Gain
Cent a Pound
In Tuesday Sale
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown) (Sales Report for
Tuesday, Feb 21) —Prices ad
vanced almost a cent to bring
the average up to 23 25 cents in
the Tuesday auction of broilers
at the Lancaster Poultry Ex
change. -
Complete market reports by
lots were unavailable due to the
Washington Birthday holiday
Listed, offered and sold were
11 lots totaling 37,400 birds that
went in a price range of 22% to
24% cents a pound Top was paid
for some canettes at 29 cents
Daniel Good, R 1 Columbia,
paid the 24% cent top on broil
ers for 800 White Vantress
crosses, ten weeks, three days
old, grown by J Lloyd Rohrer,
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Bushong (John Garber-, 1900
White' Vantress, 9-6, to Producers
Cooperative Exchange, 22; 16-28,
Mervm Miller, 600 Leghorn
Fowl Yearlings, to Carl B. Risser,
18'K; 16-29, Fred Bernhard, 360
White Vantress, 10-2, withdrawn
prior to sale. ,
16-30, Charles D. Warfel, 11,
4350 White Mountains, 9-6, to
Producers Cooperative Exchange,
22 M ; 16-31, Charles D. Warfel,
11, 4850 Indian .River Cross, 9-6,
to’ Harry H. Weaver,- Jr., 22%;
16-32, John L. Landis, 4500
White Vantress. 8-2, to H. W.
Longacre, 22. 16-33, Glenn Herr
(Harry Hess), 1900 Red Vantress,
9 wks to Leola Poultry, 22%;
16-33 A, Glenn Herr (Harry Hess,
3800 White Vantress, 9 wks, to
Victor F. Weaver, Inc., 22%;
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