3—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 2, 1956
Steers Steady
To 25c Lower;
Hogs Higher
By David S. Lorenson, Reporter
USDA Market News Bureau
LANCASTER, March 1,
(Wednesday to Wednesday Re
view) CATTLE 2677 week ago
2741. Compared with last Tues
day Slaughter steers and heifers
steady to 25c lower, demand
rather narrow. Best action on
steers grades average Choice and
better weighing 1250 lbs. and
lighter Cows around 25c lower.
Bulls slow about steady. Stock
ers and feeders slow barely
steady. Bulk Good and Choice
fed steers $l6 50-19.50, -a few
lots and loads 1150-1250 lb
average to high Choice steers
$3O 00-20 50, load 1356 lb. Choice
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That’s the new Meatpacker Cross . . .
Time and time again top place and top price
bird at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Wider bi east —heavier legs—bigger size—
put the Meatpacker Cross on top' White
feathenng makes cleaning and dressing
easiei' Rig meaty body keeps dressing
weight loss down, gets premium price
from poulliy bujeis 1
COST-SAVER
That’s the new Meatpacker Cross .
A bud that practically grows while you
watch Goes well over three pounds in 10
weeks uses less feed to get there too'
Disease resistance makes the Meatpacker
Cross haidy, cuts early chick loss!
LET THIS NEW BIRD
PROVE ITSELF IN YOUR FLOCK
Order Meatpacker Cross Chicks for 1956 delivery!
Call or Write.
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steers $2O 00, One load Prime
1246 lb steers $22 25 and a part
load 1150 lbs to $22.50. Com
mercial and low Good steei s
$l4 75-16 25 Small lots Com
meicial >and Good heifers $14.00-
16 00 a few Good to low Choice
up to $l7 00 Most Utility and
Commercial cows $1125-13.00,
Canner* and Cutters largely
$8 50-12 00 Utility and Commer
cial bulls $14.75-17 50; a few
Good 850-1100 lb butcher bulls
$l7 50-18.50. Cutter grades, $l3-
00-14 00 Most Medium and Good
650-900 lb feeder steers $15.00-
17 00, load 880 lb Good and
Choice feeders $17.50, several
lots Good and Choree 600--«47
lb light yearling feeder steers
$l9 00-20 00, a few lots 450-550
lb Choice stock steer calves
$2l 00-22.75
CALVES. 1022 week ago 1035.
Compared with fast Tuesday
Veal calves about steady. Bulk
Good and Choice 140-200 lb
vealers $22 50-27 00; high Choice
and Prime $27.50-3100 odd head
to $32 00 early. Utility and Com
mercial mostly $l5 00-21 00, Culls
down to $lOOO.
HOCJS. 1491 week ago 1890
Compared with last Tuesday
barrows and gilts mostly 50c
higher Sows scaice mostly
steady Receipts mainly barrows
and gilts 180-240 lbs m Wed
nesday’s trade bulk barrows and
gilts U -S mixed 1-3, 180-230
lbs $l3 00-13 50, several lots
mostly U S 1 and 2 went to
local small killers at $l4 00
Weights 240-270 lbs $l2 25-13 00
Sows 400 lbs and lighter $9 75-
10 50, over 400 lbs $B.OO-9 50
SHEEP 60 week ago 177
Hardly enough slaughter .lambs
this week for an adequate mar
ket test A few lots Utility and
Good 60-85 lb wooled slaughter
lambs about steady $l5 00-20 00
a few Choice up to $22 00 Culls
down to $lO,OO
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$4 45
415
E-Emulsion (25 lb Block)
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Horse Feed
4 70
3.95
410
3 40
Hog Feed 15%
Special Chop 3 10
16% Blue Bird Dairy 265
20% Blue Bird Dairy 285
Enriched Fitting Ration 3 35
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PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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Sales Limited,
Broiler Prices
Gain Thursday
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown) (Sales' Report,
Sale #l2B, Thursday, Feb. 23,
1956) —Sales were limited Thurs
day on the Lancaster Poultry Ex
change, with 13 lots of 37,525
birds offered and 13 lots totaling
30,525 sold, 'at an average of
23 42 in a range of 22 to 26 cents
WilliC Good, R 4 Lititz, scored
the top on 700 Red and White
Vantress, 10 wks., 5 days, that
sold to John Thomas, R 6 Larr
caster. Thursday’s price gain**was
slight
For the corresponding sale a
year ago, on Thursday, Feb 24,
1955, Sale #34, 21 lots totaling
59,050 birds were offered, 19
lots totaling 57,550 were sold
from 28% to 31 i, averaging
29 78
Sales by Lot' Number
Here are Thursday, Feb 23,
1956 sales by lot number, seller
and grower, amount and breed,
age by weeks and days, buyer
and price
23-1, Wenger’s Mill' (David
Heisey, Jr) 1100 Red Vantress,
9’j wks, to Roy E. Ream, 25,
23-2, Wenger’s Mill (David Hei
sey, Jr, 2100 Red Vantress, 9%
wks, to Roy E Ream, 2414, 23-3,
Willis Good, 700 Red White Van
itiess, to John N Thomas, 26,
23-4, Mrs Paul Watts, 750 White
Rocks, 13 wks, to Victor F Wea
ver, Inc, 22, 23-5, C Richard
Neff, 1300 Indian River Cross.
9 wks, 6 days, to Harry H Wea
ver, Jr, 24, 23-6, Harold O
Yoder. 1025 Aibor Acre White
Rocks, 9-2, to Roy E Ream, 22Vi,
23-7, George Weaver, 7000 Indian
River Cross, KP2, no sale, 22
bid,
23-8, George Weaver, 7000 Red
Vantress, 9-6, (to Harry H Wea
ver, Jr, 23, 23-9, Amos B King,
1100 Silver Cross and White
Mountains, 9-6, to Walter C Mel
linger, 24, 23-10, Elmer Sensemg.
1150 Red Vantress, 9-6, to Walter
C Mellinger, 24Vi; 23-11, D E
Horn & Co, 4500 Indian Rivers,
10 wks, to Mandata Poultry, 22
23-11 A, D E Horn & Co (Nel
son Fritz), 6500 White Moun
tains and Indian River Cross, to
Mandata Poultry, 24; 23-12, A K
Earhart, 900 White Vantress,
9-2, to RJ. Brendle, 24Vi; 23-13,
Indian River Poultry Farm
(Lloyd H Kreider) 2400 Indian
River Pullets, to Victoi F. Wea
ver, Inc, 24Vi
EGGS
Philadelphia, Feb 29, (USDA)
Market unsettled. Demand fair
Supplies exceeded immediate
needs and there was a moderate
into storage movement
Wholesale selling prices Min
imum 10 PCT AA Quality large
45-48 if White 42-43, Brown 42-
42%, Medium White 41-42,
Brown 41-41% Extras, Minimum
60 per cent A Quality Large
45-50# White 40-41, Brown none,
Mixed Standards 38-39, Current
Receipts none, checks 38-39
Receipts Feb 28- 4,503 cases
all by truck
LIVE POULTRY
Philadelphia, Feb 29, (USDA)
Market about steady Supplies
were adequate for the fair but
very selective demand. Large
Cross Pallets 34-36 c White Rocks
33-35 c small sizes 28-30 c targe
White Rock Caponettes 32-33 c
few lots 34c Gross Fryers 25-27 c
few lots 28c White Rocks 26-27 c
Columbias 25c, Vantress Reds
26-27 c No 2 Quality Mixed
Broilers 20c down to 12c Tur
keys unsettled Demand fair for
more than ample supplies. Few
lots White Holland Young Hens
50e. Young Toms 30c Bronze
Young Toms 33c.
Receipts Feb 28 included
Maryland 7650 lbs Delaware
23648 lbs.
Wholesale selling prices No 1
and fancy Quality Broilers or
Fryers Heavy Type 3-4 lbs 25-28
Pullets 4’/2 lbs and over 33-36
4-4 ti lb? 28-30. Hens Heavy Type
28-32 Light Type 15-22. Old
Roosters 12 Ducks Muscovy
22-25 Pekin 25-32 Turkeys Young
Hens 50 Young Toms 30-33.
Broiler Prices
Tuesday Steady,
Average at 23.41
Lancaster Poultry --Exchange
(Rohrerstown, Pa.) (Sales Re
port—Sale #129, Tuesday, Feb.
28,1956) Prices held relatively
steady on the Tuesday auction
of broilers here with 11 lots of
46,950 birds listed, offered and
sold. Prices ranged from 22% to
24%, averaging 23.41. There was
no sale on the corresponding
day a year ago. Elam Kauffman,
Conestoga, topped the market
with 500 Red Vantress, 9 weeks,
4 days, eslling to Ray W. Gibble,
R 1 Columbia.vat 24%.
Pennsylvania average place
ments, 9, 10 11 weeks earlier,
totalled 592.000. For yesterday,
Thursday’s market, 65,000 were
listed'
Sales Tuesday by Lots
Here are sales Tuesday by lot
number, grower indi
cated in parentheses, amount
and breed, age by weeks and
days, buyer and price
Lot 28-1, Henry Burkholder,
5000 Indian River Cross, 9-4, to
Mandata Poultry, 23 %, 28-IA,
Henry Burkholder, • 5000 Indian
River Cross, 9-4, to Roy E Ream,
23%, 28-2, Kenneth McCracken
(Enos Eshbach), 3000 White
Mountains and Indian River
Cross, 9-4, to Tilley’s Poultry,
24%, 28-3, Miller & Bushong
(Robert Thompson), 8500 White
Vantress, 10 wks to Carl B. Ris
ser, 22’i. 28-4. Miller & Bushong
(Robert Thompson). 8000 White
Vantress, 10 wks to C F. Man
beck, Inc, 23 h,
28-5, Leßoy Horst, 2500 Indian
River Cross, 10 wks to Walter
C Mellinger, 23, 28-6, George
Weaver, 7000 Indian River Cross,
11 wks, to Roy E Ream, 23,
28-7, Miller & Bushong (Herbert
Fisher), 2890 White Vantress,
9-4, to Mandata Poultry, 23%;
28-8, Miller & Bushong (Elam
Kauffman), 4000 Red Vantress,
9-4 to Walter C. Mellinger, 23%,
28-9, Miller & Bushong (Elam
Kauffman), 500 Red Vantress,
94, to Ray W Gibble, 24%;
28-10, Marlin Cassel, 650 Red
Vantress; 104, to Martin M
Brendle, 24%
Now that it is an election year,
discount everything you hear by
fifty per cent
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22ND ANNIVERSARY
Thursday, March 8
tO $ DISCOUNT
on Cash Purchases of All Showroom Items
Except Chicks & Philco Products
REGISTER FOR DOOR PRIZES
AT YOUR LOCAL BRANCH OR MAIN OFFICE
FIRST PRIZE G. E. Roll-Around Cleaner
with Attachments
SECOND PRIZE Dormeyer Mixer
13 ADDITIONAL PRIZES
During Evening in Dillerville Road Meeting Room
Road Saleroom
Quarryville Branch—Open 7 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Dillerville Road Location Open 7 AM to 9 PM
Showing of Informational & Entertaining Films
Diming Evening in Dillerville Rroad Meeting Room
EVERYBODY WELCOME Spend The Day At
FARM
County Poultry
Association in
March 15 Banquet
The third annual banquet of
the Lancaster County Poultry As
sociation will be Thursday night,
March 15 at 7 p. m. m Hostet
ler’s Banquet Hall, Mount Joy.
Lancaster Mayor Kendig C,
Bare, accompanied by Mrs- Bare,
will give an official welcome to
the new Poultry Center. M. W.
Anspach, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, will also wel
come the new Center to Lancas
ter City. His wife will also be a
banquet guest
Purposes and plans for the
Center will be explained, and
the Catalina Quartet will offer
entertainment.
Tickets, at $2 each, may be
secured Ifrom Lewis Mortensen,
East Petersburg. A limited num
bei us available, and early res
ervations are urged
Copper Kettle $l7 hr
Auction at White Horse
Household' effects offered at
public auction by Mrs. Emma W.
Hostetler, widow of Dr George
Hostetler at White Horse, sold
well in the auction conducted by
Walter Wanner of Gap.
A smgllcopper kettle went for
$l7, a safe at $42.50, filing cabi
net $27 50, medicine scales $6
and $B, goblets from $4 to $B.
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