g Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 9, 1956
Steers Steady
To ZS Cents
(Higher Here
By David S. Lorenson, Reporter
USDA Market News Bureau
Lancaster - March 8 (Wednes
day to Wednesday Review) —
CATTLE 3,224, week ago 2,741.
Compared with last Friday
slaughter steers and heifers
steady to 25c higher, instances
instances 50c higher on high
choice and prune averaging 1250
lbs and under Trading early was
the most active of recent weeks
and Monday’s clearance of slaugh
i
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Onions Sets 10c per lb. 3 for 25c
Eastei Chicks 15c'ea. $lO per hundred
Easter Ducklings-40c ea. After Easter 27c in lots of 500 or
more Goslings at $165 ea.
B. B. Bronze Turkey Poults Available April Ist at $B2 per 100
White Holland Turkey Poults Available April Ist $BO per 100
Beltsvllle Turkevs Poults Available May 1 $6l per 100
. Started Chicks now in stock.
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ter steers was virtually complete
each day. Poorest action again
centered on good and low choice
steers averaging 1250 lbs and
over Cows .strong to 25c higher,
bulls mostly steady. Stockers and
feeders slow all week, closed
mostly steady.
The week’s supplies included
around 45 per cent slaughter
steers, approximatly 12 per cent
‘cows With the' exception of.a
moderate number of bulls, the
balance was mainly stockers and
feeders 'Bulk good and choice
slaughter steers 1,000-1,300 lbs.
$l6 50-19 50, a few lots and loads
mixed choice and prime 1,200-
1,300 lbs $20.00-2150; part load
1 317-lb crime steers $22.25, part
load 1225 lb $23 25. Commercial
and low good steers $14.75-16 25.
Good and low choice heifers
$15.50-17 00. a few high choice
prime to $l9 00; odd head to
$2O 00, utility down to $13.00.
Utility and commercial cows
$ll 50-13 00; canners and cutters
mostly $8.75-12 25. Utility and
commercial bulls mostly $14.75-
17.50, a few good bulls 850-1100
lbs $l7 50-18 50; cutters $13.00-
14 25 Most medium and good
600-850 lb feeder steers $15.00-
17 00, one load 833-lb choice
feeder steers $18.40; numerous
lots and loads 590-650 lb good
and choice short yearling feeder
steers $19.00-20 00 A few good
and choice stock steer calves
-450-493 lbs $2O 00-21.50, small lot
471 lbs to $23.50.
CALVES; 1.174 week ago 1,035.
Compared with last Frday veal
calves $l.OO to $2.00 lower, all
grades sharing in the decline.
Late sales good and choice 140-
210 lb vealeTs $21.50-25.50 high
choice and' prime $26.00-30.00,
early sales included prime to
$32.00, utility and commercial
mostly $14.00-20.00.
HOGS: 1871 week ago 1,890.
Compared with, last week’s close
barrows and gilts steady to 25c
higher. Sows scarce all week,
mostly steady, Wednesday’s sales
barrows and gilts. U. S. mixed
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LANCASTER POULTRY
AUCTION SUMMARY
SUMMARY February 1956-
eight sales Price range. Broil
ers 21.5 26 25
LOTS BIRDS
LISTED 165 542,430
OFFERED 164 506,970
SOLD 155 489,570
Broilers, 472,315; Pullets, 1,-
300, Caponettes, 12,380, Heavy
Fowl, 1,025, & Leghorn Fowl,
2,550
February 1955 Seven Sales
Price range 25 5 - 3175.
LOTS BIRDS
LISTED 105 390,800
OFFERED 103 381,300
SOLD ' 87 324,900
164,670 more birds sold in
Feb. ’56 than Feb. ’55
1-3, 190-230 lbs. $13.00-13.50,
several lots mostly U. S. 1 and.
2 200-220 lbs. $14.00 Weights
240-270 lbs. $12.50-13 00, 160-180
lbs. $11.50-13.00; 140-160 $lO.OO
- Sows all weights mostly
$8 50-10.00. a few to $10.50
SHEEP. 130. week ago'l77
Hardly enough offered for an
adequate market test. wooled
slaughter lambs fully steady.
Bulk good and choice 70-92 lb
wooled slaughter lambs $20.00-
23 00; Utility to Ipw good $l6 00-
19.50. Aged sheep too scarce for
market test.
Mmol' Decline
Here Thursday
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown, Pa,.) (Sales Report
—Sale #l3O, Thursday, March 1,
1956 —Fractional declines from
Tuesday were recorded in the
Thursday auction of poultry here,
with a range of, 22% to- 24% cents
and an average of - 23.25.
One thousand White Vantress,
10 wks, one day, consigned by
Reid Wissler, R 2 Ephrata, topped
the market, going to Walter Mel
linger & Son, R 1 Bird-m-Hand.
Twenty-two totaling 67,300
birds were listed Thursday, 23
lots figuring 71,000 offered, and
23 lots totaling 71,000 were sold.
Prices Under Year Ago
For the corresponding sale a
year ago, March 3, 1955, sale 35,,
twenty-three lots totaling 63,7000
were sold 26 lots of 71,650 of
fered, moving in a range of 30
to 35 cents, averaging 31.4.
Here are Thursday sales listed
by lot number, seller and grower,
amount and breed ' age by weeks
and days, buyer and price:
3-1, Longenecker’s (William
Selcher), 2800 White Vantress
pullets, 9-6, to Mandata Poultry,
23%; 3-2, Herbert Pendleton,
1150 Indian River Cross 10 wks,
to Roy E. Ream 22% ; 3-3, Miller
& Bushong (Aaron P. Miller),
4800 Indian River Cross, 9-2, to
C F. Manbeck, Inc., 23; 3-4,
Miller & Bushong (Aaron P. Mil
ler), 4800 Indian River Cross, 9-2.
to C. F. Manbeck, Inc., 23;
i-5, S.M. Fisher, 3000 Indian
River Cross, 10-2, to Roy E.
Ream, 23; 3-6, Charles Horn
berger, 2900 White Vantress, 9-3,
to S. E. Davis, 23%, 3-7, R, Rich
ard Gehman, 4400 White Van
tress, 9-3, to Mandate Poultry,
23%; 3-8, R. Richard Gehman,
4400 White Vantress, 9-3, tb Man
data Poultry, 23%; 3-9, Caleb K.
Hershey, 500 Red Vantress, 10-6,
to John W. Thomas, 24%; 3-10,
J. Robert Musser, 3550 White
Vantress, 9-2, to Mandata Poultry
23%; 3-11, John K. Esh, 1500
White Mountains, 10-2, to Roy
E. Ream, 24;
3-12, Edwin Hurst, 1750 White
Vantress, 10-1, to Roy E. Ream,
23%; 3-13, Miller & Bushong
(Clarence Shenk), 4300 Indian
River Cross, 9-2, to Pennsvb&nia
Dutch Farms, 23; 3-14, Miller &
Bushong, 4400 White Vantress,
9 wks, to Grimes & Hauer, 23,
3-15, Miller & Bushong, (Clair
Bomberger), 2000 Meatpackers,
10 wks, to Tilley’s Poultry, 23%;
3-16, Miller & Bushong (Wilmer
Kreider), 1350 White Vantress,
9-2, to Meader’s Poultry, 23%;
3-17, Enos R-. Buckwalter, 4500
[White Cornish Cross and White
Bocks, 11 wks, to Carl B. Risser,
23%;
3-18, Enos R. Buckwalter. 4000
White Cornish Cross and White
Bocks, 10% wks. to S. E. Davis,
23%; 3-19, Reid Wissler, 1000
White Vantress, 10-1, to Walter
C. Mellinger, 24%; 3-20, Paul
Ranck, 4900 Indian .River Cross,
9-6, to Tilley’s Poultry, 22%;.
3-21, Harvey M. Zimmerman,
2500 W 1 ite Vantress. 10 wks, to
Broiler Average
23.2 Tuesday,
Demand Strong
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown, Pa) (Sales Re
port - Sale #l3l, Tuesday, March
6, 19561 Demand continued
strong and a top of 23 h cents
was scored in the Tuesday auc
tion of 38 950 broilers listed, of
fered and sold at the Lancaster
Poultry Exchange. The average,
23.27, was the same as last Thurs
day, with a range of 23 to 23
Carl Risser, Lititz, purchased
the top broilers. 1700 Red Van
tress Crosses, consigned by Har
vey-M' Hostetfef, P£2 Lancaster
grower. 1
For the corresponding sale a
year ago, Tuesday. March 8, 1955,
Sale #36, ten lots of 24,400 birds
were offered and sold in a range
0f'30% to 32 averaging 31.4?.
Pennsylvania placements, aver
age (9, 10, 11 wks earlier) to
taled 583,000.
Sales by Lot Numbers
Here are Tuesday sales by lot
number, seller and grower,
amount and breed age by weeks
and days, buyer and price;
6-1, Henry Longenecker, 3600
Red Vantress 9-3 to Walter C
Melhnger, 23%, 6-2, Donald Noll,
350 Indian River Cross. 9 wks,
to Daniel K Good 23%; 6-3, Mil
ler & Bushong' (Lee Petticoffer),
4400 Indian River Cross 9-3. to
Victor, F Weaver. Inc., 23; "6-4,
Miller & Bushong (Lee Petticof
fer), 5000 Indian River Cross
9-3, to, C. F. Manbeck. Ink., 23,
6-5; Miller & Bushong (Mrs. Grace
Fisher), 2900 Meatpackers, 9-3,
to,C 'F; Manbeck, Ing., 23%; 6-6.
Mfller & Bushong- (Naomi J
'Blessing), 500 Red'Vantress, 9-3,
, to, John E. Rettinger, 23%;
Producers Cooperative Exchange,
<23%; 3:22; Miller, &< Bushong
(Walter S. Kinsey). 2800 White
•Mountains, 9-2 to Tilley’s Poul
try, 23%; 3-6 A, Charles Horn
berger, 3700 White Vantress,
8-3, to Mandata Poultry, 23.
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6-7, Harvey M. Hostetter, 1700
Bed Vantress,' 9-4. to Carl B.
Risser, 23%; 6-8, John F. Hershey,
300 Leghorn Fowl Yearlings, to
Marvin Swcigart, ,18; 6-9, Fruit
ville Farms—Manor Farm—Ches
ter Murry, 5000 Indian River
Cross, 9-4, to Victor F Weaver,
Inc., 23%, 6-9 A, Fruitville Farms-
Manor Farm—Chester Murry,
5000 Indian River Cross, 94, to
Harry H. Weaver, Inc., 23%;
6-10, Miller & Bushong (Glenn
Deardorff). 3000 White Vantress,
9, wks to Grimes & Hauer, 23%;
6-11, Elmer Leaman, 2200 Red
Vantress, 9-3 to Roy ET Ream,
23%; 6-12, Elmer Leaman, 4400
Red and White Vantress, 9-3, to
Victor F. Weaver, 23%-
Power Steering
Announced i
P H. Mount, Ford tractor and
implement dealer m Quarryville
announces that all new Ford
tricycle tractors now on display
m his dealership feature power
steering as standard equipment,
at no additional cost
“Steering effort is reduced by
80 per cent. “The new linkage
■type power steering unit makes
for easier control of the tractor
in rough fields or in precision
row crop work, and materially
reduces driver ”
Mr Mount said the unit is
installed at the factory on all
new Ford 700 and 900 senes
tricycle tractors, and is available
at Conestoga Farm Service as
an accessory for installation on
Ford tricycle tractors already in
use.
The new Ford power steering
unit applies hydraulic ‘muscles’
■to the conventional Ford tncycle
tractor steering gear, and ab
sorbs bumps and shocks before
they can reach the driver, r
The conventional*steering link
age is, replaced with a special
link which connects to the hy
draulic dylmder,, providing the
power assist-
The entire power steering, unit
is mounted on the right side of
the engine compartment, with
the-hydraulic cylinder conneetecj
by a special bracket to the
tractor side rail- The unit doe®
not interfere witli the mounting
of implements, and is easily ac
cessible for servicing
The unit consists of a rotoi?
type pump and reservoir as*.
sembly with an integral combined
flow control and relief valve, ft
double acting cylinder and con
trol valve assembly, double crank-
I shaft pulley and connecting hoses
and linkage.—Adv.