2— Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 30, 1956
Easter Lambs
Score $35 Top
In Local Trade
By David S. Lorenson, Reporter
USDA Market News Bureau
WEDNESDAC TO WEDNESDAY
REVIEW
Lancaster Cattle - 2,955, week
ago 3732 Compared with last
Wednesday slaughter steers and
heifers fully steady to 25c high
er. Cow around 25c higher, bulls
mostly steady. Stockers and feed
ers slow, mostly steady. Bulk
choice fed steers at Lancaster
$lB.OO-20.00, a few lots and loads
high choice and prime $2O 50-
2125, one load 1,040-lb prime
steers $23 00. Good and choice
heifers scarce, mostly commer
cial and good $l4 50-16.00, a
few low choice to $l7 25-
Commercial heifers down to
$l4 00 Utility and commercial
cows by Wednesday were bring
ing $l2 50-13 75; Canners and
cutters $9 25-13 25. Utility and
Commercial bulls $l6 00-17 50,
good 800-1100-lb butcher bulls
JAMES S. MESSNER
Bareville
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a Rabbit Pellets 480
ij Dog Food 25 lbs 205
U Pitting, Ration. . . 335
It Special Chop 315
jf 15%' Hog Feed 360
a 20% Hog Feed . .400
{♦ Hog Concentrate .. .5 05
a Hprse* Feed . - 365
;l Meal ... 440
H i-■ - -' Started chicks on hand now.
w |-" v 13 varieties of Clucks available
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KTjme and time again top place and top price
; "bird at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange -
Wider breast—heavier legs—bigger size—
put the Meatpacker Cross on top! White
feathering makes cleaning and dressing
easier' Big meaty body keeps dressing
weight loss down, gets premium price
from poultry buyers!
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Disease resistance makes the Meatpacker
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i THE MEATPACKER CROSS
New Director For
Farm Museum Sought
A highly qualified expert is
being sought as director of the
Landis Valley Pennsylvania
Farm Museum to fill the va
cancy cieated by the death of
Carl W Drepperd, at was an
nounced last weekend in Har
risburg
Several are under consider
ation, and work continues as
usual at the Museum.
choice 500-650-lb short yearling
and yearling feeder steers
$19.00-2100, some stock steer
calves 500 ibs to $22.00. A few
loads medium and good 680-1,000
lb feeder steers $l5 00-18.00;
common holstein feeders $12.50-
$l4OO.
CALVES - 1409, week ago 859.
Liberal supplies of veal calves
and limited demand, attributed
to the non-slaughtering Jewish
Holidays March 27 and 28, push
ed veal calf prices sharply lower
after Monday, and compared
with last Wednesday prices were
down $2.00 to $4.00 or more,
In Wednesday’s trade good and
choice veal calves brought $20.-
00-24 00, high choice and prime
$24 50-26 00, some prime Mon
day up to $3O 00 and $3lOO
Late sales utility and commercial
$l4 00-19 00, Culls down to $B.OO
HOGS; 2,492, week ago 1,755
Liberal supplies of hogs locally
were pretty largely cleaned up
by Wednesday at prices 75c
5100 higher than a week ago.
Sows strong to 50c up Wednes
day’s sales barrows and gilts
U S mixed 1-3, 190-250 lbs
$l5 00-15.50. several lots mostly
No 1 and 2 brought $l5 75-
16 00, a few sales Monday to
$l6 50’ Weights 160-180 lbs,
$13.00-14 75 Sows all weights
$9.00-11 00
Oats (80 lb)
Fine Chick
B Starter
Grower
Broiler Ration .
Quality Egg
Blue Bird All Mash
20% Blue Bird Dairy
Beet Pulp
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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4.70 «
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EGGS
Philadelphia March 28
(USDA)—Market barely steady.
More than ample supplies'were
available. Demand good. Into
storage movement moderate in
volume. Small lots of current
receipts sold at 38%-39c.
Wholesale selling proces- Min
imum 10 per cent AA quality
large 45-48# white 46-47, brown
44-47, brown- 44-45, medium
White 43y«-44, brown 41%42.
Extras minimum 60 per eejit A
quality large 45-50# white 42% -
43, brown none, mixed 4041,
medium white 4141%, brown
none, mixed 39%40. Standars
Receipts March 27 - 6,600
cases, all by truck.
SHEEP: 1,016, week ago 17L
A liberal supply of new crop
30-60 lb native spring lambs
were offered this week for the
Easter trade. Old crop lambs
scarce, mostly' steady with last
Wednesday. A few lots woolecF
lambs utility and good $lB.OO
- 00, Bulk good to prime 30-60
lb new-crop native spring- lambs
$2600-32.00, numerous sales up
to $35 00, some utility graces
50-70 lbs down to 520.00.
Thursday Sale
Of Broilers
Somewhat Up
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown, Pa.) (Sales Re
port, Sale 136, Thursday, March
22, 1956) —On the Lancaster
Poultry Exchange Thursday,
broiler prices gained slightly,
moving a quarter cent higher
than the preceding Tuesday’s
sale. Topping the broiler market
was Mary Forry, R 1 Lancaster,
who received 24% cents for 700
White Vantress crosses, 10 wks,
one dav, on the bid of Martin
M Brendle, R 1 Strasburg.
There were 28 lots of a total
82,815 birds offered and listed,
26 lots totaling 71,740 sold, with
21 lots of broilers totaling 68,525
selling in a range of 21% to
24%, averaging 22 51.
Three lots of capettes, 1665
birds, sold from 29 to 31 cents;
one lot of 1100 cappns brought
26, and one lot of 14 week old
broilers, 450 birds, sold for
25% cents.
Price Last Year—3o to 34
For the corresponding sale a
year ago, Sale 40, Thursday,
March 24, 1955, 22 lots totaling
59,100 broilers were offered,
plus two lots totaling 3,000 tur
keys The same number of broil
ers were sold, as well as two lots,
2200 Leghorns, going from 30 to
34 cents, averaging 32.13.
Here are Thursday sales by
lot number (22 precedes each
lot no ), seller and grower, am
ount and breed, age by weeks
and davs, buyer and price:
1, Miller & Bushong (Lester
Shirk), 1700 Meatpackers. 9-3, to
Harry H Weaver, Jr., 22%; 2,
Miller & Bushong (Lester
Shirk), 4200 White Vantress,
9-3 to Tilley’s Poultry 22%; 3,
Robert H. Barr (Walter B.
Groff), 1500 White Vantress,
9-4, to Victor J Koser, 23; 4,
Fruitville Farms, Inc. (Abram
Shenk). 4850 Indian River
Cross. 9 wks, to Grimes Xr Hauer,
22%; 5, Amos Wade. 1100 White
Vantress capettes 10-6, to Walter
C. Mellinger, 26. 6, Richard.
Trostel. 900 #l2 Cockerels, 10-2.
to Rov E. Ream, 21%; 7, Miller
& Bushong (Roy N. Hess). 3900
White Vantress, 9-2, to Victor
F Weaver. Inc., 22%; 8 Clavtpn
S Zimmerman 1000 Red Van
tress, 10-1 to Daniel K. Good
23%; 9, Caleb K. Hershey. 475
Red Vantress, 10-2. to Mender’s
Poultry 22%- 10. Lerov Horst
275 Indian River Cross Cockerel
Capettes, 13-2, to Marvin Sweig
art. 31;
It. WUlis Bowman. 1200
White Vantress. Canettes. 14
wks, to Walter C. Mellin«er, ?o
12- I. Jaenb Rrenneman *5(l
Red and White Vantress 14 wks
to John N Thomas 9,5% • 13-
Daniel G Porrv, White
Vantress m-1 no sale 22 hid
-14. Mary E Forrv. 7no white
SS . 10-1 to Martin M
Rrendle ?4.U ■ Pan] w Mar
tin 4400 ]VT/vintains. 10-9
rr 'I lev’s Poultrv 29%- 16.
w. Martin 4400 Indian Rfver
fVoss. 10-0 to Rov'R Ream
901/,. 17 Pa,,] F Osborn 4000
White Vantress 10 wks to
Pennsylvania P"teh F°vms <inv„.
is Paul F Oshorn aoon vn,;t->
Vantress 10 wVs to TP-andata
Poultrv 09y, iq Pan! P Oshorn
4000 White Vantress 10 “to
Ponnsvlvanip Pnteh Fer—»s not/,.
20, Paul F. Osborii, 5000 White
Broiler Prices
Tuesday Tumble
On Pre-Holiday
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown, Pa.) (Sales Re
port, Sale 137, Tuesday, March
27, 1956) —Broiler prices de
clined 1.25 cents in the Tuesday
auction compared to the pre
vious Thursday, _as buyers eyed
the coming Easter' Holiday.
More than 15,000 birds did not
sell. A total of 5,225 birds, from
10 lots of 21,625 offered, sold
in a range of 20 to 22%, aver
aging 21.28. Five lots were sold,
five were not sold.
For the corresponding day a
year age; Tuesday,' march' 29;
Vantress, 10 wks, to Pennsyl
vania Dutch Farms, 22%;
21, Paul F.- Osbdrn, 5000 White
Vantress, 10 wks, to Pennsyl
vania Dutch- Farms, 22%; 22,
Kenneth McCracken, 2500 White
Vantress’, 9-2,,, to - Victor F.
Weaver, Ine., 22; 23, Titus Mar
tin, 190 Meatpacker capettes,
13-2, to Martin M. Bremjle, 31;
24, Leroy M. Sensenig, 4900
White Vantress, 10 wks, to Man
data Poultry, 22%; 25, Leroy M.
Sensenig, 4900 Red Vantress, 10
wks, to Harry H. Weaver, Jr.,
21%; 26, Erwin E. Myers, 4800
Indian River Cross, 9-2, no sale,
21% bid; 27, Erwin E. Myers,
4800 White Vantress. 9-2, no
sale, 22% bid; 28, J J. Hess II
(Isaac Click), 1200 Red Van
tress, 9-5, to Leola Poultry, 23%;
29, Moore Farms (Jonestown
Farms), 5000 Whit* 1 Rock cock
<ir"'s, 9-2, to Mandata Poultry,
22%.
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1955, sale 41. six lots totaling
19,500 broilers and six lots to
taling 3,725 turkeys were of
fered, with' broilers selling from
31% tb 33%, averaging 32.5.
Pennsylvania placements, 9,
10, 11 wks earlier, totaled 588,-
000.
Here" are Tuesday sales by lot
number (each preceded by 27-),
amount and-breed, age by weeks
and days, buyer and price: -
1, SHanaipari Inc. (J. Edwan|
Stouff), 1000 White Mountains,
10 wks, to Roy E. Ream, 26c;
2, 'Kenneth McCracken (Mervm
Hess), 750 White Vantress, 94,
to John' E; Rettinger, 21c, 3,
Philip F. Foster, 10,000 White
Vantress, 9-3, no sale, 20%c bid;
4, Paul Kreider, 300 Meatpack
ers, 10 wks to Roy E. Ream,
21c; 5, J Harold Eby. 1500
Meatpackers, 94, to Victor F.
Weaver, Inc, 21'/ic; 6, Harvey
Hostetter, 1675 Red Vantress,
94, to Carl B Risser, 22%c; 7, A
L. Harnish, 1,000 White Moun
tain Pullet capettes, 17 wks, no
sale, 27c bid; 8, Glenn H. Herr,
(James R Barley), 3900 Indian
River pullets, 10 wks no sale,
21% bid, 9, Herman Blume, 500
White Vantress capettes, 16 wks,
no sale, 25c bid; 10, Herman
Blume, 1000 White Vantress
pullets, 16 wks, no sale, 25c bid.