g Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 6, 1956 Prime Steers At Lancaster Score $22.50 By David S. Lorenson . Reponei USDA Market News Bureau WEDNESDAY TO WEDNES DAY REVIEW Lancaster —April 5 (Wednes day to Wednesday Review)— CATTLE; 3,557, week ago 2,955 Compared with last Wednesday, slaughter steers and heifers 25- 50c higher, cows and bulls mostly steady. Stockers and feeders slow, largely steady. Supply comprised around 45 per cent stockers and feeders and 10 per cent cows Bulk choice fed steers Altman’s Super-A Feeds are timed tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin complete’and'are manufactured daily in three modern plants. Compare our prices. Come in and see our Started Chicks Fine Chick Feed 475 Hog Feed 365 B Starter 425 16% Bluebird Dairy 275 Grower 415 20% Bluebird Dairy 295 Broiler Ration 480 Fitting Ration . 340 Quality Egg Mash 405 Special Chop I 320 Bluebird All Mash 375 Beet Pulp 1 405 Scratch Grain 365 Cotton Seed Meal 400 Oats (80 lb) '3 00 Linseed Meal 440 Horse Feed 370 Stazdry Bale 220 Ducklings 27c—30c ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. 4-7715 10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more. ■ .. I ppp£T£p Q**‘ io^ Goldfus Shipping To Beirut Firm Fiom funds raised by Lancas ter Comity Brethren Churches, a total of 330 dozen hatching eggs have been consigned by Goldfus Hatcheries, Lititz, to Musa Alarm, Beirut, Lebanon, to rehabilitate a hatchery destroy ed tin recent Jordan riots. Taken to New York by truck, the eggs were loaded aboard a KLM Dutch An lines plane for shipment under supervision of the United Nations World Re lief Association. Another order for 4,000 eggs will leave later this month for the same destination- $lB.OO-21.00 for weights 1000- 1300 lbs. Several loads and lots high choice $21.50; odd loads prime 1100-1250 lbs $22 00-22.50 Good and lo,w choice $17.00- 18 25. A few small lots commer cial and good heifers $14.00- 16.50 Most utility and commer cial tows $l2 50-13 50; earners and cutters $9 00-12 75. Utility and commercial bulls $l6 00- 17 50 good 800-1100-lb bulls $l7 50-18 50, cutters down to $l4 00 Most medium and good 500-750 lb yearling and short yearling stocker and feeders $l7 00-19 50 mixed good and low choice $l9 00-2100 Good and choice 450-550 lb stock steer calves and short yearlings $2O GO -21 50, a few steer calves $2l 75- 22 00 Common and medium stockers $l3 00-17 00 CALVES 987, week ago 1.409 Demand narrow on veal calves steady to 50c lower than last Wednesdav Bulk good to prime vealers 140-210 lbs $2O 00-24 00, high choice and prime $24 50- 26 00 a few to $2B 00 Utihtv and commercial vealers $l5 GO -19 00 culls down to $8 00 HOGS 1 917, week aao 2 492 Compared with last Wednesdav Barrows and gilts 75c-$l 00 higher Sows strong to 50c up WE DELIVER PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE Week Ending Birds Sold Avg. Price 3- 5-55 - 63,700 31,40 3- 1*56 71,000 . 23.25 3-12-55 90,480 32.80 3-10-56 100,010 23.56 3-19-55 ’ ‘ 68,385 32.30 3-17-56 ' 115,925 23.07 3-26-55 64,875 ' 32.10 3- 103,915 22.39 4- 2-55 110,725 32.30 3-31-56 ' 83,730 21.32 1955 Total 398,165 1956 Total 474,580 Difference 76,415 Three-Month Comparison January 1955 390,415 January 1956 619,816 February 1955 324,900 February 1956 489,570 March 1955 398,165 March 1956 474,580 Total - 1,113:480 Total - 1,583,966 Bulk barrows and gilts Wednes day, 190-240 lbs grading U. S', mixed 1-3, $16.00-16.50; weights 160-180 lbs $14.50-1600, some 140-160 lb weights $12.00-14.00 Sows, all weights, $9 00-12 00 SHEEP 216, week ago 1,016. Supply mainly native spring lambs a few plain quality old crop lambs Woole”d lambs $l6 00- 21.00, native spring lambs good to prime 60 to 83 lbs $23 00 to 26.00 Aged sheep scarce Prices Higher Thursday for Broilers Here Lancaster Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstown, Pa) (Sales Re port sale 138, Thursday, March 29, 1956) —Prices moved frac tionally higher Thursday com pared to the preceding trading session at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange on broilers, with an average of 2136 A total of 97,005 birds in 23 lots were list ed, 22 lots totaling 95,006 of fered and 18 lots totaling 78,505 sold, five lots totaling 18,500 not sold Prices ranged from 2Cn to 22% on 17 lots of a total 78,225 broilers, and one lot of 280 pullets sold at 35 cents For the corresponding day a year ago, March 31, 1955, sale 41. some 100,000 broilers, 7,000 tin keys and 2550 capettes were offered, and 89,100 broileis, 1,000 turkeys and 700 capettes were sold in a range of 30 to 35%, averaging 32% Top Reaches 22.25 Rov Ream, New Holland, paid the 22% top Thursday on 2,250 Red Vantress crosses. 10 wks offered by Frank Destafano, R 1 Conestoga Here are Thursday sales by lot no (each preceded bv 29-), seller, grower (in parentheses), amount and breed, age bv weeks and davs, buyer and price 1 Herbert Pendleton, 1200 Indian River Cross, 10 wks, to Roy E Ream, 21, 2 Miller & Bushong __ (Frank Destafano) 2 250 Red'Vantress, 10 wks, to Rov E Ream. 22% 3, John V Erb 4000 Indian River Cross 9 wks. no sale, 20% bid, (lots 4. 5 6 sold as 1 lot at 21 cents) 4. Paul Renno 5500 Red Van tress, 9-3 5 4ROO Indian River Cross 9-3 fi 1300 Indian River and Bed Vantress, 9-3, to Penn sylvania Duteh Farms- 7. M’ller Xr Bushoncr (John L Herr), 4300 White Vantress o wks, no sale 21 '1 bid 8 Miller Ar Bushon® (Tohn L Herr) 4202 Bed Van tress °- 9 no sale 20% bid- 9, Miller H 9 QOO Q wks to H?»rrv H Weaver Jr if), Mil1 p r 8r Tsn«:hon ef (Samuel B 77s wti’to o ivies to Far! B 22 11 Miller & posh on** (H "Ravronrid phorjoc') "Whit® Tsil C n *'- Cross 0 to F w “over, tno l2 Llovd WineV. IA/ in I fowl yoor itncrc withdrawn nrtor to sal^ 12 ]VMlor ‘ p iiV>o/-»nrf ('TTqrrv Tj IQoo Vantr^ss 1 A wks to Pnv F T?c.gm 29 Mlllor & P^QV»r) n rf Botrti- 4200 3O "»Vq to S 17 r*nvis *M IS t oon W Tf«c