2 —Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 13, 1956 Cattle Rub High, Top Hits $22.90 At Lancaster By David S. Lorenson Reporter USD A Market News Bureau , LANCASTER (USDA) (Wednesday to Wednesday Re view) Cattle: 5,242, week ago 3,557 Compared with last Wed nesday Slaughter steers and heifers steady to weak, cows around 25c higher, bulls mostly steady. Stockers and feeders I I l When you use Dr Salsbury a j I Wavac drinking-water vaccine, ( I "easy” is the key word You j ■j just put Wavac m the water,_j • chicks vaccinate themselves, j j Choose from 3 Wavac types - | 1 (1) Newcastle, (2) Bronchitis, J { or (3) Combined Vaccinate | I at 4 days, 4 weeks, and again j J at 4 months to assure great- ( I est immunity Entire program j | costs about 2i a bird, saves j I you time and labor. Ask for j j genuine Wavac, the original | I drinking-water vaccine, from J your Dr Salsbury dealer F. W. FISHER Rep—Ph. Leola 6-2482 LEACOCK. PA. fffHH***4*««**vt»*«< «#•*«•••< »♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦•»»♦»»»»>>>*»♦>»•»*•l Altman’S Super-A Feeds are timed tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin complete’and'are manufactured daily m three -modem plants. Compare our prices ATTENTION FARMERS—WE HAVE STARTED CHICKS' Baler Twine 660 Fine Chick Feed 485 Binder Twine 8.15 Medium Scratch 430 Dog Meal (25 lbs) 205 Cracked Corn (in cotton) 375 Hotse Feed 385 Oats (80 lbs) . 305 Enriched Fitting Ration 345 B Starter Meg . 4.40 32% Dairy 430 Grower 420 20% Blue Bird Dairy 300 Broiler Ration (Meg) 500 16% Blue Bird Dairy 280 Quality Egg Mash . 4.10 Hog Feed 370 Blue Bird All Mash 380 SPECIAL CHOPS FOR STEERS & HOGS 325 WE DELIVER 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. (&«••*••*•♦+**♦**+•+****************< .■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a [ USED SPECIALS [ S NEW HOLLAND 75 & 76 BALERS S 2 ROW POTATO PLANTER ■ S USED TRANSPLANTER S ’■ NEW & USED MANURE SPREADERS ■ ■ FARMALL “M” S ■ JOHN DEERE “B” ■ ■ SEVERAL AC-“WC" TRACTORS IS ■ L. H. BRUBAKER \ m u J| Lane. R 4 Ph. Lane. 3-7607 * * STRASBURG OV-72305 ■ slow, fully steady. Receipts around 50 per cent slaughter steers and 10 per cent cows. Balance ma nly medium to low choicj stock steer calves and ycailing 1 ’ Bulk choice fed steers IMW-1300 lbs $19.00-21.00, high choice and prime $21.25-22.00, one load prime 1270-lb steers $22 90 Part load 1019-lb prime yearlings $23.50. Good and low choice steers $17.00-18.75, some commercial $l5 50-16.50. A few lots good and choice heifers $l6 00-18.50, small lot 900-lb choice heifers $l9 00. Commer cial heifers doVvn to $l4-00. Most utility and commercial $l2 500.3 75, cutters largely $lO an occasional high yielding cutter to $13.00. Can ners mostly $9 25-10 50. Utility and commercial bulls $16.00- 17.50, a few good fed bulls 800- 1100 lbs $l7 50-18.50. Good and choice 500-625-lb, stocker and feeder steers and short year lings $lB 50-21.00, two loads 531- lb chpice short yearlings $2l 75, load 50D-lb stock steer calves and short yearlings $22.00, load choice steer calves, 581 lbs, $23 00. Common and' medium stockers and feeders 500-800 lbs $l3 00-18 00 A few loads 950- 1000-lb partly fattened good feeder steers $18.50-19 00. Calves 1,244. week ago 987. Demand narrow for veal calves all week, prices about steady with last Wednesday Bulk good and choice vealers $22 00-24.00, high choice and prime $24 GO -26 00, 'a. few early to $28.00 and $29 00 Utility and commercial $14.00-19 00, culls down to $8 00. Hogs 2,366, week ago 1,917 Barrows and gilts around 25 cents lower than last Wednes day, sows mostly steady Wed nesday this' week barrows and gilts U S mixed 1-3, 190-250 lbs $15.75 16 00, a few lots mostly 1 and 2 to local small killers at $l6 50 Weights 160-180 lbs $l3 50-15 75, 140-160 lbs $l2 50- 13 50 Sows, all weights, $9.50- 12 00 Sheep 160, week ago 216 Sup ply confined mainly to native i spring lambs, those mostly steady with last* Wednesday. good to prime 50-78-lb na tive spring lambs $23 00-27 00, a few as high as $2B 00, utility down to $lB 00 Aged sheep too scarce for an adequate market test UM«»trt»r»» 4 -* 4 *f* > ******f*** <t **** m .--^?*- Rm#***H«»***WM»**WM*W*W*MMH*«f»* PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ana nmstnntttssttsnutmnmt Broilers Off Prices Off in Thursday; 23 Cents Highest Lancaster. Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstown, Pa. Sales re; port, sale 140, Thursday, April 5, 1956) Broilers moved about one-third of a cent lower here Thursday on supplies of 30 lots, 85,950 birds listed, offered and sold Twenty-eight lots, totaling 85,500 broilers, sold from 20 to 23 cents, one lot of 300 Leghorn broilers brought 18 % cents and one lot of 150 heavy fowl brought 25% cents. Prices aver aged 20.65. Raymond' Lockard, R 1 Colum bia, topped the market with 775 White Vantress, 10 weeks old, that sold to John Thomas, R 6 Lancaster at 23 cents. For the corresponding day a year ago, Thursday, April 7, 1955, sale 44, 28 lots of 109,550 broilers were offer- ed, 23 lots totaling 85,550 'were sold from 30_to 32 M ce.n t s, averaging 30.91, slightly more than a dime above this Thursday’s sale. Here are Thursday sales by lot number (each preceded by 5-), seller, with grower indicated in parentheses, __ amount and breed, age by weeks and days, buyer and price I, Charles Wert, 9675. Indian River Cross, 9 wks, to Pennsyl vania Dutch Farms, 20 cents, 2. Miller Sc Bushong (Richard Grossman), 1500 White Van tress, 10 wks, to Leola Poultry, 20)4, 3, Kenneth McCracken (Eugene Weaver), 500' White Vantress, 9-6, to Marvin Swei-, gart, 20 *'i, 4, Kenneth McCrack en (Charles Keagy), 1150 White Mountains, 9<2, to Walter C. Mellinger, 21, 5, Farmers Sup ply (Amos Rohrer), 1200 White Mountains, 9-2, to Producers Co operative Exchange, 20*^; 6, John V. Erb, 4000 Indian River Cross, 10 wks, to Carl B Risser, 20 51, 7, Noah D Zook, 2000 Indian River Cross, 10-3, to Tilley’s Poultry, 20%; 8, Mar tin Miller, 4800 White Vantress, 9-6, to Mandata Poultry,. 20%; 9, Levi M Weaver, 6200 Red Vantress, 9-5, to Harry H Weav er, Jr, 20VI, 10, J Lloyd Rohr er, 900 Red Vantress, 10-5, to Martin M Brendle, 22%; 11, Miller & Bushong (Christ Smith), 2000 White Vantress, 9 wks, to Victor F Weaver, Inc, 20%, 12, Galen Heckman, 2800 Red Vantress and Lancaster Whites, 10 wks, to Pennsylvania Dutch Farms. 20; 13, Galen Heckman, 2800 Red Vantress and Lancaster Whites, 10 wks, to Pennsylvania Dutch Farms, 20, 14, Benjamin C. Eshbach, 3000 Indian River Cross, 9-2, to Harry H. Weaver, Jr., 20V4, 15, Miller & Bushong' (Elwood Her shey), 6800 Meatpackers, 10 wks, to Carl B. Risser, 21; H ♦♦ s 16, Miller & Bushong, (John L. Herr), 4200 Red i Vantress, 10- to Roy E. Ream, 21; 17, Miller & Bushong (John L Herr), 2200 White Vantres=, 10 wks, to Roy E. Ream, 21 Vi, 18, Miller & Bushong (Raymond Lockard), 775 White Vantress, 10 wks, to John N. Thomas, 23, 19, Wilmer Kraybill, 300 Leg horn cockerels, 10 wks, to Walt er C Mellinger, 18%; 20, John M. Kilheffer, 800 Red Vantress, 11- to John J. Thomas, 22%; 21, Clarence West, 150 New Hampshire fowl yearlings to Carl B. Risser, 25%; 22, Aaron S. Fisher, 800 White Vantress, 11 wks, to Roy E- Ream, 20%; 23, R. C- Carman, 7500 White Vantress, 10-2, to Mandata Poul try, 20%; 24, D. L. Hess, Jr. 1150 White Vantress, 9-6, to Meaders Poultry, 21%; 25, George Weaver, 1200 White Cor nish Cross, 10-6, to Eeola Poul try, 20%; 26, James McDowell, Jr., 5000 White Vantress, 10 wks, to Mandata Paultry, 20%; 27, James McDowell, Jr., 5000 White Vantress, 10 wks, to Man data Poultry, 20%; 28, C. Rich ard Neff, 1350 Indian River Cross, 9 wks, to Victor F. Weav er, Inc-, 20; 29, Aberdeen Mills- Herbert Miller, 2200 Red Van tress, .9-6, to. .Grimes & Hauer, 20%, and 30, Aberdeen Mills- Herbert Miller, 3800 White Van? tress, 9-6, to Tilley’s Poultry, 20%. Tuesday Sale; Broilers 20.43 Lancaster Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstown, Pa —Sales Re port, Sale 141, Tuesday, April 10, 1956)—Prices declined fraction ally on broilers here Tuesday, averaging 20.43 cents compared to 20.65 on the proceeding Thurs day.' For the corresponding day a year ago at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange, the average Apirl 12, 1955 was 27.3 There were 11 lots of total 24.675 birds listed and offered Tuesday. Ten -lots, -totaling 23,- 715 birds sold. Seven lots of broilers, 21990 birds sold from 20 tp 20 ’- cents thus scoring an average of 20 43; one lot of 370 capettes brought 26, another lot of 350 birds 29% and/one lot of 12-week capettes, 1000 in unm ber,- brought 23% cents- Oliver Heisey consigned 960 Beltsville turkeys, 16 weeks, 3 days, that failed to sell. Bids ranged up to 30% cents. This was the consignment of turkeys received on the market in some weeks. For the corresponding day a year ago, Tuesday, Apirl 12, 1955, sale 45, fifteen lots total ing 17,700 broilers, 10,500 cap onettes and 1100 turkeys were offered. Fourteen lots of broil ers, 17,700 head, sold from 26V4 t0_30% cents; 10,500 caponettcs brought 29 to 2914 cents. Here are Tuesday sales by lot number, seller -and grower, amount and breed, age by iy,eeks and days, buyer and price: /Each lot number preceded by “10-”) 1, Donald Ranck, 375 White and Red ' Cross cockerels and caponeltes, 10 wks, 5 days, to Walter C Mellinger, 26 cents- 2. Allen E Moyer, 1000 Red Van tress, 10-5, to Carl B Risser, 20 A MARKET-MAKER That’s the new Hfeatpaeker Cross . . . Time 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! COST-SAVER That’s the new Meatpacker Cross . A bird that practically grows while watch. Goes well over three pounds in 10 weeks uses less feed to get there too! Disease resistance makes the Meatpacker Cross hardy, cuts early chick loss! LET THIS NEW BIRD PROVE ITSELF IN YOUR FLOCK Order Moatoacker Cross Chicks for 1956 delivery! Call or Write. ■ us u a;tc j foe. ■ [ R- D. #3, Lititz, Pa. Phone 6-2407 1 I y Exclusive hatchery for ■ THE TVIEATPACKER CROSS aBaaaaaaaBaa'iaBaBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBaa Poultry LIVE POULTRY Philadelphia April 11 (USDA) —Market unsettled Demand light for more than ample sup plies Large rock pullets 35-37 c, white rocks 34-36 c Large white rock caponettes -30-34, few lots 35c without clearing. Hylmeiy were unsold and moved to dress ers. Few lots cross fryers 23* 25c, vantress reds 23-25 c, mixed 21-23 c, white rocks 21-23 c with out clearing. Turkeys weak. De mand light. Carried Beltsville young toms offered at 30c were unsold. Receipts April 10 included Del aware 16,000 lbs; Maryland 14,000 lbs. Wholesale selling prices No. 1 and fancy quality. Broilers or fryers heavy type 3-4 lbs 21-25; pullets 4ti lbs and over 34-37; hens, heavy type 26-30, light type 15-20. Old roosters 14-15 Ducks; Muscovy 22 Pekins 28-30. •cents, 3. James B. Hess, 3300 Meatpackers,' 9-4, to Roy E. Ream, 20 % cents 4, John S. Beil er, 1800 Indian River Cross. 94, to Walter C Mellmger, 20 cents; 1, Gerald Moyer, 1000 White Vantress, 12-2 to John E. Het tinger, 23 ,i cents; 6, Raymond N. Miller, 4450 White Mountains, 10 wks, to Producers -Coopera tive Exchange. 20 % cents; 7, Raymond N Miller, 4500 White Mountains, 10 wks, to Pro ducers Cooperative Exchange, 20% cents, 8, Raymond N. Miller, 3340- Meatpackers. 10 wks, to Victor F. Weaver, Inc., 20% cents 9, Raymond N Miller, 3600 Meatpackers, 10 wks, to Victor F. Weaver. Inc, 20% cents, 10, Aaron E. Beiler, 350 White Van tress capettes, 12-5, to Carl B. Risser, 29%, and 11, Oliver Heis ey, 960 Beltsville turkeys, 16-3, no sale. 30% bid.
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