g Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 4, 1956
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WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
review
By David S. Lorenson, Reporter
USD A Market News Bureau
CATTLE- Three days 4087,
week ago 3830 Compared to last
Wednesday slaughter steers and
heifers steady to 25c lower, cows
around 50c higher, bulls mostly
steady. Stockers and feeders ful
ly steady Supplies comprised ap
proximately 40 per cent stockers
and feeders along with nearly 15
per cent cows Except for about
ten loads of bulls balance mainly
slaughter steers and heifers Bulk
good to average choice 1000-1300
lb slaughter steers $lB 50-21 00.
several loads and lots comparable
weights high choice and mixed
choice and prime $21.50-23.00, a
couple loads prime 1060-1150 lb
prime steers $24 00-24 50 A few
lots commercial and low good
steeis $l6 25-18.25 Small lots
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good and low choice 800-915 lb
heifers $l6 00-18 00 Utility and
commercial cows brought $12.75-
15 00, cutter grade cows mostly
$ll 00-13 25, a few high yield
ing Hostcin cutters to $13.75;
canners mainly $9 50-10.75. Util
ity and commercial bulls $16.00-
17 50; individual head good fed
bulls $l7 50-18 50. Numerous lots
medium and good 500-650 lb
yearling stock steers $18.50-
20 50. Mixed good and low choice
of similar weight $20.00-21.50,
several loads choice stock steer
calves and short yearlings 409-
550 lbs $22 00-22.50 Common and
medium stock steers under 700
Is $14.00-18.50, some common
down to $12.50 Individual load
good around 950 lb feeder steers
$18.75.
CALVES 804, week ago 1003
Veal mostly steady with last
Wednesday Bulk good and
choice 140-210 lb vealers $24.00-
26.50; high choice and prime
$27.00-30 00 a few Monday to
$3lOO. Utility and commercial
grades mostly $l7 00-23.00 with
culls down to $lO 00.
HOGS 2053, week ago 1930
Barrows and gilts moderately ac
tive this week prices fully steady
with last Wednesday, sows fully
steady to strong In Wednesday’s
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around 270 lb weights down to
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sold from $lO.OO-12 50.
SHEEP: 602, week ago 311.
Supply mainly native spring
lambs 40-75 lbs. Spnhg'lambs ac
tive all week mostly steady with
last Wednesday. Bulk native
spring lambs $24 00-28.00 for
good to prime, a few as high aS
$3O 00. Utility quotable down to
$l9 00. '
Thursday Sale
Of Broilers
Hits Records
'Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohrerstown, Pa) (Sales Re
port, Sale 144, Thursday April
26, 1956) Records fell in the
Thursday auction of broilers at
the Lancaster Poultry Exchange,
when the Oct 24, 1955 mark on
receipts fell under the impact of
171,900 birds Included were
169,800 broilers, also a new rec
ord for the Exchange here. On
Oct 24 last year, 165,000 were
sold.
Prices gained a half cent to
average 22 51 with 60 lots of
189.210 birds listed, 58 lots total
ing 181,820 were offered, and
four lots totaling 9,720 birds
were not sold. Fifty one lots of
broilersr 169.800 birds, sold from
18 to 24 cents, averaging 22.51;
two lots of capettes, 1400 total,
brought 2811 and one lot of
heavy fowl sold at 27, with 700
total
For the corresponding
sale a year ago, Thursday
April 28, 1955, Sale 50, with
41 lots totaling 127,325 birds
offered, Including capettes,
horinonized and fowl, with
33 lots selling, totaling 115,-
700 head, of broilers, and
four lots of 9,200 capetes
and hormonized, and three
lots of fowl, 825 birds.
Broilers sold from 24 to 27 Vi
cents, averaging 25.65.
Walter Melhnger, _ Bird-m-
Hand, paid the 24-cent top for
1900 Red Vantress consigned by
Park Herr, R 2 Lancaster.
For the Del-Mar-Va area,
broilers averaged 20.61 compar
ed to 20 08 the week previous.
Thursday Sales Listed
Here are Thursday sales by
lot number (each preceded by
26-), seller and grower (grower
in parentheses), amount and
breed, age by weeks and days,
buyer, and price
1, Robert H. Barr, 300 White
Vantress, 10-4, J. Robert Charles,
23 fx, 2, Eli W. Breneman, 320
New Hampshire cockerels, 13-6,
no sale, 19 bid, 3, Miller & Bus
hong (Richard Blessing), 1000
Red Vantress* 9-2, to S. E. Davis,
23, 26-4, Miller & Bushong
(Richard Blessing), 2000 Bed
Vantress, 9-2, to S, E. Davis, 23;
5, Jack Bucher, 4800 White Van
tress, 10-2, to H. W. Longaere,
2214; 6, Jack Bucher, 4600 White
Vantress, 10-2, to IH. W. Long
acre,' 2214; 7, Jack Bucher, 1800
White Vantress, 10-2, to H. W
Longaere, 2214, 7, Jack Bucher,
1800 White Vantress, 10-2, to
H. W. Longaere, 22%; 8, Clayton
Hackman, 3500 Red Vantress, 10
wks, to Pennsylvania Dutch
Farms, 20; 9, Eugene Schlos
nagle, 8400 White Mountains, 8-
3, to C F. Manbeck, Inc-, 22%;
10, Wm. C. Schultz, 8200 White
Vantress, 10-2, to Mandata Poul
try, 23;
11, Wm C. Schultz, 7800
White Vantress, 10-2, to Manda
ta Poultry, 23; 12, W. A. Wagner,
5000 Indian River Cross, 9-3, to
Producers Cooperative E x -
change, l4, Miller & Bus
hong (Samuel Felker), 5000
White Vantress, 9 wks, to Man
data Poultry, 22%; 15, Miller &
Bushong (Elmer Snupp), 4500
Red Vantress, 9 wks, to S. E
Davis, 22%, 16, Miller & Bus
hong (Elmer Snupp), 4500
White Vantress, 9 wks, to Man
data Poultry. 22%; 17, Herbert
Pendleton, 1500 Indian River
Cross, 10 wks, to Marvin Swei
gart, 21%; 18, Millport Roller
Mills (Elmer Boyd) 1500 Indian
River Cross, 9-3, to Tilley’s Poul
try, 21%; 19. John Graver, 2500
Silver Cross cockerels, 9-2, to
Roy E Ream, 21%; 20, Norman
Leid, 700 White Rock fowl year
lings, to H. W. Longacre, 27;
21,. Elam W. Weaver, 1500
White Cornish Cross and New
Hampshires, 10 wks, to Roy E.
Ream, 22%; 22, Elam W. Weav
er, 1500 White 'Cornish Cross
and New Hampshires, 10 wks,
to Boy E. Ream, 22%; 23, Willis
Good, 1050 White Cornish Cross,
12 wks, to Carl B- Risser, 22%;
24, Farmers Supply Co, (B. Earl
Foffy), 4500 White Vafltress,
9- to H *W Longacre, 23; 25,
Martin H. Weaver, 2700 White
Vantress, 9-5, to Mandata Poul
try, 23; 26, Martin H- Weaver,
3100 White Vantress, 9-5, to
Mandata Poultry, 23; 27, Martin
H Weaver, 2700 White Vantress,
10- to Victor F. Weaver, Inc.,
23, 28. Martin H. Weaver, 3100
Red Vantress, 10-1, to Roy E
Ream, 23%; 29, Martin H. Weav
er, 3100 Whtie Vantress, 10 wks,
to Victor F Weaver, Inc. 23;
30, Martin H. Weaver, 2200 Red
and White Vantress, 10 wks, to
H W. Longacre, 23,
31, Wenger’s Mill (Bleecher
Forney), 3600 White Vantress,
10-2, withdrawn prior to sale;
32, Miller & Bushong (G Walter
Jackson), 4000 White Vantress,
9 wks, to Victor F Weaver, Inc.,,
22%, 33, Miller & Bushong
(Moses Zimmerman), 1100
White Vantress, 9-3, to Walter
B. Lehman, 23; 34, Miller & Bus
hong (Moses Zimmerman), 2000
Meatpackers, 9-3, to Victor F
Weaver, Inc, 22%; 35, Michael
Schwartz, 3900 Meatpackers, 11
wks, withdrawn prior to sale; 36,
Miller & Bushong (Clair Bom
berger), 4900 Meatpackers, 10.
wks, to Grimes & Hauer, 22%;
37, same consignors. 2500 Meat
packers, 10 wks, to same buyer,
22 K, 3af same consignors, 700
Silver Cross cockerels, 10 wks,
to Roy E. Ream, 20%; 39, Miller
& Bushong (Parke Herr), 1900
White Mountains, 10-2, to Pro
ducers Cooperative Exchange,
18; 40, Miller & Bushong (Parke
Herr), 2200 White Vantress, 10-
2, to Victor F Weaver, Inc, 22%,
41, Park Herr, 1000 Silver
Cross capettes, 10-2, no sale, 17%
bid, 42, Miller & Bushong (John
L Herr), 700 Silver Cross Cock
erel capettes, 12 wks, to Carl B
Risser, 28; 43, Miller & Bus
hong, (John L Herr), 700 Silver
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Cross cockerel capettes, 12 wkS*
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Kohrer, 1900 Red Vantress, 10
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45, Paul Kohrer, 1850 White
Vantress, 10 wks, to Daniel K.
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6000 White Vantress, 10 wks,
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S. Glick, 900 Red Vantress, 9-6,
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Clair Youndt, 2000 White Van
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Inc., 22; 49, 'Miller & Bushong
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51,-Norman K. Garber, 1650
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E. Garber, 1950 Indian River
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tive Exchange, 22%; 53, Harold
Givler, 3800 Indian River Cross,
9-3, to Victor F. Weaver, Inc!,
22%, 54, Harold Givler, 3800
White Vantress, 9-3, to Grimes &
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2500 Red Vantress, 96, to Til
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Tilley’s Poultry, 22; 58, Ray
mond N. Miller, 9500 White Van
tress, 9-5, to Grimes & Mauer,
23; 59', Raymond N. Miller, 9300
White Vantress. 96, to C- F.
Manbeck, 23; 60, WengeFs Mill
(Harry Gantz), 3000 Indian Riv
er Cross, 10-2, to Meader’s Poul
try, 23.
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