2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 8, 1956
Prices Advance Quarter Cent for i4 _
Broilers at Lancaster Thursday
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
(Rohreistown, Pa). (Sales Re
port, Sale 151, Thursday, May
31, 1956) Gains of a quarter
cent were marked up in the
Thursday auction of 80,925
birds an 30 lots at the Lancaster
Poultry Exchange Thirty-three
lots totaling' 97,925 were listed
and olfered. Prices ranged from
20 to 22’1, avei aging 2103 cents
on broileis
One lot of 1500 Leghoin fowl,
consigned by J G. Miller, sold
at 19% ' cents to Carl B. Risser.
Twenty-six lots, totaling 77,875
broilers, moved, and two lots of
heavy fowl, 1200 count, brought
25 cents, consigned by Richard
Tiostel. One lot of 350 capettes
brought 26 cents
For the corresponding day a
year ago, Thursday, June 2,
1955, sale 59, 41 lots' totaling
100,960 birds were offered, 40
lots totaling 100,160 were sold
in a range of 27 to 29 12, averag
ing 28 4 cents
Market Top 22.25
Topping the market Thursday
was Mary E Fony, Rl Lancas-
I ALTMAN’S SUPER-A FEEDS
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Come and sea our Started Chicks
Bailer Twine ' $6 60
Binder Twine (bale) 8.15
Electric Fence charger 27 50
Electric wire (roll) 11 75
Cattle Wire (20 rod roll)
17 00 up
Poultry Wire 610 up .Quality Egg Mash
AHi Dairy Cleaner per gallon lg% Dairy feed
395 20% Bluebird Dairy
375 Super A Dog Meal 25#
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Horse feed
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SPECIAL CHOP
ALTMAN’S CASH TEED STORE
WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER
947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. 4-7715
10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more.
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ter, with 875 White Vantress, 10
weeks old, that sold to Carl B.
Risser foi 22%.
Here are Thursday sales by
lot number (each preceded by
31-), seller and grower, amount
and breed, age by—weeks and
days, buyer and price;
| 1, Arthur Lauf, 4800 White
Vantress, 10-1,. to Victor J. £os-
l e r; 21; 2, Donald Ranck, 500
!ncw 'Hampshire cockerel cap
ettes, 11 wks, no sale, 24% bid,
(3, j G Miller 1500 Leghorn
fowl yearlings, to Carl B Ris
ser, 19%, 4, Miller & Bushong
‘(William Selcher), 2600 White
Vantress, 9-2, to Tilley’s Poul
try, 21, 5, Chailes Nissley, 2000
White Vantress, 9-2, to Waller
B Lehman, 21%;
6, Richard Trostel, 600 New
Hampshire fowls,' 9 months,-to
S E Davis, 25, 7, Richard Tros
tel, 600 New Hampshire fowls,
12 months, to Thomas E. Bross
25, 8, Elmer Leaman, 2400 Red
Vantress, 9 wks, to Producers,
Cooperative Exchange, 21; 9,
Elmer Leaman, 5600 White and
Turkey Starter 4 60
Turkey Developer 445
Chick Starter Nic 445
B Grower Nic 4 35
Special Broiler Ration Nic
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Donald G., Donald M.
Herr on Judging Team
Two Donald Herrs, one Don
ald G., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gray
bxll Herr, R 2 Quarryville, and
Donald M, Refton, son of Mr
and Mrs Maurice Herr, will
represent Lancaster County as
the two-man 4-H livestock
demonstration team at the an
nual Club Week on the State
University campus Aug 13-16.
These two were early winners
in tryouts underway this "week
at the Farm Bureau Auditorium
in Lancaster.
Red Vantress, 9 wks, to Produc
ers Cooperative Exchane, 21; 10,
Henry Longenecker, 3350 Red
Vantress, 9-4, to Walter B. Leh
man, 21,
11, William R. Myer, 13,400
White Vantress, 9 wks, to Penn
sylvania Dutch Farms, 21, 12,
William R Myer, 500 White
Vantress, 9 wks, to Pennsylvania
Dutch Farms, 21, 13, Miller &
Bushong (Clarence Shenk), 4300
Indian Rivers,' 9-2, to S. E. Da-
vis, 21, 14, Miller & Bushong
(Clarence Shenk),, 4500 Indian
Rivers, 9-2, to Walter B Leh
man, 21%, 15, Miller & Bushong
(Clair Bomberger), 2000 Meat-1
packers, 10 wks, to Mandata 1
Poultry, 21, j
16, Edwin Hurst, 1800 Red,
Vantress, 11 wks, to Roy E.
Ream, 21 h, 17, D E Horn &
Co (Nelson Fitz), 6500 White
Mountains, 9-2, no sale, 20%, 18,
Mary E Forry, 875 White Van
tress, 10 wks, to Carl B. ftiss-ar,
22%, 19, Clayton S Zimmerman,
1000 Red Vantress, 10 wks, to
Walter B Leaman, 21%; 20, J
Chester Bucher, 975 Indian Riv
ers, 8-6, to Walter B. Lehman,
20%;
21, Aaron E. Beiler, 350 White
Vantress capettes, 13 wks, to
Walter C Melhnger, 26, 22,
Glenn H Herr (Harold Musser),
400 White Vantress, 11 wks, to
Walter B. Lehman, 21%; 22-A
Glenn H Herr (Harold Musser),
1100 White Vantress, 11 wks, (to
Header’s Poultry, 21, -23, Willis
Good, 475 New Hampshire cock
erels, 12 wks, to Roy E. Ream,
20, 24, Miller & Bushong (Aaron
P Miller), 2400 Indian Rivers,
9-2, to Roy E. Ream, 21, 25, Mil
ler & Bushong (Aaron P Mil
ler), 2400 Indian Rivers. 9-2, to
Victor F Weaver, Inc, 20%;
26, Miller & Bushong (Christ
L. Herr), 4400 White Vantress,
10 wks, to Victor _F. Weaver,
Inc, 21; 27, Charles D Warfel
11, 5000 Indian Rivers, 9-6, to
Producers Cooperative Ex
change, 21; 28, Charles D. War
fel 11, 5000 Indian Rivers, 9-6,
to Producers Cooperative Ex
change, 21; 29, Donald Adams,
10,000 White Vantress, 10-6, no
sale, 20% bid; 30, A. L. Hamish,
4000 White Mountains, 9-4, to
Mandata Poultry, 21; 31, Farm
ers Supply (H Robert Mylin),
1500 White Vantress, 9 wks, to
John E. Rettinger, 20%; 32, A.
K. King, 1100 Red Vantress, 9-1,
to Roy E. Ream, 21%.
PROCESSED POULTRY
PHILADELPHIA, June 6
Processed poultry (ice packed)
young chickens barely steady
More than ample supplies of all
sizes were available for the fair
demand.
Hens; About steady. Demand
w£s fair. . Supplies were more
than sufficient.
Receipts June 5_ included, oth
er than turkeys: Md. 67,000 lb;
Del. 82,000 lb; Va. 22,000 lb.
Wholesale selling prices
(grade A qual. including size
able lots to butchers)
Cents per lb:
Broilers or fryers, 1% lb 26-
27, 2lb 26-27, 2 I A lb 26-27, 2% lb
26-27, 3 lb 26-27.
Roasters. 3’A lb 26-27, 4lb 26-
27, 4% lb 29-30, 5 lb and up 32-
33.
Hens, 6%-7 lb heavy type 29-
30, 4%-6 lb heavy type 28-31, 4
lb and over, light type 25-27,
under 4 18, light type 19-23-
Ducklings (dressed) 26 1-2-29,
frozen - (ready-to-cook, 42-44.
Steers Moderately Active, 75 Cents to
|l.OO Higher; Hog Top Reaches $19.00
By DAVID S. LORENSON
United States Department of
Agriculture, Market News
Service
WEDNESDAY TO WEDNES-
DAY REVIEW
LANCASTER, June 6 (Wed
nesday to Wednesday Review)
CATTLE 4237, week ago
4290 Slauhter steers and heifers
moderately active, 75-$l.OO high
er than last Wednesday, cows
around 25c lower, bulls steady
to 25c higher Stockers and fead
jers mostly steady Supplies com
prised around 30 per cent stock
ier and feeder steers and ap
proximately 10 per cent cows.
Balance mainly good and choice
1 1000-1300 lb slaughter steers
Bulk fed steers choice 900-1300
lbs, $2O 50-2175, numerous lots
and loads choice and mixed
choice and prime $2175-23 00, a
few loads prime 1166*-1381 lb
steers $23 25-24 25; good to low
choice steers $l9 00-20.25. A few
lots standard and commercial
867-1125 lbs $l7 50-18 75. Most
cutter and utility cows $llOO
- 75, a few commercial and
standard $l4 00-15 00, canners
mostly $9 25-10 75 Bulk medium
and good 500-700 lb stock steers
DRESSED TRAfiE
PHILADELPHIA June 6
(USDA) Turkeys Frozen I
(ready-to-cook) unsettled De
mand lighter More than suffi
cient supplies of hens and light
er weight toms were available
Wholesale selling prices
(grade A & U S grade A qual)
Fryer-roaster 4-10 lb 45-46,
young hens 8-10 lb 49-50, 10-14
lb 51-53%, 14-16 lb 52 1-2-53 1-3, '
young items 14-20 lb 52-60, 20-22
lb 61 1-2-62, 22-24 lb 63-64, 24-
28 lbs 63 1-2-64 1-2, 28 lbs and
up 64-65.
1" Ready-to-cook - Young chic
kens unsettled. Supplies were
'more for the fair de
mand From distant producing
areas selling competition was
active.
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ment Your cattle and hog* need
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BETTER BEEF for aleer* and
TRIPLE RICH for Hogs
We also have the famous DAN
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Manufactured by Mar-Gro a fg. Co ,
K 2 Lancaster
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That’s the new Meatpacker Cross . . .
Time and tune again top place and top price
bird at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange.
Wider breast —heavier legs—bigger size
put the Meatpacker Cross on top! White
feathering makes cleaning and dressing
easier! Big meaty body keeps dressing
weight loss down, gets premium price
from poultry buyers!
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A bird that practically grows while you
■watch. Goes well over three pounds in 10
weeks uses less feed do get there too!
Disease resistance makes the Meatpacker
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LET THIS NEW BIRD
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$lB.OO-20.75; several loads 550;
800 lb good and choice stocker
and feeder steers $21.00-21.50,
scattered small lots choice 470*
525 lb stock steer calves $21.50*
23.00.
CALVES. 885, week ago 706.
Vealers less active than early
last week, prices weak to 50e
lower than last Tuesday. Bulk
good and choice vealers this
week 135-210 lbs $22.00-25 50.
High choice and prime mostly
$26 00-29.00, a few Monday to
$30.00, utility and commercial
$16.00-21 00.
HOGS 1755, week ago 1565.
Barrows and* gilts about steady
with last Tuesday Sows scarce
this week, fully; steady. In Wed
nesday trade bulk barrows and
gilts U S mixed 1-3, 180-240 lbs
$lB 50; several lots totaling
around 60 head mostly 1 and 2
went to local small killers at
$l9 00. Weights 240-270 lbs
$l7 50-18-25, 160-180, $l7 50-
18.50. Sows, all weights, $ll5O
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SHEEP 749, last -week 340.
Supply mainly native spring
lambs Native iambs fully steady
with last Tuesday ' Bulk 55-85 lb
native spring lambs this week
$24 00-28 00 for good to prime
grades, one lot 54 head 84 lb
.Virginia lambs to $29 00, utility
grade lambs sold down to $l9 00.