2 —Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan. 4, 1957 Lancaster Livestock: Volume Up, Slaughter Steer Price Down $.50 By DAVID S. LORENSON , USD A Market News Service WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY REVIEW ■'"“LANCASTER,, Jan 2 (USDA) —Both a Wednesday to Wed nesday review and a yearly re view of the livestock market is included in this week’s report. CATTLE, 1,826 offered today, a week ago 764, both weeks in cluded a holiday. Compared with last Wednesday slaughter steers mostly 50c lo,wer, instances off more Heifeis sdarc&r-steadynni weak Cows active around 50c higher, buHs—' steady. Stocker and feeder trade very slow. Steady with last Wednes day. Bulk choice fed steers this week $2l-22 65, part load 1,040 -lb. high choice iparting steers 523.50 and load 1,158 lb. nn-md choice and prime steers $24,65." A couple of loads of 1,400-1,425 lb .average choice steers $22 Good and low choice steers $lB.- 50-20 75, some standard grades down to $l7 50. A few small lots standard and good heifers $l5-19, a fpw .head of choice 800 lb. weights $2O-50. Most utility and commercial cows $l2-13 75, can ners and cutters $9.50-12 75, weighty Holstein cutters to $13.25 Bulk medium and low good 525*950 lb stocker and feeder sjeers $l5-17, common stock sl2-14.50. A few loads fleshy feeders to good until mid-summer moderate-supplies allowed W prices to advance sharply. Heav ier fall marketings, however, pushed prices sharply lower leav ing late 'December prices around stso to s2»higher than at the same time last year. during the last week in Dec-j ember 1956 choice fed steers at] Lancaster were quoted from $2l * s L , \ c? power and the cost saving con venience.; that Allis-Chalmers Engineering in Action can give you! i TRACTION ROOSTER «r>d SNAf-COUftER Allu Cf>«lm»ri O.rf.m.rki, ALLIS-CHALMERS <&> SAIES AND SERVICE \pT - Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv. Quarryviile, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Snavelys Farm Service Pa*. New Holland/VPa^ Son L. H. Brubaker Lititz. Pa. : -rfjTtfrfff-rifrikli' m (to $22 75 compared with $19.50 to $2l 50 the same week in 1955. From January to October 1955 there were 900,000 more cattle slaughtered than a year ago and in the last three months of the year cattle offerings at most major terminals rose sharply. Stocker and feeder prices at Lancaster are much the same now as, .they were one year ago. HOGS 1,260, week ago, 1,060. Barrows and gilts 25-50£ lower, than last Wednesday, sows most- Jy s?eady*Bulk barrows and gilts U S. mixed 1 to 3, 190-250 lbs. 190-250 lbs $18.25-19 in Wednes day’s trade with about 50 head mostly No. 1, to $19.50. Weights of 250-270 lbs. $17.75 to 18.25, some around 160 lbs down to $17.75 Sows 270-550 lbs $13.50- 16. Early marketing of the 1956 supply of hogs with a six per cent smaller pig crop left current prices around $5 per cwt. higher than at this time last year Bar rows and gilts 190-250 lbs sold at Lancaster Dec. 31, 1956, from $l9-19.50 compared with $l3 to $13.50 late in 1955. Sows too shared in the sharp advance and were bringing $l3-16 compared with $9-11 a year ago. SHEEP, 172, week ago 127. Supply mainly wooled slaughter lambs. Quality very plain. Prices steady to 500 higher than a week ago Bulk good and choice 70-95 lb. wooled slaughter lambs $lB to 22, a few high choice Monday to $23, utility an<| low good lambs $l4-17.50, culls down to $B. Prices on sheep and Jambs showed less change from ago when compared to other livestock. Current lamb prices l .are around $1 higher' than a year ago-v CALVES 799, a week ago 306. Vealers mostly steady with last Wednesday Bulk good and choice veal calves $23-28, high choice and prime $2B 50 to 34, utility and standard grades $l4 to $22 A ' Decide now on a new Allis- Chalmers Tractor. You’ll be glad you did. R. S. Weaver Stevens, Pa. Charles M. Tester Hubbard Farms Add Lancaster Man to Staff •Hubbard Farms, Inc, has an nounced the - addition of Mr Charles la. ‘ Texter, Lancaster, to their sales staff. Mr Texter vyas bom in Cham bersburg and has been associated with the Sexchick Co, East Pet ersburg, the last four years. He will represent Hubbard in Lan caster County and in southeast ern Pennsylvania Poultry PHILADELPHIA. Jan .2 (USDA) Unsettled. Demand good for light offerings of Yearling Hens Ad only fair for excess supplies of other poultry. Large White Rock Pullets 30- 320 few lots 330. Large White Rock Caponettes 28-30 c few 31-320 medium sizes 260. Few -lots stags 14-150. Caponetted Cross Fryers 240 Vanlress 23-240 mixed 220 without clear ing. TURKEYS Unsettled. De mand light for supplies. Few lots Bronze and White Holland Young Toms 250. Total recepts Dec. 31, 56,000 lbs. Wholesale selling prices No. 1 and fancy quality. Broilers or Fryers heavy type 34 lb 22-24. Pullets 4% lb and over 30-33 hens heavy type 19-24 light type 13-18. Old Roosters 11-12 Ducks Muscovy 25 Pekin 32. Turkeys Young Hens none Young Toms 25. Processed Poultry PHILADELPHIA, Jan 2 (USDA) Processed poultry, ready-to-cook ' (ice packed) Young Chickens about steady Demand fair Fully adequate sup plies were available Prices paid delivered Ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb.) Grade A & U S. Grade A -lb 30 1 2-32 r -mostlyJkT£-31. HENS. Resoy-to-cook (ice packed) steady. Demand good, especially for heavy type. Sup plies were ample for immediate needs. Prices paid delivered Ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb.) Grade A & U. S. Grade A 4-5% lb 31-32. Receipts Dec. 31, Included other than Turkeys: Maryland 91,000 lbs Delaware 98,000 lbs. South Carolina 21,000 lbs North Carolina 22,000 lbs Virginia 18,- 000 lbs. Eggs PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 (USDA) Unsettled. Demand fair. Fully adequate supplies were available ior current require ments. Withdrawals from stor age were moderate in volume. Wholesale selling prices: Min 10 per cent AA quality. Large 45-48 lb White 37-39, Brown 36- 37, Medium "White 33-34, Brown 32-33. Extras, minimum 60 per cent A quality. Large 45-50 lb White 34-35, Mixed 33-34, med ium White 31-32, mixed 30-31. Standards 32-32',4, Checks 38-30. Receipts Dec. 31 7,300 cases all by Truck. ALL OVER IN 3 HOURS . jll- Riho Sian-, chi, 17, bought a ifcw > car at 2:30 p.m., 2:45 p.m., be inured the £ar and applied for licoises. At same; day, tt hit a the Broiler Supplies, Demand Up At Lancaster Exchange Thursday Lancaster Poultry Exchange, Rhorerstown, Pa., (Sales Report, Sale 194, Dec. 27) In a come back from 'light offerings and “no safies” the preceeding week. 72,115 birds were sold at Thurs day sale at the exchange. There was no sale Tuesday. Twenty-one lots, a total of 55,- 200, of broilers sold for an aver age price of 19.86# with the price ranging from WH to 20% #. Two .large lots of Leghorn fowl, 1,256 nf them, sotLd for 13%# and 13.%#. A £ot of 250 pullets sold for 26# and 250 cockerels sold for 17 %# Pour Lots of capettes, 15,100 in all, ranged from 20# to 23 V4#. At the corresponding sale a year ago, 79,880 birds were of fered wi,th 72,580 being sold Prices paid .ranged from 21 %# to 2514# with the Tuesday average “21.8# and 226# cents at the Thursday sale Here are the Thursday, Dec 27, sales listed by lot number (each proceeded* by 27), seller with grower shown in paren theses, amount and breed, age by weeks and days, buyer and price. 1. Raymond M Zimmerman, 1,000 White Vantress. 9-6. no sale. 2. Miller and Bushong (Hoyd Wenger), 6,500 White Vantress, 11-1, to H. W. Lopg acrfe, Inc, 19 v t0. 3. John J. Hess II (-Chnest F. King), 1,800 In- Rivers, 12, to Daniel K- Got)d, 19%0 4. John J. Hess 11, White Rock pullets, 16, to ;;tann v Poultry. 26%0. 5. Paul Z. Martin, 1,250 Indian River, 9-6, to Roy E. Ream, 200 6. Paul Z. Martin, 1,250 Whi,te Vantress, 9-6, to John N. Thomas, 200. 7. Charles Shertzer, 450 Leghorn Fmv'J, to Carl B Risser, 13% 0. 8. George Jackson and Son, 800 Leghorn hens, to Carl B. Risser, 13%0 9. Miller and Bushong, (Frank E. Destafano), 2,200 White Vantress, 10, to Victor F. Weaver, Inc 19>10. 10 Andrew N. Miller, 2,000 White Vantress, 9-6, to H. W. Longacre, 19 H 0 11. Charles Nis- I Authorized Dealers ♦ Master Mix * Wirtjimore Feeds ♦ Ferguson Equipment * Haverly Bulk Tanks ♦ Lincoln Welders _*£audsr Loaders ♦ Thermopane " * Anhydrous Ammoni. I , „ »Wheel A-Wav Egg Milkers „ T , « W ushers ♦ Miller’s Insecticides Irrigation Equipment ♦ Koppers Creosoted * DeKalb Chix & Started Posts Pullets HBESTAND Inc. halS A ALTMAN’S SUPER-A FEEDS are timed-tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin complete and are manufactured daily in three modern plants. Com pare our prices 300 Broiler Chicks started Our New 1957—Chick Prices are here now Come (in and take advange of our Special Discount Offer thru January! Mexican Bailer Twine $6.60 Oak Leaf Bailer Twine .7.10 Chick Starter Nic 4.50 Grower Crumbles 4.45 Fine Chick Feed ... 4.90 Bluebird ’All Mash .. 3.90 20%Production Mash . .4.30 Give your young pigs a Boost By Feeding Altraan’-s Sup ,«r A 40% Hog Concentrate Mash or Pellets and Watch them grow! SPECIAL CHOP 1 H ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE • WILL|S H. WEAVER MANAGER 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715 10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more. PRICES 'SUBJECT TO CHANGE ■ Y V- sley, 2,400 White Vantress. 10, withdrawn prior to sale. 12. O. Kenneth McCracken (Enoa Esh bach), 5,800 White Vantress, 10- 2, no sale, bid. 13. J. W. Eshelman and Sons (Rod Roso Research), 1,200 White Vantress,, 10-2, to Daniel'K. Good, im<f. 14. Noah W. Kreider and Sons, 7,000 White Vantress, 9-2, no sate, 200 bid. 15, Noah W. Kreid er and Sons, 7,000 White Van tress, 9-2, no sale, 200 bid, 16. Glenn H. Herr (Jacob Fisher, Jr.), 1,200 Red Vantress, 10, to Roy E Ream, 230. 17. Levi M. Weaver,, 1,500 White Vantress? 12-1, to Walter C. Mellinger, 200. 18 Lee Petticoffer, 1,000 In dian River. 10-3, to College Hill (Continued on page 3) Fast Simple Low Cost (tvallahl* la t Slr*n|th« ' 49c & 35c PER SHOT Selecfa Dealer CHARLES East Earl R. D. X W Ph. HIS-271X | F. W. Fisher Leacock, Pa. Ph. OL6-2482 Dealers Wanted 16% Super A Dairy Fitting Ration Quality Egg Pellets Staz Dry Bale Barnsnow Crimpt Oats Corn FOR STEERS & HOGS WE DELIVER V V i- REP. 350 - 3.60 4.20 . 2.35 ....88 ' 80 lb sk 3.10 .... 3,55 3.35
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