3—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan, 18, 1957
Broiler Prices Generally Steady
At Lancaster Exchange Thursday
ROHRERSTOWN (Lancas
ter Poultry Exchange, sales re
port 196) Jan. 10 Broiler
prices held generally steady last
Thursday as compared to the
previous weeVs auction. And
over 100,000 birds were sold for
-the first time in several weeks.
Prices paid Thursday were:
Broilers, 18 to 1934 cents, aver
age 18.55 cents for 101,425 birds
in 32 'lots, one lot of 900 birds
sold for 21 cents.
Leghorns, 1114 and 12% cents
paid for four lots of 2,100 birds-
Heavy fowl, 1914 cents paid
for a lot of 200 birds.
Capettes, 24'4 cents paid for
a lot of 750
A year ago broiler prices aver
aged 19 52 cents. 121,920 birds
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400 Started Chicks
SPECIAL BROILER CHICKS
White Crosses & Del. —Ham • Crosses
$12.75 2.000 to 2,999 13.50 per 100
per 100 1,000 to 1,999 13.75 per 100
13.00 per 100 500 to 999 14 25 per 100
13.25 per 100 100 to 499 14 50 per 100
Early Order Discounts v
5,000 Hots & o\ er
4.000 to 4,999
3.000 to 3,999
$l.OO per 100 Discount on orders placed on or before
Januaiy 31, 1957 also an ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT
CERTIFICATE will be issued for each 100 chicks order
ed during this period. This discount Certificate of $.50
for each 100 chicks can be u sed as part payment on 100
■lbs. of Altman’s Super-A-Sta rtmg Mash, Super-A-.Yeast
Starter and Super-A-Broiler Ration. Get your orders in
by January 31, 1957 and save a total of $1 50 on each 100
chicks.
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There was no sale at the Lan
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Hare are the Thursday, Jan.
10, sales listed by lot number
(each, preceded by 10-), settler
with grower shown in paren
theses, amount and breed; age
by weeks and days; buyer and
pride.
1. Evans G McDonald, 600
New Hampshire fowl, no sale, 17
cents bid. 2. Loren Bucher, 700
Leghorns. J. Robert Charles, 12%
cents. 3. J- J. Hess II (Mrs. Sam
uel Blank). 700 White Vantress,
10-5, Carl B. Risser, 19)4 cents.
4. Indian River Poultry, (Nor
man Forney), 2,100 Indian Riv
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10, Victor F. Weaver, Inc.. 18
cents. 6. MilSer • & Bushong (C.
Roy Bixler), 1,400 White Van
tress, 9-2, no sale, 18% cents
bid. 7. Millar & Bushong (Ver
nas R, Snyder). 6,000 White Van-,
tress, 9-6, College Hill- Poultry,
18% cents.
8. MiM®r & Bushong (Vernon
R. Snyder), 6,000 White Vantress,
9-6. College Hill Poultry, 18 %
cents. 9. Miller-& Bushong, (Ver
non R. Snyder), 6,000 White Van
tress, 9-6, College HilS Poultry,
18% cents. 10. James B.' Hess,
3,400 White Vantress, 10, Victor
F. Weaver, Inc., 18 cents 11.
Clair Nissley, 900 Bed Vantress,
9-6, Roy E Ream, 21 cents
12. Clair Nissley, -300- White
Vantress, 9-6, Martin M. Brendle,
19% cents. 13. Aaron J, Brubak
ei, 3.000 White Vantress, 9-6,
Boy E. Ream, 18% cents. 14.
Aaron J. Brubaker, 3,000 White
Vantress, 96. H. W. Longacre,
Inc., 18% cents. 15. Jack Bucher' - ,
4,600 White Vantress, 9-2, Man
data Poultry, 18% cents.
16. Jack' Bucher, 4,600 White
Vantress, 9-2, Header’s Poultry,
18 h cents. 17. Roy Heckenluber,
400 L-C, nine months, Waiter C
Mellmger, 8 % cents 18. Roy
Heckenluber, 400 ’ Leghorns,
Walter C. Mellmger, 11% cents.
19. J. C & Jay Garber, 600 Leg
horns, Walter C Mellmger, 12%
cents.
20 JR Raymond Stoner, 275
Broad Breasted Bronze turkeys,
32, no sale, 2711 cents bid. 21.
Martin MiMer, 5,300 White Van
tress, 10-2, Daniel K Good, 1814
cents. 22. Raymond Witmer,
1,000 White Vantrcss, 9-3, John
N. Thomas, 19 cents. 23 J. Rob
ert Musser, 3,600 White Vantress,
10-6, Man data Poultry, 18%
cents. 24 Brown Bros, 10,000
White Vantress, 9, no sale, 18%
cents bid
25. Brown Bros, 10,000 White
Vantress, 9, no sale, 18% cents
Lancaster Markets: Steers Steady,
With Some High Choice $.25 Higher
By DAVID S, LORENSON
USD A Market News Service
WEDNESDAY TO
WEDNESDAY REVIEW
LANCASTER, Jan, 17
CAiiur,. z,u o weeK ago 2,750
oompaied wun last Weunesuay,
biaugucei sieexa mostly may
oieauy, except, avexage to nxga
.iiuxce sieeis under l,ioo ioa
oteaay to zo cents Higher, heifero
mostly steady. Cows around 25
.erus hxgiiex, bulls fully steaay.
mockers ana teedexs 50-75 cents
nxgher. Receipts for the weeK
eumprised around 50 jper cent
mockers and feeders and ap
proximately 12 per cent cows.
..applies of heners and bails
vrere small with the balance
mainly good to High choice iea
meurs, averaging 1,000-1,250 lb*
Bulk choice fed steers $2O 50-
a 2.00, a couple lots 1,180 and
j.,33o lb steers high choice $23.-
v/0, a part load mixed choice and
prime 1,270 lbs. $24.00. Most
good steers $18.50-19.75, some
standard down to $l7. A few
standard to low choice heifers
$15.-19. Utility and commercial
cows $12.20-13.50, canners and
cutters $9.25-12.00. Utility and
commercial bulls $14.75-18.50,
good fed bulls to $20.25, cutter
grades $13.50-14.50. Bulk med
ium and good 525-900 lb. stocker
and feeder steers $16.-18.50, a
rew lots and loads high good
$18.50-19.50 Common stock steers
$1245, A few loads mixed good
and choice stock steer calves 520
lbs. and down $19.-21.50.
CALVES; 1,141, week ago 874.
Veal calves mostly steady. Bulk
good and choice $23 -28., a mod
erate showing high choice and
prune $28.50-34.00, utility and
standard $15.00-22.00.
HOGS: 1,606, week ago 1,528.
Biarrows and gilts 50-75 cents, in
stances $l. higher than last Wed
nesday. Sows fully steady. Bulk
barrows Jand.gilts U.S. mixed 1-3,
190-230 lbs. in Wednesday’s trade
$19.25-25, a few lots No. 1, 200-
220 lbs. to small killers at $20.50,
weights 240-270 lbs. $lB.OO-19.00,
some weights around 160 lbs-
bid. 26. Philip F. Foster, 8,500
White Vantress, 10, Mandata
Poultry, 18% cents. 27. Miller &
Bushong (Harry L. Temple),
2,000 White Vantress, 9-6, Roy
E. Ream, 18% cents. 28. Daniel
G. Forry, 3,850 White Vantress,
10-5, H. W. Longacre, Inc., 18%
cents.
29. Daniefl G. Forry, 3,475
White Vantress, 10-5, Walter ,C
Mellinger, 19 cents. 30. Miller &
Bushong (Harold* E. Rohrer),
6,000 White Vantress, 10, no
sale, 18% cents bid. 31. Miller &
Bushong, (Harold E, Rohrer),
4,300 Indian Rivers, 10, no sale,
18% cents bid. 32. Mifiler & Bus
hong, (Harold E. Rohrer), 4,650
White Vantress, up sale, l.g%_
cents bid. 33. Miller & Bushong,
(Harold E. Rohrer), 4,650 White
Vantress, 10, no sale. 18% cents
bid.
34. Norman B, Kready, 2,050
White Vantress, 10-2. Daniel K.
Good, 18% cents. 35. Norman B.
Kready, 1,050 Indian Rivers, 10-2,
Leola Poultry, 18% cents. 36.
Miller & Bushong (John L.
Herr), 4,500 White Vantress. 9-
5, H. W. Longacre, Inc., 18%
cents. 37. M iler & Bushong
(John L. Herr), 4,500 White Van
tress, 9-5, Daniel K. Good, 18%
cents. 38. Henry G Stebman, 70
Broad Breasted Bronze, eight
months, John N Thomas, 27
cents.
39. Miller & Bushong (Richard
Thompson), 7,500 White Van
tress, 9-6, College Hill Poultry,
18 % cents 40 Miller & Bushong
(Richard Thompson), 7,500
White Vantress, 9-6, CoKege Hill
Poultry, 18% cents ; 41. Miller &
Bushong , (John L. Herr), 750
Capettes, 13-2, John N. Thomas,
24% cents 42. Miller & Bushong
(John L. Herr), 750 Capettes, 13-
2, no sale, 24% cents bid. 43
Alfred Fisher, 200 White Rock
fowl, nine months, John N
Thomas, 19% cents.
down to $lB.OO,
SHEEP: 193, week ago 546.
Very small supply of lamb on
sale included double deck load
western rail shipped lambs.
Slaughter lambs mostly steady
quality plain. Bulk Good and
Choice native wooled lambs $lB.-
22. Utility and low good $14.00-
17 50. Load western shorn lambs
No. 2 pelts 75186 lbs $l9-20. for
good and choice grades a few
back to $lB.
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(USDA) Processed poultry,
ready-to-cook (ice packed)
Young chickens - barely steady.
Demand fair. More than ade
quate supplies weer offered.
Prices paid delivered ware
house, Philadelphia (cents per
lb.) Grade A & U. S. Grade A, 2-»
ib. 29-31, mostly 29-30.
Hens: ready-to-cook (ice
ed) steady. Supplies were ample
for the good demand.
Prices paid delivered ware
house, Philadelphia (cents per
Ib.) Grade A & U. S. Grade A
4-5% 'lb 32-33.
Receipts. Jan. 15 included other
than turkeys: Maryland 80,00#
lbs., Delaware 111,000 lbs., North
Carolina, 47,000 lbs., South Car
olina 23,000 lbs., Virginia 21,000
lbs.
LIVE POULTRY
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. .16, —»
(USDA) Unsettled Supplies of
all classes were in excess of-the
fair demand. In-between hen*
and pullets 25 cents. Large white
rock pullets 29-30 cents. Largo
white rock caponettes 27-29 cents
Small sizes 25-26 cents. No. 2
quality 22 without clearing. Few
lots cross capons 38-40 centsr.
capon slips 26-28 cents few lots#'
moasters 20-22 cents. White rock
fryers 22-24 cents few lots 2S
cents mixed 22-23 cents vantress
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