2 Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 5, 1957
Broiler Price Drops Half Cent
At Lancaster Exchange Wednesday
In „adiUon a lot of 300 Leghorn
fowl sold for 12% cents, a lot of
11 week old capettes went for 22-
Vfe cents; a lot of 250 capettes sold
for 30 cents and a lot of pullet
capettes also sold for 30 cents.
In all last week, 117,990 birds
were sold at an average price of
21.09 cents.
LANCASTER, April 3 The
broiler price dropped half a cent
from the preceding Friday auc
tion at the Lancaster Exchange
today.
Demand appeared weak as only
37,345 of 66,545 birds offered
sold. The average price for broil
ers was 20.86 cents with 36,425
birds being sold. The range was
from 20% cents to 21% cents.
Three lots of Leghorn Fowl,
1,120 in all, sold for 13 and 13%
cents. A lot of 32 week old -capons
sold for 4% cents.
During the past month 439,105
birds were sold through the Lan
caster Exchange in 122 lots. The
average price for all birds for the
month was 20.9-cents with the
range being from 22.2 cents to
19.7 cents.
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LANCASTER The Friday
broiler auction took a swing up
from the steady downward trend
established the past two weeks
With the average for 66,900 birds
being 21.34 cents with a rang€ of
from 20% cents to 22% cents.
Spring
• sale •
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Friday 7:30 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.
Saturday 7:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
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L H. BRUBAKER
350 STRASBURG PIKE
Rt. 896 2 Miles S. of Garden Spot China Co
A year ago, 83,730 birds were
sold during the week for a 21.32
cent average. Back in 1955, total
sales were 110,300 for an average
of 32.50 cents.
Here is the Friday, March 29
sale listed by lot number; seller
with grower shown in parenthesis
amount and breed; age in weeks
and days; buyer and price.
1. James Mohan, 2,500 White
Vantress, 9-2, no sale, 21 cents
bid. 2. Moore Farms, 250 White
Vantress, 94, Martin M. Brendle,
21% -cents. 3.” Andrew N. Miller,
1,000 White Vantress, 11, J, Rob
ert Charles, 2114 cents. 4. Levi M.
Weaver, 950 Indian Rivers, 11-1,
John N, Thomas, 2214 cents. 5.
C. Richard Neff, 1,300 Indian Riv
er Capettes, 11, Daniel K. Good,
Clearance
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Wednesday Chicago
Grain Markets
May futures, \yeek ago.
Corn $1.28% . $1.32%
Oats $ .70% . $ -72
Wheat $2.24% . $2.23%
Soybeans $2.43Vs . . $2.43
22% cents. . .
6. Paul Z. Martin, 2,500 Indian
Rivers, 10, Roy E. Ream, 21 cents.
7. Enos Buckwalter, 3,500 White
Rocks, 10-5, College Hill Poultry,
21% cents. 8. Jonas K. Stoltzfus,
6,500 White Vantress, 9-4, Manda
ta Poultry, 21% cents. 9. Jonas K.
Stoltzfus, 7,500 White Vantress,
9-4, Mandata Poultry, 21% cents.
10. Jonas K. Stoltzfus, 7,500
White Vantress, 9-4, College Hill
Poultry, 2114 cents.
11. Miller & Bushong (John L.
Herr), 1.200 White Vantress, 9-3,
'Header’s Poultry, 21% cents. 12.
Miller & Bushong (Richard
Thompson), 10,000 White Van
tress, 10, College Hill Poultry,
21% cents. 13. Miller & Bushong
(Elwood Hershey), 3,400 White
Vantress, 9, Victor F. Weaver,
Inc., 21 cents. 14. Miller & Bus
hong (Elwood Hershey), 3,300
White Vantress, 9, Walter C. Mel
linger & Son, 20% cents.'ls. Mil
ler & Bushong (Lester Shirk), 6,1
200 White Vantress, 9, Grimes &
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Field
Demonstration
Here’s Your CHANCE
to see and dnve the powerful
Allis Chalmers WD 45 and the
new D 14 tractor and plows.
Ppwer Director
V.-2
Low-Line, High-Crop
design
You can settle into the Dl4’s
EASY-RIDE SEAT, move the_
“POWER DIRECTOR” into high
or low range and with the 3
bottom plow lay over the
furrows.
You can also see the new
Allis-Chalmers mower the
new TWIN WHEEL drive
mower without a pitman
which mows from a vertical
cutter bar position to 45 degrees
below horizontal.
FIELD DEMONSTRATION
Friday and Saturday, April 5
and 6, 10 A. M. to 4 p. M. at
our Lancaster Store, 2 miles
South of th-a Lincoln Highway on
Rt. 896 (Strasburg Pike )
Free Hot Dogs and Coffee
Look over our inventory of
new and used farm equipment
and appliances. Special appli
ance sale Friday 7‘30 A. M.
to 9.00 P. M. Saturday 7.30
A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
L. H. BRUBAKER
Lancaster R 4 and Lititz
Your Allis-Chalmers Dealer
r» t
Two Stores to Serve You
Lancaster Markets: Demand Good, ,
Prices up in all Livestock Classes
By Edwin M. Hulln
VSDA Market News Service
WEDNESDAY TO
WEDNESDAY REVIEW
Lancaster CATTLE: 3,100,
week ago 3,150. Slaughter steers
and heifers made up beween 40-
45 per cent of the receipts with
steers predominating. Stockers
and feeders comprising about 40
per cent, cows 10 per cent.
Quality of slaughter steers
largely good and choice although
few loads high choice and prime
also .on sale. Compared with last
Wednesday slaughter steers and
heifers strimg to 50 cents higher.'
tows 25-50 cents higher, bulls
fully steady, stockers and feeders
strong to 25 cents higher.
Load prime 1,080 lb. slaughter
steers $25.25, Load 1,325 lb. $25.
Few loads high choice and prime
$23.50-24.75, including load 1,400
lbs. at $23.50 and two loads 1,160
lbs. at $24.75. Bulk choice fed
steers $21.50-23, good to low
choice $19.75-21.25, few standard
and low good $lB-19.50.
Scattering of choice heifers
$20.50-22, standard and good
$15.50-19.50. Utility and commer
cial cows late can
ners and cutters $10.50-14, high
yielding cutters $14.25. Utility and
commercial bulls $15.50-18.50, few
good fed yearling bulls $18.50-
19.50, cutters down to $14.50.
Medium and good stocker and
feeder steers $lB-21.50, load good
and choice 588 lb. stock'steers $22,
load choice 950 lb. fleshy feeder
steers $22. Good 470 lb. stock
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ALTMAN’S SUPER-A FEEDS j
are timed-tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin complete j.
and are manufactured daily in three modern plants. Com- g
pare our prices
Pekins Ducklings.. . .30tf
Rock Salt for Your Asparagus Patch ||
Potatoes, Garden'Tools and Feeds H
Just received a Fresh Load of Water Softener Pellets P
200 Rhode Island Red Chicks if
B. Starter $ 4.15. 16% Dairy Feed - . . 3.40
-B. Grower Crumbles ... 4.35 Enriched Fitting Ration 3.55
Broiler Ration 4.90 - Horse Feed. ' .. . 3.65
Blue Bird All Mash . . 3.85 15% Hog Feed . . 3.65
20% .Quality Mash . . 3-95 32% Steer Concentrate 4.25
\ D. P. 405 Soybea - ’ Meal . 3.95
20% Production Mash .4.10 Cotton Seed Meal 3.95
Scratch D. P, 3-85 Bran ~. . 3.35
Fine Chicks .... 4.85 ‘ j -
Did you know you can feed special chop to sheep and do
good 30b? Why not try some also foi Hogs Pigs and Steers
Young Heifers
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE
WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER -
947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715
10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or mote.
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
steer calves $22.25.
CALVES: 925 week ago 1,000.
Active, strong to $1 higher. Bulk
good and choice vealers $22-29,
few high choice and prime $3O-31.
Utility and standard $l4-21, ctills
down to $lO.
HOGS: 1,750 week ago 1,980,
Strong to 25 cents higher. Late
sales-U.S. 1-3, 190-230 lb. barrows
and gilts $18.75 to mostly $l9 few
mostly No. 2, $19.25-19.60, ‘few
small lots No. 1 and 2 early $2O to
small butchers. No. 2 and 3, 230-
2701b5. $17.25-1R75. Mixed weight
and grade 160-180 lbs. $l7-18.50.
Mixed U.S. 1-3, 270-550 lb.'sows
sl3.so-16.
SHEEP: 230 week ago 165. All
classes rather scarce with in
creased supply of spring lambs.
Wooled slaughter lambs mostly
steady, spring lambs strong. Few
good and choice wooled slaughter
lambs $2O-24, utility and good
$l6-19. Small, lots choice 50-80 lb.
spring lambs $2B-30, few choice.
$32. Slaughter ewes scarce
Sales Dates
Sat., April 6 by George and
Helen N. Boyer between Route
222 and Gring Sand Quarry, one
mile-from Five Mile House hilL
Refrigeration, ice cream equip
ment, tools and household goods.
Sat., April 6 by Mrs. Ester Sota
non, exectriy of Harvey Peifer
estate. Located near Fetters
school house, one mile northwest
of Mt Airy in Clay Township.
Real estate and household goods.
WE DELIVER