2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 17, 1957
COT Broilers Average 22.1 S Cents
At Special Exchange Sate Wednesday
LANCASTER Wdilin Cassel,
Til Manheim, sold 35 White Van
tress cockoials for 23cents to
top the special Chicken of Tomor
iow sale held in conjunction with
the regular Wednesday auction at
the Lancaster Poultry Exchange.
Glen Herr was the buyer.
At the regular sale, 29,575 broil
cis sold., for an average of 20 92
cents with the range being from
20 to 21% cents
Top price went to R-joert Barr
R 1 Millersville with Daniel K.
Good, Columbia, paying 2114
cents for 1.000 White Vantress
nine weeks, six days old.
At the COT sale, 876 birds sold,
al prices langmg from Cassel’s
Ingh of 23 Vz to 20 cents for the
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Turkey Developer Pellets $4.60
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low lot. The average was 22.15
cents
About 105,000 broilers are of
fered for the auction Friday
The Tuesday report from the
Delmarva area gave 20.3 cents as
the average price paid for broil
ers
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LANCASTER Broiler prices
stayed over the 20 cent figure at
the Friday auction held at the
Lancaster Poultry Exchange May
10. The average for 78,000 broil
ers was 21 02 with the range be
ing flora 20% to 21% cents.
At the sale, 1,300 pullet cap-
sold for 24 cents and four
lots, 2,650 head, of capettes, rang
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PHILADELPHIA (USDA) —-
Steady, demand was fair. More
than adequate supplies were off
ered. Current receipts in liberal
supply sold slowly in small lots
at 24-26 cents
Wholesale selling prices, min
imum 10 per cent AA quality
large 45-48 lb, White 31-33,
Brown 31-32, medium White 28-
29, Brown 28-29
Extras, minimum 60 per cent
A quality large 45-50 lb. White
29-30 Vi, mixed 'color 29-30, med
ium White 27-28, mixed color 27-
28, standards 26’-6-27, Checks 25-
26.
Receipts May 11 - 3,800 cases,
all by truck.
ed from 22Vz to 24V4 cents.
Here is the sale listed by lot
number, seller with giower in
parenthesis, amount and breed;
age in weeks and days; buyer and
price.
1. Eugene Schlosnagle, 8,400
White Vantress, 9, College Hill
Poultry, 21 cents. 2. Eugene
Schlosnagle, '8,400 White Vant
ress, 9, College Hill Poultry, 21’A
cents 3. J. Lloyd Harnish, 7,700
White Vantress, 9-3, H. W. Long
acre Inc., 21 cents. 4. J. Lloyd
Harnish, 7,400 White Vantress,
9-3, College Hill Poultry, 203,4
cents. 5 Clair E. p'ltz 5,000 White
Vantress, 10, Mandata Poultry,
2114 cents
6. Clair E. Fitz, 4,000 White
Vantress, 10, Mandata Poultry,
2114 cents. 7 Daniel L. Fisher,
1,300 White Rock pullet capettes,
15, Carl B Risser, 24 cents. 8. Mil
ler & Bushong (J. Edgar Sum
mers), 250 White Vantress cap
ettes, 13, Roy E. Ream, 24 cents.
9. M & B (John L. Herr), 700
White Rock capettes, 14, Walter
C. Mellinger, 23 cents. 10. M & B
(John L Herr), 700 White Rock
capettes, 14, Carl B. Risser, 2414
cents.
$3-25
11 M & B (John L. Herr), 1,000
White Vantress capettes, no sale,
22V2 bid 12 M & B (John L.
Herr), 1,000 White .Vantress- cap
ettes, 13, Walter C.' Mellinger,
22V4 cents 13. M& B (Christ L
Herr), 3,500 White Vantress, 9-3,
no sale, 21 cents bid. 14. M & B
(Elmer Garber), 3,700 White
Vantress, 10, Walter C Mellinger,
2114 cents 15. M,& B (Mearl
Long), 1,100 White Vantress cap
ettes, 13-4, no sale, 21 cents bid
16 M & B (Joseph F Bushey),
9,000 White Vantress, 10, C. F
Manbeck Inc., 21 cents 17. M &
B (Joseph F. Bushey), 8,800
White Vantress, 10, C. M. Man
beck Inc, 21 cents. 18. William,
Eshelman-Red Rose, 3,900 White
Vantress, 9-3, Victor F. Weaver
Inc., 20% cents. 19. William
Eshelman, 3,900 White Vantress,
9-3, Victor F Weaver Inc., 21
cents. 20 William Eshelman, 3,-
900 White Vantress, 9-3, Victor
F. Weaver Inc, 20% cents.
21. William Eshelman, 3,900,
White Vantress, 9-3, College Hill
Poultry, 21 cents.
Poultry
PHILADELPHIA (USDA)
Unsettled. Heavy volume of ar
rivals of all classes were more
than sufficient for the light very
selective demand. Large White
Rock Pullets 25-27 cents few
lots 28-30 cents, medium sizes 23-
24 cents. White Crosses 26 cents
with bulk unsold. Large White
Rock Caponettes 24-26 cents,
Greys 23-24 cents, ' crosses 24
cents for large and 22-23 cent for:
small sizes. Cross Fryers 21-23
cents. Caponetted 22-25 cents,
straight Cockerel Crosses 22-23
cents, without clearing, White
Rocks 23-25 cents, Silver Crosses
22-23 cents with bulk unsold,
Reds 22-24 cents. No. 2 quality
mixed Fryers 15-20 cents. Turk
eys. Unsettled. Demand fair.
More than - adequate supplies
were available. Bronze and x ßuff
breeder hens and toms 23-28
cents.
Total receipts May 14 - 112,000
lb included Maryland-18,000 lb.
Delaware 2,000 lb.
Wholesale selling prices No. 1
& fancy quality- Broilers or Fry
ers, ' heavy type, 3-4 lb 22-25,
Pullets 4 Vs lb & over 25-30, 4-4’4
lb 23-24, Hens, heavy type 18-
22, light type 12-16. Old Boosters
10-11, Ducks, Pekms 32.
Eggs
Lancaster Markets: Average Choice
Steers Steady; Hogs' Drop Quarter
By DAVID S. LORENSON
Market News Service
CATTLE; 4,320, week ago 3,882.
Compared with last Wednesday
slaughter steers average choice
and below mostly steady, high
choice and low prime slow, steady
to 25 cents lower, instances 50
cents off. Heifers scarce steady.
Cows steady to 25 cents higher,
bulls fully steady. Stockers and
feeders, fully steady. Week’s re
ceipts comprised about 40 per
cent stockers and feeders and_
nearly 10 per cent cows.
Slaughter steers graded mostly
good and choice. Bulk choice fed
steers 1,000-1,300 lbs. $23.25-24,
high choice and mixed high
choice and prime $24.50-25.65,
about two loads prime steers $26,
Good and low choice fed steers
$20.50-22.76 some standardslB,so
- A few heifers standard to
good $17.00-21. Cutter, utility and
commercial "cows $14.25-16.50,
canners largely $ll to, $11.75.
Utility and commercial bulls
$16.50-18.50, good fed yearling
bulls $l9-20.50. Bulk good grade
stocker and feeder steers and
light yearlihgs 538-950 lbs. $21.50-
23.50, a few mixed good and
choice around 700 lb. weights
$24.
CALVES: 593 week ago 640.
Vealers strong to SI higher than
last Wednesday. Most advance on
standard and. good grades. Bulk
good and choice vealers $22 50-
29, high choice $3O-31, utility and
standard $l4-22.
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HOGS; 1,437, week ago 2,105.
Compared with last Wednesday
barrows and gilts around 25 cents
lower. Sows scarce steady. Bulk
barrows and gilts mixed US 1-3,
in Wednesday’s trade $l9-19.25, a
few sales No. 3, $18.75. Small lots
No. 1 and 2, 200-220 lbs, $19.50-
20. Weights'* 160-180 lbs. slow,
mixed weight and grade $17.50-
18.75. Sows mixed U.S. 1-3, 270-
550 lbs. $12.50-16.
SHEEP: 456, week ago 373.
Compared with last Wednesday
slaughter lambs steady to 50 cents
lower. Bulk good and choice na
tive spring lambs 55-85 lbs. $23.50-
27.50, a few to $2B. Utility and
low good $2l-23.
Red Meat Production
Shows Little Change
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
fanners during the first' three
months of 1957 produced for
slaughter about the same-amount
of beef, veal and lamb as they did
for the corresponding period in
1956, the State Department of Ag
riculture said today, following
Federal-State surveys.
The March output was 73,93Ej,-
000 pounds, 2Va per cent above
February’s production-of 72,129,-
000 pounds and two per cent be
low the total output of March,
4956.
Pennsylvania slaughterings for
March included 69,000 head of
heef cattle, 82,000 calves, 230,000
hogs, and 28,000 sheep and lambs.
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