t —Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 19, 1957
Broilers Average 22.97 to Stay High
At Lancaster Exchange Thursday
LANCASTER A heavy sale
lor the second consecutive week
saw 170,545 broilers being sold
Thursday for an average price of
22.97 cents, about two-thirds of a
cent below the proceeding week
when the years high was hit at
the Lancaster Poultry Exchange
The price range was Irom 22 %
to 2414 cents
A lot of 1,350 capettes sold at
23 cents, two lots of Leghorn
fowl, 1,800 of them, sold for 12%
and 13% cents, and three lots,
2,775 birds, sold from 26V2 to
2714 cents
Here is the July 11 sale by lot
number, seller with grower in
parenthesis, amount and breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer and
price
1. Melvin M. Hoover, 320 White
Cornish Cross, 10, Roy E Ream,
22Va cents 2 Philhaven Farm,
1,000 White Vantress, 9-6, John
E Rettinger, 24% cents 3 Phil
haven Farm, 600 Leghorn year
ling fowl, College Hill Poultry,
1314 cents 4 Allen E Moyer, 1,-
300 Red Vantress, 9-2, Roy E
Ream, 22% cents 5 Allen E
Moyer, 1,200 White Vantress, 9-2,
College Hill Poultry. 23 cents
6 Allen E Moyer, 800 Sex Link
pullets, 21, no sale, 1914 cents
bid. 7. Miller & Bushong (Lloyd
Wenger), 6,400 White Vantress,
10, Grimes & Hauer. 23 cents 8
M & B (Lester Shirk), 6,500
White Vantress, 9, Gumes &
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Hauer, 2214 cents 9 M & B (Elm
er Showalter), 4,500 White Van
tress, 9-3, College Hill Poultry, 23
cents 10 M & B (Elmer Sho
walter), 4,500 White Vantress, 9-
3, Victor F. Weaver Inc , 23 cents.
11 M & B (John Olesh Jr),
3,500 White Vantress, 9-3, Grimes
& Hauer, 23 cents 12. Mrs Jacob
Cramer, 600 Indian Rivers, 10.
J Robert Charles, 23V2 cents 13
Ray Kann, 210 Leghorn cockerels,
13, no sale, 12% cents bid 14.
Robert B Noll, 2,650 White Van
tress, 10, Walter B Lehman, 23
cents 15 Robert B. Noll, 2,650
White Vantress, 10, College Hill
Poultry, 2314 cents.
16. Aaron J Biubaker, 3,000
White Vantress, 9-6, Victor F.
Weaver Inc, 23 cents. 17. Aaron
J Brubaker, 3,000 White Van
tress, 9-6, College Hill Poultry,
23% cents 18 Glenn H. Herr (H.
Raymond Charles), 6,000 White
Vantress, 10-2, H W Longacre
Inc, 23% cents 19 Charles
Boose, 2,100 White Vantress, 9-2,
College Hill Poultry, 23% cents.
20 Charles Boose, 2,300 White
Vantress, 9-2, Meader’s Poultry,
23 cents
21 Titus Martin, 400 JB-1 cock
erels,-9-5, Leola Poultry, 23 cents.
22 Milton K Horst, 2,000 White
Vantress, 9-6, Roy E. Ream, 23%
cents 23 John V Erb, 3,900 In
dian Rivers, 9-3, College Hill Poul
try, 22-54 cents 24. John A Zun-
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PHILADELPHIA Unsettled.
Demand fair and selective as to
size and quality. Most classes
were, an excess supply for cur
rent requirements. Buyer pref
erence was indicated for year
ling hens. Pullets and large cape
fryers were in slow sale.
Wholesale selling pmes- No 1
and fancy quality broilers or fry
ers heavy type 3-4 lb. 23-26 Pul
lets 4% lb and over 30-32. Hens
heavy type 16-23, light type 10-
15 Old roosters 11-12. Ducks Pe
kin 28 *
merman, 450 IVhite Vantress, 10,
Walter B. Lehman, 23 Va cents. 25.
Philip F Faster, 10,000 White
Vantress, 9, Grimes & Hauer, 22%
cents '
26 Aberdeen Mills, 6,000 White
Vantress, 9-6, H W. Longacre
Inc, 23% cents 27. Aberdeen
Mills, 5,800 White Vantress, 96,
H W. Longacre Inc., 2214 cents.
28 Harry K Baker, 5,500 White
Vantress, 9-2, H. W Longacre
Inc, 23 cents. 29 Harry K Bak
er, 5,500 White Vantress, 9-2, H.
W. Longacre Inc, 23 cents. 30,
Harry K. Baker, 4,080 White Van
tress, 9-2, H. W Longacre Inc,
2214 cents
31 Brown Bros, 10,000 White
Vantress, 9, Victor F. Weaver
Inc, 2314 cents 32. Brown Bros,
10.000 White Vantress, 9, H W.
Longacre Inc., 2314 cents. 33 Mar
tin L Miller, 3,600 White Van
tress, 9-3, Victor F. Weaver Inc,
22% cents 34 Charles Nissley,
2.000 White Vantress, 9-2, College
Hill Poultry, 23 cents. 35. Arthur
Stoner, 850 White Vantress, 10,
Header’s Poultry, 23 cents
36 Neft Bros , 1,350 Indian Riv
er capettes, 12, Colege Hill Poul
try, 23 cents 37 Paul Rohrer, 1,-
800 White Vantress, 10, Daniel
K Good, 2314 cents. 38 Paul
Rohrer, 1,725 White Vantress, ID,
College Hill Poultry, 23 cents 39
Parke K Herr, 950 White Rock
capettes, 13-6, Carl B. Risser, 26%
cents. 40. Parke K. Herr, 950
White Rock capettes, 13-6, Col
lege Hill Poultry, 26% cents
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Lancaster Markets: Southern Cattle t
Help Swell Stocker, Feeder Market
By DAVID S. LORENSON
Federal-State Market News Service
LANCASTER—CATTLE 4,535,
week ago 3,897. Stockers and
feeders accounted for the larger
number of cattle on sale this week
as increased numbers of steers of
southern origin, mainly from Vir
gina, were included in the ar
rivals Stockers and feeders ac
counted for around 45 per cent
of the offering Cows-made up 12
per cent. Around 60 loads slaught
er steers were on sale. A fairly
'good demand existed for fed
steers and with trading moderate
ly active prices mostly fully
steady with last Wednesday, in
stances strong
Heifers were scarce, steady;
cows around 25 cents higher.
Bulls held fully steady to strong.
Stockers and feeders were more
active than recent weeks with
prices fully steady on stock
steers, feeders strong to 25 cents
or more higher.
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Bulk choice fed steers 1,000-
1,250 lbs. $24.25-25 50, high choice
and mixed choice and prime
$25.75-27, a couple loads 1,100-
1,130 lb. prime steers $27.25. Load'
1,535 lb. choice and prime steers
$25.60. Good and low choice
steers $22.50-24, some standard;
and low good $2l-22 25. A few
good and low choice heifers $2O-<
22. Cutter, utility and commercial
cows $l3 75-16.75, canners and
low cutters $ll-13.50
Utility and commercial bulls!
$lB-20.50, good fed yearling bulla
to $22 75. Bulk medium and good
stock heifers and light yearlings
750 lbs. and lighter $2O 50-23
Several loads good and mixed,
good and choice 900-1,080 lb.
partly fattened feeding steers!
$22.50-24.50
CALVES- 773, week ago 685.
Veal calves fully steady with last
Wednesday Bulk good and
choice vealers $22 50-27.50, odd
head prime $2B-29 Utility and
standard vealers $l5-22.
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