2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 35, 1957
Broiler Average Rises Slightly
At Lancaster Exchange Thursday
LANCASTER The average
price paid for broilers at the Oct.
17 auction at the Lancaster Poul
try Exchange advanced slightly
from the week before. A total of
187,200 birds averaged 18.88 cents
with the range being from 18 to
2014 cents.
A year ago 138,530 birds aver
aged 17.92 cents.
At the recent sale 500 red broil
ers sold at 16V4 cents; two lots of
Leghorns, 1,285 head, sold for 12
and 12V* cents; a lot of SOOheavy
fowl brought 16 cents and 75‘ tur
keys sold for 2814 cents.
Here is the Oct. 17 sale by lot
number, owner with grower in
parenthesis, number and breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer and
price per pound. '
1. Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
(Floyd Raffensberger), 7,000 In
dian Rivers, 10, College Hill Poul
try, 18% cents. 2. Farm Bureau
(Floyd Raffensberger), 500 White
Rocks, 10, College Hill, 18%
cents. 3. Frank M. Herr, 300 Rock
Sex Link Cross females, 16
months, Victor F. Weaver Inc., 16
cents. 4. Luther Kunkel, 75 Broad
Breasted Bronze hens, 25, John N.
Thomas, 2814 cents. 5. Luther
Kunkel, 25 Broad Breasted
Bronze toms, no sale, 2414 cents
bid.
6. Charles Shreiner Jr., 350
White Vantress cockerel capettes,
Beautiful Vantress Cross at $17.50 per hundred.
Attention Poultrymen! We now have available Ames-In-
Cross Leghorn Chicks—St. Run 27c each or Pullets 55c each.
Ames R. I. Red In Cross St. Run 27c each or Pullets
55c each.
You ought to see the difference Altman’s Super A Feeds
make in your chicks and laying hens!
Fine Chick Feed $4.80 20% OF Hog Feed .. 4.40
B Starter 4.10 16% Dairy Feed . 3.35
Grower 4.10 Horse Feed . . . 3.80
20% Production Mash 4.05 P. Oats 80 lb .3 05
16% Blue Bird
All Mash ..
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HUBBARD FARMS, INC.
filanheim Pike Tel. EX - 2 - 2155 Lancaster, Pa,
12-6, no sale, 23% cents bid. 7.
Eli N. Martin, 8,000 White Van
tress, 9-6, C. F. Manbeck Inc., 19
cents. 8. Richard Musselman, 6,-
200 White Vantress, 10, Meader’s
Poultry, 18% cents. 9. Jack Buch
er, 9,200 White Vantress, 9-6, Vic
tor F. Weaver Inc., 18% cents. 10.
Jack Bucher, 9,600 White Van
tress, 9-6, Victor F, Weaver Inc.,
18% cents.
11. Jack Bucher, 1,900. White
Vantress, 9-6, Mender’s Poultry,
18% cents. 12. Glenn H. Herr (H.
Raymond Charles), 4,000 White
Vantress, 10-2, Roy E. Ream, 2014
cents. 13. Herr i Harold Folkman)
6,950 Indian Rivers, 9-3, Victor F.
Weaver Inc., 19 cents. 14, Ray
mond N. Miller, 7,200 White Van
tress, 9-2,Producers Coop. Exc,,
19 cents. 15. Raymond N. Miller,
4,400 Indian River Whites, 9-2,
Producers Coop. Exc., 19 cents.
16. Raymond N. Miller, 4,500
White Vantress, 9-2, Victor F.
Weaver Inc., 19 cents, 17. Miller
& Bushong (John Geil), 3,000 In
dian Rivers, 9-2, Victor F. Weav
er Inc., 18% cents. 18. M&B
(John Geil), 3,600 Indian Rivers,
9-2, no sale, 1814 cents bid. 19.
M&B (Clarence Hilsher), 4,000
White Vantress, 9-6, College Hill,
18% cents. 20. M&B (Elmer
Schnupp), 4,500 White Vantress,
9-3, C. F. Manbeck Inc., 18%
cents. 1
ONLY 300 CHICKS LEFT!
Stazdry (bale)
3.80
HUBBARD FARMS'
K-137 KINIBIRCHIK
Here’s the Snob of the Henhouse
noo A lot 1 . fC cot Ac
2.40
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Chicago: Steers Slow,
Stockers Fully Steady;
Hogs Still Dropping
CHICAGO, Oct. 22 Cattle;
8,000; Calves: 1,500; Hogs: 11,000;
Sheep: 2,500.
CATTLE; Slaughter steers
over 1050 lbs. slow, mostly steady,
hghterweight steers along with
all heifers active, fully steady,
spots 250 higher on good to av
erage-choice heifers; sows 25 low
er; bulls and vealers steady;
stockers and feeders fully steady.
Prime 1035-1300 lb. fed steers
26.50-27.25, high-choice and mix
ed choice and prime 25.25-26.25,
high-good to average-choice 22.50-
25:00; load prime 1060 lb. mixed
steers and heifers 25.50, high
choice and prime heifers and mix
ed yearlings scattered sales 24.25-
24.50, good and Choice heifers
22.00- utility and commer
cial cows 12.50-15.50, bulk can
nets and cutters 10.50-13.25; util
ity and commercial bulls 15,50-
18,00; good .and choice vealers
24.00- standard vealers sell
ing down to 19.00.
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
steady to 15 lower; sows steady to
25 lower; 190-230 lbs. 17.40-17.50,
25 head around 225 lbs. 17.60 and
61 head 205 lb. averages 17.65;
sows 325-550 lbs. 16.25-17.00,
SHEEP: Trade active; good to
prime lambs 94-112' lbs. 20.00-
22.50, 112 lb. lambs at 22.25; cull
to low-good grades . 14.50-19.00,
good and choice shorn lambs OX
-97 lbs. 19.00-21.00.
21. M&B (Elmer Schnupp), 4,-
500 White Vantress, 9-3, C. F.
Manbeck Inc., 18% cents. 22.
M&B (Joseph Olesh), 2,000 Silver
Cross Cockerel capettes, 8-3, no
sale, 18% cents bid. 23. M&B
(Roy Hamish), 6,000 Indian Riv
ers, 10-2, College Hill Poultry, 19
cents. 24. M&B (Abram Miller),
1,600 White Vantress pullets, 9-1,
Walter C. Mellinger, 18% cents.
25. M&B (Elam B. Riehl), 1,500
White Vantress capettes, 13-2, no
sale, 19 cents,
26. M&B (Dorothy Miller), 3,-
100 Indian River Whites, 10,
Walter C. Mellinger, 19% cents.
27. M&B (Harold E. Rohrer), 5,-
900 Indian Rivers, 10, Victor F.
Weaver Inc., 19 cents. 28. M&B
(Harold E. Rohrer), 6,000 White
Vantress, 9-2, College Hill Poul
try, 18% cents. 29. M&B (Harold
E. Rohrer), 4,300 White Vantress,
10, Walter C. Mellinger, 19 cents.
30. M&B (Harold E. Rohrer), 4,-
850 Indian Rivers and White Van
tress," 10, College Hill, 19 cents.
31. M&B (Clair Bomberger), 5,-
000 Indian Rivers, 9-2, College
Hill, 18% cents. 32. M&B (Clair
Bomberger), 4,000 Indian Rivers,
9-2, College Hill, 18% cents. 33.
Abram H. Martin, 500 Indian Riv
ers, 10-2, Withdrawn prior to
sale. 34. Landis Sangrey Jr., 1,350
White Vantress, 11, no sale, 19,
cents bid. 35. Elias Frey, 400
White Vantress, 9-6, Hoy E. Ream
18 cents.
36. John L. Hershey, 4,500
White Vantress, 9-2, College Hill,
19 cents. 37. John L. Hershey, 4,-
500 White Vantress, 9-2, College
Hill, 18% cents. 38. Vernon R.
Snyder, 3,500 White Vantress, 10-
2, S E. Davis, 19 cents. 39. Ver
non R. Snyder, 3,100 White Van
tress, 10-2, Roy E Ream, 19 ¥4
cents. 40. Vernon R. Snyder, 2,-
000 White Vantress, 10, S. E.
Davis, 19 cents.
41. Vernon R. Snyder, 2,000
White Vantress, 10, Roy E. Ream,
19 cents. 42. Martin L. Miller, 5,-
000 White Vantress, 9-2, Victor
F. Weaver Inc., 18% cents. 43.
Lester M Hurst, 1,000 White Van
tress pullets, 15-3, no sale, 21
cents bid. 44. Martin Kready, 1,-
000 White Vantress, 12-2, Mead
er’s Poultry, 18Vz cents. 45. Step
hen F. Lapp, 1,000 yearling Leg
horn fowl, Carl B. Risser, 12
cents.
46 John K. King, 285 yearling
Leghorn fowl, Carl B. Risser, 12-
V& cents. 47. N. Parke Miller, 600
White Vantress pullet capettes,
15-2, no sale, 24 cents bid. 48.
Maris W Hess, 500 White Van
tress, 10, Carl B. Risser, 18 cents.
49, Irvin Eberly, 500 Red Van
tress, 10, Walter ,C. Mellmger,
16V4 cents 50. Morgantown Feed
& Gram (C. Mewlm), 4,800 White
Vantress, 10, College Hill, 18 3 ,i
cents *
51 Harvey W. Stoessel, 5,000
White Vantress, 10-4, C F. Man
Lowered Receipts Steady Sales*
With Best Action on 1,100 Lb. Steers
By EAVID S. LORENSON
Federal-State Market News service
LANCASTER, Oct. 24 CAT
TLE; 3,860, week ago 5,161. The
three day supply of cattle-.about
25 per cent less than a week ago.
Most classes shared in the smaller
receipts except for cows; those
rather plentiful. Slaughter steers
and heifers mostly steady with
last Wednesday, some sales weak.
Best action this week centered
on fed steers 1,100 lbs. and light
er. Steers averaging over 1,150
lbs. and grading low choice and
below * particularly slow. Cows
mostly 50 cents lower than last
Wednesday. Bulls about steady
.and shockers and feeders mostly
steady.
Balk of the fed steer offering
sold on Monday with good and
Fewer Cattle, Calves
On Feed In Major Area
Based on Odt. 1 reports, the
Crop Reporting Board estimates
the number of cattle and calves
on feed for market in the 13 ma
jor feeding states at 3,222,000
head.
This is 11 per cent less than the
8,618,000 head on feed a yeaf
earlier, and 13 per cent below the
number on feed on July 1. Mar
keting intentions of cattle feed
ers, as of Oct. 1, indicated that of
the total, 27 per cent will go to
market- in October, 23 per cent
ift November, 21 per cent in De
cember, and the rest after Jan. 1.
beck Inc., 18% cents. 52. Harvey
W. Stoessel, 7,600 White Van
tress, 10-4, C. F. Manbeck 1nc.,'19
cents. 53. William C. Schultz,%B,-
600 White Vantres, 9-2, Victor F.
Weaver Inc., 18% cents. 54. Wil
liam C. Schultz, 8,700 White Van
tress, 9-2, Victor F. Weaver Inc.,
18% cents.
You’ll save field trips . . • find less heed for double
discing when you’re wide-cut fanning with a HEAVY
WEIGHT Allis-Chalmers Harrow.
BLADE WEIGHT? Up to 54 lbs. per blade.
WORKING WIDTH? —lt’s 10 or 12 V 2 feet, depend
ing on the model you buy.
SIDE DRAFT ON TURNS? Free-swinging, single
point Snap-Coupler hitch lightens harrow draft.. .
lets disc follow where led.
DAILY GREASING? Not with Bal-Pak bearings
.. . they’re factory-sealed, need no further attention.
TRACTOR WHEEL SLIPPAGE? Traction Booster
system takes care of that wasteful problem by trans
ferring harrow weight to drive wheels of the WD-45
or D-14 Tractors.
Model No. 213 disc for WD-45 Tractor (shown
above). No. 210 for D-14 Tractor.
Snap Coupler, Bal Pak, and Traction Boosxbi an AUia-Chalman tra^amarfc*.
TUNE IN, the National Farm and Home Hour, Saturday, NBC.
ALLIS-CHALMERS
SALES AND SEEVICE
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa.
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quarryville, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa.
choice steers 1,000-1,300 lbs.
$22.50-25, a small showing of high
choice and mixed choice and
prime steers $25.25-26.10. Stand
ard and low good grass and short
fed steers —518.50-22. One load
good grained on grass 1,125 lb.
steers $22.50, load standard grade
grassers $l9. A few standard to
low choice heifers $l7-21. Bulk
utility and commercial cows
$13.25-15,25) canners and cutters
mostly $9.75-13.75 high yielding
cutters to $14.25. Utility and com
mercial bulls $l6-19.50, cutters
down to $l5.
Bulk medium and good stocker
and feeder steers and light year
lings 610-1,024 lbs. $18.50-21.50,
A few good and low choice 775-
785 lb. feeding steers $22-23. A
few good and low choice stock
steer calves $22.50-25.
CALVES: 742, week ago, 670.
Vealers fuly steady with last
Wednesday. Bulk good and choice
140-210 lb. vealers $23.50-29,
prime up to $33, utility and stand
ard $15.50-23.
HOGS: 1,413, week ago, 1,464.
Compared with last Wednesday
barrows and gilts fully steady,
sows scarce unchanged. Bulk bar
rows and gilts mixed US 1-3, 200*
240 lbs. in Wednesday’s trade $l9-
19.50, several small lots No. 1 and
2, 200-220 lbs. $19.75-20, a few
t head $20.50. Sows mixed US 1-3,
270-550 lbs. $l4-18.
SHEEP: 343, week ago 670.
Slaughter lambs mostly steady.
Bulk good and choice 70-95 lb.
wooled lambs $2l-24, utility and
low good $l6-21.
White Vantress Cross ■
Chicks available at
$lO. per 100
Reich Poultry Farm
Marietta Ph HA 6-7123
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
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