2 Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 39, 1957
Pre-Thanksgiving Sale Sees Only
5,500 Birds Sold at Lancaster
LANCASTER With buyers
unwilling to receive and move
bi oilers duung the Thanksgiving
holidays, low bids caused produc
ers to decline to sell 39,500 of the
45,000 birds offered at the Nov.
21 auction at the Lancaster Poul
try Exchange
With only three lots being sold,
no average could be determined
fairly for the sale. The price paid
for those birds sold was 16V2, 16-
% and 17% cents.
A year ago, the auction was on
the Friday following Thanksgiv
ing. The average for this -sale
was 18.06 cents with 34,625 broil
ers being moved
Here is the Nov. 21 sale by lot
number, buyer with grower in
parenthesis, number and -breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer and
price per pound.
1. Millport Roller Mills (How
ard Kreider), 2,000 Silver Cross
cockerel lipons, 10-3, no sale, 13
cents bid. 2 Millport (Kreider),
500 Silver Cross cockerel hpons,
10-3, no sale, 1414 cents bid. 3.
Noah Hershey, 3,000 White Van
tiess, 9-6, no sale. 16% cents bid.
4. Noah Hershey, 3,000 White
How about that order for Chicks and get that early
order discount.
We have Ames In Cross Leghorns, Christie Hamps,
Nedlar Hamps, White Rocks, Warren Reds, White Crosses.
Vantress Christie Cross.
Call Us For Our Spring Prices.
Housewives' How about some good flour for that
Christmas baking—2s lbs. for onl£ $1.62; 5 lbs buckwheat
flour, 48c, 5 lbs. corn meal, 47c; 25 lbs table salt, 62c
, We have real good prices on corn and oats. Why not
get yours right off the car? We’ll order out next car Dec.
2, so call your order in today.
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 more.
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R. D. 2, Columbia, Pa. INC,
Manheim, Pa.
DAVID B. HURST
Bovvinansulle, Pa,
WEVT WILLOW FARMERS
ASSOCIATION
West Willow, Pa
Vantress, 9-6, no sale, 16% cents
bid. 5. Miller & Bushong (Richard
Ingram), 7,000 White Vahtress, 9,
no sale, 15% cents bid. *
6. M&B (Clair Bomberger), 4,-
500 White Vantress, 10, Header’s
Poultry, 16% cents. 7. Jack Buch
er 4,200 White Vantress, 9-2, no
sale, 16% cents bid. 8. Jack Buch
er 4,100 White Vantress, 9-2, no
sale, 16V2 cents bid 9. Jack Buch
er, 4,100 White Vantress, 9-2, no
sale, 16% cents bid. 10. D. E.
Horn & Co. (Nelson iFtz), 5,200
Indian River Whites, 9, no sale,
16% cents bid.
‘ 11. C”F. Kopp, 2,000 White
Vantress, 10, withdrawn prior to
sale. 12. Parke K. Herr, 950 White
Vantress cockerel capettes, 13-2,
no sale, 20 cents bid. 13. H. Rob
ert Myhn, 450 White Vantress
capettes, 12-6, no sale, 19 cents
bid, 14. Louis Frey, 500 White
Vantress, 10, Roy E Ream, 16%
cents 15. Neff Bros., 1,375 Indian
River Whites, 9-2, no sale, 16%
cents bid.
16. James Graybill, 425 -White
Vantress, 10, no sale, 16V2 cents
bid. 17. Elias Frey, 500 White
BROWN & REA
Atglen, Pa.
A.. L. HERR & BRO.
Quarryvllle, Pa.
Steers Stronger,
Hogs Steady
At Chicago
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 Estimat
ed receipts. Cattle- 14,000; calves.
200; Ihogs- 12,000; Sheep- 2,500.
CATTLE; -Slaughter steers 50-
75 higher; heifers 25-50 higher;
•cows 25 higher; bulls steady to
strong; vealers Steady; stockers
and feeders slow, about steady;
low-average-pnme 1150-1300 lb.
steers 27.25-27.50, two loads av
erage to high-prune 1167 and 1225
lbs 27.75, high-choice and prime
26,00-27.00, good and low-choice
22.50- standard and low
good 19.00:22.00 , choice and
prune heifers 24,00-25.50, good to
low-choice 21,00-23.75; -utility and
-commercial cows 13.50-15.25, bulk
canners and cutters 11.25-14.00;
utility and commercial bulls
16.50- good and choice veal
ers 25.00-28.00.
HOGS: Steady to 25 lower; sows
steady; barrows and gilts 210-280
lbs. comprised bulk; 190-230 lbs.
17.25-17.50, 190-230 lbs. 17.60-
17.75, 65 head at 17.75; 300-350
lb. sows 15.50-16.00.
SHEEP- Fully steady all clas
ses, good to prime wooled lambs
89-105 lbs 21.00-23.00, about 70
head at latter price, cull to low
good lambs 14.00-20.50, choice
and prime, two decks, 21.75.
Vantress, 10, Carl B. Risser, 17’A
cents bid 18. Harry Hilsher Jr.,
800 White Vantress, 9, no sale,
16 Vi cents bid. 19. Earl B Halde
man, 400 White Vantress, 12-6,
no sale, 16 cents bid
Moderate Volume
Boosts Prices
At Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Nov 25 The
initial session of the Thanksgiv
ing shortened week opened with
only a moderate volume of cattle
on hand. The offerings were fair
ly well divided between slaughter
steers, heifers and cows Most of
the steers and heifers graded
good although several lots mixed
good and choice were also avail
able Trading was fairly active
with the decreased recipts stimu
lating buyer interest -and com
petative ' trading resulted in
stiong to higher prices for most
classes. Steers and heifers found
outlet at strong to 50# higher
levels while cows and bulls led
the upturn selling unevenly
stiong to $lOO higher Stocker
and feeder classes did not share
the stimulated activity, however
these sold dependably steady
STEERS and HEIFERS- There
were several shipments mixed
high good to overage choice
slaughter steers weighing 910-
1196 lbs at $23 00525 00 Loads
and lots mostly good 900-1200 lb
steers were taken at $21.00-22.50,
mixed standard and good $l9 00-
$2l 00 Scattered lots choice 820-
943 lb heifers $22 50-$23 00 with
mixed good and choice going at
$2l 00 $22 00
COWS and BULLS In the face
of reduced receipts cows and
bulls attracted brisk activity with
the action and resulting strength
ened prices becoming more pro
nounced as the day progressed
High utility and commercial cows
were taken at $l5 50 to $lB 00
with mixed cutter and utility at
$l2 00 $16.00 Canncrs and cut
tors realized $lO 00 $l4 50 Util
ity and commercial bulls bulked
at $17.00-$l9 00 with several lots
going at $l9 25-20 00
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VEALERS and CALVES. Veal
ers sold $lOO higher with scarcity
again being the principal deter
mining factor Meanwhile slaugh
tei calves were little changed.
Choice vealers sold at $3O 00
$3l: 00 with a few at $32 50 $33 50,
the latter being the highest local
Ij since February 1957 Good sold
at 24 00 S3O 00. Good slaughter
calves usually weighing 270-400
lbs brought $lB 00-$2 O 00, stand
aid $l5 00 18 00
STOCKER and FEEDER CAT
TLE Outlet was fairly depend
able for stocker and feeder cat
tle dispite the decreased volume
and limited number of good and
choice grades There were scat
teied shipments good and choice
stocker and feeder steers at
(Continued to cage three.)
Slaughter Cattle Show Good Gain,
Hogs Steady at Lancaster Yards
',lBl lb.'steers $26.50-26.75, load
1.291 lb. prime sheers $27, load
1,358 lb. average prime $27.50.
Standard aigl low good steers
$20.50-22. A few good and choice
heifers $l9-23.50 Bulk cutter
and utility cows $11.25-15.50, can
ners mostly $lO 25-11. Utility and
commercial bulls $l6 50-20.
JBulk medium and good Stocker
and feeder steers and light year
lings 588-1,073 lbs. $2O-22.50, load
good to'low choice 790 lb. feeders
$23.40 Good and choice stock
steer calves $22.50-26 40
CALVES Three ’days 731,
week ago 947. Vealets active
strong to $l.OO higher than last
Wednesday Bulk good and choice
vealers $25-31, high choice and
‘prime $32, odd head $36 Utility
and standard $16.50-24.50.
(Continued on page three)
By LAVED S. LORENSON
Federal-State Market News service
LANCASTER, Nov 27 CAT
TLE Thre days 2.252, week ago
3,352 Compared with last Wed
nesday slaughter steers and heif
ers 25-50 cents higher, instances
75 cents up. Most advance on
steers average choice and below
weighing 1,100 lbs and lighter.
-Cows and bulls mostly 50 cents
higher. Stockers and feeders
steady. Receipts comprised
around 55 per cent stocker and
feeder steers and light yearlings
and 20 per cent cows and bulls.
Fed steer supply smallest this
year.
Bulk good and choice fed steers
1,000-1,300 IJis $23-26, a few mix-,
ed high choice and prune 1,104-
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SALES AND SEKVICE N|r
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quarryville, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
New Holland, Pa.
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Leghorns
Toused Basis
:d made by 1800 1
i of L. M. Garrette.
th low losses and
on carefully-kept
same high quality
10ms <aearby from
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this year?
Hamps, Sex Links.
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F, Oxford, Pa.
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Stevens, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa.