2 —Lancaster Fanning, Friday, Dec. 27, 1957
Hogs Highest Since Summer: Steers
Strong at Lancaster Stock Yards
By DAVID S. LORENSON
Federal State Market N>"s Service
LANCASTER. Dec 26 Re
ceipts thiee days (Holiday in
cluded! Cattle. 1959, Cahes. 462,
Hogs 677, Sheep 188
Same days last week Cattle.
3 037, Calves, 767, Hogs 1,293,
Sheep, 647
The season’s smallest supply
of slaughter steers found a faiily
tellable outlet this week and
puces were strong to 50 cents
Inghei than last Wednesday
Heifers and cows 25-50 cents
higher and bulls fullj steady
Stocker and feeder Hading was
model ate in Chustmas week with
prices fully steady to strong com
pared with last Wednesday
Bulk of the slaughtei steer
supply moved in Monday’s trade
including around 30 loads of fed
steers About 45 per cent of the
week s receipts w ere stockers
300 Christie Hamns 3 weeks old
200 White Crosses 2 weeks old
Just received a New lot of snow shovels at only $2 95
That Floui for your Christmas baking just came in'
Have you enough Gloves 0 We have them from 40?! to $1 50
Dont forget that eaily Chick order for Discount, so call your
Older in now
Staz Dry is the Best Poultry Litter you can use for chicks
oi laying Hens We just received Fresh Load only $2 40 a bale'
Have' you tried oui 16 c c Dairy’ Why not try some’ Your
cows will like it'
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ALTMAN S CASH FEED STORE
WILHS H. WEAVER MANAGER
947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715
10c pei hundred discount on half ton lots or more
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE—WE DELIVER
and fcedeis and 15 per cent cows
and bulls Slaughter steers gfad
ed mostly good and choice
Bulk choice fed steers $24 50-
26 50 A load mostly high choice
1,100 lb steers turned at $27 and
a part load similar grade reach
ed $27 25 Standard and good
grade steers mostly $22-24 25 A
few small lots good and choice
heifers $2O 50-23 50 Bulk of the
cutter and utility cows $l3-16 50,
a few commercial to $l7, canners
and low grade cutters mostly $ll
- 75 Utility and Commercial
bulls $lB-2150, Good fed year
ling bulls $22-24
Bulk medium and good Stock
er and feeder steers and light
yearlings 603 1,085 lb. sold from
$2150-24, a few lots high good
and low choice 603-892 lbs. $24-
24 50 Common stock steers $lB
- 50
CALVSS Veaiers moderately
active, fully steady with last
(Conltmuec on page three)
Chicago Prices
Jump as Cattle,
Hogs both Gain
CHICAGO, Dec 23 Cattle re
ceipts promising to exceed the
morning estimate by at least
1,100 head, salable supply
around 70 per cent steers, about
20 per cent heifers and 5 per
cent cows Percentage prime
steers larger than last Monday
but not as ‘large as last Wednes
day Market generally active on
all classes Slaughter steers and
heifers unevenly 25-27 cents
higher. Cows strong. Bulls 25-50
cents higher Vealers steady.
Stockers and feeders very scarce,
strong Early bulk choice and
prime steers $25 50-28 50, few
prime loads $29 00-29 50 Load
lots mostly good grade steers
$23 00-25 00.
Hogs; Market very active on
all hogs, barrows and gilts now
fully 50 cents higher, extremes
up as muct as 75 cents. Sows
fully 25 cents higher, spots more.
U S No 2 and 3, 190-230 lb bar
rows and gilts $2O 00-20 35, more
uniform No 1 to 3, 190-220 lbs
Some sorted mostly No 1 and 2
grades around 215 lbs $2O 60 and
$2O 65 including 52 head lot at
$2O 65 No 2 and 3, 2 0-250 lb
butchers $l9 50-20 00 250-270 lb
No 2 and 3, $l9 00-19 50, some
mostly No 3, 270-310 lb weights
$lB 00-19 25 larger lots mixed
grade 375-550 lb sows $l5 00-16 -
50, some 200-260 lbs $l6 50-17 25
Good shipping demand and good
clearance
Baltimore Cattle
Down, Price Firm
Before Holiday
BALTIMORE, Dec 23 On
the Monday before Christmas
salable receipts at the local
market showed a -typical season
al drop in numbeis with cows
predominating the offerings
Slaughter steers and heifers
made up 40 per cent of the sup
plies and were mainly good and
choice mixed grade lots, with a
-limited number of choice ship
ment available Trading was fea
tuied by steady prices for steers
and heifers as well as cows. Bulls
however, again exhibited consi
derable strength Stocker and
feeder classes were little chang
ed and were also rather scarce.
Vealeis and slaughter calves ar
rived in limited numbers and
sold steady
Steers and Heifers: There were
several loads and lots high-good
to average choice 963 1135 lb
steers at ‘ $24 00-25 00, with a
package choice 1000 lb Weights
at $25 50 Several shipments
mostly good were taken at $23 -
00-24 50 Mixed standard and
good seemed $2lOO 23 50 Good
and choice heiteis found outlet
at $22 50 23 50
Cows and Bulls: The Bulk of
high-utility and commercial cows
sold at Sl6 00 18 00. with Cuttci
and Utility at $l3 50 16 50, a few
high-vieldmg cutter and low
utilitv $l7 00 Mixed canneis and
cuttei cows realized Sl2 50-15 00
The bulk of utility and commer
cial Bulls sold at S'l9 00-21 00,
mostly S2O 00 21 00 One head
high-vieldmg Utility 2200 lb.
Bull soared to 522 00
Vealers and Calves: Choice
vealcrs weie scarce with scatter
ed sales choice at $33 00-34 00,
most good brought $2B 00-30 00
Good and choice slaughter calves
weighing 270 400 lbs Realized
SlB 00 21 50
Stockei and Feeder Cattle and
Calves- Stocker and Feeder
cattle continued to be scarce
Monday with most offerings in
small lots A load and choice
around 400 lb Slock Steer Calv
es was taken at 525 00 Scattcied
lots mosllj good stockcis and
feeder stecis biought $2l 00-22-
00
Hogs: The bulk of the offerings
in the hog division on Monday
consisted of 180 230 lb barrows
and gilts with only scattered lots
weighing 240 260 lbs in the face
of limited oflenngs prices for
banows and gibs moved uneven-
Iv 50 75 cents highei with the
mcieasc mainly confined to 180-
230 lb weights Sows weic taken
a 25 50 cent higher prices
Sheep and Lambs: A package
ulilitv slaughtered lambs found
outlet at S2O 00.
19,575 Broilers Average 15.51 Cents
At Lancaster Exchange Thursday
LANCASTER Only 10 lots of
buds were offered for the Dec 19
auction at the Lancaster Poultry
Exchange The average price for
.the 19,575 broilers sold was 15 51
cents, down about a quaiter of a
cent from the week befoxe
Two hundred Leghorn
were sold for 13 cents
A year ago only four lots of
birds, none of them broilers, were
sold These were capettes and
fowl which brought prices of 22
and 2314 cents for the capettes
and 12% cents for the fowl.
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Support. Big Eggs are worth big more for your labor. That means
premiums most of the year. a genuine Mount Hope bird—
Mediums and Small are usually the original Big Egg producer, 1
a "break-even” or loss. based on 35 years’ breeding
It costs as much ,n f or this big-money factor, Getl
- ,space, labor, feed and marketing
Ifor low-grade eggs as for these up to 90 /o above Mediums. ,
(Big Premium eggs. Buy from a nearby Fran-I
Jhis makes sense... Switch chised Hatchery and be sure,/
This is your largest nearby
„ Franchised Hatchery
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MILK SAVER
CALF STARTER
CLASS LEADER 14%
SWEEPSTAKES 16%
DARIMORE 16%
CALVING RATION
SUPMIX 36%
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ROBERT BARR
Washington Boro
ENOS R. BUCKWALTER
Biid-in-Hand
EVAN E. DINGER
Reinholds
MAURICE GOOD
Gordonvillc
HENRY HOOVER
Ephrata
MARK HOSLER
Manheim & Lititz
JACOB L. KURTZ
Elizabethtown
EASTERN STATES SERVICE CENTER
Quailyville Phone STeilmg 6-3647
EASTERN STATES SERVICE CENTER
Lancaster Phone Evpress 4-3755
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The price range for the recent
sale from 15 to IdVi cents for
the broilers Two lots of broilers
weie “no saled” with bids of 15%
and 16 cents being offered
Here is the Dec. 19 sale by lot
number, seller with grower in
parenthesis, number and breed,
a;>e in weeks and days, buyer and
puce per pound.
fowl
1 Robert H Barr, 5,000 White
Vantress, 10-2, no sale, 16 cents
bid 2 Robert Mylin, 1,150 White
Vantress, 14, no sale, 15% cents
(Continued to »age three)
Mark C. Hershey
R. D. 5, LEBANON, PA.
STEPHEN M. KURTZ
Joanna & Conestoga
LESTER SCHULTZ
Willow Street
MARTIN WANNER
DAVID H. WEAVER
New Holland
7 ij
JOHN S. MARTIN
Bareville
JOHN MELHORN
Mount Joy
WILSON SCOTT
Willow Sheet
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