2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 23,1958
Sellers Hold 43,100 Birds. Market
Wfeak at Lancaster Poultry Auction
LANCASTER, May 15 Sel
lers resisted a weakening in de
mand for broilers at the weekly
auction at the Lancaster Poultry
Exchange. The average dropped
to 21.07 cents a pound.
Unsold were 43,100 liead of
Li oilers and frjers. Sold were 54,-
S5O head in 15 lots
Tfee price ranged from 2014
•cents to 2114 cents. Ten lots, 12,-
875 ' head, of capettes brought
fiom 25t0 27 a 4 cents, and 300
light hens sold for 16 cents.
Sik per cent of the sales were
at 21 *4 cents, 67 per cent at 21
cents; 19 per cent at 21 1 4 cents
and four per cent at 2114 cents.
The 2107 average was about
equal with the average paid last
: ear and in 1956.
Hpre are the results of the May
15 sale by lot number, seller with
grower in parenthesS, number
and breed, age in weeks and days,
buyer and price per pound.
1. Charles Shremer Jr., 400
White Vantress capettes, 12-6,
Walter C Mellmger. 26 cents 2
D. E Horn & Co. (John Reidel),
i',300 Indian River White, 92,
Daniel K. Good, 21% cents 3
William C. Schultz, 7;600 White
Vantress, 9-2. no sale. 21% cents
bid. 4 Jack Bucher. 4,000 Indian
F.iver White, 9-6, no sale, 21 cents
bid 5 Jack Bucher, 4,100 Indian
River White, no sale. 21% cents
bid.
6 Jack Bucher, 4,100- Indian
liiver White, 9-6, no sale, 21%
cents bid. 7. Jack Bucher, 1,500
Indian River White, 9-6, no sale.
21 cents bid 8 Eugene Schlos
t.agle, 8,400 White Vantress, 9 2,
no sale, 21 cents bid 9. Eugene
.Schlosnagle, 8.400 White Van
tress, 9-2, no sale, 21% cents bid
10 Jack Clauser, 300 Leghorn
fowl, 2 years, Walter B Leaman,
16 cSents
li Harry W Hossler, 2,200
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SALES AND SERVICE -
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quamvllle, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa.
K. G. Myers & Son
Rheeras, Pa
White Vantress, 10-2, John N.
Thomas, 2114 cents. 12 Clarence
Zeager, (Herbert Zeager), 250
White Vantress, 10-6, S. E. Davis,
21 r M cents. 13. Howard; Kreider
Jr, 2,500 White Hock, 8-2, Carl
B Kisser, 21V* cents 14. N. Parke
iMUler, 1,350 White Vantress cap
ettes, 13-6, Carl B. Kisser, 27’•4
cents. 15. Warren Shearer, 5,000
W hite Mountains, 10, College Hill,
21 cents.
16. John K. Curry & Sons (Ed
win L Funck), 8;000 White Van
tress, 9-2, Daniel K. Good, 21
cents. 17. Miller -& Bushong
(Lloyd Wenger), 6,500 White
Vantress, 9-2, Starr Poultry, 21
cents. 18. M&B (Elmer Beiler),
2,400 White Vantress, 9-3, Walter
C Melhnger, 2114 cents. 19. M&B
(Clarence Hilsher), 4,000 White
Vantress, 9, College Hill 21 cents.;
20 M&B (Harold L Brandt), 1.-'
000 White Vantress, 9, no sale, 1
"cents.
21. Milton K. Horst, 2,000 White
Vantress, 9-5, .Chile'S 6 Hill 21'
cents 22. S M. Fisher, 3,500 In
dian River White, 10, Roy E.
Ream, 20% cents. 23. John B.
Kurtz ('Clyde H Martin), 3,500
White Vantress, 9-1, no sale, 20%
cents. 24 James High (Fred
Frey), 950 White Vantress cap
ettes, 13-6, Marvin Sweigart, 26%
cents. 25. James High (Frederick
Frey), 1,300 White Vantress cap
ettes, 13-6, Darnel K. Good, 26
cents.
26 James High (Emanuel
Flaud), 2,700 White Vantress, 9-6„
Daniel K Good, 21% cents. 27.
Allan L Kauffman, 275 White,
Vantress capettes, 13-2, Carl B
Risser, 26 cents 28. Marcallme J.
Wagner, 5,000 White Vantress, 9,
Allen Clark Inc., 21 cents. 29.
Kenneth Noll, 2,500 White Van
tress, 9-5, Walter B. Lehman, 21V4
cents. 30 Eugene K. Metzler, 1,-
500 White Vantress, 9, John N.
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Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa.
Slow Opening
Weakens Market
At Baltimore
BALTIMORE. May 19
CATTLE AND CALVES- Around 40
per cent of the supply comprised of
fed steers grading mostly good and
choice Only one load and few scat
tered head fed heifers on offer Stock
er'' and feeders made up 25 per cent of
the run Fully 1-3 of the supply com
prised of cows with about 3 loads
carried over from last Thursday Good
clearance all slaughter classes Fairly
good clearance on Stockers and feed
,ers about 2 loads unsold Fed steers
opened very slow, but later moderately
active Fed steers sold steady to 25
cents 'lower with instances 50 cents off
on choice Slaughter heifers were
-steady. Cows were moderately active
and steady- Bulls were slow and fully
SO cents lower w Ith instances $lOO off
Vealers moved slow to moderately ac.
tave and sold around $2 00 lower, hut
■mostly $1.50 off Stockers and feeders
were -moderately active and fully
steady to strong The bulk of 900-1200
lb average-good to average-choice fed
steers $2B 00-30 00, one and a half .loads
of 3112-1195 lb mostly high-choice
$3O 25-3050 and a small lot of 917 lb
ipnme $32 00 A few standard steers
sold at $25 50-27 00 A load of 716 lb
good slaughter heifers $2B 00 with a
few scattered head standard and good
424 00-28.00 Utility and commercial
cows ranged from $2O 00-22 25 with a
few high-commercial and standard up
to $23.00 Canners and cutters bulked
at $l7 00-20 00 with a few light can
ners dow n to $l5 00 Utility and _com
•mereial bulls sold mainly at $22.50.
24150 with a few head up to $25 00
,and a few cutters down to $2O 00
Choice 170-230 lb vealers brought
$32 00 34 00 with a few head up to
Thomas, 21 cents
31. John J. Hess II (J. Emanuel
Allgyer), 1,900 White Cross, 9,
no sale, 21 cents bd. 32. Marcal-
Ime Wagner, 4,400 White Rock
and White Vantress, 9, Allen
Clark Inc., 21 cents. 33 James
High (Fred Frey), 1,000 White
Vantress capettes, 13-6, Carl B
Eisser,, 25% cents. 34 James
High (Fred Frey), 2,750 White
Tantress capettes, 13-6, Walter C.
TVlelhnger, 25% cents. 35 N.
Parke Miller, 1,350 White Van
tress capettes, 13-6, C. F. Man
heck Inc., 27% cents. 36 James
High (Fred Frey), 2,200 White
Vantress capettes, 13-6, Walter C.
Melbnger, 26 cents.
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Market Generally Weaker; Stockers
Remain About Steady at Lancaster
Federal-State Market News Service and utility COWS $17.50-<22 25
t anpawp Mav 21 fcw commercial to $23; canners
I LANCASTER, May 21 ( and i cutters $l5-17.25 Utility
CATTLE Thre days 3,054 and conlJrnercla l bulls $23-26.50
week ago 3,368. Compared with Qdd heac i beaVy utility up to $27.
the previous Wednesday slaught- Good fed yearlmg bu ii s $27-28.
er steers 25 to mostly 50 cents, Scattere( j lots common and
instances 75 cents lower. Canners medlum stock st eers $22-26. Bulk
and cutter cows full? <25 to 50 and good sto ckers $26.50-
cents lower ,other grade $l.OO 2 gsg About two loads good
lower. Bulls about steady, stock de s t o ck calves and light
ers and feeders slow and about year j in g S $3O-32. A load mostly
steady. good 540 lbs stock 'heifers $27,
Supply consisted of about 38 - HALVES Three days 572,
loads slaughter steers, 35 per wepk agQ 650 vealers barely
cent stockers and feeders, an steady . ( Wl th considerable pres
-25 per cent cows and bulls sure late m week on kinds grad-
Slaughter steejrs offered graded In g. high-choice and prime. Bulk
mostly good and choice g ood and choice vealers weigh-
Bulk of choice fed steers 1,000- mg j 40,200 lbs $29-35, high
-1,300 lb $2B-30 50, part load 1, choice $36-38, odd head prime
265 lb high choice $3l, with 539 standard vealers $25-29, uti
about two loads’high choice and hty down to $2O 50
prime 1,100 and 1 >255 lbs $32 jjqgS Three days 1,542 week
Mostly good , steers $27-28.25. 1.641. Barrows and gilts 25
Load high choice heifers 802 lbs go cents j ower .than i as t Wed-
s29 50 A few d sows in llnU ted supply
small lots standard to low-choice ; ’ . T t c -Mo 1 2
heifers $2450-27.50. Bulk cutter, and 3 19^2 30 lb barrows and
gilts $24-24.50, a few No 3 down
to $23 75 Small lots No 1 and 2,
' $24.75, with a total for week of
about 60 head of No 1, 200-220
lbs at $25 00 Small lots No 2 and
1 3, 230-245 ybs $23.75-24 25. Sows,
mixed grades No 1 to 3, 300-500
lbs $l6-19, few sows under 300
lbs $l9 50.
SHEEP Three days 473, week
ago 402 Supply primarily native
and spring lambs
Slaughter lambs steady to weak,
instances 50 cents lower. Bulk
good and choice native and Vir
ginia spring Jambs $25.50-27. A
few head aged sheep $6 00-8 00
$34 50, good grades $2B 00 32 00 and
standard $24 00 28 00 About 4 loads'
700 1040 lb good and choice feeder
steers $2B 00-28 75, bulk medium and
good 500-800 lb stocker and feeder
steers $25 00-28 00. including several
common at $25 00 26 00 Around three
loads 347-484 lb mostly medium to
good stock steer calves $29 00-30 00,
half load mostly good included at
$32.50 Around 100 head mostly good
stock steers sold at $29,50 Saturday
HOGS Butchers opened slow, later
moderately active Sows to scarce for
adequate test of .prices Barrows and
gilts fully 25 50 cents lower The bulk
of the supply was mixed lots of U S
No 1,2, and 3, 180-240 lb butchers
Which sold at $24.25-24 50 with two
loads of long hauled more uniform
No 1.3, mostly No 1 and 2, 180 225 lbs
$24 60. A small lot of No 3 242 lb
butchers $23 75 Butchers at $24 50 un
der 225 lbs
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