gj—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 18, 1958
Growers Sell 169,370 Broilers
At Lancaster Exchange Thursday
LANCASTER. July 10 Broil
cr grawcrs forgot about the high
ei growers forgot about the high
woeks ago and started selling
birds at the auction of the Lan
caster Poultry Exchange today.
Ihe biggest mcmtive for the
selling spree 169,370 head were
sold was the fact that the top
price paid at the July 9 Eastern
Shore Poultry Growers Exchange
auction was 19 80 cents a pound
The price range at Lancaster
was from 20 to at 21 3 4 cents. The
lowest bid offered was 19t2 cents
which was declined by the grow
eis
The 169,370 head were sold in
3t> lots Five per cent of the sales
were at 20 cents, 11 per cent at
20 1- 4 cents, 18 per cent at 20M>
cents, 51 per cent at 20 ;4 cents,
11 per cent at 21 cents, one per
cent at 21V* cents, and three per
cent at 21 2 4 cents The average
v as 20.66 cents
Also sold were 6,100 head of
capettes fm 24 to 26% cents, and
700 head of light hens for 16%
to 17 cents Unsold were 31,225
head of broilers in 11 lots and a
360 head lot of White Rock hens.
Here is the July IQ sale by lot
number, seller with grower in
parenthesis, number and breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer and
y -ice per pound
1. James High (B. Earl Forry),
5 000 Vantress, 9, H W. Long
s :re Inc, 20% cents. 2. J. Robert
5 usser, 3,600 Vantress, 9-6, Col-
ge Hill, 20% cents. 3. Daniel G,
I orry, 3,400 Vantress. 9 no sale,
30% cents bid 4 Daniel G. Forry,
3 500 Vanti ess. 9, no sale. 20%
cents bid 5 Daniel G. Forry, 3,-
525 Vantress. 9. no sale, 20%
bid
6 Amos M Shirk, 1395 Van
t’ css, 10-1 Walter B Lehman, 21
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IS. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
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cents 7. Donald Shoemaker, 950
Leghorn Fowl, Victor J. Koser
Co , 16 3 /t cents. 8. Aaron E Beiler.
900 Vantress cockerel capettes,
12-2, Marvin Sweigart, 2614 cents
9. Menno S Beiler, 800 Leghorn
fowl, Victor J. Koser, Co., 16-14
cents 10. Elam S. Zook, 1,050
Donegal White Cross, 11-3, no
sale, 20Va cents bid
11 G Walter Jackson, 700 Leg
hern fowl, Victor J. Koser Co.,
1614 cents. 12. Roy Edwards, 1,-
300 Vantress, 10-2. Walter C. Mel
linger, 21 V* cents. 13. Elias Frey.
550 Vantress. 9-2, Carl B Risser
20 ! 4 cents 14 Harold Frey, 1,000
Vantress. 9, College Hill, 20Vi
cents. 15 John B Kurtz, 5,000
Vantress, 9, no sale, 20 cents bid
16. Master Feed & Gram (Glenn
Gockley), 3,500 Vantress, 9-3, H
W Longacre Inc, 20V2 cents, 17.
Grayvill Miller, 4,500 White
Mountains, 9-2, College Hill 20%
cents. 18. Graybill Miller. 5,000
Vantress, 9-2, College Hill, 20%
cents 19 Miller & Bushong (Al
fred Fisher), 3,500 Vantress. 9-3.
H W. Longacre Inc. 20V 2 cents.
20. M&B (Elmer M Showalter),
8 500 Vantress, 9-3, Harry W
Weaver Jr, 20% cents.
21 M&B (John Olesh Jr), 3,-
600 Vantress, 9-6, College Hill, 21
cents 22 M&B (ChristJM. Smith).
6 000 Indian River White, 9, Vic
lor F Weaver Inc , 20V 2 cents. 23
M&B (Harold E. Rohrer), 5,700
Vantress, 9 6, Walter C. Mellmg
er, 21 cents 24. M&B (Elmer Gar
ber), 7,000 Vantress, 9-2, H. W
Longacre Inc, 20% cents 25
M&B (John L. Herr). 250 Van
tress capettes, 13. Harry H Weav
er Jr, 25Vz cents
26 M&B (John L. Herr), 1,000
Vantress cockerel capettes, 13,
Carl B Risser, 26 cents 27 M&B
New Holland. Pa
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker
kept sharp in
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
(Walter S Kinsey), 1,200 Van
tress, 9 6, DaDmel K. Good, 21
cents. 28. Brown Bros, 10,000
White Mountain and Vantress, 9,
Harry H. Weaver Jr., 20% cents
29. Bfown Bros, 10,000 White
Mountain and Vantress, 9, H. W.
Longacre Inc, 20% cents 30.
Parke K Herr, 825 Vantress and
White Mountain cockerel capettes
13-6, H W. Longacre Inc, 26%
cents.
31. Parke K Herr, 950 Vantress
cockerel capettes, 13 6, H. W.
Longacre Inc., 26% cents. 32.
Parke K. Herr, 825 Vantress cock
erel capettes, 13-6, College Hill,
26 cents. 33 Co°l Creek Farm, 3,-
200 Vantress, 9-3, no sale, 20%
cents bid. 34 Cool Creek Farm,
3,200 Vantress, 9-3, no sale, 20%
cents bid. 35. Cool Creek Farm
3,500 Vantress, 93, no sale, 20%
cents bid.
36. Cool Creek .Farm, 3,600
Vantress, 9-3, no sale, 20% cents
hid. 37 D. E Horn & Co. (Murray
Lehman), 5.500 Vantress, 9-2,
Headers Poultry, 20% cents 38.
Horn & Co (Murray Lehman, 5,-
500 Vantress, 9-2, College Hill
20Vi cents 39. Horn & Co. (Mur
ray Lehman). 4,000 Vantress, 9-2,
Headers P°ultry, 20% cents 40
Paul Newcomer, 2,300 White
Mountain, 9 2, Daniel K. Good, 20
% cents
41 Jack Bucher, 8,800 Van
ttess, 9-2, Victor F. Weaver Inc.,
20 cents 42. Jack Bucher, 9,000
Vantress, 9-2, Victor F. Weaver
Inc., 20% cents 43. Jack Bucher,
1,400 Vantress, 9-2, Daniel K.
Good, 20% cents. 44. Morgan
town -Feed & Grain (C. B King),
4,750 Vantress, 86, College Hill,
2G% cents 45 Morgantown Feed
(C B. King), 4,750 Vantress, 8-6,
College Hill, 20% cents.
46. Raymond M Weaver, 8,000
Vantress cockerels, 8-6 College
Hill 20% cents 47 Raymond M
Weaver, 8,000 Indian River
V hite, 92, Harry H Weaver Jr,
20% cents 48 James Eshelman.
(Continued on page three)
Is Your Dairy Program
Complete ?
Do You Handle Your Roughage To The Best
Advantage?
Do You Feed Your Cows On The Basis Of
Their Capacity To Produce?
Do You Feed The Right Kind Of Grain Ration
And The Correct Protein Level?
Do You Enjoy The ECONOMY OF BULK
DELIVERY?
FOR HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS . . . ASK ANY MILLER &
BUSHONG REPRESENTATIVE OR CALL LANCASTER
EX 2-2145, COLLECT.
Manufacturers of Poultry and Live Stock Feed Since 1875*
Market Extremely Slow with Declines
,0n Butchers, Stockers at Lancaster
By Arnold Johnson,
Acting in Charge,
Market News Branch
LANCASTER, July 16 CAT
TLE Three days 3,100, compared
to 2,039 last week. Extremely
slow each flay with noticeably
fewer buyers and farmers about
the yards since Monday. Com
pared with last Wednesday
slaughter steers steady to 50
cents lower, mainly 25 cents up.
Small supply slaughter heifers;
about steady. Cows 75 cents to
$1.25 lower, mainly $l. lower.
Bulls since last Thursday’s $1
advance on Commercial and $2
decline on canner to utility
grades, now steady on Commer
cial and steady to 50 cents lower
STOCKERS & FEEDERS
of all grades and weights
ON SALE DAILY
This is your CENTRAL MARKET
to sell CATTLE, CALVES, HOGS & SHEEP
COMMISSION FIRM
THE UNION STOCK YARDS
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Miller &
I Bushong, Inc.
Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145
on canner to utility grades, most
decline on cutter and utility
Stockers and feeders Monday,
steady to 75 cents lower, mainly
50 cents up, late steady.
Early two loads high choice to
low prime 950-1,275 lb slaughter
steers $28.50 and $29.75. Bulk
choice 700-I,HP lb $26.50-29,
most good 900-1,100 lbs. early
$25 50-27.75, late down to $25.
Early standard $24-25.25, late
$23 50-25. Few commercial $22-
23 50 Few good 700-900 lb.
slaughter heifers $25-27, some
utility $lB-23. Commercial cows
early $21.50-212.50. utility $l9-
21.50, canner and cutter
21 50 Later commercial $2O 50-
21 75, utility $17.75-20.50, canner
and cutter $l5-20.50, some light-
(Continued on page six)
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