JBpoiler Ratio Down; Excessive Supplies Pushing Down Prices PHILADELPHIA, July 22 The broiler ratio in the Delmarva area showed a decline of one point last week as the price of broilers dropped about half a cent The ratio now stands at 4 0 Wilh the broiler average at 19 73 cents a pound In the maiS(f broiler and fryer producing areas at the beginning ol the week, supplies were gen ei ally adequate to more than ade quale for a fan demand Prices were showing a steady downward trend in response to the excess of birds being offered Some sales in the Delmarva area on Tuesday were reported at prices as low as 17 cents, although most sales weic at 19V4 and 19Va cents a pound The market there was quiet awaiting the auction at the Eastern Shore Growers E\ change Here is how the market looked in the maior meat bird producing areas of the nation on Tuesday Ki IwieaSeve DELMARVA Market quiet Trading light and mostly at undetermined pines With 132,900 head reported sold, prices ranged from 17 to 19i'j cents Most sales were at 1914 and 191 i cents with 56 per cent undetermined GEORGIA Offering prices generally Om cent lower Offerings ample to more than ample for fair to good de mand at the present price level Buy ers offering puces were 17 to 18 cents, mostly 17 cents At the farm on Mon da\ the prices were from 17 to WA cents With 907,800 head being sold, nine per cent were at 17 cents, 76 per Cent at 18 cents, sis. per cent at IBV2 cents, five , per cent mtra company sales booked at 17 cents, and four per cent intra-company sales at 18 cents IS ORTH CAROLINA Offerings fullv adequate Demand fair Prices were 17 and 18 cents, mostlv 18 cents SHENANDOAH VALLEY Demand I'iit Supply about adequate for needs Prices at the farm were 18 and 18Vi cents with fullv 63 per cent of the sales at 18 cents, only scattered lots at the 18'4 and 18'/a cent levels ARKANSAS Offerings ample to ex cessive at some points with over three pound weights well cleared to short at I ! I Be sure of a ready supply of lu- ~ ' • bricants for the busy harvest and * Save 50c= fall planting season. Order your • J supply of high quality UN ICO• on 5 gal. • lubricants while the Farm Bu- • of oil or 25 lb. • reau HARVEST OIL SALE is on. S grease purchase • UNICO 12M .. . one motor oil for any season of the year'. CUT DOWN YOUR OIL INVENTORY, „ se mi in CAR, TRUCK or TRACTOR. UNICO I2M 10W-30 is a heavy duty motor oil containing super “F” additive. I‘JIVI combines all the advantages of SAE 10W-20W-20-30 grades plus . . . NEW IMPROVED ALL-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE ENGINES STAY CLEANER BETTER ENGINE COMPRESSION Order Your Supply of Unico Lubricants r From FARM BUREAU To-Day! ! ! DID YOU KNOW? ? ? YOU ARE ENTITLED TO $BO.OO TAX REFUND ON EACH 1000 GALLONS OF GASOLINE USED IN YOUR FARMING OPERATION? For more detailed information, check with our Petroleum Driver-Salesman or call Lancaster Express 4-0541 Lancaster Manheim . N VVSNSSV\NNVV\SV\S\N\VSVVS\SN\N\N\NNSNVSN\S\VV? otheis A few lots of undergrades and extremely large sues discounted a half to two cents Some 11,800 head reported sold at 17 cents in early trade Tuesday Seventeen cents was the only pi ice reported Mdnday ALABAMA: Offerings and supplies fully ample to excesive Si/es heavy in several instances Demand generally good with plants operating at capacity and over to move birds Prices were 1/ to 17Va cents, with 99 per cent ot the sales at the lower figure Slaughter Steers Mostly Steady At Baltimore BALTIMORE, July 21 CATTLE AND CALVES The supplv was made up of approimately 35-40 per cent ied stteis, three loads of fed heifers, three loads of Stockers and feeders, four loads of bulls and the balance mostly cows All classes were slow, except vealers which were moderately active Slaughter steers sold mostly steady to 25 cents lower, slaughter heifers main ly steady Cows were very uneven, gen et ally weak to 25 cents lower on util ity and commercial and strong to 25 cents higher on canners and cutters hulls sold about steady with last weeks’ low close or fully $1 lower than last Monday Veal strong to $1 higher Stockers and feeders scarce, weak fairly good clearance all classes ex cepl bulls and stockers and feeders A package of 835 lb prime slaughter steers $3O 50, two small lots 933,941 lb a. erage-Choiee $2B 75, small lot a\ er age and high-choice $29, bulk good to avei age-choice 900-1100 lbs $26 28 50, seieral small lots standard and low pood $25-25 75 Load 958 lb standard brahma steers $24 50 Two small lots 73d 840 lb good to low choice ied hell ers $27 27 50, two loads 800 lb good grades, $26 50, small lots standard $22- 2r60 , x Commercial cows scarce Utility and commercial cows $lB 25-21, mostly $2O and down Canners and outers $l5 50- 18 50 with light caners $l3-15 50 Utility an c ommercial bulls $22-24, individual 2000 lbs $25 Good and choice 160 250 lb vealers $25 31 One lot 955 lb Medium and good feeder steers $26, short load 855 lb common and medium $2l 75 HOGS Butchers and sows slow and uneven, 50 75 cents higher, but mostly 50 cents up Supply will fall slightly, under early estimate Bulk supply mixed lots US 1, 2 and 3, 190 230 lb butchers, these largely $24 25, load 198 lb $24 30, several small lots more uni form No 13, $24 50 Two small lots No 1 3 239 246 lb $23 50 24, package iC* M BUK > -oil t i I New Holland * 2 Quarryville Hags Active 25-50 Higher At Chicago CHICAGO, July 21 HOGS 5000 Fairly active, 25 50 cents higher on bariows and gilts Sows active, un even, 25-75 cents, mostly 50 cents high er Only fair shipping demand but all local packers in trade early No 1 to 3, 190 240 lb barrows and gilts com prised bulk ol butcher hog receipts I ewer under 190 lb and little over 260 lb U S No 1 to 3, mostly No 2 and 3, 200 280 lb bairows and gilts $22 75- 23 25 Several lots No 1 and 2, 200-230 lb $23 25 23 40 and few lots No 1 these w eights $23 40 23 50, around 125 head at $23 50 Deck No 3, 320 lb $2l 75 Limited volume mixed grades 180 195 lb $22 25.23 Mixed grades 400 475 lb sows $lB 75-19 75 360 400 lb $l9 75 20 50 Most 330 350 lb $2O 50-21 25 and limit ed volume down to 275 lb as high as sa2 25 Few 500 550 lb $lB 25 18 75 CATTLE 18,000 Receipts promising to fall short of the estimate by several hundred head Early trade on slaugh t< i steers ad heifers fairly active taut m. pretty much of a forced affau due to sharply curtailed receipts, trad ing now rather slow, prices on slaugh ler steers mainly strong to 50 cents hi idler compared last weeks low close n. some sales onlv steady while ex icr showing least upturn tremes early up 75 cents, steers aver age choice and better 1250 lb and heav- Heifers steady to 50 cets higher Cows fairly active, strong to 25 cents higher compared last weeks low close, but bulls slow and only about steady at last weeks sharp decline Vealers steady Few sales stockeis and feeders steady Moderate mostly prime slaughter steers $2B-29, load or tv o average prime to high prime giades still in first hands, load-lots mixed choice and prime steers over 1100 lb $27 50 ad $27 75, two loads com pai able grade 1050 lb weights $2B load 1300 lb steers at $27 75 feedlot mates of 1223 lb cattle that sold at $2B 50 last Monday, bulk choice steers $26 25 27 25, load 1275 lb weights at $27 25 feedlot mates of $27 75 steers last monday, 60 head around 1300 lb South Dakota steers $26 50, bulk good and low choice steers $25 26, load mostly standard 950 U w eights $24 25 Several loads mostly prime 945-1100 lb heifers $2B and $2B 25, load or so mixed choice and prime $27 25, bulk good to high-choice heif ers $24 50 27, utility and standard $l9 50 23 50 I tility and commercial cows $l7 50- No 2 and 3, 253 lb $23 50, small lots 170 lb $23 Scattere head No 13, 300 400 lb sows $l9 75 21 .SHEEP Sprig slaughter lambs steady, 70102 lb good and choice spring lambs $24 25, bulk $24.24 50, 62- 80 '1 utility and good $lB 23 51 head ‘■ti mg 121 lb mostly utility and good slaughter ewes $5, package good $6 Leßoy M. Sensenig Clem E. Hoober j O Hinkletown Ph. Ephrata REpublic 3 2009 Ph. SOuthfxeld 8-3431 Dillabaugh & Bleacher Hiestand. Inc. R. D. 2 Conestoga Ph. TR 2-3086 or TR 2-3555 Paul M. Ressler & Son Wednesday New York Egg Market Extra Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Pullets Peewees Extra Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Pullets Peewees Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Standards Checks Fancy Heayweights Mediums Pullets Fancy Heavyweights NEW YORK, July 23 Demand came in with greater activity yesterday afternoon and this morning and cleared closely of virually all lines for the first time in some period Prices generally advanced this morning under the tight supply position NBY WHITE Ex Fey Hywts Mediums Pullets Peewees NEARBY BROWN Ex Fey Hywts 39V2-42 Mediums 33 Pullets 25V 2 Peewees 18 20 caners and cutters largely $l4 50 1/75, lew light and shellv canncrs down to $l3 Utility and commercial bulls $22 24 Good and choice vealers $2B 31, util ity and standard $lB 28, culls down to $l2 Part load low choice around 525 lb stock steers $29 50, load choice 900 lb Iceding steers $26 25, load good 1000 lb weights $25 25 0% 3* Paradise Ph. Strasburg OV 7-3931 Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 25, 1958—3 Copyrighted 1958 By Umer-Bany Co. Neal by Whites Nearby Biowns Midwestern Mixed Midwestern Whites Midwestern Browns Weekly Egg Price Review July 17 38 -39 31% 22% 17 Intercourse Marietta Ph. HAzel 6 9301 July 21 40 33 25 17 July 18 39 31% 22% 17 -25 1 2 25’•. 41 33 25% 18 41 34 261*. 18 SHEEP 1000 Supply practically oil ■prmg slaughter lambs with good and choice grades predominating Slagp tei yearlings and ewes in tery smad supply Spring slaughter lambs rather slow, mostly 50 cents low’d Yearhncs not established Slaughter ewes steady Choice and pnme 90-105 lb spring slaughter lambs $25-25 50 Most choice Hid 75-25 Good and low choice 522 2 , Cull to low good 519 22 Good and choice shorn slaughtei ewes 55 6 Cud and utility $4 5 3 -3 ■ FOR .ANY FARM PURPOSE MADE THE FARMER'S WAY Lancaster Production L Credit Ass’n. 411 W. Roseville Rd. Lancaster, Pa. T Ph, Lane. EX 3-3921 'MM A MAMS OPINIOM OF MANY A WOMAN IS MADE 6V HER DR.E9S SHOP People’s opinion of us is . based on e\penence with cm fine firm. 2 USED M. H. 50 COMBINES, P. T. O. I with bagger 1 with grain tank Cope & Weaver WILLOW ST. Ph. Lanr. EX 3-2824 44 36 26 18 -361.. 42 35i > 26V2 19 3 9 Vi 34 35Vi 30V2 41 34Va July 22 41V 2 -42 34V'2 411-2 42 351/2 26 V 2 18
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