2—Lancaster Fanning, Friday, September 19, 1958
Lancaster Broiler Prices Hold At Low
Of 17.21, As Trend Eases for Industry
LANCASTER. Sept 11 Av
erage price for 26 lots of broilers
at the weekly Lancaster Poultry
Exchange held at the four-year
low of a 17 21 cents per pound
average, reached last week at the
bottom of, a long developing
fiend
A 'total of 50 lots with 135,
870 birds weie offered with pio
ducev resistance to low prices
being evidenced by 11 lots being
withdrawn on bids from 17 to
231 The 39 lots sold included
107,920 birds
One lot of 750 White Vantress
capettes sold for 24 for the sale
high Low price of 12 2 was paid
on 1,000 Leghorns, 21 months of
Here is the Sept 11 sale by
lot number, seller with grower in
parenthesis, number and breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer and
price per pound
1 Jacob G Hess 1000 Leg
horn fowl, 1 yr 9 mo , Carl iB
Risser, 12 2 cents 2 Cassel’s
Mill Inc (Charles D Warfel II),
5000 Indian River’s 9, Daniel K
Good, 17 2 cents 3 Cassel’s Mill
Inc (Charles D Warfel II), 5000
Indian River’s, 9, Header’s Poul
try, 17 3 cents 4 Neft Bros , 1350
Indian River’s, 10-2, Roy E
Ream 17 5 cents 5 Fruitville
Faims Inc (Chester Murry ), 5400
Indian River’s, 9-2, College Hill
Poultiy, 17 3 cents
6 Fiuitville Farms Inc (Ches
ter Murry), 5000 Vantress, 9-2,
Headers Poultry, 17 2 cents 7. j
Ft uitville Farms Inc (Chester
Murry ) 5000 Vantress, 9-2, Head
er’s Powrtry, 17 cents 8. Fruit
ville Farms Inc (Abram Shenk),
2400 Vantress, 10, Walter C Mel
lingdr, 17 4 cents 9 Fi uitville
Farias Inc (Abram Shenk), 2400
'■ess, 10, Walter C Mellmger,
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them with its sweetness*
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C K C CHEMICAL COMPANY
. west Caldwell* Hew JetMV
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Strong “Package”
Big, strong shelled eggs are
scarce and wanted
The U S. D A says that strong
shells plus good whites, help to
hold Fresh Quality longer
You can have your Egg Quality
Program ‘'built-in’’ if your layers
are Mount Hope Queens We break
out thousands of eggs, so we are
sure
QUEEN eggs are really High
Quality in a Strong "Package"
just what you need for highest
prices Breakage alone is said to
cost $3OO a year on a 2000 bird
plant
Mount Hope Queen chicks can
be bought year round
Johnson’s
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17 4 cents 10 George Neauman
(Wm Schreck), 4000 Vantress,
9-6, Allen Clark, 17 5 cents.
11. Roy Heckenluber, 1200 Leg
horn fowl, Victor J. Koser, 11.3
cents 12 Sam Z. Musselman,
3700 Vantress, 10-6, Roy E Ream,
17 6 cents 13. Elwood Hershey,
3500 Vantress, 9, Allen Clark.
171 cents 14. Elam Sensemg,
400 Vantress capettes, 12-6, No
sale, 20 cents bid. 15. Caleb K.
Hershey, 1000 Vantress, 103,
Daniel K. Good, 17 6 cents
16 Martin Kready, 900 Van
tress capettes, 11, Walter C Mel
hngei, 19 cents 17. Wenger’s Mill
Inc (Daniel Lehman), 6000 Van
tress capettes. 12-4, No sale, 19 1
cents bid 18 James (Barley, 6000
Indian River’s, 9-3, College Hill
Poultry* 17 1 cents 19. Titus Mar
tin, 700 Vantress capettes,
No sale, 20 9 cents bid 20. Miller
& Bushong (Clair Bomberger),
2400 Indian River’s, 96, Daniel
K Good, 17 3 cents.
21. M&B (William Wile), 2300
Vantress, 10, John Thomas, 17 3
cents 22 M&B (William Wile),
2100 Vantress, 10, College Hill
Poultry, 17 2 cents 23 M&B (Wil
liam Wile), 6000 Vantress, 10,
Daniel K Good, 171 cents 24.
M&B (Frederick Frey), 1200
Vantress pullet capettes. No sale,
23 1 cents bid 25 M&B (Fred
erick Frey), 1450 Vantress pullet
capettes, 14-5, No sale, 22 1 cents
bid
26 M&B (Frederick Frey),
1050 Vantress pullet capettes,
Walter C Mellinger, 22 6 cents
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SUPPLEMENTS
Your grains properly balanced
will produce
MORE EGGS
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RED ROSE 36%
POULTRY SUPPLEMENT 400 ibs.
Pure Ground Corn 350 lbs.
Ground Oats 100 Ibs.
Wheat Middlings
or Ground Wheat 150 lbs,
REICH POULTRY FARM A. S. GROFF
R D.l. Marietta, Pa 21 S Queen St Lancaster, Pa.
CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS E. MUSSER HEISEY
E D. 2. East Earl, Pa KD 2 Mt Joy, Pa,
MUSSER’S
The BQck. R D 1, Quarryville, Pa
J. C. WALKER & CO.
Gap, Pa
Stockers Strong
Steers Climbing
In Chicago Trade
CHICAGO, Sept 1 17
HOGS 7500 slow early, later
tj ade fairly active, steady to 10 higher
on barrows and gilts, closed slow,
barely steady on few lots Sows fanlv
active, mostly steady, instances strong
to as much as 25 higher on weights
over 450 lbs All interests m trade but
fewer hogs sold on shipping account
US No 1 to 3 mostly No 2 and 3 mix
ed grades 200 270 lb barrows and gilts
20 60 20 85 with numerous sales at
20 75 Few lots No 3 200 210 lbs 20 50
20 60 Several lots mixed grades No l
and 2 200 230 lbs 20 75-20 90 and around
250 head mostly No 1 these weights
sorted for grade 21 Deck mostly No I
290 lbs 20 40 Small volume mixed
giades 180-195 lbs 20-20 75 Mixed
grades 400 525 lb sows 17 75 18 75 Most
340 400 lb 18 75-19 50 and few 300 330
lbs 19 50-20 „ , . . „
SHEEP 1000 Supply includes
two loads ewes by rail which are still
unsold balance largely small lots good
and choice spring slaughter lambs
Spring lambs active, fully steady to
strong Other classes unchanged Few
mall lot high choice and prime 80 100
lb spring lambs 23-23 50, bulk good and
choice 19 50 22 50, cull and utility 14-
19 Cull to choice shorn slaughter ewes
4 8
CATTLE 17000 Receipts will ex
ceed the estimate by around 500 head
All grades slaughter steers 1150 lbs
down along with high choice and
prime 1150 1300 lb weights active,
steady to 25 higher, mostly steady
Cows fully steady Bulls and yealers
mostly steady Stockers and feeders
strong Half dozen loads prime 1150-
1300 lb slaughter steers 29 Few loads
2p 75, bulk choice and piime steers
16 28 50, loadlots good and mixed
good and choice 1150 lbs down 26-
26 SO, comparable grade heavier
weights 25 50 and 25 75, 60 head string
piime 1561 lb Michigan fed steers
26 60, two loads prime 1425 lb steers
2725, bulk choice steers 1150 lbs down
26 75 27 50, most good steers 25-26,
half load standard 1,000 lb weights
23 75 High choice and prime heifers
27-28 two loads 1025-1050 lb weights 28,
two loads 1047 lb heifers at 27 75 feed
lot mates of cattle at the same price
Monday 81 head string good and
Choice 875 lb heifers at 25 50 feedlots
n otes of catle at the same price Mon
day Bulk good and choice heifers 24 75-
27, utility and standard 20 24 25 Few
standard cows 21-22, utility and com
mercial 18-21, canners and cutters 15-
16 75 Utility and commercial bulls
2150-23 75 Good and choice, mostly
good grade evalers 29 32, utility and
standard 20-29 Culls 15 19 Seeral loads
medium and good 750 850 lb stocker
and feeding steers 24 85-26, few med
ium 500 lb Stockers 26 50
WARREN SICKMAN
EDI Pequea, Pa.
AMMON E. SHELLY
RD 2 Lititz, Pa.
Limited Slaughter Steers Find Slow
Trading in Lancaster Mark et Runs
by Hal Churchill,
Acting in Charge, Market News Branch
WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
REVIEW
LANCASTER, Sept. 18, 1958
Receipts for the week to date
Cattle, 3600, Calves, 666; Hogs,
1050; Sheep, 374. -
CATTLE Receipts smaller than
same time last week, supply main
ly stockers and feeders with 800-
1050 lb feeder steers predominat
ing. Fed slaughter steers in limit
ed supply and slaughter heifers
very scarce Cows and bulls com
prised near 1 per cent of the run.
Slaughter steers uneven weights
under 1100 lbs fairly active, fully
steady; heavier steers slow, about
s'eady. Cows and bulls fairly ac
tive, steady. Stockers and feeders
fairly active, fully steady. Part
load and lot 1070-1100 lb high
choice slaughter steers $2B-28.25
Bulk 1000-1250 lb choce steers
$26 50-27 75 Good and low-choice
slaughter steers $24 50-26 50,
standard and low-good $23-24 75
Load 1290 lb mixed-standard and
commercial grassfed steers $22 25
Few lots 800-900 lb choice slaught
er heifers $26-26 50. Commercial
cows $2O 25-2125, cutter and ptil
ity $l7-20 75, canner and low-cut
ters $15.25-16 75. Utility and com
mercial bulls $22 50-25, few high
eommercial to $25 50, cutters $2O
- Good 800-1100 lb fed yearling
bulls $25-27 Good and choice 800-
1050 lb feeder steers $24.50-27 50,
nedium and good these weights
5O-25 50. Part load 1310 lb
;ood feeder steers $24 35. Good
and choice SOO-800 lb stocker and
'eeder steers $26 29, medium and
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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If you are Ready To Buy . . .
GOOD CHICKS
Pick up your phone and call
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at Oxford, (Pa.) 286 COLLECT
Bill will pay the call.
Consumers, including buyers for stores, institutions,
etc., want the Best Meat and Eggs ... no irregular
lots of birds or mixed colors and mixed quality eggs.
The final result depends on what you start with,
and we have the chicks that will make Premium-Price
meat and eggs. Interior quality of eggs is “tops”.
LOOK US UP...
At the West Lampeter and Manheim Farm Shows
We’ll have a display, so stop in and let’s have a visit.
COBB’S White Rocks
These buds are going great in the Lancaster area Ask
your neighbors, or see us
CAREY White Leghorns
Record breaking profit making layers by Random
Test and customei rccoids You’ll like them too
ALSO . . . Cornish-Rock Cioss, Merry knoll and Golden Sck-
Links, New Hamps and Barred Rocks Phone today for a date
Burling’s Hatchery Box F, Oxford, Pa.
good $24.50-27 Common and med-
Tum 600-1000 lb stockers and feed
ers $22-24 50 Small lot 440 lb
choice stock steer calves $32 50
Two loads 537 lb good slock steer
calves $28.25
CALVES: Vealers slow, weak to
fully $1 lower Good and choice
vealers $29-34, few high-choice
and prime $35-36, standard and
low good $2450-29, utility and
standard $l9 50-24 50.
HOGS Trading active, barrows
and gilts 50-75 cents higher than
last week’s close. U. S No 1-3
mixed weight and grade 190-230
lb barrows and gilts $2l 75-22 25,
with $22 most popular price. Few
lots No 1 these weights $22 50-
23, 230-280 lbs $2l-22. Sow strong
to 50 cents higher No, 1-3 300-
550 lbs $l7-20.
SHEEP. Slaughter sprang lambs
fairly active, fully steady. Good
and choice 7095 lb good and
choice slaughter spring lambs $23-
24 50, utility and low-good $l9 23,
few culls $l7-18
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