2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 27. 1958
At Lancaster Yards
Cattle Steady to Strong
lames H. O'Hara.
In Charge. Market News Branch
WEEKLY REVIEW
DEC 24, 1958
Receipts to Date. Cattle
1600, Calves 450, Hogs 550,
Sheep 175.
CATTLE. Supply about 40
per cent slaughter steers, 45
per cent stockers and feeders
and five per cent cows. Trad
ing moderately active after
slow start. Slaughter steers
steady to 25 higher. Cows
steady to 25 higher. Bulls &
stockers and feeders steady.
The bulk of the Choice
950-1200 lb slaughter steers
27 50-28 00, few lots 929 -
1117 lb average - high
Choice 28.25-28.75. Quality
not as good as in past weeks
Good to low Choice 24 50-27-
26, loads and lots high
Good to average Choice 1200
- 1500 lb 25.50 - 26 75
Utility and Commercial
bulls 22 75 - 26 00, Good
grade fed bulls 26 00 - 28 00.
Cutter and Utility cows 16 -
.25 - 20.50, few Commercial
at 20 50 - 21 50 Canners and
low Cutters 15 00 - 16 25 *
Good and Choice 800 - 1050
lb. feeder steers 25 50 - 28.00
.ioad average high Choice
900 lb 28 40 Medium and
Good 24 00 - 26 00. Good
and Choice 550-800 lb stock
steers 27 00-30 00, load
Choice 507 lb 33 25, Medium
and Good 25 00 - 27 25 Good
and Choice stock calves 29.-
00 -33 00, several lots and
loads high Choice 430 - 470
lb 33 50 - 34 25
CALVES. Trading moder
ately active Vealers steady
to 1 00 lower, spots off more
Standard and lower grades
taking full decline Good and
Choice vealers 30 00 - 36 00,
high Choice and Prime 36 00-
40 00, few up to 41 00 Stan
dard and low Good 24 00 -
30 00, Utility down to 18 00
HOGS Trading active
Barrows and gilts 25 higher
man last Wednesday Some
scarce and steady U S 1-3
WELL! ARE THOSE HENS LAYING.
How about Myzon with wormer included to bring
them back into production l , x
Are you ready for snow and ice ? We have snow
sho\els and rock salt to melt the ice
Don’t forget we have a good Milk Replacer and j
Calf Starter Feed' |
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Fitting Ration for growing heifers and dry cows ]
For Better Results' Feed Altman’s* i
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Season's Greetings to our many friends j
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE ;
947 Harrisburg Pike Ph. Lane. EX4-7715 \
Willis H Weaver, Mgr I
1958
Ist Qaartile Penna. Random
Sample Egg Laying
Contest
1957
Ist Highest All - Breed nd Highest Leghorn
Hen Record in Pa. Hen Record in the
Laying Contest /. Nation
UPSIDE-DOWN. BACKWARDS, OR
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT
KEYSTONE LEGHORNS
ARE HARD TO BEAT
• Higher Quality * Lower Chick Cost
KEYSTONE HATCHERY
2556 Creek Hill Rd , Lancaster
Rep. Daniel R. Myers, Ph. Leola OL 6-2243
Hatchcrj Ph Leola OL fa-7651
Breeding Farm Ph Ephrata RE 3-6179
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grade 180-210 lb. barrows
and gilts 20.50 - 21 50, uni
form 1-3 grade 190-230 lb.
including 1-2 grade, 21.50 -
22 50. 300-600 lb. sows 14.-
00 - 18 00.
SHEEP. Wooled slaughter
lambs about 50 lower. Good
and Choice slaughter lambs
21.75 - 23.00, few lots 85-100
lb. at 23.25 -23 50. Utility
and low Good 18 75 - 21.75.
Milk Production
Rises Slowly
Philadelphia, Dec 24
Fluid Milk. Production in
creased but at a rejduced rate
compared with last year.
Buying interest was good and
generally as expected for the
holiday Offerings were ade
quate with wholesale selling
pr ces at New York $5.65 -
$5 85 per 40 qt unit.
Fluid Cream Bottling de
mand was good, but with
most requirements filled for
holiday usage, excess was be
ing diverted to manufactu
ring channels Ice cream sales
continued about as expected
for the season with many
plants closed, especially m
the S. E. Penna area Purch
ases of cream through these
outlets was very light.
In N. Y. wholesale selling
prices per 40 qt unit 40 per
cent butterfat held unchan
ged at $35.00 S. *E. Penna
prices were generally uncha
nged except on carlots where
actual sales were limited and
current selling prices were
unchanged to 55 cents high
er
S. E. Penna open market
selling prices were unchan
ged to 55 cents higher. S E
Penna. open market selling
prices 40 qt unit - 40 per
cent butterfat, (Pa and N J
approved) car or trucklot,
(mm 200 cans) $25 80 -
$26 75 L CL (min 50 cans
$26.25 - 27.50
At New Holland
Very Slow
Special to Lancaster Farming
By N-H Sales Stable Management
New Holland this week had
a shortened Holiday week
with only two markets, the
horse and mule and dairy.
Wednesday’s dairy market
was generally on the slow
side, due primarily to Christ
mas. Feature of the sale was
a load of Wisconsm Holsteins
These fresh cows averaged
$446, although even here the
bidding was very slow on a
typical holiday sale Total
receipts were 100 cows.
The bulk Fresh Holstein
cows sold for $4OO to 495.
Fresh Guernsey cows brought
$250 - 310, and other breeds
$250 - 300
Monday’s horse and mule
sale also rated as a typically
slow holiday market on all
classes. Receipts totaled 128
head
Mules sold for $65 to 90,
Pony colts went at $7O to 90
and oony mares brought $135
to 275
Ridmg horses ranged from
$7O to 120, with driving hor
ses going at $65 to 180
Heavy killers were $9O to
115 and thin kinds, $4O to 90
Dried Milk OK'd
For Foreign Welfare
The U. S Department of
Agriculture has announced
that offers have been reques
ted to supply approximately
63.306.900 pounds of nonfat
dry milk for foreign dona
tion under the USDA and In
ternaticnal Cooperation Ad
min’stration program
Of the 63 3 million pounds
approximately 6 0 million
pounds will be for donation
to U S private welfare or
gan zations for free distribu
tion abroad. The remaining
3.306.900 pounds will be for
export use in Italy under an
ICA PL 480 (Title II) pro
gram
Nonfat dry milk will be
packed in 4 1 > pound bags and
cartons and m No 10 tins in
export shipping cases
Milk for the USDA foreign
donation program will be de
livered during the Dec 15,
1958 - March 13, 1959 period
For the ICA Italian program,
the nonfat dry milk is to be
delivered as soon as possible
More milk in the pai! and
more money in the bank
will be the result.
RED ROSE 32% DAIRY SUPPLEMENT is a pure high-protein
feed Dairymen use it with their home grains because it con
tarns many milk-making properties not found in gram alone.
When you use Red Rose 32' r Dairy Supplement you can
mix dependable palatable and economical ralibns balanced
•'nth necessary proteins, vitamins, minerals ana other nutrients
- all included in the Supplement—to fit any type of roughage
You'll maintain top milk production, too and earn better
profits
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R D 2, Columbia, Pa
LEROY GEIB, EST.
R D 2 Manhenn, Pa
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At Chicago
Slaughter Prices Advance
USDA MARKET
NEWS SERVICE
WEEKLY REVIEW.
CHICAGO, Dec 24-
CATTLE —Receipts 25 per
cent smaller than the first
three days last week but 20
per cent greater than a year
ago when Christmas came on
Wednesday.
Around 75 per cent slaugh
ter steers, 15 per cent heif
ers and six per cent cows
Slaughter steers advanced
mostly 50 cents to $1 50 com
pared last weeks low close,
except few loads weighty
steers scaling 1450 - 1650 lbs
only steady.
Heifers steady to ' 1 00
higher, least change on kinds
grading good and below,
most upturn on choice and
pnlno 950 lbs down.
Cows and*bulls 50 - 75 cen
ts higher Vealcrs steady to
strong. Stockers and feeders
strong to 50 cents higher
Half dozen at so loads prime
1075 - 1200 lb slaughter
s'eers late, $3O and 30 25.
'5B Pig Crop
8% Over 57
WASH , Dec USDA
announced today > the 1958
pig crop totaled 94 8 million
head, eight per cent larger
than the 1957 crop of 88 mil
lion head, according to the
crop reporting board
The spring pig crop, at 52 3
million head was up one pc"
cent and the fall crop of 42 5
million head was 17 per cent
larger than last year, and the
largest fall crop since 1943
The fall crop increase resul
ted from a 16 per cent in
crease in the number of sows
farrowing and a small incre
ase m pigs saved per litter
For the 1959 spring pig
crop, reports on breeding in
tentions indicate a total ot
8,317,000 sows to farrow, 12
per cent more thamthe num
ber farrowing last spring
If these intentions mater
ialize and the number of pigs
per litter equals the
average with allowance for
upward trend, the 1959 spr
ing crop would be 59 million
head A crop of this sze wo
uld be 13 per cent above last
spring and the largest since
1951.
See us today. We'll gladly recommend the mixtures
best suited to your needs.
WALTER & JACKSON.
SNADER'S MILL
R D 1, Stc\ crs, Pa
JOSEPH M. GOOD & SON
R D. 1, Bird-m-Hand, Pa
COWS and GOOD FEED
are a money-making combination
If you have home-grown grains to use for
feeding, mix them with
Red
32% Dairy Supplement
INC.
Chi istiana. Pa
Latter price for two loads
1087 lb slaughter steers,
highest m about six months
Late bulk choice and prime
steers 1300 lbs down $27 -
29 50
Choice and pume 1300 -
1600 lb. steers late mainly
$25 50 - 28 50 Good grades
$23.50 - 28, according to
weight Good 900 Ite steers
Wednesday were $2B, when
choice under 1100 lb. steers
reach $29. Good 14:50 - 1650
lb steers $23 50 - 24 OCi
Loadlots mixed-choice and
prime heifers $2B 25 - 28 50.
Good and choice $25 50 - 28,
mostly $26 00 up.
Few loads standard heifers
$24 - 25. Few standard cows
$20.50 ‘ - 22 50 Utility and
commercial cows $l7 - 20,
mostly $l7 50 up late Late
bulk canners and cutters
$l5 50 - 18 50
Utility and commercial
bulls closed at $23 - 25 50
Vealers $32 00 down, culls
as low as $l5 00 Two loads
choice 895 lb feeding steers
$2B 75 These partly fatten
ed and grading low choice
from a slaughter standpoint
Few loads good and low-choi
ce 900 - 975 lb feeding steers
$25 75 - 26 50 Good 750 lb
stockers $26 Few medium
600 - 800 lb weights $23.G0-25
25 OC
L. 11. Brubaker
Lititz
Hemjifield Mills
East Petersburg
A. L. Herr & Bio.
Quarrj ville
Musser Farms,, Inc.
Columbia
Biown & Rea
Atglen
Jobbeis
Herr & Co.
New Holland Supply
Miller & Hartman
I. B. GRAYBILL & SON
Rclton. Pa
JOHN H. BONHOLTZER
R D 4 Lancaster. Pa