At Delmarva • Georgia Light Markets Hold Firm Due to the Holiday closing of USDA Agricultural Mar ket News Services offices for Thursday and Friday of this week, the Delmarva - Geor gia market report will cover the period, Monday through Wednesday. Monday’s Delmarva mar ket opened steady, with of ferings considerably reduced from comparable days in re cent weeks. Buyers were very selective for quality and size desired. Tuesday’s trad ing was very light and the market quiet. The Wednesday market was firm, offerings continued lighter than for past weeks. Demand was im proved but buyers were very selective for size and quality desired and processors were beginning to charge back U.S. Meat Output Drops Meat production under fed eral inspection for the wek ended December 20, 1958 was estimated at 394 million pounds according to the U. S.D A. This was six per cent below the 420 million lbs. a wek ago, but the same as a year ago Total meat production was below the previous week, which has been the normal pattern during most past For your o free copies write: % INC. iorns. Mt. Joy Pa. RFD #1 Phone. Oldfield 3 9891 Greetings To All Our Friends Everywhere Lancaster Manheim New Holland Quarryville EX 4-0541 MOhawk 5-2466 ELgm 4-2146 STerling 6-2126 condemmed loss. The short week’s volume: Monday— 545,700 at 13 20- 16.60; Tuesday— 204,900 at 1 0V2 - 16; Wednesday— 504, 700 at 11 40 - 17.70, mostly 15 and up. Georgia’s broiler market opened with demand irregu lar, only fair at some points, and quiet at others as sever al plants were not operating. Offerings were not heavy, though generally adequate for needs The situation con tinued through Tuesday and Wednesday with very light trading at all points. The week’s volume. Mon day—At farm, 466.000 at 14- 15, 84 per cent at 14; FOB plants 171,500 at 15 Tuesday at farm, 420,700, 86 per cent at 14, FOB plants, 94,900 at 15. years for the week preced ing Christmas. Veal was the only beef class to shof a pro duction increase for the week, when compared with a year ago, with an increase in pork production bringing to tal meat output on a par with a year earlier, even though production of other classes decreased. Cattle slaughter, estimated at 318,000 head, was eight per cent below the preceding week and eight per cent be low the 346,000 head for a year ago Beef production was 188 6 million lbs com pared with 208 4 million lbs. the preceding week and 192- 1 million lbs a year ago. Calf slaughter was estimat ed at 112,000 head compared with 106,000 the preceding week and 145,000 last year. Output of inspected veal for the three weeks under com pansans was 116, 11 1 and 14 9 million lbs respectively. Estimated slaughter of 1,- 320,000 hogs was three per cent -below the previous week’s 1,358,000, but slight ly above the 1,319,000 a year ago Pork production was 184 3 million lbs compared with 188 9 million a week earlier and 177 2 lbs a year ago Sheep and lamb was esti mated at 201,000 compared with 251,000 the preceding week and 209,000 last year. Production of lamb and mut- COUfi/y. Af fiufv Feed Market Still Climbs Washington, Dec. 23 — USDA Weekly Feed Market Report: Feedstuff markets contin ued to rise and prices aver aged $1.55 per ton higher during the week ended Dec ember 22, the USDA repor ted th’s week Trading was unusually active for this time of year. Demand remained exception ally strong, reflecting good movement of formula feeds Spot supplies of many in gredients tightened, with veg etable and animal proteins particularly hard to locate The wholesale feedstuff price index reached the h’gh est point since August 1954 At 93.7 this week, it was 2 2 points above a week earlier and 21 points above a year ago. The feed gram index declined to 64 1 this week as against 64 4 last week and 62 6 last year. The hog-corn ratio, based on Chicago pri ces, was 15 7 compared with 15 3 last week and 16 4 a year earlier. Spot offerings of oilseed meals were very limited and fell short of satisfying strong current demand Prices ave laged $2 15 per ton higher on soybean meal. $1 50 hi gher on cottonseed meal and $3.60 higher on linseed meal. Copra meal held firm, while peanut meal went up $1 35. Meat proteins continued to advance in the face of in creased buyer resistance Al though buying was limited to immediate needs, demand was still good and producers were well sold Advances av eraged around $2 80 per ton on meat meal $3 60 on tan kage and $2 50 on fish meal Demand for wheat mill feeds slackened despite rela tively light supplies. Mills were not pressed for sales even through outlets to some (Turn to page 5) ton for the three weeks am ounted to 96, 118 and 10 0 million lbs respectively. For the week ended De cember 6, 1958, actual slau ghter included 352,001 cat tle, 118,014 calves, 1,381,115 hogs and 260,469 sheep and lambs on's fr sf: igsgy. Thank You We Sincerely Appreciate Your Patronage Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 27, 1958 Weekly New York Egg Mkt. 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