*2—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 14. 1959
At Lancaster Yards
Short Fed Steers Slow
lam«« K* * O'Haia.
In Charg*. Mark»l N«w* Branch
CATTLE- Supply in the
cattle division will total a
bout 5200 head or about 500
bead less than last week. The
supply Includes about 20 per
cent slaughter steers add 76
pet cent stockefs and feed
era. Trading was moderately
-active on all slaughter class
es except short fed slaughter
steers, these were slow. Com
pared with last week’s close,
slaughter steers were steady
to 50 lower with most of the
•decline on short fed steers.
Cows were 1.00 lowers
IBulls held about steady
Stockers and feeders sold
steady to weak.
.The bulk of the Choice
slaughter steers brought 27.-
75-28.75 with a load nigh
Choice and Frame weighing
1205 lbs. at 29.00. Gopd. to
low Choice steers managed
25-28 with Standard & Good
including Good grade grass
fed steers at 23-25.
Cutter and Utility cows
closed out the week at 14.16.-
2 A with Commercial cows
selling up to 17.50 but earli
er, in the week they brought
up to 18 25, while Canners &
low Cutter made 11.75-14.00.
Utility and Commercial bulls
ranged from 20,-25 with good
grade fed bulls selling up to
26'.75.
Good and Choice 800-1050
Ibt feeder steers 24.50-28.00,
while Medium and Good
grades from 22.-25.50. Good
and. Choice 550-800 lb stock
steers brought 26.-30 .and
Medium and Good 24.-27.25.
Good grade stock calves 29.-
32:75, Medium down to 25 50.
Several loads and Jots Com
rhoo and Medium mixed
“Prompt' Bail Bond Service"
BUHRMAN'S
CONVENIENT PARKING
LOTS
Opposite Brunswick. Hotel
Opposite Post Office
Next toWestern Auto Store
115 Rest Kinp Street
Monacal A. Buhrman.*
228 N. Daks St
f “Prompt Bait Bond Service”
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DEAD ANIMALS
REMOVED PROMPTLY
Will Par Full Value
For Dead Animals :
Dealers in Bones, Tallow
and Hides
FRY'S RENDERING
WORKS
Prop., John Fry
2114 Hollinger HD.
-Lancaster
Ph. EX 1-4815 If No Answer
Phone EX 7-0472
• Efficient high egg produc-
tion
• Superior shell texture
• Large chalk white eggs
• Small body size
• Excellent interior egg
- quality.
Phone us collect to order
Honegger Chicks.
Special Early
Order Discounts
J. HOWARD MOORE,
Sales Mgr.
Second Avenue
LITITZ, PENNA.
Phone: MAdison S 5408
Windie's Hatchery
HAROLD G. WINDLE
COCHRANVILLE, PA.
Phone; Atglea LY 3-5941
stock steers and bulls 550 to
700 lbs. 17.-19.
CALVES:—In the calf div
ision this week Choice and
Prime vealers held steady
but Good grade and below &
weights over 20ft lbs. were
mostly 1.00 lower.. Trading
was moderately active thru
out most of the week. Re
ceipts will total about 775
head compared with last
week’s 925 head, count. Good
and Choice vealers made 28.-
35. while Choice and Prime
brought 35. A few early in
the week sold up to 4L. Stan
dard and low Good kinds
made 21.-28. with Utility
down to 17.
HOGS;— Receipts in. the
hog division totaled about
1325 head or about the same
as last week. The trading
was moderately active as bar
rows, ’ gifts, and sows ' held
steady. U.S. 1-3 grade IftO
-230 lb. barrows & gifts went
across the scales at. 14.25-15.
and a few lots of no. 3’s sold
down to 14. Hogs more uni
form for weight and grade
including 1-2 grade 190-230
lb. hogs brought 15.25-16.
Few lots mostly no. I’s weigh
ing 195-200 lbs. brought 16.-
25-16.50. 300-600 lb. sows
made 8-12.
SHEEP:.— The supply this
week of wooled slaughter
lambs will total about 1 600
head compared with. last
week’s 417 head count. Trad
ing was moderately active
as slaughter lambs sold 2 00
lower This lower trend fol
lows recent declines on
wholesale carcass values.
Quality- continues poor with
Utility and Good grades pre
dominating in the supply.
Good and Choice 70-95 lb.
wooled slaughter lambs made
19.-21 50 early, but closing at
18.50- Utility closed at
14.50- 25. Few Culled to
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< 4 Steer Markets Draggy
Prices Dpwn " SS SSS^M&H
*SSt ? «- sS-r
regular 1 market about 5 per- some instances 100 lower. ses „ 90 . 2 85; killers 6
cent smaller than last week. The November 12 sale had cents.
15 per cent less than the receipts of 876 cattle and 351
same year-ago week, and the calves.
smallest In six weeks, this choice butcher steers - $2B
despite the fact that Mon- _ 2 q- good - 26.50-28: plain to
days run of 27,000 was larg- met ji U m - 22-26 50..
est for any day in over a year Good butcher heifers - $22-
Receipts after Monday sharp- 2 4 ; pi. to med. -18 22; dairy
ly curtailed due to lower breed heifers - 14-18.
prices that day and the vet- Good bulls - $25-27 25; bol
erans day holiday at ' Mid- ognas . 21-24.85, pi to med.
week when most packing 23-25.
plants were c osed. Percent- Good butcher cows --S 15-
age slaughter steers a little i 6.50; medium - 14-15; can
larger than the 70 per cent nierte & cutters - 12-14; shells
steers last week. . 10-12'.
Prices for slaughter steers Stockers and feeders - $22-
Irended irregularly. Mondays 25.85; stock steer calves - 24
general downturn of 25 to choice to prime butcher
mostly. 50- in prices- for calves - 37-40: good - 32-37;
slaughter steers. Prices for med. 28-32; Inin calves - 15-
most steers Wednesday ad- 27; heavy calves - 22-28.
vanced 50-75, the sharpest The Nov. 11 dairy cattle
one-day upturn since last Ap- sale had 155 ’nows, seven
ril,' but the- trend stock. bull%;and 22 heifers,
downward agjiin Thursday/ Fresh f coWs - Holstein -
As a result steeds ended the $350-480; Guernsey - 250-325;
week about steady with last others 250-380-
weeks close. * Stock bulls - $llO-187.50;
Vealers about steady. Heifers-*- 75-140.
Stockers and Feeders steady The November 9 Horse
to 50 lower. Receipts includ- sale featured 22. head of
ed around 1800 cattle and Standard. Bred Kbrses, ship
several hundred calves for a ped in'from Illinois, selling
special feeder auction sale from $l5O to 285 per head
Friday.
Monday about 15 loads of
mixed high choice & prime
1175-1365 lb. slaughter steers
28.25-28.75, Top 28.75 for 1
load lowest since last Nov.
Most good steers during the
week 24.00-26.00. The major
ity good 900-1100 lb weights
24.00-25.50 several loads of
commercial and good 1300-1,-
550 lb weights 24.00-24.50.
Few choice vealers 32.00,
Standard and good 25 00-31
00, most cull and utility 13
Good slaughter ewes paid 3
7.00,
SEEDS
00-24.0(kr ' ■ T ,
Few medium and good
light stock steer calves 27.00,
Good and choice 625-765 lb.
stock steers 26.00-27.00, load
medium andr good -725 lbs.
24.75, -medium 575 lbs. £4.00,
good and choice 850-950 lb
feeding steers 24.00-25.73,
two loads medium 1035 lb.
•weights 22.75, good 360-405
lb. stock heifer calves 26.75,
few good yearling heifers 23.
Just arrived for that Thanksgiving and C)
baking'
Trojan Pastry Flour - first. Buckwheat Flour of
Season - Get yjpurs now! Just received a shipme
Penn Champ Permanent Anti-Freeze at only SI.T
gallon. root paint.--Gloves 40c up
& poultry, feeds. Supplies, and. Medication.
Household and dairy cleanel* - qts. & gal. Wo;
for linoleum floors, windows and, dishes
Prices subject to change
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STO
t j t
947 Harrisburg Pike ' Ph. Lane. EX 4-
* Willis H. Weaver, Mgr.
A BRAND NEW
BABCOCK BESS
Will be available from our Litiiz Hatchery bei
December Ist.
She is a 3-way Leghorn strain cross and has 3
ite improvements over our 1959 Bessie.
These are:
UNBELIEVABLY GOOD LIVABILITY.
ABLE TO TAKE IN HER STRIDE THE
OF OUR MODERN POULTRY BUSINESS,
AS DEBEAKING, CROWDING. SLAT FL
ETC.
EGG QUALITY— EXCELLING BOTH IN H
lOR QUALITY AND STRENGTH OF SHELi
If you would like to hove more informal 011
this completely new (but thoroughly tested)
call us collect at Lititz: MA 6-5872 or MA 6-7
BABCOCK HATCHERY,
R. D. =3
Soil BankQuol
Is Reached He
Farmers over the
have applied to place
twice as much land
1960 Conservation ]
of the Soil Bank a;
amount that can be ar
with the funds availal
cording to a prelimin;
tional report received
Lancaster County Agr
al Stabilization and
ration office.
The initial figure
that nearly 103,0(10
tion have been filed t(
a total oi 9 6 million t
reserve. - While presen
cations are that sor
more than the ongini
tional goal of 5,100,00'
can be placed under
it will not be possible
cept all of the acreage
ed.
This means, accord
Earl Groff, Chairman
Pennsylvania State
tee, that the “best
priority system pre
announced will be
States and counties to .
mine which applicants
be offered contracts,
general order of ac
•will be on the'basis
at the lowest percent
the basic per-acre rate
lished for the farm.
P. S. Same large early egg
as our present Bessie.
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