Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, February 06, 1960, Image 2

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    7—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 6^1960
At Lancaster Yards
Trading Slow
Jam«i E. O'Hara,
b Charg*. Market Nevre Branch
CATTLE Receipts this
week will total about 3225
head compared with 383 J
head last week. Supply in
cludes about 35 per cent of
slaughter steers and 50 per
cent stockers and feeders.
Trading was slow.
Slaughter steers weighing
under 1300 lbs. were steady
with weights over 1300 < lbs.
weak to 25 lower
Cows sold steady to 25
lower with decline coming
on average Utility and bet
ter grades Bulls were steady
to 50 lower
Stockers and feeders held
steady
Bulk of the Choice slaugh
ter steers made 26 00-28 00
with several load Choice
weighing up to 1450 lbs sel
ling down to 25 50 Two
loads low Choice 1500 lbs.
brought 24 50 A lot Prime
1206 lb slaughter steers
DEAD ANIMALS
REMOVED PROMPTLY
Will Par Full Vala*
Fot Dead Animal*
Dealer* in Bones, Tallow
and Hides
FRY'S RENDERING
WORKS
Prop., John Frr
2114 Hollinger RD.
Lancaster
Ph. EX 2-4815 It No Answer
Phone EX 7-0472
More farmers each
month prefer to buy
their
/HAY /STRAW
/ BAR CORN
tom us for better value and all around satisfaction.
At fccrm or delivered, any quantity as your require
ments may be. '
PHONE STRASBURG OV 7-3211
ESBENSHADE TURKEY FARM
PIGS GROW and GR0W....:
Rea H Rose
HOG SUPPLEMENT
Mix it with your home-grown grains
or feed it free choice
Buy Your Hog Feeds From These
Red Rose Distributors
DAVID B. HURST A. L. HERR & BRO.
Bowntansville, Pa. Qu.uomllc, Pa
MUSSER FARMS. INC.
P D 2, Columbia, Pa
and Weaker
commanded 28 90, Good to
low Choice ranged from 23 -
75-26.25. A few lots Good &
Choice heifers made .22.-^s.^
Cutters and Utility cows
made 14 50-17. and Commer
cial cows up to 17 25, while
Canners and low Cutters
made 13.-14.50. Utility and.
Commercial bulls ranged,
from 20.-23.50, with Good
grade fed bulls selling up to
26 00.
Good and Choice 550-800
lb. stock steers made 24.75-
28 75 and Medium and Good
at 22.-25 25. Medium and
Good 800-1050 lb feeder
steers brought 21 25-24.50,
with several los Good grade
up to 25.25, several lots most
ly Choice 850-1050 lb at 25-
50-26 50, several lots Good
and Choice 1000-1100 lbs.
made 24 50-25.25. Good and
Choice stock calves comman
ded 26.50-31.
CALVES' Trading moder
ately active Vealers fully
steady. Receipts will total a
bout 600 head or about 40
head more than a week ago
Good and Choice vealers
made 31 -37 with Choice and
Prime selling at 38 -42 , sev
eral lots at 43 and 44., Stan
dard and low Good kinds
made 23-30 and Utility sold
down to 18
SHEEP Receipts will tolar
about 225 head or about 75
head less than last week.
Trading moderately active.
Wooled slaughter lambs held
steadv Good and Choice 75-
100 lb slaughter lambs, sold
10-22 with a few lots 80-90
lbs. selling at 22 25 and
Utility down to 15 00
PARADISE, PA.
WEST WILLOW FARMERS
ASSOCIATION
West Willow, Pa.
BROWN & REA -
Algkn, Pa
......
Chicago f Cattle
fn Gta^&ly 5 Worses Continue Activ<
CATTLE' —' Local receipts The horse market at New were steady to 25 i 0
about the same as last week Holland continued to boom Steers weighing over ;
Receipts here 50 per cent a- -tbis'week when the February lbs very slow and 50 ] 0(
bove the same period last sa i e had 343 head for the The cow market was stf
year. Consist of /Receipts heaviest run of the year Bid- on-all fleshy cows not s i
here altered with percentage ding was active on all kinds—ing fat. Fat yellow emv s
steers increased over 70-per ‘with demand for good mules desired; this kind 50 tj
cent of last week while per- a hd draft horses keeping the lower. The bull and calf,
centage heifers declined -price of killers strong. ket continued steady
from 18 per cent of last week Mules * Pair - $285-510, Choice butcher steer,;,
1 P(Sages o£ various sea 120-320, toller. to Choice J
SSS e&JWS S 5 Mfcaurv'3 Uairv cat- Story £«
estimated 12 per cent prime, stock “bS Us and Good bulls - $24 sM|!s
SrSnt“£d ’ soar Top f cowl to med -22 50-24.50,
ol slaugh- ££ bSer cows 1
£& aSi 1»S0 per head -f|
Lr%v!!rweSitconhnutog to * Fresh cows - Holstein' $350- end *at cows - 12 50-1; “
ar witn weignx continuing iu r.npmwv 225-270 oth- Stocker and feeder sk,
be a major price determm- 450, Guernsey, 225 u, ot $23 . 25 g 5 stock stee r *
mg factor. Choice and prime ers, 223-jau. - 26-28. i<
nn to 1350 lbs stGadv Stock bulls, $110’205, stock i
tagher a!l mher"sS l.eders 110-340 -
steady to 5p lower with a The Fehrtito-y beet mm-ke( g ,g“ 4 |
and S “ 'S.welght ' ***** - %
beto‘v We ‘ g ” S ’ S ' ,od Brade a,,CI stoS We An V %ivJwelg a fts;
Choice and prime slaught
er heifers strong to 50 high
er, good and below weak to
mostly 50 lower The price
spreads on heifers the widest
here since Aonl 1958.'
Vealers fully steady, feed
ers-and stockers mostly stea
dy except some feeder steers
over 900 lbs weak 50 lower.
About 30 loads 1045-1350
lb mostly prime slaughter
steers 28 50-28.75, two loads
1237 and 1309 lbs 29 00 on
Wednesday Bulk high choice
and mixed chomp ,and prime
MR. POULTRYMAN:
Buy Early Bird Poultry Rations
Better Results-Lower Costs
HERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY
1. Finest nutritional and research facilities in this area of the
Eastern United States.
2. Our customers consistently report outstanding records of
performance.
For Example:
Recently we reported the record of a customer who produced
275.2 eggs per hen housed for one year on 3.3 lbs. of feed pei
dozen eggs. Several others reported records from 243.5 to 266 j
eggs per hen housed for a
year, all with 4 lbs. feed per
dozen or slightly less.
3. We render REAL SERVICE
and are sincerely interest
ed in the SUCCESS of our
customers.
FOR THE FINEST POULTRY
SERVICE ANYWHERE contact
your Miller & Bushong Service
representative or call us direct
at Lancaster, EXpress 2-2145.
REMEMBER; It takes Quality Eggs to preserve the market j
for Eastern Pennsylvania Eggs. |
Can" we help you improve your quality? I
\\\ 11 f/ 7 y
Manufacturers of Poultry and Livestock Feed Since 1875
New Holland
steers 1150-1400 lbs 26 75 28-
25 largely 27 00 up at the
close Load high choice 1013
lb steer yearlings 28 00
Few choice vealers 30 00-
31 00, good 28 00-30 00, stan
dard 23.00-28 00,
Two loads good 500-550 lb.
stock steers 26 50-26 75, Me
dium 1109 & 980 lb. weights
19.75 and 20.75 bulk medium
and good stocker and feeder
steers 19 00-24.00, load good
494 lb stock heifers 25 00
FOR
Miller &
Bushong,
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Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145
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