Poultry Center
ice Up, Volume Down
reased prices at the
ry Center auction last
i' failed to encourage
broiler growers to list
birds this week. Only
lots of broilers were
d at the December 14
»n Of these only three
vere sold ranging from
to 17.4 for the 7 000
I The sale average was
I The lot of 5,400 White
tess at 8 weeks two
■ were bid to 15 9.
Ijt* If'ts of 3.405 pullets
;d the block at 23 to
while 1 500 roasters in
lots brought 25 2 to
Four lots of pullets
[ to sell at the bids of
to 28 cents per pound.
5 c o mPle f e sale offered
5 head in 16 lots and
.11,905 head in 10 lots,
lowing is the combiete
reoort with lot number,
nt and breed, age in
s and days, buyer and
DE- WV - white vant-
C - cockerels, P - n”ll-
R - India’ 1 rivers, SXP -
■ cross nutlets
; Grayb l II Miller, 2400
;16. NO SALE, 27 bid;
me 1400 SXP, IB NO
S 28 bid: 3. Miller &
orw (R C. Garmanl,
:WV 8-2 NO *SATE,
bid; 4 M&B (Paul L'v
)di 2000 IR, 8-6 Roy
earn V 7 ' 5. Daniel B
250 WVP. 17-2, Mar
jweigart 26 9;
Christ L Landis, 2000
10 Daniel K Good,
7 M&B (Christ LHerr)
WVP. 15-2, NO SALE,
b’d 8 Same 1500 WV-
O SALE 22 5 bid; 9
(John L. Herr) 1800
id 2 w C. Mellinger
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Kenneth B. No 1 !, 665 WVP,
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Wenger’s Mill, Inc (Vernon
Zimmerman) 1500 WVC,
13-2, NO SALE, 20 bid: 15.
Pa-ke K. Herr, 600 WVC,
13-2, Carl B. Risser, 26.6.
16 Parke K Herr, 400
WVC,'I3-2, Daniel K. Good,
25.2.
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dy, lower grades 25 50 high
er advance coming on Tues
day. Bulls 25 50 higher. Veal
ers and stackers and feeders
steady
Numerou' loads mostly
prime 1200 1450 lb slaughter
steers 27 50 - 27 75 Bulk
choice and m xed choice and
pr me 950-1500 lbs 25.25-
27 25 Wbxed choice & prime
1000.102'' T b up to
27.00, Choice 1550-1650 lb.
s’eers 24.50 25 00. Bulk good
900 1300 lbs 23 75-25.25.
Numerous ‘oads and lots
high choice and mixed'choice
and prime heifers 25 75 26.
.Commercial cows 15.00-
16 50 Few standard at 17 00.
Utility and commercial bulls
19 00-21 00, wasty fat bulls
17,00-18 00 Standard and
good vealers 19 00-25.00.
Good 550 lb stock steers
24 90 medium and good 600
p 5O lbs 22 23.00, medium
500 lbs mixed steers
heifers ?1 00 l o°d choice 725
b f pMmo 25.25, few
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LANCASTER LO 9-0416
Delmarva - Georgia
Prices Are Off
About A Cent
Broiler prices dropped
slightly more than ane cent
in Delmarva during the 24-
hour period ending 10:30
Friday morning. Offerings
were light and demand was
weak. Prices ranged from
1610 to 17.00 on 616,000
head at farms.
Estimated slaughter by
Eastern Shore processors for
the week end was 629,000
head compared with the 774,-
000 head last week end.
Demand for ready to cook
poultry was irregular rang
ing from slow to fair. Prac
tically no plants p armed to
be m operation today.
The Delmarva broiler-feed
ratio for the week ending
December 8 was up 3 points
at 3.3. Broilers averaged 15.-
.17 per pound and ma h cost
P-e grower $91.50 per ton.
The rise in the ratio was a
.ejection of the rise in live
prices from the 13 72 the
previous week
The broiler-feed ratio in
Delmarva for the correspond
ng week last year was 3 7
when broilers brought 15 80
and mash cost $86.10 per
ton.
Many foods are graded to
day Th'S enab es consumers
to know the quality, as well
as the wholesomeness.
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stocks food from each of the
50 states, and from Puerto
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94C lbs. 23 60-25 DO, Medium Plants employing more than
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Ex. Fey.
Hywts
Fey
Hywts
Fey
Med.
#1 Med
Pullets
P-wees
Ex. Fey
Hywts
Fey
Hywts
Fey
Med.
Pullets
P-wees
Fey
Hywts
#1 Med
Pullets
Stds.
Checks
TREND. Market generally c'osely cleared on all lines
though top brown and white medium slow in one or two
instances
Printing Center of the
World is Chicago which does
more than one-sixth
INCLUDING —
CALL
HINKItETOWN
Mon. Tues,
Whites
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Wed.
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75,000 people with a $2OO
million payroll annually and
sales
a printing
more than one
lars.
HIGH CONTENT
SUGAR
CORN
H.S. SO
FOR SILAGE
Order it while- the supply
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OL 3-3821
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Windle's Hatchery
COCHRANVILLE, PA.
Phone: Alglen LY 3-5841
371/2.
3434-35
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