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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1956
Page
9
USDA Lancaster weekly cattle report notes slaughter steers and heifers steady to weak, cows up about 25 cents, bulls steady. Stockers and feeders slow. receipts near 50 percent slaughter steers. Prices listed for various weight classes from 500 to 1000 pounds and calves. hogs and sheep also covered with mixed changes and sparse demand.
Lancaster poultry sale report shows 140 lots on April 5 1956 with 85 950 birds offered sold 28 lots totaling 85 500 at 20 to 23 cents. Top price 23 cents for 775 White Vantress 10 weeks sold to John Thomas Lancaster. Compared with 1955 sale 28 550 birds sold 30 32 cents average 30.91.
Lancaster Poultry Exchange report shows prices declined to 20.43 cents for broilers on Tuesday April 10 1956 from 20.65 cents the prior Thursday. Ten lots totaling 23 715 birds sold. seven broiler lots totaling 21 990 birds averaged 20.43 cents. Oliver Hersey consigned 960 Beltsville turkeys but they did not sell. Bids reached 30.5 cents. first turkey consignment in weeks. Tuesday sale totals and lot details listed by lot number, grower, age and price.
Demand light for ample supplies as market remains unsettled. Large rock pullets 35 37 cents, white rocks 34 36 cents. caponettes 30 34 cents, some 35 cents. Turkeys weak. Delware 16,000 lbs and Maryland 14,000 lbs receipts. Broilers 21 25 cents, pullets 34 37, hens 26 30, ducks Muscovy 22, Pekins 28 30.
A fragmented list shows multiple transactions including bidders James B Hess, John Beiler, Gerald Moyer, Raymond N Muller and Aaron Betler. Items involve meatpackers, Indian River Cross, White Mountains, Beltsville turkeys and caps, with bids around 20 percent and specific sale statuses such as no sale and 30 percent bid.
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