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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1957
Page
9
No Wednesday sale due to holidays. only auction held Thursday with a weekly average of 19.66 cents for 155 600 broilers and a Friday sale listing numerous lots of White Vantress capettes and white Vantress birds with prices around 19 to 20 cents. A 2 500 capettes lot sold for 284 cents.
The record lists poultry lots from Miller and Bushong and partners including John Olesh Jr Harry L Trimble Christ M Smith Elmer Showalter George Weaver Norman B Kready and Mark C Hershey. It details White Vantress Indian Rivers and related buyers sellers and bid figures with cents per unit for numerous transactions.
In Philadelphia the USDA notes unsettled market with heavy volume and strong buyers demand. Prices vary by type: White Rocks 28-36 cents, Barred Rock pullets 35-38, caponettes 28-34, cross fryers 24-25, No 2 quality 30-37, mixed broilers 10-23, and turkeys unsettled. Receipts Apr 16 totaled 74,000 lbs.
Eggs about steady with adequate supplies across grades. Net out of storage movement moderate. Current receipts sold slowly at 27 28 cents. Wholesale prices range by grade from 34 to 50 cents per dozen with variations by weight and quality. Receipts on April 16 show 5,200 cases all by truck.
Lancaster cattle receipts 3 673 week earlier 4 500 down about 19 percent with slaughter steers slow and cows up to 50 cents higher. Stockers and feeders gain as heifers remain scarce. cows 10 percent. Prime loads of steer and average grades noted. calves 828. Hogs 1 796 with barrows and gilts mostly steady to strong. sows steady. Sheep 1 668 with spring lambs 30-70 lbs up for Easter trade. 30-40 lb lambs $30-35, 28-30 for comparable grades, utilities around $20-24.
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