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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1968
Page
14
Prices largely unchanged with light type hens at 6-8 to 7 7 1 2 cents per pound and heavy hens 11-13 cents. Turkeys limited in open market with occasional contract offerings. total coops sold 586 at 20 and 21 cents.
Broiler and fryer live prices averaged 1589 cents a pound this week with a high of 165 cents and a low of 15.4 cents. Total weekly sales reached 1,071,700 head, up 200,600 from last week.
Livestock sales on August 19 1968 show strong heifer bids for fresh cows with Holstein 390 to 670 Guernseys 155 to 325 and other breeds 240 to 350. heifers 310 to 485. Horses hogs calves also listed with receipts totals and price ranges for each category.
Vintage market notes show vealers steady to 1.00 higher with various price bands for calves hogs and sheep. Vealers range 29.00 to 46.50 for light to heavy categories while spring lambs fetch 25.00 to 28.50 per hundredweight. A separate item notes Johannesburg South Africa hosts the world's deepest mines with depths over 11 200 feet and 10 600 feet respectively.
Lancaster Farming August 24 1944 column lists egg market prices feeder steer calves vealers hogs slaughter ewes and lambs with price ranges per weight and quality for buyers and sellers including US Lancaster lines and Wednesday consignments, typical weekly auction notes.
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