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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1956
Page
9
USDA Market News reports Lancaster Livestock sale with prime steers at 2525 to 2900 dollars, up to 3075 for 1210 pound load. Slaughter steers mostly high to prime 950-1300 pounds 2525-2900, cows 1100-1350, stockers and feeders varied with several large lots and lots in the mid 1700s to 2100s.
Three day sale totals show calves with prices from 14 to 28 hundred across grades, hogs trading mostly steady with light declines in some weights, and sheep lamb offerings steady to higher on bulk lots. Buyers pushed bulk good and choice cattle to 23.50 for hogs, with primes scarce and midweek clearance affecting values.
In Lancaster Stock Yards the Chester White grand champion owned by Robert Graybill sold for 60 cwt to Kunzler Packing Co. Kenneth Book earned 30 cwt on the reserve champion, with prices ranging from 21 cwt. There were 227 entries and the average weight hovered around 190 pounds. Dwight Younkin of Penn State judged the classes, with breed winners named for Berkshire, Chester White, Hampshire, Duroc Jersey, Poland China, and Spotted Poland China.
Goldfus Hatcheries, a Lititz poultry firm, moves its incubators to 225 West Main Street New Holland on Saturday September 1 to expand broiler and layer chick hatching. The new headquarters will improve access for poultrymen and features expanded lines including Ames In Cross, White Vantress Cross, Meatpacker Cross, and Goldfus Strain Cross varieties. Mr Metzler and Bill Anderson say visitors are welcome at the upgraded site serving Pennsylvania, Maryland, Jordan, and Puerto Rico markets.
Dr Joseph B Maier notes that superstitions persist because they provide satisfaction and boost confidence where there was none before. He argues such beliefs fulfill emotional needs and offer a sense of control amid uncertainty.
Lancaster Poultry Exchange in Rohierstown Pennsylvania held a Thursday auction with 39 lots and 62 105 birds sold at 19 to 20 1 2 cents averaging 20 15. Thirty one lots totaling 57 750 broilers sold at the top end, four lots of 2550 Leghorn fowl, two lots 1525 heavy fowl, one lot 200 capettes and one lot 80 heavy pullets. Details list grower, breed, age, buyer and price for each lot.
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