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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1956
Page
5
USDA Market News reports cattle prices at Lancaster S Y with steers mostly steady and best action on light weights 1200 lb and under. Heifers steady, cows uneven as utilities and canners vary. buy bids mixed, stockers and feeders steady with supplies split between slaughter and feed cattle.
A public meeting on the causes and prevention of typhoid will be held Thursday at 8 p.m in the First Congregational Church Social Hall Lancaster. Moderator is Dean James M. Darlington of Franklin and Marshall College. The event emphasizes major medical advances and new drugs and research as tools to combat mental or health issues.
Calves and feeder steers sold to 23.25 per cwt and 1800s with many steady or higher. Hog futures showed barrows and gilts up about a dollar with sows steady to 25 cents higher. Sheep and woolly lambs saw demand push prices up with good to prime wool lambs to 2100 and light lambs to 2200 while aged sheep were scarce.
Prices held steady on Thursday January 26 at Lencater Poultry Exchange Rohrerstown with 119,250 birds in 36 lots selling from 22 to 34 per bird. Top lot 500 Hubbard off color whites sold to J Robert Charles, Lancaster. Robert Neff of Millersville led sales with 500 birds.
Twelve lots totaling 23 541 birds were listed and sold in Tuesday's sale with broilers and capettes in multiple weight classes. Prices ranged for Leghorns heavies and other breeds. previous Thursday's average was 23.01. Sales by lot included Red Rose Experimental Farm entries and various growers with buyers named and prices noted.
Liseter Mistress Joan a registered Guernsey cow owned by Liseter Farm Newtown Square Pa completed an Advanced Registry record of 8822 pounds of milk and 451 pounds of fat on triple milking for 305 days meets calving requirements. Record supervised by Pennsylvania State University and submitted to the American Guernsey Cattle Club for approval.
The document lists percentages for AA Qual Large and Min 60 PCT A Qual Large by color and size bands, including white brown and mixed categories. It also notes standards and current receipts standings, with receipts running 31 5 599 cases all by truck.
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