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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1968
Page
14
Live broiler and fryer prices averaged 17 55 cents per pound with a high of 18 4 and a low of 16 4 cents. Week sales totaled 1 215 806 head down 73 700 from last week. Prices paid for various poultry and livestock categories are listed with ranges and typical values for light hens heavy hens pullets ducks drakes turkey hens and other fowl.
From Monday February 12th to Friday February 16th the market shows dull trend buying and overall irregularity. Immediate outlook unsettled as buyers and sellers adjust to fluctuating prices and supply conditions. Copyright 1968 by Urner Baily Publications.
Auction listings show feeder steers at 25.25 to 26.85 per hundredweight for 950 to 1050 lb cattle. Calves up to 117 lbs sell higher with vealers mostly 40s to 50s. Hogs range from 20 to 25 per cwt depending on weight and grade. Sheep and woolled lambs are light in supply with slaughter ewes around eight dollars and lambs in the mid-20s for lighter weights.
The Harold L Housekeeper sale at Nottingham Bl featured a dairy herd averaging 406 per head. Other auction prices included a John Deere 630 tractor 2575, 3020 Diesel 4500, self propelled combine 2055, chuck wagon 990, flail bar 875, green cheeper 400, disc 450, wagon 160. Carl Tiller and Everett Kreider were the auctioneers.
The Sequoia Riders 4-H Club of Elizabeth town will accept new members through March. The next regular meeting is scheduled for February 20, 1968, at Elizabeth town Trust Co.
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