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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1956
Page
5
Lancaster stockyards receipts match last week as western markets depress trading. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to weak with several prices 25 to 50 cents lower. cows fell 25 to 50 cents while bulls held steady. Replacements and stockers were slow, with late Monday sales mostly steady.
The Weather Bureau predicts mid-February to mid-March temperatures will run below normal in the western half, strongest in the Plateau Region. East of the Mississippi expect above normal temperatures, warmest along the Gulf Coast. Precipitation should be below normal in New England, the South Atlantic States, and the Southern Plains, with above normal rainfall and snow elsewhere.
Hog prices showed liberal supplies with steady to 50 cent lower early week. No. 1 180-230 lb hogs sold 12.50 to 13.25. 200-220 lb mostly 13.50 to 14.00. 240-270 lb hogs 11.50 to 12.50. sows 8.00 to 10.50. Sheep slaughter lambs steady with good lambs 19.00 to 21.50. some 80-90 lb weights to 22.00. small lot 65 lb winter lambs 24.00.
Lancaster Poultry Exchange reports a quarter cent drop in broiler prices from the prior Tuesday. Data show 36 lots totaling 118,830 birds with averages near 22.29 cents, plus 33 lots totaling 116,750 sold at 21 to 23 cents, with various Vermilion Red Vantress, White Vantress, Indian River Cross, and other fowl lots sold to multiple buyers.
The panel lists exchanges and sales from multiple bidders and buyers, detailing names such as McCracken, Weaver, Barr, Newcomer, Metzler, Moyer, and Ream, along with farm stock types like White Vantress Red Vantress and Meatpackers, with yards or quantities and percentage figures. It catalogs dates or lot numbers 16-16 through 16-27 and connects each participant to the respective supplier or buyer.
Broilers gained about one cent per pound at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange on Tuesday February 21 with an average of 23.25 cents. Eleven lots totaling 37 400 birds were offered and sold. top prices reached 29 cents for some canettes. Daniel Good paid 24 12 cents for 800 White Vantress crosses grown by J Lloyd Rohrer.
A listing of poultry sales shows buyers and loads. John Garber’s 1900 White Vantress and others moved to Producers Cooperative Exchange and Carl B. Risser. Mervin Miller, Fred Bernhard, and Charles Warfel II appear with multiple White Vantress and Indiana River Cross consignments. Several lots were withdrawn or redirected to Harry H. Weaver Jr and Leola Poultry, with several 9 week birds and specific weights or percentages noted.
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