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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1968
Page
14
Farm prices held steady on light type hens at about 4 to 5 cents per lb and heavy hens around 11 to 17 cents. Turkeys show continuing processing activity with live supplies expected to clear by mid next week. Broiler and fryer prices averaged 1541 cents per lb for the week with sales totaling 898,100 birds.
Cows and bulls dominate the sale with utility, cutter, and beef breeds priced across 14 to 85. Feeder steers and calves show steady to strong values, while hogs drop 50 to 100 cents. Wool lambs stay steady with one lot at 90 pounds bringing 26.75.
Vintage market pages show bulls and calves down slightly while hogs rise. Vealers range 4500 to 5150 with best at 4900. Sheep lift 100 to 200 dollars. Hogs up 75 to 100 for barrows and gilts with US 1 grades at 190 to 235 pounds. Minor shifts across 190 to 255 pound categories.
Weekly market summary for New York eggs covering transactions from January 8 to January 12, 1968. Lists prices, trading trends, and notable shifts in supply and demand for large, medium, and small eggs across regional outlets.
Prices for beef moved lower with cows down up to 100 and steers and heifers showing declines. Receipts totaled 177 000 for twelve markets, compared with 118 000 last week and 201 700 a year ago, while detailed loads and grades are listed for Prime High Choice and Good to Mixed lots across weight ranges.
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