Broilers Hit New Price Low At Lancaster Market
Lancaster July 3 broiler prices sunk to 2184 cents per pound as the market trended lower. The day featured many unsold lots while buyers bid above some offers, with 147,765 head offered and 71,525 sold. Notes show varied lots including capettes and hens at mixed prices, while several thousand head were withdrawn or unsold.
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Lancaster
Broilers
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Broiler
Eastern Shore Poultry Growers Exchange
Lancaster Exchange
Lot Tumber
Amos M Herr
Les Link Fo
Daniel K Good
Robert B Noll
Vantress
Rox E Ream
Willis Good
White Cross
Daniel K
Cleaning old litter harms pullet production, poultrymen urged
A hatchery letter warns poultrymen to avoid placing young pullets on old litter as stress can harm first-time laying. It advises cleaning pens, scrubbing floors, applying disinfectants, and waiting before introducing new birds. Route and contact details for Fussell Mease, Bob Decker, and others are listed.
Stocker Cattle and Hogs Edge Down at Chicago Auction
Chicago July 7 cattle receipts 24 000 with choice and prime slaughter steers over 1150 pounds mostly 50 cents lower than last week. Cows and bulls mix of slow activity and declines, stockers scarce. Hogs 9000 head moderately active mostly 25 cents lower, several loads at 2400 to 2450 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts 2000 with spring lambs weak to 50 cents slower and yearlings down about 50 cents.
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Chicago
Auction bids listed for fowl and poultry items at addresses
A sequence of bids and sales notes shows bidders such as Harold E Rohrer and Ralph Zimmerman for Indian River White and Leghorn fowl. Entries include prices in cents or dollars, multiple locations like 9 College Hill and 4300 Vantress, and several lines noting no sale or bids.
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College Hill
Lim W Weaver
Vantress
John E Rettinger
Elam W Weaver
Roy E Ream
Moore Farms
Oren Kelly
Vantress Cross
Daniel K Good
Raymond M Zimmerman
James High
B Ear Ferry
Emanuel Flaud
White Rock
J J Hess II
John E Tachi
White Cass
Walter Mellinger
Esbenshde
Turkey Farm
Grimes
Glenn H Herr
H Raymond Charles
Vattress
Jonathan Lapp
Walter C Mellinger
Worgantown Feed & Grain
J Mervin Giavbul
Roy E Peam
Maris W Hess
Vantress Capettes
John B
Kurt
Levi Martin
Miller & Bushong Inc
Robert Starner
M&b
Clarence Shenk Jr
Henry Blank
Jacob C Herr
College Hall
Dian River White
Harold E Rohrer
Raymond N Muller
Ralph Zimmerman
Indian River White
Raymond N Miler
Inc
An River White
Sylvan Z Beer
Sylvan Z Beuler
Isaac Petersheim
Carl B Risser
Light Run of Cattle and Hogs Slow at Lancaster Yards
Three day run at Lancaster July 9 shows cattle and hogs sluggish with calves gaining. Slaughter steers and cows mostly steady to lower, bulls up to 50 cents higher, stockers and feeders down, calves 160 220 lb best at 30 33 dollars. Sheep light with small yearling bulls and varied prices across weights.
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Lancaster Yards
Arnold Johnson
Market News
Lancaster
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Babcock Hatchery
Lancaster County Branch
Lititz
Madison
Fussell
Jianheim
Bob Decker
THE
Union Stock Yards
Lancaster, Penna
Premier
Morea Liquid Feed
MOFEA
R S. Hess
T W Lehman
Roy S. Spangler
Col
Rourhage
Hespenheide and Thompson, Inc
York
Pennsylvania
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