Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Lancaster Farming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

We have 17,918,174 pages in Pennsylvania

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1957

Page

4

Broilers Hit Peak Price in Year At Lancaster Exchange

Broiler prices peaked at 23 to 24 cents at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange on Friday with 218 500 broilers traded and an average of 23.60 cents. Silver Cross cockerels sold for 21 to 21.35 cents. July 5 sale listings show grower, lot, and buyer details across multiple firms.

Broilers Lancaster Exchange Lancaster Lancaster Poultry Exchange Carvin Hursh Victor F. Weaver Inc Charles G. Myer Roy R. Shultz Victor F. Weaver Henry Blank Carl B. Risser George Weaver Harry H. Weaver Jr College Hall Poultry Morgantown Feed & Grain Titus Zimmerman

Processed Poultry Prices and Receipts at Philadelphia Market

Philadelphia ready-to-cook poultry prices show Grade A and US Grade A at 34 14 to 36 42 cents per lb for 2 3 lb birds, and 32 to 34 cents for 4 to 5 oz hens. July 9 receipts include Maryland 94 000 lbs, Delaware 93 000 lbs, Virginia 21 000 lbs, with listings for Morgantown and other suppliers and varying cockerel and wantress quotes.

Philadelphia Maryland Delaware

Lancaster Markets: Slaughter Prices Rise Across Species

Broad demand and active trading pushed Lancaster slaughter stock prices higher. Cattle saw steers and bulls firm with steers 1000-1250 lb averaging 25.75 to 26.50 for high grades. cows and bulls steady to higher. Calves and hogs followed with vealers 22.50 to 29 for top, hogs largely 21 to 22.50 for No 1 butchers, sows 13.50 to 16.50.

Lancaster

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fred Frey Altman Turkey Altman’s Cash Feed Store Willis H. Weaver Harrisburg Ave Stearns NEW Holland Morgantown Henry Schantz Roy E. Ream Samuel Kolb W. Longacre Inc College By David S. Lorensow Federal State Market News Service U.S Chemicals For Agriculture Rohm & Haas Company Washington Square Ipal P. L. Rohrer & Bro Smoketown, PA Ph. Lance
Search Courier

Search the Lancaster Farming Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Lancaster Farming?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication