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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1960
Page
10
Auction totals show 91 575 head sold with 90 150 head marketed across two lots of 3 000 and 4 000 birds. Prices ranged from 16 9 to 18 0 per head for White Van Indian Rivers and other breeds, led by Walter Lehman and Starr Poultry with multiple consignors.
Live poultry prices averaged fractionally lower at Delmarva for the 24 hour period ending 10 30 Friday morning with 932 500 head. Processor slaughter for the weekend was 764 000 head versus 616 000 last weekend. Offerings were high while demand was fair to good and supplies cleared well. Broiler feed ratio for the week ending May 27 remained steady at 40. Broilers averaged 1832 and feed cost 92 24 per ton.
Milk production neared seasonal highs in New York and New England while Philadelphia and Atlanta ran lighter. Bottling demand ranged from fair to good. Atlanta showed a light surplus moving to cheese production. other areas reported heavy surplus moving to cheese production, separators, and driers.
In New York the weekly egg market shows unchanged at 4.50 to 4.55 per dozen range and sold around 4.35 for bottling milk quality. Bottling wholesale price per 40 quart unit remains linked to overall milk quality though few shifts are noted.
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