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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
9
Lancaster weekly cattle report shows slaughter steers 50c lower and heifers steady to weak while cows ease 25-50c. Stockers and feeders slow with farmers busy. bulk steer prices reach 2000 to 2125 for 1000-1300 lb prime lots and calves around 1750 to 1950 for 400-750 lb stock. Veal calves weak with 130-210 lb at 1900-2200 and 2250-2500 for top grades.
Kenneth F Grizzell named district supervisor of the Lancaster District Office Packers and Stockyards branch of the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA. He succeeds Frank G Fitzroy, named in February, who is president of the Baltimore Union Stock Yards.
Hog prices fall 25 to 50 cents for sows and barrows and gilts weaker. US 1-3 180-240 lb barrows and gilts around 17 to 17.50. Weights 160-180 and 240-270 lb mostly 16 to 17.50. Sows 1100 to 1250. Sheep supply mainly native spring lambs with prices steady to higher 65-85 lb lambs 1800 to 2200, prime up to 2400, utility down to 1600. aged sheep scarce for market test.
Seasonal pork output declines at major centers show inspectors slaughtered 5,442,874 hogs in six weeks, down 929,714 from the prior week, a 14.6 percent drop. Corn Belt Farm Dailies notes the fall outpaces the same period in 1955.
Lancaster Poultry Exchange sales on Thursday June 21 1956 saw broilers average 2216 cents a head from 38 375 birds across 20 lots with prices ranging 21 to 22 cents. Heavy fowl Leghorn and capette lots plus 24 listed and 25 offered totals reflect weekly activity and year over year comparison.
Pennsylvania egg output for May totaled 307 million, four percent below May 1955, with fewer layers and lower lay rates. Prices for eggs averaged 42 cents a dozen, down three cents from April, while feed costs rose, tightening profit margins across poultry, except turkeys which saw price gains.
Harrisburg reports farmers are stocking meat type chicks for upcoming picnic season. Hatchery placements for broiler chicks reached a weekly record for the week ended June 2 totaling 984000, up 154000 from the prior week and 687000 year ago. Total hatch reached 1159000 with 313000 non broilers.
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