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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1962
Page
14
Lancaster Poultry Center reports 58 500 head sold in 14 lots at prices from 17.4 to 19 0 per hundredweight. Nearly half the stock sold around 17 5 with 20 percent higher fetching 17 6. Growers rejected bids up to 19 2 to 21 1 for heavier birds. 63 550 head of 19 lots sold from a 83 875 head offering.
Delmarva and Georgia price ranges declined to 106 to 179 cents for 76100 held at barns in a 24 hour window ending Friday morning. Prices were about 34 cents lower than the prior period as moderate offers met fair demand with very light dressing plant activity in the Delmarva region. Week end slaughter estimates by Eastern Shore processors reached 696000 head, up from 627000 last week, with Delmarva bio-verte ratio at 40 for the week ending March 9, down three points. Broilers averaged 18.23 per pound with 20 percent mash at 91.42 per ton. the ratio for the prior comparable week was 37 with broilers at 17.47 per pound and mash at 93.10 per ton.
Market unsettled with higher surplus and tempered buying interest. Dred whole deals expected to be announced this afternoon. In fluid milk, production up while south has adequate supplies and ice cream demand varies. Wholesale price of New York eggs ranged 90 to 195 cents per 40 quart unit, with occasional distressed sales at 245 cents.
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