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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1958
Page
9
Lancaster Thursday auction shows broiler average 23.34 cents per pound, highest since 1955. About 64,000 birds sold 2.22 to 2.66 cents per pound, with 2.58 million? per hundredweight bids and many lots listed by grower, breed, and buyer. gains noted from March 13 sale and prior weeks.
Real estate and household goods auctions listed by multiple sellers. Locations include between Columbia and Ironville, Ironville, Lincoln Hay West opposite Stumps Station. Items include a 13 acre property with barn and pig pen, farm implements, carpenter tools, and general household goods. Sale dates span March 19, March 22, April 5 and April 12 with start times around 12:30 pm or 2:30 pm. Sellers include John E Moore, Mrs Effram Bard, Edward Showery, and Jacob Charles Est.
Cattle and calves receipts in Baltimore on Monday were below normal but improved with fed steers about 60 percent of the supply and fed heifers 10 percent. Prices advanced across most categories with fed steers up 50 to 75 cents and hogs 25 to 75 cents higher, marking the highest prices since 1957 for sows and late 1955 for steers.
On Saturday April 12 at Fritz Town near Reading a sale begins at noon featuring 50 head of cattle 100 head of hogs and 20 tractors plus horse drawn machinery. Local buyers and farmers are invited to attend.
Lancaster stock yards report demand good for slaughter steers with prices up to 50 cents higher. Heifers in meager supply steady to strong. cows up to 75 cents higher. bulls steady. Receipts mix 40% stocker and feeder steers, 20% cows and bulls. about 30 loads slaughter steers. Hogs and sheep also active with higher bids for many classes.
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