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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1963
Page
10
At the Lancaster Poultry Center auction on March 28 broiler prices rose to 17.6 on 75 150 head with a prior week 16.97 on 41 400 head. Seven roasters and heavy fowl sold with various lots and prices. complete sale offered 4 0 0 head in 32 lots and sold 8 2 4 75 head in 26 lots.
Delmarva prices for live broilers rose with good demand as 1,131,600 head moved through farms in the week ending Friday morning. Auction sales at Selbyville reached 4 percent of sales at 16.5 to 16.9 and 16.3 to 17.8 for the rest, with ready to cook demand mixed. Processing plants on the Eastern Shore planned little operation, while weekly slaughter forecast stood at 705,000 head versus 752,000 last weekend. Broiler feed ratio for the week ending March 22 slipped to 3.3 with costs around 99.09 per ton for 20 percent mash.
White mediums and top browns show weakness while balance remains generally steady as the egg market in New York trends in the week.
WVX 8-6 Starr Poultry 17.1 32 Herman Blums 5100 WVP 13-4 NO SALE 221. The piece notes farmers facing tough crops amid a shift in farming and local agricultural concerns.
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