COT Broilers Sell High At Special Exchange Sale
Lancaster sale shows 35 White Wontress cockerels at 23.2 cents top price with Glen Herr buying. Regular sale: 29,575 broilers averaged 20.92 cents. top price 21.5 cents for 1,000 White Vantress mine weeks. DOT sale: 876 turkeys averaged 22.15 cents. 105,000 broilers expected Friday. May 10 auction saw 78,000 broilers average 21.02 cents.
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Lancaster
Marlin Cassel
el Manheim
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Glen Herr
Rupert Barr Ri
Mullersville
Daniel K. Good
Columbia
Cassel
Philadelphia Eggs Steady Demand With Liberal Supplies
Eggs in Philadelphia show steady demand and liberal receipts May 14 with 3,800 cases by truck. Wholesale prices for AA quality range 45-48 lb large and 31-33 for white and brown. Extras in 60 percent A quality at 29-30 for white and mixed colors. Standards 26-27.
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Philadelphia
USDA
Poultry Sale of White Vantress and White Rock Lots
A detailed list shows bids and buyers for 21 poultry lots from growers including Eugene Schlosnagle J Lloyd Harnish and M B with firms like College Hull Poultry Mandala Poultry and Victor F Weaver Inc. Prices mostly range from 20 to 24 cents per bird with week ages given and some lots marked no sale or bid at 21 cents.
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Eugene Schlosnagle
College Hull Poultry
College Hill Poultry
J. Lloyd Harnish
Carl B Risser
Multer & Bushong
J. Edgar Summers
Roy E. Ream
John L. Herr
Walter C. Mellinger
M& B
John L Herr
Elmer Garber
Walter C Mellinger
Mears Long
Joseph F Bushey
C. F Manbeck Inc
M & RB
Joseph F. Bushey
C. M. Manbeck Inc
William, Eshelman
Victor F. Weaver Inc
Wlliam Eshelman
Victor F Weaver Inc
William Eshelman
Victor EF. Weaver Inc
Poultry Prices and Supplies Pulse in Light Demand
Market notes show heavy arrivals of all poultry classes with weak demand. White Rocks and crosses sold mostly 21-30 cents with bulk unsold, while turkeys and ducks also unsettled. May receipts total 112000 lb with Maryland and Delaware contributions. Wholesale prices list broilers 22-25, pullets 25-30, hens 18-22, old roosters 10-11, ducks 32.
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Philadelphia
USDA
Maryland
Delaware
Lancaster Markets: Steers Steady Hogs Fall From Week Ago
Slaughter steers average choice and below mostly steady with high choices and primes down up to 50 cents. Cows rise to 25 cents, bulls steady, stockers and feeders unchanged. Vealers and calves up. hogs mix lowers, sows steady, barrows and gilts down about 25 cents. Lambs steady to 50 cents lower with good to choice spring lambs 23.50 to 27.50 dollars.
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Lancaster
U.S
Red Meat Production Shows Little Change
Pennsylvania farmers produced similar totals of beef veal and lamb in the first quarter of 1957 to the same period in 1956 according to the State Department of Agriculture. March output reached 73 million pounds, up 2 percent from February and just below 21956 levels, with 69 000 cattle 82 000 calves 230 000 hogs and 28 000 sheep and lambs slaughtered in March.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
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Willish
Harrisburg Ave
New Holland
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster - Lititz
Cope& Weaver Co
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D. L. Diem & Sons
Lititz
A. B. C. Groff
E. L. Herr
Peach Bottom
J. B. Hostetter
Joy
T Kauffman Bros
Mountville
C. E. Wiley & Son
Quarryville
Wakefield
Arthur Young Co. Kinzers
By David S. Sorenson
Federal State Market News Service
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Gettysburg
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Methionine
Mountville Feed Service R.D
Columbia, Pa
R.D
Leroy Geib Manheim
Fairview Roller Mills R.D
Narvon, Pa
I. B. Graybill & Son
Reston, Pa
John H. Bonholtzer R.D
Lancaster, Pa
Snader’s Mill
Stevens, Pa
Joseph M. Good & Son
Bird-in-Hand
Walter & Jackson, Inc
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