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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1955
Page
9
USDA market news from Lancaster notes early week demand for slaughter steers remained solid with average to good quality, prices closing mostly steady. Cows traded 50 to 75 cents higher, bulls plentiful and steady, stockers and feeders slow with little price change. Bulk fed steers 1000 to 1800 lbs ranged 2050 to 2225, select loads 1200 to 1300 lbs 2225 to 2300, 1270 lb prime at 2375.
The Lancaster Poultry Exchange reports no sale on Tue Nov 22 with next sale Fri Nov 20. Sales on Fri Nov 18 included 32 lots totaling 105,170 birds sold 74,320. broilers 18.5 to 21.5 cents per lb averaging 20.48. Turkeys bids rejected at 28.5 to 29% and other livestock prices across bull, cattle, steer and hog categories are listed with weights, prices, and purchasers including Clayton Zimmerman New Holland and Producers Cooperative Exchange Coatesville. Sheep lambs and feeder stock notes with prices and ranges for calves hogs and yearlings accompany the report.
Winners of the first three places in the Lancaster County 4H Capon Club Round-Up were announced at Hotel Brunswick Lancaster. Wilmer D Esbenshade topped the competition with 99 points and a profit of 8344 after feed costs and expenses. James R Groff and Nancy Newcomer were second and third respectively. Premiums were awarded by the Lancaster Kiwanis Club and the Holstein Quartet performed during the dinner awards.
Market week reports excess supply and weak demand for most poultry classes in Philadelphia on Nov 23. Prices mixed with early strong demand for smaller birds and heavy toms remaining unsold. eggs firm on large whites but weak on mediums with overall high price levels for certain white and brown shell eggs.
Hog prices at major terminal markets edged higher after a Tuesday slump as a larger supply arrived on Tuesday. Moderate gain followed on Wednesday with 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight at Omaha and 25 cents at Chicago. In Chicago prime steers and a 1156 pound load traded near 24.50 to 24.75, highest in a month. The Lancaster market review for the week appears on page two.
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