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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1957
Page
10
Lancaster Broilers ongoing listing shows multiple buyers and sellers offering White Vantress stock at 17 cents per unit with various lot sizes from 1,300 to 6,000 birds. Several entries note no sale or bidding details, including values for Wertsch-Cramer and Forry consignments and bids around 17% cents.
USDA reported firm market with tight large eggs and mixed demand. Mediums in better demand. smalls light but adequate. large Browns limited. prices in cartons show Whites 70-73 cents, Medium whites 48-53, Smalls 34-41. receipts 3,300 CS by truck.
Receipts light but supplies, aided by yesterday carryovers, meet fair demand. Hens form the bulk of excess with surplus clean birds in the period.
A dense list of bidders and lots details White Vantress and other fowl sales, with quantities from hundreds to thousands, prices in cents and bid statuses. Names include Victor F Weaver Inc, Leola Poultry, Carl B Risser, Roy E Ream, and J H Eby among many others, with several lots marked no sale or various bid percentages.
Readable market notes indicate a weekend shopping push with improved demand for ready to cook young chickens. Price ranges show Grade A poultry at 27 to 29 cents per pound with most at 27 1/4 to 28 1/2 cents, and steady hen prices. reports note occasional size shortages and steady to slightly higher overall offerings and balanced demand.
The listing shows wholesale selling prices for broilers fryers heavy type 3-4 lb at 20-22 cents per lb and over 28-30 cents. Ducks Pekin 28-30 cents Muscovy 27 cents. Turkeys 33 cents. White Rocks Caponettes 5 lb and other dressed meats priced per bulk and weight.
Receipts show Maryland 36000 pounds Delaware 11000 pounds North Carolina 67000 pounds. House Philadelphia lists Grade A turkeys at 3.5 per pound and US Grade A 4 to 554 pounds with receipts dated Oct 7.
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