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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1957
Page
9
Lancaster Poultry Exchange reports Oct 3 sale results with 152 300 broilers in 34 lots averaging 17 38 cents. A year earlier 159 650 broilers averaged 17 76 cents with top at 20 cents. Notable lots include 400 heavy fowl at 16 5 cents and several White Vantress lots ranging 17 cents.
Estimated receipts include 8 000 cattle 200 hogs 1 500 sheep. Slaughter cattle are mostly steady to lower with feeders up to 1.00 higher. Prime fed steers bring 27.75. mixed prime and choice 24.75 to 25.75. good to low choice 21.00 to 23.25. Hog prices fall 25 to 50 cents. 200-220 lb barrows 17.50 to 17.75. sows 16.50 to 17.25. Sheep lambs steady to 1.00 lower. yearlings steady. best lambs 21.00 to 22.75.
Lancaster cattle numbers show 4,153 this week up from 3,887 last week. Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 25 cents lower. cows and bulls mostly steady. Hogs steady with most weights selling around 19.75 to 20.50 for barrows and gilts, sows steady, calves active 23 to 29 for good veals. Sheep scarce with lambs 22 to 25 and utility grades 16 to 21.50.
Between March 1 and July 1, 1957 U S farm land market value increased by three percent. The rise is noted in the report Current Developments in the Farm Real Estate Market released October 7 by the Agricultural Research Service.
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