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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1965
Page
10
Night type hens cleared with good demand as marketings of older flocks increased to replace them. Heavy type hens moved well, prices at farms show light type hens near 7 to 15 cents, heavy hens 23 to 26 cents, toms few to report, turkeys hens at 28 to 44 cents, pigeons 65 to 100 per pair, total coops sold 991.
Fogelsville market listings dated October 12 1965 show prices in cents per pound for hens light type 7 to 9 percent range, heavy hens 14 to 16 percent, ducks in various weights, with publets and roasts priced between 15 and 35 cents per pound.
Broilers and fryers on the Eastern Shore Exchange averaged 15.81 cents per lb this week, down about 0.8 cent from last week. Prices ranged from a high of 16.7 cents on Monday to a low of 15.1 cents on Wednesday. Week sales totaled 1,179,600 head, up 125,000 head from the prior week.
Delmarva live prices rose near Y cent with good demand for auction offerings. Ready to cook demand was mostly fair. Planned features for next week promise very competitive prices. Estimated Friday and Saturday slaughter reached 798 000 head versus 837 000 last weekend. During the 21 hours to market close broilers on farm sold 880 500 head at 15.5 to 16 cents per lb.
Receipts slow this week with cow and calf prices ranging across cattle classes. Fresh Holsteins 275 to 450, Guernseys 150 to 250, bulls 115 to 180, herfers 65 to 170. Horses sold riding 110 to 250, driving 110 to 300, killers 4.36 to 5 cents per lb. ponies 30 to 80, geldings 20 to 85. Hog prices gained 50 to 75 cents.
Market ends week in steady position with fair clearance and limited activity. Egg prices show mixed ranges for market dogs and shoats, calves steady with varied grades, and sheep notes include slaughter lambs and ewe prices. overall supplies adequate and activity concentrated in select lines.
Market report lists 300 to 406 pound sows priced at 2100 to 2150 dollars across routes US 1 2 and 3 near Lancaster with ranges covering 2400 to 2450 for select lots.
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