At Delmarva • Georgia
Light Markets Hold Firm
Due to the Holiday closing
of USDA Agricultural Mar
ket News Services offices for
Thursday and Friday of this
week, the Delmarva - Geor
gia market report will cover
the period, Monday through
Wednesday.
Monday’s Delmarva mar
ket opened steady, with of
ferings considerably reduced
from comparable days in re
cent weeks. Buyers were
very selective for quality and
size desired. Tuesday’s trad
ing was very light and the
market quiet. The Wednesday
market was firm, offerings
continued lighter than for
past weeks. Demand was im
proved but buyers were very
selective for size and quality
desired and processors were
beginning to charge back
U.S. Meat Output Drops
Meat production under fed
eral inspection for the wek
ended December 20, 1958
was estimated at 394 million
pounds according to the U.
S.D A. This was six per cent
below the 420 million lbs. a
wek ago, but the same as a
year ago
Total meat production was
below the previous week,
which has been the normal
pattern during most past
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condemmed loss.
The short week’s volume:
Monday— 545,700 at 13 20-
16.60; Tuesday— 204,900 at
1 0V2 - 16; Wednesday— 504,
700 at 11 40 - 17.70, mostly
15 and up.
Georgia’s broiler market
opened with demand irregu
lar, only fair at some points,
and quiet at others as sever
al plants were not operating.
Offerings were not heavy,
though generally adequate
for needs The situation con
tinued through Tuesday and
Wednesday with very light
trading at all points.
The week’s volume. Mon
day—At farm, 466.000 at 14-
15, 84 per cent at 14; FOB
plants 171,500 at 15 Tuesday
at farm, 420,700, 86 per cent
at 14, FOB plants, 94,900 at
15.
years for the week preced
ing Christmas. Veal was the
only beef class to shof a pro
duction increase for the
week, when compared with a
year ago, with an increase in
pork production bringing to
tal meat output on a par
with a year earlier, even
though production of other
classes decreased.
Cattle slaughter, estimated
at 318,000 head, was eight
per cent below the preceding
week and eight per cent be
low the 346,000 head for a
year ago Beef production
was 188 6 million lbs com
pared with 208 4 million lbs.
the preceding week and 192-
1 million lbs a year ago.
Calf slaughter was estimat
ed at 112,000 head compared
with 106,000 the preceding
week and 145,000 last year.
Output of inspected veal for
the three weeks under com
pansans was 116, 11 1 and
14 9 million lbs respectively.
Estimated slaughter of 1,-
320,000 hogs was three per
cent -below the previous
week’s 1,358,000, but slight
ly above the 1,319,000 a year
ago Pork production was
184 3 million lbs compared
with 188 9 million a week
earlier and 177 2 lbs a year
ago
Sheep and lamb was esti
mated at 201,000 compared
with 251,000 the preceding
week and 209,000 last year.
Production of lamb and mut-
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Feed Market
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Washington, Dec. 23 — USDA
Weekly Feed Market Report:
Feedstuff markets contin
ued to rise and prices aver
aged $1.55 per ton higher
during the week ended Dec
ember 22, the USDA repor
ted th’s week
Trading was unusually
active for this time of year.
Demand remained exception
ally strong, reflecting good
movement of formula feeds
Spot supplies of many in
gredients tightened, with veg
etable and animal proteins
particularly hard to locate
The wholesale feedstuff
price index reached the h’gh
est point since August 1954
At 93.7 this week, it was 2 2
points above a week earlier
and 21 points above a year
ago. The feed gram index
declined to 64 1 this week
as against 64 4 last week and
62 6 last year. The hog-corn
ratio, based on Chicago pri
ces, was 15 7 compared with
15 3 last week and 16 4 a
year earlier.
Spot offerings of oilseed
meals were very limited and
fell short of satisfying strong
current demand Prices ave
laged $2 15 per ton higher
on soybean meal. $1 50 hi
gher on cottonseed meal and
$3.60 higher on linseed meal.
Copra meal held firm, while
peanut meal went up $1 35.
Meat proteins continued to
advance in the face of in
creased buyer resistance Al
though buying was limited
to immediate needs, demand
was still good and producers
were well sold Advances av
eraged around $2 80 per ton
on meat meal $3 60 on tan
kage and $2 50 on fish meal
Demand for wheat mill
feeds slackened despite rela
tively light supplies. Mills
were not pressed for sales
even through outlets to some
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ton for the three weeks am
ounted to 96, 118 and 10 0
million lbs respectively.
For the week ended De
cember 6, 1958, actual slau
ghter included 352,001 cat
tle, 118,014 calves, 1,381,115
hogs and 260,469 sheep and
lambs
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Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
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Medium
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Checks
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Medium
Pullets
Fey Hywts
TREND—SheII egg market this week very firm with
a light absorption of supplies and prices very fully suppos
ed
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