Weekly Broiler Report
placements of 803,000 chicks
foi commercial broiler produc
tion m the State during the
ue ek were up 7 percent from
the previous week and 17 per
cent above a year earlier, ac
coidmg to the Pennsylvania
Ci op Reporting Service.
The 10-week total placements
weie 4 percent above a year
ago. Eggs set during the wee):
weie 1 percent more than a
week earlier, but 19 percent
j esS than a year ago. The 3-
week total settings were 18
percent below a year ago.
Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks for the past 10 weeks
totaling 346,000 were 8 -percent
above a year ago. Outship
ments of 1,526,000 were down
26 percent.
Broiler chicks placed in the
22 major producing states were
but 2 percent above a year
the same as a week earlier
ago. Number of eggs set were
up 2 percent from the week
pievious.
FogelsviUe, Pa.
Auction Report
March 31, 1964
Prices for dock weights, cents
per lb. except where noted).
Hens, Igt Type, 7%-12 M 8-9;
Hens, hvy type, 12-22% M 14-
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Rothsville, Pa.
Lititz 626-6504
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366 K. Main St.
Barevillo, Pa.
Leoln 656-0302
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19; Pullets, 20-23 M 29-33;
Roasters, 25-32 M 29%-32; Tur
keys - Toms, 16%-21%; Tur
keys - Hens, 22-31% M 25 30,
Rabbits, 17-39 M 31-38, Guineas,
35-52% M 45-52%; Pigeons
(per pair), 50-71 M 60 67%,
total coops sold 813.
• Lancaster
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down to 12 00.
Bulls. Utility and commercial
18.50-21.00, Good grade 21.00-
22.50.
Feeder Steers Choice 1068-
1092 lbs. 20 75-21.10, Choice
777-975 lbs. 22 00-23.00, Good
and Choice 750-1017 lbs. 19 85-
21.25, Several lots Good 700-
850 lbs. 20.50-21 50, Few Good
850-914 lbs. 18 8549.50, few lots
Choice 450-550 lbs. 25.00-26.50.
CALVES: 600. Compared
with 499 head last week. Veal
ers steady. Trading moderately
active. Choice and Prime 35.00-
39.00, Good grade 31.00-35.00,
Standard 27.0031.00, Utility
23.00-27.00.
HOGS: 1450 Compared with
1463 head last week. Barrows
and gilts steady to weak Sows
steady. Trading Active.
‘Barrows and gilts, U. S. 1-2,
Fester Erb
312 S. Mount Joy St.
Elizabethtown, Pa.
367-7112
E. C. TTmbl©
Peqnea Avenue
Gap, Pa.
442-4525
• Delmarva
Prices Decline;
Demand Fair
Live broiler prices in Del
marva continued to decline by
appioximately a quarter cent
duung the 24 hour period end
ing 10 30 Friday moi ning. The
Demand was only fair for the
light auction offerings.
Ready to cook movement was
heavy with new business de
veloping for next week Prices
were highly competitive with
other producing areas and a
half cent higher within the
same price range.
Prices ranged 14 4 to 15 5
at farms for reported purchases
of 1,085,000 head including
425,500 head offered and sold at
Thursday’s auction in Selby
ville, Del. Most of the auction
sales were intra-company trans
fers or were not otherwise re
ported. Over a quarter of the
sales were at 14.5 to 14.9.
190-230 lbs. 16.00-1675, No. 1,
190-230 lbs. 16 75-17 25, few lots
17.50, U. S. 1-3, 190-240 lbs.
15 50-16.00, U. S. 2-3, 230-260 lbs.
15.00-15.50.
'Sows: lU. S. 1-3, 300450 lbs
12 0043.00, U. S. 2-3, 450-600 lbs.
11 00-12 00.
SHEEP; 125. Compared with.
Jason H. Mellinger
B. D. 1
Strasburg, Pa,
687-6546
sy|f \
D. Wayne Sh cigar t
B. D. 3
Elisabethtown, Pa.
367-3280
1)1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4,1964 —
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
Fiom Monday, March 30th to Fnday,
Mon,
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935 head last week. Trading _ .. „
model ately active. All classes 1350 ' 1380 lbs 22^;. OQ
„ • n Monday seven loads Prime
nominally steady 1200-1288 lbs. 23.00. Bulk
_^ w ., k)ts Cholc ® ad ™ Choice 1100-1325 lbs 21.00-21.-
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On Monday few loads High
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• Chicago
(Continued from Page 2 ) 22.00 and part load 900 lbs.
loadlots mostly Prime 1175- 22 25, Good and Choice 20.50-
1325 lbs at 22 75, few loads 20 75, mostly Good 19,50-20.50,
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