Weekly Broiler Report
Chicks' placed in Pennsylvan
, for commercial broiler pro
motion during the week end
■ 2 June 13, totaled 769,000
Sorting to the Pennsylvania
crop Reporting Service. This
w s 13 per cent below the pre
*L S week and 10 per cent
L io w a year ago. The 10-week
fotal was 7 per cent below last
ear Settings at 989,000 eggs
dropped 18 Per cent from a
* k earlier and 9 per cent
from the comparable week
last year. The 3-week total was
6 per cent above a year ago.
InsJupments of broiler-type
chicks for the past 10 weeks
totaled 789,000 or 60 per cent
jbove last year. Outshipments
0 f 1,311,000 were down 35 per
cent.
Placements in the 22 states
remained about the same as
the previous week and a year
ago The 10-week total was
down 2 per cent from last year.
Settings dropped 3 per cent
from a week earlier but were
3 per cent above last year. The
3 week total was 2 per cent
above a year ago.
EASTERN PA. & N. J.
LIVE POULTRY
Demand fair for light type
hens, light for heavy type
hens. Local offerings limited
on both types with added sup-
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plies supplemented frofn vari
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FOGELSVILLE, PA,
AUCTION, JUNE 16
(Prices for Dock Weights, t
per lb except where noted.)
HENS, light type 7%-10% M
8-9, heavy type 8%-21% M 14-
20, Pullets 20-30% M 25-23,
Roasters 17-30 M 24-28, Ducks
15-22%, Turkeys, Toms 17-23
M 20%-23, hens 22-30%, Rab
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M 60-65, Jumbo Squab 65-80 M
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with the market generally a
little lower. Riding horses
es 420 head changed hands
brought $125-400, and driving
horses were $125-260. Pony
mares sold for $5O-100 and
geldings made $3O-115. Killer
horses were 6% to 7 cents a
pound.
The 330 market hogs sold
$lOO higher at the June 15
auction. Retail hogs to local
butchers brought 18.50-19;
grades 1 to 3 went to the pack
ers at 17.75-18.35, and heavy
weight hogs brought 16.50-17.50.
Sows were 11 to 14. The 30
head of shoats brought 9.50-
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Delmarva
Up Slightly
Live Broilers and Fryers ad
vanced % cent. Demand was
fair for the ample auction of
ferings. Live supplies ranged
% lbs to 4 lbs. short for cur
rent needs. Ready to cook de
mand unaggressive. Most
plants not operating Saturday.
Estimated slaughter by east
ern shore processors for the
weekend was 832,600 head com
pared to the 982,000 head last
weekend. Live prices at farms
during the period ranged 15.2
to 16 1 for reported purchases
of 882,500 head including 538,-
■6OO head sold at Thursday’s
auction in Selbyville, Del. At
the auction 50 per cent of the
sales were at 15.5 to 15 9.
The Delmarva broiler-feed
ratio for the week ending
June 12 was up one point from
last week at 3.0. Broilers dur
ing the week averaged 15 05
per pound and mash cost the
grower $100.20 per ton. For
the comparable week a year
ago, the ratio was 3 0 when
broilers averaged 14 99 and
mash sold for 99 63.
11 50.
At the June 15 auction, 85
head of ' calves sold steady.
Choice and prime vealers
brought 30-34, good and low
choice 26-30, standard 23-26,
and cull and common 18-22.50.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 20, 1964
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday, June 15th to Friday, June 19th
Mon.
WHITE
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Med.
No. 1 Med.
Pullets
Peewees
35
34%
26%
25%-26
19%
15
BROWN
Ex.
36
33%-35
26%
19%
15
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Med.
Pullets
Peewees
MIXED
Fey. Hywts. 33%-34 33%-34% 34% 34% 33%
No. 1 Med. 25%-26 26-26% 26% 26% 25%
Pullets 0 0 0 0 0
Standards 30%-31% 31% 31% 31% 31%
Checks 24 24 24 24 23%-24
TREND- Market quite megular. Under less buyer confi
dence on all lines.
Copyrighted 1964 By Urner-Barry Co,
SHAVINGS & PEANUT SHELLS
Shavings Coarse or Fine
Bagged, Paper or Burlap
Trailer Load Prices Bagged or Bulk
HAROLD B. ZOOK
Phone 394-5412 Lancaster 220 Lampeter Road
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Tues,
35
34%
28%
26%
20
15
35
34%
28%
26-26%
19%-20
15
37
35-36
28%
19%-20
15
37
36
28%
20
15
3
Frl.
Thurs.
35
33%
27
26%
18%
14
35
34%
27%-28%
26%
19%
15
38
36-37
28%
18%
14
37
36
28%
20
15