Weekly Broiler Report
Placements In
Commonwealth Decrease
Placement of broiler chicks
in the State by hatcherymen
during the week ending Nov
ember 7, totaled 694,000, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service This
was a decrease of 11 percent
from the previous week and an
increase of 4 percent from a
year ago. The 10-week total was
2 percent above the compar
able period a year ago Sett
ings for broiler chicks, totaling
1,130,000 eggs, were 6 percent
below both the previous week
and a year earlier. The 3-week
total was 9 percent above last
year. Inshipments of broiler
type chicks the past 10 weeks
totaled 459,000 or 41 percent
below the comparable period
in 1963. Outshipments of 1,-
443,099-were down 7 percent.
Placements in the 22 major
producing - States, totaling 38,-
164,009 chicks, increased 2 per
cent' from tiie previous week
antf 4 percent from a year
ago. Tfte 10-week total was 4
FARM BUREAU’S
PRE-SEASON DISCOUNTS
ON “QUALITY” TWINE
R" PRICES FOR NOVEMBER-DECEMBER D
"OFF C
LANCASTER COUNTY FARM BUREAU
LANCASTER
394-0541
"ANY ONB MAY BUY FROM FARM BUREAU"
percent above last year. Sett
ings of 50,733,000 eggs were
about the same as a week
earlier and 2 percent below a
year ago. The 3-week total waf,
1 percent below a yeai ago
(Puces
cents per
noted)
HENS, light type, 6-9, mostly
6-7, HENS, heavy type, 6%-
14%, mostly 7-12, PULLETS,
15-25, mostly 20-22, ROAST
ERS, 11-31, mostly 22-28, CA
PONS, 33%-34, DUCKS, 10-
30%, mostly 24-29%; DRAKES,
25%-42, mostly, 37-40, GEESE,
31%-35, TURKEYS, toms, 11-
24, 17-21%, TURKEYS, hens,
26-36%, mostly 27-29; RAB
BITS, 18%-35, mostly 22-31;
GUINEAS, 32%-53, mostly 45-
52%; PIGEONS (per pair),
60-93; Total Coops Sold: 1581.
• Lancos*er
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• Delmarva
Live broiler and fryer
prices advanced more than %
cent, and demand was good
for light auction offerings.
Deliveied prices mostly Va-
Vz cent higher.
Estimate slaughter for Fri
day and Saturday, 840,000
head, compaied with 831,000
head last weekend.
Puces paid and reported
purchases for the 24-hour pe
riod ending 10:30 Friday,
bioilers and fryeis, 15 2-17 0;
910,600 head, including 383,300
head offeied and sold at East
ern Poultiy Glowers Ex
change Thursday.
Twenty-six peicent of the
broilers sold at 16.0-16.4 cents
per pound.
The Delmarva Broiler-Feed
Ratio for the week ending
11/6/64 was 3.1. This was up
one point from the preceding
week. Mash price averaged
$100.97 per ton, and broilers
averaged 15.54 cents per
pound- *
1100-12 00.
SHEEP: 450. Compared 'with
365 last week. Fairly Active,
Wooled Slaughter lambs and
slaughter ewes steady.
WOOHED SLAUGHTER
LAMBS: Choice 85-95 lbs.
2L OO-22.00, Few to 22.50, Good
18 50-21.00, Utility 16.00-18.50.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Cull to
Choice 4.00-7.00.
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Weekly New York Egg Mkc?.
From Monday, November 9th to Friday,
Mon. Tues. Wed.
WHITE
Ex. Fey Hywts
Fey. Hywts.
37 38
36 36
27 28
Fey. Med.
No 1 Med,
Pullets
25 ! 2 27
25Vz 25 Vz
20 20
Peewees
BROWN
Ex. Fey. Hywts,
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Med.
Pullets
Peewees
38-39 39
38 38
29V 2 29Vz
26 27
18 18
MIXED
Fey. Hywts.
No. 1 Med.
Pullets
Standards
Checks
36 36
25% 27
25 0
34 34
27 27
TREND: Top white generally well-cleared, but medium
still irregularly supplied.
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