Weekly Poultry Report
Eostern Pennsylvania Eastern Shore
And New Jersey Exchange
WEEKLY SUMMARY WEEKLY SUMMARY
LIVE HENS
Prices held unchanged, but l ive Prices declined more than
trended as much as 1c lower 1 cent this week to average
within the range. Offerings ful- 13.34 cents per lb.
ly adequate. Demand good, but Prices paid ranged from a
spotty in nature. A wait and high of 14-6 cents on Monday
see attitude prevails on heavy 1° * low of 12 2 cents on
hens with no trading reported. Thursday.
'Demand light. Supplies fully Sales for the week were
adequate. Prices paid at farm; steady at 1.2 million head,
light Hens 7-9, mostly 8-8 V*; • —■■
Heavy hens, too few to report.
Delmorvo
October 21, 1966
Fooelsville Ready-to-cook demand slow
“ in most quarters with several
October 18, 1966 plants indicating some opera
(Prices paid dock weights, tion curtailment,
cents per lb., except where Interest for next v/eek very
noted.) light, with no appaient retail
Hens, light 8-11%, mostly 8- schedules.
9; Hens, heavy 8-17 %, mostly Prices for current delivery,
13-17; Pullets 21-30, mostly 22- %-l cent lower.
25; Roasters 9-28, mostly 21- Estimated slaughter for to
-25; Ducks 23-33, mostly 23-28; day and Satmday, 893,000
Drakes 20-40, mostly 38-40; head, compared to 955,000 head
Geese 22-29, Turkeys Toms last weekend.
22%-23%; Turkeys, Hens 28-
33%, mostly 28-31%, Rabbits .
24-49, mostly 33-36, Guineas * Lancaster
45-55, mostly 50-55, Pigeons (Continued from Page 2)
(per pair) 60-115, mostly 60- Yieldl , ng Cutter 18 . 20 , Cutter
70, Jumbo Squab 79-80. 16 75-18 50, Canner and Low
Total coops sold- 980. Cutter 15-17.
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BULLS Choice 24.50-28,
Good 23-25.10, Utility and Com
mercial 22-25, Couple 25.60.
FEEDER STEERS Load
Choice 960 lbs. 25.50, Load
Mostly Choice 1075 lbs. $24,
Choice 525-800 lbs. 26.25-28.25,
Good to mostly Choice 650-800
lbs. 25 25-26, Good 550-675 lbs.
$23-24.50, Good 700-1050 lbs
22 24, Standard 700-1000 lbs.
$2l-23.50.
CALVES 550 Vealeis
steady, Instances $1 Higher.
Choice 39-42, few 42.50-43.50,
Good 36.5040.50, Standard 33-
50-38, Utility 28-34, Cull 24-29,
few 70-90 lbs. $2O-24.
HOGS 930 Barrows and
gilts mostly $1 Lower, Sows
scarce. :
BARROWS & GILTS
1-2 195-240 lbs. $23-23.75,
1, 200-235 lbs. 24.00-2450,
1- 185-255 lbs. 22.50-23,
2- 210-270 lbs $2175-22.50
SHEEP 275 Wooled
Slaughter lambs $5O-1.00 Low
er. Ewes scarce Choice 65-95
lb. Wooled slaughter lambs
$23 50-24, few 24-24 50, Good
60 90 lbs 2150-23 50, Utility
18-22
SLAUGHTER EWES Few
Utility and Good 5 8.
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that parents just couldn’t be
that stupid, and still have pio
duced such gorgeous cieatures
as they are
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L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
icaster Farming, Saturday. October 22, 1966
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday. October 17th to Fnd.iy, Otlobei 21si
Mon. Tucs. Wed. Thins. I
WHITE
Ex. Fey Hywts 46
Fey. Hywts. 45
Fey. Med. 38-39
No. 1 Med. 37-38
Pullets 36
Peewees 26
BROWN
Ex. Fey. Hywts. 47
Fey. Hywts. 46
Fey. Med. 39
Pullets 36
Peewees 26
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MIXED
Fey. Hywts. 45
Standaids 44
Checks
TREND Trading extiemely dull undei a geneial lack of
buying confidence; and maiket weak undo wide) oflenni;s.
Copyright 1966 by Urner Barry Publications
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