Weekly Poultry Report Eostern Pennsylvania And New Jersey WEEKLY SUMMARY LIVE HENS Prices of light hens ranged %c to l Ac higher, mostly \i to 1c higher. Heavy hens irregul arly %c lower to 3 4C higher, mostly unchanged. Demand fair but generally unaggressive on light types. Offerings limited and much lighter than in past several weeks causing most processing plants to curtail run ning time. Heavy hens about in balance with fair demand. Prices paid at farm: Light Hens 4%-5%, mostly 5Vz: Heavy Hens 10V2-12 u t. mostly 11c. TURKEYS Trading on open market of ferings geneially limited as most processors adequately supplies with ample contract ual supplies Limited move ment noted on hens at 22Vac. Prices were too few to report. yielding 1850-2170 lbs 28 25-28- l r i mi 35: Cutter and low-Utility 22-24 ! rogelsville CALVES Vealers steady i i 18 iqfi7 VEALERS 105 Choice 39- 5 ’ 41.50. few 43, Good 36.50-40; (Prices paid dock weights, standard 34-37. Utility 32-35: cents per lb., except where Cull 29-32, few 70-90 lbs 26-29 noted )- HOGS 161 Barrows and Hens, Light, 412-10%, mostly gilts mostly 50c lower. US 1-2 5-5%; Hens. Heavy, 6-13%, 186-229 lbs. 2425-24 50; 7hd US mostly 10%-12: Pullets, 12-29, I, 208 lbs. 25.50; US 1-3 187-240 mostly 24-28%; Roasters, 9- lbs. 23-24; few lots US 2-3 255- 30%, mostly 20-28; Turkeys, 263 lbs. 2250-22.75. Sows too Hens, 26%-29%; Rabbits, 12- few to establish trend. choose ai Bee Line Supply AUTOMATIC cattle feeding • Barn Cleaners • Bunk Feeders • Silo Unloaders • Conveyors • Complete Automation ... Only from Agway • your project is backed by a farmer - owned organization with many years of farm ex perience and well trained men who know the automation busi ness • responsibility for the entire job is centered in one place your Agway Supply Center INSTALLATIONS & SERVICE BY TRAINED & EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL Agway 36, mostly 20-28; Guineas, 70- 102 , i5. mostly 85-95: Pigeons (per pair). 50-140, mostly 70- 80; Jumbo Squab. 70-87 t ie. most ly 85-87 1 2. Total coops sold WEEKLY SUMMARY Lot—average broiler and fryer live prices declined nearly one cent this week to a average 14.73 cents per lb. Prices ranged steadily down ward throughout the week from a high of 15.8 cents on Monday to a low of 13.7 cents per lb on Thursday. Sales for the week totaled nearly Vi-million head less than last week, staying slightly above the one million head figure. • Lancaster Auction (Continued from Page 2) systems • Sunset Bulk Milk Coolers • Mojonnier Bulk Milk Coolers • you get a firm bid BEE-LINE SUPPLY CENTER 1027 DILLERVILLE ROAD, LANCASTER 24 HOUR SERVICE DAILY PH. 394-0541 517. Eastern Shore Exchange • Barn Equipment • competent guidance and advice in picking out equipment, and planning the complete opera tion . . . from selecting the site, through figuring hay stor age space, to helping you de termine the type of barii clean er or milking parlor stall you need CATTLE ON FEED IN PA. DOWN 15 PERCENT Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter on Pennsylvania farms July 1, totaled 47.000 head, according to the Penn sylvania Crop Reperting Ser vice. This was 15 percent less than a year earlier, and 38 per cent less than on Apiil 1 this year. Fed cattle marketed dur ing the past quarter totaled 41.- 000 up 2.000 or five percent from a year earlier. Place ments during the quarter totaled 12,000 down 5,000 or 29 percent from a year ago. Cattle on feed less than three months July 1 numbered 10,- 000: three to six months, 12,- 000: and more than six months, 25,000 Expected marketings for the July-Septem ber quarter at 30,000: if rea lized would be 12 percent be low the 34.000 marketed during the same period in 1966. U. S. CATTLE DOWN Z'< Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market on July 1. 1967 in 32 major feeding States totaled 8,724,000 head, two percent less than a year earlier. Decieases from a year earlier m the number on teed weighing between 500 and 899 pounds more than offset increases for the remaining weight group The number placed on teed during the past quarter was one percent above placements dur ing the comparable period in 1966 Marketing during this period were up nine percent. Agway Center Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22.1967—3 Weekly New York Egg Mkt. From Monday July 17th to Fiiday July 21st Mon. WHITE 35'i 33'a 35'a 35'a 33 33 33 33 21 23'a 24 24 24'a 25'a 23'a 23'a 23'a 23'a-24 18 17-'i 18 17'a 17 12 11-12 11-12 11-12 39'2-40'a 39'a-40'a 39'a-40'a Ex. Fey. Lg Fey. Large Fey. Med No 1 Med. Pullets Peewees VVht. Ex. Lg, BROWN 35’a 35 'a 35' a 35'a 33 33 33 33 23'a 22'a-23 23 23 18 18 17'a 17 12 12 12 12 Ex. Fey. Lg. Fey Large Fey. Med Pullets Peewees MIXED Standards Checks 30 30 30 30 I8 l i 18'j 18*2 18‘a Tiend. Large generally steady; mediums impioved locally and firm at outside points: pullets and peewecs not cleai ing. Copyright 1967 by Urner Barry Publications 22.50 24 25. US 1-3 180-240 lbs. 24 25-25; 240-270 lbs 22 35-24 60. SOWS—Scaice, about steady, ter 18-20.50; Canner and low- US 1-3 325-540 lbs 14-17 35. Cutler 16 50-19, few Shelly Can- SHEEP 33 Spring lambs ner 14 50-16. too few lor a price test Few • Vintage (Continued from Page 2) BULLS Few Choic. 25.25- Choice 55-105 lbs 24-27, Util -25.85; Good 24-25, Utility 24- ll >’ and Good 17 ' 24 25.85 CALVES 568-Vealers steady VEALERS Choice 37-40.- 50, few 41-42, Good 35-38 Standard 32-36; Utility 30-34 Cull 27-31 HOGS 180 Barrows and 25-26.50, Good 50-105 lbs 23-25; gilts 50-75 c higher US 1-2 203- Utility and Good 40-70 lbs. 20- 230 lbs 25-25.50. 170-180 lbs 23 50. HELPS IMPROVE DAIRY RATIONS Add variety and bulk to your dairy rations and improve- palat ability with WAYNE SWEET BULKY. Rich in beet pulp, molasses and minerals, WAYNE SWEET BULKY greatly improves rations fed to dry, fresh and milking cows. Good for growing heifers, too! KI3 —II— PARADISE SUPPLY Paradise H. M. STAUFFER & SONS, INC. Wltmer GRUBB SUPPLY CO. Elizabethtown MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE R. D. 2, Columbia ROHRER’S MILL C. E. SAUDER & SONS R. D. L Ronks R. 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