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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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