Weekly Poultry Report
Eastern Pennsylvania
And New Jersey
Prices of light type hens (Prices paid dock weights, cents
ranged unchanged, however per lb., except where noted)
trended lower within the range Light Hens lYz-Wz, mostly
Offerings adequate to barely 7%-8; Heavy Hens 917, mostly
adequate for needs as most pio- 10-14; Pullets 18 30, mostly 25-
cessing plants expected to be 28, Roasters 9-30, mostly 20 28;
closed balance of week. Heavy Capons 22-45; Ducks 20-28,
hens adequate to shoi t of full Drakes 25 38, mostly 35-38,
call. Sales too few to quote Geese 16-32V 2 , mostly 30-32Vz ;
prices Light Type,7-9V2 M 8-9 c Tom Turkeys 13-37, mostly 20-
Heavy Type TFEWR 24; Hen Tuikejs 19 33, mostly
28 31, Rabbits 25 44, mostly 40-
Eastern Shore SrfS. 45 ®’ PIBeODS <per
Exchange Total coops sold 577.
„ , , . , - 1 Due to Thanksgiving Holi-
Broiler and fryer live prices day> Auction was held on Mon
averaged 14.94 cents a pound d instead of Tuesday ,
this week. Prices paid ranged -n-
from a high of 15 6 cents a Light Cattle Continue
pound on Wednesday to a low of to He i p Prici!S
14.2 cents a pound on Monday.
Total sales for the three-day Fed-cattle marketings have
Thanksgiving week were 371,500 been well above a year ago, but
head down 125,500 head from Prices have been higher, too
last week
Birthday Issue
With this issue, Lancaster
Farming starts it’s fourteenth
year as Lancaster County’s
Own Farm Weekly. You will
not see a great change in this
our birthday issue or in subse
quent issues as they appear
each week through the year.
We will still cover all the
farm news as it occurs and
speak editorially for and to
the farmer in whatever way
we believe is for his best in
terest. The only difference
you can notice is the Vol. No.
has advanced to 14.
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Neff Holland
Fogelsville
November 25, 1968
Cattle feeders all through the
first 9 months of 1968 have
done a good job of marketing
cattle as they reached weight
At seven leading markets, aver
age weight during September
was 15 pounds less than a year
earlier. This was a substantial
price-strengthening factor.
Excessive weights this fall and
winter are still a possibility,
but less likely now that cattle
feeding has become a business
of professionals Many of the
feeders who used to take pride
in“topping” the market can no
longer afford this expensive
hobby.
• Vintage
(Continued from Page 2)
lower, Cull and Utility $4 00-
6 00 lower.
VEALERS Standard to
Choice vealers steady to $lOO
lower, Cull and Utility $4 00-
6 00 lower
VEALERS—Good and Cho’ce
39 50-43 00, Standaid 35 00 39 00,
Utility 26 00-32 00, Cull 100-120
lbs 23 00-26 00, 85-95 lbs 19 00
23.00, 70-80 lbs 16 00 20 CO
HOGS 233 Bairows and
gilts 25-50 c higher
BARROWS AND GILTS
US 1-2 190-235 lbs 20 50 2100
US 2, 190-240 lbs 20 00 20 35
US 2-3 190-240 lbs 19 50-19 85
US 2-3 245-255 lbs 18 50-19 00
SHEEP 170 Wooled lambs
and slaughter ewes mostly
steady.
WOOLED LAMBS Good 60-
85 lbs. 25 50-27 50, few Choice
29 50.
SLAUGHTER EWES—Utility
and Good 5 00-9 00
• Auction
(Continued fiom Page 2)
Utility and Commercial $22 50-
24 25, few $24 25-25 25
CALVES 71 Utility to
Choice vealers 1-3 00 higher,
cull steady Slaughter calves
mostly steady.
VEALERS Choice $44 00-
45 00; Good $4O 00 44 00; Stand
ard $35 50- 41 00; Utility $3O GO
-36 00; Cull 100-120 lb $2O GO
-24 00; 85-95 lb $lB 00-20 50, 70-
80 lb $l6 00-19 00
SLAUGHTER CALVES
Good 250-380 lb $24 00-27 00
HOGS 244 Barrows and
gilts steady
BARROWS AND GILTS
US 1-2 195-205 lb $2l 25, US 2
200-230 lb $2O 00-20 50, US 2-3
200-265 lb $l9 60-19 85.
SHEEP 9 Insufficent
volume for a market test
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Weekly New York Egg Mkt
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Fey Ex Lai ge 45 46
Fey Laige 46
Fey Mediums 42)e
Fcj Pullets 39
Fey Peewees 27
BROWN
Fey Lai ge 49
Fey Mediums 44
Fey Pullets 39
Fey Peewees 27
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Standards
Cheeks
TREND Maiket position and outlook megulai with Holiday
buying now cautious
Copyright 1968 by Urner Barry Publications
Good and Bad Hog News
The latest pig crop repoit in
dicates that hog marketings in
the October - December penod
may be a little smallei than last
year Even though nog puces
will decline seasonally fiom cu.-
lent levels, they will probably
ismain above 1967 prices With
hog prices favorable and grain
at low puces, the hog enterpuse
will be profitable thiough the
remainder of 1968
The possible bad news relates
to producers’ intentions to ex
pand the hog business During
the summer, hog pioduceis ex-,
panded farrowings at a moie
rapid pace than they pred.c’sd
last June At that time they in
dicated they would farrow only
2 peicent more pigs (than in
1967) in the June-August period
—but they actually produced 5
percent more They will pro
duce 4 percent more from Sep
temDer-November, compaied to
their earlier intention of 2 per-
1-1/2" or 2"
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Milkers •
Vacuum
Pumps •
Automatic
Washers •
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hog marketings dmmg the win
tei and spung will be larger
than a year earhei Prices may
not lecover fiom the fall low,
and the January-March price
could be $ 50 to slno below the
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