Weekly Poultry Report
Eastern Pennsylvania
And New Jersey
Puces of lit'ht t> pc hens un
changed at farm lew! ckspite
Jower bids from pioeesso's in
some quarters Offerings adequ
ate for needs though geneially
lighter than past several waaks.
Limited offerings of heavy hens
generally fully adequate for a
light demand. Prices paid at
farm: Light Type Hens 5%-7*6
mostly 7-7% c. Heavy Type Hens
Tfewr,
Fogelsville
(Prices paid dock welgnts, cents
per pound, except where noted)
, HENS, Heavy Type 9-24; PUL
LETS 21-29 mostly 25-29; ROAS
TERS 9-31 mostly 20-25; RAB
BITS 49456; GUINEAS 120*6-
1.25%; PIGEONS (Per Pair)
1.00-300 mostly 1.00-1.40.
Total Coops Sold 583.
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Federally Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
(For week starting May 25,1970)
Cattle Hogs Sheep
4 days ended, 5/28/70 470,000 1,089,000 151,000
Last week 455.000 1,102 000 149,000
Last year 473,000 1,075.000 166,000
Estimated daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection.
For MORE and STRONGER
RIGS at FARROWING
FEED WAYNE BROOD SOW SUPPLEMENT—a specially
formulated feed to help sows and gilts farrow big litters of
strong, healthy pigs. Carefully blended vitamins, minerals and
proteins properly balance farm grains.
Self-feed or hand-feed Wayne Brood Sow Supplement before
breeding, during gestation and on through the nursing period.
mm
HEISEY FARM SERVICE
Lawn Ph: 964-3444
GRUBB SUPPLY CO.
Elizabethtown
WHITE OAK MILL
R. D. 4, Manheim
HERSHEY BROS.
Reinholds
DUTCHMAN FEED PARADISE SUPPLY
MILLS, INC. Paradise
R. D. 1, Stevens
ROHRER’S MILL
R. D. 1, Ronks
C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R. D. 1, East Earl
H. M. STAUFFER
& SOrtS, INC.
Witmer
Read\-tocook movement fan
hut genei ally less aggicssive
than desned pnor to upcoming
holiday S.aughter continues
heavy at most plants, advance
business spotty however occas
ional early negotiations noted at
26c on Plant Giadc. Lcss-than
trucklot prices continued to
trend lower within unchanged
ranges. Live supplies fully ade
quate though weights often light
er than desiied. Undertone con
tinues unsettled.
Pool trucklot prices for Thurs
day arrival at terminal markets;
U.S. Grade A 28-31 M 28c; Plant
Grade 27-28 M 27c. Special packs
including 13/i-2,l 3 /i-2, 3*6# sizes
Tfewr.
Saws and gilts fad Iraod Saw Supplement et
the Wayne Research Farm farrowed an aver
age of 11 pigs per litter . . . average pig
birth we'ght, 3 03 lbs.
FOWL S FEED SERVICE
R D. 1, Quarryville
R. D. 2, Peach Bottom
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R. D. 2, Columbia
H. JACOB HOOBER
Intercourse, Pa.
Delmarva
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New York Eggs
•SSSJm Weekly New York Egg
IiKIU and consist mainly of huge (Fiom Monday, May 25th lo Fi iday, May 2J)lh)
and smaller si?cs Disti ibutive •
liadmg gcneially .slow Inquny
is unsatisfied on inmbos, Extia
largo aic adequate for legulai
needs with most sales at 35*6-
37tic, some highei, occasionally
shoit for wholesale inquiry.
Laige, whites and browns ample,
excessive in instance. Mediums
are ample with floor stocks le
duced by movement to breakeis.
Carton movement unaggressive
and of a no more than fair regu
lai nature Undeitone cautious.
• Lancaster
(Continued fiom Page 2)
47 00, few 48 00-50.50; several
Choice on Monday 52.00; Good
4150-44 50, Standard 3800-43-
50, Utility 32.00-39.00.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM Large share 90-120
lbs 33 0046.00, few 49 00-56 00.
HOGS 1250 Barrows and
Gilts 50-100 lower.
CLOSING SALES, BAR
ROWS AND GILTS One lot
US 1 200 lbs 26 25 US 1-2 210-
230 lbs 25.60-25 85 US 2-3 190-
250 lbs 24 10-25 50
SHEEP 250 Spring Lambs
1 00-2 00 lower, Ewes steady to
weak.
SPRING LAMBS Choice
60 90 lbs 29 00-32 00, few Good
27 50-29 00.
SLAUGHTER EWES
Utility and Good 5 00 8 00.
• Vintage
(Continued fiom Page 2)
29 50, Good 27 50 29 00, Standard
and Low Good 26 50-27 50
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS—On
Wednesday, High Choice and
P T e . . Gl l dB 3 And in Lancaster County,
fh 3 2 pu brown egg production is almost
1050 lbs 30 50 Choice 850-1050
lbs Yield Grade 2 to 4 29 00-
30 00, Mixed Good and Choice The big maiket for brown
28 00-29 00, Good 26 50-28 00 eggs is in the Boston area, few
INVESTMENT
Ist MORTGAGES
BONDS
DEBENTURES
LAND
Earn up to 10%
and More
(Depending on your tax Bracket)
CALL JIM MILLEN
WHITE
Fey. E\ Large 37
Fey Large 33
Fey. Mediums 26
Fey. Pullets 18
Peewees 13
BROWN
Fey. Large 37 37 36 36
Fey. Mediums 26 26% 26% 26 1 '2
Fey. Pullets 18 18% 18% 18%
Peewees 13 13 13 13
Standaids 30
Checks 20
Tone Wholesale provisions still a bit megulai Geneially
in reasonable balance on Large White
Copyright 1970 by Urner Barry Publications
Why Brown-White
Egg Prices Differ
Ever wonder why brown
egg prices often differ so wide
ly fiom white egg prices on our
lepoits?
We wondered and when the
difference got to be five cents a
dozen one week, we asked
Here’s what we found
Biown eggs account for a
very small percentage of the
total national egg maiket, pio
bably less than one per cent,
accoiding to Jay liwm, asso
ciate Lancastei County agii
cultural agent.
IDEAS
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 30. 1070-
Tucs,
Mon.
37%
33%.
26%
18%
13
30 30 30
20 20 20
brown eggs are produced any
where else
Loun Weigard, piesident of
the Lancaster County Poultiy
Association, said that the sup
ply of biown eggs, which in
volves a i datively small nura
bei of producers, fluctuates
veiy little and the pioducers
aie “zeioed in on their mar
kets ”
As a result of the stable pio
duction and sound markets,
biown egg puces fluctuate
much less than do white egg
puces
The brown egg pi ices do fluc
tuate, howevei, in response to
but generally behind white egg
puces, Weigaid said
I The browns ti ail behind the
whites when puces shoot up, as
during last wintei, and the
biowns have ti ailed behind the
whites as the bottom has fallen
out of the egg maiket in the
past seveial weeks
Overall, the bxowns sell in a
nau ower range They don’t soar
qmte as high as whites on good
maikets and they don’t go quite
as low in bad maikets, Weigard
said.
• Vintage
(Continued from Page 2)
US 1 205-215 lbs 26 25-26 35. US
1- 205-235 lbs 25.60-26 00. US
2- 195-240 lbs 25.10-25.50 US
3- 240-265 lbs 23 75-2460. 270-
285 lbs. 22 25-22 50
SHEEP 105 Spnng Lambs
mostly steady
SPRING LAMBS Choice
40 80 lbs 33 00 37 50, Good 30.-
00 34 00
WOOLED LAMBS Couple
lots Choice 97-112 lbs 30 00-
32 00
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again.
Mkt.
Wed.
Thins.
37%
33%
26%
18%
13
37%
33%
26%
18%
13
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Frl.