Poultry Market
Delmarva
Wednesday, Decembei 16
Ready - to - cook movement
fairly good where feature acti
vity involved; otherwise often
disappointing Offerings ample
and in instances foiced for
quick sale. Less than trucklot
prices generally unchanged on
both Plant and US. Grade A.
Advance negotiations very
limited as buyers interest shifts
to other Holiday items. Live
supplies ample with weights
generally continuing to be
heavier than desired Under
tone'fully steady.
■Pool trucklot prices for Thurs
day arrival in the New York
Area:
U.S. Grade A 23-25, Mostly 24-
25.
Plant Grade 22-23y 2 , Mostly
23-23%.
Special packs including 1%-
2, 3%i# sizes TFEWR.
Chicago Cattle
Weekly Review
Monday - Wednesday
December 14 - December 16
CATTLE Compared last
weeks close, slaughter steers
mostly 50 lower Slaughter
heifers 25-50 lower Cows
strong. Bulls steady.
Increased receipts locally and
a decline in wholesale beef
prices appeared to be factois
contributing to the downturn
in slaughter steer and heifer
prices. Buyers representing
Canadian packers were fairly
aggressive again and through
Wednesday purchased more
than 800 head of High Good to
Low Choice 1000-1150 lb.
slaughter steers for shipment to
Canada.
Receipts 77 percent slaughter
steers, 20-percent heifers, bal
ance mainly cows Overall fin
ish of slaughter steers was not
as attractive as last week with
17 percent Prime and 77 per
cent Choice. This compared
with 23 percent Prime and 73
percent Choice last week, and
16 percent Prime and 71 per
cent Choice last year Average
cost and weight of slaughter
steers, estimated at 27 50 and
1170 lbs. compared with 27 15
and 1170 lbs. last week, and
28 72 and 1155 lbs. last year.
Heifer supply mainly High
Good to Low Prime weighing
850-1075 lbs.
SLAUGHTER STEERS On
Monday, Prime 1150-1375 lbs.
Yield Grade 3 and 4 28 00-28 25,
seven loads at latter price On
Wednesday, Prime 1200-1400
lbs. 27.75-28 00, six loads at lat
ter price including thiee loads
High Choice and Prime 1000-
1075 lbs. High Choice and
Prime 1025-1350 lbs 27 25-27 75,
Choice 950-1350 lbs Yield Grade
2 to 4 26 75-27 50, Mixed Good
and Choice 26.25-26 75, Good 25 ■
00-26.25, Standard and Low
Good 24 00-25.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
High Choice and Prime 950-
1075 lbs. Yield Grade 3 and 4
26.50-27.00, load Prime 1075 lbs.
Monday at 2725. Choice 850-
1025 lbs Yield Grade 2 to 4 25 -
75-26.50, Mixed Good and Choice
25.25-26.00, Good 2400-25.50.
ANNOUNCING
STARTING JANUARY 1, 1971 there
will be a man available for Filing your 1970
Tax Return.
For Appointment call: 768-8279
GEO. A. WEAVER, INC.
Intercourse Branch
NEXT TO THE FIRE HALL
Fogelsviile
Tuesday, December 15
(Puces paid dock weights, cents
pei lb , except wheie noted)
Hens, heavy type 5-17. mostly
7-12, Pullets 11-29, M 20-27,
Roasters 9 32, M 20-26 Vz, Capons
231/2-44%, m 35-42, Ducks 15-
30, M 20-27, Drakes 20 Vz 49, M
3743, Geese 27-43, M 35-40; Tur
keys, Toms 14%-25y 2 , M 20-23,
Tuikeys, Hens 28-36%, M 28-
32, Rabbits 15-41, M 33-41,
Guineas 66-70, Pigeons (per
pair) 80-1 35. Total coops sold
870.
Local Grain
Thursday, December 17
These prices are made up of
the average puces quoted by six
participating local feed and gram
concerns It should be noted,
however, that not every dealer
handles each commodity. Al]
prices aie per bushel, except for
eai com which is per ton
The aveiage local giam puces
quoted Thuisday, December 17,
1970, aie as follows
Bid Offered*
35 00 42 00
1 61 1 85
88 100
1 20 1 38
1 62 1 78
Ear Com
Shelled Com
Oats
Bailey
Wheat
*Bid is the puce the dealei will
buy fiom the faimei delivered to
the mill Offered is the puce the
dealer will sell tor at his mill.
Green Dragon
Hay Market
Note: There will not be a
sale December 25. Next schedul
ed sale January Ist.
Friday, December 11
29 loads hay, including alfal
fa, 40 50-59 00; clover, few loads,
33 00-55 00. mixed hay, 24 50-
46 50, timothy, few loads, 32 50-
36 00
26 loads stiaw, 34 00-42 00
Oats, onr load, 90 cents pei
bushel
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, December 14
Maiket steady with last week
Two loads Delav,aie driving
hoises, 95-110, 80-170
One load lowa diiving hoises,
115-190
One load Kansas uding and
work hoises woik horses single,
225-250, pans, 450-530, riding
hoises, 90 160.
One load Indiana driving
hoises, 240-410
One load Tennessee work
horses and mules single, 190
280, pans, 550-650, mules, pans,
810-950.
Locally consigned riding
horses, 75-185, driving horses,
110-250; woik horses, 125-175,
mules, 120 165, killers, 3-5
Mare ponies, 10-30, geldings,
10-20, colts, 5-15, larger ponies,
35-75
Reports
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, December 16
Puces of light type hens un
changed to Vic higher Advance
bookings often heavy, howevei,
current supplies short of a good
piocessor call Plants generally
only woik part time. Demand
for heavy type hens light Of
ferings ample Live turkeys
fully adequate for a fairly good
call for ice-packed needs. Prices
paid at farm Light Type Hens
4 6 Mostly SV&-5%, Heavy Type
Hens TFEWR
Green Dragon
Dairy Cattle
Friday, December 11
The Gieen Diagon maiket re
poited leceipts of 135 head of
aveiage quality cattle, well at
tended, prices lower
Consignments included
Load of Canadian cows, fiesh,
500 00-580 00, first calf heifeis,
purebied and giade, 450 00-
480 00
Load of Canadian coas, pme
bied and grade, fiesh, 500 00-
580 00, spnngeis, 400 00-480 00
Load of Indiana Spnngeis,
385 00 475 00
Load of Local cows, sm ingers,
325 00-550 00
Five local heifeis 282 00 each
Few coloi ed Cuws, 330 00-
400 00
HAY PRICES
For Southeastern and
South Central Pennsylvania
Monday, December 14
All hay No 2 and better
prices paid by dealeis at the
faim, price per ton
Hay & stiaw steady
Alfalfa
33 00-40 00
few sales to 45 00
22 00-33 00
25 00-35 00
24 00-35 00
few sales to 40 00
16 00-22 00
Timothy hay
Mixed hay
Straw
Mulch
Reported by Bureau of Marlceti
Pa. Dept, of Agriculture.
4-H Tobacco, Corn
The annual 4-H Tobacco and
Corn Exhibit will be held at
1 30 p m Thursday, Dec 31, at
the Faim and Home Centex
FUTURES
(Closing bids as of Thursday, December 17)
December
January ’7l
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
November
December
Trend Cattle are stronger, Hogs are steady, Potatoes are
weaker, and Eggs are lower.
a-asked
Markets provided toy Commodity Sept., Reynolds k Company
Weekly UEP Egg Market
Region
Noitheast
Noi thwest
Central West
Southwest
Midwest
Southeast
National Average
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday, December 14th to Friday, December 18th
WHITE
Fey Ex Lg 44V2 -45 ¥2 44V2-45y2
Large 44 Fa 44 V 2
Mediums 40 40
Pullets 32 30
Peewees 23 20
BROWN
Fey Large 44
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Standaids 40*2 40 1 * 40 1 ?
Checks 22V2-23 2324 23-24 24
Tone Holiday oideis building up but oveiall supply ample.
New Hoifaad
Dairy Cattle
Wednesday, December 9
. f.,
Maiket strongci on good fiesh
cows
Load Franklin County cows,
fiesh, 415-610, springers, 445-
545
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
470-590
Load Canadian cows, fiesh,
380-600, spnngers, 365-495
Load New York State cows,
fiesh, 510-595, spnngeis, 340-
500
Thiee loads Canadian cows,
fiesh, 535-800 spungexs, 380-
700, fiesh thiee year old Rock
man, 1,425, fiesh fom year old
Aimer son Solvent Supieme
granddaughter, 800, fiesh fom
year old Anthony daughter, 810,
fiesh six year old Statesman
daughtei, 810
Locally consigned cows, most
ly fresh, 340-660.
Open heifers, 105-230.
Bulls, 135-450
TRADING
New York Chicago
Chicago Chicago Maine Fresh iiggs
Cattle Hogs Potatoes
27.70 17.50
28.10 17.30
29.05 18.20
29.40 20.60
21.57
29.15 21.55
28.75 21.20
28.57
b-bid n-nominal
Lancaster’ Farming, Saturday, December 19,1970 —
Prices to the Producer
Tuesday, December 15 and Thursday, December 17
Large
44’/2 4412
38 38
36 36
35 35
40 1 / 2 40y 2
41 41
41 41
Mon.
44 44 43 43
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40.25
37.05
35.30
2.58 34.80
2.79 34.10
3.23 33.91
33.90
2.67
Medium
34 34
31 31
29 29
28 28
31 31
33 33
32 32
Wed Thurs.
Taes.
44V2-45V2 44 1 / 2 -45 1 A 44y 2 -45y2
44V 2 44Vz 44 Va
40 40 40
30 30 30
20 20 20
New York Eggs
Wednesday, December 16
Puces aie generally unchang
ed, distributive trading spotty
only fair at best and out of
town diveision less active Re
ceipts model ate from near by
areas, light from the south and
Midwest Small lot consign
ment arrivals tending to in
crease Supplies irregularly dis
tubuted with large adequate
mediums fully adequate extra
laige readily available with
street sales of whites and
biowns noted at 42-46 mostly 43-
4412 c Peewees plentiful under
light demand with an occasional
small lot buyer inquiry as low
ns 15c Advance caiton orders
fair through Monday with many
buyers taking a wait and see
position befoie placing addi
tional oideis Undei tone is cau
tious
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