Poultry Market Reports
Fogelsviile
Tuesday, January i 9 Wednesday, January 20 Wednesday, January 20
. iw S ock , weigilts ’ cents Ready to cook movement Prices generally unchanged
per lb., except wheie noted) good in most quarteis Slaugh- though him Pi ocessois demand
Hens, heavy type 7 22, M 10- ter schedules continue heavy good Offerings barely adequate
14, Pullets 13 28, M2O 25, Roast- though occasional cut back to short as pi ocessors continue
ers 7%-29, M 18 24, Ducks 15- noted due to shoitages of buds, to hold hens foi further pro
-36, M 24-30, Drakes 23%-42, M within desaable weight ranges duction at current favorable
35-40; Turkeys, Hens 25 32, Rab- Less than tiuck lot puces un- egg puces Piocessors often
bits M 40-52, Guineas 56- changed Advanced interest working only part time as move
-88%, M 78-86, Pigeons (per bght as a wait and see attitude ment off farms difficult in New
pair) 97%-3.50, M 97%-120 is generally evident Undeitone York and New England due to
fully steady though cautious snow and severe cold weather
. US Grade A 27%-29, mostly Offerings of Heavy Hens ample
28-28% Plant Grade 26%-27%, for fair buyers interest Prices
mostly 27-27%. paid at farms light type hens 4-
6%, mostly 6%-6% in Pennsyl
vania, mostly 5%-6 m New Jer
sey Heavy type hens TFEWR
Total coops sold 651
New York Eggs
Tuesday, January 19
Prices irregularly lower on _
large and higher on mediums
and small. Receipts light Trad- M
ing stocks of large and heavier Monday, January 18 Hay MaylfPt
weights continue in a burden- All hay No. 2 and better J
some position while mediums prices paid by dealeis at th° Friday, January 15
and smalls are in close balance farm, price per ton 52 i oac i s , j lay> ine i u d in o _\l
- current needs. Buying ac- Hay steady, instances strong- f ai fa, 32 00-45 00 Timothv°3s 00-
tivity particularly slow this er. Straw and Mulch steady to 42 00, Mixed Hay, 31 00-43 00,
morning but this could be at- weak Clover, few loads, 32 00-43 00
tributed to the extreme cold Alfalfa 32 00-45.00 41 loads straw, 36 00-43 00
wave currently prevailing in the Timothy hay 22 00-35.00 Ear corn, one load 41 00,
Metropolitan Region. Carton or- Mixed hay 25 00-38 00 ’
ders from the large chain stores Straw 28 00-40 00
ranged from fair to good de- Mulch 15 00-24.00
pending Upon promotional actl- Reported by Bureau of Karket*
Vlty. Pa. Dept, of Agriculture.
Monday - Wednesday,
January 18 - 20
__ . _ CATTLE Compared with
U.S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter SSS. S
Standard and Good Holsteins
For week ending Thursday, January 21 25-50 higher. Heifers mostly 50
E .„, higher Cows’ steady to 50 high
»neep er g u ]j s steady.
170.000 Receipts' included 76 percent
174.000 slaughter steers and 18 percent
161.000 heifers with balance mostly
cows. Overall finish slaughter _ Market steady with last week
steers werall finish slaughter Friday, January 15 o ne load Tennessee work
he Gtem h„ ?e s and mules, horses, single.
- ' S ~ - Sis
compared with 20 percent ° average quality. - *
Pnmp and 70 percent Choice weU attended > P nces lower. One load Ohio work horses,
last week and 27, percent Prime Consignments included. single, 195-350.
and 64 percent Choice last year c ,£ oa ? of Canadian Cows; 345 ~ load ohl ° ridln S horses.
Heifer supply mostly High Good J K oad of Canadian Cows > 11 f 150 ; 1 . „
to Prime weishinv Rsn-linft ihs 310-545 Locally consigned work
N Ma£ rk FSsh‘KMt SLAUGHTER STEERS —On Load of Canadian Cows. 330- h ® rse ®’ 160 ’ 250; P air five-year-
Potatoes ** Wednesday, Prime 1150-1450 '530; load of Local Cows. 410- old dapple gray mares, 600;
lbs Yield Grade 3 and 4 3125- 500 mules, single, 150-265; driving
31 75, ten loads at 31.75, highest Load of Penna Cows, 340- 110 ' 310 ’ riding horses,
- ssjSdisr-jssa.'af shf 01 wyomms 00 cows ' I- *»»<«. «** «*
- s s a. c sT4*s i^« ? e,fe r Load * lO i«raie“®6 ,a,ge '' po ” ,e= '
rieia iniaae 2 to 4 29.75-31.00 Local Heifeis brought 200-425.
Mixed Good and Choice 29 25-
29.75 Good 26 25-29 25, mostly
27.50-29.00. Standard and Good
Holsteins 24.75-26.25.
. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
On Wednesday, High Choice
and Prime 950-1100 lbs Yield
Grade 3 and 4 29 75-30 50, four
loads at 30.5 Q, highest in over
five months Choice 850-1025
lbs Yield Grade 2 to 4 28.50-
29.75 Mixed Good and Choice
28 00-28 50 Good 26 00-28 00.
Cattle Hogs
Week to date 501,000 1,507,000
Same period last wk. 513,000 1,463,000
Same period last yr. 473,000 1,213,000
Estimateddailylivestock slaughter.under Federal Inspection..
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FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thursday, January 21)
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
December
Trend Cattle are stronger, Hogs are stronger, Potatoes are
steady, and Eggs are weaker.
a-asked
market* provided by Commodity Dept., Reynold! fc Company
Commonwealth National
Agri-Loan Coip.
A subsidiary of Commonwealth National Bank
South Central Pennsylvania
~ ..Member FDIC
HAY PRICES
For Southeastern and
South Central Pennsylvania
* • 1 V iif*. c
Chicago Chicago
Cattle Hogs
31.00 18.10
30.95 17.40 2.80 33.30
30.95 19.65
20.60
30.52
20.55
30.2(1 • 20.60
30.05 £h3s
b-bid nnomipal
Serving
Agriculture
in
Delmarva
w3i
■» «•*.
33.10
2.68 34.85
32.45
3.17
32.65
37.75
The door prize of a 21” self
propelled John Deere lawn
mower was won by Amos Hurst.
Lititz RD4 Lunch was served
by the Pemyn Fue Co. Auxi
liary
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Chicago Cattle
Weekly Review
Ag Frontier
Days Held
Approximately 300 people at
tended Farming Frontiers 71
Days at Shotzberger’s Equip
ment Company, Elm, on Tues
day.
Robert K. Rohm
Bulldozing - Grading
Potz Sales & Service
Barn Cleaners - Silo
Unloaders - Cattle Feeder*
Quarryville, R. D, 1
flense! 548-2559
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 23, 1971—;
Weekly UEP Egg Market
Prices to the Producer
Tuesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 21
Region
Noi theast
Northwest
Cential West
Southwest
Midwest
Southeast
National Average
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday, January 18th to Fnday, January 22nd
Mon, Tues. Wed.
WHITE
Fey. Ex Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Fey Large 41
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Standards 36 36 35 33 33
Checks 22 22 22 21 21
Tone Large sizes in ample supply otheis generally good.
Large whites in good clearance.
Copyright 1971 by Urner Barry Publications
Green
Dragon
Cattle
Dairy
New Holland
Dairy Cattle
Wednesday, January 20
Market stronger than last
week. This represents a decrease of
nine per cent from a year ago.
One load Canadian and Frank
lin County cows, fresh, 425 620
One load New York State
cows, fresh, 310-465; springers,
370-510.
Chester County herd disper
sal, 67 head, giades, fresh, 440-
600; springers, 525-675, cows
due to freshen March and April, Hog Imports Still Rising
475-810; cows due to freshen
June, July and August, 450 650, Ho § wnpoits continue their
all stages of production, 290- ll Phend The No\ember total,
400 at 4,235 head, was more than
double that of a year ago
Locally consigned cows, most
ly tiesh, 270 490
Heifers, 225 275,
Bulls, 270-365
Roaches
Fleas - Ticks
Rats or Mice
J. C. Ehrlich Co. f Inc.
1278 Loop Rd., Lane.
PHONE 397-3721
Large
35
34
32
31
32
33
33
41
40
36 y 2
41 41 41 39
New Holland
Horse Auction
Slaughter Sheep Down
Sheep and lambs on feed for
the slaughter market in 26
states numbered 2,623.000 head
on January 1, according to the
United States Department of
Agriculture’s Crop Reporting
Board.
Sheep and lambs in the North
Central states totaled 1,089,000
head, down 12 per cent; those in
11 Western states totaled 1,217,-
000 head, down five per cent
fiom last year.
It bungs the number import
ed duung the Januaiy-toNo
vembei penod to 64,409 head,
five and one-halt times that of
the fust 11 months of 1969 All
weie fiom Canada
Classified
Medium
31 31
31 31
29 29
28 28
28Vz 28Va
30 y 2 30%
30 30
Small
25 V 2 25 Va
18 19
18 19
18 19
19 J /a 19 ! / 2
25 Va 27
22 Va 23
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Monday, January 18
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