4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8, 1972
Poultry Market Reports
Fogelsville
Wednesday, July 5
(Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except where
noted)
Hens, heavy type 12-24, mostly
12-14, Pullets 2312-29, mostly
23‘2-26, Roasters 25-27; Turkeys-
Hens 34-3512; Rabbits 36-48;
Guineas 1.05-1121-2, Pigeons (per
pr ) 112 1 2-5 05
Totals coops sold 115.
Auction every Tuesday.
Poultry received Monday 7 P.M.
to 10 30 P M , Tuesday 7 A.M. to
12 Noon Sale at 11:30 A M
Delmarvti
Broilers
Wednesday. July 5
Ready-to-cook movement
generally good as buyers fill-in
following holiday and begin to
prepare for weekend needs
Slaughter schedules continue
heavy though occasional plants
indicate help not as good as
Monday Less than trucklot
prices held unchanged on both
plant and I 1 S Grade A Live
supplies remain ample though
weights mostly within desirable
ranges Undertone fair Pool
trucklot prices for Thursday
arrival U S Grade A 32-35 M 32-
32*2 Plant Grade 31-33 M 31-31V 2
Eastern Pa. and NJ.
Hens
W ednesday, July 5
Prices on light type hens un
changed Demand good for a
limited offering as most
processing plants short of needs
Demand fair for adequate heavy
type hens. Light type hens 5 - 8 M
7% - 8 in Pa , M 7-8 No. in N. J
Heavy type hens • 13-13V2
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up,..costs
down... Is the profit key in poultry
operations. And more and more
records on commercial flocks of
Babcock B-300's...“The Busi
nessman’s Blrd”.,.showsus
tained production of top quality
eggs...often with an additional
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed
over other strains Come in...
look at the records and the B-300
.. .‘‘The Businessman’s Bird".
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC.
Telephone (717) 626-8561)
Weekly New York Egg Market
(From Monday, July 3rd to Friday, July 7th)
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 37% S 37% 38 39
Large 34 ® 34 34Vfe 35
Mediums 28% g 28% 28% 29
Pullets 21 > 21 21 22
Peewees 14 14 14 15
BROWN
Fey. Large
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Standards
Checks
Long Tone - Movement continues good in most areas. Mediums
still irregularly supplied, other grades generally in full balance.
Grain
Local
Thursday, July 6
These prices are made up of
the average prices quoted by six
participating local feed and grain
concerns It should be noted,
however, that not every dealer
handles each commodity All
prices are per bushel, except for
ear corn which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, July 6, 1972,
are as follows:
Bid+
40
1 39
68
1.00
96
Ear Corn
Shelled Corn
Oats (local)
Oats (western)
Barley
Wheat
142
-i-Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer
delivered to the mill Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for at
his mill.
Omaha
Thursday, July 6
Compared with the previous
week’s close spring slaughter
lambs mostly 50c higher on
holiday shortened supply.
Slaughter ewes strong to 25c
higher. Demand fairly good and
trading generally moderately
active. Supplies mainly Choice
and Prime shorn slaughter lambs
with near 15 per cent of run
slaughter ewes salable receipts
1,000, week ago 1,740 compared
with 2,415 a year ago.
Spring slaughter lambs: Bulk
Choice and Prime 87-109 pounds
33.00-34 00 Mixed Good and
Choice 85-110 pounds 32 00-33.00.
Slaughter Ewes Cull, Utility
and Good 5.00-7.00, a few utility
7.25.
For most there’s a honey
moon after the wedding—for
a few, onlj the realization
that thev’ve been stung
LANCASTER
FARMING
Lancaster County’s
Own Farm Weekly
P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E. Main St, Lititz, Pa
17543
Record-Express Office Bldg
Phone Lancaster 717-394-3047 or
Lititz 717-626-2191
Richard E Wanner, Editor
Subscription price $2 per year in
Lancaster County $3 elsewhere
Estahshed November 4, 1955
Published every Saturday
by Lancaster Farming,
Lititz, Pa
Second Class Postage paid
at Lititz, Pa 17543
Members of Newspaper Farm
Editors Assn, Pa Newspaper
Publishers Association, and
National Newspaper Association
34 35
29 29% 30%
16 16 16
New York Eggs
Prices generally unchanged
Local demand spotty and
unaggressive with fair inquiry
for jumbos, extra large and
smalls. Floor stocks ample on
large, fully adequate on
mediums, adequate on extra
large and smalls clearing
through export channels. Of
ferings of mediums ample from
Southeast, lighter from nearby
areas as resort business picks up.
Carton demand moderate but
uneven due to holiday week
delivery schedules.
Offered+
46
1 56
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1.13
1.18
1.64
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Wednesday, July 5
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Red Meat Output Well Above
Year Ago
U.S. red meat output up during
May, but the Jan. - May total is
still below that of year earlier,
USDA reported last week.
Though both pork and veal
Oklahoma City
Thursday, July 6
Estimated Receipts 6,000 Same
Day Last Week 12,348 Same Day
Last Year 8,817.
Active, feeder cattle and calves
50c to 1.00 higher compared to
late last week with demand broad
for all weights and grades.
Majority receipts Good and
Choice 450-800 pound steers and
400-650 pound heifers. Fairly
large attendance buyers.
Sales as of 12:30 PM
Feeder Steers; Small lot and
part load Choice 364-361 pound
54.00-60.00; Choice and few Prime
400-500 46.25-51.50, two loads 426-
432 53.00-55.00; 500-600 4.75-50.00,
load 504 at 51.50; 600-700 42.75-
45.00 ; 700-800 largely 40.00-43.45,
small lot fleshy 743 at 39.10; 800-
925 39.00-42.50; Mixed Good and
Choice 375-500 43.25-46.50 ; 500-700
40 25-44.75; 700-967 37.75-40.00;
Good 425-600 38.50-42.00; 600-900
37.25-39.75; Standard to mostly
Good 600-976 Holstein Steers
33.90-36.50.
Feeder Heifers: Few small lots
Choice 334-384 pound 43.50-46.50
and load Choice and Prime 350
49.00; small lot 155 67.00: Choice
and few Prime 400-500 pound
41.25-44.25, short load 401 46.60;
500-600 38.25-41.00; Two Small lots
623-633 37.00-38.30; Mixed Good
and Choice 300-500 47.7541.50;
500-776 34.50-38.50; Good 350-425
35.75-38.00.
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During May
production was below year ago
levels during May, sharply
higher beef and lamb and mutton
production boosted the over - all
total to 3,174 million (3 billion, 174
million) lbs., up 5 pet. from a
year ago.
Veal output, at 35 million lbs.,
was down 17 per cent from the
May 1971 total; pork production,
at 1,159 million (1 billion, 159
million) lbs., was 2 per cent less
than a year earlier.
But, beef output hit 1,936
million (1 billion, 936 million)
lbs., 10 per cent above a year
earlier; and lamb and mutton
production, at 44 million lbs., was
up 7 per cent from a year ago.
May totals brought red meat
production for the first 5 months
to 15,233 million (15 billion, 233
million) lbs., down 1 per cent
from a year earlier. With beef
output, at 9,019 million (9 billion,
19 million) lbs., up 2 per cent
from a year earlier; veal, at 186
million, down 15 per cent; pork,
at 5,798 million (5 billion, 798
million) lbs , down 6 per cent;
and lamb and mutton, at 230
million lbs., down 3 per cent from
year earlier totals. (Livestock
Slaughter)
Calendar
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Riverview Elementary
School, Marietta.
Friday, July 14
Pennsylvania Young Farmers
Association Summer Con
ference and Annual Picnic,
July 14-15, Kutztown, Pa.
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