Lancaster Farmin;
4
Delmarvo
Wednesday, July 18
Broiler-Fryer Market
Ready to cook movement
spotty ranging moderate to good
however full clearances effected.
Slaughter schedules about
steady. Less than trucklot prices
held unchanged on both plant and
US Grade A. Advance interest
taking a wait and see position
relative to release of phase 4
guidelines. Live supplies fully
adequate to ample. Undertone
firm.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival - US Grade A
49-51, mostly 51; Plant Grade 47-
50, mostly 50.
Fogelsville
July 17.1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb)
Hens, light type 11-17; Hens,
heavy type 14-27, mostly 20-25;
Pullets 39-45, mostly 40-44;
Roasters 38-40; Ducks 20-36V2,
mostly 36; Rabbits 16-58, mostly
40-45; Guineas 70-1.38 I /2; Pigeons
(per pr ) 50-5.08.
Total coops sold 359.
Poultry received Monday 7
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7 a.m.
to 12 Noon, Sale at 11:30 a.m.
Directions - Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
Exit. North on stoplight in
Fogelsville. Turn left, proceed 1
mile
Green Dragon Hay
Friday, July 13
18 loads hay including: few
loads Timothy 37.00-47.00; Mixed
hay 36.-00-50 00; 2 loads Clover
44.00-48.00.
4 loads straw 36.00-40.59
One load Corn at 70 00.
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up...cost*
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 Bird”...show sus
tained production of top quality
eggs...often with an additional
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed
over other strains. Come 1n...
lookatthe records and the B-300
...“The Businessman’s Bird”.
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC
Telephone (717)626-8257
Telephone (717) 626-8561
Saturday, July 21. 197:
Poultry Market Reports
Egg Market Weekly New York Egg Market
Prices held unchanged. Car
toning demand fairly good on all
sizes. Offerings of extra large
short of needs; large about
adequate to barely adequate;
Mediums irregularly distributed
but no more than adequate.
Undertone firm.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivers:
store door A Extra Large 64-69%;
A Large 63-68%; A Medium 56-
57%.
Market firm. Prices steady.
Supplies in close balance with
fairly good demand. Cartoned
eggs: Prices to retailers, state
graded (min one case sale) white
Grade A Large 66-73, mostly 66-
69, Grade A Medium 60-66,
mostly 60-62.
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, July 18
Live Poultry
Prices unchanged on light type
hens. Offerings continue
adequate for needs as slaughter
plants operate full schedules.
Offerings on heavy type hens
adequate to barely adequate for a
fair call.
Prices paid at farm: Light type
hens 12-15 V 2, mostly 15-15 Vz in
Pa., mostly 14-15 in N. J. Heavy
type hens TFEWR.
Thursday, July 19
- Estimated receipts 11,800
Same day last weekls,B9o
Same day last year 9,686
Active, compared to late last
| DrUllvl week, feeder cattle and calves 50
_ cents to 1.00 higher, some sales
Plfiroinoiitc lso hi s her > faM y iar s e at -
I IliwWlllwll *9 tendance buyers: majority
receipts high Good and Choice
V|||| 400-850 pound Steers and 400-650
VI |I JL Uvl • lb. Heifers.
I I Sales as of 12:30 P.M.
FEEDER STEERS: Choice
300-400 pound 70.50-77.25 : 400-500
63 25-71.00, load 430 at 71.00; 500-
600 57.90-65.00, several loads 511-
525 65.80-66.20, 600-700 54.00-59.00,
• Placements of broiler chicks in
the Commonwealth during the
week ending July 14, 1973 were
1,335,000. The placements were 2
percent below the corresponding
week a year earlier, but 14
percent above the previous week.
Average placements during the
past 10 weeks were 8 percent
above a year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
2.050.000 - 5 percent above the
previous week and 13 percent
above the comparable period a
year earlier The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 11 percent
above the same period a year
ago Inshipments cf broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 1,000 compared with
66.000 a year ago
Outshipments averaged 296,000
during the past 10 weeks, 13
percent above a year earlier.
Placements in the 21 States
were 53,524,000 - 2 percent below
the previous week and 7 percent
below the same week a year
earlier Average placements
during the past 10 weeks were 3
percent below a year ago.
Settings were 71,684,000 - 2
percent above the previous week
but 5 percent below a year
earlier. The current 3-week total
of eggs set if 7 percent below the
comparable period a year ago
Dairy Sale
New Holland Sales Stables, Inc
New Holland. Pa
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1973
To be sold at 1 P.M.
50 Head Purebred and
Grade Canadian Holstein
Wednesday, July 18
Philadelphia Eggs
Wednesday, July 18
Baltimore Eggs
From Monday, July 16th to Friday, July 20th
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 64 67 67 '2
Large 55%-60 63 63 °8
Mediums 50-53 54 54
Pullets 42 42 42 ®
Peewees 29 29 29 31
BROWN
Fey. Large 64
Mediums
Unquoted
Unquoted
Pullets
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade Large 55 55 ™ 60
Checks 40 41 41 43 43
Long Tone - Firm.
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
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New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, July 17
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores:
BROWN
MASS+
Mostly
NEWHAMP,
Mostly
VERMONT
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
+lncludes Central & Western Sections Only.
Oklahoma City
One out of every four acres of
farm crops raised in the United
States goes to another country
•more miik * mT
• MORE PROFIT
WITH
MADISON SILOS
Div Chromalloy American Corp
1070 Steinmetz Rd.
Ephrata, Penna 17522
Ph. 733-1206
LOCAL DEALERS
Frank Snyder
Akron
Caleb Wenger
Quarryville
Landis Bros Inc
Lancaster
CarlL Shirk
Lebanon
Sollenberger Farm Supply
Centerport, Pa.
Ph 215-926-7671
64 64 68
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
70-79 66-72 60-67 43-48
70- 66-70 60-65 44-47
71- 67-74 62-69 42-49
73- 71-72 62-67 46-47
74- 72-78 68-72
77-79 73-75 68-70 48-50
load 597 at 61.50 : 700-800 52.50-
55.60; 800-971 49.90-53.70: Mixed
Good and Choice 300-500 pounds
59.25- 500-700 5150-57.25:
700-914 49.00-51.80: Good 400-500
54.25-
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Good
675-699 pound 49.50-49.80- Good
845-998 43.00-45.20.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice
300-400 pounds 58.40-62.00: 400-500
53.00-61.00, part load 400 at 62.50:
500- 49.30-54.50, few-small lots
501- 56.90-58.00 : 600-700 47.50-
51.50: two small lots 709-767 45.60-
47.00: mixed Good and Choice
300-500 49.75-54.25 - 500-650 45.75-
48 00.
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Peoria Cattle
Thursday. July 19
Cattle weekly: Receipts this
week 2800, Last Week 4524.
Compared to last weeks close,
slaughter steers 75-1.75 higher.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 1.00-
1.50 higher. Cows 50-1.50 lower.
Bulls steady.
Receipts about 70 percent
steers, 15 percent heifers, and the
balance mostly cows. Steer
supply mostly average to high
Choice 1150-1200 pounds: Heifers
mostly choice.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 1150-1275
pounds 3-4, 50.00-50.25: one load
at latter price. Choice 950-1328 2-
4, 49.00-50.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 950-1300 47.00-49.00. Good
44.00- Including couple
loads and part load holsteins
43.50- Few Standard and
Good holsteins Monday 41.50-
42.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 950-1020
pounds 3-4, 48.00-48.50: One load
at latter price. Choice 800-975 2-4,
46.50- Mixed Good and
Choice 45.50-46.50. Good 42.00-
45.50.
COWS: Commercial 33.00-
35.00. Utility 34.00-36.00. Cutter
32.00- Canner 31.00-32.00.
Fri.
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s
Own Farm Weekly
P.O. 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
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elsewhere
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Published every Saturday by
Lancaster Farming,
Lititz, Pa.
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