4—Lancaster Farming. Saturda
Fogelsville
Sept. 11,1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Light type hens 12-20-mostly 14-
18; Heavy type hens 18-42, mostly
30-35; Pullets 45-50, mostly 47-49;
Roasters 26>4-50, mostly 46-48;
Ducks 21-55, mostly 40-46; Drakes
19-50, mostly 47-50; Turkeys-Hens
53-55; Rabbits 26-62, mostly 50-55;
Pigeons (per pr.) 1.00-3.50.
Total coops sold 554.
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.
Eastern Pa. and N. i.
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Live Poultry
Prices unchanged to lower on
light type hens. Demand fairly
good for increased offerings.
Offerings of heavy type hens
adequate for a fair call.
Prices paid at farm; Light type
hens 18-23 V 2, mostly 23-23y 2 in
Pa., mostly 22-23% in N.J. Heavy
type hens TFEWR.
Delmorva
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Broiler-Fryer Market
Ready to cook movement fairly
good though often slightly less
aggressive than expected in some
quarters. Slaughter schedules
increased in an effort to fill late
week needs. Less than trucklot
prices held unchanged on both
plant and US Grade A. Early
advance trading in some quar
ters noted at unchanged levels
with this week’s levels. Live
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-300’5... ,, 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...
- look at the records and the B-300
...“The Businessman’s Bird".
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC
Telephone (717)626-8257
Telephone (717) 626-8561
September 15. 1973
Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 74 74 74 74 _ 74
Large 71 71 71 71 71
Mediums 63 63 63 63 63
Pullets 53 53 53 53 53
Peewees 38 38 38 38 38
BROWN
Fey. Large 73
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade Large 65
Checks
Long Tone —Table eggs usually steady. Breaking stock easy
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, September 11
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores;
MASS 4-
Mostly
NEWHAMP
Mostly
R.I.
Mostly
VERMONT
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
Placements of broiler chicks in
the Commonwealth during the
week ending September 8, 1973
were 1,210,000. The placements
were 5 percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier, and 9 percent below the
previous week. Average
placements during the past 10
weeks were 11 percent above a
year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
supplies fully adequate to ample
with weights increasing in in
stances. Undertone steady.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival US Grade A 53-
59, mostly 53-54; Plant Grade
51V2-56, mostly 52-53.
From Monday, Sept. 10th to Friday, Sept. 14th
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
Unquoted
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
80- 78-84 68-74 50-56
81- 79-82 69-72 51-54
79-86 77-84 67-74 49-56
81-82 79-80 69-70 51-52
83-84 81-82 71-72 53-54
87-90 80-88 77-85 TOO FEW
8587
-{-Includes Central & Western Sections Only.
Pa. Broiler Up 5 pet.
We you
Slfifi
73 73 73 73
65 65 64 64
53 52 52 50
83-85 73-75
1,970,000 - approximately the
same as the previous week and 11
percent above the comparable
period a year earlier. The current
3-week total of eggs is 11 percent
above the same period a year
ago.
Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 18,000 compared with
19,000 a year ago. Outshipments
averaged 299,000 during the past
10 weeks, 13 percent above a year
earlier.
Settings were 64,863,000 - 2
percent below the previous week
and 1 percent above a year
earlier. The current 3-week total
of eggs set is 3 percent above the
comparable period a year ago.
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Fri,
Prices unchanged. Cartoning
demand fair to good on mediums.
Stocks of extra large well
cleared; Large in balance with
needs; Mediums barely adequate
to short. Undertone steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivered:
store door A Extra Large 76-77%;
A Large 75-76%; A Medium 66-
67%.
Market steady at unchanged
values. Retail movement fair to
good. Supplies of jumbos and
extra large and smalls short
while large and mediums
adequate.
Cartoned Eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min. one
case sale) white Grade A Large
76-84, mostly 77-79; Grade A
Medium 69-76, mostly 70.
55-57
Egg Market
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Philadelphia Eggs,
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Baltimore Eggs
Green Dragon Hay
Friday, September 7
11 loads hay, including: Mixed
hay, few 38.00 - 45.50, one load at
75.00; one load Clover 66.00;
couple loads Reed Canary Grass
hay 35.00 and 44.00.
One load straw 35.00.
18 loads corn 68.00 - 86.00, few
loads 39.00 - 59.00.
Lancaster Farming
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
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year in Lancaster County: $3
elsewhere
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Published every Saturday by
Lancaster Farming,
Lititz, Pa.
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