—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 13. 197:
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Egg Market
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Philadelphia Eggs
Prices inchanged. Demand
mixed ranging only fair to oc
casionally good where features
involved. Offerings irregularly
distributed but adequate overall.
Undertone steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivered:
Store Door A Extra Large 71-
72%; A Large 70-71%; A Medium
63%-65
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Baltimore Eggs
Market unsettled. Demand
only fair. Supplies plentiful on all
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 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
these additional benefits.
:orn and other grains have higher feeding value.
gain for beef and hogs,
and egg production.
- Eliminates hauling to mill and back again to farm.
- Feed your own grown beans and grain (not exchanged with others).
- Roasted beans and grain is cooled, ready for storage.
- Roasted beans and grain can be stored for months without losing any feeding value
DALE L. SCHNUPP
R.D.2, Lebanon, Pa. 17042
Poultry Market Reports
sizes. Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded, minimum
one case sale A Large 73-80,
mostly 73-76; A Medium 69-74,
mostly 69-71.
Eastern Pa. and N. i.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Live Poultry
Prices lower on light type hens.
Offerings fully adequate for a
pair demand. Slaughter plants
operating full time with heavy
broilers often being killed. Of
ferings of heavy type hens fully
adequate for a light demand.
Prices paid at farm: Light type
hens 15-19%, mostly 19-19% in
Pa., mostly 18-19 in N.J. Heavy
type hens TFEWR.
October 9,1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Hens, light type 12-20; Hens,
heavy type 16-32, mostly 20-26;
Pullets 45-51, mostly 45-48;
Roasters 44-50; Ducks 41-56,
mostly 44-47; Drakes 41-52,
mostly 48-52; Geese 55%; Rabbits
40-61, mostly 50-60; Guineas 80-
1.01; Pigeons (per pr.) 80-2.55,
mostly 80-1.00;
Total coops sold 421.
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.
Oklahoma City
Thursday, October 11
Estimated Receipts 7,000
Same Day Last Week 6,551
Same Day Last Year 14,887
Fairly active, feeder cattle and
calves generally steady;
majority receipts Good and
Choice 350-800 pound steers and
300-650 pound heifers; fairly
large attendance buyers; salable
receipts curtailed due to over
night rains in the marketing
area.
FEEDER STEERS: Two part
loads Choice 372-373 pound 68.00;
Choice 400-500 61.75-68.25; 500-600
56.50-60.50; 600-700 53.25-57.50,
load 599 pound at 60.00; 700-800
52.00- 800-916 47.25-52.80;
mixed Good and Choice 300-500
57.00- 500-700 50.00-56.75;
700-866 45.00-50.25; Good 300-500
50.25-58.75; 500-615 49.50-52.00;
700-783 45.20-46.75.
HOLSTEIN STEER: Small lot
Good 490 pound 51.75; Good 700-
842 42.00-44.80.
/a,
"ON THE FARM" ROdStillg *
HP"
For peak feeding value, have your soybeans, corn and
other grains roasted by a
’ortable mxmn
For More Information Contact
Fogelsville
Rota*pulse grain roaster
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Tuesday, Oct. 9th to Friday, Oct. 12th
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Fey. Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Off Grade Large
Checks
Long Tone Small sizes firm, large unsettled,
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, October 9
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores:
MASS+
Mostly
NEWHAMP
Mostly
R. I.
Mostly
VERMONT
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
-l-Includes Central & Western Sections Only
FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice
300-400 54.75-57.30; 400-500 52.00-
56.10; 500-600 48.75-52.80; 600-700
47.75-48.50; mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 46.25-53.75; 500-700
44.25-47.75 ; 700-755 fleshy 41.50-
45.50; Good 300-500 44.75-49.75;
500-650 41.50-44.25.
FOR THE WEEK; Feeder
steers over 600 pound generally
steady compared to late last
week; feeder steers under 600
pound, feeder heifers and all
calves 1.50-3.00 lower, some
calves 5.00 lower. Liberal supply
slaughter cows under extreme
pressure and 4.00-4.50 lower;
slaughter bulls 50 cents to 1.00
lower. Salable receipts near
22,300 head compared to 12,884
last week and 22,608 head the
comparable period a year ago.
Cows 14 percent cattle receipts;
feeders 87 percent of total.
Phone 717-865-2534
71
66
61%
47
36
0 t
68 68 68
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
60 60 60
45 45 45
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
70- 68-74 67-74 47-53'
71- 69-72 68-71 48-51
70-77 68-75 67-74 47-54
72- 70-71 69-70 49-50
76-77 72-73 69-70 47-48
82-85 79-83 <4-78 TOO FEW
76-78 74-76 73-75
Ready to cook movement fairly
good though general lack of
current sale activity slowing total
movement. Slaughter schedules'
curtailed slightly in some
quarters. Less than trucklot
prices held unchanged on both
plant and US Grade A. Oc
casional advance sales noted i
cent higher than this week’s
levels. Live supplies ample with
weights often heavier than
desired. Undertone steady.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival US Grade A 45-
46 mostly 45; Plant Grade 44-46
mostly 44
71
66
61%
49
37
71
66
61%
49
37
53-55
Delmarva
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Broiler-Fryer Market
■ Peoria Cattle
Thursday, October 11-
Cattle Receipts This Week;
, 5100
Last Week: 4100
Year Ago: 4000
Compared with last weeks
close, slaughter steersunder 1150
pounds 50-1.00 lower, with
heavier weights 2.00-3.00 lower,
most decline on yield grade-3-5.
Slaughter heifers closed mostly
50c lower. Cows 2.00-4.00 lower.
Bulls scarce not enough for a
Comparison. Local receipts
largely Choice 950-1100 pound
slaughter steers, and Choice 800-
900 pounds. Slaughter heifers.
Frl,
69
65
62%
51
39
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Three
loads Choice and Prime 1275-1310
pounds yield grade 3-5 37.00-
39.00; Choice 900-1150 2-4 42.00-
~ 43.50; Couple'loads Choice 900-
.1000 2-3 44.00; four loads Choice
1300 pounds 3-5 37;00-4Q,00; mixed
Good and Choice 900-1200 41:00-
42.50; Good 40.00-41.00. '
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 800-1000 pounds yield
grade 2-4 41.50-42.06; three loads
Choice 950-1000 3-5,40.00-41.25;
mixed Good and Choice 750-950
pounds 40.50-41.000; good 38.50-
41.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
30.00- high-dressing Utility
35.00- Cutter 28.00-32.00;
Canner 25.00-28.00.
BULLS: Few yield grade 1-2
1100-1500 pounds 37.00-41.00.
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
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