4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27. 1973
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Tuesday. Oct. 23rd to Friday, Oct. 26th
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Fey. Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Off Grade Large
Checks
Long Tone About Steady
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, October 23
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
-(-Includes Central & Western Sections Only.
Oklahoma City
Thursday, October 25
Estimated Receipts 10,300
Same Day Last Week 10,478
Same Day Last Year 9,300
Trading active, feeder cattle
and calves 50 cents to 1.00 higher
with feeder steers over 600 pound
1.00- demand fairly broad for
all weights and grades however
most interests centering on thin
fleshed offerings; majority
receipts Good and Choice 350-750
pound steers and 350-650 pound
heifers; fairly large attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Choice,
few Prime 300-375 pound 63.50-
69.00; 400-500 60.00-66.25; 500-600
55.00- 600-700 52.25-55.00;
700-800 49.50-52.80, two loads and
part load 716.744 53.40-54.00; 800-
939 49.80-51.25; Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 56.50-61.75; 500-700
50.00- 700-850 44.50-48.00;
Good 300-500 49.75-57.50; 500-856
44.75-51.50.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Small
lot Good 571 pound 44.25; Good
700-945 39.40-42.00.
For The Week: Feeder cattle
under 600 pound recovered part
of the early losses on the close
with late sales 50 cents to 1.00
lower compared to late last
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Office- 22 E. Mam St, Lititz,
Pa 17543
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Poultry Market Reports
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59 58 58 58
42 41 40 40
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
71- 69-74 68-72 46-53
72- 70-72 69-71
70-77 68-75 66-73
72-73 70-71 68-69
74-75 72-73 71-72
72-87 70-85 69-78 TOO FEW
72-74 70-72 69-71
Peoria Came
Thursday, October 25
Receipts This Week 4800
Last Week 4800
Last Year 4900
Slaughter steers through
midweek strong to fully 50 higher
instances 1.00 higher. Heifers
steady to 25, instances 50 higher.
Cows 1.00 lower Bulls steady.
Trading activity on slaughter
steers uneven with broadest
outlets on under 1150 pounds yield
Grade 2-3 just making the Choice
grade. These type steers were a
small percentage of the run with
most load lots average Choice or
better yield grade 3-4, few 5
weighing over 1150 pounds. Cows
a smaller than usual segment of
the run after Monday.
STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 1170-1350 pounds mostly
yield grade 4 few 5 40.00-40.75;
some loads yield gr 4-5 1270-1400
lbs 35 00-40 00, few 1400-1600 32.50-
35.00. Choice 975-1175 2-4
unevenly 40.50-42.75 mostly 41.00-
42.50; few small lots 950-1050 3
43.25-43.50. Choice 1175-1250 4
40 00-41.00.
HEIFERS: High Choice and
Prime 900-1025 pounds yield
grade 3-4 40.00-40.75, load 1075
pounds 4-5 38.00. Choice 800-1050
2-4 39.50-41.00, mostly 40.00-40.75.
Mixed Good and Choice 750-1000
lbs 38.50- 39.50. Good 700-900
35.00-
COWS- Utility late 31.00-34.00.
Few Commercial 29.00-33.00.
Cutter 28.00-32.00. Few Canner
25.00-
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1100-
1500 pounds 38.00-42.00 few yield
grade 1 1900-1970 45.0(H5.25.
week; feeder steers over 600
pound recovered all the loss and
late sales steady to strong, some
sales 50 cents higher on thin
fleshed offerings; slaughter cows
under extreme pressure
throughout the week and closed
1.50-2 50 lower, slaughter bulls
generally steady. Salable
receipts near 25,200 head com
pared to 24,969 last week and
15, 579 the comparable week last
year Cows 10 percent cattle
receipts; feeders 90 percent of
the total
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Live Poultry
Prices continued to trend lower
on light type hens. Demand fair
for fully adequate offerings.
Slaughter plants busy with heavy
broilers continuing to fill running
time. Offerings of heavy type
hens adequate for steady call.
Prices paid at farm: Light type
hens 14-18%, mostly 18 in Pa.,
mostly 17-18 in N. J. Heavy type
hens TFEWR
Fri.
Dehnorva
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Broiler-Fryer Market
Ready to cook movement
continues good as plants attempt
to fill prior commitments to
entensive feature activity.
Slaughter schedules heavy
though often curtailed due to
labor shortages. Less than
trucklot prices held unchanged
on both plant and US Grade A.
Live supplies burdensome at
much heavier than desired
weights at most plants. Un
dertone fully steady.
Pool trucklot prices for
47-54
49-50
53-54
51-53
Thursday arrival US Grade A 38-
44, mostly 39; Plant Grade 37-42,
mostly 38.
Egg Market
Wednesday. Oct. 24
Philadelphia Eggs
Prices lower on all sizes.
Cartoning ucuiand light to fair
where promotions involved.
Offerings ample on all sizes.
Undertone nervous and un
settled.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivered:
store door A Extra Large 67-68%;
A Large 66-67%; A Medium 60-
61%.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Baltimore Eggs
Market unsettled. Demand fair
but spotty. Supplies ample.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state grades (min. one
case sale)
White Grade A Large 72-78,
mostly 72-74; Grade A Medium
69M.-76, mostly 69%-71.
Fogelsville
October 23,1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Hens, light type 12-19; Hens,
heavy type 16-34, mostly 19-26;
Pullets 38-45; Roasters 12M--45,
mostly 40-45; Ducks 40-49 te;
Drakes 23-70, mpstly 60-70; Geese
49-53; Rabbits 45-86, mostly 60-70;
Guineas 1.00; Pigeons (per pr.)
1.14-2.50.
Total coops sold 452.
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.
Celebrate
Celebrate October’s Porkfest
with a Bavarian masterpiece a
platter of sliced boneless smoked
pork shoulder with sauerkraut,
potatoes and onions.
Editor’s Quote Book
"An idle man is a kind of
monster in the creation. All
nature is busy about him;
every animal he sees re
proaches him. 1 ’
Joseph Addison