—Lancaster Farming, Saturda:
4
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, Oct. 29th to Friday, Nov. 2
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 65
Large 62
Mediums 58
Pullets 51
Peewees 39
BROWN
Fey. Large
Medums
Pullets
Peewees
Off Grade Large 58
Checks 40
Long Tone Full Steady
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, October 30
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores:
MASS+
Mostly
NEWHAMP
Mostly
R.I.
Mostly
VERMONT
Mostly
+lncludes Central & Western Sections Only
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, November 1
Compared with last weeks
close slaughter steers weak to 25c
lower, instances 50c lower,
mainly on 1200-1350 pounds yield
grade 4. Heifers closed weak to
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up...costa
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”...showsus
talned 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
November 3. 1973
Poultry Market Reports
65 65 65 65
62 62 62 62
58 58 58 58
51 51 51 51
39 39 39 39
65 65 65 65
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
58 58 58 58
40 40 40 40
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
69- 66-73 63-70 50-56
70- 67-69 64-66 51-54
68-75 65-72 62-69 49-56
70-71 67-68 64-65 51-52
72-73 69-70 66-67 -53-54
67-80 66-67 TOO FEW
70-83
50c lower. Cows 1.00-1.50 lower.
Bulls fully steady. Modest feeder
supply weak to 50c lower.
Four day receipts 18,800 as
compared 18,400 previous week
and 14,400 a year ago. Slaughter
steers approximately 37 percent,
heifers 37 percent, cows 10
percent, and feeders 12 percent,
exclusive of consignments for
Friday auction. Fed cattle trade
again characterized by generally
good demand and price down
turns minimized even on liberal
Monday supply when carcass
trade was a slow affair. Canadian
buyers competed aggressively
for high-Good to average Choice
950-1125 pound yield grade 2-3
steers and feeder buyers afforded
active competition for partly
fattened 950-1050 pound steers
suitable for a short turn in
feedlot. Weight and yield grade
prevailed as the primary price
determining factors as outlet for
well finished 1250-1350 pound
steers was erratic and prices
quite uneven. Liberal percentage
Choice steers and heifers with
moderate volume high-Choice
and Prime and many of steers in
the much desired 950-1150 pound
weight range
STEERS: Two loads Choice
and Prime 1037 pounds yield
grade 3 43.00, moderate volume
same grade 1042-1150 3-4 41.50-
42 50, load 1223 pounds 4100.
Choice 950-1125 2-3 41.00-42 50,
Choice 1125-1312 3-4 39.50-41 50,
two loads 1222 pounds 2-3 42.00
and several loads 1275-1366 4
Aerial Ladder Equipped
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OR WRITE
HENRY K. FISHER
2322 Old Phila. Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17602
Fogelsville
October 30,1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Hens, Heavy type 14-31, mostly
18-24; Pullets 30-47, mostly 39-44;
Roasters 2845, mostly 3540;
Ducks 2447, mostly 4547; Drakes
24-62, mostly 60-62; Geese 49-
55%; Rabbits 55-70, mostly 60-65;
Guineas 81-1.00; Pigeons (per
pr.) 50-2.50;
Total coops sold 385.
Fri,
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 Pogelsville
Exit. North on stoplight in
Fogelsville, Turn left, proceed 1
mile
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Live Poultry
Prices lower on light type hens.
Demand fair but unaggressive
for ample offerings to keep plants
operating near capacity. In
creased offerings of heavy type
hens reported clearing to canner
processors.
Prices paid at farm: Light type
hens 12-16%, mostly 16-16% in
Pa., mostly 15-16 ifi N. J. Heavy
type hens TFEWR.
38.00-39.25. Mixed Good and
Choice 950-1225 40.00-41.25, oc
casionally 41.50 on 1000-1050
pounds. Good 38.50-40.00. Stan
dard and low-Good 37.50-38.50.
Average cost slaughter steers
first three days 40.87 average
weight 1120 pounds as compared
41.46 and 1103 pounds previous
week and 34.06 and 1122 pounds a
year ago.
HEIFERS: Load Choice 983
pounds 2-3 41.00 early, two loads
high-Choice and Prime 970 3-4
40.75. Numerous loads Choice and
Prime 896-1092 2-4 40.00-40.50.
Choice 825-1075 2-4 closed 39.00-
40.00. Mixed Good and Choice 800-,
1000 38.00-39.00. Good 35 50-38.00
Small lots Standard and Good
34.50-35.50.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
30.50- Canner and Cutter
27.50- mixed Cutter and low-
Utility 30.75-31.25. Shelly Canner
25.50-
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1400-
1800 pounds 38.00-42.00 Several
yield grade 1 43.00-44.00.
FEEDERS; Demand generally
good for modest supply,
moderately active, weak to 50c
lower, mainly high-Good and
Choice fleshy two-way steers.
Outshipments approximately
2100 head from regular market
trading as compared 2800
previous week.
STEERS: Load Choice 502
pounds 57.00 and load 991 pounds
42.50, Several loads Choice and
Prime 950-1000 42.00-42.50. High-
Good and Choice 907-1022 41.00-
42.25. Few loads Good 38,50-41.00
weighing 868-1129 pound.
Egg Market
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Philadelphia Eggs
Prices steady. Cartoning
demand fair. Offerings of all
sizes in fairly good balance.
Undertone fully steady to firm.
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. 31
Baltimore Eggs
Market about steady. Carton
orders were irregular, slower in
instances, but fairly good where
featured. Supplies are adequate.
Cartoned Eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min one
case sale) White Grade A Large
69-75, mostly 69-71; White Grade
A Medium 65-71, mostly 65-68.
Oelmarvo
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Broiler-Fryer Market
Ready to cook movement
continues fairly good on whole
chickens, however often light and
disappointing on parts, especially
legs. Slaughter schedules remain
heavy in all quarters. Less than
trucklot prices held unchanged
on both plant and US Grade A.
Advance interest slow in
developing as buyers and shelters
await further market develop
ments. Live supplies continue
burdensome at weights well
above normal. Undertone un
settled.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival US Grade A 38-
45, mostly 39; Plant Grade 37-43,
mostly 38.
Market
Addition
Gradeable nest run (GNR; egg
prices, computed by Egg
Clearinghouse, Inc., Durham,
N.H., appear for the first time
this week in Lancaster Farming.
The prices reflect actual trading
prices on Egg Clearinghouse, a
nationwide trading center for
producers, packers and
marketers.
Pa. Broiler
Placements
Up 45 pet.
Placements of broiler chicks in
the Commonwealth during the
week ending October 27, 1973
were 1,293,000. The placements
were 45 percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier, but 10 percent below the
previous week. Average
placements during the past 10
weeks were 15 percent above a
year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
2,082,000 - 3 percent above the
previous week and 24 percent
above the comparable period a
year earlier. The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 22 percent
above the same period a year
ago..
Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 26,000 compared with
13,000 a year ago..
Outshipments averaged 280,000
during the past 10 weeks, 23
percent above a year earlier.
Placements in the 21 States
were 48,912,000 -12 percent below
<the previous week but 4 percent
above the same week a year
earlier. Average placements
during the past 10 weeks were 2
percent above a year ago.
Settings were 71,918,000 - 6
percent above the previous week
and 1 percent above a year
earlier. The current 3-week total
of eggs set is 2 percent below the
comparable period a year ago.
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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