—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17. 1973
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Poultry Market Reports
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Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham, N.H.
and reflect trading prices for gradeable nest run eggs (GNR) on ECI,
a nationwide trading center for producers, packers and marketers.
GNR eggs are classified by weight in 30-dozen cases, and traded in
lots of either 300 or 750 cases. Prices are FOB buyers dock, and are
computed Tuesday and Thursday of each week. This week’s prices
for each classification were:
Classification
Extra Large
Gass 1 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Gass 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, November 13
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores:
MASS+
Mostly
N.H.
Mostly
R.I.
Mostly
VERMONT 74-82 72-79 68-75 TFEWR
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
Eastern Pa. & NJ.
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Live Poultry
Prices on light type hens held
unchanged. Demand fair to good
for adequate offerings. In in
stances, cancellations noted
because of advancing egg prices.
Offerings of heavy type hens
adequate for a fairly good holiday
interest. Offerings of turkeys
adequate for a fairly good call.
Prices paid at farm: Light type
hens 12-161-2, mostly 15V2-16 in
PA, mostly 15-16 '/2 in N.J. Heavy
type hens TFEWR
Oklahoma City
Thursday, November 15
Estimated Receipts 8,700
Same Day Last Week 10,287
Same Day Last Year 11,123
Fairly active, feeder cattle and
Odiveti SttMuy to strong, some
sales on steers and heifers over
500 pound 50c higher; majority
receipts Good and Choice 325-750
pound steers and 300-650 pound
heifers: fairly large attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Choice,
few Prime 300-400 pound 62.00-
67 75; small lot 260 pound at
69 50; 400-500 58.75-63.75; part
load 425 pound at 66.50; 500-600
52 00-59 70 , 600-700 49.75-54.60;
700-800 47.75-50.90 ; 800-876 46.50-
49.80; mixed Good and Choice
Lancaster Farming
P O Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office. 22 E Mam St, Lititz,
Pa. 17543
Record-Express Office Bldg.
Phone Lancaster 717-394-3047
or Lititz 717-626-2191
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Nest Run Eggs
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
73- 71-74 67-71 54-58
74- 72-74 68-70 55-57
72-76 70-74 66-70 53-57
74-75 72-73 68-69 55-56
74-75 71-72 68-69 55-56
74-76 72-74 68-70
Ready to cook movement fair
though becoming less aggressive
as the holiday approaches.
Slaughter schedules about
steady. Less than trucklot prices
tending lower on both plant and
US Grade A. Live supplies fully
adequate though weights still in a
wide range from light to heavy.
Undertone weak and unsettled.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival US Grade A 34-
40, mostly 35; Plant Grade 33-38,
mostly 34.
300-500 52.50-57.50 ; 500-600 49.00-
51.00; Good 300-500 48.00-53.50;
500-650 41.00-47.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Good
568-700 pound 40.90-45.10; 737-894
38.70-41.80.
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few Prime 300-400 pound 48.50-
53.90, 400-500 47.50-52.80, in
cluding small lot 497 pound at
49.50; 500-625 43.50-48.70; mixed
Good and Choice 300-500 42.50-
46.50; 500-675 39.50-43.75; Good
300-450 40.25-41.00; 500-763 37.75-
40.00.
FOR THE WEEK; Feeder
cattle and calves 50c to 1.00
higher, some sales on steers and
heifers over 500 pound 1.50-2.00
higher; slaughter cows under
pressure after the opening
session and closed 75c .to 1.25
lower on beef cows and 1.00-2.00
lower on canner and cutter; Bulls
mostly 50c to 1.00 lower, ex
tremes 2.00 off. Salable receipts
near 23,900 head compared to
24,934 last week and 19,310 the
comparable week a year ago.
Cows comprised 12 percent of the
cattle receipts, feeders 89 percent
of the total.
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slept with a barrel of tar
water in his bedroom to
cure a cold
Try A Classified Ad l
Tuesday Thursday
55-57
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Wednesday, Nov. 14
Broiler-Fryer Market
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Egg Market
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Baltimore Eggs
Prices advanced 3-5 cents.
Demand fair to good. Supplies
adequate but in close balance to
needs.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min. one
case sale) white
Grade A Large 76-82, mostly 76-
78.
Grade A Medium 72-78, mostly
72-73.
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Philadelphia Eggs
Prices steady. Cartoning
demand fairly good on all sizes.
Offerings more readily available
in some quarters following recent
price advances. Undertone
steady to firm.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons.
Delivered Store Door
A Extra
Large 74 75%
A Large 73 74%
A Medium 67 68%
Fogelsville
November 13,1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Light type hens 10-17; Heavy
type hens 14-26; Pullets 22-39;
Roasters 28%-37, mostly 32-35;
Capons 23-62, mostly 37-55; Ducks
30%-71, mostly 55-65; Drakes 28-
76, mostly 67-74; Geese 30-59;
Turkeys - Toms 44-49; Turkeys -
Hens 48-57; Rabbits 50-1.03,
mostly 75-86; Guineas 43-90,
mostly 80-90; Pigeons (per pr.)
60-4.15, mostly, 1.12-1.25.
Total coops sold 770.
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 atFogelsville exit.
North on stoplight in Fogelsville,
turn left, proceed 1 mile.
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Egg Market
From Monday, November 12th to Friday. November 16th
Mon. Tucs. Wed. Thun. Frl,
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 71
Large 69
Mediums 65
Pullets 56
Peewees 42
BROWN
Fey. Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Off Grade Large 63 63 63 64 64
Checks 41 41 41 42 42
Long Tone Full steady to firm.
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
Pa. Broiler
Placements
Up 28 pet.
Placements of broiler chicks in
the Commonwealth during the
week ending November 10, 1973
were 1,295,000. The placements
were 28 percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier and 15 percent above the
previous week. Average
placements during the past 10
weeks were 15 percent above a
year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
1,971,000 - approximately the
same as the previous week and 21
percent above the comparable
period a year earlier. The current
3-week total of eggs set is 19
percent above the same period a
year ago.
Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 17,000 compared with
14,000 a year ago. Outshipments
averaged 282,000 during the past
10 weeks, 34 percent above a year
earlier.
Placements in the 21 States
were 54,945,000 -12 percent above
the previous week and about the
same as the comparable week a
year earlier. Average
placements during the past 10
weeks were 1 percent above a
year ago.
Settings were 72,936,000 - 3
percent above the previous week
and l percent above a year
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of eggs set is 1 percent above t
comparable period a year a|
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