—Lancaster Farming. Saturda
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Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
From Monday, March 25
to Friday, March 29
Tue>. Wed.
Mon.
WHITE
Fey. Ex.
Lge. 61 61 61 61 61
Urge 60 60 60 60 60
Mediums 55 53 53 52 52
Pullets 36 36 36 36 36
Peewees 26 26 26 26 26
BROWN
Fey. Lge. 60
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Lge. 54 54 54 54 54
Checks 39 36 38 37 36
Long Tone Mediums Weak, Balance Mixed.
Copyright 1974 Umer Barry Publications
NEST RUN EGGS
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;
New Weight
Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday
Extra Large 51 lbs. 0 0
Class 1 - Large 48 lbs. 53 53
Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. <6 48
Class 4 - Small 39 lbs. 31 33
Breaking Stock 48 lbs. W 44
Checks 48 lbs. 40 41
Rabbits 37M>-92, mostly 75-
I Ugclovmc 85; Guineas 94-1.20; Pigeons
March 26,1974 (per pr.) 1.31-4.45;
(Prices paid dock weights Total coops sold 384.
cents per lb.) Poultry received Monday 7
Hens, light type 6-12; p.m.to 10:30p.m. Tuesday?
Hens, heavy type 15-30, a.m. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30
mostly 20-28; Pullets a.m.
mostly 39-40; Roasters 26-40; Directions Take Rt. 22
mostly 37-39; Capons 55-58; thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
Ducks 55-57; Drakes 40-57; exit. North on stoplight in
Turkeys - Toms 15-32; Fogelsville, turn left,
Turkeys - Hens 45-52; proceed 1 mile.
March is
The Time To:
TOP DRESS SMALL GRAIN
• Liquid Nitrogen - Applied by
Skilled Custom Applicators 50
lbs. Act. N.
TOP DRESS PASTURES
• Liquid Nitrogen
or
• Complete Dry Mixes
BROADCAST
• Corn Fertilizer for early plowing
BROADCAST -
P & K for Corn
• Where Anhydrous or Liquid
Nitrogen is to be used
A complete line of products and Services is
Available from Organic to give you a Program for
Profit for 74.
rl f bulk blends 1 ORGANIC
ri m,mmi plant
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2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, Pa, Ph. 397-5152
Mar. 30. 1974
Thurs.
60 60 60 60
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, March 27
Prices steady on larger
sizes; unchanged to lower on
mediums. Cartoning
demand light. Offerings
ample to ccasionally bur
densome, especially on
smaller sizes. Undertone
cautious.
Fri.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
Delivered: Store Door, A
Extra Large 65-67%; A
Large 64-66%; A Medium 55-
60.
Pa. Broiler
Placements
Rise 3 pet.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the Commonwealth
during the week ending
March 23, 1974 were
1,387,000. The placements
were 3 percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier, and 25 percent above
the previous week. Average
placements during the past
10 weeks were 4 percent
above a year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks
were 1,763,000 - 12 percent
below the previous week and
7 percent below the com
parable period a year
earlier. The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 7 percent
below the same period a year
ago.
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Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Wednesday, March 27
Prices mostly 1 cent lower
on light type hens. Demand
light for barely adequate
supplies as plants generally
operating only part time.
Advance bookings in April
generally heavy. Offerings
of heavy type hens adequate
for a limited call.
Prices paid at farm: light
type hens 5-7, mostly 6-7 in
Pa.; Mostly 5-7 in NJ.
Wednesday, March 27
Baltimore eggs: Prices
mostly 2 cents lower for
mediums. Supplies are
ample on all sizes. Demand
ranged slow to only fair.
Cartoned eggs; Prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 67-73,
mostly 67-69
Grade A Medium 61-68,
mostly 61-63,
Inshipments of broiler
type chicks during the past
10 weeks averaged 3,000
compared with 2,000 a year
ago. Outshipments averaged
209,000 during the past 10
weeks, 16 percent below a
year earlier.
Settings were 77,332,000 -1
percent above the previous
week and 1 percent below a
year earlier. The current 3-
week total of eggs set is 1
percent below the com
parable period a year ago.
THE ALTERNATING PULSATION
WHICH GIVES YOU 40% ON FRONT
QUARTERS AND 60% ON REAR
QUARTERS WHICH CAUSES
EQUALIZED MILKING ON ALL FOUR
QUARTERS
SHINK'S FARM SERVICE
7 Day Week, 24 Hour Service
Baltimore
Eggs
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SALES, PARTS & SERVICE
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, March 26,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
MASS+ 62-73 61-70 56-58 32-46
Mostly 63-65 62-64 57-59 33-35
NEWHAMP 61-68 60-67 55-62 31-38
Mostly 63-64 62-63 57-58 33-34
R.I. 66-67 65-68 61-62 35-36
Mostly
VERMONT 63-73 62-72 57-70 TOO FEW
Mostly
63-65 62-64 57-59
MAINE
Mostly
+lnclude* Central & Western Sections Only.
nolmon/a developing as buyers and
UKS III Id IVd sellers await further market
Broiler-Fryer Market developments. Live supplies
Wednesday, March 27 short of full needs. Un-
Ready to cook movement dertone steady,
generally light and Negotiated trucklot prices
unaggressive. Slaughter 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
schedules sharply reduced in fryers for delivery this next
line with expected needs, week:
Less than trucklot prices Pool trucklot prices for
held unchanged on both Thursday arrival: US Grade
Plant and US Grade A. A 37-42 Mostly 37; Plant
Advance interest slow in Grade 36-40 Mostly 36.
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