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Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
From Monday, April 22 to Friday, April 26
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thun.
WHITE
Fey. Ex,
52 50
I-arge
Large 50 40
Mediums 43 42
Pullets 35 35
Peewees 25 25
BROWN
Fey. Lge. 55
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 46 45 45 45
Checks 30 29 29 29
Tone Barely Steady.
Copyright 1974 Urner 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:
Classification
Extra Large
Class 1 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Class 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
DID YOU KNOW?
COM
WAS FORMED BETWEEI
250 AND AOOMILI
YEARS AGO/ THE
PRODUCES MORE
THAN ANY OTHER v
AND WE HAVE THE
COAL RESERVES. Oi
SUPPLY OF COAL :
LAST ABOUT 400
IF W£ DON'T OVER
CONSUME 1
U S NAVY
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
Richard E. Wanner, Editor
Subscription price S 2 per year
Established November 4 1955
Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming
Lititz Pa
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa 17543
Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn , Pa
Newspaper Publishers Association, and National
Newspaper Association
iril 27. 1974
New Weight
Per Case Thursday Tuesday
51 lbs. 0 0
48 lbs. 40 42
42 lbs. 36 36
39 lbs. 31 31
48 lbs. 34 35
48 lbs. 30 31
*~NAW BUMPS
WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL INI
WORLD WAR H AGAINST SUB
MARINES IN THE ATLANTIC AND
MEDITERRANEAN ESCORTING
Some sg,ooo surface ships
WITHOUT THE LOSS OF ONE
VESSEL* IN 1953, A NAVY
BLIMP ''AKRON',' WHICH WAS
7 85' LONG, WAS DEMOLISHED
IN A VIOLENT STORM NEAR
NEW JERSEY, KILLING 73
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, April 24
Ready to cook movement
fair where sharp price
concessions involved; light
otherwise. Advance interest
good at 33 cents on plant
grade. Slaughter schedules
increased in an attempt to
maintain good field
positions. Less than trucklot
prices V 2 cents lower on
Fri.
Oklahoma
City
Thursday, April 25
Estimated Receipts 10,000
Same Day Last Week 11,136
Same Day Last Year 11,361
Moderately active, feeder
cattle and calves generally
steady with the weeks
decline with some additional
weakness noted on good
offerings under 600 pounds.
Majority receipts Good and
Choice 45WJ50 pound steers
and 400-700 pound heifers;
fairly large attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
Choice 300-180 pound 49.00-
52.50; 500-600 41.75-45.45,
mostiv 43.00-45.00; 600-700
41.75- 700-800 41.50-
43.00; 800-90040.00-4150. load
799 pound at 42.85; mixed
Good and Choice 350-5®
pound 42.50-46 Of; 500-700
40.25-42 00: 7DO-ESD 29.96-
41.00: Good 30C-5M noand
37.75- 75 , SM-785 27.0£-
39.25 Good 650-955 nrtsar
steers 35.01-36.81;
FEEDER *-*■ ' i ew
Choice 400-600 zoand 2S j#-
40.®; 50CC990 «0-
670 40.00-41.00. load 655
pound at 41.®: mixed Good
and Choice 350-5® pound
38.50-40.00 ; 500-700 36.25-
38.25; Good 340-5® pound
34.00-38.75 ; 500-675 34.00-
36.50.
For the week; Feeder
SITTING PRETTY is Lawrence Smith, 58, of North Wind
ham, Mass, an electrician, who 5 >ears ago, built his on n Hydro
electric power plant. Spending 4 to 5,000 dollars. Smith, con
structed a 15 ft. high dam across the outlet of Little Sebago Lake,
complete with power house and turbine that delivers 25 kilo
watts an hour: that is more than he uses in his all electric home
in the background. Running now for some 5 years, Smith says,
“when you have your own powerhouse, you tend to leave the
lights on”.
FARMERS AgCREOIT
9 Easl Main Street Litita PA 717 626-4721
both plant and US Grade A.
Live supplies ample to oc
casionally burdensome with
weights in a wide range of
desirable to heavy. Un
dertone steadier.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 pound ready to cook
broiler-fryers for delivery
next week: Plant Grade 33;
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival: US Grade
A 35-37; Plant Grade 34-35.
Local Grain
Thursday, April 25
These prices are made up
of the average prices quoted
by five participating local
feed and grain concerns. It
should be noted, however,
that not every dealer handles
each commodity. All prices
are per bushel except ear
com which is per ton.
The average local grain
prices quoted Thursday,
April 25, 1974 are as follows:
Bid+ Offered+
Ear Com,
New
Shelled Com 2.83 3.13
Oats. Local 1.35 1.60
Oats,
Western 1.75 1.97
Barley
Wheat
Sovbeans 5.55
—Bid is the price the
dealer will buy from the
farmer delivered to the mill.
Offered is the price the
dealer will sell for at his mill.
cattle and calves 1.00-2.®
lower with Good Grades 2.50-
3.50 lower; Choice 600-9®
pound feeder steers held up
best and these mostly 1.00-
1 -50 lower. Cows recovered
the early losses with closing
sales near steady; Bulls 50
cents to I.® higher. Salable
receipts near 21,5® head
compared to 20,422 last week
and 15,015 the comparable
week a year ago. Cows nine
percent of the cattle
receipts; feeders 90 percent
of the total
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, April 23,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade "A" brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
MASS+ 55-65 55-62 45-55 32-39
Mostly 57-59 57-59 47-49 34-36
NEWHAMP 55-62 54-61 45-52 32-39
Mostly 57-58 56-57 47-48
r.I 61-62 59-60 50-51
VERMONT 57-68 57-66 47-59
MAINE 57-59 57-59 47-49
-(-Includes Central & Western Sections Only.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Prices unchanged to lower
on all sizes. Demand fair
though unaggressive. Of
ferings ample on all sizes.
Undertone cautious and
unsettled.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
Delivered: Store door: A
extra Large 53-56%; A
Large 52-55%; A Medium 44-
46%.
75.® 84.®
2.12 2.®
3.95 4.31
Live Poultry Report
April 24
Prices 1 cent lower on light
type hens. Offerings ample
to burdensome as plants
generally booked into early
May. Demand light and
unaggressive. Heavy type
hens fully adequate for fair
interest.
5.85
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens 4-5, mostly 4-5 in
Pa., mostly 4-5 in N.J.;
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa
Phone 717-464-2044
DEPEND ON
DEKALB
DEKALB is a registered brand name XL numbers are hybrid designations
P. L. ROHRER & BRO.. INC.
SMOKETOWN. PA
Wednesday, April 24
Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Fogelsville
April 23,1974
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Hens, light type 6-12;
Hens, heavy type 7-30,
mostly 12-20; Pullets 20-41,
mostly 38-39; Roasters 20-39*
mostly 34-37; Ducks 53;
Drakes 53; Turkeys, hens 45;
Rabbits 75-86, mostly 8-85;
Pigeons (per pr.) 50-4.42,
mostly 1.51-1.80.
Total coops sold 317.
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.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, April 24
Baltimore eggs: Market
weaker with prices 1-2 cents
lower. Demand irregular
and no better than fair.
Supplies are ample.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 55-63,
mostly 55-57; Grade A
Medium 49-56, mostly 49-52.
have a reputation for high
test weight as reported by
corn farmers everywhere
Disease tolerant XL Hy
brids are bred to dent early,
and to produce heavy,
lustrous ears while stalks
are still green
Phone Lane. 397-3539
34-35
36-37