4—Lancaster Farming Saturday, May 4, 1974
Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
From Monday, April 29 to Friday, May 3
Mon. Tuea. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex.
Large 50 47
Large 48 45
Mediums 42 39
Pullets 35 35
Peewees 25 25
BROWN
Fey. Lge. 53
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 45 42 42 42
Checks 29 28 28 28
Tone Position Mixed.
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.
Pnces 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
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, May 2
CATTLE: Receipts this
week: 4300 last week: 3400
Year ago: 3400.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers
steady to strong. Slaughter
heifers week to 50 lower.
Cows 1.00-1.50 lower. Bulls
steady to weak. Receipts
about 75 percent slaughter
steers, 15 percent slaughter
heifers, balance mostly
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 920-1200 pounds 2-4
40.50- load 1000 42.75:
Choice 1150-1350 3-4 39.00-
41.00; Choice and Prune
1200-1300 3-4 39.00-40.50; few
loads 1250-1440 4-5 35.00-
39.00; mixed Good and
Choice 900-1300 39.00-40.50;
Standard and Good holstems
36.00- few 36.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 800-1000 pounds 2-4
40.00- several loads
41.50- Choice and
Prime 900-1100 3-4 39.00-
41.00; mixed Good and
Choice 750-1150 38.00-39.00;
Good 37.00-38.00.
COWS; Utility and
Commencal 26.00-31.00;
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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Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming
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Newspaper Publishers Association, and National
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New Weight
Per Case Thursday Tuesday
51 lbs. 0 0
481bs. 38 38
42 lbs. 34 34
39 lbs. 30 30
48 lbs. 34 33
48 lbs. 30 29
Local Grain
Thursday, May 2
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
corn which is per ton.
The average local gram
prices quoted Thursday,
May 2, 1974 are as follows:
Bid+Offered-i-
Ear Corn,
72.00 80.00
Old
Ear Com,
75.00 85.00
New
Shelled Corn 2.85 3.08
Oats, Local 1.53 1.55
Oats,
Western 1.67 1.91
Barley 2.30 2.65
Wheat
Soybeans 5.32 5.62
+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,
will sell for at his mill.
high-dressing Utility 31.50;
Cutter 24.50-29.00; Canner
23.00-24.50.
Lititz, Pa
April 30,1974
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Hens, light type 6-12;
Hens, heavy type 6-20,
mostly 12-18; Pullets 28-41,
mostly 32-39; Roasters 22-40,
mostly 25-37; Rabbits 25-
85%, mostly 75-85; Pigeons
(per pr.) 1.50-4.50.
Total coops sold 324.
Poultry received Monday 7
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7
a.m. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30
am
Fri.
Directions Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
exit. North on stoplight in
Fogelsville, turn left,
proceed 1 mile.
Pa, Broiler
Placements
Fall 6 pet.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the Commonwealth
during the week ending April
27, 1974 were 1,144,000. The
placements were 6 percent
below the corresponding
week a year earlier, and 19
percent below the previous
week. Average placements
during the past 10 weeks
were 2 percent below a year
earlier.
Setting for broiler chicks
were 1,917,000 - 10 percent
below the previous week and
15 percent below the com
parable period a year
earlier. The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 1 percent
above the same period a
year ago.
Inshipments of broiler
type chicks during the past
10 weeks averaged 2,000
compared with zero a year
ago. Outshipments averaged
216,000 during the past 10
weeks, 15 percent below a
year earlier.
WED. EVE. MAY 15 - 6
P.M. Babbitt Dispersal
located on Stone Dam Hoad,
off Rte. 19 between Genesee,
Pa. and Wellsville, N. Y.
Sale by Walter Babbitt,
Owner, Sale by Rumsey
Sales, Bath, N. Y.
WED. MAY 15 - 11 A.M.
Metcalf Farms 2 Day Dairy
Farm Dispersal located 1
mile North of Branchville, N.
J. on Rt. 519. Sale by Mrs.
Leland Metcalf Executrix;
Col. Fred R. Daniel Auc
tioneers, Inc. Sale Manager
and Auctioneer.
3.66 3.95
SAT. MAY 18 - 10 A.M.
Public Sale of Machinery by
Metclaf Farms located 1
mile North of Branchville, N.
J. on Rt. 519. By order of
Executrix Mrs. Leland
Metcalf; Col. Fred R. Daniel
Auctioneers, Inc., Sale
Manager and Auctioneers.
SAT. MAY 18 - 10 A.M.
Public Sale of Real Estate
and Personal Property
located in Hahnstown
(between Ephrata and
Reamstown). Sale by
Ephrata National Bank;
Horst and Wentling, Auc
tioneers.
MON. MAY 27 - Memorial
Day, Public Sale of Nursery
Stock, Lawn and Garden
Equipment, and Poultry
Equipment located at 1755
West Mam Street, Ephrata,
Pa. Sale by Hollmger’s
Farm Market; John E. and
Paul E. Martin Auctioneers.
Fogelsville
Sale Register
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, May 1
Ready to cook movement
good for current needs.
Slaughter schedules heavy in
an effort to fill full needs.
Less than trucklot prices
unchanged to 1 cent higher
on both Plant and US Grade
A. Advance interest slow in
developing as buyers and
sellers await further market
developments. Live supplies
ample at weights in a wide
range. Undertone firm.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 pounds ready to cook
broiler-fryers for delivery
this next week.
Pool truckot prices for
Thursday arrival: US Grade
A 37-39, mostly 37; Plant
Grade 36-37, mostly 36,
Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Live Poultry Report
May 1
Prices generally un
changed on light type hens.
Offerings ample to bur
densome for a fair but
unaggressive demand.
Offerings of heavy type hens
fully adequate for a
moderate interest.
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens 4-5, mostly 4-5 in
Pa.; mostly 4-5 in N.J.;
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, May 1
Baltimore eggs: prices
mostly 3 cents lower.
Demand fair but improved in
instances for large. Supplies
are adequate.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 52-63,
mostly 53-55; Grade A
Medium 46-56, mostly 47-49.
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NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, April 30,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A" brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
MASS+ 54*65 50-62 42-55 32-39
Mostly 55-58 51-54 43-48 33-36
NEWHAMP 54-61 50-57 42-49 32-39
Mostly 56-57 52-53 44-45 34-35
R. I, 61-62 57-58 49-50 36-37
Mostly
VERMONT 56-68 W* X
Mostly
MAINE 56-58
Mostly
+lncludes Central St Western Sections Only.
r\i ’■ i large and extra large sales
I nlldOGlpnld stimulating movement.
r Offerings adequate though
EfiSS clearing well in most
quarters. Undertone steady.
Wednesday, May 1 Prices to retailers: sales to
Prices unchanged to 3
cents lower on all sizes.
Cartoning demand good
especially where 59 cent
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HOG PRODUCERS!
Get Top Price for
Your Hogs
New Holland
Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them
weighed and sold and pick up your check.
SALE EVERY MONDAY 9:00 A.M.
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
Phone 717-354-4341
Abe Diffenbach, Manager
•k
52-66
52-54
volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: store door A
Extra Large 50-55; A Large
49-54: A Medium 41-46.
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster. Pa
Phone 717-464-2044
TOOFEW
44-57