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Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK Baltimore Fogelsville
EGO MARKET Eggs ***iSST ,I %*
FromMonday,June24toFrlday^June2B _ ” * pS^J!S<SSd£d«y7
Mon. v lues. Wed. Thurs. Frl. p.m.to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7
a.m. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30
a.m.
WHITE
Fey. Ex.
Large 49
large 45
Mediums 34
■ Pallets’- 27
. Peewees 20
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vBJWJWN.
■ 46
j Mediums .Unquoted
•PiifletSJ Unquoted
Unquoted
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OfHirade
Large 39
Checks 25
Tone Steadier
Copyright 1974 timer 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
Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, June 27
Cattle and calves com
pared with last week’s close:
Closing prices average -good
to prime slaughter steers
mostly 1.00 higher than late
last week, instances 1.25-1.50
higher with much of advance
on 1200-1300 pounds standard
and low-good mainly
Holsteins 1.50-2.00 higher.
Heifers 75-1.00 higher. Cows
50-1.00 higher. Bulls fully
steady.
Four day receipts 18,600 as
compared 13,800 previous
week and 20,000 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately to percent,
heifers 37 percent a
predominance of good to
average-choice with limited
volume high-choice and
prime before-midweek. Cows
11 percent.
STEERS: Clsing at week’s
high tune, load and part load
Choice and Prime 1070-1103
pounds predominantly 40.50-
41.00, several loads same
grade 1064-1281 3-4 39.75-
40.00. Choice 1000-1200 24
closed 38.25-39.75, Choice
1200-1300 34 38.00-39.00, few
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Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543
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Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047
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Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming };i
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Newspaper Publishers Association, and National £
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49 49 50 SO
45 45 45% 45%
34 34 35 35
27 27 28 28
20 20 20 20
46 46 46 47
39 39 39 39
25 \ 25 25 25
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
0 0
38 , 38
28 29
24 22
33 32
28 27
loads Choice and Prune 1250-
1350 3-5 37.00-38.50, load
Choice 1539 4-5 31.50.- Mixed
Good and Choice 950-1250
pounds 37.75-38.50. Good
31.50-37.50, 2-3 1150-1350
Holsteins 31.50-32.50]
Standard and low-good 30.00-
31.50.
HEIFERS: At midweek
high time, several loads
Choice and Prime 935-1038
pounds 34 39.00-39.25. Choice
850-1025 24 closed 37.75-39.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 800-
1000 36.50-37.50. Good 31.50-
36.50. Small lots Standard
and Low-Good 30.00-31.50.
COWS; Utility and
Commerical 27.00-28,50, few
Utility dairybreds 29,00.
Canner and Cutter 23.50-
27.00, Mixed Cutter and Low-
Utility 27.25-27.50.
BULLS; 1-2 1400-1800
pounds 32.50-35.00, few yield
grade 1 35.50-36.00.
Local Grain
Thursday, June 27
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
- Wednesday, June U
Market steady. Values
generally unchanged. Un
derlying sentiment im
proved. Supplies adequate to
ample for current buying
interest.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 52-58,
mostly 52-54; Grade A
Medium 41-48, mostly 41-43.
Oklahoma
City
Thursday, June 27
Receceipts 11,000
Same Day Last Week 5,360
Feeder Cattle and calves
mostly 50 cents to 1.00
higher, some 1.50 higher
compared to Wednesday:
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 387*442
pound 42.50-46.00; 509-561
41.20-42.00, shipment 137
head 509 at 45.10; Choice 380-
500 38.50-44.50; 500-600 36.50-
39.75; 600-700 34.25-37.50,
small lot 628 at 38.40; 700-000
33.50-36.80; 800-946 33.75-
35.50, part load 812 at 35.90;
Mixed Good and Choice 325-
500 35.00-38.25; 500-700 pound
31.00-35:00; few 700-750 32.00-
33.75; Good 700-975 Holstein
Steers 25.40-28.60.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 394-437
pound 38.00-39.60; Choice
400-500 34.75-38.00; 500-600
33.25-35.30; 600-685 33.25-
34.70; part load 728 at 35.00;
Mixed Good and Choice 325-
500 31.25-35.50; 500685 31.00-
32.50; Few Good 540-675
-28.00-28.75.
For the week: Feeder
cattle and calves -2.00-3.00
higher, instances 400-5.00
higher: cows in broad
demand 1.00-2.00 higher;
bulls 50 cents to 1.00 higher.
Salable receipts near 16,800
head compared to 9,360 last
week-and 20,894 the com
parable week a year ago.
Cows 11 -percent cattle
receipts: feeders 88 percent
of total.
com which is per ton.
The average local grain
prices quoted Thursday,
June 27, 1974 are as follows:
Bid+ Offered-t-
Ear Com, New
74.00 80.00
Shelled Com
3.10 3.29
Oats, Local
1.64 1.77
Oats, Western
1.84 2.09
Barley 1.97 2.09
3.90 4.08
Wheat
Soybeans 5.55 5.85
+Bid is the price the
dealer will buy from the
fanner delivered to the mill.
Offered is the price the
dealer will sell for at his mill.
13th ANNIVERSARY
SALE
JULY 19
GRADE DAIRY COWS
Dairy Cattle Auction Sale 3rd Friday Night Every Month
CHARLES C. MYERS. Owner Phone
Park Myers, Sales Mgr. Private Sales Daily
Directions Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at FogelsvQle
exit. North on stoplight in
Fogelsville, turn left,
proceed 1 mile.
Delmarva,
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, June 26
Ready to cook movement
improving for current
shipments as buyers attempt
to increase inventories for
advance needs prior to the
holiday. Slaughter schedules
fairly heavy at most plants.
Today’s less than trucklot
asking prices generally
unchanged to 1 cent higher
on both plant and US Grade
A. Advance interest good
with early trading noted
ranging 37-37% cents on
plant grade. live supplies
adequate though weights
irregular. Undertone very
firm.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery next
week: US Grade A, none;
Plant Grade 37-37%.
Pa. Broiler
Placements
Rise 15 pet.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the Commonwealth
during die week ending June
22, 1974 were 1,330,000. The
placements were 15 percent
above the corresponding
week a year earlier, and 6
percent below a year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks
were 1,952,000 - 6 percent
above the previous week and
12 percent below the com
parable period * a year
earlier. The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 9 percent
below the comparable period
a year earlier. The current 3-
week total of eggs set is 9
percent below the same
period a year ago.
Inshipments of broiler
type chicks during the past
10 weeks averaged 1,000
compared with 1,000 a year
ago. Outshipments averaged
275,000 during the past 10
weeks, 2 percent below a
year earlier.
Placements in the 21
States were 60,544,000 - 2
percent below the previous
week and 2 percent below the
same week a year earlier.
Average placements during
the past 10 weeks were 1
percent below a year ago.
Settings were 67,446,000 -1
percent above the previous
week and about the same as
a year earlier.
BLACK and WHITE
HOLSTEIN FARM
2220 DAIRY ROAD
UNCASTER, PENNA
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NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, June 25,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE
MASS+ 54-62 50-58
Mostly 54-57
NEWHAMP 52-50
54-55
58-59
Mostly
R.I.
Mostly
VERMONT
SMS
58-58
58-58
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
+lnclude* Central & Western Sections Only.
Current broiler-fryer
< negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multipledrop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva:
Range: US Grade A, 35-36;
Plant Grade, 34-35;
Premium US Grade A, 39;
Premium Plant Grade, 37.
Weighted Average: US
Grade A, 35.88; Plant Grade,
34.96; Premium US Grade A,
39.00; Premium Plant
Grade, 37.00.
Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, June 26
Prices steady on light type
hens. Demand fair for barely
adequate offerings as most
plants continue part-time
operation. Offerings of
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa
Phone 717-464-2044
MEDIUM SMALL
39-47 24-33 ■
3942 24-27
3744 22-29
3940 24-25
4344 28-29
50-53
48-55
SMI
54-55
41-65
41-47
41-43
52-83
5285
52-54
heavy type irregular but
ample for a slow demand.
Prices paid at farm: light
type hens 4-6%, mostly 6-6%
in Pa.; mostly 54 in N.J.;
heavy type hens TFEWR.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, June 26
Prices unchanged. Car
toning demand fair. Of
ferings of Extra Large
adequate and more readily
available than in past weeks.
Large fully adequate.
Mediums irregularly
distributed but adequate.
Undertone unsettled.
Prices to retailers: sales to
volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: store door: A
Extra Large 50-51%; A
Large 49-50%; A Medium
36%-38.
26-28