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WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
From Monday, July 8 to Friday, July 12
Mon. Tues. z Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex.
Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Fey. Lge.
Mediums
Pullets
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Peewees
Off Grade
Large 40 42 42 42
Checks 27 27 28 28
Tone Steady to firm.
Copyright 1974 Urner Barry Publication*
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
RECYCLING: HOW IT WORKS
DISCARDED aluminum
beverage cans are collected
by recyclers who normally
receive about 15 cents a
pound from
reclamation centers that
crush and bale the cans for
shipment by train to alumi
num producers where
Lancaster Farming
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Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047
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New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
0 0
41 42
34 36
27 28
34 35
30 31
the cans are shredded and
remelted with new alumi
num to be poured into in
gots that
are rolled into lightweight
rigid aluminum can sheet
for sale to beverage com
pames that
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, July 10
Prices advanced 1-2 cents.
Supplies are adequate for
unaggressive demand.
Feature interest quiet.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) White.
Grade A Large 54-60,
mostly 55-57.
Grade A Medium 49-53.
Fri.
Oklahoma
City
Thursday, July 11
Estimated Receipts 14,600
Trade fairly active, feeder
steers steady to 50 cents
lower with weakness noted
on weights 700 pound and
heavier. Feeder heifers
steady to weak. Bulk of
supply of choice 500-800
feeder steers, choice 400-600
heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Couple lots Choice and
Prime 504-530 pound 39.00-
39.50. Choice 400-500 36.50-
38.50; 500-600 36.20-38.10; 600-
700 35.50-37.10; 700-800 33.90-
36.40. Mixed Good and
Choice 500-600 30.50-34.30;
600-750 31.30-33.50. Good 650-
1050 24.30-28.50, including
Holsteins.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 400500 pound 32.25-
34.50. Few Mixed Good and
Choice 550-600 pound 28.30-
28.70.
FOR THE WEEK:
Compared to last Wed
nesdays auction, feeder
steers steady to 1.00 lower,
instances 2.00 lower, feeder
heifers 2.00-3.00 instances
4.00 lower. Slaughter cows
2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter
14,400, last weeks three day
shortened week, and 23,883
comparable period a year
ago. Cows and bulls less than
5 percent of supply.
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Reports
Fogelsville
Sale of July 2,1974
Hens, heavy type 8%-18,
mostly 13-18; Pullets 35-38%;
Roasters 34-36; Ducks 37-45;
Drakes 20; Geese 35;
Turkeys, hens 40; Rabbits
26-40; Guineas 1,80-1.84%;
Pigeons (per pair) 1.00-3.20.
Total coops sold 218.
Poultry received Monday 7
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7
a.m. to 12 Noon. Sae at 11:30
a.m.
Directions Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
exit. North on stoplight in
Fogelsville, turn left,
proceed 1 mile.
Pa. Broiler
Placements
Up 9 pet.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the Commonwealth
during the week ending July
6, 1974 were 1,251,000. The
placements were 9 percent
above the corresponding
week a year earlier and 6
percent below the previous
week. Average placements
during the past 10 weeks
were 1 percent above a year
earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks
were 1,847,000 - 7 percent
below the previous week and
5 percent below the com
parable period a year ago.
Inshipments of broiler
type chicks during the past
10 weeks averaged 1,000
compared with 1,000 a year
ago. Outstupments averaged
277,000 during the past 10
weeks, 6 percent below a
year earlier.
Placements in the 21
States were 53,992,000 - 10
percent below the previous
week and 1 percent below the
same week a year earlier.
Average placements during
the past 10 weeks were 3
percent below a year ago.
Settings were 66,916,000 - 2
percent below the previous
week and 5 percent below a
year earlier. The current 3-
week total of eggs set is 3
percent below the com
parable period a year ago.
Local Grain
Thursday, July 11
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 grain
prices quoted Thursday,
July 11, 1974 are as follows:
Bid+Offered
Corn, Old 80.00 88.50
Shelled 3.12 3.42
Oats, Local 1.45 1.70
Western 1.91 2.12
Barley 1.91 2.21
Wheat 3.82 4.15
Soybeans 6.20 6.50
+Bid is the price the
dealer will buy from the
farmer delivered to the mill.
QffecedL .is. the. price, the.,
dealer will sell for at his mill.
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, July 9,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
60-65 58-61 44-55 ■, 32-39
MASS+
Mostly 61-63
NEWHAMP 58-65
60-61
63-64
Mostly
R.I.
Mostly
VERMONT
62-69
62-67
62-64
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
+lncludes Central & Western Sections Only.
Eastern Pa.
& N. J.
Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, July 10
Prices of light type hens
steady. Demand fair for
barely adequate to adequate
offerings. Some processors
maintaining running time
with heavy type hens
delivered to the plants at 11
cents.
Prices paid at farm: light
Type Hens 4-6%, mostly 6-6%
in PA; mostly 5-6 in N.J.
Heavy Type Hens
TFEWR.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, July 10
Prices unchanged to
higher on all sizes. Cartoning
demand fair. Offerings of all
sizes in fairly good balance
with needs, though larger
sizes in lightest supply.
Undertone fully steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: Store door. A
Extra Large 51%-54%; A
Large 50%-53%; A Medium
4245%.
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa
Phone 717-464-2044
FARMERS A.
gave me
the same
attention they
would have
if I were
big
business
FARMERS
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55-57
52-59
59-61
56-63
54-55
58-59
58-59
61-62
56-61
56-59 -
56-58
60-67
60-65
60-62
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, July 10
Ready to cook movement
very light and disappointing
as buyers take a wait and see
attitude while awaiting
further market conditions.
Slaughter schedules again
reduced at most plants.
Today’s less than trucklot
asking prices ranged 2-3
cents lowers on both plant
and US Grade A. Early
trading for next week noted
at 33 cents on Plant Grade,
live supplies ample though
weights still desirable as
extreme heat tends to retard
growth. Undertone very
unsettled.
Negotiated trucklot pirces
2-3 lb. ready to cook brolier
fryers for delivery next
week: US Grade A none;
Plant Grade 33.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva:
Range: US Grade A 36%-
38; Plant Grade 35-37;'
Premium US Grade A 41-42;
Premium Plant Grade 3&40. •
Weighted Average: US
Grade A 36.91; Plant Giant
Grade 35.49; Premium US
Grade A 41.76; Premium
Plant Grade 39.71.
REOTT
37-39
3441
36-37
38-39