4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Oct. 12, 1974 Poultry Market Re WEEKLY NEW YORK EGG MARKET Monday, October 7 to Friday, October 11 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thun. WHITE Ex. Urge 66 66 66 65 65 Urge 63 63 63 63 63 Mediums 60 60 60 60 60 Pullets 43 43 43 43 43 Peewees 29 29 29 29 29 BROWN Large 67 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 56 56 56 56 56 Checks 40 39 38 37 36 Tone Generally 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 Peoria Cattle Thursday, October 10 year 4900. 51 Weekly Compared with last week’s CATTLE: Receipts this close, slaughter steers week 47,000, compared to uneven, steady to 50 lower, last week 2900, and to last Slaughter heifers weak to 50 lower. Cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Bulls mostly steady. Receipts about 75 percent slaughter steers, 15 percent slaughter heifers and the balance mostly cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice and Prime 1150-1350 pounds 3-4, 41.00-41.50 late; up to 43.50 Monday with part load 44.00. Load 1500 lbs. 4-5, 36.50. Choice 900-1260 lbs. 2-4, 40.00- late 40.00-41.50. Mixed Good and Choice 900 1300 lbs. 37.00-40.00 Good 34.00- Few Standard and Good 33.00-34.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 850-1050 lbs. yield grade 2-4, 38.0041.00; late 38.0040.50; 700850 lbs. 33.00 38.00. Mixed Good and Choice 7501100 lbs. 36.00 38.00. Good 32.5036.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 17.00-18.50. High dressing Utility 19.00. Cutter 14.0017.00. Canner 12.0014.00. BULLS: 1-2, 11001600 lbs. 26.00- mostly 26.00- 29.00; few 9001000 lbs. 20.00 24.00. sustain top production with the BABCOCK B-300 Keeping production up ... costs down... is the profit key in poultry operations. And more and more records on commercial flocks of Babcock B-300’s . . . “The Businessman’s Bird” . . . show sustained production of top quality eggs ... often with an additional 20 to 30 eggs per bird housed over other strains. Come in look at the records and the B-300 . . . “The Businessman’s Bird”, ABCOCK FARMS Telephone |7I7J 626-8257 Telephone 1717| 626-8561 y 67 67 67 67 New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thursday 0 0 52 52 50 50 35 35 46 46 41 41 Lancaster Farming P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543 Record-Express Office Bidg. Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-2191 Richard E. Wanner, Editor Melissa Piper. Associate Editor Subscription price $2 per year :|i Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming i; Lititz, Pa ;• Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa 17543 Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. :■ Newspaper Publishers Association, and National ;■ Newspaper Association. •: tf- w - Eastern Pa. &N.J. Market firmer. Offerings light for good interest. Prices are working higher in several instances. Overall processing activity is light due to light available sup plies. Fri. Prices paid at farm; Light Type Hens 641, mostly 7-8 in Pa.; mostly 6-6% in N.J. Heavy Type Hens, TFEWR. Thursday, October 10 Weekly 51 - CATTLE - Compared with the previous weeks close - closing prices slaughter steers strong to 50 cents higher, heifers steady to 25 cents higher. Cows SO LDO lower and bulls fully 1.00 lower. Four day receipts 17,900 as compared 14,000 previous week and 17,100 a year ago. Slaughter steers ap proximately 35 percent, heifers short 30 percent, predominance good to Average-Choice, modest supply high-Choice and Prime. STEERS: Early, nine loads Choice and Prime 1050- 1140 lbs. yield grade 3-4 42.00- 42.50. At midweek, two loads Choice and Prime 1154-1265 lbs. yield grade 3-4 41.50- 42.00, load same grade 1258 lbs. mainly yield grade 4 40.75. Choice 1050-1250 lbs. yield grade 2-4 39.75-41.00, Choice 950-1050 lbs. mainly yield grade 3 39.25-39.75. Mixed Good and Choice 925- 1225 lbs. 38.50-39.75. Good 36.50-38.75, yield grade 2-3 Holsteins 36.50-37.75. Standard and low-Good 34.5036.50. Average cost slaughter steers this week 39.94 average weight 1099 lbs. as compared 38.54 and 1097 lbs. previous week and 41.63 and 1103 lbs. a year ago. HEIFERS: High-Choice and Prime 908-1121 lbs. yield grade 34 40.50-41.00 early. At midweek, several loads Choice and Prime 950-1115 lbs. yield grade 3-4 40.00. Choice 825-1025 lbs. yield grade 2-4 closed 38.25-39.50, mixed Good and Choice 750- 975 lbs. 37.00-38.50. Good 35.00-37.00, small lots standard and Good 33.00- 34.50. COWS: Utility and Commercial 17.00-19.00, Canner and Cutter 13.50- 17.00, mixed Cutter and low utility 17.25-17.50. Shelly Canner 10.50-13.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1&2 1400-1800 lbs. 23.00-26.00. Live Poultry Report Wednesday, Oct. 9 Omaha Cattle ports Delmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, Oct. 9 Ready to cook demand light for this week, fair for next week. Processor of ferings fully adequate. Undertone steadier at the negotiated price levels currently being reported. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler fryers for delivery next week: US Grade A 39.00, Plant Grade 38.00. Current broiler-fryer negotiated prices for im mediate delivery mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva: Range: US Grade A 40- 42.5, Plant Grade 39-41.5. Premium US Grade A 44-47, Premium Plant Grade 42.25. Wtd. Avg. US Grade A 41.09, Plant Grade 39.95, Premium US Grade A 46.12, Premium Plant Grade 44.26. Flood Checks Released To Non-Profit Groups The release of checks totaling 61,436,760 to non profit organizations which suffered damage during the floods of September, 1971 and June, 1972 was an nounced today by Governor Milton J. Shapp. The payments made today went to 32 of the 140 ap plicants for the program. All remaining checks will be mailed out by the end of November. The $5 million program, known as Act 159, was passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Shapp last January. It authorizes state aid to nonprofit organizations damaged in the floods of NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY SHELL EGG REPORT Tuesday, October t, 1974 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A" brown eggs In cartons delivered to retail stores: aeuverra EXLAR(JE large MEDIUM SMALL MASS+ 7080 M-79 W 4 43-51 Mostly 71-73 69-71 67-69 44-47 NEWHAMP 68-75 66-73 83-70 41-48 MosUT 70-71 88-69 6088 4344 R.I 74-75 72-73 69-70 47-48 VERMONT 72-84 7082 67-80 Mostly 72-80 70-77 67-73 MAINE 72-74 7072 67-89 +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, Oct. 9 Prices held unchanged. Demand is mixed with scattered promotional stimulating demand but total movement is only fair. Supplies Extra Large and Large adequate to ample, Mediums adequate but irregular. Prices to Retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: Store Door: A Extra Large 68-69%, A Large 67-68%, A Medium 62-63%. September, 1971 and June, 1972. “This is part of the state’s continuing effort to do everything we can for the people and organizations who suffered in the floods,” Shapp said. HIGH PRESSURE WASHING OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS BARRY L. HERR 1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster. Pa Phone 717-464-2044 Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, Oct. 9 BALTIMORE EGGS: Demand continues to pick up for mediums but only fair for larger sizes. Supplies are adequate with large ac cummulating in some quarters. CARTONED EGGS: Prices to reatailers, state graded (min one case sale) white. Grade A Large, 70-76, mostly 70-72. Grade A Medium 67-73, mostly 67-69. New Holland Dairy Auction Wednesday, October 9th Reported receipts of 107 cows and 3 heifers. Load of New York State cows, fresh 395-515 and a load of Sullivan County sponsors 370-515. Locally consigned cows 325-670 and springing heifers 435-535. 45-47
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