4—Uinorter Farming, Saturday. Nov. 2.1974
Poultry Market Re
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WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
Tuesday, October 29 to Friday, November 1
Mon. Tuei. Wed. Thun.
WHITE
Ex. Large H 64 64 64 61
Large 0 63 63 63 61
Mediums L 61 61 61 60
Pullets I 47 48 48 SO
Peewees D 32 33 33 35
BROWN Y
Large
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large
Checks 34 34 34 34
Tone —Large sizes easy, mediums mixed, pullets firm.
Copyright 1974 Umer Barry Publications
Leesport
Livestock
Auction
Leesport, Pennsylvania
October 30,1974
CATTLE 328. Supply in
cludes 123 bead feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers mostly steady to
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 qualify 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”,
ABCOC
FARMS
Telephone [7l7] 626-8257
Telephone [7l7] 626-8561
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road Lancaster Pa
Phone 717 464-2044
70 70 70 70
56 56 56 55
strong. Slaughter cows
unevenly steady. Few Choice
slaughter steers 41.85-43.75,
Good 37.7542.10, few to 43.10,
Standard 30.2537.50, Utility
25.00-28.75. Few Choice
slaughter heifers 37.0040.00,
few Good 32.0037.00, few
Standard 29.50-30.25. Utility
& High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 22.00-23.75,
few 24,10-24.75, Cutters 20.75-
22.35, Canners 19.00-20.85,
Shells down to 15.75. Few
Good slaughter bullocks
36.0037.75, few Utility &
Standard 27.00-28.85. Few
No. 1 1575-2145 pounds
slaughter bulls 28.10-32.25;
individual No. 2 1490 at 29.35.
Choice 325645 feeder steers
29.25-34.50, Good 415-875
28.50-30.25, Medium 520-860
23.2527.00; Good & Choice
330-550 feeder heifers 25.55
29.50, few Medium 545735
lbs. holsteins 24.00-25.50;
Choice 355795 lbs. feeder
bulls 26.75-32.25, Good 310-685
lbs. 25.5529.50.
CALVES 153. Vealers
grading Utility & Standard
mostly $2 to $5 lower. Few
Choice vealers 57.00-69.00,
few Good 51.00-57.00,
Standard 35.0043.00, Utility
95125 lbs. 24.00-31.00, 7585
lbs. 20.0524.50. Farm calves,
moderately active. Holstein
bulls 95135 pounds 30.05
46.00; few beef cross bulls &
heifers 95110 lbs. 29.00-38.00.
HOGS 194. Barrows & Gilts
75 cents to $2 lower. Lot 1-2
215 pounds barrows & gilts
41.50, 1-3 195230 lbs. 40.65
41.10, few 2-3 225255 lbs.
40.2540.60, 24 175185 lbs.
36.35-39.75. 1-3 285495 lbs.
sows 32.00-38.00, 2-3 360-590
lbs. 27.00-33.00, few Utility
195315 lbs. 25.0527.50. Few
Boars 23.0528.50.
FEEDER PIGS 115.1-3 25
35 pounds feeder pigs 6.55
12.00 per head, No. 1-3 3545
pounds 10.0516.00, few No. 1-
3 45-55 lbs. 23.5524.00 per
head.
SHEEP 10. Few Good 70-
105 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 25.00-32.00, Few
Slaughter ewes 3.50-14.00.
Read
Lancaster Farming
For Full
Market Reports
Fogelsville
Sale of
October 29,1974
(Prices paid dock weights,
cents per lb., except where
noted).
Fri.
No market report
available at press time.
Ppultry received Monday 7
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7
ami. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30
a.m.
Directions Take Rt. 222
thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
exit. North to stoplight in
Fogelsville, turn left,
proceed one mile.
Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, Oct. 30
Prices mostly unchanged
on light type bens though
occasionally higher un
confirmed bid reported in an
effort to secure additional
supplies as plants continue
part-time operations. Of
ferings of heavy type
adequate for a lighter call.
Prices paid at farm: light
type hens 6-8, mostly 7 in
PA; mostly 6%-7 in NJ.
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, Oct. 30
Market steady. Demand
improved and is fairly good.
Supplies adequate on all
sizes.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (min
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 70-76
mostly 70-72; Grade A
Medium 68-74 mostly 68-69.
Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, Oct. 31
Compared with the
previous week’s close;
closing prices on slaughter
steers 50-75 lower and heifers
50-1.00 lower. Cows barely
steady, instances 25-50 lower
late. Bulls fully steady.
Four day receipts 19,300 as
compared 15,500 previous
week and 18,700 a year ago.
Slaughter steers ap
proximately 33 percent of
week’s total and heifers 25
pet., cows 10 pet., feeders 30
pet.
STEERS: Four loads
Choice and Prime 1072-1082
pounds 2-4 41.00-41.25 early,
five loads 1151-1326 40.75. At
midweek, load Choice and
Prime 1151 3-4 40.75, several
loads 1109-1422 3-4, mainly
yield grade 4 40.00-40.25.
Lancaster Farming
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Eggs
Wednesday, Oct. 30
Prices unchanged. Car
toning demand fair though
generally unaggressive.
Offerings fully adequate
though generally confidently
held.
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%-64%.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, Oct. 30
Beady to cook movement
fair though occasionally less
aggressive than yesterday.
Slaughter schedules con
tinue fairly heavy to most
plants. Today’s less than
trucklot asking prices
continue steady on both
Plant and US Grade A.
Advance interest fairly good
with early trading noted at 41
cents on Plant Grade. Live
supplies fully adequate at
weights occasionally heavier
than desired. Undertone
firm.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery next
week: US Grade A, none;
Plant Grade 41.
Loadlots 1390-1415 4 38.25-
39.00. Choice 975-1325 closed
38.75-40.00,* few loads 1106-
1125 lbs. yield grade 3 40.50-
41.25 during week for
Canadian shipment. Mixed
Good and Choice 950-1225
38.00- some late sales
900-925 37.50-37.75. Good
35.00- Standard and
low-Good 34.00-35.00.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 39.09
average weight 1129 lbs. as
compared 38.85 and 1124 lbs.
previous week and 40.90 and
1119 lbs. a year ago.
HEIFERS: A few loads
High-Choice and Prime 910-
1043 pounds 3-4 40.00 on
opening session. At midweek
two loads same grade 981-983
3-4 39.50. Choice 850-1025 2-4
38.00-39.00, some closing
sales 37.50-37.75. Mixed Good
and Choice 750-975 36.50-
38.00. Good 33.50-36.50. Small
lots Standard and Good 32.00-
33.00.
COWS; Utility and
Commercial 18.00-20.00, a
few Utility dairybreds 20.50-
21.00. Canner and Cutter
15.00-18.00, mixed Cutter and
Utility 18.25-18.50. Shelly
canner 12.50-14.50.
BULLS: 1&2 1400-1800
pounds 24.00-27.00, 1 28.00-
28.50.
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, October*#, 1074 .
Prices paid per dozen Grade "A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
MASS+ 73-81 71*77 66*71 53-56
Mostly 74-76 72-74 67-60 54-56
NEWHAMP 70-77 68-75 6471 55-57
Mostly 72-73 70-71 66-67 57
R I 76-77 74-75 70-71 57-58
VERMONT 75-82 73-82 68-80
Mostly 75-78 73-78 68-76
MAINE 75-77 73-75 68-70 55-57
4-Includes Central and Western Sections Only.
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
Sfrdozen 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:
New Weight
Per Case Wednesday Friday
Extra Large 51 lbs. 0 0
Class 1 - Large 48 lbs. 54 54
Class 3 - Medium 421bs. 53 53
Class 4 - Small 39 lbs. 39 39
Breaking Stock • 48 lbs. 44 44
Checks 48 lbs. 37 37
Current broiler-fryer Premium US Grade A 45.23;
negotiated prices for im- Premium Plant Grade 43.48.
mediate delivery mostly * * •
multiple-drop shipments to Congressional attempts to
New York City from “roll back” price of crude
Delmarva: Oil produced in the U.S
Range: US Grade A 41-42; would on 'y «* use “prolong-
Plant Grade 40-41%; ed f hor 4 ta « e > according to
Premium US Grade A 43-46; at east ? ne ind^ ry ex *
i. . X , ~ ’ ecutive. Amoco Oil presi-
Prenuum Plant Grade 4144 <sent> Walter Pei rson, says
wtd. Avg.: US Grade A arbitrary rollbacks would
41.10; Plant Grade 40.23; “undermine* investor con-
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