4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 23.1974 Poultry Market Reports WEEKLY NEW YORK EGG MARKET Monday, November 18th to Friday, November 22nd Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. WHITE Ex. Large 62 63 83 65 65 Urge 62 63 63 85 65 Medium! 59 59 59 59 59 Pullets 51 51 51 52 52 Peewees 35 35 35 37 37 BROWN Urge 71 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 54 55 55 57 57 Checks 32 32 32% 33 33 Tone Generally fully steady. Copyright 1974 Urner Barry Publications Read Lancaster Farming For Full Market Reports 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 Roused 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 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 Richard E. Wanner, Editor Melissa Piper, Associate Editor Subscription price $2 per year. Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lititz, Pa Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper Publishers Association, and National Navrspaper Association. 71 71 71 71 Local Grain Thursday, November 21 These prices are made up of the average prices quoted by a number of participating local feed and grain con cerns. It should be noted, however, that not every dealer or broker handles each commodity. All prices are per bushel except ear com which is per ton. The average local grain prices quoted Thursday, November 21, 1974 are as follows: Bid+ Offered+ Ear Com New Old Shelled 3.13 3.33 Oats Local Western Barley Wheat Feed Millers 4.05 +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. 60.00 69.00 1,80 2.05 2.38 2.37 2.67 3.57 3.87 Baltimore USDA Report November 18,1974 CATTLE 475. Slaughter steers and heifers $1 lower, most other classes held for A.M. auction. STEERS: Choice, yield grade No. 2-4, 1100-1215 lbs. 39.00-41.00, Good and Choice 1100-1350 lbs. 38.00-38.50, Good 33.00-37.00. HEIFERS: High Good and Choice, yield grade 2-4, 835-950 lbs. 37.00- 38.00. HOGS 700. Barrows and gilts $1.25 lower. BARROWS & GILTS: US No. 1-3 200-230 lbs. at 38.25, mostly 38.50-38.75, No. 2-3 230-250 lbs. 38.00-38.50, No. 2- 4 250-270 lbs. 37.25-38.00. SOWS NOT ESTABLISHED. Eastern Pa. &N.J. Live Poultry Report Wednesday, November 20 Prices about steady on light type hens. Offerings of light type hens fully adequate for a lighter buying interest. Demand for finished product light and disappointing. Offerings of heavy hens adequate for a light demand as buyer in terest centers on other adequate supplies of holiday items. Prices paid at farm: light type hens 6-7 Vi; mostly 6Vi-7 in Pa.; mostly 6-6 Ms in NJ. Heavy type hens TFEWR. Fogelsville Sale of Nov. 19,1974 (Prices paid dock weights, cents per lb., except where noted.) Hens heavy type 8-23, mostly 8-12; Pullets 42-50; Roasters 23-51%, mostly 45- 50; Capons 57-66; Ducks 20- 55%; Drakes 45%-64, mostly 55-62; Turkeys, Tom 36%-37; Turkeys, Hens 39-47; Rab bits 30-55, mostly 50-53; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.00-3.01. Total coops sold 527. Poultry received Monday 7 p.n. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7 a.m.to 12 Noon. Sale at-ll:30 a.m. Directions - Take Rt. 222 Thruway. Exit at Fogelsville exit. North to stoplight in Fogelsville, turn left, proceed one mile. Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, November 20 Prices advanced on large sizes held steady on mediums. Supplies are fully adequate for the fair to good demand. Cartoned eggs: prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white. Grade A Large 70-75, mostly 70-72; Grade A Medium 66-72, mostly 66-68. Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, November 20 Prices unchanged to Vi cent higher on large and extra large, unchanged on mediums. Cartoning demand fair though less aggressive than desired for ready clearance. Offerings of extra large barely adequate, large adequate, mediums ample. Undertone steady at best. Prices to retailers: sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: store door: A Extra Large 66Vi-69; A Urge 65Vi-68; A Medium 60 Vi-62 Vi. Delmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, November 20 Ready to cook movement seasonally fairly good with only occasional offerings unsold. Slaughter schedules varied within plants but generally lighter than usual for a Wednesday. Current less than trucklot asking prices held steady on both Plant and US Grade A. Advance interest light though at generally un changed levels with this week. Live supplies adequate at mostly desirable weights. Undertone steady. Current broiler-fryer negotiated prices for im mediate delivery mostly multiple-drop sliipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 42-43; Plant Grade 41-42; Premium US Grade A 45-48; Premium Plant Grade 43-46. Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A 42.36; Plant Grade 41.28; Premium US Grade A 47.21; Premium Plant Grade 45.83. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY SHELL EGG REPORT Tuesday, November 10,1974 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A" brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores. EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL MASS* 74-81 71-80 68-76 56-60 Mostly 75-77 72-74 69-71 57-59 NEWHAMP. 71-78 M-75 68-73 57-6 V Mostly 73-74 70-71 6840 58-59 p. I, 78-70 75-76 72-73 6061 VERMONT 76-84 73-82 70-80 Mostly 7643 7340 70-77 MAINE 76-78 73-75 70-72 58-68 +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. NEST RUN EGGS Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (EC!) 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: New Weight Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday Extra Large 51 lbs. 0 o Class 1 - Large 481bs. 55 sg Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 51 52 Class >4 - Small 39 lbs. 41 42 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 42 43 Checks 48 lbs. 34 34 HIGH PRESSURE WASHING OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS BARRY L. HERR 1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa Phone 717-464-2044 HERE ’S BETTER FEEDING! 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