4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan, 4, 1975
Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
Monday, December 30 to Friday, January 3
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Ex. Large 70
7O
Mediums 68
Pullets 59
Peewees 44
BROWN
I^arge
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 64
Checks 35
Tone Weak.
Copyright 1975 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
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New Weight
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51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Friday
0 0
58 54
57 52
49 44
47 43
36 34
Weekly
St. Louis
Cattle Review
January 2
Weekly Cattle Reviews:
Receipts 5100, last week 3800,
year ago 4300. Compared
close last week, slaughter
steers fully 50 lower, heifers
steady to 50 lower, cows and
bulls steady. Supply mostly
Good and Choice 950-1150 lbs.
yield grade 2-4 slaughter
steers, 20 percent heifers, 15
percent cows and 25 percent
feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Load Choice and Prune 1075
lbs. yield grade 3-4 38.25;
Choice 950-1150 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 37.00-38.00, Mixed
Good and Choice 36.00-37 00,
Good 32.00-36.00, Good
Holstems 1100-1300 lbs. 30.00-
31.50, standard 25.00-29.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Package Choice and Prime
975 lbs. yield grade 4 36 25,
Choice 800-1000 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 325 00-36 00, Mixed
Good and Choice 33 00-35 00,
Good 30.00-34 00, Standard
25.00-29 00
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 17 00-19.00, few
Holstems 19.50-20 00, Cutter
13 00-17 00, Canner 10.00-
13 00.
BULLS Yield grade 1-2
1100-1600 lbs 21.00-24 00
Add 51 and close
Thursday feeder auction
and 51 and close
FEEDERS (including
around 800 at auction ) Fully
steady
STEERS Choice 400-700
lbs 23 50-27 00, fleshy 700-900
lbs 28 50-30 50; couple lots
moderate fleshed 850-1000
lbs 25 00-25 50, Good 400-600
ibs 20 00-22 50. Choice Mixed
Steers and Bulls 400-600 lbs
21 00-24 25 Good 17 00-21*50
HEIFERS Choice 300-„uo
lbs 20 00-23 00, 500-700 lbs
23 00-25 50, Good 350-650 lbs
16 00-20 50
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Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Fri
Ready to cook broilers and
fryers.
Trucklot trading light as
buyers await further market
developments. Offerings
ample to burdensome.
Distributive trading mixed
ranging light to occasional
fair. Supplies fully adequate.
New part load arrivals of
Plant Grade 43-44; US Grade
A 44-45.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Thursday, January 2
Ready to cook movement
light and disappointing in
most quarters, slaughter
schedules heavy in effort to
maintain desirable field
position. Today’s less than
trucklot asking prices
sharply lower on both plant
and U. S. Grade A. Live
supplies fully adequate
Untertone weak and un
settled.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery this
week:
U.S. Grade A, none.
Plant Grade 39,
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
RANGE: US Grade A 43-
45; Plant Grd. 43-44;
Premium US Grade A 47-49;
Premium Plant Grd. 45-47.
WTD. AVG.: US Grade A
43.70; Plant Grd. 43.09;
Premium US Grade A 48.93;
Premium Plant Grd. 46.91.
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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
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Live Poultry Report
Thursday, Jan.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Thursday. January
Prices unchanged to
sharply lower on all sizes
Carton Demand light for
ample stocks
Undertone weak and
unsettled.
A Extra Large 71-76 L-.
Large 70-75'j, Mediums 64-
U'z
Fogelsville
Sale of Jan. 3,1974
(Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.)
No market report
available at press time.
Poultry received Monday 7
p m. to 10:30 p m Tuesday 7
a.m. 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
Baltimore
Eggs
Thursday, January S
Prices are unchanged to
sharply lower Carton orders
are light today but unproved
for Friday. Supplies are fully
adequate.
Cartoned Eggs Prices to
retailers, State Graded (mm
one case sale) White.
Grade A Large 73-83,
mostly 73-77.
Grade A medium 69-80,
mostly 69-73
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NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, December 31,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade "A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores.
ciciivtrtu ai aRGF large MEDIUM SMAI.I,
73-93 72-80 69-75 55-412
74.76 73-75 70-72 56-58
71-78 70-77 67-74 55-62
73.74 72-73 69-70 57-58
77-78 76-77 73-74 61-62
75-84 74-82 71-79
75-81 74-79 71-76
75-77 74-76 71-73
MASS+
Mostly
N H
Mostly
R I
VERMONT
Mostly
MAINE
Carlisle
Livestock
Auction
CATTLE 167. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter cows uneven, spots
$1.50 higher to $1 lower.
Choice slaughter steers
35.50- few Good 31.25-
35.60, Standard 29.00-32.50,
Utility 24 35-28.75. Two Good
slaughter heifers 27.00 and
27.50, individual Standard at
24.75, individual Utility at
22.85. Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 20.50-22.25, Cutters
19.00-20.50, Canners 17.75-
19.60, Shells down to 113.00.
Few Good slaughter bullocks
26.25-27.85, few Standard
25 10-30.50, few Utility 20.75-
25.25. Few Yield Grade No. 1,
1450-2090 lbs. slaughter bulls
26.50-
CALVES 136. Vealers
grading Utility and Standard
steady to strong Couple
Choice vealers 56.00 and
62.00, few Good 50.00-56.00,
Standard 30.00-48.00, Utility
90-120 lbs. 19.00-23.00, few to
26.00, 60-85 lbs. 15.00-19.50.
Farm Calves; Holstein bulls
80-115 lbs. 19.50-29.00.
HOGS 222. Barrows and
gilts 50 cents to 75 cents
lower. US No. 1-3 190-240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 42.10-42.60,
No. 2-3 180-270 lbs. 41.25-
42.10, few No 2-4 260-335 lbs.
35.35-39.10. US No. 1-3 280-550
lb 1 ; sows 31.50-33.50, few
35.00- 9R, No. 2-3 380-680
lbs. 29.00-3-!.00. Few Boars
25 00-28.50, few light weights
30.00-
FEEDER PIGS 123. US
No 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
11.50-13.00 per head, No. 1-3
45-60 lbs. 19.50-22.00, No. 1-3
60-75 lbs. 26.00-32.00 per
head.
SHEEP 5. Lot Good 61 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs at
28.00
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January 2,1975
51 and close.
Cattle and Calves 1200
Cattle Auction
Moderately active, Feeder
Cattle and Calves uneven,
Feeder Steers and Steer
Calves 1.00-2.00 lower,
Feeder Heifers and Heifers
calves steady to weak,
majority receipts mixed
Good and Choice and Choice
350-650 lb. Steers and
Heifers. Moderate at
tendance buyers.
FEEDER STEERS
Choice 300-500 lb. 24.00-26.00;
few 500-600 lb. 24.00-26.00;
few 629-637 lb. 26.50-27 00;
Short load 926 lb. at 28.40;
Mixed Good and Choice 300-
500 lb. 21.00-24.25; 500-650 lb
22.50-24.50; few Good 300-600
lb. 18.00-21.00; few Good 532-
595 lb. 15.00-17.80.
For the Week; Compared
to late last week; Feeder
Steers and Steer Calves 1.00-
2.00 lower; Feeder Heifers
and Heifer Calves steady to
weak; Slaughter Cows in
Good demand and 50-1.00
higher; Slaughter Bulls
strong to 50 higher; salable
receipts near 2,900 head
compared to 2,047 last week
and 5,424 the same week a
year ago. Cows 34 percent
Cattle Receipts; Feeders 58
percent of the total.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, January 1
Reported receipts of 125
cows and 4 bulls. Market
lower with two weeks ago.
Load of Pa. cows, fresh
460-875; load of Franklin
County cows, fresh 500-910;
load of New York cows, fresh
420-890 and a load of
Wisconsin cows fresh 650-
790.
Locally consigned cows
345-895; springing heifers
400-490 and bulls 275-375.
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