—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Jan. 11, 1975
4
Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
Monday, January 6to Friday. January 10
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri
WHITE
Ex. Large 62 62 62 62 62
Large 62 62 62 62 62
Mediums 59 59 59 58 58
Pullets 56 56 56 55 55
Peewees 41 41 41 64 64
BROWN
Large
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 56 56 56 56 56
Checks 34 34 34 34 34
Tone Steadier.
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
Breaking Stock
Checks
New York Dressed
Meats
January 9,1975
Daily Distributive - less
than carlot meat trade.
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
6-300
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”
BABCOCK
FARMS
Telephone 1717| 626 8257
Telephone 17171626 8561
64 64 64
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
0 0
52 53
50 50
43 43
43 43
34 34
Compared with Wed
nesday: Prices mostly 50c
higher for Steer and Heifer
Beef; and prices for Veal,
Calf, Lamb and Pork un
changed.
Moderate supplies of fresh
meat clearing at a moderate
pace; however, Beef sellers
under pressure through
inability to keep fully in line
with uptrends for
replacement Beef stocks, as
retailers indicating no
urgency for Beef in general.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 lbs. 64.50-
65.50; Choice 600-700 lbs
62.50-64.50, 700-800 62.50-
64.00; 800-900 60.50-62 00;
Good 500-800 61.00-62.00.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 lbs. 62 GO
-63 00.
Calf (Skin Off)
Choice 150-350 lbs 58 00-
66.00, Good 150-350 48 GO
-56 00, Standard 150-350 45 00-
48 00
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90-150 lbs 84 GO
-92 00; Good 60-90 71.00-77 00;
Standard 60-120 60 00-65 00
Lamb
Choice and Prime 30-55
86 00-88 00, 55-65 84 00-86 00
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (Steer) 145-190 lb
75 00-77 00, Arm Chucks 90-
105 52 00-56 00, Ribs (7-Rib)
34-40 83 00-88 00, Loins
(Trmd) 50-70 89 00-93 00,
Rounds (Steer) 70-95 75 GO
-77 00, Full Plates 32 00-33 00,
Hinds (Heifer) 120-170 74 00-
76 00
Pork Cuts (Fresh)
Loins (Regular) 8-14 85 00-
87 00, 14-17 85 00-86 00,
Picnics (Regular) 4-8 53 GO
-55 00, Boston Butts 4-8 68 00-
70 00; Sparenbs 3 lb down
77 00-80 00, Hams (Skinned)
14-17 72 50-75 00, 17-20 70 00-
73 00
Kosher Steer Beef
Choice and Prime
Forequartci s 55 00-58 00
Eastern Pa.
& N. J.
Live Poultry Report
Thursday, Jan. 8
Prices unchanged to
cent lower on light type hens.
Demand fair. Offerings
adequate to fully adequate
Offerings of heavy type
adequate for a fair call.
Prices paid at farm; light
type hens 5-6, mostly 6 in PA,
mostly 5-6 in NJ; heavy type
hens TFEWR.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Thursday, January 8
Ready to cook movement
good. Slaughter schedules
fairly heavy. Today’s less
than trucklot asking prices
held unchanged on both
Plant and US Grade A.
Advance interest slow in
developing as buyers and
sellers await further market
conditions. Live supplies
fully adequate at mostly
desirable weights. Un
dertone fully steady to firm.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery next
week; US Grade A none;
Plant Grade 39-40.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
Range: US Grade A 40-41;
Plant Grade 39-40 J 2;
Premium US Grade A 42-46;
Premium Plant Grade 40-44
Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A
40.35; Plant Grade 39.64;
Premium US Grade A 44.60;
Premium Plant Grade 43.64.
Local Grain
Thursday, January 9
These prices are made up
of the average prices quoted
by a number of participating
local feed and gram con
cerns. It should be noted,
liowever, that not every
dealer or broker handles
each commodity. All prices
are per bushel except ear
corn which is per ton.
The i average local gram
prices quoted Thursday,
January 9, 1975, are as
follows-
Bid-f- Offered-h
Ear Corn
New
Old
Shelled Corn 3.35 357
Oats
66.00 75 00
1 63 1 90
2.22
2.45 2 70
Local
Western
Barley
Wheat
Feed
Millers 3.45 3 73
+Bid is the price the
dealer will buy from the
farmer delivered to the mill.
Offered is the price the
dealer will sell for at his mill
Lancaster Farming
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Office. 22 E Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543
Record-Express Office Bldg.
Phone; Lancaster 717-394-3047
or Lititz 717-626-2191
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Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming
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Philadelphia
Eggs
Thursday. January 8
Prices unchanged. Car
toning demand mixed
ranging light to occasionally
good where promotions
stimulating interest. Of
ferings of all sizes ample for
current needs. Undertone
nervous and unsettled.
Prices to retailers: sales to
volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: store door A
Extra Large 68-74*j; A
Large 67-73 1 *; A Medium 60-
■66.
Baltimore
Eggs
Thursday, January 8
Market unsettled. Most
traders continue to feel
uneasy about the market but
are holding prices as
demand improves. Supplies
remain heavy on large sizes
and adequate on mediums
and smalls.
Cartoned eggs; prices to
retailers, state graded (min
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 69-75,
mostly 69-72.
Grade A Medium 66-72,
mostly 66-68.
St. Louis
Cottle Review
January 9,1975
Weekly Cattle Review:
Receipts 8500, last week 5100,
year ago 6900.
Compared to Monday of
last week, Choice Slaughter
Steers steady Except
Standard to Low Good about
1.00 lower. Cows 1.00-3.00
lower than late last week.
Bulls steady. Supply mostly
Good and Choice 950-1150 lbs.
yield grade 2-4 Slaughter
Steers, 20 percent Heifers, 18
percent Cows and 25 percent
Feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 1000-1150
lbs. yield grade 3-4 37.25-
38.00, package Choice 975
lbs. yield grade 3 38.25;
Choice 950-1150 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 36.00-37.50, load
1300 lbs yield grade 3-4 36.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 1100-
1350 lbs. 29.50-31.00, Package
1725 lbs. 29.00; Standard 900-
1200 lbs. 25.00-28.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Couple packages Choice and
Prime 900-950 lbs yield
grade 3-4 35 50-36.00; Choice
800-1000 lbs. 34 50-36.00;
Good and Choice 33.50-35.00;
Good 29.00-33.00; Standard
24 00-27.00.
COWS- Utility and
Commercial 14.00-17.00,
Holstems early 19.00-20.00;
Cutter 12 00-14 00; Canner
10 00-12 00
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
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Prices paid per dozen Guide "A" brown eggs m cartons
delivered to retail stores
KX I.AIMIF. I.AIUSK MF.DILM .vmai.i
(10-75 00-74 02-70 57-02
07- 07-09 03-05 58-00
00-73 04-7 7 00-07 50-57
08- 00-71 02-03 52.55
07- 07-09 03-05 574 m
08- 08-75 04-72
08-70 08-72 04-09
08-70 08-70 04-00
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MASS (
Mostly’
N. 11.
Mostly
K.I
VERMONT
Mostly
MAINE
Philadelphia
Produce
Thursday, January 9
APPLES
Ctn Tray Pack: PENNA
USCombination ExFcy St
Fey 72-100 s Wmesaps 7.50
Romes 7.00 no grade mark
Red Delicious 72-113 s 6-6.50.
VA: Red Delicious
USCombination ExFcy &
Fey 113 s 7.50 Staymans US
No. 1 100’113s 7.00.
WASH Golden Delicious
Wash ExFcy Few Sales 113-
125 s 7.00 138 s 6.00 Red
Delicious Wash Fey 113 s few
7.00. Others Too few sales to
quote.
Ctn Cell Pack: NY
Mclntosh USFcy 80-120 s fair
appear 5-5.50.
Ctn Film Bag 12-3 lb US
No. 1 or Better 2Vi” & Up:
PENNA Red Delicious 5.20-
5.40 fair appear 4.20
Staymans 4.80-5.00.
NY Wmesaps 4.50.
*.> Bu Hmpr Open Face:
NJ med-lge Red Delicious 2-
2.25. Golden Delicious fair
cond 1.75-2.00.
CABBAGE
1 3 4 bu ert St ctn med-lge
Domestic Round Type Green
York Livestock
Thomasville, Pa.
January 8,1975
CATTLE 96. One Choice
slaughter steer at 37.25,
Good 32.00-37.10, Standard
28.75-32.00, few Utility 21.00-
27.25. Few Choice slaughter
heifers 31.85-32.75, couple
Good 27.60 and 31.25, couple
Standard 23.00 and 23.50.
Few Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 18.00-
19 75, Cutters 16.35-17.85, few
Canners 13.00-15.25. Few
Standard slaughter bullocks
26.60-30.25, few Utility 23.25-
25.25. Couple Yield Grade
No. 1 1200 and 1420 lbs.
slaughter bulls 26.35 and
29.25.
CALVES 102. One Choice
vealers at 54 00, few Good
42.00- 00, few Standard
31.00- Utility 90-120 lbs
18.00- 70-85 lbs 16.00-
19 00.
HOGS 49 US No 1-3 200-
205 lbs barrows & gilts 39.00,
few No 2-3 195-250 lbs. 38.00-
40.25 Few US No 1-3 265-500
lbs. sows 30.00-34.50 Few
Boars 20 00-22.00.
FEEDER PIGS 30. One lot
US No 1-3 50 lbs feeder pigs
17 00 per head, Utility 30-45
lbs. 10.00-11 50, one lot 60 lbs
17 50 per head
SHEEP 2. Not enough of
any one grade to establish a
market
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road Lancaster Pa
Phone 717 464 2044
unless otherwise stated.
DEL: fair appear 3-3.50
Red Type 4.50.
NY mesh sks approx. 50-lb.
Danish Type one lot med &
Ige 3.00 few hgr Red Type
med 3.50.
MUSHROOMS
PENNA: 4-qt bkt med-lge
best 2.75-3.00 fair appear
2.25- sml-med best 2.25-
2.50 fair appear 1.75-2.00.
ONIONS —DRY
50-lb sks unless otherwise
stated.
NY Yellow sml-med 1.50-
2.00 best mostly 2.00 few 2.25
ord cond 1.25 med-lge 2.50
MICH: Yellow sml-med
2.25-
OHIO: Yellow sml-med
2.25 med-lge 2.75 ctn 12-3 lb
mesh sks 20-25 cents.
POTATOES
50-lb sks US No. 1 Size A
wshd unless otherwise
stdtsd
Round Whites - MAINE:
2.10-2 25 few 2.35 Ige 2.40-2.50
Baled 5-lb sks 34 cents 10-lb
sks fair appear 50-52 c.
LI 2.10-2.25
PENNA: unwshd 1.75-1.85
Round Reds - NY including
Sz B 3.00. ?
FLA New Crop few 6.50-
6.75 Sz B few 7.00.
~ See your PATZ Dealer today
CALL 717 272-0871
MARVIN J.
HORST
Dairy Equipment and
Amana Appliances
E.D.No. l(Iona)
Lebanon, Pa.
Located on Route 897 between
Schaefferstown and Lebanon,
over 30 years in business at
same place
54-51.