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Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
Monday, January 20 to Friday, January 24
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.'
WHITE
Ex. Large 64 65 65 65 65
Large 64 65 65 65 65
Mediums 59 60 60 61 61
Pullets 55 55 55 55 55
Peewees 40 40 40 40 40
BROWN
Large
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 56 56 56 57
Checks 33 33 32 32
Tone—Midwest Steady. Other Areas Steady To Firm.
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
Weekly St. Louis
January 23,1975
Weekly Cattle Review;
Receipts 8,000, last week
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 m ...
look at the records and
the B-300 .. . “The
Businessman’s Bird”.
BABCOCK
FARMS
Telephone |717) 626 8257
Telephone 1717| 626 8561
71 71 71 71
New Weight
Per Case Tuesday Thursday
51 lbs. 0 0
48 lbs. 57 57
42 lbs. 54 54
39 lbs. 43 44
48 lbs. 42 42
48 lbs. 35 35
8,700, year ago 6,700.
Compared close last week,
Slaughter Steers and Heifers
2.00- lower in sympathy
with a sharply lower dressed
beed trade. Cows 1.00-2.00
lower, bulls steady. Supply
mostly Good and Choice 900-
1150 lbs. yield grade • 2-4
Slaughter Steers, around 18
percent Heifers, 18 percent
Feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Load Choice and Prime 1050
lbs. yield grade 3 37.25, load
1200 lbs. yield grade 4 35.85,
package Wednesday 34.00.
Choice 950-1150 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 36.00-37.50, few
Wednesday 34.50-35.00. Good
30.00- Standard and
Good Holsteins 1100-1400 lbs.
29.00- Standard 24.00-
28.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Package Choice and Prime
950 lbs. yield grade 34 35.50,
part load 35.75, Choice 850-
1000 lbs. yield grade 24 34.50-
35.50, few, Wednesday 33.00.
Good 26.00-33.00; Standard
23.00-
COWS: Late sale Utility
and Commercial 15.00-17.00,
few 17.00-18.00, Cutter 13.00-
15.00; Canner 9.00-12.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1700 lbs. 21.00-24.00, few
800-1000 lbs. 18.00-20^00.
VEALERS: Choice 34.00-
39.00, Good 25.00-34.00,
Standard 20.00-25.00, Utility
14.00-
FEEDERS: Around 1,000
at Thursday auction. Feeder
Steers rather uneven,
weights under 500 lbs. steady
to 2.00 higher, weights over
500 lbs. steady to weak.
Heifers mostly steady, ex
cept fleshy heifers going to
slaughter 1.00-2.00 higher.
STEERS; Package Choice
300 lbs. 26.50, Choice 400-500
lbs. 23.00-26.00, package 480
lbs. 27.25, 500-600 lbs. 24.00-
27.50, 650-800 lbs. 25.50-27.25,
27 head lot 880 lbs. 28 25,
Good 400-600 lbs. 18.00-22.50.
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Eastern Pa.
&N.J.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Prices continue unchanged
on light type hens. Demand
light for very limited of
ferings. Offerings of heavy
type adequate for fair in
terest.
Fri.
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
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Ready to cook movement
fair though generally
unaggressive. Slaughter
schedules often lighter than
usual as light weights con
tinue to be a problem.
Today’s less than trucklot
asking prices held un
changed on both Plant and
US Grade A. Advance in
terest no better than fair at
lower prices. Live supplies
barely adequate to short at
lighter than desired weights
in some quarters. Undertone
unsettled.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery next
week; US Grade A none;
Plant Grade 41.
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 Grade 4343%;
Premium US Grade A 47-50;
Premium Plant Grade 45-48.
Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A
43.94; Plant Grade 43.01;
Premium US Grade A 49.48;
Premium Plant Grade 47.54.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, January 22
Reported receipts of 101
cows, 19 bulls and no heifers.
Market steady with last
week.
Load of Pa. cows, fresh
510-800; load of Franklin
County cows fresh 570-785
and springers 550-730; load
of Vermonts cows, fresh 465-
745. First calf heifers from
Franklin county- fresh 280-
585.
Locally consigned cows
330-675; springing heifers
410-530; open heifers 215-370
and bulls J. 70-340.
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
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
Newspaper Association.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Prices unchanged to 1 cent
higher on all sizes. Cartoning
demand continues good
despite major chains still
closed with retail clerks
strike. Offerings irregularly
distributed but adequate on
all sizes. Undertone fully
steady to firm.
Prices to retailers; Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: store door A
Extra Large 68-71%; A
Large 67-70%; A Medium
60%-63%.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday r Jan.22
Prices are mostly un
changed but 1 cent higher in
instances. Demand is slow.
Supplies are ample.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 72-77,
mostly 72-74; Grade A
Medium 67-72, mostly 67-69.
Peoria
Cattle
January 23
Weekly Summary.
CATTLE: Receipts this
week 5600, compared to last
week 5946 and to a year ago
5804.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers 1.50-
2.50 lower. Slaughter heifers
2.00-2.50 lower. Cows 50-1.00
lower. Bulls steady. Receipts
about 70 pet. slaughter
steers, 15 pet. slaughter
heifers and the balance
mainly cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice and Prime 1150-1300
lbs. yield grade 3-4, 35.50-
37.00, late 35.50-36.50; couple
loads 37.50. Load 1525 lbs.
yield grade 4-5, 30.00. Choice
950-1300 lbs. yield grade 2-4,
34.00- late 34.00-36.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 900-
1300 lbs. 32.00-34.50. Good
29.00- Few Standard
and Good Holsteins 28.00-
30.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 900-1075
lbs. yield grade 3-4, 35.00-
36.50; closed 35.00-35.50;
couple loads 1000-1025 lbs.
yield grade 4-5, 31.00-32.50.
Choke 800-1000 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 f 33.50-35.00, up to
36.00 early. Mixed Good and
Choice 750-1100 lbs. 31.00-
33.50. Good 28.00-31.00.
Standard and Good 25.00-
28.00.
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday. January 21,1975
Prices paid per dozen Grade "A” brown eggs In cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
MASS+ 74*84 71-81 67-73 52-81
Mostly 75-77 72-74 68-70 53-65
NEWHAMP 72-77 69-74 65-70 50-55
Mostly 74-75 71-72 67-68 52-53
R.I. 75-77 72-74 ,67-70 55-58
VERMONT 76-83 71-80 67-75
Mostly 76-80 71-78 67-73
MAINE 76-78 73-75 69-71
-flncludes Central & Western Sections Only.
New York Dressed
Meats
January 23,1975
Daily Distributive - less
than carlot meat trade.
Compared with Wed
nesday: Choice Steer beef
fully 50 cents lower; Good
Steef beef $1.50 lower;
Choice Heifer $l.OO lower;
Calf weak to $2.00 lower;
Veal weak to $3.00 lower;
Lamb Generally weak; Pork
Lions mostly $2.00 higher;
Picnics 50 cents higher;
Butts $2.90 lower; Spareribs
$l.OO higher; Hams $l.OO to
$2.00 higher.
Rail stock classes under
pressure in view of declining
prices and relatively poor
demand for Beef, Veal, Calf
and Lamb. At same time
chain buyers active for
fabricated boxed Beef
available from local sources.
Poor moderately active.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 lbs. $65.50-
67.00; Choice 600-700 65.00-
66.50, 700-800 64.50-65.50, 800-
900 63.00-64.50; Good 500-800
60.00-61.00.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 lbs. 62.00-
63.00.
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Calf (Skin OH)
Choice 150-350 lbs. 58.00-
64.00; Good 150-350 48.00-
54.00; Standard 150350 44.00-
47.00.
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90-150 lbs. 81.00-
89.00; Good 60-90 70.00-76,00;
Standard 60-120 60.00-65.00.
Lamb
Choice & Prime - 30-55
86.00-88.00, 55-65 84.00-86.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (Steer) 145-190 lbs.
75.00- Arm Chucks 90-
105 50.00-53.00; Ribs (7-Rib)
34-40 83.00-85.00; Loins
(Trmd) 50-70 90.00-95.00;
Rounds (Steer) 70-95 78.00-
80.00; Full Plates 35.00-36.00
and Hinds (Heifer) 120-170
75.00-
Pork Cuts (Fresh)
Loins (Regular) 8-14 81.00-
84.80, 14-17 79.00-82.00;
Picnics (Regular) 4-8 47,50-
50.50; Boston Butts 4-8 61.00-
64.00; Spareribs 3 lbs. dotfn
79.00-83.00; Hams (Skinned)
14-1,7 71.50-75.00, ;17-20 69.50-
71.00. '
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