Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 8. 1975
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Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
Monday, February 3 to Friday, February 7
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Ex. Large 65 63 63 59 59
Large 65 63 63 ' 59 59
Mediums 61 59 59 54 54
Pullets 55 55 55 52 52
Peewees 40 40 40 40 40
BROWN
Large
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 57
Checks 32
Tone Testing
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
York Livestock
Thomasvillc, PA
February 5,1975
CATTLE 49. Compared
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 in ...
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 68
56 56 54 54
32 31 31 31
. 4 v,;.V.
New Weight
Per Case Tuesday Thursday
51 lbs. 0 0
48 lbs. 54 53
42 lbs. 51 50
39 lbs. 42 41
48 lbs. 41 41
48 lbs. 32 32
■with last Wednesday’s
market; individual Choice
slaughter steer at 36.00, few
Good 30.35-33.50, few
Standard 27.50-30.60, in
dividual Utility at 25.35. Few
Choice slaughter heifers
33.00- Good, in
dividual’s 27.50 and 28.75,
Standard, individual’s 24.25
and 26.50. Few Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 19.35-21.35, few Cutters
18.00- few Canners
17.35-17.85. Individual Yield
Grade No. 1 1165 lbs. low
yielding slaughter bull at
23.35. Few Good & Choice
710-805 lbs. feeder steers
27.25-30.35; lot Good 638 lbs.
feeder bulls 24.00.
CALVES 52. Vealers
grading Utility- $6 lower.
Individual Good vealer at
56.00, few Standard 33.00-
45.00, Utility 90-115 lbs. 20.00-
27.00, few 75-85 lbs. 18.00-
21.00, Farm calves, few beef
cross bulls & heifers 90-100
lbs. 30.00-38.00.
HOGS 16. Lot US No. 1-3
229 lbs. barrows & gilts 41.00,
lot No. 2-3 266 lbs. 40.75. Few
US No. 1-3 305430 lbs. sows
32.00-
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Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Fri.
Prices unchanged on Light
Type Hens. Offerings short
of light needs as finished
product hard to clear. Of
ferings of Heavy -'Type
adequate for limited needs.
Prices paid at farm: Light
Type Hens 4-6, mostly 5 - 5Ms
in Pa.; mostly 5-6 fn NJ.
Heavy Type Hens
TFEWR.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Ready to cook movement
good with occasional unfilled
orders reported. Slaughter
schedules reduced as several
plants not operating today.
Today’s less than trucklot
asking prices held un
changed to higher on both
Plant and US Grade A.
Advance interest slow in
developing at generally 41
cents for Plant Grade. Live
supplies short at desirable
weights. Undertdn 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 41.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
Range: US Grade A 42-43;
Plant Grade 41-42; Premium
US Grade A 45-46; Premium
Plant Grade 43-44.
Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A
42.52; Plant Grade 41.59;
Premium US Grade A 45.75;
Premium Plant Grade 44.81.
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday, February 5
Reported receipts of 46
head of cows. Market steady
with last week.
Load of Franklin Co. cows,
fresh 475-825 and springers
620-760.
Locally consigned cows
325-780.
FEEDER PIGS 26. Lot US
No. 1-3 35 lbs. feeder pigs
21.00 per head, lot No. 1-3 55
lbs. 24.50 per head, lot No. 1-3
115 lbs. 33.50 cwt.
SHEEP 0. No sales on
offer.
TRY A
CLASSIHED
Tuesday, February 4,1975
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
' delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM
MASS+ 74-84 72-81 68-73
Mostly 75-77 73-75 69-71
NEWHAMP Not Available
Mostly Not Available
R.I. 75-77 73-75 69-71 *
VERMONT 76-84 74-82 70-78
Mostly 76-83 74-81 70-77
MAINE 76-78 74-76 70-72
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Prices unchanged to 2
cents lower on all sizes.
Cartoning demand light and
disappointing with buyer
interest taking a wait and
see position relative to
further market develop
ments. Offerings ample on
Extra Large and Large,
adequate to barely adequate
on Mediums. Undertone
weak.
Prices to Retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: Stone Door - A
Extra Large 68-71%; A
Large 67-70%; A Medium 60-
63%.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Baltimore Eggs: Prices
are mostly 2 cents lower.
Trading continues irregular.
Supplies of all sizes ample
with additional ungraded
offered.
Cartoned Eggs: Prices to
Retailers state graded (min
one case sale) White.
Grade A Large 70-78,
mostly 70-72.
Grade A Medium 66-74,
mostly 66-68.
THE EARLY BIRD
EARLIER MATURITY, EARLIER PEAKS,
PLUS HIGHER PEAKS
• BOX 6265, HAUAM, PA <717) 252-3119
NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
February 3,1975
CATTLE 300. Not enough
sales steers & heifers for a
market test. Limited sales
steers steady; other classes
held for AM Auction.
STEERS: Few High Good
& Choice yield grade No. 3
1130-1165 lbs. 35.10-36.00,
Good 950-1150 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 31.50-33.50, Stan
dard 965-1150 lbs. 22.10-25.10.
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY i. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa
Phone 717-464-2044
EARLIER EGG SIZE
DEKALB LATELY,
YOU HAVEN’T TRIED DEKALB.”
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ASK YOUR DEKALB REPRESENTATIVE
DEKALB YORK HATCHERY
Baltimore
USDA Report
COWS: Early sales Utility
19.00- Cutters 16.50-
18.50, Canner & Low Cutters
14.00-
HOGS 650. Barrows & Gilts
mostly steady; few sales 25
cents to 50 cents higher. US
No. 1-3 200-240 lbs. mostly
40.00, few lots 40.25-40.50, No.
2-3 lbs. 39.75-40.00,
No. 2-4 260-280 lbs. 39.25-
39.75. SOWS: Steady. US No.
1-3 300-600 lbs. 32.00-33.00.
SMALL
52-
53-
53-55
54-56
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