—Lancatter Farming. Saturday. Feb. 22. 1975 4 Poultry Market Reports WEEKLY NEW YORK EGG MARKET Tuesday, February 18 to Friday, February 21 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. WHITE Ex. Large H 58 55 55 55 Large 0 57 54 54 54 Mediums L S 3 50 50 48 Pullets I SO 45 45 44 Peewees D 35 30 30 28 BROWN Y Large Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large Checks Tone Irregular. 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: New Weight Classification Per Case Wednesday Friday Extra Large 51 lbs. 0 0 Class 1 - Large 48 lbs. 47 44 Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 44 41 Class 4 - Small 39 lbs. 35 33 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 39 38 Checks 48 lbs. 30 29 New York Dressed Meats February 20 Compared with Wed- Daily distributive - less nesday: General market than carlot meat trade. tone carrying pronounced weakness for all fresh meat classes. Quotations carried mostly nominal for beef, veal, calf, lamb and pork cuts. 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 (7171626-8257 Telephone 1717| 626 8561 65 62 62 62 53 49 49 49 30 29 29 29 Beef chucks, pork butts and hams along with front ends veal and calf moving best but general outlet for lamb very poor. Purchasing power holding conservative particularly in volume channels of outlet. Steer Beef Prime 600-900 lbs. 61.50- 63.50; Choice 600-700 61.00- 63.50; 700-800 60:50-62.50; 800- 900 59.00-61.00; Good 500-800 56.50-58.00. Veal (Skin Off) Choice 90-150 ids. oi.uu -87.00; Good 60-90 72.00-76.00; Standard 60-120 60.00-65.00. Lamb Choice & Prune 30:558OlP -89.00; 55-65 85.00-87.00. Choice Beef Cuts Hinds (Steer) 145-190 lbs. 74.00-76.00; Arm Chucks 90- 105 55.00-58.00; Ribs (7-rib) 34-40 70.00-75.00; Loins (Trmd) 50-70 85.00-90.00: Lancaster Farming | P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 |: Office: 22 E. Main St, Lititz, Pa. 17543 Record-Express Office Bldg. g: Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-2191 | Richard E. Wanner. Editor i-i; Melissa Piper, Associate Editor *: bubscnption 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. :j ►X Eastern Pa. &N.J. Live Poultry Report Wednesday, Feb. 19 Prices steady on Igt type hens. Offerings adequate to , barely adequate for fair needs. Offerings of heavy type hens barely adequate for a Igt interest. Prices paid at farm: light type hens 4-5% mostly 5-5% in Pa., mostly 5-5% in N.J.; heavy type hens TFEWR. Frl. Delmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, Feb. 19 Ready to cook movement continues light and unaggressive despite lower asking prices. Slaughter schedules curtailed as oc casional plant not operating today. Today’s less than trucklot asking prices lower on both plant and US Grade A. Live supplies ample though weights in a wide range. Undertone un settleed. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler fryers for delivery - next week: 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 43-45; Plant Grade 42-44; Premium US Grade A 45-49; Premium Plant Grade 44-47; Wtd avg.; US Grade A 43.80; Plant Grade 42.70; Premium US Grade A 46.57; Premium Plant Grade 46.21. Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, Feb. 19 Market unsettled to weak. Demand spotty with only limited feature activity on large. Supplies are ample. Cartoned eggs; Prices to retailers, state graded (Min one case sale) white. Grade A Large 64-70, Mostly 64-66; Grade A Medium 60-66, Mostly 60-62. Rounds (Steer) 70-95 73.00- 75.00; Full plates 36.00-37.00; Hinds (Heifer) 120-170 73.00- 75.00. Pork Cuts (Fresh) Loins (Regular) 8-14 83.00- 85.00; 14-17 83.00-84.00; Picnics (Regular) 4-8 47.50- 49.00; Boston Butts 4-8 68.00- 71.00; Spareribs 3 lbs. down 83.00-85.00; Hams (Skinned) 14-17 74.00-76.00; 17-20 71.50- 74.00. Kosher Steer Beef Choice & Prime forequarters 52.00-55.00. Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, Feb. 19 Prices unchanged. Car toning demand light and disappointing in many quarters. Offerings of all sizes fully adequate to ample. Undertone unsettled. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: store door, A Extra Large 62-64%, A Large 61-63 Vfe, A Medium 54-57. Fogelsville Sale of Feb. 11, 1975 (Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted.) Hens, heavy type 15-25%, mostly 15-20; Pullets 30-55, mostly 45-55; Roasters 12-44, mostly 42-44; Ducks 20-31; Drakes 15-37; Geese 40-40%; Turkeys, hens 48; Rabbits 35-63, mostly 55-63; Guineas 81-88, mostly 88; Pigeons (per pair) 1.31-4.35; Total coops sold 213. 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. TRY A CLASSIFIED AO! EGOMATIC CANDLER & GRADER muT H| r ~~ :^ Spring cushion conveyors for more gentle, positive egg handling Developed as an effective means of eliminating checking and breaking, these high quality stainless-steel springs are precision engineered to provide feather-soft cushioning yet maintain positive control of all egg movements We handle the following items: 5-80 Case Per Hour Candlers and Graders, Egomatic Equipment, Parts and Products, Kuhl Equipment, Parts and Products, Burch Coolers, And All Other Supplies For The Poultry In dustry IVf SKI, SERVICE AND INSTALL mp MODERN POULTRY SUPPLIES JAMES J - ENCK ■ OFFICE 1044 EAST KING STREET LANCASTER, PENNA 17602 NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY SHELL EGG REPORT Tucfday, February 18,1975 Prices paid per dozen Grade "A" brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 67-80 65-78 62-74 47-59 MASS+ Mostly 68-70 66-68 83-65 48-50 NEWHAMP 65-72 63-70 60-67 45-52 Mostly 67-68 65-66 63-64 47-48 R. I. 71-72 69-70 66-67 51-52 VERMONT 69-77 67-75 64-72 Mostly 69-74 67-72 64-69 MAINE 69-71 67-69 64-66 -f-Includes Central and Western Sections Only. Baltimore USDA Report Feb. 17,1975 lbs, 23.85-27 75; Standard 2- CATTLE: 350 with steers 3 795-1200 lbs. 20.00-22.35; and heifers steady to 50 Heifers: Choice 865 lbs. 32.00 lower. Early sales of cows and good 785-900 lbs. 2-3 25-50 cents lower. 35 percent 27.75-29.35 and Standard of sales were steers and 24.00-25.00. heifers with 55 percent cows COWS: Utility 19.25-22.25 and the balance bulls and and cutters 17.00-19.25. feeder steers. HOGS: 700 with barrows Slaughter steers yield and gilts steady. US 1-3 200- grade 4-1200 lbs. 37.50; 240 lbs. 40.50-41.00; 2-3 230- Choice 1000-1075 lbs. 2-3 260 lbs. 40.00-40.50; 2-4 250- 35.25-35.50; Good to Choice 2- 280 lbs. 39.50-40.00. Sows 4 1075-1350 lbs. 33.50-35.00; steady to 25 cents higher. US Standard to Good 1465-1700 1-3 300-600 lbs. 34.00-35.25. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD HIGH PRESSURE WASHING OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS BARRY I. HERR 1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster. Pa Phone 717-464-2044 ■*c 717-299-0828 or 717-397-5850 WAREHOUSE [PICKUP]: 752 EAST ROSS STREET LANCASTER, PENNA. 17602 'W///SSS//SA 49-51
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