—Lancatter Farming. Saturday. Feb. 22. 1975
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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
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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:
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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
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EGOMATIC
CANDLER & GRADER
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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
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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.
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