—Lancaster Firming, Saturday. March 1. 1975
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Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG-MARKET
Monday, February 24 to Friday, February 21
Mon. Tue«. Wed. Thura,
WHITE
Ex. Large 55 55 55 56
Large 54 54 54 55
Mediums 48 45 48 SO
Pullets 44 44 44 44
Peewees 28 28 28 28
BROWN
Large
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 49 49 49 50
Checks 29 29 29 29
Tone Full Steady, But Cautious.
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
Feb. 27,1975
Daily distributive - less
than carlot meat trade.
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
sustamed 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”.
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New Weight
Per Case Tuesday Thursday
51 lbs. 0 0
48 lbs. 44 46
42 lbs. 40 43
39 lbs. . 33 33
48 lbs. 37 37
48 lbs. 29 29
Compared with Wed
nesday: Price very weak for
steer and heifer beef. Veal
and Calf steady to weak;
Lamb weak throughout loins
around $2.00 lower; butts
$3.00 lower; picnics,
spareribs and hams steady.
Wholesale meat houses
report slowest movement of
. fresh meats so fat this year.
Price apparently not the
factor for beef as demand for
practically all cuts is run
ning poor. Lamb continues
under pressure particularly
hindsaddles cuts while pork
loins and butts tending easy.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 lbs. 61.50-
63.00; Choice 600-700 61.00-
63.00, 700-800 60.50-62.00; 800-
900 59.00-60.50; Good 500-800
56.50-57.50.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 lbs. 60.00-
62.00.
Calf (Skin Off)
Choice 150-350 lbs. 57.00-
62.00; Good 150-350 47.00-
52.00; Standard 150-350 44.00-
47.00.
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90-150 lbs. 81.00- $' :j:
87.00; Good 60-90 72.00-76.00; 3
Standard 60-120 60.00-65.00. $
Lamb |a«|AnA* A J ' g - — _-%r«
Choice and Prime 30-55 $ i’i afecIWTIIIICI 3
88.00- 55-65 85.00-87.00. I:-; S
Choice Beef Cuts P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, PA 17543 S
* o,,ice: 22 E -Main St. L 'titz, PA 17543 |
73.50-75.00; Arm Chucks 90- x r- A**- A -u- *
105 50.00-55.00; Ribs (7-rib) § Record-Express Office Building g
34-40 72.00-76.00; Loins | Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 |
(trmd) 50-70.85.00-90.00; $ or Lititz 717-626-2191 3
Rounds (steer) 70-95 71.00- $;
73.00; Full Plates 32.00-33.00; g Richard E. Wanner, Editor :£
Hinds (heifer) 120-170 73.00- g Melissa Piper, Associate Editor
74 50 * •••*
Pork Cuts (Fresh) 3 Subscription Price: $3 per year. $
Loins (regular 8-14 76.00- § Established November 4,1955 g
78.00, 14-17 74.00-76.00; Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming :j:i
Picnics (regular) 4-8 49.00- § Lititz, PA
51.00; Boston Butts 4-8 72.00- Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543
75.00; Sparenbs 3 lbs. down
85.00- Hams (skinned) 3
14-17 75.00-77.00, 17-20 71.50- &
74.00
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&N.J.
Live Poultry Report
Wedneaday, Feb. 26
Prices unchanged on light
type hens. Offerings in
creased slightly following
declines on the egg market.
Demand fair as finished
product continues to clear.
Offerings of heavy type hens
adequate for a fair interest.
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens 4-5% mostly 5-5%
in Pa. and N.J.; Heavy type"
hens TFEWR.
Frl.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Ready to cook movement
fairly good however much of
it on prior commitment.
Slaughter schedules reduced
as occasional plant not
operating today. Today’s
less than trucklot asking
prices holding about steady
on both plant and US Grade
A. Advance interest fair
through less aggressive than
expected. Live supplies
continue short of needs at
desirable weights. Un
dertone fully steady to firm.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery next
week: Plant grade 40.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
. Range: US Grade A 40-42;
Plant Grade 3941; Premium
US Grade A 42-46; Premium
Plant Grade 4144; Wtd. avg.
US Grade A 41.04; Plant
Grade 39.89; Premium US
Grade A 44.17; Premium
Plant Grade 43.38.
OF FLYING
HIGHWAY TO PROFITS
More businessmen are trav
eling in light airplanes than
ever. The surge in business
men learning to fly and buy
ing planes, the industrial
parks being built next to air
ports, and an increase in
most general aviation busi
nesses are the indicators, says
Piper Aircraft Corporation.
General aircraft sales, for
example, are up about one
third over last year. And some
air taxi and charter services
report business increases of
up to 100 percent. About 70
percent of general aviation
flying is for business.
It all revolves around the
economics of business travel.
For people constantly on the
road, traveling in a light plane
is a very cost-effective way
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Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Prices unchanged. Car
toning demand fair at best.
Offerings remain ample on
all sizes. Undertone steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: Store Door, A
Extra Large 59-62%, A Large
58-61%, A Medium 50-54%.
Fogelsville
Sale of February 18
(Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.)
Hens, heavy type 10-29,
mostly 20-25; Pullets 27-57,
mostly 40-50; Roasters 1545,
mostly 4045; Ducks 20-28;
Drakes 20-55; Turkeys, hens
48; Rabbits 55-77, mostly 70-
73; Guineas 90; Pigeons (per
pair) 1.204.15.
Total coops sold 203.-
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.
Sale of
February 25
Hens, heavy type 24-36;
Pullets 3245, mostly 4045;
Roasters 1840, mostly 32-35;
Ducks 3148, mostly 4245;
Drakes 3148, mostly 4245;
Geese 19-25; Turkeys, hens
48; Rabbits 46-70, mostly 60-
65; Guineas 90-93; Pigeons
(per pair) 1.42%4.10%.
Total Coops Sold 205.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Baltimore eggs: Market
about steady however
demand remains irregular
Supplies are ample.
Cartoned eggs; Prices to
retailers, state graded
(Minimum one case sale)
White: Grade A Large 61-67,
Mostly 61-63; Grade A
Medium 55-61, Mostly 55-57.
to go. The 55-m.p.h. highway
speed limit, reduced airline
schedules, increased commer
cial air fares and greater
flexibility of general aviation
travel have all contributed.
For information about
learning to fly, write to
A. Shantz, Piper Aircraft Cor
poration, Lock Haven, Pa.
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NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
jueedayrrffiruaryK 1975
PrtCSs paid per dozen Grade "A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
MASS+ 64-74 62-71 59-68 42-53
Mostly 65-67 63-65 60-62 43-45
NEWHAMP 62-69 60-67 55-62 39-46
64-65
68-69
73-77
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly 73-74 64-72 63-69
MAINE • 66-68 64-66 59-61
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Omaha Cattle
Weekly 51 - cattle - com
pared with the previous
week’s close.
Slaughter steers and
heifers closed weak to 25c
lower as compared late
previous week, instances 50c
off on good and low-choice
shortfeds. Cows mostly 50c
higher, bulls 1.00 higher.
Four day receipts 22,200 as
compared 181,00 previous
week and 16,300 a year ago.
Steers approximately 43
percent of week’s total,
heifers 31 percent, cows 15
percent, and feeders for
Friday auction 8 percent.
STEERS: Several loads
choice and prime 1108-1284
lbs. yield grade 34 35.85-
36.25 forepart of week. At
midweek, three loads same
grade 1178-1190 35.50-35.65.
Load 1150 lbs. mainly yield
grade 4 carrying some mud
35.00, Choice 975-1300 lbs.
yield grade 24 relatively
clean 34.00-35.00, few con
signments high-choice 35.25-
35.50. Load choice 1608 lbs.
yield grade 4-5 32.50. Mixed
good and choice 950-1250 lbs.
33.25-34.00. Good 29.50-33.25.
Standard and low-good 27.50-
29.00.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 34.03
average weight 1119 lbs. as
compared 34.30 and 1104 lbs.
previous week and 44.37 and
1137 lbs. a year ago.
HEIFERS: Early, high
choice and prime 972-1100
lbs. yield grade 3-4 34.50-
35.00 at midweek choice 825-
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34.40. Mixed good and choice
750-975 lbs. 32.00-33.00 good
28.00- small lots
standard and good 26.00-
27.50.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 17.00-19.00, few
utility 1 dairybreds 19,25-
19.50. Canner and cutter
12.50-17,00, mixed cutter and
low utility 17.25-18.00.
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1400-2000 lbs. 20.00-23.00, a
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