Farming, Saturday, March 22, 1975 Poultry Market Reports WEEKLY NEW YORK EGG MARKET Monday, March 17 to Friday, March 21 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. WHITE Ex. .Large 64 64 64 64 64 Large 63 63 63 63 63 Mediums 57 57 57 57 57 Pullets 41 40 40 39 39 Peewees 28 27 27 27 27 BROWN Large Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 53 53 53 53 53 Checks 30 30 30 30 30 Tone Retail Orders Improving. Copyright 1975 Urner Barry Publications NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY SHELL EGG REPORT Tuesday, March 18,1975 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 71-79 68-77 61-71 36-51 MASS+ Mostly 72-74 NEWHAMP 69-76 Mostly R. I. VERMONT 71-72 75-76 73-81 73-80 73-75 Mostly MAINE +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. | I I P.O. Box 266 -Lititz, PA 17543 | Office: 22 E. Main St, Lititz, PA 17543 jii Record-Express Office Building •I* •!•! Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-2191 Richard E. Wanner, Editor Melissa Piper, Associate Editor v »,*, g Subscription Price: $3 per year. :§ | Established November 4,1955 $ $ Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming $ | Lititz, PA | Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 * :j:j Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. Pa Newspaper S-i Publishers Associafa'on, and Nabonal Newspaper Association i* 66 66 66 66 62-64 59-66 69-71 66-73 61-62 65-66 63-72 68-69 72-73 70-78 63-70 63-65 70-77 70-72 Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, March 19 Marked unsettled. Car toned orders very irregular but loose egg business steady. Supplies ample. Cartoned eggs: prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white: Grade A Large 70-76, mostly 70-72; Grade A Medium 64-70, mostly 64-65. Fri, New York Dressed ' Meats March 20 Daily Distributive - less . than carlot meat trade. Compared with Wed nesday: Price structure for most fresh meats lacking stability and meat wholesalers encountering price resistance in all divisions. Beef loins and tenders excepted and oversold in instances. Quotations unchanged throughout the list aside from beef chucks mostly $l.OO lower. 37-39 34-41 36-37 41-42 Steer Beef Prime 600-900 lbs. 61.00- 63.00; Choice 600-700 61.00- 62.50, 700-800 60.00-62.00, 800- 900 58.50-60.00; Good 500-800 56.50-57.50. 38-40 Heifer Beef Choice 500-700 lbs. 59.50- 61.50. 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- 87.00; Good 60-90 72.00-76.00; Standard 60-120 60.00-65.00. Lamb Choice and Prime 30-55 92.00-94.00, 55-65 91.00-93.00. Choice Beef Cuts Hinds (Steer) 145-190 lbs. 72.00-74.00; Arm Chucks 90- 105 45.00-50.00; Ribs (7-Rib) 34-40 77.00-82.00; Loins (Trmd) 50-70 90.00-95.00; Rounds (Steer) 70-95 70.00- 72.00; Full Plates 35.00-36.00; Fogelsville Sale of March 18 (Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted.) Hens, heavy type 8-33, mostly 12-23; Pullets 47-51; Roasters 10-50, mostly 40-47; Ducks Drakes 50%-53; Geese 35-36; Turkeys, Hens 46-47; Rab bits 40-72, mostly 50-65; Guineas 95-1.11; Pigeons (per pair) 1.69-5.01. Total Coops Sold - 472. Poultry received Monday 7 ,m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7 m. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30 m. p.i a.i a.i Directions Take Rt. 222 thruway. Exit at Fogelsville exit. North to stoplight in Fogelsville, turn left, proceed one mile. Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, March 19 Prices unchanged. Car toning demand light and disappointing for pre-holiday needs. Offerings ample to burdensome and oc casionally freely made. Undertone very unsettled. Prices to retailers: sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: Store door A Extra Large 67-69%; A Large 66-68%; A Medium 58- 60%. Hinds (Heifer) 120-170 72.00- 74.00* Pork Cuts (Fresh) Loins (Regular) 8-14 79.50- 82.00, 14-17 75.00-78.00; Picnics (Regular) 4-8 43.00- 45.00; Boston Butts 4-8 71.00- 74.00; Spareribs 3 lbs. down 85.00-87.00; Hams (Skinned) 14-17 73.00-76.00, 17-20 68,00- 71.00. Kosher Steer Beef Choice & Prime Forequarters 53.00-56.00. Know what’s happening on the farming scene? Read Lancaster Farming for all the news! ji SWINE FEEDING ; with the FLEX-AUGER j| / SYSTEM \ //A' flex auger-the original one piece Wa spring type auger that simplified (1 V\-%L il and revolutionized delivery of \ \ feed from dins to feeders for \ | >/- POULTRY DAIRY CATTLE £ SWINE \ *OUIT«Y HOUS« »OUIPMtNI J REGULAR AND HIGH CAPACITY FLEX AUGERS AVAILABLE Qwe sell, service and install E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. R.D.I, Willow Street 717-464-3321 // 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 Delmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, March 19 Ready to cook movement light and disappointing. Slaughter schedules reduced in many quarters. Today’s less than trucklot asking prices 1 - 2 cents lower on both Plant and US Grade A. Advance interest light at 39 cents. Live supplies ample with weights in a wide range. Undertone unsettled. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler fryers for delivery next week: Plant Grade 39. 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 39%-41; Premium US Grade A 42-46; Premium Plant Grade 41-44. Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A 41.15; Plant Grade 39.89; Premium US Grade A 45.09; Premium Plant Grade 43.19. HIGH PRESSURE WASHING OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS BARRY L. HERR 1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa Phone 717-464-2044 nf% ■\ \ t New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Eastern Pa. &N.J. Live Poultry Report Wednesday, March 19 Prices continueunchanged on light type hens. Offerings light as producer hold for additional production prior to the holiday. Offerings of heavy type adequate for a fair demand. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 4-5%, mostly 5-5% in PA; mostly 5-5% in NJ. Heavy type hens TFEWR. 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