4—Lancaitor Farming, Saturday, May 17, 1975
Poultry Market Reports
WEEKLY NEW YORK
EGG MARKET
Monday, May 12 to Friday, May II
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thun,
WHITE
Ex. Large 59 56 56 54 54
Urge 54 53 53 51 51
Medium 46 44 44 42 42
Pullets 40 36 36 34 34
Peewees 28 25 25 25 25
BROWN
Large 55 55 55 53 53
Medium Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peeweea Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 50
Checks 34*6
, Tone Irregular.
Copyright 1975 Urner Barry Publications
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NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY
SHELL EGG REPORT
Tuesday, May 13,1975
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
57-75 56*68 50-62 33-48
MASS+
Mostly 58-60
NEWHAMP 55-62
58-
62-63
59-
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
59-68
59-61
Mostly
MAINE
4-Includes Central and Western Sections Only.
Omaha
May 15
WEEKLY 51 - Cattle -
compared with the previous
week is close-average good
to prime slaughter steers 50-
75 cents lower as compared
previous-midweek, standard
and low-good weak to 25
cents lower. Heifers closed
weak to 50 cents lower, cows
mostly steady, some late
sales 25-50 cents lower. Bulls
strong to 1.00 higher.
FOUR DAY RECEIPTS
16,200 as compared 18,200
previous week and 16,000 a
year ago. Steers ap
proximately 42 percent of
week total heifers 30 percent,
cows 15 percent and feeders
for Friday auction 11 per
cent. Moderate marketings
sufficient to largely offset
rbearish effects of a dull
carcass trade forepart of
week but live prices forced
downward at midweek.
Buyers generally selective
as they sought to effect a
satisfactory ration between
current live prices and
carcass realizations while at
the same time faced with the
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48 48 46 46
34% 34 33% 33%
51-53
48-55
57-59
54-61
50-51
56-57
52-65
56-57
61-62
58-69
52-59
52-54
58-65
5860
Cattle
problem of acquiring
necessary numbers on
limited available supplies.
Trading on carcass beef at
wholesale level generally
dull through midweek
despite a modereate
decrease in slaughter but
wholesale prices again
pointed upward late. Overall
finish steer and heifer supply
not particularly attractive;
moderate volume high
choice and prime included
but bulk good to average
choice including moderate
number 950-1050 ib. short fed
steers and 775-850 lb. heifers.
STEERS: The forepart of
week, ten loads choice and
prime 1160-1333 lbs yield
grade 3-4 50.75-51.25, load
1278 lbs. 51.50 and load high
choice and prime 1406 lbs.
yield grade 4-5 46.50 Monday.
In late trading several loads
and part loads choice and
prime 1019-1225 lbs. yield
grade 34 50.00-50.50. Choice
975-1300 lbs. yield grade 24
mainly 48.0049.50 late, oc
casionally 49.75-50.00. Mixed
good and choice 950-1250 lbs.
Ddmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, May 14
Ready to cook movement
light and disappointing with
product occasionally freely
offered. Slaughter schedules
reduced sharply in some
quarters while steady in
others. Today's less than
trucklot asking prices held
unchanged to 2 cents lower
on both plant and US Grade
A. Advance interest fair at
this week’s levels. Live
supplies fully adequate for
current needs at generally
favorable weights. Un
dertone unsettled to steady.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery next
week: US Grade A none.
Plant Grade 42.
FH.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City 'from
Delmarva.
Range US Grade A 43-44;
Plant Grade 42-43; Premium
US Grade A 45-49; Premium
Plant Grade 44-47.
Wtd. Avg.: US. Grade A
43.37-; Plant Grade
42.34; Premium US Grade A
48.08; Premium Plant Grade
45.91.
34-36
31-38
33-34
41-42
Lancaster Feeder
35-37
Tuesday, May 13
Feeder Pigs
Today 2209
Two Weeks Ago 1391
FEEDER PIGS: Com
pared to two weeks ago
feeder pigs 3.00-5.00 higher.
All prices on a per hundred
basis.
US 1-2 59-65 lb. 90.00-99.00;
80 head 52-54 lb. 105.00. US 2-3
34-50 lb. 101.00-108.50; 77
head 3947 lb. 110.00-111.00;
49 head lot 28 lb. 118.00; 50-68
lb. 90.00-101.50. US 2-61 head
87 lb. 85.50. US 3 35-58 lb.
92.00-98.00; 57 head 4060 lb.
80.50-86.50; One lot 101 lb.
64.00.
47.0048.25. Good 40.0047.50,
yield grade 2-3 holsteins
included at 40.00-40.50.
Standard and low-good 37.50-
40.00.
Average cost slaughter
steers first three days 48.21-
average weight 1108 lbs. as
compared 48.38 and 1114 lbs.
previous week and 40.15 and
1159 lbs. a year ago.
HEIFERS: Early, high
choice and prime 951-1137
lbs. yield grade 3-4 48-75-
49.50, load 1059 lbs. 50.00 on
Tuesday. At midweek, few
loads same grade 955-1030
lbs. yield grade 3-4 48.25-
49.00. Choice 850-1050 lbs.
yield grade 2-4 46.50-48.00.
Mixed good and choice 775-
975 lbs. 44.00-46.50. Good
38.00-44.00. Standard and
low-good 35.00-37.50.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 22.00-26.00, a few
Utility dairybreds 26.50-
27.00. Canner and cutter
16.00-22.50. mixed cutter and
low utility 22.75-23.00. Shelly
canner 14.00-15.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1400-2000 lbs. 22.00-27.00,
several yield grade 1 28.00-
30.00.
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Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, May 14
Prices unchanged to V*
cent higher on light type
hens. Demand fair though
unaggrcssive. Offerings
barely adequate to short as
many flocks being recycled.
Offerings of heavy type hens
adequate to barely adequate
F.or A fair steady call.
Prices paid at farm: Light
Type Hens 3-5% mostly 5 in
Pa.; mostly 4-4% in NJ.
Heavy Type Hens TFEWR.
Fogelsville
Sale of May 13
(Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.)
Hens, heavy type 12-30,
mostly 15-24; Pullets 48-51%;
Roasters 39-45%; Ducks 54;
Drakes 48-54; Rabbits 35-70,
mostly 50-65; Guineas 1.66;
Pigeons (per pair) 1.20-3.20;
Total coops sold 217.
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.
Oklahoma
City
May 15
THURSDAY FEEDER
.CATTLE AUCTION
Estimated Recepts 7,900
Same Day Last Week 6.189
Trade active, feeder steers
$1.0032.00 higher, with most
advance on steers over 700
lb. Feeder heifers steady to
$l.OO higher; bulk of receipts
mixed good and choice and
choice 400-800 lb. feeder
steers, 400-700 lb. feeder
heifers. Moderate at
tendance of buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300-500 lb. 31.50-34.00,
lot 479 lb. 34.90, 500-600 lb.
32.50- 600-700 lb. 33.00-
36.00, 700-840 lb. 34.00-38.00.
Mixed good and choice 500-
600 lb. 29.50-31.00. 600-800 lb.
30.50- Several loads 700-
900 lb. holsteins 21.10-26.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 500-600 lb. 25.00-29.25,
600-700 lb. 28.25-31.50. Mixed
good and choice 350500 lb.
23.50- few 500-600 lb.
23.75-25.00. good 300-500 lb.
20,00-22.25.
- FOR THE WEEK: Feeder
Steers over 700 lb. steady to
$l.OO lower, under 700 lb.
$l.OO-$2.00 lower. Feeder
heifers $l.OO-$2.00 lower with
most decline on heifers
under 500 lb. Slaughter cows
finished the wkks steady.
While a limited supply of
slaughter bulls sold 50 cents
to $l.OO higher. Slaughter
steers and heifers closed
mostly steady. Salable
supply this week numbered
near 18,500 head compared
to 13.700 last week and 11,700
one year ago. Cows and bulls
comprised near 15 percent,
feeders near 84 percent of
total.
EVERY FRIDAY
FEEDER CATTLE
42 NOON
Lancaster Stockyanls, Inc.
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 arc classified by weight in
SO-do'un cases, and traded in lots of cither 300 or 750 cases.
Prices are FOB buyers dock, and arc computed Tuesday and
Thursday of each week. This 1 weeks prices for each
classification were:
Classification
Extra Large
Gass 1 - Large
Gass 3 - Medium
Gass 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
St. Louis
Auction
May 15
WEEKLY CATTLE
REVIEW: Receipts 8600,
last week 7500, year ago 5600.
Compared with last
Tuesday, slaughter steers
and heifers $l.OO-12.00 lower,
most decline on choice. Cows
steady to $l.OO higher. Bulls
$l.OO-12.00 higher. Supply
near 36 percent slaughter
steers, mainly mixed good
and choice 900-1150 lbs. with
choice steers over 1150 lbs.
scarce. Slaughter heifers
near 18 percent, cows 16
percent, and feeders 28
percent.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1300 lbs. yiled
grade 2-4- 46.00-49.00, closing
mostly 46.00-48.50. Load
choice and prime 1595 lbs.
yield grade 5 44.00 on
Monday. Mixed good and
choice 900-1300 lbs. 44.00-
47.50. Good 40.00-45.00. Few
loads mostly good holsteins
1100-1500 lbs. 37.00-39.50.
Standard and good 900-110
lbs. 33.00-37.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Two loads choice including
prime 950-1000 lbs. yiled
grade 46.25-16.50 on Monday.
Choice 850-1050 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 44.00-46.00. Load
choice and prime 1245 lbs.
yield grade 5 40.00 on
Monday. Mixed good and
choice 800-1050 lbs. 33.00-
38.00.
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, New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
0 0
44 41
38 34
31 30
42 42
35 35
Philadelphia Eggs
Wednesday, May 14
Prices unchanged to lower
on all sizes. Cartoning
demand light to fair. Of
ferings of Jumbo short.
Balance fully adequate to
ample. Undertone cautious
and unsettled.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
Grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: Store Door -
A Extra Large 58-60%; A
Large 57-59%; A Medium
45%-49%.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, May 14
Prices moved lower on all
sizes. Demand slow and
not sufficient to move in
creasing supplies.
Cartoned Eggs: Prices to
retailers. State Graded
(min one case sale) White.
Gfade A Large 60-67,
mostly 60-63.
Grade A Medium 51-60,
mostly 51-53.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 22.00-25.50, Few
25.00-27.00. Cutter 19.00-23.00.
Canner 15.00-19.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 24.00-28.00,
indiviaual yield grade 1 2000
lbs. 29.00. Few yield grade 1-
2 900-1100 lbs. 21.00-24.00.
VEALERS: Choice 32.00-
38.00, few 40.00.