—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 9, 1975 4 Poultry Market Reports WEEKLY NEW YORK EGG MARKET Monday, August 4 to Friday, August 8 Mon. Tnes. Wed. Thun. WHITE Ex. Large 62 62 -62 K ‘ 62 Large 58 58 58 58 58 Mediums 47 47 47 47 47 Pullets 36 36 36 36 36 Peewees 26 26 26 26 26 BROWN Large 64 64 67 67 67 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 52 52 52 52 52 Checks 34 34 34 34 34 Tone About Steady. Copyright 1975 Urner Barry Publications &&&&&&& Carlisle Livestock Carlisle.PA Augusfc<i97s CATTLES?. Compared with market, sjadfehter cows steady, mostly 50c lower. Low Choice slaughter steer at 42.85, few Good 39.00-41.00, Standard 29.00-39.25, few Utility 21.00-26.50. Two Choice slaughter heifers 39.00 and 42.10, few Good 29.25-34.85, few Standard 23.00- few Utility 21.00- 22,35. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 20.50-23.25, Cutters 19.00- Canners 18.00- 19.50, Shells down to 12.00. Two Standard slaughter bullocks 24.25 and 25.25, two Utility 22.10 and 22.25. One Yield Grade No. 1 1330 lbs. slaughter bull at 24.50. CALVES 211. Vealers mostly $1 lower. One Choice St. Louis August? Weekly Cattle Review grade 2-4 49.00 on Monday. Receipts 9,000 Choice 1000-1200 lbs. yield Last Week 8,000 grade 2-4 45.00-47.74, late Year Ago 7,700 week sales mostly 45.50- As compared to the 46.50; 900-1000 lbs. yield previous week’s close, grade 2-4 44.50-46.00, late slaughter steers and heifers week sales 44.5045.50. Mixed mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Cows good and choice 900-1050 lbs. steady to firm and bulls 41.0045.50. Good 37.0042.00, steady. Supply mainly mixed few 800-900 lbs. 35.00-37.00. good and choice 950-1050 Standard to good holsteins steers with several loads 1000-1300 lbs. 34.00-38.00; mixed good and choice 700- standard holsteins 27.50- 800 lb. heifers; around 30 30.00. percent heifers; 15 percent SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: cows; 20 percent feeders. Choice 850-1050 lbs. yield SLAUGHTER STEERS: grade 24 42.0045.00, late Load and couple lots choice week sales 42.0043.00. Mixed Urn^B P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, PA 17543 Office; 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 Record-Express Office Building Phone: Lancaster7l7-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-2191 Dieter Krieg, Editor Melissa Piper, Associate Editor Jack Farmakis, National Sales Manager 151 Danforth Drive New Canaan, Conn. 06840 Ph. 203-966-1746 Subscription Price: $3 per year Established November 4,1955 ::j: Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lititz, PA iji; Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 § Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn Pa Newspaper £ Publishers Association and National Newspaper Association vealer at 50.00, one Good at 40.00, Standard 32.00-40.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. 23.00-27.00, 65-85 lbs. 18.00-23.50. Farm claves, holstein bulls 90-130 lbs. 26.00-35.50. HOGS 215. Barrows & Gilts fully $2 lower. US No. 1-2 200- ‘225 lbs. barrows & gilts 58.50, No. 1-3 200-235 lbs. 57.35- 58.10,' No. 2-3 185-235 lbs. 56.85-57.60, few No. 2-4 250- 300 lbs. 48.00-55.75. Few US No. 1-3 300-510 lbs. sows 48.50-50.00, No. 2-3 350-585 lbs. 44.00-49.25. Few Boars 40.75, few light weights 42.00- 52.00. FEEDER PIGS 182. US No. 1-3 30-50 lbs. feeder pigs 35.00-42.00 per head. SHEEP 7. Few Good 85-90 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 31.00-34.50, lot Utility 65 lbs. 25.00. One Slaughter ewe at 14.00. Auction and prime 1100-1200 lbs. yield iSt^dnißgl NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY SHELL EGG REPORT Tuesday, August 5,1975 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: Fri. EX. LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 71-77 68-75 56-68 38-47 MASS+ Mostly 72-74 NEWHAMP. 69-76 Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly MAINE -{-Includes Central and Western Sections Only. Eastern PA &NJ Live Hen Report Wednesday, Angnst 6 Prices steady on light type hens. Offerings short of full needs as plants continue part-time operations. Of ferings of heavy type hens limited but adequate for light needs. Prices paid at farm: light type hens 4-6%, mostly 6 in PA, mostly 5-6 in NJ; Heavy type hens TFEWR. Delmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, August 6 Ready to cook movement improved in most quarters with last night’s clearances good. Slaughter schedules increased in some quarters. Today’s less than trucklot asking prices held un changed on both Plant and US Grade A. Advance in terest slow in developing. Live supplies adequate however weights generally lighter than desired as the extreme heat last week slowed growth patterns. Undertone unsettled to steady. Current broiler-fryer negotiated prices for im mediate delivery mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 49-51; Plant Grade 48-50; Premium US Grade A 52-55; Premium Plant Grade 51-53. Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A 49.92; Plant Grade 49.15; Premium US Grade A 54.36; Premium Plant Grade 52.90. good and choice 800-950 lbs. 39.00-43,00, late sales 39.00- 42.00; several loads 700-800 lbs. 33.00-38.00. Good 800-950 lbs. 33.50-40.00. COWS: Utility and com mercial 19.00-23.00; cutter 15.00-19.00; canner 12.00- 16.00; shelly canner 700-1000 lbs. 11.00-13.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1100-1700 lbs. 21.00-25.00. VEALERS: Mixed good and choice 26.00-31.00. CONCENTRATION IS HELPING A CHILD DO HOMEWORK IN FRONT OF A TELEVISION SET. 69-74 66-72 68- 69- 70- 71-72 71-72 73-76 70-72 70-72 73-75 73-76 Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. Hens, heavy type 10%-20, mostly 15-20; Pullets 44-49; Roasters 27-40, mostly 40; Ducks 60; Drakes 45-60, mostly 60; Rabbits 10-36, mostly 25-35; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.00-3.51. Total coops sold 157. 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. Stanley Saylor, RDI, Elizabethtown, Pa. says that Longenecker’s broiler breeder hatching egg program works well with his hog and steer operation Saylor’s two-thirds slatted floor house is specially designed for efficient operation. 39-41 36-43 57-59 54-61 38-39 42-43 56-57 60-61 58-66 58-60 58-60 4042 Fogelsville Sale of Tuesday, August 5 00 YOU NEED BALANCE IN YOUR FARMING OPERATION? BROILER BREEDER HATCHING EGG UNIT LONGENECKER’S HATCHERY, INC. EARL GERLACH - 717-367-1545 NEST RUN EGGS Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durba n. N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradeable nest run >. g r> (GNR) on ECI, a nationwide trading, center for producer 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 r-’ch classification were: Classification Extra Large Class 1 - Large Class 3 - Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks PWladelpNa Eggs Wednesday, August 6 Prices unchanged. Car toning demand light and disappointing. Offerings of extra large adequate, large and mediums ample. Un dertone nervous and un settled. Prices to retailers: sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: store door A Extra Large 63-64%; A' Large 62-63%; A Medium 49- 50%. HIGH PRESSURE WASHING OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS BARRY L. HERR 1744 Pioneer Road Lancaster, Pa Phone 717-464-2044 Consider a FOR ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thursday 0 0 49 48 39 38 31 30 43 43 37 37 Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, August 6 Baltimore Eggs: Demand slow to fair. Supplies adequate to ample except for jumbos. Undertone about steady. Cartoned eggs: prices to retailers, state graded (min pne case sale) white: Grade A Large 62-71, mostly 62-65; Grade A Medium 51-60, mostly 51-54.
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