—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 9, 1975
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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%.
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Phone 717-464-2044
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CONTACT
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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.