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4—Lancaster Fanning. Saturday. Nov. 8, 1975 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market Monday, Novembers to Friday, November 7 Mon. Tucs. Wed. Thun. WHITE Ex. Large 62 64 64 66 68 Urge 60 62 62 64 64 Mediums 56 56 56 57 57 Pullets 48 49 49 51 51 Peewees 33 34 34 34 34 BROWN Large Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 54 57 57 59 59 Checks 37% 37% 37% 38 38 Tone Fully steady. Copyright 1975 Urner Barry Publications Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, Nov. 5 Prices 2 cents higher on larger sizes, 1 cent higher on mediums. Cartoning demand fairly good. Of ferings fully adequate on all sizes. Undertone fully steady. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered; store door A Extra Large 64%-68%; A Large 63%-67%; A Medium 58%-61. Oklahoma Cattle Nov. 6 Thursday Feeder Cattle Auction Estimated Receipts 7,100 Same Day last week 8,857 Trade steers steady to 1.00 higher, with most advance on weights over 600 lb. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Majority receipts Good and Choice 400-700 lb. Feeder Steers, 300-600 lb. Feeder Heifers. Moderate attendance of buyers. Feeder Steers - Choice 300- 500 lb. 35.00-39.75, bulk 36.00- 39.50, part load 467 lb at 40.40 ; 500-600 lb. 34.75-38.50, 600-700 lb. 35.50-39.75, few 700-900 lb. 35.50-38.00; Mixed Good and Choice 350-500 lb. mostly 31.00-35.00, 500-700 lb. 31 50-36.00, largely 33.00- 35.00; Good 300-550 lb. 27.00- 31.50. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 24.00-29.75, bulk 25 00-28.00, 500-700 lb. Ijmeaster P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, PA 17543 Office: 22 E. Main St, Lititz, PA 17543 Record-Express Office Building Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 :• or Lititz 717-626-2191 j: . leter 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 :• Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming ;■ Lititz, PA I Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 j: Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn Pa Newspaper Publishers Association and National Newspaper Association 65 65 66 66 Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, Nov. 5 Prices were 2 cents higher on large sizes and unchanged on mediums. Demand was slow to fair for the fully adequate supplies and of ferings of most sizes. Cartoned eggs: prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white Grade A Lge 66-69, mostly none; Grade A Med. 60-63, mostly none. 26.00- couple loads 541- 580 lb. 30.40-30.60; Mixed Good and Choice 300-500 lb. 23.00- 500-600 lb. 24.00- 27.00; Good 300-500 lb. 20,Q0-_ 23.00; few 'sales 500-600 lb. 21.50-24.00. . Compared to last week: Feeder Steers under 600 lb. 1.00-3.00 higher, steers over 600 lb. 50 cents to 1.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 1.00-2.00 higher, with most upturn noted on weights under 500 lb. Slaughter cows closed the week mostly 1.00-2.00 higher, with most advance on canner and cutter. Slaughter bulls finished steady to firm, slaughter heifers 50 cents to 1.00 higher, instances 2.00 higher on 400-500 lb. Salable receipts this week totaled near 21,500 head, compared to 26,752 last week, and 19,207 one year ago. Cows com prised near 18 percent, feeders near 78 percent of total. pdrihing New England Weekly Shell Egg Report Tuesday, November 4,1*75 Prices paid per dozen Grade "A" brown eggs In cartons delivered to retail stores: Frl. EX. LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 74-83 64-79 65-73 50-59 MASS. Mostly 75-77 NEWHAMP. 72-79 Mostly 74-75 R. 1. 78-79 VERMONT 76-82 Mostly MAINE Delmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, Nov. 5 Ready to cook movement continues good with clearances close. Slaughter schedules fairly heavy at most plants though oc casional plant not operating today. Today’s less than trucklot asking prices un changed on both Plant and US Grade A. Advance in terest slow in developing. Live supplies short of full needs with weights in a wide range. Undertone fully steady. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler fryers for delivery this week: Plant Grade 50. Current broiler-fryer negotiated prices for im mediate delivery mostly Big Dutchman cage systems are the "standard" by which all others are measured. So why not start your cage shopping with the No. 1 company in the field. We can provide "all” the components that make up a complete cage system and therefore are able to guarantee reliability, control, cost savings and one-source service. One of these important components is the Big Dutchman Gather-eze High capacity Automatic Collectors... Designed to produce increased efficiency in poultry cage operations. 215 DILLER AVE., NEW HOLLAND. PA 17557 69-71 66-73 6889 72-73 76-77 76-78 76-78 70-72 Eastern PA & NJ Prices slightly higher on light type hens. Country offerings increased slightly but still short of a good demand. Offerings of heavy type barely adequate for a good call. Prices paid at farm: light type hens 7-10, mostly in PA, mostly 9-10 in NJ. Heavy type hens TFEWR. multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 50-52; Plant Grade 49-51; Premium US Grade A 53-56; Premium Plant Grade 52-54. Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A 51.05; Plant Grade 50.08; * ,-W Hershey Equipment Co. Inc. 51-53 48-55 50-51 54-55 66-88 63-70 65-88 67-71 67-88 67-89 52-54 Live Hen Report Wednesday, Nov. 5 /oV "snIEST RUN EGGS Prices arc from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI i Durham N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradcablc S run eggs (GNR) on ECI. a nationwide trading center for Producers packers and marketers. GNR eggs arc HaMif led by weight in 30-dozen cases, and traded in lots of Sh?S5 7M cases. Prices are FOB buyer, dock, and arc computed Tuesday and Thursday of each week. Thi.s week’s prices for each classification were. Classification Extra Class 1 - Class 3 - Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks St. Weekly Cattle Review Receipts: This week 9,500; week ago 9,000; year ago 9.000. Compared to last Tuesday, Slaughter Steers and Heifers 1.00-2.00 lower, mostly decline on Choice and Prime offerings. Cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Supply near 25 percent Good and Choice 900-1100 lb. Steers YG 2-4 with near 20 percent Heifers: 25 percent cows with the balance largely feeder cattle. SLAUGHTER STEERS: 3 part loads Choice including Prime YG 2-4 1100-1150 lbs. 47.00. Choice 900-1100 lbs. YG 2-4 43.50-46.00, closing mostly 43.50-45.00. Mixed Good and Premium US Grade A 55.29; Premium Plant Grade 53.90. New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thursday 0 0 53 55 47 48 37 38 47 47 39 39 Louis Auction Choice 850-1100 lbs. 42.00- 44.00. Good 900-1200 lbs. 38.00- Good 800-1000 lbs. 36.00- Standard and Good Holsteins 1000-1300 lbs. 36.00- two loads mostly Standard 1250 lbs. 32.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Choice 800-1000 lbs. YG 2-4 43.00- closing mostly 43.00- Mixed Good and Choice 40.00-43.00, part load 750 lbs. 38.00. Good 800-1000 lbs. 36.00-40.00. COWS; Utility and Commercial 19.00-22.00, few 22.50-23.00. Cutter 16.00-19.00. Canner and low Cutter 13.00- 16.50. Thin Canner 11.00- 13.00. BULLS; YG 1-2 1100-1700 lbs. 22.00-26.00, closing mostly 22.00-25.00. YG 1-2 900-1100 lbs. 20.00-22.00. PHONE 717-354-4576