Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 20, 1975, Image 4

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—Uncatfr Farming. Saturday. Dec 20. 1975
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Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
Monday, Decembci IS to Friday, December 19
Mon. Tuci. Wed. Thun!.
WHITE
Ex. Urge 75 76 76 76 76
Urge 75 76 76 76 76
Mediums 74 75 75 75 75
Pullets 65 66 66 66 66
Peewees 40 41 41 41 41
BROWN
Urge 75 76 76 76 76
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 68 69 69 69 69
Checks 40 40 40 40 40
Tone Steady to full Steady.
Copyright 1975 Urner Barry Publications
HAY MARKETS
New Holland
47 loads of hay and 20 loads
of straw.
Alfalfa 75-99,1 load at 46;
Timothy 47-69; Mixed 50-86;
Clover 2 loads 79-81; Straw
47-58; New Ear Corn 3
loads 51-68.50; Broomgrass 1
load 63; Old Ear Corn 3 loads
76-79.
Regional
HAY PRICES FOR
SOUTHEASTERN
& SO. CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady.
Alfalfa 75.00-80.00, few
down to 60.00; Mixed hay
50.00- Timothy hay
45.00- Straw 35.00-
45.00; Mulch 20.00-35.00.
Lancaster Feeder Pigs
Tuesday, Dec. 16
Feeder Pigs
1572
1818
Today
Last Tuesday
TREND: Compared to last
Tuesday feeder pigs firm to
5.00 higher. All prices on a
per hundred weight basis.
US 1-2 43-52 lb. 113.00-
121.00; 52-58 lb. 102.00-109.00;
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Martin
Wednesday, Dec. 17
68 loads of hay, straw and
ear corn sold as follows:
Alfalfa 70-95; Timothy 61-
85.50; 2 loads Clover 62-67.50;
Mixed Hay 54-95, mostly 60-
70; Straw 45-57; 1 load
Soybean Hay 39; 1 load
Stubble Hay 51; 1 load Old
Corn 79 and New Com 61-65.
Green Dragon
December 12,1975
PRICES PER TON:
62 loads hay & 22 loads
straw.
Alfalfa, few loads 66.00-
94.00; Timothy 46.00-61.00,
one load 73.00; Mixed hay
51.00- few to 99.00;
Clover, few loads 60.00-81.00;
Grass hay, one load at 46.00;
Straw 47.00-55.00; Corn, 3
loads 75.00-77.00, 8 loads
59.00- Barley, one load
$1.45 per bushel.
6067 lb. 92.0099.50; 72-83 lb.
82.0088.50.
US 2 Couple Lots 35-38 lb.
121.00-127.00; 42-48 lb. 107.00
116.50; 52-55 lb. 101.00-104.00.
US 2-3 23-39 lb. 114.00
130.00; 38-53 lb. 102.00-119.00.
US 3 4047 lb. 99.00-109.00;
55-64 lb. 90.00-93.00; Couple
lots 64-86 lb. 80.5087.00.
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
.Tuesday, December 16,1975
Prices paid per dozen Grade "A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Fri.
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
76-84 75-82 72-77 60-68
MASS+
Mostly 77-79
NEWHAMP 74-81
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly
MAINE
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, Dec. 17
Ready to cook movement
fairly good for current
shipments, however advance
interest unaggressive.
Slaughter schedules reduced
as several plants curtail kill
in line with expected needs.
Today’s asking prices tended
lower in an unchanged
range. Live supplies ample
at heavier than desired
weights. Undertone weak
and unsettled.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva: Range: US
Grade A 38-39; Plant Grade
36%-38; Premium US Grade
A 40-44; Premium Plant
Grade 39-42. Wtd. Avg.: US
Grade A 38.29; Plant Grade
37.14; Premium US Grade A
42.88; Premium Plant Grade
41.66.
i&M/> ATTENTION
EfiG
W A PRODUCERS!!!
Contact us for competitive price
before selling your Leghorn Fowl.
good’s ramim me.
Live Poultry Buyers & Haulers
RDI, Columbia, PA 717-684-2228
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Time to wish all our loyal X
friends and customers a Christ-
mas season filled with joy
happiness, and express our
cere gratitude for their patronage.
| mn MODERN POULTRY SUPPLIES, INC. I
* Is JIM AND MIKE ENCK I
76-78
7380
77-
8081
78-
75-76
7980
7783
77-78
77-79
78-80
7880
Sale of
Tuesday, December 16
Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.
Hens, heavy type 12-32,
mostly 16-25; Pullets 29*6-54,
mostly 49-52; Roasters 24-58,
mostly 45-52; Capons 55-69*6,
mostly 64-69; Ducks 35-60,
mostly 40-54; Drakes 46-59%,
mostly 50-57; Geese 40-75;
Turkeys-Hens 50-52; Rabbits
76-94, mostly 85-94; Guineas
1.00-1.08; Pigeons (per pr.)
1.04-4.90.
Total coops sold 431.
Directions Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
Exit, North to stop lite in
Fogelsville, turn left,
proceed one block, turn left
again at Cracker Barrel
Restaurant. Auction right
side 100 feet from your last
left turn.
61-63
58-65
73-75
70-77
60-61
64-65
72-73
76-77
74-79
74->6
74-76
62-64
Fogelsvilie
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NEST RUN EGGS
Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc.,
Durham, N.H. and reflect trading prices for
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:
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs
48 lbs
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Classification
Extra Large
Class 1 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Class 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
Eastern PA & NJ
Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, Dec. 17
Prices of light type hens
held steady. Demand fairly
good for offerings short of
full time operations. Of
ferings of heavy type
adequate for a fairly good
demand.
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens 9-11%, mostly 10%-
11 in PA, mostly 10-10% in
NJ. Heavy type hens
TFEWR.
Baltimore Eggs
Wednesday, Dec. 17
Prices are unchanged to 1
cent higher. Demand sur
prisingly slow for the end of
the week. Supplies are fully
adequate.
Use the Farm Calendar
To Publicize Your Meetings.
Tuesday Thursday
0 0
67 67
64 64
54 54
51 51
41 41
Philadelphia Eggs
Wednesday, Dec: 17
Prices unchanged t<
higher on all sizes. Cartoning
demand fair to good in4fe
stances. Offerings in flany
good balance with needs.
Undertone steady though
cautious.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: store door: A
Extra Large 79-82%; A
Large 7M1%; A Medium 74-
78%.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (min
one case sale) white Grade A
Large 78-83, mostly 78-79;
Grade A Medium 77-81,
mostly 77-78.
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