4—Lancaster Farming Saturday. Dac27,i&76
Poultry Market Reports
Monday, December tt to Friday, December 2C
Moo. Toe*. Wed. Than.
WHITE
Ex. Large 78 78 78
Large 76 78 76
Mediums 75 75 75
Pullets 86 66 86
Peewees 41 41 41
BROWN
Large 76 76 76
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 69 69 69
Checks 40 40 40
Tone Steady.
Copyright 1975 timer Barry Publications
HAY MARKETS
New Holland
No market due to holidaj's.
Regional
Hay Price* For
Southeastern &
So. Central
Pennsylvania
(All hay No* 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay and 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 20.0085.00.
Paul Z.
Martin
Wednesday, Dec. 24
48 loads of hay, straw and
ear com sold as follows:
Alfalfa 66 to 92; Timothy
65-69; Mixed Hay 56-88;
Broom Grass 1 load 58;
Orchard Grass 68 and 71;
Soybeans 34-36; Straw 45 to
50; Com fodder 41; Stubble
Hay 1 load 56; Ear Com 67.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, Dec. 24
Demand irregular. Sup
plies fully adequate.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) White :
Grade A Large 80-84;
Grade A Medium 79-82.
Green Dragon
Dec. 19,1975
Prices Per Ton:
41 loads hay & 35 loads
straw.
Alfalfa, few loads 69.00-
94.00; Timothy, few loads
57.00- Mixed bay 58.00-
90.00, 1 load at 101.00;
Clover, few loads 58.00-69.00;
Straw 43.50-53.00, one load at
57.00; Orchard Grass, 2 loads
53.00 & 65.00; Corn, 13 loads
50,50-79.00, mostly 64.00-
69.50; Com Fodder 4 loads
31.00-
Philadelphia Eggs
Wednesday, Dec. 24
Prices steady. Cartoning
demand light to fill in needs
in most quarters. Offerings
adequate.- Undertone
cautious. Prices to retailers
sales to volume buyers,
consumer grades - white
eggs in cartons.
Delivered: store door.
A Extra Large 81-82%; A
Large 80-81%; A Medium 77-
78%.
Consumer income has
increased faster than beef
expenditures. Between 1950
and 1972, disposable income
was up 275 percent while
beef was up only 52.5 per
cent.
Today’s homemaker
spends 3.8 percent fewer
dollars on food today than
she did in 1960.
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New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, December 23,1175
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs In cartons
delivered to retail stores i
Prices paid per dozen grade “A" brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Fri.
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
Mui+ 7684 75-82 72-79 6088
Mostly 77-79 7678 72-75 61-53
NEWHAMP. 71-78 79-77 67-74 5582
Mostly 73-74 73-73 69-70 57-68
R.I, 80-81 79-80 76-77 64-65
VERMONT 76-84 77-83 74-79
Mostly 7680 77-78 74-76
/ MAINE 7680 77-79 74-76
-Hnclndes Central and Western Sections only.
Delmarva
Broiler-Fryer Market
Wednesday, Dec. 24 '
R.T.C. Movement good,
slaughter schedules Ught.
Today’s L.T.L. Prices
ranged 2 cents higher on both
pla. Advance interest good
for light offerings. Live
supplies fully adequate wts.
In a wide range. Undertone
firm. <
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler
fryers for delivery Next
Week:
US Grade A TFEWR.
Plant Grade 41-43.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery mostly
multiple-drop.
Shipments to New York
City from Delmarva.
Range: US Grade A 41-43,
Plant Grade 39-42, Premium
46, Premium 44.
Wtd. Avg: US Grade A
41.84, Plant Grade 41.23,
Premoum 46.00,- Premium
44.00.
Eastern PA
& NJ
Live Poultry Report
Wednesday, Dec. 24
Prices mostly steady on
light type hens, however,
occasionally 12 cents noted.
Offerings adequate for a lair
interest. Demand fair for
adequate offerings of heavy
type hens.
Prices paid at Farm:
light type hens: 9-11%,
mostly 11-11% in Pa., mostly
19-10% in N.J.
Heavy type hens:
TFEWR.
BALANCE THE SCALES IN YOUR FARM OPERATION
. CONSIDER A BROILER BREEDER
HATCHING ft OR
HATCHING I
EGGS
LONGENECKER'S HATCHERY INC.
LONGENECKER'S HATCHING EGG UNITS ARE SPECIALLY
DESIGNED FOR EFFICIENT OPERATION.
EARL GERLACH -
■S6C4X*
62-64 New Holland
We at Hershey Equipment Company would like to
take time out of this busy holiday season to thank
all of
you,
✓ patronage in the past year.
We look forward to serving you even better in the
coming year. To all of you we wish a healthy and
prosperous new year. From the employees and
management of Hershey Equipment Company Inc.
NEW HOLLAND, PA 17557
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA
CONTACT
TODAY
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NEST RUN EGGS
Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (EClj
Durham, N.H. and reflect trading prices (or gradeablc
nest run eggs (GNR) on ECI, a nationwide trading center
for producers, packers and marketers. GNR eggs arc
classified by weight in 30-dozcn 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. Thu
week's prices for each classification were:
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
46 lbs.
48 lbs.
Classification
Extra Large
Class 1 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Class 4 -Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
Daily
Wo market due to holidays.
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