—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 8, 1976 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market Delmarva Poultry From Monday, May 3to Friday, May 7 Mem. Tucs. Wed. Thurs. Wednesday, May S' Rtc movement very good with occasional unfilled needs indicated. Slaughter schedules generally fair heavy in effort to fill needs. Today’s Itl asking prices generally 1 cents higher on both plant & US grade A. Live supplies fully adequaate tho occasional lighter than desirable. Undertone firm. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler fryers for delivery next week: Plant Grade 41 Ex. Large 60 63 63 66 66 Large 59 62 62 65 65 Mediums 55 57 57 59 59 Pullets 42 44 44 46 46 Peewees 32 33 ~33 35 35 BROWN Large 59 62 62 63 63 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted A Off Grade Large 52 55 55 58 1 58 Checks 35 37 37 38 39 Tone Full Steady to Finn. Copyright 1976 Urner Barry Publications Current broiler-fryer t: = —: — ~ negoitated prices for im- New England Weekly. Shell Egg Report mediate includes mostly v multiple drop shipments to Tuesday, May 4,1976 New York City from Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons Ddmarva. delivered to retail stores: EXTRA LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL MASS.+ NOT AVAILABLE Mostly NEWHAMP. 60-67 Mostly 63-64 R.I. VERMONT 67-75 Mostly MAINE 67-69 62-64 56-58 -f Includes Central and Western Sections Only. Range: US Plant Grade 40- 42, Premium X 39-41, Premium X US Grade A 45.00, Plant Grade 43.00. Wtd Avg: US Plant Grade' 41.03, Premium X 40.00, Premium X US Grade A 45.00, Plant Grade 43.00. X - includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. 55-62 49-56 58-59 52-53 NOT AVAILABLE 62-70 56-65 Eastern Pa. & NJ. Poultry NEST RUN EGGS Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham, N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradeable 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 Tuesday Thursday 51 lbs. 0 0 48 lbs. 53 56 42 lbs. 46 50 39 lbs. 35 36 48 lbs. 44 45' 48 lbs. 38 39 Wednesday, May 5 Prices held unchanged on light type hens. Offerings short of a fairly good demand as plants operating' less than full time. Offerings of heavy type hens adequate for a light interest. Prices paid at farm; Light type hens 8-11, mostly 10%-H in Pa., mostly 10-11 in NJ. Heavy type hens TFEWR. Baltimore Eggs Classification Extra Large Class 1 - Large Class 3 - Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks Wednesday, May 5 Prices undumged to 3 cents higher on large, un changed to 2 cents on mediums. Supplies of large adequate, mediums adequate to ample. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (min. one case sale) White: Grade A Large, 63-69; Grade A Medium, 59-64. Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, May 5 - Priced to retailers: Sales. Priced unchanged to to volume buyers, consumer higher on all sizes. Cartoning grades white eggs in cartons, demand light to fair locally Delivered: Store Door: but good from out of town where attractive features in A Extra Large 62-66%, A progress, offerings short of Large 61-65; A Medium 55%- full call. Undertone steady. 57. Local Grain These prices are made up of the average prices quoted by a number of participating local feed and grain con cerns. It should be noted, however, that not every dealer or broker handles each commodity. All prices are per bushel except ear corn and soybean meal which are per ton. The average local grain prices quoted Friday, May 7 are as follows: Bid+ Offered+ Ear Com 70.25 77.30 Shelled Com 2.82 3.02 Barley 1.87% . 2.06 Oats Local 1.54 Western 1.83 Wheat Millers , 3.10 Soybeans 4.70 Soybean Meal 178.00 +Bid is the price the dealer will buy from the farmer delivered to the mill. Offered is the price the dealer will sell for at his mill. 1.78 2.02 3.37 4 Fri. 37-44 4144 Hay Markets Regional Hay (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm, price'qter ton.) Hay & Straw fully steady. (Good hay. becoming scarce). Alfalfa 75.00-85.00; Mixed hay 55.00-60.00; Timothy hay 45.00-55.00; Straw 38.00- 42.00; Mulch 25.00-35.00. Green Dragon April 30,1976 - Prices Per Ton 49 loads hay & 22 loads straw. - Alfalfa, few loads 60.00- 90.00; Timothy 43.00-62.00; Mixed hay 49.00-69.00, few loads 72.0088.00, one load at 104.00; Clover, 2 loads 84.00 and 101.00; Grass.hay, 2 loads 45.00 and 56.00; Straw 48.00-58.00; Corn, 4 loads 81.0085.00. Paul Z* Martin NO HAY SALES UNTIL FALL. Will announce dates. Fogelsville Poultry May 4,1971 Priced paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. No market report available at press time. Poultry Received—Mon. 7 p.m. to 10:30 pjn.,.Tues. 7 a.m. to 12 noon. New Holland New Holland Sales Stables Hay, Straw and Grain . Auction Monday, May 3,1976 87 Loads. No. 1 Alfalfa Fair Alfalfa 69-80, No. 1 Clover 80-96, Mixed Timothy and Clover - 52-84, Fair Quality Mixed Hay 60-75, Timothy 50-75, Straw 58-69, Ear Corn 82.50-89,' Bulk Shavings 27-29, Bag shavings 1.10 per bag, Mulch Hay 35- 45. Harvey Z. Martin Hay, Straw and . Ear Com Sale , - Leola,PA Wednesday, May 5 80 loads of Hay, Straw and Ear Corn Sold as follows: Alfalfa 58 to 86, few loads! at'94 and-100; Timothy 55 to 68; Clover, 3 loads'6B, 98, and 114; - j Orchard Grass, 1 load 65; Mixed Hay, top loads 88 •! 102; balance 52-85; Mulch Hay 39.50 to 43; Straw 57-63; Corn" 78-89. Niew Holland Dairy Reported receipts of 57 cows fresh 410-685 and cows, 211ieifers and ho bulls, springers 640:710. Load of Pa. cows fresh 610- Locally consigned cows 775 and springers 690-1250; . 350-710; springing heifers load of Franklin Co. cows 455-700 and open heifers 180- fresh 54§-860; load of Pa. 380. ' I BEEFALO HYBRID CATTLE BEEFALO - IT'S GREAT - Rapid gains on grass and roughage - 55-65 lb. Births - up to 1100 lb. yearling - Test data show 62 percent carcass dress out - We stock and distribute Pureblood Beefalo Semen and Half-Blood Beefalo heifers and bulls. - Visit our farm and see our animals. SEMEN *l2 an ampule NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR V* BULLS & HEIFERS. BEEFALO N * J 4270 Quakerbridge Road Princeton, N J 08540 609-896-0336 Member-World Beefalo Association .. (Inti photo MCI represen Carroll Barton and o\ Moyer's Chicks, Inc. is happy to hi he open house held this past wee itrasburg, PA. 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