—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 15, 1976 Weekly New York Egg Market Baltimore Eggs From Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Wednesday, May 12 Prices unchanged to 2 cents higher. Demand slow. Supplies ample and stock accumulating on all sizes. Cartoned Eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (iqin. one case sale). White. Grade A large 69-74, Grade A medium 63-68. Ex. Large 66 68 68 66 66 Large 65 67 67 65 65 Mediums 59 61 61 61 61 Pullets 46 48 48 48 58 Peewees 35 37 37 37 37 BROWN Large 64 66 66 64 64 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Eastern Pa. & NJ. Poultry Off Grade Large 58 60 60 58 Checks 40 41 41 41 Tone Smalls full Steady, Balance about Steady. Copyright 1976 Urner Barry Publications Wednesday, May 12 Prices trended higher on light type hens. Offerings short of fairly good demand as producers hold for further production at present favorable egg prices. Of ferings of heavy hens adequate for a fair call. Prices paid at Farm: Light type hens 8-12, mostly 11%-12 in Pa., mostly 10-11 in N.J. New England Weekly Shell Egg Report Tuesday, May 11,1976 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: - EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL MASS+ 68-79 65-75 59-69 42-54 Mostly 69-70 66-67 60-61 43-44 NEWHAMP. 63-70 60-67 54-61 37-44 Mostly 66-67 63-64 57-58 4041 R.I. 72-73 69-70 63-64 4647 VERMONT 70-76 67-74 61-69 Mostly 70-72 67-69 61-62 MAINE 70-72 67-69 61-63 -{-Includes Central and Western Sections Only. Heavy type hens too few to report. Fogelsville Poultry 44-46 April 27,1976 Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. NEST RUN EGGS Hens, heavy type 15-35; Pullets 31-46, mostly 41-43; Roasters 20-48, mostly 40-42; Ducks 50-55; Drakes 40-60, mostly 60; Rabbits 70-86; Guineas 1.74-1.88, mostly 1.82-1.88; Pigeons (per pr.) .52-3.80, mostly 1.10-1.20. Total Coops Sold 300. Tuesday, May 4, 1976 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 Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday Extra Large 51 lbs. 0 0 Class 1 - Large 48 lbs. 58 57 Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 52 53 Class 4 - Small 39 lbs. 38 39 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 48 49 Checks 48 lbs. 41 42 Hens, heavy type 15-34; Pullets 3847, mostly 4244; Roasters 15%45, mostly 42- 45; Ducks 52; Turkeys - Toms 42; Turkeys - Hens 45; Rabbits 51-85, mostly 81-85; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.31-3.00. Total coops sold 373. Tues., May 11,1976 Philadelphia Eggs Hens, heavy type 23-31, mostly 27-30; Pullets 47-52%; Roasters 1040, mostly 3840; Ducks 46-52, mostly 52; Turkeys - Hens 21; Rabbits 55-85, mostly .80-05; Guineas 1.80%; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.00-3.20. Wednesday, May 12 Prices to retails: Sales to Prices unchanged to 2 volume buyers, consumer cents higher on all sizes, grades white eggs in cartons, Cartoning demand fair to delivered: store door. occasionally good where 59 cents large feature involved. Offerings adequate. Un- A Extra Large 65-71%; A dertone cautious. large 64-70; A Medium 57-63. Total coops sold 146. Poultry Received —Mon. 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Tues. 7 a.m. to 12 noon. Directions Take Rt. 22 thruway. Exit at Fogelsville Exit,-North to stop light in Fogelsville, turn left, proceed one block, turn left, again at Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Auction right side 100 feet from your last left turn. Danville Auction Danville Livestock Auction Danville, Pa. May 10,1976 Steers - Good to choice 36- 38.35; standard to good 31.50- 34.85. Bulls - 34-37. Cows - high choice to prune 32-34; good to stan dard 29-31; utility 25-28.40. Hogs - 50.60-51.40. Sows - 38.60-43.25. - 1 - - Hay Poultry Market Reports Markets Regional Hay 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 fully steady. (Movement slow in some cU*63S). * Alfalfa 75.00-85.00; Mixed hay 55.00-60.00; Timothy hay 45.00-55.00; Straw 35.00- 42.00; Mulch 25.00-35.00. Green Dragon Hay May 7,1976 Prices Per Ton: , 44 loads hay & 17 loads straw. Alfalfa, few loads 73.00- 95.00; Timothy, few loads 51.00-76.00; Mixed hay 46.00- 99.00; Clover, one load t 102.00; Grass hay, one load (Orchard) 45.00; Straw 54.00- 67.00; Corn, 6 loads 81.00- 86.00. Delmarva Poultry Wednesday, May 12 Ready-to-cook movement continues good for im mediate delivery. Slaughter schedules reduced from yesterday’s high. Today’s LTL asking prices held unchanged on both plant & US Grade A. Advance in terest fair but much less aggressive than currently. Live supplies fully adequate at generally desirable wts. Undertone steady. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler - fryers for delivery next week: Plant Grade 43. Current Broiler-Fryer negotiated prices for im mediate includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 4445, Plant Grade 43%-44%, Premium X US Grade A 49.00 Premium X Plant Grade 47.00. Wtd. Avg: US Grade A 44.64, Plant Grade 43.93, Premium X US Grade A 49.00, Premium X Plant Grade 47.00. X includes special ser vices, selected competive brands, etc. New Holland Hay New Holland No. 1 Timothy up to 72.00 Sales Stables per ton, Several loads went Hay, Straw and Grain for feed 40-5(1 per ton. ‘ Auction Mixed Hay 37-45. Monday, May 10,1976 101 loads. Straw 15 loads 53-65 per ton. No. 1 Alfalfa and Alfalfa Ear Com 20 loads $5. to $B. Mixed full steady 7 loads 87- per ton lower 74-81 per ton. 125 per ton, Fair Alfalfa 57-75 Com Fodder for bedding per ton. No. 1 Clover 75-95 per ton, Fair quality 48-65. Fancy Clover and Timothy Mixed, 1 load 98. per ton. 40. per ton. 1 load poor quality Barley 52. per ton. Dry Wood Shavings $l.OO per bag. Harvey Z. Martin Hay, Straw and Alfalfa 51-93; Timothy 51- Ear Corn Sale 68; Clover 1 Id. 82; Orchard Leola, PA Grass 1 Id. 56; Mulch Hay 35- Wednesday,Mayl2 41.50; Mixed Hay 42-106; 59 loads of Hay, Straw and straw 47-61 and Ear Cora 75- Ear Cora sold as follows: 79. GREEN DRAGON LIVESTOCK SALES mJ 1 mile North of Ephrata, PA. SALE EVERY FRIDAY Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows, Lambs and veal calves. 11:00 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders 12:30 P.M. - Dairy Cows 7:00 P.M. - Small Animal Sale We will have consignments from Alfred Albright, Bob Kennedy, Ray Keiper and Kelly Bowser. Bring a Load and Buy a Load For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the farm or at our barn or other market information call: Office 717-733-2444. Res. 717-838-4318 Walter H. Risser, Proprietor 4 Fri.
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