—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31, 1976 4 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, July 26 to Friday, July 30 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. WHITE Ex. Large 72 73 73 73 73 Large 69 71 71 71 71 Mediums 61 61 61 61 61 Pullets 44 44 44 44 44 Peewees 3! 31 31 31 31 BROWN Large 69 70 70 70 70 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade "■ Large 62 64 64 64 64 Checks 41 42 42 43 43 , Tone Large sizes well cleared, balance adequate. Copyright 1976 Urner Barry Publications New England Weekly Shell Egg Report Tuesday, July 27,1976 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons, delivered to retail stores; EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL MASS.+ 77-82 71-76 64-71 44-52 Mostly 78-79 72-73 65-66 45-46 NEW HAMP. 72-79 66-73 59-66 39-46 Mostly 75-76 69-70 62-63 42-43 R. I. 81-82 75-76 68-69 48-49 VERMONT 79-85 73-81 66-73 Mostly 79-80 73-78 66-70 MAINE 79-81 73-75 66-68 +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. 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 Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday Extra Large 51 ib s . Class 1 - Large 48 lbs. 62 62 Class 2 - Large 45 lbs. 58 58 Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 51 51 Class 4 - Small 39 lbs. 37 37 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 50 51 Checks 48 lbs. 43 44 Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, July 28,1976 Prices unchanged to Prices to retailers: Sales higher on large sizes. Un- to volume buyers, consumer changed on mediums, grades white eggs in cartons, Cartoning demand fairly delivered: Store Door A good. Offerings of large sizes Extra Large 71-75%; A short, adequate on mediums Large 69%-74y 2 ; A Medium and smalls. Undertone fully 02%-64. steady. Delmarva Poultry Fri, Wednesday, July 28,1976 RTC movement only fair at best. Slaughter schedules about steady. Today’s LTL asking prices held un changed on both Plant & US Grade A. Advance T-L' in terest starting to develop at 42 cents for next week on Plant Grade. Live supplies fully adequate but continue lighter than desired. Un dertone firm. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler - fryers for delivery next week: Plant Grade 42. Current broiler - fryer negotiated prices for im mediate shipment includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 42- 43; Plant Grade 41-42; Premium X US Grade A 44-48; Premium X Plant Grade 43-46. Wtd. Avg.; US Grade A 42.48; Plant Grade 41.37; Premium X US Grade A 46.26: Premium X Plant Grade 45.82. 46-48 Eastern Pa. & NJ. Poultry Wednesday, July 28 Prices unch to higher on light type hens. Offerings fully adequate for a fairly good demand with plants running near capacity. Offerings of heavy type adequate at fair call. Prices paid at farm; Light type hens 12-15, mostly 14% in Pa., mostly 14-14% in NJ. Heavy type hens TFEWR, FogelsviUe Poultry Prices paid dock weights, cent per pound, except where noted. Sale of July 27, 1976. Hens, heavy type Pullets 30-43, mostly 41-42; Roasters 27-31; Ducks 25-95; Drakes 46; Turkeys-Toms 44; Turkeys-Hens 44; Rabbits 25-48, mostly 40-45; Guineas 1.50-1.80; Pigeons (per pr.) 65-3.05. Total Coops Sold 143. Auction Day - Tuesday each week at 11:30 a.m. 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 FogelsviUe Exit, North to stop light in FogelsviUe, turn left, proceed one block, turn left, again at Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Auction right side 100 feet from your last left turn. Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, July 28,1976 Prices mostly 2 cents higher on large, unchanged on mediums. Demand fair. Supplies fully adequate. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white Grade A Large 75-78, Grade A Hay Markets vNew Holland New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. Hay, Straw and Grain Saif Monday, July 26,1976 ,11:00 a.m. 65 Loads of Hay, Straw and Ear Com sold as follows: Alfdfa 80-88 per ton; Mixed Hay 5281 per ton; Timothy 52-75 per ton; 1 Fancy load of Clover 92 per ton; Straw 50- 60 per ton with few loads up to 65 per ton; Ear Com, 22 loads 90-96 and Oats $1.75 per bu. New Holland Dairy Reported receipts of 126 cows, and 31 heifers. Market steady with last week’s market. Load of Pennsylvania fresh cows 600-800, springers 575-830; Load of Franklin County fresh cows 600-710; Load of Pennsylvania fresh cows 500-550; two loads of Wisconsin fresh cows 450- 900. Herd dispersal, 31 head, all -stages of lactation 310-790. Locally consigned cows 350-680; Springing heifers 475-710; Open Heifers 140- 275. MY BIRDS OUT OF “I hope this never does happen on your farm. But there are many stress conditions which can cause a severe drop in egg production hot weather, power failure, disease breaks, out of feed or water When this happens, do your hens demonstrate a FORGIVENESS quality?” THE DEKALB XL-LINKS DO! Here’s an actual production record to demonstrate h i «I £ Record Date* CHICKS, INC. roro-Ytra Quakertown, PA 18951 HUBBARD BROWN & WHITE /915 V 53A-3155 WHITE MT. EGG LAYERS MWIM BROILERS Green Dragon Harvey Z. Martin July 23,1976 , hay 4 .3 loada # Mixed hay 45.00-57.00, one i Jnc 83.00; Straw 49.00-55.00; lo ! d „ 95; Com, 17 loads 49.00-55.00. 41 i? 655 3V Sf e . d H 7 „ y 36 to 76; Clover 40 to 70; Regional Hay 50 10 57; 00018310 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 60.00-70.00; Mixed hay 40.00-50.00; Timothy hay 40.00-50.00; Straw 35.00- 45.00; Mulch 20.00-25.00 GREEN DRAGON tUV LIVESTOCK SALES iji 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 NEVER! Try A Classified Ad If Pays! SEE CFH’s "SAVINGS TIME” SPECIAL-TAGS AD FARM EQUIPMENT SECTION CLASSIFIED PAGE WATER? LEON MOYER Sales Mgr.
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