4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 8, 1977
Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, Jan. 3 to Friday, Jan. 7
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
Ex. Large 76 71 71 71 71
Large 76 71 71 71 71
Mediums 72 67 67 67 67
Pullets 60 55 55 55 55
Peewees 40 35 35 35 35
BROWN
Large 84
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 68 64 64 64 64
Checks 47 46 45 45 45
Tone—Demand improved, offerings in better balance.
Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, January 14,1977
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM
MASS(+) 76-92
Mostly 77-78
NEW HAMP. 71-78
73-74
90-91
78-93
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly 80-88 79-86 75-82
MAINE 78-80 77-79 73-75 52-54
(+) Includes 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
Per Case
51'lbs.
48*lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Classification
Extra Large
Class 1 - Large
Class 2 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Class 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
Baltimore Eggs
Prices unchanged to
lower. Demand fair to good,
supplies adequate.
Cartoned eggs; prices to
- 74 74 74
71-
72-
66-73
75-
76-
70-77
68-69
85-86
73-85
72-73
89-90
77-90
Tuesday Thurs.
Wednesday, Jan. 5
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white
Grade A Large 75-83;
Grade A Medium 71-79.
Fri.
SMALL
48-
49-
45-
46-
62-63
60 60
62 60
59 58
48 47
53 52
48 47
Driving horses 200-400;
riding horses 175-275; better
riding horses 300-430;
lightweight killers 20-24;
heavyweight killers 28-30;
mares 20-50; colts 5-35;
geldings 20-45; larger ponies
55-90.
Delmarva
Poultry
Wed. Jan. 5
Ready-to-cook movement
very good for fill in needs.
Slaughter schedules heavy
following yesterdays cut
backs due to storm. Todays
LTL asking prices tending
higher on both plant and US
Grade A. Advance interest
slow in developing. Live
supplies ample ’at often
heavier than desired weights
undertone fully steady to
firm.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate includes mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
Range US Grade A 36-37;
Plant Grade 35-36; Premium
X US Grade A 38-43;
Premium X Plant Grade 37-
41.
WTD AVG US Grade A
36.53; Plant Grade 35.84;
Premium X US Grade A
41.03; Premium X Plant
Grade 40.71.
X - Includes special ser
vices, selected competive
brands, etc.
Eastern Pa. &
NJ. Poultry
Wednesday, Jan. 5
Prices unchanged to
slightly lower on light type
hens. Processor demon
strate fair for fully adquate
offerings of lightype hens
following short decline in the
egg market. Offerings of
heavy type adequate for a
fairly good call.
Prices paid at farm:
Light Type Hens 11-13
mostly 12-13 in PA; Mostly
12-13 in NJ.
Heavy Type Hens
TFEWR.
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, Jan. 5
Prices unchanged to
sharply lower on all sizes.
Cartoning demand light to
good where features a factor
at 59 cents on mediums and
89 cents on large. Offerings
ample undertone cuatious
and unsettled.
Prices to retailers: sales to
volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: store door
A Extra Large 74%-83%; A
large 73-82%; A Medium
68%-78.
New Holland
Horse
New Holland, Pa.
Monday, Jan. 3,1977
Reported receipts of 252
horses, mules, and ponies.
Market stronger than last
week’s market.
Hoy
Markets
Regional Hay
January 3,1977
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per ton.)
Hay & Straw steady.
Alfalfa 80.00-88.00; Mixed
hay 65.00-75.00; Timothy hay
60.00-70.00; Straw 50.00-
55.00; Mulch 25.0035.00.
Harvey Z. Martin
Wednesday, Jan. 5,1977
109 Loads
Alfalfa 51 to 99; Mixed Hay
46 to 96; Timothy 60 to 75;
Clover Stubble Hay (2 loads)
61 & 63; Clover 64, 65, 69
Straw 59 to 71, (1 load) 86;'
Corn fodder (1 load) 55; Ear
Com 57 to 74; .Shelled com
2.70 per bu. Mushroom Soil
(1 load) 10 tons $120.00 per
load. Oak Firewood $20.00 ‘
per load.
Vintage
' Vintage Sales
Stables, Inc.
January 5,1977
Ear com 57.50 per ton;
mixed hay 65-80; alfalfa 75-
80; straw 63-68 per ton
Baltimore
USDA
January 3,1977
HOGS 800: Compared with
last Monday Barrows & Gilts
$2.50-2.75 lower US 1-3 200-230
lbs. 39.00 mostly 39.25, few
39.50; US 2-3 230-250 lbs.
38.25-39.25; US 24 250-280 lbs.
37.00- SOWS: fully $l.OO
higher; US 1-3 300-609 lbs.
27.00-
Green Dragon
December 31,1976
67 loads hay & 21 loads
straw.
Alfalfa 61.00-93.00;
Timothy, feW 56.00-74.00;
Mixed hay 64.00-76.00, few to
94.00, few down to 40.00;
Clover, few 63.00-79.00;
Grass hay, few 48.00-63.00;
Straw 58.00-71.00;'Corn, 5
loads 59.00-68.00.
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