—Lancaster Farming. Saturday
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Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday,. April 25 to Friday, April 29
Mon. Tues. Wed. Tliurs.
WHITE
Ex Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 53 53 53 50
Checks 36 36 36 35
Tone - Supplies Ample, Demand Spotty.
Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications.
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, April 26,1977
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EXTRA LARGE
MASS (X) 66-73
Mostly 67-68
NEWHAMP. 61-68
65-66
70-71
68-78
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly 70-75 69-73 65-67
MAINE 68-70 69-71 60-62 41-43
(X) 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
Wednesday, April 27,1977
Prices unchanged to 3
cents lower. Demand slow to
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LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
65- 58-65 3944
66- 59-60 4041
60-67 53-60 3441
57-58
62-63
60-70
64-65
69-70
67-76
Tuesday Thurs.
fair. Supplies fully adequate.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 61-67
Grade A Medium 55-62
iril 30. 1977
Fri.
The following market is
supplied by PACMA-FACTS,
a direct marketing
organization affiliated with
the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association. Participating
poultrymen are members of
PACMA, which employs a
fowl marketing agent - The
Farmers’ Agricultural
Cooperative Trading Society
(FACT) - to sell members’
fowl. PACMA works directly
with the PFA poultrymen in
the program.
Too few sales to establish a
market.
Wednesday, April 27,1977
Prices unchanged to lower
on all sizes. Cartoning
demand fair to occassionally
good where light features on
large involved. Offering
ample. Underrone unsettled
to steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons,
delivered: Store Door
A Extra Large 57-61; A
Large 56-60 Vz ; A Medium 51-
55
38-39
4344
Fogelsville
Poultry
April 19,1977
Hens, heavy type 26-32,
mostly 26-29; Pullets 41-48,
mostly 41-45; Roasters 20-
41 %, mostly 35%-41fc;
Ducks 35-50, mostly 35-40;
Geese 37-55; Turkeys-Hens
34; Rabbits 50-88, mostly 75-
88; Guineas 1.45-1.60, mostly
1.50-1.60; Pigeons (per pr.)
2.01-3.51.
Total coops sold 310.
Auction Day - Tuesday
each week
Poultry Received - Mon. 7
P.M. to 10:30 P.M.; Tues. 7
A.M. to 12 Noon
Sale at 11:30 A.M.
Phone 215-395-6611
PACMA-FACTS
Spent Fowl
Philadelphia
Eggs
You're invited to an
OPEN HOUSE
at the Charles Wertz Farm
lues., May 3rd, 1977
9:30 A.M.- 3:30 P.M.
2 Vz miles from Shoemakersvilie, Pa.
Lavm Farm
Barton with
Hay Markets
Regional Hay
April 25,1977
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm, price per-ton.)
Hay & Straw Stow, steady,
spots weaker. Alfalfa 75.00-
85.00, Mixed hay 55.00-65.00,
Timothy hay 50.00-60.00,
Straw 50:00-55.00, Mulch
20.00-30.00.
Eastern Pa. &
N. J. Poultry
Wednesday, April 27,1977
Prices unchanged to lower
on light type hens. Offerings
continue fairly heavy for a
fair steady processor in
terest.
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens 8-10, mostly 9%-10;
Heavy type hens .
Delmarva
Poultry
Wednesday, April 27,1977
Ready to cook movement
generally good on whole
birds, just fair on parts.
Slaughter schedules heavy
at all plants. Todays LTL
asking prices ranged 1 cent
higher on both plant and US
Grade A at 43 and 44 cents
respectively. Advance in
terest slow in developing.
Live supplies fully adequate
at heavy but acceptable
weights. Undertone firm.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 Lb. ready to cook
broiler fryers for delivery
this week:
Plant grade fillin 43.00
Current broiler fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate included mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva:
Range US Grade A 42-44;
Plant Grade 42-43; Premium
X US Grade A 48.00;
Premium X Plant Grade
46.00; WTD Ave. US Grade A
43.24; Plant Grade 42.54;
Premium X US Grade A
48.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 46.00.
X-includes special ser
vices, selected competive
brands, etc.
Open House; Moyer's sales reps. H.
Bob Lavin, right.
'Mtoyen, '4 CHICKS, INC
Quakertown. PA 18951 Phone; 215*536-3155
New Holland
Hay
Monday, April 25
127 Loads total. Market
steady with last week on all
grades of hay. Alfalfa No. 1-
100-120 ton. No. 2480-100.
No. 3 65-80. Alfalfa Mixed
-1 a few loads 95-118. No. 2-
8045. No. 3-58-80. Timothy
Hay-No.l-65-75. No. 2-55-65.
No. 3-48-55. Mixed Hay-No. 1-
a few loads-75-96. No. 2-65-85.
No. 3-50-65. -Clover No. 1-
None. No. 2-70-80. No. 3-50-70.
Straw-6445. Com Fodder-45-
58. Ear com-71-74. Mulch
Hay-44-48. Oats-1.80 bushel.
Wood Shavings-$lO ton.
Green Dragon
April 22,1977
Prices per ton: 56 loads
hay & 17 loads straw.
Alfalfa, few 88.00-92.00, one
at 107.00, some down to 66.00,
Timothy, few 49.00-56.00;
Mixed hay 55.00-95.00, some
down to 39.00; Straw 58.00-
67.00; Com, one load 76.00;
Com Fodder, 2 loads 41.00 &
47.00.
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Another progressive poultryman has
chosen '7ffau&t4 to supply his need for
34,000 locally-grown, ready-to-lay
DEKALB pullets
You are welcome to visit this Dutchman
cage system open house. Ask us about the
records some of your neighbors are setting
with the new DEKALB layers.
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Horse shots
urged
ANNAPOLIS, Md..
Horse and pony owners ate
urged to vaccinate their
animals against dread
Equine Encephaht ls
(‘Sleeping Sickness’) no»j
that mosquitos and other'
biting insects are taking to
the air.
Dr. HughE. Binks, chief 0 | 1,1
the Maryland Department
Agiculture’s Animal
Health Section, says ef ft
fective vaccines art'
available but that they are I
effective for only one year, -
and thus, horses and pomes, ■
should be protected by a 7
fresh vaccination for 1977 J
Combined killed-virus "
vaccines are now availablt
for Eastern Equine En 1
cephalitits (EEE) and
Western Equine En
cephalitis (WEE) which art
known to occur in this area AIJ
The other form of Equai ||
Encephalitis—Venezuelan
(VEE) has not beet m
diagnosed in the United
States since 1971. Jj
Horse owners are urged bj ||
Dr. Binks to contact thei Jj
private veterinarian ant J|
make prompt arrangement!
to have their horse II
protected. M
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