4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 13. 1977 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Ex. Large 70 66 66 62 62 Large 64 61 61 58 58 Mediums 52 52 52 52 52 Pullets 33 34 34 34 34 Peewees 21 22 ~ 22 22 22 BROWN Large 71 70 68 65 65 Mediums Unquoted Peewees Unquoted OFF GRADE Large 56 54 54 51 51 Checks 30 31 31 31 31 Tone, demand irregular; market cautious. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications New England Weekly Shell Egg Report August 9,1977 Prices paid per dozen Grade ! ‘A” brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: EX LARGE. 76-84 MASS+ Mostly 77-78 NEWHAMP. 71-77 Mostly 75-76 R.I. 80-81 VERMONT 78-88 Mostly 80-88 MAINE 77-79 +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: Classification Extra Large Class 1 - Large Class 2 - Large Class 3 - Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks I * t *|ancaster farming* 4c ~^ Li ~'''' M * P.0.80x 266-Lititz, PA 17543 * * Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz. PA 17543 J Record-Express Office Building T Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 4c J or Lititz 717-626-1164 * * RobertG. Campbell, Publisher * Dieter Krieg, Editor 4c 4c Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor * Kendace Borry, Associate Editor * £ Laurel Schaeffer, Berks County 4c Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent £ 4c ♦ * * * * * * * * * * * * Subscription Price; * $6.00 per yearT $lO.OO - 2 years £ $8 per year outside of - PA, NJ,MD, DE. NY.VA&WV Established November 4,1955 J Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lititz, PA Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 X For Address Change form or new subscription £ X see Classified Section. + Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn, Pa. Newspaper ■)( •¥ Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association + LARGE. MEDIUM 72- 58-65 73- 59-60 65-71 53-59 69-70 57-58 74- 62-63 74-85 60-72 76-79 6265 71-73 5961 New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thursday 49 46 46 45 40 40 31 31 40 40 30 30 Delmarva Poultry August 10,1977 Fri. Ready-to-cook' movement spotty ranging light to fairly good. Slaughter schedules fairly heavy at several plants. Todays little asking prices ranged lower on both plant and US Grade A. Advance interest slow in developing. Live supplies adequate at weights often lighter than desired. Un dertone weak and unsettled. Current broiler-fryer negotiated prices for im mediate includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 42-45; Plant Grade 42-43%; Premium X US Grade A 50.00; Premium X Plant Grade 48.00. Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A 43.31; Plant Grade 42.81; Premium X US Grade A 50.00; Premium X Plant Grade 48.00. SMALL .33-40 34-35 28-34 3263 36-37 X - includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. 34-36 Philadelphia Eggs August 10,1977 Prices unchanged to lower on large and extra large. Unchanged on mediums. Cartoning demand fair but generally unaggressive. Offerings of extra large adequate to barely adequate, large fully adequate. Mediums adequate. Un dertone steady. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: Store door: A Extra Large 61-70; A Large 60-65%; A Medium 50-63. FogelsviUe Poultry August 9,1977 Hens, heavy type 11-22, mostly 15-20; pullets 38-47, mostly 38-44; roasters 10-38, mostly 20-25; ducks 30-42; drakes 25; geese 20-25; turkeys, hens 48; rabbits 20- 50, mostly 47-48; pigeons (per pr.) 1.1°.-4.10. Total coops sold 237. PACMA Facts PACMA-FACTS 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,. Farm point prices prevailing for fowl to be marketed by members during the week of August 1 were 10% at farm weight; 11% small fowl at plant; 12 larger fowl at plant. * * * Hay Markets Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. August 5,1977 PRICES PER TON: 15 loads hay & 14 loads straw. Timothy, few 65.00-89.00; Mixed hay 74.00-89.00; Clover, one load 86.00; Straw 56.00- Com, 13 loads 60.00- few down to 51.00; Com Fodder, 1 lead at 49.00; Oats, 1 load $1.36 per bushel. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry August 10,1977 Prices steady on light type hens. Processor demand fairly good for LTD farm offerings. Offerings of heavy type short of a fairly good interest. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 8-9%; mostly 9-9% Del. plant 11-11%; . Heavy type hens TFEWR. Baltimore Eggs, August 10,1977 Prices unchanged to three cents lower on large. Demand only fair. Supplies adequate and offerings of heavy ungraded available. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (min. one case sale) White: Grade A Large 65-72 Grade A Medium 55-59 Moyer's DeKalb Brown egg layers used to be only economically housed in litter-floor houses. The DeKalb Warren Sex Sal-Link has broken through that tradition of discrimination. They are excellent producers in cage operations as well. Whether in floor or cage houses, brown or white egg layers, Moyer’s DeKalb offers: A Bird for ail Reasons TKayen,'*, CHICKS, INC. foTßreynPl Ouakertown, PA. 18951 (215)536-3155 EGG LAYERS Harvey Z. Martin Hay Market Wednesday, Aug. 10,1977 68 Loads Alfalfa 55 -to 114; Clover 62 to 93; Timothy 67 to 101; Mixed Hay 63 to 100, 1 load 49; Straw 50 to 77,1 load 84; Com Fodder 1 load 55; Com 14 loads 47 to 60; We have a demand for more good hay. Vintage Hay Thursday, August 11,1977 All prices per ton. Second cutting alfalfa 92.00; mixed hay 81.00; timothy hay 60.00; mulch hay 51.00; ear com 55.00. for the Discriminating Poultryman Regional Hay August 8,1977 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm, price per ton.) Hay & Straw steady to strong. Alfalfa 80.00-90.00, few to 100.00; Mixed hay 70,00- 75.00; Timothy hay 60.00- 75.00; Straw 50.00-60.00; Mulch 30.0040.00. New Holland Hay New Holland Sale* Stable* Monday, August 8,1977 Prices pea ton. Total 64 loads. Alfalfa hay 79-109, 4 loads over 100, 1 load of high moisture content 59; straw 75-89; mixed hay mostly 75- 90, low 61, high 100; timothy hay 78-94; oats 1.70 per bushel; ear corn 59-70, mostly 62-64. HUBBARD WHITE MT. BROILERS
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