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.
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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
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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.
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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
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(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