—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10,1977 4 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, September 5 to Friday, September 9 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. WHITE \ ExLarge N 68 68 68 66 Large O 66 66-. 66 64 Mediums M 53 53 ' _ 53 52 Pullets A 37 37 37 36 Peewees R 25 25 25 24 BROWN Large K 70 70 70 69 Mediums Peewees Off Grade Large E 58 58 58 Checks T 33 33 33 Tone-Weak. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications New England Weekly Shell Egg Report Septembers, 1977 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 77-82 72-74 61-66 3641 MASS+ Mostly 78-79 NEWHAMP. 72-78 Mostly R.I. VERMONT 75-76 81-82 7586 Mostly MAINE 81-83 79-81 +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 we-e: New Weight Per Case Wednesday Friday/ 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 □ass 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks { . —* ♦|ancaster parming* *"■' ' - * P.O. Box 266 - Lititz. PA 17543 * Office: 22 E. Main St, Lititz, PA 17543 J Record-Express Office Building J Phone-Lancaster 717-394-3047 Z or Lititz 717-626-1164 RobertG Campbell, Publisher j* Dieter Kneg, Editor Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor +c Kendace Borry, Associate Editor M Laurel Schaeffer, Berks County Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent * Subscription Price; $6.00 per year; $lO.OO - 2 years £ * * $8 per year outside of - PA, NJ, MD, DE, NY, VA & WV £ Established November 4, 1955 £ Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming r * Lititz, PA M Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 ♦ -|t £ For Address Change form or new subscription £ see Classified Section. £ ■¥ Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn, Pa. Newspaper •¥■ Publishers Association, and Nabonal Newspaper Association. s*■★★★•*★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ r 73-74 67-73 62-63 56-62 70-71 76-77 74-85 59-60 65-66 63-76 65-67 63-65 76-79 74-76 54 52 44 44 41 40 33 31 40 40 33 33 Baltimore Eggs September 7,1977 Market Steady. Demand irregular. Supplies adequate. Cartoned Eggs; Prices to retailers, state grades (min one case sale) white. Grade A Large 70-73. ~ Grade A Medium 5&-60. Delmarva Poultry September 7,1977 Ready-to-cook movement fair to good while parts very active. Slaughter schedules fairly heavy at most plants. Todays little asking prices held unchanged at 43 on plant and 44 on_US grade A. Advance interest slow in developing. Live supplies adequate at generally desirable weights. Un dertone fully steady. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for immediate in cludes mostly multiple drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 43-45; Plant Grade 43-43%; Premium X US Grade A 50.00; Premium X Plant Grade 48.00. 37-38 31-37 34-35 4041 3840 WTD Avg.: 43.77; Plant Grade 43.17; Premium X US Grade A 50.00; Premium X Plant Grade 48.00. X- Includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. Philadelphia Eggs September 7,1977 Prices unchanged. Car toning demand fairly good, especially where features in progress. Offerings adequate except occasional short of extra large. Un dertone fully steady. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in car tons, delivered: Store Door Extra Large 64-69; A Large 63-67; A Medium 50-53 PACMA Facts PACMA Facts The following market is supplied by PACMA-FACTS, direct marketing organization affiliated with the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association. Participating poultrymen are members of PACMA, which emplys a fowl marketing agent - The Farmers’ Agricultural Cooperative Trading Society (FACT) - to sell members fowl. PCAMA works directly with PFA poultrymen in the program. Farm point prices prevailing for fowl to be marketed by members during the week of Sep tember 5 were 20 cents at farm weight. Fogelsville Poultry Market not available by press time. Hay Markets Regional Hay September 6,1977 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm & per ton.) Hay & Straw slow, steady, instances $lO lower. Alfalfa 80.00-100.00; Mixed hay 70.00-80.00; Timothy hay 70.00-75.00; Straw 60.00; Mulch 30.0040.00. Harvey Z. Martin Hay Market Wednesday, Sept. 7,1977 74 Loads Alfalfa 50 to 87, Hoad 110; Clover 2 loads 71 and 79; Timothy 66 to 79; Mixed Hay 61 to 90; Mulch Hay 43 to 51; Grass Hay 80; Straw 53 to 78, few 92 to 134; Com 43 to 58; Barley Seed 3.50 and 3.20 per bu. John Musselman, hatch co-ordinator at Moyer’s Chicks, says here's one reason why we’re selling repeat orders for the new EXH&oa XL- Link pullet. CHICKS, INC. rrareCTTO Ouakertown, PA. 18951 HUBBARD BROWN & WHITE ( 215 ) 536-3155 bSSIERS EGG LAYERS BROILER* Green Dragon Hay Ephrata.Pa. September 2,1977 Prices per ton: 33 loads hay & 9 loads straw. Alfalfa, few 78.00-82.50, some ' down to 64.00; Timothy, few 73.00-88.00 Mixed hay 68.00-84.00, one 91.00; Clover, one load 82.00; Straw 69.00-85,00; Ear Com 54.00-57.50, one 50.00; Rye, one load $1.85 per bushel. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry September 7,1977 Prices unchanged on light type hens. Demand steady for adequate farm offerings of light type hens. Offerings of heavy type hens ample for a fair demand. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 8-10 mostly 9 %-10 Del Plant 11-12. New Holland Hay New Holland Sales Stables Monday, Sept 5,1977 Total 63 loads: Hay and straw steady, most hay new hay with considerable moisture. Alfalfa hay 78-91; clover hay 50-70; timothy hay 57-91; mixed hay 48-91; ear com, 16 load 53-59; stubble hay 51 and 53. Lancaster Feeder Cattle Lancaster, Pa. Friday, Sept 2,1977 Feeder Cattle 576 547 Today Last Friday Trend; Small supply feeder steers 1.00 lower. Supply mainly in lots of three or less with few lots of 10-15 head mixed Good and Choice. Feeder Steers: Mixed Good and Choice 650-900 lb. 37.25-39.50, couple lots 950- 1000 lb. 36.85; Good 650-900 lb. 34.50-36.50.
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