—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 17,1977
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Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, September 12 to Friday, September 16
Mon. Tues. Wed. Tfaurs.
WHITE
Ex Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Large
69 69
Mediums
Peewees
Off Grade
Large 56
Checks 33
Tone-unsettled,
Copyright 1977 Umer Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
76-82 70-74 61-66 3741
77.78 . 71-72 , 62-63 37-38
71-77 65-71 56-62 31-37
74.75 68-69 59-60 34-35
80-81 76-77 65-66 4041
78-87 72-84 63-75
MASS+
Mostly
NEWHAMP,
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly m 3 74-79 65-67
MAINE 78-80 72-74 63-65
+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:
Classification
Extra Large
Class 1 - Large
Class 2 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Class 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
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New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
49 47
43 41
38 37
31 31
41 40
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Delmarva
Poultry
Fri.
September 14,1977
DELMARVA
BROILER/FRYER MAR
KET: Ready-to-cook
demand good for parts, only
fair for whole fryers.
Slaughter schedules
moderate. Live supplies
about adequate with weights
a little heavier than desired.
Interest for next week slow
developing. Undertone
unsettled to weak.
Current broiler-fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery including
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
Range: US Grade A 4345
Plant Grade 42-43%
Premium X US Grade A 50
Premium X Plant Grade 48
WTD Avg: US Grade A
43.33; Plant Grade 42.86;
Premium X US Grade A
50.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 48.00.
X - includes special ser
vice, selected competive
brands, etc.
38-40
Philadelphia
Eggs
September 14,1977
Prices trended lower on
extra Large and Large,
unchanged on mediums.
Demand is fair with best
interest noted for the heavier
weights eggs.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: Store door:
A Extra Large 62-67; A
Large 60-65; A Medium -52.
Baltimore
Eggs
September 14,1977
Prices unchanged to three
cents lower on Large, un-
outstanding in his field. And,
out of that simple ground
breaking in his 5 acre corn
field grew the first installment
of what was to become Moyer's
Chicks, Inc.
Today, over a dozen ex
pansions later, the building
facilities occupy nearly half an
acre and last year hatched out
6Vz million chicks.
Thank you to our long-time customers for growing with us, and to those recently
joining, welcome aboard!
88C23Q8
BROWN & WHITE
EGG LAYERS
Hay Markets
Regional
Hay
September 12,1977
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm & per ton.)
Hay.& Straw slow, steady
to |5 lower.
Alfalfa 80.00-90.00, few
100.00; Mixed hay 65.00-
80.00; Timothy hay 60.00-
70.00; Straw 60.00-68.00;
Mulch 25.00-40.00.
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
Fogelsville
Poultry
Sept. 13,1977
Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.
Hens, heavy type 9-26,
mostly 12-20; pullets 4649;
mostly 4647; roasters 30-69,
mostly 30-38; ducks 52;
drakes 53; rabbits 27-50%,
mostly 45-50 guineas 1.20;
pigeons (per pair) 55-3.20.
Total coops sold 324.
changed on mediums.
Demand irregular. Supplies
adequate.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) White:
Grade A Large 65-71
Grade A Medium 55-59
‘THayeri 4 CHICKS, INC.
Quakertown, PA. 18951
(215) 536-3155
Green Dragon
Hay
September!), 1977
Prices per ton:
33 loads hay & 15 loads
straw.
Alfalfa, few 79.00-89.00;
Timothy, couple loads 72.00
and 93.00; Mixed hay 67.00-
86.00; Clover, 2 loads
72.00&90.00; Grass hay, 2
loads 69.00&72.00; Stubble
hay, one load 57.00; Straw
68.00-80.00, couple 91.00;
Com, 20 loads 46.00-55.50.
during Ihe week of Sep
tember 12 were 10 cents at
farm weight.
Eastern Pa. &
N. J. Poultry
September 14,1977
Demand active for the
moderate offerings of light
and heavy type.
Slaughter scheduled
curtailed due to the
holidays. Prices at farm;
light type 8-10 mostly 9%-
10; Delivered plant 11%-12.
3n Years Of Progress
Harvey Z. Martin
Hay Market
Wednesday, Sept. 14,1977
67 loads
Alfalfa 52 to 96,1 load 104;
clover, 2 loads 65 and 68;
timothy 50 to 65, 1 load 92;
mixed hay 54 to 85; stubble
hay 43 to 60; straw 48 to 90;
com 50 to 56.
Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, Sept. 9,1977
FEEDER CATTLE
602
576
Today
Last Friday
TRENDS: Few sales
feeder steers steady to 1.00
hihger. Bulk of supply sold in
lots of three or less.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
lots Choice 815-960 lb. 38.35-
39.50; mixed Good and
Choice 725-850 lb. 35.85-37.50,
one lot 560 lb. 40.00; couple
lots Good 630-810 lb. 35.25-
36.10
HUBBARD
WHITE MT.
BROILERS