— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 21,1978 4 Pouitry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, January 16 to Friday, January 20 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri, WHITE Ex Large Large 57 57 57 57 57 56 56 56 56 56 53 53 53 53 53 40 42 42 42 42 25 28 28 28 28 Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large Mediums Pullets 61 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Peewees Off Grade Large 49 49 49 49 49 Checks 27 27 27 27 27 Tone - Trading restricted due to heavy snows. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications msmm- N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report January 17,1978 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores Ex. Large 66- 67- 61-67 65-66 70-71 68- MASS.+ Mostly NEWHAMP. Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 70-75 68-72 66-69 MAINE 67-69 65-67 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 gradable 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 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ { ? P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, PA 17543 Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 Record-Express Office Building Phone; Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-1164 Robert G Campbell, Publisher Dieter Krieg, Editor Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor Kendace Borry, Associate Editor Laurel Schaeffer, Staff Correspondent Joyce Bupp, Staff Correspondent Subscription Price $6 00 per year, 510 00 - 2 years $8 00 per year outside of PA NJ MD DE NY VA&WV Established November 4 1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lititz PA -K ■¥ Second Class Postage paid at Lititz PA 17543 For address change form or new subscription see Classified Section -it Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn , Pa, Newspaper J Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. £ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 61 63 65 65 Medium 62-68 63- 57-63 61-62 66-67 64- Large 64- 65- 59-65 63-64 68-69 66- New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thursday PACMA Facts PACMA-FACTS The following market is supplied by PACMA-FACTS, a direct marketing organiza tion affiliated with the Penn sylvania Farmers’ Associa tion. 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 prevail ing for fowl to be marketed by members during the week of January 16 were 9 at farm weight; 11 at plant weight. Delmarva Poultry January 18,1978 Ready to cook movement continues good. Slaughter schedules fairly heavy. Today’s LTL asking prices unchanged at 42 on plant grade and 43 cents on Grade A. Advance interest slow in developing as traders await further market develop ment. Live supplies adequate at mostly desirable weights. Undertone fully steady to firm. Current broiler-fryer negotiated prices for im mediate includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Small 40-42 40 3541 3940 4445 4143 Range: U.S. Grade A 41- 44; Plant Grade 41-42%; Premium (X) U.S. Grade A 49; Premium (X) Plant Grade 47. Wtd. Avg: U.S. Grade A 42.55; Plant Grade 41.69; Premium (X) U.S. Grade A 49.00; Premium (X) Plant Grade 47.00. (X) includes special services, selected com petitive brands, etc. Philadelphia Eggs January 18,1978 Prices unchanged. Car toning demand good on mediums fair on balance. Offerings adequate on mediums, fully adequate on larger sizes. Undertone fully steady to firm. Prices to Retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grade white eggs in cartons delivered: Store door A Extra Large A Large A Medium Baltimore Eggs January 18,1978 Market remained steady. Demand was fair Stocks adequate except on mediums and smalls which were short of needs. Cartoned Eggs. Prices to retailers, state graded (Min. one case sale) white Grade A Large. 60-63 Grade A Medium 56-60 Hay Markets Vintage Hay Vintage Sales Stables Thursday, Jan. 19 Reported receipts of 16 loads. First crop alfalfa 88-100 per ton; Second and third crop alfalfa 105-111; mixed hay 91-100; timothy 106-108; straw 121-126. New Holland Hay New Holland, Pa. Monday, Jan. 16,1978 Hog Auction Today 1724 Last Monday 1820 TREND; Ccompared to last Monday barrows and gilts 1.00-1.50 higher. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-3 200-250 lb. 48.25-49.10, Late mainly 48.50-49.10. US 1-2 210-240 lb. 49.50- 49.85. New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, Jan. 18 131 loads. Alfalfa 90-123; Timothy 89- 106; Mixed hay 92-133; straw 97-134; com 55-61. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry January 18,1978 Pnces unchanged on light type hens. Offerings ample for a fair unaggressive demand. Offerings of heavy type adequate for a fair call. Prices paid at farm:Light type hens 8-9%, mostly 9; f.o.b. plant 10%-11%, mostly 11. Heavy type hens: TFEWR. CHICKS, 56-58 55-57 51-53 Before you place your next order for ready-to-lay pullets, sit down and list some reasons for your choice of layer. Do they include - locally grown pullets, fed to optimum body weight, well developed, early maturing, high production peaks, sustained shell quality. & 88C22Q8 - A Bird For AH Reasons (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm & per ton.) Hay & Straw steady to $5 higher. Alfalfa 90.00-110.00; Mixed hay 85.00-95.00; Timothy hay 75.00-85.00; Straw 80.00- 90.00; Mulch 50.00-75.00. Harvey Z. Martin Hay Market No Market Due To Weather Conditions Quakertown, PA. 18951 (215) 536-3155 [Blit Whatever your choices, you’ll find XL4M 231 OK-137 Sal-Link Regional Hay January 16,1978 Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. January 13,1978 Prices per ton: 21 loads hay. Alfalfa, couple 91.00 and 98.00; Tomothy, few 92.00- 104.00; Mixed hay 85.00- 118.00; Straw, 3 loads 104.00- 107.00; Ear Com, 4 Ids. 55.00- 64.50. Fogelsville Poultry No Market Due To Weather Conditions Florida’s population rose 22.9 per cent between 1970 and 1975,20.7 per cent due to net in-migration. Nevada’s population increased 24.8 per cent between 1970 and 1976. Net in-migration accounted for 18.5 per cent of the state’s growth. INC.
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