4 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 28,1978 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, January 23 to Friday, January 27 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. WHITE Ex Large 57 58 58 60 60 Large 56 57 57 59 59 Mediums 53 54 54 56 56 Pullets 42 43 43 45 45 Peewees 28 29 29 31 31 BROWN Large Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 49 50 50 52 52 Checks 27 27 27 27 27 Tone - full steady as weather continues to disrupt market. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications -,.r <■;: .. - N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report January 24,1978 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: Ex. Large Large Medium Small MASS.+ 68-72 67-70 65-68 40-41 Mostly 69-70 68-69 66-67 40 NEWHAMP. 63-69 62-68 60-66 35-41 Mostly 67-68 66-67 64-65 3940 R.I. 71-72 69-70 67-68 4445 VERMONT 70-75 69-73 67-71 Mostly 71-73 70-72 68-70 MAINE 70-72 67-71 67-69 -(-Includes 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: New Weight Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday Extra Large 51 lbs. Class 1-Large 48 lbs. 46 48 Class 2-Large 45 lbs. 44 46 Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 42 43 Class4-Small 391bs. 36 36 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 34 34 Checks 48 lbs. 29 29 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★★ * * * * * * { feat '"9 ? £ P.O. Box 266 • Lititz, PA 17543 £ * Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 { -fc Record-Express Office Building * Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 M * or Lititz 717-626-1164 * £ Robert G. Campbell, Publisher £ Dieter Krieg, Editor £ ic Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor ■♦t K endace Borry, Associate Editor -ft £ Laurel Schaeffer, Staff Correspondent V £ Joyce Bupp, Staff Correspondent £ T. ■¥ Subscription Price s6.oo per year, $lO.OO-2 years -k ■fc $8 00 per year outside of * PA. NJ, MD, DE, NY VA&WV * * M 4c Established November 4, 1955 * 4c Published every Saturday 4* by Lancaster Farming, Lihtz PA 4c ■fc Second Class Postage paid at Lititz PA 17543 ■¥ 4c For address change form or new subscription £ 4c see Classified Section 4c J Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper J Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association J ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 67 67 67 67 Delmarva Poultry January 25,1978 Ready-to-cook movement rather slow in most quarters. Slaughter schedules moderate. To day’s little asking prices one cent lower at 41 on Plant Grade and 42 on U.S. Grade A. Advance interest slow in developing. Live supplies short as occasional plant not operating because of weights lighter than desired. Under tone weak and unsettled. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for im mediate includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. RANGE: U.S. Grade A 41-44, Plant Grade 40-42V2, Premium X U.S. Grade A 50.00, Premium X Plant Grade 48.00. WTD.AVG.: U.S. Grade A 42.42, Plant Grade 41.44, Premium X U.S. Grade A 50.00, Premium X Plant Grade 48.00. X - Includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. Philadelphia Eggs . 42-44 January 25,1978 Prices unchanged to one cent higher on all sizes. Car toning demand fairly good. Offerings of larger sizes ful ly adequate, medium and smalls adequate. Undertone fully steady. Prices to retailers: sales to volume buyers, consumer grades, white eggs in car tons, delivered; store door. A Extra Large 56-59, A Large 55-58, A Medium 51-54. Baltimore Eggs January 25,1978 Prices unchanged to 1 cent higher. Demand irregular. Supplies adequate. Cartoned eggs: prices to retailers, state graded (mm. one case sale) white. Grade A Large 60-64. Grade A Medium 56-61. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry January 25,1978 Prices unchanged to lower on light type hens. Farm of ferings fully adequate for an aggressive buying interest. Offerings of heavy hens fully adequate to ample for a light to fair call Prices paid at farm: light hen types 7-9, mostly B^-9. FOB plant mostly lO l^ Heavy type hens TFEWH. FogelsviUe Poultry January 24,1978 Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. Hens, heavy type, 11-15 M:, mostly 11-12; pullets 11-40, mostly 40; roaster 11-28; ducks 45-50; drakes 36-48; turkeys, toms 20; turkeys, hens 26-35, rabbits 1.10-1,15; guineas 116-1.21 lotal coops sold 260 Hay Markets Regional Hay January 23,1978 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm & per ton.) Hay & Straw steady. Alfalfa 90.00-110.00; Mixed Hay 85.00-95.00; Timothy Hay 75.00-85.00; Straw 75.00- 90.00; Mulch 50.00-75.00. 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 23 were 9 at farm weight; 11 at plant weight. Not Always The appearance of food is not always a good guide to its safety When it comes to food poisoning, appearances can be deceiving Illness causing bacteria do not alter the appearance or odor of a food That’s why cases of food poisoning occur so of ten If an unsafe food looked or smelled bad, most of us wouldn’t eat it' vj'W&'i:?'';?*' v: ,t vi "y ! s> < Harvey Z. Martin Hay Market January 20,1978 No Sale. have a nice weekend... pray a little < s . ■* v :v Green Dragon Hay Wednesday, Jan. 25,1978 Total 20 loads. Alfalfa 131 to 141; timothy 95 to 98; clover 1 load 102; mixed hay 94 to 120; straw 123 to 160; corn, 1 load 70. New Holland Hay Monday, Jan. 23,1978 New Holland Sales Stables Market very active. Hay steady to $5 per ton higher. Straw and bedding $lO-20 higher. Alfalfa 95-133, mostly 100- 110; timothy 99-134, mosily 100-110; clover 94-106; mixed hay 93-120, mostly 100-110; straw 119-147, mostly 130- 140; ear com 68-73; stubble hay, few loads 90-100; soybeans stalks for bedding 100. i
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