—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8,1978 4 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, April 3 to Friday, April 7 Mon. Tues. Wed, Thors. Ex Large 61 61 61 61 Large 60 59 59 59 Mediums 56 55 55 55 Pullets 43 43 43 43 Peewees 28 28 28 28 BROWN Large 60 60 60 60 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 54 53 53 53 Checks 34 33 33 33 Tone: Steady but irregular from area to area. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report April 4,1978 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: Ex. Large 63-67 MASS.+ 64- 58-64 62-63 67-68 65- Mostly NEWHAMP. Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 67-71 65-68 65 MAINE 65-67 63-65 5860 +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 5 1 3f * * P.O. Box 366 • Lititz, PA 17543 if * Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 if Record-Express Office Building if yL Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 if J or Lititz 717-626-1164 j T Robert G. Campbell, Publisher T Dieter Krieg, Editor j Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor T Kendace Borry, Associate Editor *f Laurel Shaeffer, Berks County Correspondent J Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent Subscription Price: 56.00 per year; $lO.OO -2 years ji $8 00 per year outside of * PA, NJ, MD, DE, NY, VA & WV Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday Jr by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, PA Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 3f- address change form or new subscription Jfsee Classified Section. Jr of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper J )r Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. Medium 5661 Large 61-65 57-59 51-57 55-56 60-61 5865 62- 56-62 60-61 65-66 63- New Weight Per Case Tuesday 51 lbs. 48 lbs, 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Baltimore Eggs April 5,1978 EGGS: Market about steady. Prices unchanged to 1 cent lower. Demand generally fair. Supplies are adequate. Retail prices range 85-89 cents on extra large, 75-85 cents on large and 69-81 cents on mediums. CARTONED EGGS: Prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white. Fri. Grade A Large 59-64; Grade A Medium 54-60. Philadelphia Eggs April 5,1978 EGGS; Prices unchanged to lower on all sizes. Cartoning demand mixed ranging light to occasional fair. Offerings fully adequate on large, adequate on extra large and mediums. Undertone about steady. Small 39-45 4043 34-40 38-39 43-44 Prices to Retailers, sales to volume buyers, consumer grades, white eggs in car tons, delivered: Store Door. A Extra Large 59-65%, A Large 58-64%, A Medium 53- 59%. 4143 PACMA-FACTS The following market is supplied by PACMA-FACTS, a direct marketing organiza tion affiliated with the Penn sylvania Fanners’ 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 April 3 were T-n farm, 9 plant. Thursday Delmarva Poultry April 5,1978 Ready-to-cook movement mixed ranging light to oc casionally good, generally unproving over early week. Slaughter schedules fairly heavy. Todays little asking prices ranged 43-44 on plant and 44-45 on US grade A. Live supplies continue fully adequate at weights often heavier than desired. -Un derstone unsettled. Current broiler/fryer ne gotiated prices for im mediate includes mostly multipledrop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range US Grade A 43-47, Plant Grade 42-45%, Premium X US Grade A 52.00, Premium X Plant Grade 50.00; WTD Avg. US Grade A 44.55, Plant Grade 43.92, Premium X US Grade A 52.00, Premium X Plant Grade 50.00. X- includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc PACMA Eggs Hay Markets New Holland Hay Monday, Aprils New Holland Sales Stables Total 145 loads. Com fodder 79-75; clover 82-111; mixed hay 84-126; alfalfa 92-138; timothy 80- 111; 1 load soybean straw 61; silage 18.00 per ton. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry April 5,1978 Prices about steady on light type hens. Offerings ample for a fair processor call. Offerings on heavy type ample for a light interest. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 6-8, mostly 7%; FOB plant 9%-10; Heavy type hens tfewr. r FORECAST: ”] I “Highs in the low to mid 90’s | | with not much letup in sight!” I ' HMt* M. MW Me*«