—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 1,1978
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Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, June 26 to Friday, June 30 .
Mon. fries. Wed. Thors.
ExLarge 58 60 60 61 61
Large 54 56 56 57 57
Mediums 45 45 45 46 46
Pullets 33 33 33 33 33
Peewees 24 24 24 24 24
BROWN
Large
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 47 48 48 49 49
Checks 26 27 27 27 27
Tone: Steady.
Copyright 1977 Umer Barry Publications
N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
June 27,1978
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Ex. Large
65-68
MASS.+
66-68
59-65
6681
66-
67-
Mostly
NEWHAMP.
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly 69 67 54-55
MAINE 67-73 55-71 52-58
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
Nest Run Eggs
Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (Ed) Durham,
N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradable nest run eggs
(GNR) on Ed, 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
Classi-Large
Class2-Large
Class 3-Medium
Class4-Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
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Medium
50-56
Large
63-67
51-
44-
45-
, 54-55
52-
64-
57-
58-
65-
65-69
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
PACMA
Eggs
PACMA-FACTS
Fri.
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 June 26 were IV& plant,
and 9% farm.
Eastern Pa. &
N. J. Poultry
June 28,1978'
Prices mostly unchanged
on light type hens. Farm
offerings heavy for-a good
processor demand. Of
ferings of heavy type hens
ample for only a fair call.
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens: 7-9%, mostly 9-
914. FOB Plant 11-12, mostly
11 Heavy type hens:
TFEWR.
Small
36-
37-
36-36
31-32
4641
3844
Philadelphia
- Eggs
June 28,1978
Prices unchanged to
higher on extra large and
large, unchanged on
mediums, cartoning demand
fair though occasional
disappointing. Offerings of
larger size adequate to
barely adequate while
medium and smaller ample.
Undertone steady but
cautious. Prices to retailers:
Sales to volume buyers,
consumer grades white eggs
in cartons, delivered: Store
door. A Extra Large 51%-58;
A Large 50%-56; A Medium
41-44.
Baltimore
Eggs
June 28,1978
Prices unchanged to
higher on large, unchanged
on mediums. Cartoning
demand fair. Offerings
ample on mediums, barely
adequate to adequate on
extra large, in fair balance
on large. Undertone fully
steady.
Cartoned Eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded <Min
1 case sale) Grade A Large
62-68; Grade A Medium 52-
57.
New Holland
Dairy
Wednesday, June 28,1978
New Holland Sales Stables
Reported receipts of 113
cows, 87 heifers, and 4 bulls.
Market steady with last
week’s market.
Load of Pa. fresh 720-850;
load of N.Y. fresh 750-1200,
springers 775-12$); load of
Pa. fresh 660-880; load of
N.Y. fresh 700-850, springers
670-885; local cows 500-900;
springing heifers 550-825;
open heifers 275-445; bulls
370-530; herd dispersal of 14
head in all stages of lac
tation, purebred and grade
530-1200.
Hay Markets
Green
Dragon
June 23,1978
Prices Per Ton: 26 loads
hay*
Alfalfa, few loads 54.00-
70.00; Timothy, few loads
60.00- Mixed hay 59.00-
81.00, few to 98.00; Meadow
Grass, couple 55.00 and
57.00; Orchard Grass'Hay,
-one load 90.00; Straw, 5 loads
83.00- one 65.00; Ear
Com, 19-loads 78.00-87.00,
one 64.00; Com Fodder, 3
loads 61.00-79.00; Oats, one
load at $l.BO per bushel.
Delmarva
Poultry
June 28/1978
Ready-to-cook movement
very good on whole birds but
sluggish on parts except fair
on wings. Slaughter
schedules fairly heavy.
Today LTL asking prices
mostly 53 on plant grade and
54 on US grade A. Live
supplies barely adequate to
short at weights lighter than
desired. Undertone very
firm.
Current broiler/fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate inclused mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva. Range; US
Grade A 51-54; Plant Grade
51-53; Premium XUS Grade
A 59.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 57.00. WTD. s Avg.: US
Grade A 52.31; Plant Grade
52.02; Premium X US Grade
A 59.00; Premium X Plant
Grades 7%.
X-Includes special ser
vices, selected competitive
brands, etc.
Regional
Hay
June 26,1978
(Ally hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm and per ton.)
Hay steady to $lO lower;
Straw steady.
Alfalfa 50.00-65.00; Mixed
hay 50.00450.00; Timothy hay
40.00-60.00; Straw 50.00-
70.00; Mulch 30.0040.00.
Harvey Z. Martin
Hay Market
Leola, Pa.
Wednesday, June 28,1978
56 Loads
Alfalfa 72 to 90, timothy 57
to 90, mixed hay 44 to 77 & 80
to 97; straw 75 to 88, 2 loads
93 & 95, ear com 74.50 to 87,1
load 68.
New Holland
Hay
New Holland Sales Stables
- Monday, June 26,1978
Total 51 loads.
Alfalfa hay 50-70; timothy
60-03; mixed hay 54-100;
clover, 2 loads, 60,50; straw
93-94; com 65-89; oat seed, 2
loads, 1.65,1.75, per bushel.
Changing Milks?
Fluid skim milk made
from nonfat dry milk can be
used in the recipes that call
for milk
Peanut Whirl
Peanuts, the crop product
President Carter has made
famous, actually took a long
route to North America
Spanish explorers dis
covered peanuts in Peru and
took some back to Spain for
"planting The Spamards sub
sequently traded peanut
wifh Africans who ul
timately brought them to the
new world
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