4 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 12,1978 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11 Mon. iSies. Wed. Thurs. WHITE Jumbo Ez Large Large 74 72 72 72 72 68 66 66 66 66 64 62 62 62 62 59 58 58 58 58 44 44 44 44 44 32 32 32 32 32 Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large Mediums Pullets Peewees 70 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Off Grade Large Checks 58 58 58 58 58 33 33 33 33 33 Tone: Supplies fully adequate, inquiry unproved, market about steady. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report Augusts, 1978 Prices paid per dozen Grade ‘ A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores. Ex. Large Large Medium Small 69-80 68-78 6367 44-48 MASS.+ 70-72 69-71 646 6 4547 Mostly NEWHAMP. 63-69 62-68 57-63 38-44 6465 6364 5869 3940 Mostly R.I. 76-77 76-77 69-70 4849 VERMONT 71-41 70-79 65-72 Mostly 73-74 72-73 67-68 MAINE 69-72 68-71 63-66 +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. Nest Run Eggs Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham, NJL 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. 49 48 Class 2-Large 45 lbs. 45 45 Class 3 -Medium 42 lbs. 48 47 Class 4-Small 39 lbs. 37 36 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 42 41 Checks 48 lbs. 33 33 * ing * * J )f *f i P.0.80x366-Lititz, PA 17543 )f J Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 )f T Record-Express Office Building 3^ J Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 3f. J or Lititz 717-626-1164 jJ. J Robert G. Campbell, Publisher J *f Dieter Krieg, Editor J Kendace Borry, Associate Editor J Laurel Shaeffer, Berks County Correspondent j* jf Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent J * j Subscription Price: 3^. J $6.00 per year; $lO.OO-2 years 3^. yL $8 00 per year outside of if * PA, NJ,MD, DE, NY, VA&WV if 3f If Established November 4,1955 )f Published every Saturday J 3f by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, PA if Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 if if For address change fo r m or new subscription if see Classified Section. *f *f Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper J if Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. 68 68 68 68 Good’s Hay Auction Philadelphia Wednesday, August 9 Total 154 loads. Higgs Mixed hay 70-90; alfalfa August 9 1978 84 ‘ 92; straw 86 ' 88; E Augusts, timothy hay 78-87.-60; oats, If. - . ~ , per bushel 1.75; rye per Pnces unchanged to lower 2 05 . 2-60 con / 65 . 76 H on all sizes. Cartoning demand fair but lacks desired agressiveness to readily clear fully adequate offerings. Undertone steadier. Prices to Retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons delivered: Store door, Fri. A Extra Large 61-69; A Large 60-67; A Medium 55- 59. Baltimore Eggs August 9,1978 Eggs: Prices unchanged to lower. Cartoning demand fair. Offerings of jumbos and extra large barely adequate to short, balance adequate. Undertone about steady. Cartoned Eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (min lease sale). Grade A Large 73-76; Grade A Medium 67-71. Delmarva Poultry 4447 August 9,1978 Ready-to-cook movement very good. Additional inquiry going unfilled in most quarters. Slaughter schedules moderately heavy. Todays LTL asking prices mostly 49 on plant and 50 on US Grade A. Advance interest slow in developing. Live supplies fully adequate at desirable weights. Per cent of trim undergrades running heavy at most plants,. Undertone fully steady. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for immediate ia cludes-mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range US Grade A 48-50; Plant Grade 47-48%; Premium X US Grade A 54.00; Premium X Plant Grade 32.00. Wtd. avg. US Grade A 48.95; Plant Grade 48.06; Premium X US Grade A 54.00; Premium X Plant Grade 52.00. X - includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry Augusts, 1978 Prices unchanged to higher on light type hens. Processor demand good for barely adequate farm of ferings of light type hens. Offerings of heavy type adequate to barely adequate for a not better than fair call. Prices Paid at Farm: Light type hens 8-10 mostly 9 1 /2-9 3 /i; FOB plant 11M--12, mostly 12; Heavy type hens TFEWR. 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 August 7 were 12V* plant, and 10Vi farm. Augusts, 1978 Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. Hens, heavy type 19-29, mostly 25-29; pullets 44-54, mostly 44-48; roasters 27-33, mostly 30-33; ducks 50-55; drakes 55-69, mostly 69; rabbits 20-47, mostly 30:38; pigeons, per pair 1.15; jumbo squabs 2.65. Total coops sold 191. iSUTTEH CQII& Hay Markets PACMA Eggs PACMA-FACTS Fogelsville Poultry <'u si*- 1 -' T": y' '"'■■■ "' ■■- 5x > PACKAGE DELIVERY SERVICE. Moyer’s delivers a Pullet Package. What you pay for is a ready-to-lay pullet fed to optimum body weight, properly debeaked and vaccinated, delivered by courteous drivers in clean coops and delivery trucks. What you do not pay for is all birds in the growing unit good, bad, and cockrels; feed wastage, mortality losses, hit-or-miss management and servicing procedures. The only thing lacks is a bow! CHICKS, INC. Quakertown, PA 18951 BROWN&WHITE (215) 536-3155 EGG LAYERS Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. August 4,1978 Prices Per Ton: 17 loads hay & 11 loads straw. Alfalfa, 2 loads 69.00 and 92.00; Timothy, 2 loads 51.00 and 61.00; Mixed hay 50.0 - -79.00, one at 92.00; Clover, one load at 57.00; Grass hay, one load at 40.00; Straw 60.00-89.00; Ear Com, 21 loads 74.00-80.50, one at 82.00; Oats, 4.77 bu. at 1.35 per bushel. 4.98 bu. at 1.20 per bushel. Vintage Hay Thursday, August 10 Mulch hay 47; straw 63; ear com 75-79; rye 1.70 per bushel. the Pullet Package Regional Hay August 7,1978 (All hay No. 2 and better , prices paid by dealers at the farm & per ton.) Hay and Straw slow and steady. Alfalfa-55.00-60.00; Mixed hay 50.00-55.00; Timothy hay 40.00-50.00; Straw 50.00- 60.00; Mulch 20.00-35.00. New Holland Hay New Holland Sales Stables Monday, August 7,1978 Total 49 loads. Alfalfa 65-95; timothy 75- 100, mixed hay 50-66; 1 load meadow grass 65; straw 69- 96; com 66-79; 1 load oats, 1.65 per bushel; 1 load rye, 2.70 per bushel HUBBARD WHITE MT. BROILERS , i \
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