—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26,1978
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Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, August 21 to Friday, August 25
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
WHITE
Jumbo
Ex Large
Large
72 72 72 74
66 66 66 68
62 62 62 64
56 56 56 55
40 40 40 39
29 29 29 28
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
68 68 69 69
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Off Grade
Large 58 58 58 58
Checks 33 33 33 33
Tone: Mediums easy, balance steady.
Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications
N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
August 22,1978
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Ex. Large
'7O-75
MASS.+
71-
64-
65-
73-74
72-
Mostly
NEWHAMP.
Mostly
R.I.
VERMONT
Mostly 74-78 72-75 6S-71
MAINE 69-73 68-71 64-67
+lnclude* 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
Stkiozen 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
Class 4-Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
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Medium
64-72
Large
68-74
65-
58-64
5960
6869
66-
69-
6368
63-64
72-73
70-
New Weight
Per Case Tuesday Thursday
51 lbs.
SO
45
- 43
32
41
33
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Philadelphia
Eggs
August 23,1978
Eggs:
Prices unchanged
cartoning demand light to
fair at best. Offerings in
fairly good balance with
current needs. Undertone
steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: Store door.
A Extra Large 61-65%; A
Large 60-63%; A Medium 53-
x 56. -
Baltimore
Eggs
August 23,1978
Prices unchanged. Car
■■ toning demand fair but
unagressive. Offerings in
fairly good balance with
needs.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min
1 case sale). Grade A Large
70-74; Grade A Medium OS
OS.
Small
41-54
4247
3541
36-37
4546
Fogelsville
Poultry
August 22,1978
Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.
Hens, heavy type 8-35,
mostly 30; pullets 25-54,
mostly 4448; roasters 20-20;
ducks 42-61, mostly 50-01;
drakes 50; rabbits 2541,
mostly 4041; pigeons, per
pair 75-2.65, mostly 1.00-1.25.
Total coops sold 109.
Eastern Pa. &
N. J. Poultry
4144
August 23,1978
Prices light type hens
tending higher within un
changed range. Offerings
fully adequate for a fair hut
unagressive interest. Of
ferings of heavy type
adequate for a fair demand.
Prices Paid at farm: Light
type hens 8-10% mostly 10;
FOB plant 12-12% mostly
12%; Heavy type hens
TFEWR.
Delmarva
Poultry
August 23,1978
Ready-to-cook movement
very slow with prices forced
for clearance in many
quarters. Slaughter sche
dules fairly heavy at several
plants. Todays LTL asking
prices ranged 40-14 on plant
and 41-42 on U.S. Grade A.
Advance interest very slow
m developing. Lave supples
ample at WTS. often heavier
than desired. Undertone
weak and unsettled.
Current hroiler/fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate includes-mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
Range: US Grade A 41-45;
Plant Grade 40-43%;
Premium X US Grade A
49.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 47.00.
WTD AVG. US Grade A
42.07; Plant Grade 41.50;
Premium X US Grade A
49.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 47.00.
X-Includes special ser
vices, selected competive
brands, etc.
PACMA
Fowl
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
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 21 were 12% plant,
10% farm.
Most Destructive
The most common rat
species in the United
States—the Norway rat—is
considered by many experts
to be the most destructive
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CHART THE PROGRESS OF YOUR FLOCK - ITS A GOAL TO SHOOT FOR
Some chick salesmen would be referring to the weather
with this statement. At Moyer’s we’re talking about many of
our customer’s XL-Link production graphs!
Here are just 2 samples.
CHART THE PROGRESS OF YOUR FLOCK - ITS A GOAL TO SHOOT FOR
THayen, 4 CHICKS, INC.
nrgyCTire Quakertown, PA 18951
BROWN & WHITE (215) 536-3155
EGG LAYERS
Hay Markets
Regional
Hay
August 21,1978
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm & per ton.) Hay slow,
steady to weak, spots $lO
lower on Alfalfa; Straw
steady.
Alfalfa 50.0(W0.00, Mixed
hay 50.00-55.00, Timothy hay
40.00-50.00, Straw 50.0060.00,
Mulch 20.00-35.00.
New Holland
New Holland Sales
Stables
Monday, August 21
First cutting alfalfa hay
55-90, second cutting 57-78,
third cutting 52-59; timothy
hay 46-76; mixed hay 51-72;
straw 63-108; com 66-78;
oats, per bushel 1.11-1.60;
timothy seed, per bushel 25-
2L
Green Dragon
Hay
Ephrata,Pa. ..
August 18,1978
PRICES PER TON:
32 loads hay & 20 loads
straw.
Alfalfa 70.00-81.00, one at
108.00; Timothy, couple 72.00
and 81.00; Mixed hay 50.00-
74.00, one at 84.00,'few down
to 39.00; Clover, couple 53.00
and 62.00; Straw 65.0fr87.00;
Ear Com, 15 loads 67.00-
78.00, few down to 62.00.
Vintage
Hay
Thursday, August 24
Timothy hay 73-81; mixed
hay 44-67; straw 65. , '
HUBBARD
WHITE MT.
BROILERS
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