Famine, Saturday, October 21,1978
Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, October 16 to Friday, October 20
Mon. Tnes. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
WHITE
Jumbo
Ex Large
Large
73 74
66 67
63 64
58 59
43 44
32 33
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
71
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
OS Grade
Large 58 59 59 60
Checks 36 36 36 37
Tone: Large full steady, balance full steady to firm.
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N. £. Weekly Shell Egg Report
October 17,1978
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Ex. Large
72-75
MASS.+
Mostly
NEWHAMP.
Mostly
R.I.
73-
68-
69-
76-77
74-
VERMONT
Mostly 75-76 74-75 71-72
MAINE 73-75 72-74 66-68
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
Nest Run Eggs
Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, lac., (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 J-Large
Class 2-Large
Class 3-Medium
Class4-Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
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Medium
6369
Large
71-74
6667
6166
6263
69-
70-
72-
67-72
6869
75-76
73-
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Delmarva
Poultry
October 18,1978
Ready-to-cook movement
light and disappointing.
Slaughter schedules
moderate. Todays LTL
asking prices mostly 40 cents
on plant and 41 cents on U.S.
grade A. Advance interest
fair" in' instances. ~ Live"
supplies ample at heavier
than desired weights in most
quarters. Undertone un
settled but steadier.
Current broiler/fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate includes-mostly
multiple-drop shipments to
New York City from
Delmarva.
RANGE: US Grade A 40-
43, Plant Grade 39-41%,
Premium X US Grade A
50.00, Premium X Plant
Grade 48.00.
WTD. AVE.; US Grade A
41.30, Plant Grade 40.41,
Premium X US Grade A
50.00, Premium X Plant
Grade 48.00.
Small
45-
46-
41-
42-
4960
X • Includes special ser
vices, selected competitive
brands, etc.
Fogelsville
Poultry
4848
October 17,1978
Prices paid dock weights,
cents per pound, except
where noted.
Hens, heavy type, 10-22,
mostly 15-20; pullets 20-54,
mostly 44-48; roasters 25-38,
mostly 30-35; capons 45-60;
ducks 45-60%, mostly 60%;
drakes 46-66, mostly 65-
66; rabbits 45413, mostly 55-
60; guineas 1.05; pigeons,
per pair 1.00-1.11, mostly
1.05-1.11; jumbo squabs 3.00.
Total coops sold 288.
Philadelphia
Eggs
October 18,1978
Eggs: prices unchanged to
higher on all sizes. Cartoning
demand fair. Offerings
adequate undertone
cautious.
Prices to retailers: sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: store door.
A Extra Large 60Vfc-66, A
Large 59%-64, A Medium 53-
57.
Hay Markets
Regional
Hay
October 16,1978
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the
farm & Per ton.)
Hay & Straw slow and
steady.
Alfalfa 50.00-60.00; Mixed
hay 45.00-60.00; Timothy hay
40.00- Straw
60.00- Mulch
25.00-
Harvey Z.
Martin Hay
Harvey Z. Martin
Hay and Straw Sale
Gap, Pa.
Wed. Oct 18,1978
6 Loads
Hay & straw 50 to 51;
mulch hay 35.
Eastern Pa. &
N.J. Poultry
October 18,1978
Prices unchanged on light
type hens. Farm offerings
continue heavy for a fair
processor interest. Offerings,
of heavy type adequate for a
light to fair call.
Prices paid at farm: light
type hens 8-9%, mostly 9-9%.
FOB plant 11%:
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
Baltimore
Eggs :
October IS, 1978
Eggs; Prices unchanged
to higher. Cartoning demand
fairly good. Stks. in fairly
good balance with needs.
Undertone fully steady.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale).
Grade A Large
Grade A Medium
PACMA
Fowl
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 October 16 were IVh
plant, 9% farm.
Green Dragon
Hay
Ephrata, Pa.
October 13,1978.
Prices per ton:
28 loads hay.
Alfalfa, few 59.00-94.00;
Timothy, few 60.00-80.00;
Mixed hay 48.00-77.00, couple
81.00, few down to 30.00;
Clover, one load at 77.00;
Straw, '4 loads 83.00-90.00;
Ear Corn, 21 v loads
67.00-75.00, few -down to
43.00; Corn Fodder, 2 loads
54.00 and 66.00; Oats, one
load at |1.65 per bushel.
New Holland
Hay
New Holland
Sales Stables
Monday, October 16,1978
Total 68 loads.
Alfalfa hay 67-110; timothy
73-56; mixed hay 55-71;
straw 77-115; com fodder 57-
61; com 69-80; rye seed, 1
load 3.20 per bushel; wheat
seed, 1 load 2.75 per bushel.
Good’s
Hay
Leola,Pa.
Wednesday, October 18
Total 36 loads.
Alfalfa 70-76; timothy 61-
81; mixed hay 65-77; straw
71-102; com 72.50-80.00; rye
2-45 per bushel; oats 1.35 per
bushel.
FARMERS
ATTENTION!!
70-75
64-71
SPRAY MATERIALS
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mercial 50.23-53.85; Choice
mainly 21100-1400 lbs. 55.75-
57.00, few early part of week
57.00- Choice 24 900-
1350 lb. 54.00-56.23; high
Good and low Choice 2-3
52.00- Good 2-3 51.00-
53.75; Standard 1-2 46.00-
50.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 2-3 850-1100 lb. 51.00-
54.10, few head 54.25-55.25;
Good 2-3 800-1025 lb. 46.50-
51.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 39.75-42.25,
few 42.50-13.75; Commercial
3-4 37.50-41.50, couple loads
Cutter and Utility beef bred
38.50- with about 50 head
sdl<T as Teedefs; 'Cutter 1-2
37.50- Canner and low
Cutter 33.75-37.50.
BULLOCKS: Choice 1000-
1300 lb. 51.75-55.00; Good
1000-1300 lb. 47.50-52,00, few
45.5047,50.
BULLS: Yield grade' f
1100-1600 lb. 49.00-53.50, few
54.00-56.85, around 10 bead
1700-2200 lb. 52.00-53.50; yield
grade 2 1000-1350 lb. 46.50
50.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
steady to 2.00 higher,
demand good for calves
returned to farm.
VEALERS: Prime 280350
lb. 93.00-100.00, few 100.00
107.00; Choice 160300 lb.
82.0096.00, 120160 lb. 78.00
96.00; high Good and low
Choice 120160 lb. 65.0080.00,
80115 lb. 67.0078.00, few 60
90 lb. 50.5035.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES:
Choice 300450 lb. 60.0065.00;
Good 280400 lb. 50.0060.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 90115 lb. holstein bulls
89.00100.00; few 79.5069.00.
INSECTICIDES
IM-PRUV-ALL
Lancaster