4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Pecambar 16,197$ Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, December 11 to Friday, December 15 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. WHITE Jumbo Ex Large Large 79 79 75 75 74 74 70 71 56 57 43 44 Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large Mediums Pullets 80 80 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Peewees Off Grade Large Checks 69 69 44 44 52 52 Breakers Tone: Steady to firm. Copy right 1977 Urner Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report December 12,1978 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: _ Ex. Large 82-87 MASS.+ Mostly NEWHAMP, 82-35 7581 78-79 8586 83-90 Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 83-87 85-86 81-82 MAINE 81-84 81-84 76-80 +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. Nest Run Eggs Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Die., (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 Classi-Large Class 2-Large Class 3-Medium Class 4-Small Breaking Stock Checks P.O. Box 366 • Lititz, PA 17543 Office: 22 E. Main St., lititz, PA 17543 Record-Express Office Building Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-1164 Robert G. Campbell, Publisher Dieter Krieg, Editor Kendace Borry, Associate Editor Joan Liesau, Associate Editor Laurel Shaeffer, Berks County Correspondent Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent Subscription Price: $6.00 per year; $lO.OO - 2 years $B.OO per year outside of* PA, NJ.MD, DE, NY.VA&WV Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, PA Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 (ISSN:) 0023-F485 For address change form or new subscription see Classified Section. Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. Medium 78-81 Large 82-86 78-79 72-77 82-84 76-81 77-78 8586 83-88 73-74 8081 79-83 New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thursday 62 62 61 61 58 >6O 51 51 52 52 44 44 Philadelphia Eggs December 13,1978 Eggs; Prices unchanged on larger sizes, unchanged to higher on mediums. Car toning demand fair to good. Offerings fully adequate on larger sizes, only adequate to barely adequate on meds. Undertone fully steady. Prices to retailers: sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in car tons, delivered: store door: A Extra Large 72%-76; A Large 72%-74; A Medium 66- 70. Baltimore Eggs December 13,1978 Market only steady. Prices mostly unchanged with the trade ignoring advance in other terminal markets. Demand is slow to fair. Supplies are ample. Retail prices in major outlets range 99-1.05 for extra large, 93-95 for large and 85-89 for mediums. Small 5880 58-59 52-57 5354 6981 Cartoned eggs: prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white; Grade A Large7B-82 Grade A Medium 73-77 5680 Fogelsville Poultry December 12,1978 Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. Hens, heavy type 8-28, mostly 20-25; pullets 44-48; roasters 27-40, mostly 38-40; .capons 65-80, mostly 69-70; ducks 20-55%, mostly 40-45; drakes 3001, mostly 55-57; geese 50-75; turkeys, hens 80-65, 65, mostly 64-65; rabbits 40- 80, mostly 65-72; guineas 1.05-1.15; pigeons, per pair 60-2.70, mostly 80-1.00. Total coops sold 439. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry December 13,1978 Prices advanced on light type hens under a good processor demand for barely adequate to short farm of ferings. Offerings of heavy type adequate for a fairly good call. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens: 12-14, mostly 13%-14. F. 0.8. plant 15-17, mostly 15-16. 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 members’ fowl. PACMA wprks directly with the PFA poultrymen in the program. Farm point prices prevail ing for fowl to be marketed by members during the week of December 11 were 16 to 16% plant, 14 to 14% at the farm Hay Markets Good’s Hay Lcola, Pa. Wed., December 13,1978 Total 79 loads. All prices per ton. Alfalfa 50-107; mixed hay 55-75; timothy 50-61; straw 70-82; stubble hay 49-64; com 60-72; com fodder, 2 loads 48,49; 1 load firewood 32. Regional Hay December 11,1978 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm&perton.) Hay & Straw slow, fully steady. Alfalfa 60.00-75.00; Mixed hay 55.00-65.00; Timothy bay 45.00-60.00; Straw 65.00- 70.00; Mulch 25.00-35.00. Delmarva Poultry December 13,1978 Ready-to-cook movement fair though less aggressive than earlier in the week. Slaughter schedules con tinue fairly heavy. Todays LTL asking prices mostly 44- 45 on plant and 45-46 on U.S. Grade A. Advance iriterest slow in developing. Live supplies fully adequate in a desirable range. Undertone steady. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for im mediate includes-mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. RANGE; US Grade 45-47; Plant Grade 44-45%; Premium X US Grade A 52.00; Premium X Plant Grade 50.00. WTD. AVG.: US Grade 45.75; Plant Grade 44,45; Premium X US Grade A 52.00; Premium X Plant Grade 50.00. 4 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 the Pullet Package lacks is a bow! 4 CHICKS, INC. roreraiwa Quakertown, PA 18951 BROWN&WHITE (215) 536-3155 EGG LAYERS New Holland Hay , Monday, December 11,1978 New Holland Sales Stables Total 128 loads. All prices per ton. Alfalfa 61-102; mixed hay 45-89; timothy 50-70; straw 60-88; old com 72-83; new com 60-64; 2 loads clover 50, 80; com fodder, 2 loads 55, 69; Hoad silage 15. Vintage Hay Paradise, Pa. Thursday, Dec. 14,1978 All prices per ton. Mixed hay 48-60; mulch hay 32-46; straw 59-80. ■' Green Dragon Ephrata,Pa. Decembers, 1978 Prices per ton: 36 loads hay & 13 load; straw. Alfalfa 62.00-78.00, Timothy, one load 74.00,' Mixed hay 60.00-71.00, one si 79.00 ? some down to 45.00; Orchard Grass hay, fen 47.00- Straw 64,00 76.00; Ear Corn, 10 loadj 60.00- Com Fodder, ont load at 54.00. Harvey Z. Martin Hay Gap, Pa. Wed. December 13,1978 Total 6 loads. Mised Hay 2 Load 70, Timothy Hay 1 load 72, Straw6o,7s & 77. . Notice: Sale will bt discontinued till fuithei notice. HUBBARD \ WHITE MT. | BROILERS f $ '4 r
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