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—Lanosttr Fairing, Saturday, January 20,1979
Poultry Market Reports
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, January IS to Friday, January 19
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thun. Fri.
WHITE
Jumbo
Ex Large
Large
77 78
73 74
73 74
69 70
96 57
41 42
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
80 80
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Off Grade
Large
Checks
66 67
36 36
Breakers 42 43 43 44
Tone: Full steady to firm.
Copy right 1977 Umer Barry Publications
N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
January 16,1979
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Ex. Large
82-85
MASS.+
Mostly
76- 74-80 71-77
77- 75-76 72-76
86-87 84-85 81-82
VERMONT 83-91 81-90 78-83
Mostly 83-87 81-85 7983
MAINE 8285 8085 77-80
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
NEWHAMP.
Mostly
R.L
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
Class 2 - Large
Class 3-Medium
Class 4-Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
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Medium
76-79
Large
80-84
New Weight
Tuesday Thursday
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs,
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
(ISSN 0023-7485)
Eastern Pa. &
N. J. Poultry
January 17,1979
Prices mostly unchanged
on light type hens at farm
though occasionally prices
trending higher delivered
plants. Farm offerings short
of a fairly good processor
call. Farm offerings of
heavy type hens often short
of a fairly good interest.
Prices paid at farm: light
type hens 12-13, mostly 12%-
13.
FOB Plant 15-16, mostly
15V6-16.
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
Baltimore
Eggs
January 17,1979
Prices unchanged to one
cent higher. Demand is
fairly good. Supplies
adequate on all sizes except
small.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (min.
one case sale) white.
Small
56-58
Grade A Large
52-
53-
61-62
Grade A Medium 71-76
Delmarva
Poultry
56-60
January 17,1979
Ready-to-cook movement
light and disappointing in
some quarters while still fair
at others. Slaughter
schedules fairly heavy.
Todays LTL asking prices
ranged lower at 48-49 on
Plant and 49-50 on U.S.
Grade A. live supplies fully
adequate at weights
generally within desired
ranges. Undertone weak and
unsettled.
Current broiler/fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery includes
mostly multiple-drop
shipments to New York City
from Delmarva.
RANGE: US Grade A 49-
25; Plant Grade 48-50%;
Premium X US Grade A
57.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 55.00.
WTD. AVG.: US Grade A
49,58; Plant Grade 48.98;
Premium X US Grade A
57.00; Premium X Plant
Grade 55.00.
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 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 January 15 were not
available
Hay Markets
Green
Dragon
Ephrata, Pa.
January 12,1979
Prices per ton ;
24 luads hay & 8 loads
straw.
Alfalfa, few 58.00-108.00;
Timothy, couple 46.00 and
48.00; Mixed hay 51.00-82.00;
Mulch, few 37.00-48.00;
Straw 56.00-79.00, one at
86.00; Ear Com, 5 loads
61.00-67.00.
Good’s Hay
Leola, Pa.
Wed., January 17,1979
Total 116 loads.
Alfalfa 55-107.50; mixed
hay 45-78; timothy 41-48.50;
clover 51-56; straw 54-73;
com 63-65; com fodder, 1
load 49; stubble hay, 2 loads
29,49; orchard grass 2 loads
48, 60; 1 load of firewood
24.50 per load.
Philadelphia
Eggs
75-80
January 17,1979
EGGS: Prices continue to
trend higher. Cartoning
demand fair for adequate
stocks of all sizes except
barely adequate on smalls.
Undertone steady but
cautious.
Prices to retailers: sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: store door.
A Extra Large 69-76; A
Large 68-74; A Medium 64-
69.
Brown egg layers used to be only economically housed in
litter-floor houses. The DeKalb Warren Sex Sal-Link has
broken through that tradition of discrimination. They are
excellent producers in cage operations as well.
Whether in floor or cage houses, brown or white egg layers,
Moyer’s DeKalb offers:
4 CHICKS, INC
EOC2&S
BROWN & WHITE
EGG LAYERS
(All hay No. 2 and better,
price paid by dealers at the
farm & per ton.)
Hay & Straw slow, steady
to weak, instances $lO lower.
Alfalfa 60.00-75.00, few
down to 45.00; Mixed toy
45.00- My
40.00- Straw 50.00-
70.00; Mulch 25.00-35.00.
Tbnrs., January 11,1979
Paradise, Pa.
All prices per ton.
Alfalfa 63-70; mixed hay
43-60; timothy 49-60.
Moyer's DeKalb
fori
Discriminatinj
A Bird for all Reasons
Quokertown, PA 18951
(215) 536-3155
Regional
Hay
January 15,1979
Vintage
Hay
Poultryman
New Holland
*■ Hay
January 15,1979
New Holland Sales Stables
Total 122 loads. All prices
per ton.
Straw 47-82; alfalfa 68-111;
timothy 53-70; mixed hay 46-
83; com, 6 loads 60-72; com
fodder, 2 loads 36, 44; grass
hay, 2 loads 45,58.
What is "scrapple?” A
fevorite breakfast dish of
ihany, scrapple is made of
cooked pork and broth
thickened 'with commeal,
flour and sometimes cereals
and pork trimmings. It’s
well seasoned with salt,
pepper and spices. Ac
cording to U.S. Department
of Agriculture standards, it
must contain at least 40 per
cent meat.
HUBBARD
WHITE MT.
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