4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,1979 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market Note: Dae to a change in production and mailing schedules, this market will now carry prices from the previous Friday thru the Thursday of this week. From Friday, March 16 to Thursday, March 22 Fri. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. WHITE Jumbo Ex Large Large 83 83 83 83 83 80 80 80 80 80 79 79 79 79 79 75 75 75 75 73 51 51 51 51 51 40 40 40 40 ' 40 Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large 79 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Mediums Pullets Peewees Off Grade Large 08 68 68 68 68 Checks 40 40 40 40 40 Tone: Carton sales just fair. Nest run trading caution, market unsettled. Copy right 1977 Umer Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report March 20,1979 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores; Ex. Large Large Medium Small 82-88 81-87 77-82 50-55 MASS.+ 83-86 82-85 78-30 51-53 Mostly NEWHAMP. 76-82 75-81 71-77 44-50 77-78 76-77 72-73 44-45 Mostly 86-87 85-86 81-82 54-55 VERMONT 84-90 83-87 79-84 R.I. Mostly 86-88 84-85 80-81 MAINE - 82-84 81-83 77-80 -flnclades 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 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 481bs. 68 67 Class 2-Large 45 lbs. 63 62 Class 3-Medium 42 lbs. 62 61 Class 4-Small 391bs. 45 44 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 51 51 Checks 48 lbs. 42 & 1 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 $8 00 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 For address change form or new subscription \ see Classified Section. J Umbers of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper I Pabiishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. \ 79 79 79 79 (ISSN 0023-7485) Delmarva * Poultry March 21,1979 Ready-to-cook movement often light and disap pointing. Slaughter schedules reduced overall as occ plants not operating. Todays LTL asking prices mostly 46-47 on Plant and 47- 48 on US Grade A. Advance interest slow in developing in some quarters while fair in others. Live supplies fully adequate at most plants. Undertone weak & unsettled. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for imediate delivery includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. RANGE: US Grade A 47- 49; Plant Grade 46-47%; Premium X US Grade A 53.00. WTD.AVG.: US Grade A 47.60; Plant Grade 46.80; Premium X US Grade A 53.00. X - includes special ser vices, selected competive brands, etc. Philadelphia Eggs March 21,1979 EGGS: Prices unchanged. Cartoning demand light offerings ample. Undertone unsettled. Prices to retailers: sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in car tons, delivered; store door. A Extra Large A Large 76%-79; A Medium 71%-74. 50-53 Eastern Pa. & NJ. Poultry March 21,1979 Prices unchanged to higher on light type hens. Processor demand good for adequate farm offerings. Offerings of heavy type adequate for a fair steady call. Prices paid at farm: light type hens 13-15, mostly 1416- 15. F. 0.8. mostly 17 Heavy type hens TFEWR 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 March 19 were 14*6 to 15 farm, 17 plant., 106 Loads Hay and 46 Loads Straw. Alfalfa 53.00-99, few down to 33.00; Timothy 42.00-54.00; Mixed hay 34.00-70, in dividual 103.00; Clover, 4 loads 39.00-51.00; Grass hay, 3 loads 33.00-42.00; Straw 42.00- Corn, 11 loads 66.00- Corn Fodder one load 35.00; Oats 63 bushels at 1.85 & 118 bushels at 1.75; Clover Seed, 8 bushels at 31.00. All prices per ton unless noted. Total 28 loads. Alfalfa 50-73; timothy 35- 55; mixed hay 40-50; straw 45-62; soybean stalks 30/ton; fodder 35/ton. There were 180 head sold. All cattle were graded by Representatives of the VDAC’s Divison of Markets, Livestock Section on USDA standards and sold by the hundredweight. Choice Steers 1,000-1,530 lbs. 65.20-67.30; Choice Single Steers 1,035-1,475 lbs. 65.50-67.25; Good Steers 940- 1,270 lbs. 63.50-66.90; Good Single Steers 920-1,115 lbs. 65.00-66.00; Good Holstein Steers 1,250-1,390 lbs. 59.00- 60.70. Plant 16M--17, Hay Markets Green Dragon Hay ■ March 16,1979 Prices Per Ton "Vintage Hay Paradise, Pa. Thursday, March 22 , Special Market Special Slaughter Cattle Sale March 1,1979 Harrisonburg, Va. Do you like to shop around for pullets? On what do you base your decisions? The quoted 20 week old price? Here’s a few pertinent questions to ask yourself about your last delivery; 1. Did the quoted price include delivery? 2. Were the birds fed to optimum body weight? 3. How many pounds of feed did they consume to reach 50% production? 4. At what age did they reach 50% large eggs? Once you know these facts you are ready to do some intelligent buying. CHICKS, EBCHUD Quakertown, PA. 18951 EGG N LAras TE (*«) 536-3155 Good's Hay Leola, Pa. Wednesday, March 21 Total 134 loads. Alfalfa 55-104; corn 65-75; mixed hay 48-50, low 20, high 86; straw 40-68; corn fodder 37-43; timothy 40-63; stubble hay 35 and 40; clover 46-54; soybean stems 31; timothy alfalfa 71. New Holland Hay Monday, March 19 New Holland Sales Stables Total 198 loads. Alfalfa 34-101; mixed hay 35-78; timothy 39-69; straw 27-71; com 54-70. . Baltimore Eggs March 21,1979 Cartoned eggs movement light. Supplies ample. In mstances where large are featured, mediums are accumulating. Cartoned eggs; prices to retailers, state graded (mm. one case sale) white. Grade A Large 83-86 Grade A Medium 78-82 Regional Hay March 19,1979 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm and per ton.) Hay and Straw very slow, fully steady. Alfalfa 30.00-60.00, few 70.00; Mixed hay 40.00-50.00; Timothy hay 35.00-45.00; Straw 50.00-60.00; Mulch 20.00-30.00. INC- HUBBARD WHITE MT. BROILERS
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