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—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 &
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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