4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,1979 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market Note: Doe 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, April 13 to Thursday, April 19 Fri. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. H WHITE Jumbo Ex Large Large Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large Mediums Pullets Peewees Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Off Grade Large 60 59 59 Checks 37 37 37 Breakers 45 45 45 Tone: Supplies well cleared, market steady. Copy right 1977 Umer Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report April 17,1979 Prices paid per dozen Grade *‘A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: Ex. Large 75-80 MASS.+ 76-78 68- 69- 78-79 76-87 Mostly NEWHAMP. Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 78-85 77-79 68-75 MAINE 74-77 78-76 64-07 +lncludes 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: Classification Extra Large Class 1-Large Class 2-Large Class 3-Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks (ISSN 0023-7485) P.O. Box 366 - Lititz, PA 17543 Office: 22 £. 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 Kendaceßorry Allen, 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 I Published every Saturday I by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, PA I Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 | (ISSN) 0023-F485 I For address change form or new subscription | see Classified Section. % Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Fa. Newspaper | Nklithcrs Association, and National Newspaper Association. | Large 74-79 Medium 65-76 66-74 58- 59- 69-70 66-78 75-77 67- 68- 77-78 75-84 New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. Tuesday Thursday 48 lbs. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Delmarva Poultry April 18, J 979 Ready-to-cook movement generally very light and disappointing. Slaughter schedules moderate. Today’s LTL asking prices 46-47 cents on Plant and 47-48 cents on U.S. Grade A. Advance interest light to occasionally good. Live supplies ample at weights occasionally heavier than desired. 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: U.S. Grade A 47- 50; Plant Grade 46-48%; Premium X U.S. Grade A 54. WTD. AVG.: U.S. Grade A 48.14; Plant Grade 47.33; Premium G U.S. Grade A 54.00. 59 37 45 X - includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. Small 47- 48- 4046 41-42 51-52 Philadelphia Eggs April 18,1979 EGGS; Prices unchanged to lower on all sizes. Car toning demand mixed ranging light to fairly good, jppstly moderate. Offerings adequate. Undertone steady but cautious. 46-49 Prices to retailers, sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in car tons, delivered: store door. A Extra Large 69-74; A Large 68-72; A Medium 59- 63. 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 April 16 were 14 to 15% farm, 17 plant. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry April 18,1979 Prices unchanged on light type hens. Farm offerings heavy, however an oc casional producer rescheduling flocks for later movement. In view of current' good egg prices, processor demand good; offerings of heavy type adequate for a fair, unaggressive demand. Prices paid at farm: light type hens 12-13, mostly 13. F. 0.8. Plant 15-15%, mostly 15. Heavy type hens TFEWR. Hay Markets Vintage Hay Paradise, Pa. Thursday, April 19 All prices per ton unless noted. Total 14 load. Alfalfa 70-100; timothy OS OS; mixed hay 63-68. Baltimore Eggs April 18,1979 Prices mostly 2 cents lower. Demand slow after pipelines filled. Supplies adequate to ample. Cartoned Eggs: pnces to retailers, state graded (mm one case sale) white Grade A Large Grade A Medium Valley Livestock Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. Monday, April 16 Reported receipts of 437 calves, 117 cows, 50 nags, 25 heifers, 8 sheep, 8 lambs, 12 bulls, and 6 steers. Cattle market stronger and calf market steady. Holstein heifer calves to 200.00; veals 90.00-120.00; bobs, 90 to 110 lbs. 87.00- 105.00; bobs, 80 lbs. and down 65.00-89.00; grassers and feeders 47.00-81.50; lambs 35.00-59.00; sheep 20.00- hogs, 200 to 250 lbs. 44.00-48.00; sows 36.00- 38.00; boars 32.0042.00; pigs 28.00- heifers 58.50- 68.75;. steers, good 65.00- 69.50; bulls 52.50-71.50; cows, good 57.50-62.00, cows, medium 53.00-56.50; cows, poor or small 45.0007.00; horses, 380.00430.00; ponies 27.5042.50; goats 34.00-66.00. Good’s Hay Leola,Pa. - Wednesday, April 18 Total 130 loads. Alfalfa 30-119; mixed hay 39-120; clover-timothy 43-95; straw 59-85; com fodder 63, 67; stubble hay 41; 1 load orchard grass 31; orchard grass-alfalfa 67, 93; com 45, New Holland ' Hay Monday, April 16 New Holland Sales Stables Total 128 loads. Alfalfa 49-114; mixed hay 36-113; timothy 42-81; straw 49-74; com 74-80. 74-77 65-69 H Regional April 16,1979 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm & per Jon.) Hay & Straw slow & mostly steady. Alfalfa 50.00-60.00, few to 70.00; Mixed hay 40.00-50.00, few to 60.00; Timothy hay 35.00- Straw 50.00-60,00, few down to 40.00; Mulch 20.00- Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. April 13,1979 Prices per ton: 33 loads hay & 6 loads straw. Alfalfa 51.09-79.00, one at 90.00; Timothy, few 37.00- 72.00; Mixed hay 40.00-66.00, few to 89.00; Clover, one load at 4860; Straw 46.00-82.00; Ear Com, 5 loads 71.00-76.00; Com Fodder, couple 42.00 and 44.00. iay
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