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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, May 11 to Thursday, May 17
Fri. Mon. Tues. Wed. x Thurs.
WHITE
Jumbo
Ex Large
Large
73 71
68 66
66 64
63 61
52 51
42 41
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Large
Mediums
Pullets
72
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Peewees
Off Grade
Large
Checks
61 60
40 40
Breakers 48 47 Vi 47 46
Tone: Trading light, supplies ample.
Copy right 1977 Umer Barry Publications
N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
May 15,1979
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Ex. Large
69-75
MASS.+
Mostly
NEWHAMP.
Mostly
R.I.
70-73
61-68
62-63
73-74
70-80
VERMONT
Mostly 72-78 70-74 65-70
MAINE 66-71 66-69 61-64
-Unclndes 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
Classi-Large
Class 2-Large
Class 3-Medium
Class 4-Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
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Medium
62-74
Large
67-76
63-72
54-
55-
66-67
63-75
68-74
59-
60-
,71-72
68-76
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Ready-to-cook movement
good. Slaughter schedules
remam heavy. Today’s LTL
asking prices mostly 51 cents
on Plant Grade and ,52 cents
on U.S. Grade A. Advance
interest is good. Live sup
plies ample and weights m a
mostly desirable range.
Undertone fully 'steady to
firm.
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
50%-52; Plant Grade 49-51%;
Premium X U.S. Grade A 55.
WTD. AVG.: U. S. Grade A
51.35;, Plant Grade 49.82;
Premium X U.S. Grade' A
55.00.
X - includes special ser
vices, selected competitive
brands, etc. ‘
Philadelphia
Eggs
Small
47-
48-
39-46
4041
51-52
Eggs: Prices unchanged
to lower. Cartoned egg
demand no better than fair.
Undertone barely steady.
Prices to retailers: sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: store door:
A Extra Large 62-29; A
Large 61-67; A Medium 57-
62%.
46-50
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 May 7 were 14% to 15
farm, 17 % plant.
Delmarva
Poultry
May 16,1979
May 16,1979
PACMA
>^Fowl
PACMA-FACTS
Hay Markets
Regional^
Hay
Ma> 14,1979
(All Ha> No 2 and belter,
prices paid by-dealers at the
farm & per ton )
Hay and straw steady
Alfalfa 50.00-60.00, few to
70.00; Mixed' hay 40.00-50.00,
few to 60.00; Timothy bay
35.00-50.00; Straw 40.00-
60.00; Mulch2o.oo-30.00.
Green Dragon
Hay
Ephrata, Pa.
May 11,1979
Prices per ton: 27, loads
hay & 13 loads straw.
Alfalfa, few 61.00-76.00,
one at 91.00; Timothy, 43.00-
65.00; Mixed hay 42.00-75 00,
few down to 31.00; Straw
49.00- Ear Corn, 7 loads
74.00- Corn Fodder, 2
loads 34.00 and 35.00.
New Holland
Horses
Monday, May 14
New Holland
Sales Stables
Reported receipts of 405
head of horses, mules, and
ponies. Market steady with
last week’s market.
Local driving horses 400-
1175; riding horses 350-500;
better horses 550-900;
lightweight killers 300-475;
heavyweight killers 500-800;
mare pomes 25-65; colts 10-
25; geldings 25-55; larger
ponies 100-275.
Baltimore
Eggs
May 16,1979
EGGS: Prices unchanged
to 1 cent lower. Demand only
fair. Supplies ample on all
sizes except jumbos.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded
(minimum one case sales)
white.
Grade A Large 67-74
Grade A Medium 63-68
Eastern PA. &
NJ Poultry
May 16,1979
Prices generally un
changed. Demand good.
Offerings adequate. Of
ferings of heavy type amjple
for the fair demand.
Prices paid at farm: hght
type hens 13V2-14, mostly 14.
F. 0.8. Plant 16-16%.
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
New Holland
Hay
Monday, May 14
New Holland
Sales Stables
Total 98 loads. All prices
per ton unless otherwise
noted.
Alfalfa 29-121; mixed hay
34-75; timothy 46-83; straw
25-73; com 80-80.50 \
Good’s
Hay
Leola, Pa.
Wednesday, May 16
Total 104 loads. All prices
per ton, unless otherwise
noted:
Alfalfa 36-87, mostly 60-70;
timothy hay 39-60; clover 38-
82; mixed hay 25-115; straw
44-97,- mostly 60-70; corn 77-
85; com fodder 44; sorghum
and sudan grass 69; stubble
hay 60.
Orca, the killer whale, will
often flip its prey 30 feet in
the air several times before
eating it, according to In
ternational Wildlife
magazine. The eight-ton
cetacean uses its tail to
propel penguins, seals and
dolphins mto the air.
Valley
Livestock
Valley Stockyards
Athens, Pa.
Monday, May 14
Reported receipts oL 340
calves, 88 cows, 80 hogs, 35
heifers, 15 sheep, 10 lambs,
27 bulls, and 12 steers. Cattle
market stronger and calf
market strong and steady.
Holstein heifer calves to
215.00; veals 73.50-124.50;
bobs, 90 to 110 lbs. 150.00-
187.50; bobs, 80 lbs. and
down 70.00-95.00; grassers
and feeders 69.00-97.50;
lambs 70.00-90.00; sheep
25.00- hogs, 200 to 250
lbs. 42.00-45.00; sows 30.00-
38.50; boars 30.00-34.30; pigs,
each 15.0049.00; heifers
60.25-68.25; steers, good
60.00- steers, feeders
71.00- bulls 60.00-71,75;
cows, good 58.75-62.25, cows,
medium 53.00-58.50; cows,
poor or small 42.00-56.00;
horses, none; ponies 33.00;
goats 17.00-30.00.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland
Sales Stables
Wednesday, May 16
Reported receipts of 66
cows, 61 heifers, and 3 bulls.
Market lower than last
week’s market.
Load of Pa. fresh 970-1310:
load of Pa. fresh 846-1300;
load of N. Y. fresh, purebreds
and grades 1075-2000,
springers 1150-2000; load of
Pa. fresh 850-1430; local
cows 900-1300; springing
heifers, grades 875-1175;
purebreds 1270-1400; open
heifers 540680; bulls 480670.