A4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1980
Poultry Markets
N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, April 22
Report supplied by USDA
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
Ex. Large
69-76
MASS.+
70-74
66-71
68
73-74
Mostly
N.HAMP.
Mostly
R.I.
71-82
VERMONT
Mostly 73-75 71-73 64-65
MAINE 71-72 69-70 62-63
+ Includes Central and Western Sections only.
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Friday, April 18 to April 24
Fri. Mon. Tues. Wed.
WHITE
Jumbo
Ex Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
69 69 69 69
61 61 61 61
59 59 59 59
55 55 54 54
45 45 45 45
BROWN
Large
Mediums
Pullets
67
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
Peewees
Off Grade
Large
Checks
53 53 53 53
30 30 30 30
Tone: Large weak, Medium steady.
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Medium
60-68
Large
67-74
61-66
57-62
59
64-65
68-72
64-69
66
71-72
62-72
69-82
67 67 67
Delmarva
Poultry
Wednesday, April 23
Report supplied by USDA
RTC movement slower.
Offerings are fully adequate
at mostly desirable weights.
Today’s LTL asking prices
trending lower at 39-41 on
U.S. Grade A and 39-40 cents
on Plant Grade. Undertone
is barely steady.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 lbs. ready to cook
boiler/fryers for delivery
next week: U.S. Grade A
TFEWR; Plant Grade
TFEWR.
Small
45-50
4648
4247
44
49-50
Current broiler/fryer
negotiated prices for im
mediate delivery includes
todays multiple drop ship
ments to New York City
from Delmarva.
RANGE: U.S. Grade A 39-
42; Plant Grade 39-41;
Premium X U.S. Grade A
43.00.
4748
WTD. AVG.: U.S. Grade A
40.62; Plant Grade 39.93;
Premium X U.S. Grade A
43.00.
Thurs.
X - mcludes special ser
vices, selected competitive
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 April 28 were 9.00 plant,
6.00 farm.
New Holland
Horse
Monday, April 21
New Holland
Sales Stables
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 322
head of horses, mules, and
ponies. Market stronger.
Load of Kentucky driving
saddlebred horses, 850.00-
1000.00; Load of N.Y. driving
horses, 590.00-1175.00; Load
of N.Y. driving horses,
610.00- Work horses
1150.00- Better
horses 525.00-1210.00;
Driving horses 400.00-
1025.00; Riding horses 325.00-
475.00; Lightweight killers
325.00- Heavyweight
killers 475.00-810.00; Mares
25.00- Colts 10.00-30.00;
Geldings 25.00-65.00; Larger
Ponies 125.00-225.00.
New Holland
Dairy
New Holland,Pa.
Wednesday, April 23
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 85
cows, 32 heifers, and 2 bulls.
Market stronger.
Load of Pa. fresh cows,
1050.00- 2 Loads of
N Y. purebred & grade fresh
cows, 1150.00-2000.00,
springers 1000.00-1700.00;
Load of Pa. fresh cows,
850.00- Load of Md.
fresh cows, 860.00-1300.00;
Locally consigned cows,
650.00- Springing
heifers grade 875.00-1240.00;
Bulls 410 00-485.00
Philadelphia
Eggs
Wednesday, April 23
Report supplied by USDA
EGGS: Prices trended on
mediums, unchanged on
other sizes. Demand only
fair except where features in
progress. Supplies fully
adequate for needs.
Prices to retailers: sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in car
tons, delivered: store door.
A Extra Large 59-01%; A
Large 57-59%; A Medium 52-
56%.
Eastern Pa. &
N. J. Poultry
Wednesday, April 23
Report supplied by USDA
Market tone weak with
prices tending lower. Of
ferings are adequate for the
generally light buyer in
terest. Undertone is weak.
Prices paid at farm: light
type hens 5V4-7, mostly 7.
F. 0.8. Plant; 9-9%,
mostly 9%.
Heavy Type Hens:
TFEWR.
Baltimore
Eggs
Wednesday, April 23
Report supplied by USDA
Market unsettled. Supphes
ample for the only fair
demand. Some class 2
gradeable nest runs were
offered at 42 cents.
Cartoned eggs: prices to
retailers, state graded (mm.
one case sale) white.
Grade A Large 62-64
Grade A Medium 57-60
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Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham,
N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradable nest run eggs
(CNR) on ECI, a nationwide trading center for producers,
packers and marketers. GNR eggs are classified by weight m
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
Class 1-Large
Class 2-Large
Class 3-Medium
Class 4-Small
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Apr. 22
Tuesday
45
42
39
34
39
32
New Weight
Per Case
48 lbs.
45 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
HUBBARD
WHITE MT.
BROILERS
Apr. 24
Thursday
44
42
39
34
39
32