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Delmarva
Broiler/Fryer &
NY Multiple Drop
Thursday, July 16, 1987
DELMARVA BROILER FRYER
MARKET:
MOVEMENT OF READY-TO-COOK
WHOLE BIRDS WAS IMPROVED AND
GENERALLY FAIR. OFFERINGS
WERE IN A BIT BETTER BALANCE
AND STILL COMPETITIVELY PRICED
BUT NOT AS SHARPLY DISCOUNTED
AS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. IN THE
PARTS COMPLEX DEMAND WAS
ALSO IMPROVED. SUPPLIES WERE IN
BETTER BALANCE AND AT LEAST
ADEQUATE ON MOST ITEMS. LESS
THAN TRUCKLOT ASKING PRICES
WERE 2TO 3 CENTS LOWER AT 41 TO
53 CENTS. LIVE SUPPLIES WERE AT
LEAST MODERATE. WEIGHTS
RANGED DESIRABLE TO LIGHT
SLAUGHTER SCHEDULES WERE
MODERATELY HEAVY THE UNDER
TONE ALTHOUGH IMPROVED
REMAINED WEAK.
ESTIMATED SLAUGHTER OF
BROILER/FRYERS IN DELMARVA
(000)
ESTIMATED ACTUAL ACTUAL
AVERAGE WEIGHTS 7/16 7/9 7/14 7/14
7/7 1986 1996 1975 4.27 4.44.
NEW YORK MULTIPLE-DROP
BROILER REPORT:
Copyright 1987 by Lancaster Farming
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Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543
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TIATED PRICES FOR IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY INCLUDES MOSTLY
MULTIPLE-DROP SHIPMENTS OF
BRANDED AND WING TAGGED TO
NEW YORK CITY FROM DELMARVA.
BRANDED U.S. GRADE A RANGE
41-55 WEIGHTED AVERAGE 47.62 NO.
OF BOXES 8,186.
National Egg
Market
Thursday, July 16, 1987
NATIONAL EGG MARKET - AT A
GLANCE.
PRICES WERE GENERALLY
UNCHANGED EXCEPT MEDIUMS AT
EASTERN TERMINAL MARKETS
TRENDED HIGHER. THE MARKET
TONE WAS STEADY WITH SOME
WEAKNESS NOTED ON LARGE IN
PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC AND
MIDWEST. WITH RETAIL FEATURES.
DEMAND WAS MODERATE TO
GOOD. ELSEWHERE DEMAND WAS
QUIET TO FAIR. SUPPLIES WERE
ADEQUATE TO FULLY ADEQUATE
ON MOST SIZES EXCEPT JUMBOS
WERE USUALLY SHORT AND EXTRA
LARGE AND MEDIUMS WERE BARE
LY ADEQUATE IN PARTS OF THE
MIDWEST. BREAKERS CONTINUED
TO UNAGRESSIVELY BID LOWER
FOR THE AMPLE OFFERINGS.
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New England
Shell Eggs
Wednesday, July 15, 1987
SHELL EGGS IN NEW ENGLAND:
CARTONED LARGE PRICES WERE
UNCHANGED TO HIGHER. JUMBO
LOOSE PRICES INCREASED IN
RESPONSE TO A MARKED SHOR
TAGE IN SUPPLIES. ALL OTHER
PRICES WERE UNCHANGED. THE
MARKET TONE WAS STEADY.
DEMAND FOR CARTONED EGGS
WAS MODERATE TO GOOD WITH AN
INCREASED INTERDEALER TRAD
ING NOTED TO FILL SPOT SHOR
TAGES OF THE HEAVY SIZES. SUP
PLES OF THE HEAVY SIZES WERE
BARELY ADEQUATE TO ADEQUATE
AND MEDIUMS WERE USUALLY
ADEQUATE.
PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS FOR
LOOSE BROWN EGGS AT FARM,
CASES EXCHANGED, GRADE YELD
BASIS, CENTS PER DOZEN:
JUMBO .82-. BS; EX LARGE .57-.60.
LARGE .48-.51; MEDIUM .32-.35;
SMALL .9-. 12.
BOSTON PRICES TO RETAILERS -
SALES TO VOLUME BUYERS, CON
SUMER GRADE BROWN EGGS IN
CARTONS DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .78-.81; A LARGE
.69-.73; A MEDIUM .S3-.56.
Heinsey’s Poultry
Tuesday, July 14, 1987
Roots, East Petersburg
MUSCOVY DUCKS, DRAKE RANGE
1.20-1.44.
HENS 1.14-1.28.
PEKING DUCKS .32 .44.
PULLETS 4-7 LBS. .30-.44.
RED FOWL: 4-4.5 LBS. .12 .20; 5-6
LBS 15- 32.
CROSSBRED ROOSTERS: 4-6 LBS.
.30-.62; 7-11 LBS. .20-.42.
CROSSBRED FOWL: 5-10 LBS.
.10- 32.
BANTY ROOSTERS 2.00-4.50 EA.
BANTY HENS .50-1.25 EA.
GUINEA PIGS .25-1.00 EA.
GOATS 32.00-50.00 EA.
KID GOATS 16.00-22.00 EA.
GUINEA FOWL 3.35-3.70.
GEESE 8-11 LBS. .20-.32.
PIGEONS 1.00-1.25 EA.
WHITE PIGEONS 2.85-3.75 EA.
RABBITS: 4-6 LBS. .70-.84; 7-11 LBS.
.60-.74.
LEGHORN ROOSTERS .20 .32.
LEGHORN HENS .2-. 12.
BUNNIES .50-1.00 EA.
DOVES 2.00-3.25 EA.
SILKIES 3.00-4.50 EA.
TOTAL COOPS SOLD 952.
Philadelphia Eggs
Wednesday, July 16, 1987
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: MEDIUMS
PRICES WERE UNCHANGED TO
HIGHER. BALANCE UNCHANGED.
THE MARKET TONE WAS BARELY
STEADY TO STEADY ON LARGE.
STEADY ON MEDIUMS. DEMAND
REFLECTED THE PRESENCE OF
RETAIL FEATURES AND WAS GOOD
IN AREAS WITH SPECIALS. THE
WEATHER HAD COOLED OFF AND
MOST FLOCKS HAD RETURNED TO
THEIR PRODUCTION STATUS
BEFORE THE HEAT. SUPPLIES WERE
ADEQUATE WITH LARGE LONG IN
HEAVY
DUTY
AUOERS
4”. 6” -8”- 10” -12”
Standard Sizes In Stock
Custom Sizes Mode To Order
FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CALL OR WRITE TODAY:
automatic
farm
systems
608 Evergreen Rd.
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 274-5333
N.E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, July 14
Report Supplied by USDA
PRICES PAID PER DOZEN GRADE “A” BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED TO RETAIL STORED:
EX. LARGE
.83-.57
.85.86
.79-.52
.79
.95.96
.95
.90-.97
N. HAMP.
MOSTLY
R.I.
MOSTLY
VERMONT
MOSTLY
MAINE
Weekly New York Egg Market
Northeast Quotes
From Friday, July 10 to Thursday, July 16
FRI. MON. TUES. WED.
WHITE
JUMBO
EX. LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUM
PULLETS
OFF GRADE
BROWN
EX. LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUMS
OFF GRADE
UNDERGRADES
AND CHECKS
BREAKING STOCKS: FRIDAY 42-44 LBS. 26.00-28.00, 48-50 LBS.
33.00- 50 LBS. UP 35.00-36.00; TUESDAY 42-44 LBS. 25.00-27.00,48-50
LBS. 32.00-33.00, 50 LBS. UP 33.00-34.00; THURSDAY 42-44 LBS.
31.00- 00.
SOME AREAS.
PRICES TO RETAILERS: SALES TO
VOLUME BUYERS, CONSUMER
GRADES WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .58-.60’/.; A
LARGE .56-,5B'A ; A MEDIUM .39’/. -.42.
New York &
Phila. Frozen Eggs
Tuesday, July 14, 1987
THE MARKET TONE FOR WHOLE
EGGS AND WHITES WAS ABOUT
STEADY WHILE YOLKS WERE
STEADY. BUYING ACTIVITY CON
TINUED Light, most breakers
WATCHED THE SHELL EGG MARKET
CLOSELY AND WERE SELECTIVE
WITH THE AVAILABLE OFFERINGS
WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES
(PER POUND IN 30 LB. CONTAINERS)
U.S.D.A. INSPECTED CLASS TRUCK
LOTS LCL (MIN. 25 CONT.) WHOLE
39-42 MOS 39-41 43-50 BLENDS (/) -
49-59 WHITES 30-32 MOS 30-31 33-38
YOLKS (MIN. 43% SOLIDS) SUGARED
56-58 MOS 57-58 60-68 SALTED 50-53
MOS 51-52 - 00 - WHOLE PLUS YOLK
PLUS SWEETNER, GENERALLY
28-32% EGG SOLIDS
Tfatfe* CHICKS, INC.
flnh\ Chirks &• Started Pullets j
Lilj»VAiH-i (w Tfaywie,
Brown & White
Layers Broilers
PHONE (215) 536-3155
266 E. PALETOWN RD. CH AKERTOWN. PA 18051
LARGE
.74-.78
.16:71
.70-.83
.70
•BS-.87
.85
.82-. SB
.73 .73 .73 .73
.67 .67 .67 67
.50 .50 .50 50
Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
Wednesday, July 15
Report supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: PRICES
WERE RELATIVELY UNCHANGED
FOR THE LIGHT BUT GENERALLY
ADEQUATE OFFERINGS. PLANTS
USUALLY RAN DESIRED SCHE
DULES OF LIGHT TYPE HENS WITH
SOME PROCESSING VARIED VOL
UME OF ATTRACTIVELY PRICED
BROILER FRYERS. AVAILABILITY
WAS NOTED AS FAIRLY HEAVY FOR
THE MONTH OF AUGUST BUT PRIC
ING GENERALLY UNSETTLED. THE
UNDERTONE WAS STEADY.
PRICES PAID AT FARM: LIGHT
TYPE HENS .05-.07, MOSTLY 06-.06'/..
King’s Hay
-- Kirkwood, Pa.
Tuesday, July 14, 1987
Report supplied by Auction
14 LOADS,
ALFALFA: 85.00-113.00; ALFALFA.
MIXED. 69.00; CLOVER, 85.00;
TIMOTHY, 73.00-101.00; 6 LOADS
STRAW, 75.00-84.00; 2 LOADS EAR
CORN AT 69.00.
r M Chicks or
Custom Grown
hisex
brown Pul,et »
Available locally from:
TKoye* d CHICKS, INC.
HI 6 fALETOWN ROAO (HJAKERTOWN. f A IMSI
(215) 53121 M
SMALL
.35.39
.37-.3S
.31-.34
MEDIUM
.58.62
.60.61
.54-.57
.54
.70-.75
.70
.65- 72
.42- 49
THURS.
.73
.67
50