A4-Lancastsr Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1987
National Egg
Market
WcdMtday, Augiut 19, 19*7
SHELL EGGS IN NEW ENGLAND:
FEDERAL-STATE.
PRICES WERE HIGHER ON LOOSE
LARGE AND ALL CARTONED SIZES,
UNCHANGED ON THE BALANCE.
THE MARKET TONE REMAINED FUL
LY STEADY TO FIRM. MOVEMENT
OF CARTONED EGGS CONTINUED
GOOD. LARGE AND EXTRA LARGE
WERE IN GOOD BALANCE TO
CLOSELY CLEARED. MEDIUMS
WERE ABOUT ADEQUATE. JUMBOS
WERE SHORT. INQUIRY FOR GRADE
ABLE RECEIPTS WAS ACTIVE AND
DIFFICULT TO FILL, PARTICULARLY
ON PACKS YIELDING THE LARGE
AND HEAVIER WEIGHT SIZES.
PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS FOR
LOOSE BROWN EGGS AT FARM,
CASES EXCHANGED, GRADE YIELD
BASIS. CENTS PER DOZEN: RANGE
JUMBO .92-.95; EX LARGE .61-.64;
LARGE .55-.58; MEDIUM ,33-.36;
SMALL .7-. 10.
BOSTON: PRICES TO RETAILERS -
SALES TO VOLUME BUYERS, CON
SUMER GRADE BROWN EGGS IN
CARTONS DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .80-.85; A LARGE
.72-.77; A MEDIUM .53-.57.
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New York &
Phila. Frozen
Eggs
Tueaday, AujuM IS, 1957
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA
FROZEN EGG REPORT; FEDERAL
STATE.
PRICES WERE GENERALLY
UNCHANGED WITH WHOLE EGG IN
A FIRMER POSITION AND WHITES
CONTINUED IN THE WEAKEST POSI
TION. THE MARKET TONE WAS
STEADY TO FULLY STEADY.
DEMAND IMPROVED AND WAS
MOSTLY MODERATE. FLOOR
STOCKS WERE GENERALLY ADEQU
ATE TO FULLY ADEQUATE. RAW
MATERIAL COSTS TRENDED HIGH
ER AS THE SHELL EGG MARKET
FIRMED AND HEAVY BREAKING
STOCK WAS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE.
WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES
(PER POUND IN 30 LB CONTAINERS)
U.S.D.A. INSPECTED.
CLASS TRUCKLOTS LTL (MIN. 25
CONT.) WHOLE 37-39 MOS 38 39-45.
BLENDS (/) - MOS - 46-55.
WHITES 24-26 MOS 25-26 27-35.
YOLKS (MIN. 43 PCT SOLIDS)
SUGARED 56-58 MOS 57 58-66.
SALTED 48-50 MOS 48-49 - (/)
-WHOLE PLUS YOLK PLUS SWEET
NER, GENERALLY 28-32 PCT EGG
SOLIDS.
SPECIALIZING IN:
• Grain Drying
• Handling
• Storage
Heinscy’s Poultry
Rood, East Petersburg
Tuesday, August 18, 1987
MUSCOVY DUCKS, DRAKE RANGE
.80-.92.
HENS .80-.92.; HENS .60.76.
PEKING DUCKS .20.36.
PULLETS 5-7 LBS. .30-.38.
RED FOWL: 4-4.5 LBS. .15 .32; 5-6
LBS. .30.48.
CROSSBRED ROOSTERS: 4-6 LBS.
.20-.62; 7-11 LBS. .20-.52.
CROSSBRED FOWL; 5-9 LBS. .15 .38.
BANTY ROOSTERS 2.00-4.75 EA.
BANTY HENS .50-1.50 EA.
GUINEA PIGS .50-1.25 EA.
GOATS 25.00-51.00 EA.
KID GOATS 15.00-22.00 EA.
GUINEA FOWL 2.60-3.00.
GEESE 8-12 LBS. .17-.46.
PIGEONS 1.40-1.80 BA.
WHITE PIGEONS 2.75-3.50 EA.
RABBITS: 4-6 LBS. .80-1.00; 7-11
LBS. .60-.82
LEGHORN ROOSTERS .20-.28.
LEGHORN HENS .10-.26.
BUNNIES 1.00-2.00 EA.
DOVES 4.00-5.50 EA.
SILKIES Z 004.25 EA.
TOTAL COOPS SOLD 698.
Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
Wednesday, August 19
Report supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: PRICES
CONTINUED TO EDGE HIGHER.
SELLER OFFERINGS WERE TIGHT
BUT GENERALLY ADEQUATE WITH
OUTSIDE INTEREST CONTINUING TO
COMPETE FOR AVAILABLE PRO
DUCT. PROCESSED MEAT SALES
WERE IMPROVED AND ABOUT MOD
ERATE WITH HIGHER PRICES MEET
ING SOME BUYER RESISTANCE.
PRICES PAID AT FARM: LIGHT
TYPE HENS .06-.09, MOSTLY .07 .09.
Northeast Chicken
Parts
Thursday, August 20, 1987
COMMENT: TRADING ACTIVITY
WAS LIMITED AND FORCED. OFFER
INGS OF MOST ITEMS USUALLY
EXCEEDED THE DEMAND WITH
MANY BUYERS BIDDING LOWER TO
ENTICE TRADING. RETAIL DEMAND
WAS SLUGGISH WITH DISTRIBUTOR
FLOOR STOCKS EASILY HANDLING
CURRENT DEMAND.
BREASTS, SKINNED, BONELESS
1.90-1.95.
RIB-ON-BREASTS .90-.92.
LINE RUN BREASTS .85-.90.
LEGS .3S-.37.
LEG QUARTERS .24-.25.
WINGS .37-.39.
BACKS AND NECKS .11-. 12.
LIVERS .30-.35.
GIZZARDS (HEARTS) .25-.30.
TODAY’S NEGOTIATED SALES AS
OF 11:30 A.M. PRICES PAID PER
POUND ON ICE PACKED PART
DELIVERED IN POOL TRUCKLOT
AND TRUCKLOT QUANTITIES.
“We not only give
you what we have;
but what you ivant.”
• Milling Equipment
At 608 E. Evergreen Rd.
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 274-5333
Weekly New York Egg Market
Northeast Quotes
From Fkiday, Aug. 14 to Thursday, Aug. 20
FRI. MON. TUES. WED. THURS.
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. 23.00-24.00; 48-50 LBS.
32.0034.00; 50 LBS. UP 34.00-35.00; TUESDAY 42-44 LBS. 24.0025.00; 48-50
LBS. 33.0035.00; 50 LBS. UP. 35.0036.00; WEDNESDAY 42-44 LBS.
25.0026.00; 48-50 LBS. 34.0036.00; 50 LBS. UP 36.0037.00; THURSDAY
42-44 LBS. 26.0027.00; 48-50 LBS. 35.0037.00; 50 LBS. UP. 37.0038.00.
N.E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
Thursday, August 20
Report Supplied by USDA
PRICES PAID PER DOZEN GRADE “A" BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED TO RETAIL STORES:
EX. LARGE
.87-.91
.89-.90
.85.89
.85
.90-.96
.90
.94.99
N. HAMP.
MOSTLY
R.I.
MOSTLY
VERMONT
MOSTLY
MAINE
Delmarva
Broiler/Fryer &
New York
Multiple Drop
Thursday, August 20,>1987
CORRECTION ON AVERAGE
WEIGHT SHOULD BE 4.28 NOT 4.31.
DELMARVA BROILER FRYER
MARKET:
EMAND FOR READY-TO-COOK
WHOLE BIRDS WAS LIGHT AND
UNAGGRESSIVE. SUPPLIES WERE
AMPLE TO BURDENSOME. IN THE
PARTS COMPLEX PRICES WERE
TRENDING LOWER AS DEALERS
SOUGHT LEVELS SUFFICIENT TO
STIMULATE DEMAND. LESS THAN
TRUCKLOT ASKING PRICES WERE 1
TO 4 CENTS LOWER AT 53 TO 62
CENTS AND PRICES WERE STILL
NEGOTIABLE AT SEVERAL PLANTS.
LIVE SUPPLIES WERE GENERALLY
MODERATE. WEIGHTS DESIRABLE
TO LIGHT. SLAUGHTER SCHEDULES
WERE MODERATELY HEAVY. THE
UNDERTONE WAS WEAK AND
UNSETTLED.
STIMATED SLAUGHTER OF
BROILER/FRYERS IN DELMARVA
(000).
ESTIMATED ACTUAL ACTUAL
AVERAGE WEIGHTS 8/20 8/13 8/18
8/18 8/11 1983 1995 1985 ***4.2B***
4.21.
NEW YORK MULTIPLE-DROP
BROILER REPORT;
CURRENT BROILER/FRYER NEGO
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
51-66 WEIGHTED AVERAGE 57.65 NO.
OF BOXES 6,985.
lHatfe* t chicks, Inc.
flah \ Chicks &• Started Pullets
BBC22DQ
Brown & White
Laver>
266 E. PALETOWIN RD
.80 .80 .82 .83 .85
.74 .74 .76 .77 .79
.50 .50 .52 .53 .55
LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
J9-.83 .S9-.63 ,33-,37
.81.82 .61.62 .3S-.36
.77.81 .61.65 .3S-.39
.77 .61 .35
.85-.88 .65-.7S
.85 .65
.86-.91 .66.72
Philadelphia Eggs
Thursday, August 20, 1987
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: PRICES
WERE UNCHANGED TO HIGHER
UNDER A FULLY STEADY TO FIRM
MARKET TONE. MOVEMENT OF
CARTONED EGGS WAS MODERATE
TO GOOD WITH RESTAURANT
DEMAND GENERALLY GOOD. SUP
PLIES OF EXTRA LARGE AND LARGE
WERE SHORT WHILE MEDIUMS
WERE ADEQUATE. HEAVY WEIGHT
EGGS WERE DIFFICULT TO
LOCATED EVEN AT HIGHLY COMPE
TITIVE PRICES.
PRICES TO RETAILERS: SALES TO
VOLUME BUYERS, CONSUMER
GRADES WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .57'/*-.68; A
LARGE .55V4 -.66; A MEDIUM .37'/, -.47
(Continuad from Pag* A 3)
anticipated movement. Bellies
closed higher on sharply higher
fresh belly prices and tight sup
plies. Ideas for strong cash hog
prices at terminal and direct mark
ets tomorrow supported pricing
action in both pits.
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