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Delmarva
Broiler/Fryer &
NY Multiple Drop
Tburadaj, September 17, 1987
DELMARVA BROILER FRYER
MARKET:
DEMAND FOR RBADY-TO-COOK
WHOLE BIRDS WAS LIGHT. SUP
PLIES WERE ADEQUATE FOR LIGHT
SEES, AMPLE FOR THE HEAVIER
SEES. IN THE PARTS COMPLEX
WINGS AND CUTLETS WERE
ADEQUATE AND CLEARING WELL.
WHOLE BREASTS WERE ADEQUATE
TO FULLY ADEQUATE. LEGS AND
LEG QUARTERS WERE AT LEAST
AMPLE WITH SOME ADVANCED
INTEREST NOTED FOR LEG QUAR
TERS. LESS THAN TRUCKLOT ASK
ING PRICES WERE 2 CENTS LOWER
AT 40 TO 48 CENTS. LIVE SUPPLIES
WERE MODERATE. WEIGHTS
RANGED FROM DESIRABLE TO
HEAVY. SLAUGHTER SCHEDULES
WERE MODERATELY HEAVY. THE
UNDERTONE WAS BARELY STEADY
TO WEAK.
ESTIMATED SLAUGHTER OF
BROILER/FRYERS IN DELMARVA
(000)
ESTIMATED ACTUAL ACTUAL
AVERAGE WEIGHTS 9/17 9/10 9/15
9/15 9/8 2004 2005 1998 4.55 4.65.
NEW YORK MULTIPLE-DROP
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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
38-50 WEIGHTED AVERAGE 44.74 NO.
OF BOXES 9.050.
NY & Phila.
Frozen Eggs
Tueidaj, September 15, 1987
TRADING ACTIVITY WAS SPOTTY
WITH MOST INTEREST AND
STRENGTH CENTERING AROUND
SUGARED YOLKS. PROCESSORS
CONTINUE TO BID LOWER FOR RAW
MATERIALS IN AN ATTEMPT TO
REDUCE COSTS. SCHEDULES WERE
IRREGULAR. FLOOR STOCKS WERE
USUALLY ADEQUATE TO
INSTANCES FULLY ADEQUATE.
WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES
(PER POUND IN 30 POUND CONTAIN
ERS U.S.D.A. INSPECTED.
CLASS TRUCKLOTS LCL (MIN. 25
CONT.) WHOLE 44-47 MOS 45-46 48-55
BLENDS (/) - 55-65 WHITES 26-28 MOS
26-27 29-35 YOLKS (MIN. 4346 SOLIDS)
SUGARED 66-71 MOS 68-70 71-77
SALTED 62-66 MOS 63-64 (/) - WHOLE
PLUS YOLK PLUS SWEETENER, GEN
ERALLY 28-3246 EGG SOLIDS.
Heiiigey V Poultry
Roots, East Petersburg
Tuesday, September IS, 1987
MUSCOVY DUCKS. DRAKE RANGE
.60-.76.
HENS .60-.72.
PEKING DUCKS .24-.34.
PULLETS 5-7 LBS. .30-.44.
RED FOWL: 4-4.5 LBS. .10-. 18; 5-6
LBS. .10-.28.
CROSSBRED ROOSTERS: 4-6 LBS.
.15-.44; 7-11 LBS. .15-.38.
CROSSBRED FOWL: 5-10 LBS.
.10-.24.
BANTY ROOSTERS 1.00-3.25 EA.
BANTY HENS .25-1.25 EA.
GUINEA PIGS 1.00-4.00 EA.
GOATS 28.00-42.00 EA.
KID GOATS 10.00-21.00 EA.
GUINEA FOWL 1.00-1.55.
GEESE 10-15 LBS. .22 .60.
PIGEONS 1.10-1.30 EA.
WHITE PIGEONS 1.75-2.25 EA.
RABBITS: 4-6 LBS. .60-.82; 7-11 LBS.
.SO-.68.
LEGHORN ROOSTERS 1.00-8.00.
LEGHORN HENS 1.00-8.00.
BUNNIES 1.00-Z5O EA.
DOVES 2.00-3.50 EA.
CHUCKERS 2.85-3.50 EA
SILKIES 2.50-4.35 EA.
TOTAL COOPS SOLD 926.
Northeast Chicken
Parts
Thursday, Sept. 17, 1987
COMMENT; TRADING REMAINS
LIGHT AND SELECTIVE OVERALL.
WHILE CUTLETS WERE SLIGHTLY
MORE AVAILABLE, THE BULK OF
BONERS WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN
1.90, AS LABOR STILL RESTRICTS
THEIR PRODUCTION. ON THE OTHER
HAND. LINE-RUN BREASTS WERE
EASILY AVAILABLE WITH SOME
SALES NOTED ON EITHER SIDE OF 70
CENTS. RIB BREASTS WERE FULLY
ADEQUATE, AND CLEARANCES
WERE ONLY FAIR AT THE LOWER
PRICES. LEGS WERE FULLY ADEQU
ATE TO AMPLE, AND DISCOUNTING
WAS STILL FAIRLY PREVALENT ON
THIS ITEM. SOME DISCOUNTING
ALSO PERSISTS ON LEG QUARTERS.
BUT BUYING INTEREST HAD
IMPROVED, AND THEY WERE
CLEARING A LITTLE BETTER
TODAY. WINGS WERE ADEQUATE
AND AVAILABLE AT STEADY PRICE
LEVELS.
BREASTS. SKINNED, BONELESS
1.90.
RIB-ON-BREASTS .74-.75.
LINE RUN BREASTS .70.
LEGS .32-.33.
LEG QUARTERS ,22-.23.
WINGS ,43-.44.
BACKS AND NECKS .11.12.
LIVERS .35.
GIZZARDS (HEARTS) .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.
*t* * * *
Weekly New York Egg Market
Northeast Quotes
From Friday, Sept 11 to Thursday, Sept. 17
FRI. MON. TUES. WED. THURS.
WHITE
JUMBO
EX. LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUM
PULLETS
OFF GRADE
BROWN
EX. LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUMS
OFF GRADE
UNDERGRADES
AND CHECKS .32 .32 .32 .32 .32
BREAKING STOCKS: FRIDAY 42-44 LBS. 32.00-34.00; 48-50 Ibi
40.00-42.00; 50 LBS. UP 42.00-44.00.
N.E. Weekly Shell Egg Report
Thundey, Sept IS
Report Supplied by USDA
HUGHS PAID PER DOZEN GRADE "A" BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED TO RETAIL STORES:
EX. LARGE
.91.95
.93.94
■9S-.99
.95
.99-1.05
1.00
.98-1.06
N. HAMP.
MOSTLY
R.I.
MOSTLY
VERMONT
MOSTLY
MAINE
New England
Shell Eggs
Wednesday, September 16, 1987
MOST TRENDED LOWER ON CAR
TONED LARGE AND EXTRA LARGE;
HIGHER ON MEDIUMS AND
UNCHANGED ON ALL LOOSE PACKS.
THE MARKET TONE WAS CAUTIOUS
LY STEADY. CARTONED EGG MOVE
MENT WAS FAIRLY GOOD AT MOST
POINTS. FLOOR STOCKS OF LARGE
AND EX LARGE WERE IN GOOD
BALANCE TO FULLY ADEQUATE.
MEDIUMS WERE ADEQUATE TO
BARELY ADEQUATE. JUMBOS AND
SMALLS WERE IRREGULAR WITH
SMALLS IN THE TIGHTER BALANCE.
PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS FOR
LOOSE BROWN EGGS AT FARM.
CASES EXCHANGED, GRADE YIELD
BASIS. CENTS PER DOZEN:
RANGE JUMBO .92 .95; EX LARGE
.65-.65; LARGE .61-.64; MEDIUM
.37-.40; SMALL .13-. 16.
PRICES PAID TO RETAILERS -
SALES TO VOLUME BUYERS, CON
SUMER GRADE BROWN EGGS IN
CARTONS DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .86-.90; A LARGE
.82-.56; *A MEDIUM ,57-.62.
* CORRECTION: MEDIUM PRICE
9/14/87 SHOULD HAVE READ “57-61“
INSTEAD OF AS SENT.
Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT:- PRICES
TRENDED SLIGHTLY HIGHER.
DEMAND, FROM SOUTHEASTERN
CONCERNS. WAS ACTIVE. THE
UNDERTONE WAS STEADY. OFF
FARM MOVEMENT WAS MODERATE,
AND SOME PLANTS HAD NOT COM
PLETED BOOKINGS FOR NEXT
WEEK’S SCHEDULES. DEMAND FOR
FINISHED PRODUCT WAS GOOD
ALTHOUGH RESISTANCE TO HIGH
ER PRICES WAS NOTED.
PRICES PAID AT FARM:
LIGHT TYPE HENS: .10-.12, MOST
LY .11-.12.
CHICKS, INC.
Bah\ Chicks A Started Pullets
r~ A? Tfa&ev't
Brown & White
- Layers Broilers
PHONE (215) 536-3155
266 E. PALETOWN RD. Ql AKERTOWM. PA 18<)5l
•90 .90 .90 .90 .90
•84 .84 .84 .84 .84
.60 .60 .60 .60 .60
LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
.87-.91 -63-.67 .39-.43
.89-.90 .6S-.66 .41-.42
.91-.95 .6S-.69 .31-.45
.91 .65 .41
.95.99 .72-.76
.95 .72
.94-1.01 .70-.75 .46-.52
National Egg
Market
Thursday, September 17, 1987
NATIONAL EGG MARKET - AT A
GLANCE:
THE MARKET TONE WAS STEADY
TO WEAK ON LARGE AND EXTRA
LARGE; MIXED ON MEDIUMS. CAR
TONED EGG MOVEMENT RANGED
SLOW TO FAIRLY GOOD AND MOD
ERATE OVERALL. BEST DEMAND
USUALLY CENTERED WHERE
LIGHTLY SCATTERED RETAIL AD
ACTIVITY WAS A FACTOR. SUPPLIES
AND OFFERINGS WERE FULLY
ADEQUATE OR AVAILABLE ON
LARGE AND EXTRA LARGE SIZES.
MEDIUMS WERE IRREGULARLY DIS
TRIBUTED BUT IN CLOSEST
BALANCE WITH TRADE NEEDS.
BREAKERS REMAINED CAUTIOUS,
GENERALLY BUYING ON AN AS
NEEDED BASIS.
Philadelphia Eggs
Thunday, Sept. 17
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: PRICES
TRENDED LOWER ON LARGE AND
EXTRA LARGE; UNCHANGED ON
MEDIUMS. CARTONED EGG
DEMAND WAS MIXED RANGING
LIGHT TO FAIRLY GOOD. SOME
ORDERS FROM THE MAJOR CHAINS
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK DELIVE
RIES VARIED FROM CANCELLATION
TO INCREASED NEED FOR PLANT
FEATURE ACTIVITY. SUPPLIES AND
OFFERINGS OF LARGE AND HEA
VIER WEIGHT EGGS WERE FULLY
ADEQUATE TO ADVAILABLE.
MEDIUMS AND LIGHTER WEIGHT
SIZES WERE ADEQUATE TO SHORT.
THE UNDERTONE WAS UNSETTLED.
PRICES TO RETAILERS: SALES TO
VOLUME BUYERS, CONSUMER
GRADES WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .6S-.73; A LARGE
.66-.71; A MEDIUM .53'/. -.66.