Shell Eggs
Wednesday, December 9, 1987
PRICES WERE UNCHANGED. THE
MARKET TONE WAS AT LEAST
STEADY. CARTONED EGG MOVE
MENT WAS LIGHT TO GOOD, MOST
LY MODERATE TO GOOD. WITH
BEST DEMAND WHERE FEATURED.
SOME DEALERS REPORT ADDITION
AL SPECIALS PLANNED FOR THE
UPCOMING WEEK. SUPPLIES AND
OFFERINGS WERE ADEQUATE TO
AMPLE AND IN GOOD OVERALL
BALANCE AT MOST POINTS.
PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS FOR
LOOSE BROWN EGGS AT FARM,
CASES EXCHANGED, GRADE YIELD
BASIS. CENTS PER DOZEN; RANGE
JUMBO .67-.70; EX LARGE .43-.46;
LARGE .41-.44; MEDIUM .29-.32;
SMALL .7-. 10.
BOSTON: PRICES TO RETAILERS -
SALES TO VOLUME BUYERS, CON
SUMER GRADE BROWN EGGS IN
CARTONS DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
RANGE A EXTRA LARGE .62-.64; A
LARGE .60-.62; A MEDIUM .48-. SO.
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Tuesday, December 8, 1987
MUSCOVY DUCKS. DRAKES
RANGE .50-.7Z
HENS .30-.46.
PEKIN DUCKS .20-.32.
PULLETS 5-9# .34-.45.
RED FOWL: 4-4.5# .20-.34; 5-6#
•40-.58.
CROSSBRED ROOSTERS: 4-6#
.30-.66; 7-12# .30-.58.
CROSSBRED FOWL: 5-9# .30-.52.
BANTY ROOSTERS 1.50-4.50 EA.
BANTY HENS 1.00-1.75 EA.
GUINEA PIGS .35-4.25 EA.
GUINEA FOWL 1.20-1.45.
GEESE 8-12# .22-.70.
PIGEONS 1.25-1.50 EA.
WHITE PIGEONS 2.85-3.50 EA.
RABBITS: 4-6# .90-1.28; 7-11# .70-.96.
LEGHORN ROOSTERS .20-.32.
LEGHORN HENS .10-.18.
BUNNIES .50-3.50 EA.
DOVES 2.25-2.75 EA.
CHUKAR 4.00-4.10 EA.
SILKIES 4.25-5.10 EA.
TOTAL COOPS SOLD 906.
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Northeast Chicken
Parts
Thursday, Dec. 10, 1987
COMMENT: TRADING WAS UNAG
GRESSIVE AND NO BETTER THAN
FAIR. CUTLETS WERE FULLY
ADEQUATE, AND MOST NEWLY
NEGOTIATED SALES WERE AT NO
MORE THAN 1.60. LINE-RUN
BREASTS WERE GENERALLY
CLEARING AT 67-68 CENTS. BUT
SOME SALES WER ENOTED AT 65
CENTS IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR
PRODUCT TODAY. RIB BREASTS
WERE IN FAIRLY GOOD BALANCE.
LEGS AND LEG QUARTERS WERE
FULLY ADEQUATE TO AMPLE, AND
IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO CLEAR
THESE ITEMS AT CURRENT LEVELS.
WINGS WERE IRREGULAR, BUT
OVERALL IN BALANCE FOR A FAIR
CALL, ALTHOUGH SOME SOUTHERN
PRODUCTS WERE AVAILABLE. LIV
ERS WERE AMPLE TO BURDENSOME
AS SELLERS FAR OUTNUMBER BUY
ERS, WHILE GIZZARDS WERE FULLY
ADEQUATE BUT MOVING
SATISFACTORILY.
BREASTS, SKINNED, BONELESS
1.60.
RIB-ON-BREASTS .72-.73.
LINE RUN BREASTS .67-.65.
LEGS .26-.27.
LEG QUARTERS .17-.18.
WINGS .39-.40.
BACKS AND NECKS .11-. 12.
LIVERS .10.-15.
GIZZARDS (HEARTS) .45-.50.
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.
National Egg
Market
Wednesday, December 9, 1987
NATIONAL EGG MARKET - AT A
GLANCE: PRICES WERE
UNCHANGED. THE MARKET TONE
WAS STEADY TO FIRM AND
STRONGEST IN MIDWEST AND
SOUTHERN AREAS. DEMAND FOR
CARTONED EGGS HAD TAPERED ON
THE WEST COAST AS RETAIL FEA
TURES ENDED. ELSEWHERE,
DEMAND WAS FAIR TO GOOD. SUP
PLIES IN THE SOUTH WERE BARELY
ADEQUATE TO MOSTLY ADEQUATE.
MIDWESTERN SUPPLIES WERE
ADEQUATE TO OCCASIONALLY
AMPLE AND SUPPLIES IN THE
NORTHEAST AND WEST COAST
WERE ADEQUATE TO AMPLE AND
HELD WITH CONFIDENCE. SOUTH
EASTERN BREAKERS PAID HIGHER
PRICES FOR LIMITED OFFERINGS;
ELSEWHERE BREAKERS FOUND
SUPPLIES ADEQUATE FOR A MOD
ERATE DEMAND. SPENT HEN MOVE
MENT WAS HEAVY.
Weekly New York Egg Market
Northeast Quotes
From Friday, Dec. 4 to Wednesday, Dec. 10
FRI. MON. TUBS. WED.
WHITE
JUMBO
EX. LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUM
PULLETS
OFF GRADE
BROWN
EX. LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUMS
OFF GRADE
UNDERGRADES
AND CHECKS .17 .17 .17 .17 .17
BREAKING STOCKS: FRIDAY 48-50 LBS. 25.00-27.00; 50 LBS. UP FRI
DAY 28.00-29.00.
N.E. Weekly Shell
Tuesday, Dec.
Report Supplied by
PRICES PAID PER DOZEN GRACE “A"
DELIVERED TO RETAIL STORES:
EX. LARGE
.69-.73
.71-.72
.72-.76
.72
.76.89
.76
.76-.53
Hackettstown
Poultry & Egg
Hackettstown, NJ.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1987
Report Supplied by Auction
HEAVY FOWL .20-.45.
LEGHORN FOWL .10-.30.
ROASTERS .15-.65.
PULLETS 1.10.
GEESE 1.10.
BANTAMS .4S-.95.
ROOSTERS .10-.45.
DUCKS .40-.85.
RABBITS .70-1.20.
PIGEONS 1.30-1.80.
GUINEAS 1.60.
EGGS
GRADE A
WHITE
JUMBO X LGE. .37-.72; LARGE
.32-.56; MEDIUM .21-.44; SMALL .16.
N. HAMP.
MOSTLY
R.I.
MOSTLY
VERMONT
MOSTLY
MAINE
BROWN
JUMBO X LGE. .98-1.06; LARGE
.67-.91; MEDIUM .66-.6T.
New York
Eggs
Tbwraday, December 10, 1957
PRICES EDGED HIGHER. TRADE
SENTIMENT WAS STEADY TO FULLY
STEADY. CARTONED EGG MOVE
MENT WAS MODERATE TO GOOD.
INQUIRY FOR LOOSE EGGS, PARTI
CULARLY EXTRA LARGE. HAD
INCREASED AND MOST NEGO
TIATED TRAMS WERE AT HIGHER
PRICES. SUPPLIES OF EXTRA LARGE
WERE BARELY ADEQUATE TO
ADEQUATE WHILE LARGE AND
MEDIUM SUPPLIES WERE ADEQU
ATE TO FULLY ADEQUATE.
PRICES TO RETAILERS - SALES TO
VOLUME BUYERS, CONSUMER
GRADE A WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
RANGE A EXTRA LARGE .SS-.57; A
LARGE .S2-.55; A MEDIUM .41-.44.
Eastern
PA & NJ Market
Wedncedey, December 9, 1987
Report Supplied by USDA
PRICES CONTINUED TO TREND
LOWER OFF FARM MOVEMENT WAS
HEAVY AND PLANT BOOKINGS
EXTENDED INTO MID-JANUARY ON
LIGHT TYPE HENS. HEAVY TYPE
FOWL WAS NOTED AS AVAILABLE
WITH LITTLE INTEREST FROM BUY
ERS. FINISHED PRODUCT SALES
WERE REPORTEDLY SLUGGISH.
LIVE LIGHT TYPE HENS; AT FARM
.2 .4; MOSTLY .3-4 F. 0.8. PLANT
MOSTLY.
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Egg Report
USDA
BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS
LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
.67-.71 .55-.59 .33-.37
.69-.70 .57-. SB .3S-.36
.70-.74 .SB-.62 .36-.40
.74 .58 .36
.74-. BS .62-.74
.74 .62
.74-.81 .62-.69 .40-.47
Delmarva
Broiler/Fryer &
NY Multiple
Drop
Thursday, December 10, 1987
DEMAND FOR READY-TO-COOK
WHOLE BIRDS WAS ABOUT MOD
ERATE AND GENERALLY SUFFI
CIENT TO KEEP OFFERING IN
BALANCE. IN THE PARTS COMPLEX
MOVEMENT WAS LIGHT TO FAIR.
WHOLE BREASTS WERE IN BEST
BALANCE. OTHER ITEMS RANGED
ADEQUATE TO AMPLE. LESS THAN
TRUCKLOT ASKING PRICES WERE
UNCHANGED AT 38 TO 52 CENTS.
LIVE SUPPLIES WERE AT LEAST
MODERATE. WEIGHTS WERE DESIR
ABLE TO HEAVY, MOSTLY DESIR
ABLE. SLAUGHTER SCHEDULES
WERE VERY HEAVY. THE UNDER
TONE WAS GENERALLY STEADY.
ESTIMATED SLAUGHTER OF
BROILER FRYERS IN DELMARVA
(000).
ESTIMATED ACTUAL ACTUAL
AVERAGE WEIGHTS 12/1012/03 12/08
12/08 12/1 2,020 1,621 1,981 4.64 4.63.
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 38-52 WEIGHTED
AVERAGE 44.32 NO. OF BOXES 9,636.
Philadelphia Eggs
Thurfday, Dec. 10, 1987
Report Supplied bj USDA
MARKET COMMENT: PRICES
WERE UNCHANGED TO HIGHER. THE
UNDERTONE WAS STEADY TO FUL
LY STEADY. CARTONED EGG
DEMAND WAS FAIR TO GOOD.
GRADED LOOSE AND UNGRADED
EGGS WERE SOUGHT, PARTICULAR
LY HEAVY NEST RUN AND GRADED
EXTRA LARGE. SUPPLIES OFLARGE
AND MEDIUM WERE ADEQUATE TO
FULLY ADEQUATE: HEAVIER SUP
PLIES WERE GENERALLY ADEQU
ATE TO OCCASIONALLY BARELY
ADEQUATE.
PRICES TO RETAILERS: SALES TO
VOLUME BUYERS. CONSUMER
GRADES WHITE EGGS IN CARTONS
DELIVERED STORE DOOR:
A EXTRA LARGE .51-.55; A LARGE
.49-.53; A MEDIUM .38-.41.
THURS.