A4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6, 2003
Lancaster Farming
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LANCASTER FARMING
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Belleville Poultry
Belleville, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Wednesday, September 3,2003
GEESE: 6.SOEA.
TURKEYS: 4.00-5.00 EA.
GUINEAS: 4.00 EA.
CHICKENS: 1.00-2.50 EA.
ROOSTERS: 4.00-7.00 EA.
BANTAMS: 1.00-3.00 EA.
SILKIES: 1.25 EA.
MUSCOVY DRAKES: 6.00 EA.
MUSCOVY HENS: 3.00 EA.
DUCKS: 4.00 EA.
BARN BIRDS: 1.50-1.75 EA.
WHITE BIRDS: 3.75-4.00 EA.
FANCY BIRDS: 3.00 EA.
PEACOCKS: NONE.
PHEASANTS: NONE.
DOVES: NONE.
QUAIL; NONE.
GUINEA PIGS: 3.00-6.00 EA.
RABBITS: RABBITS UNDER 4 LBS.
1.50-6.50, 4-6 lbs. 4.50-6.50, over 6 lbs.
7.00-10.50, all per head.
PLEASE PREBOX SMALL ANI
MALS.
Livestock Cooperative
Auction Market
Of North Jersey
Poultry & Eggs
Hackettstown, NJ.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, September 2,2003
HEAVY FOWL .40-1.40,3.50-6.00 EA.
LEGHORN FOWL 1.20.
MIXED FOWL 4.75 EA.
BROILERS .30.
CHICKS .30-.85 EA.
TURKEYS .35.
GEESE 3.00-3.25 EA.
BANTAMS 1.00-6.75 EA.
ROOSTERS .75-1.60,1.75-3.50 EA.
BUNNIES 1.50 EA.
DUCKS .60-1.50,2.50-4.75 EA.
RABBITS .95-1.20,3.75 EA.
PIGEONS 1.50-3.25 EA.
GUINEAS 4.25-7.00 EA.
GRADE A EGGS:
WHITE JUMBO,
EX. LRGE. 1.07-1.10,
LARGE .99-1.04;
BROWN JUMBO, EX.
LGE. 1.00-1.15,
LARGE .96, MED.
.4S-.65.
INDEX
Four Sections
FEATURES HOME & YOUTH
CREP Doubles A 1 Homestead Notes B 2
Dairy Beef Marriage?............A1 Home On The Range B 6
Farm Science Simulator.—....Al Cook’s Que5ti0n..........—.......88
Allentown Fair A 24 Kid’s K0rner..........................810
Somerset Fair A 29 You Ask, You An5wer............812
Elizabethtown 5heep......—A29
Land Swap A 37 DEPARTMENTS
Rockingham Fair A 39 Edit0ria1......—..—...............A10
Corn Maze Promotes Milk ...,B2 Farm Calendar AlO
Mobile Ag Lab B 3 Future5........................—— •••••^16
Bradford Maze 812 Mailbox Markets———Bl7
Fallon’s Farm 813 Antiques Center ....................823
4-H Achievements 814 Sale Reports 829
Holstein Dairy Collectibles ..823 Antiques Rep0rt5............—.829
Public Auction Register 831
COLUMNS Business News -D2
Now Is The Time AlO Classified Ads D 4
Plans For PA A3B
Fair Happenings ...................A3B DAIRY
On Being A Farm Wife B 4 Chester Dairy Roundup....... A 32
Well Preserved B 5 Tioga Fair Holsteins A 34
Family Living Focus B 7 Guernsey Emerges SupremeA36
Ida’s Notebook B 9 NE Dairy Show.. A 36
Antiques Detective 824 E-Town Dairy Show .............A4O
Graystone Small
Animal Sale, LLC
Root’s, East Petersburg
Report Supplied By Auction
Tuesday, September 2,2003
Muscovy Drakes .85, Hens .95.
Pekin Ducks 2.00-3.00 ea.
Red Fowl 4-5 lbs. .40-.60,5-6.45-.75.
Crossbred Fowl 5-9 lbs. .80-1.05.
Crossbred Roosters 4-6 lbs. .80-1.00,
7-11 lbs. .70-.90.
Guinea Fowl 1.95.
Banty Roosters 4.00-7.00 ea.
Banty Hens 2.00-3.00 ea.
Leghorn Hens .20-.24,
1.50-2.00 EA.
Silkies 3.00-3.25.
Geese 9-14 lbs., .45-.55.
Pigeons 1.25-1.50 ea.
White Pigeons 3.25-4.00 ea.
Rabbits 4-6 lbs. .85-1.10,
.80-1.05
Bunnies 1.50-5.00 ea.
Guinea Pigs 4.00-8.00 ea.
Goats 25.00-35.00 ea.
Kids, not enough.
Doves 4.00-5.00.
Chukars, none.
Pullets 1.30.
Total sales: 440.
All out-of-state poultry must be tested
for AI.
Delmarva
Broiler/Fryer
ATLANTA, GA.
September 3,2003
Report Supplied By USDA
Movement of ready-to-cook whole birds
was fair to good and sufficient in keeping
seller offerings generally well cleared to
short of immediate needs. Live supplies
were moderate; weights were mostly de
sirable. Processor schedules were moder
ate to moderately heavy. Less than truck
lot asking prices were unchanged at 57 to
67 cents. Trade sentiment was fully
steady to firm. In the parts complex,
boneless/skinless breasts were hilly ade
quate at some points, well cleared at oth
ers. Bone-in breasts were adequate. Ten
ders, boneless skinless thighs, and wings
were barely adequate to short. Leg cuts
were in generally good balance.
ESTIMATED SLAUGHTER OF
BROILER/FRYERS IN DELMARVA
(000) .1
ESTIMATED ACTUAL AVG.
WEIGHT ACTUAL AVG. WEIGHT
09/03 09/0109/0108/27 08/25
2,375 (A) (A) 2,318 5.39
(A) Not released to avoid disclosing in
dividual operations.
BROILER/FRYER CURRENT NE
GOTIATED PRICES FOR IMMEDI
ATE DELIVERY INCLUDES MOSTLY
MULTIPLE-DROP SHIPMENTS OF
BRANDED AND WING TAGGED TO
NEW YORK CITY FROM DELMARVA
BRANDED U.S. GRADE A RANGE
55-68 WEIGHTED AVERAGE 60.70
NO. OF BOXES 11,380
8 of 8 plants reporting.
WHITE
JUMBO
EX.LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUM
PULLETS
BROWN
EX.LARGE
LARGE
MEDIUM
UNDERGRADES
AND CHECKS .53 .53 .53 .53
BREAKING STOCKS: FR1.42-44 LBS. .S5-.57,48-50 LBS. .66-.65, 50 LBS. AND UP
.6S-.69.
Roosters
6-9 lbs.
September 2,2003
PRICES PAID PER DOZEN GRADE A BROWN EGGS IN CARTONS DELIV
ERED STORE DOOR.
MAINE
MOSTLY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MOSTLY
RHODE ISLAND
MOSTLY
VERMONT
MOSTLY
National Canner
Fowl Market
Atlanta, Ga.
August 29,2003
Report Supplied By USDA
NATIONAL CANNER FOWL MAR
KET: Majority of prices were generally
unchanged on both light and heavy can
ners when compared to a week earlier.
Demand was light to moderate. Trading
was limited. Offerings were sufficient for
trade needs. The undertone was mostly
steady.
Cents per pound, current negotiations
with out freight cost: LIGHT CANNER
HENS: Line run without necks: 20-25,
majority 23-24. HEAVY CANNER
HENS: Without necks; 28-36, majority
33.5-34.5.
Cents per pound, current negotiations
freight cost included; LIGHT CANNER
HENS: Line run without necks 22-26, ma
jority 25.5-26. fIEAVY CANNER HENS:
Without necks: 30-38, majority 34.5-36.5.
National Broiler
Market At A Glance
Atlanta, Ga.
September 3,2003
Report Supplied By USD A
Trade sentiment was improved and at
least steady in the Northeast, steady else
where. Retail demand was light to moder
ate at best with few features. Food service
Weekly New York Egg Market
Northeast Quotes
Prices Supplied By Umer-Barry
From August 29-Sept. 4,2003
FRI. MON. TUBS. WED. THUR.
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Atlanta, Ga.
Prices Supplied By USDA
EXTRA LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
138 134 90 56
131-135
133-134
137-141
137
140-141
141
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1.08 C 1.08 1.08 1.07
1.05 L 1.05 1.05 1.04
1.01 O 1.01 1.01 1.00
.77 S .77 .75 .74
.57 E .57 .57 .57
1.05 D 1.05 1.05 1.05
1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01
127-131 83-87 49-53
129-130 85-86 51-52
133-137 89-93 55-59
133 89 55
135-137 90-93
137 93
was fair to fairly good, best into fast food
and casual dining facilities. Supplies were
usually sufficient to instances well clear
ed. In the parts structure, wings were
barely adequate to short, tight for larger
cuts, and moving well. Dark meat was
close balanced to adequate with thigh
meat often short, and breast items were
irregularly available, but barely adequate
for tenders. In production areas, live sup
plies were moderate at mostly desirable
weights.
The 12-CITY Weighted Average Price
for 09/02/03 was 64.18, compared to 63.31
last week, and 56.19 a year ago.
National Retail
Egg Purchases
Atlanta, Ga.
September 2„ 2003 '
Report Supplied By USDA
Cooperators estimate orders for the
week ending September 5 will increase by
3 percent. Present week purchases for the
week ending August 29 were 222,148
cases which was 3 percent below the prior
week and 3 percent below estimates.
CASES PURCHASED: CARTONED:
179,798 down 6%; LOOSE: 42,350
up 14%; TOTAL: 222,148 down 3%.
Comparison figures are compiled on a
matched plant basis. Purchases and esti
mates by 15 cooperators; 30 dozen cases
or equivalent.
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