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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1965
Page
8
Placements of broiler chicks in the Commonwealth for the week ending Jan 9 totaled 756000, up 10 percent from the prior week and 19 percent year over year. Settings for broiler chicks reached 1376000, up 1 percent from last week and 16 percent from a year earlier. The 3 week egg set total rose 20 percent from last year.
Delmarva live prices moved up near a percent with demand steady for light auctions. Ready to cook demand ranged fair to good while advance orders for next week were light and competitive. Delivered prices averaged around 4 cents higher with lower end prices for earlier commitments. Estimated weekend slaughter projected at 807,000 head versus 1,036,100 last weekend. Prices paid for the 24 hour period ending Friday 10:30 am show broilers and fryers 17.1 to 18.3 cents per pound with 1 059 500 head traded. Twenty two percent of broilers sold at 17.5 to 17.9 cents per pound. The Delmarva Broiler-Feed Ratio for the week ending Jan 8 1965 was 3.0 versus 238 last week. Mash prices averaged 102.03 dollars and broilers averaged 14.79 cents.
U S farmers sold 5 076 000 tons of tomatoes last year. The figure highlights a robust tomato market with strong farm output across major growing regions and high demand from processors and retailers.
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