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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1958
Page
10
Wednesday market reports shell egg prices in New York remain firmly supported for fancy white and brown across sizes. Supplies stay short of demand with top large mixed colors selling a cent lower, supported only at a 47 cent base.
Unsettled trading on March 12 in Philadelphia with fair demand for most classes. Buyers favored year old hens and capons. fryers abundant. other poultry slow. Prices list No 1 broilers 25 to 28 cents, pullets 41 to 43, hens 28 to 30, ducks 27 to 30, turkeys young hens 43 and young toms 24 to 25 cents per pound.
Slaughter lambs were strong to $100 higher than last Wednesday in uneven trade. Bulk utility and good wool lambs brought $20.50 to $25.50, with a few low choice at $26. Cull lambs down to $17. A small 70 lb fall lamb lot sold at $35 for choice grade. Aged sheep were too scarce for a market test.
Slaughter hogs at 210 to 360 pounds ranged 20.00 to 20.50 with varied grades. Sheep markets show slaughter lambs steady to weak and ewes fully steady with deck lambs around 24.00 for 97 lb woolless and 22.00 to 23.25 for 85 to 97 lb pelts. Ewes bring 8.50 to 10.00, with cull and utility at 6.50 to 8.50.
On March 12 demand for ready to cook ice packed poultry was fair with supplies adequate. Large sizes were at or below current needs and prices for Grade A products stood around 36 to 38 cents per pound delivered to warehouse. Hens similar, with steady demand and ample supplies, receipts total 267000 pounds for March 11 across Maryland Delaware North Carolina and Virginia.
Steady demand with daily buying. Supplies rose from distant producers to meet immediate needs. Retail prices for consumer grades shown in cartons per dozen. Grade A whites large 63 to 64 cents, mediums 59 to 61, small 51 to 52. browns similar. Grade B large whites 55 to 58, browns 55 to 58. Receipts March 11 7,700 cases by truck.
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