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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1958
Page
10
Philadelphia buyers faced steady to firm demand for ready to cook poultry. Grade A and US Grade A 2-3 pounds sold 35 to 37 cents per pound, mostly 35-36. Heavier 4-5% pounds moved 38-39 cents per pound. Receipts March 19 totaled 241,000 pounds from Maryland Delaware North Carolina and Virginia.
In New York on March 19 the Shell egg market showed creased firmness. Midwest Whites and Nearby Whites cleared at similar prices with stronger demand lifting values by about one cent. Nearby Large Browns supply tightened while prices also rose a cent as the market held steady at mid day.
Unsettled market with excess supply for most classes. Buyers favored pullets while fryers and hens moved slowly. Turkeys sold well with varying wholesale prices. brewers light type under 3 lb at 22, broilers 24-28, pullets 41/2 lb and over 42-43, hens 24-30, old cocks 12-13, ducks Muscovy 30-32, Pekin 32, and young turkey hens 42-47.
USDA reported steady market for Philadelphia eggs with lighter top quality supplies. Retail carton prices ranged for Grade A large whites 60 to 64 cents per dozen, browns 60 to 64, and receipts totaled 7,300 truckloads.
University of Illinois research questions if oats can be fed to fattening hogs when prices rival corn. Tests with 100 pound hogs to 200 pounds show all corn yields 1.75 pounds daily gain at $9.10 per hundredweight. one third oats produces 1.56 pounds gain at $10.5 per hundred.
The Crop Reporting Board records show farm flocks laid 4.753 billion eggs in February, down five percent from February 1957. The rate per layer averaged 153 eggs, versus 154 in 1957, against a 143 egg 1954-56 average.
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