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Applying the same rule, broiler supplies in February will run about three per cent above a year earlier, when prices were T7% to 18% cents.
Last week broiler prices in Virginia were 16% to 17. North Carolina was quoting a base price of 15 cents with contract sales running 1/4, to %-cent higher. Georgia had the same base price with contract sales as much as a cent higher. DelMarVa had eased back to 16 to 16%.
HOGS
After a rise of a dollar or so since early December, hog prices look as if they will pause about where they are for a while and then ease on up in February.
Peeking ahead, hog prices this year would seem to be headed for a more normal price pattern as far as seasonal fluctuations are concerned.
Basic strength was indicated when prices held through last week despite a six per cent increase in marketing over last year across the country.
Violent weather changes will affect marketings and consequently prices from week to week for the next two months.
For the longer pull, the nation’s
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