Oct., 1937] 



Eggs Under the Hammer 



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Table 11. Weighted average prices of top quality brown eggs of large sizes 

 compared with the average price of all sizes 



♦Weighted average prices refer to those weighted according to the quantity of eggs 

 sold at each price on each sale date. 



Figures represent gross prices and deductions for losses from cracked 

 and lower grade eggs and the expense of grading, packing, shipping, and 

 selling have not been made. 



Volume of White and Brown Eggs 



The volume of white eggs sold on the auction is very small compared 

 to that of brown eggs. The percentage of browns, whites, and mixed or 

 tinted eggs over a two-year period was as follows: 



Browns 

 Whites 

 Mixed and Tints 



July, 1934— June. 1935 



95.9% 

 3.9% 



Yo 



July. 193.5— June, 1936 

 95.5% 



3.1% 

 1.4% 



Since the figures of the New England Crop Reporting Service show 7.1 

 per cent white leghorns in the State, it appears that the quantity of 

 white eggs coming into the auction is only about half as great as the 

 percentage of Leghorns. 



Color of Eggs as Related to Price 



Special Grade Large Brown eggs on the New Hampshire Egg Auc- 

 tion during the two-year period 1935 and 1936 averaged 48 cents a case 

 more than the same grade of white eggs. The average premium was 

 slightly higher in 1935 (54 cents a case) than in 1936 (42 cents a case). 

 Highest premiums were paid in August in all three years. 



Some of the irregularity in average premiums paid is due to the very 

 small volume of white eggs sold on some dates. Only a few auction 

 buyers want white eggs, and if they are not present to bid the whites go 

 at a larger discount. On some occasions they bid up to the brown price. 

 Prices of brown and white eggs of exactly the same weights and for the 



