—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 24,1977 4 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, December 19 to Friday, December 23 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Ex Large 70 70 70 70 70 Large 68 68 68 68 68 Mediums 63 63 63 63 63 Pullets 45 43 43 43 43 Peewees 29 27 27 27 27 BROWN Large Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 62 62 62 62 62 Checks 30 29 29 28 28 Tone - current retail good. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report December Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs m cartons delivered to retail stores: Ex. Large Large Medium Small 71-77 69-75 67-73 59-56 MASS.+ Mostly NEWHAMP. 66-72 84-70 62-68 43-49 70-71 63-69 66-67 47-48 Mostly 75-76 73-74 71-72 54-55 VERMONT 73-80 71-78 69-75 R.L Mostly 75-77 73-75 69-70 MAINE 73-75 71-73 69-71 -(-Includes Central and Western Sections Only. Nest Run Eggs Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham, N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradable nest run eggs (GNR) on ECI, a nationwide trading center for producers, packers and marketers. GNR eggs are classified by weight in 30-dozen cases, and traded in lots of either 300 or 750 cases. Prices are FOB buyers dock, and are computed Tuesday and Thursday of each week. This week’s prices for each classification were: New Weight Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday Extra Large 51 lbs. Ciass 1 - Large 48 lbs. 59 56 Class 2 - Large 45 lbs. 55 55 Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 54 53 Class 4-Small 39 lbs. 40 34 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 36 34 Checks 48 lbs. 30 28 'z, --kw -A"