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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1934
Page
9
Cincinnati livestock report from Cincinnati July 9 AP notes hog sale results with 5,200 head, 780 direct and through. Prices held steady from Friday and Saturday with top 200 to 300 lb hogs at 86.00, 180 to 200 lb at 4.90, 140 to 160 lb at 3.25?. 120 to 140 lb around 4.30. pigs mostly 2.50 down. Packing sows 30.50.
In New York trade, many leading stocks were unchanged with sugar issues firmer as American Sugar Refining and Great Western sugar edged up modestly. Steel, GM, UPR and others held steady while Du Pont and Dome eased. A steel recovery and housing program hopes buoyed the week ahead. Liberty bonds quoted. Boston wool market remained unsettled with mills reluctant to buy and London price declines weighing on sentiment.
Toledo notes a change in grain pricing with a 24 percent rate basis, listing No. 2 red at 85 to 86 and No. 1 red at 86 to 87. The brief dispatch records nominal quotes and market dullness on holiday trading.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous companies and sectors including Bethlehem Steel Caterpillar Chrysler General Motors Procter and Gamble United Airlines United Drug and Union Carbide. It notes varied performance with percentages like 08 and 21 amid scattered regional references to Alaska Ohio New York and Pennsylvania RRs and consumer goods producers. The garbled text underscores industrial breadth but lacks coherent narrative or concrete figures.
Nearby receipts show candied and hennery whites steady to firm with small gains in butter and eggs. Prices in Chicago reflect steady butter markets and mixed creamery grades while egg and cheese categories hold near recent levels.
Ohio market notes list various produce items with prices and pack sizes. Beans, blackberries, cabbage, cherries, cucumbers, lettuce, raspberries, and tomatoes appear with crates or baskets and unit prices. Prices shown include multiple grades and sizes across regions.
Gales of Friday noting Hog receipts 176 to 340 lbs selling at 5 25 to 3 75 with high numbers. Cattle receipts 000, steers around 25 lower and medium to good grass prices. Calves 1000 steady with dealers paying 5 50 to 6. Sheep 1000 steady with better fat lambs 4 95 and yearlings around 6.
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