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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1938
Page
12
Classified notice listing items for sale and rental sections including dogs cats and pets, livestock like horses cattle sheep poultry supplies, and real estate for rent rooms apartments garages business stores offices houses acreage and related wants.
A reading of the page shows mixed stock results across utilities, metals, motors, and distilled spirits. Highlights include gains for Am. Gas and Elec and Seagram with several large industrials showing modest changes amid broad activity. Unclear specifics due to fragmented OCR data.
Toledo grain prices show No 2 red wheat at 95 96, No 3 red 92, No 2 yellow corn 57 42, No 3 yellow 54 42, No 2 white oats 33 12, No 3 white 31 12. Cincinnati eggs steady at 16 for extra firsts, 14 for seconds. butterfat No 1 26, No 2 24. Live poultry prices listed for fowls, leghorns, roosters, broilers, fryers, capons, ducks, and spring varieties with various weights and breed distinctions.
Hogs trade steady to 10c higher than Tuesday with weights 160 to 225 lb at 9.60. 225 to 250 lb at 9.50. 250 to 300 lb 9.10 to 9.35. Packing sow steady at 6.75 to 7. Bids hold with best action under 160 lb. Cattle and calves active, generally fully steady. steers around 8.25 for 1070 lb loads, about 8 for 1000 lb, lower for feeders. Beef cows 5.50 to 6, cutters 4 to 5.25. bulls 6 to 6.75. Sheep steady. good ewes and wethers 8.5 to 8.75, common to 7.5, slaughter ewes 2 to 3, lightweights to 3.50, culls down to 1.
The market reports Butter Steady and nearby tubs at 92 score with 30 percent standards, eggs firm with receipts 17 and firsts 18 plus white extras 20. Poultry prices show heavy hens 23 25, leghorn hens 19 21, roosters 13 14, ducks 20 22, geese 20 22, turkeys 26 28, and dressed hens 36 with feathers removed 31 while other broilers and springers trade in the low 20s.
Market for eggs shows firmness with total receipts of 13,935 cases. Fresh graded firsts and extras rising, dirties and current receipts listed, storage-packed products noted. Butter market steady with receipts of 614,336 pounds and varied grade scores across extra firsts seconds and standards.
U S Agriculture Department said buyers showed keener interest on Tuesday with numerous bids and several sales closed at firm prices. French combing length territory wools in original bags sold at 62 to 65 cents per pound on a scoured basis.
Hogs total 1500 with 1200 direct demand steady. Prices 170 to 210 lbs 9.75 to 9.85, 300 lbs up to 878.50, 100 to 150 lbs 9 to 9.50, sows 7.50 down. Cattle 225 with 175 direct, best steers Monday at 9. Calves 300 with 200 direct steady, top vealers 13. Sheep 1200 including 500 direct steady, good to choice lambs 8.50 to 9, top 9, throwouts 7.75 down, shorn lambs 7.50 (7.60+), good sheep 5 to 5.25.
Market report lists steady eggs with extra grade clean at 181 and extra firsts 17. Live poultry prices show hens heavy 19, leghorn heavy 19, broilers fancy rock 24, small colored 23, springers smooth 22, roosters old 14, capons heavy 8, ducks green 23, heavy white 21, Moscova small 18, turkeys young 24, stags heavy breed 19, leghorn 16.
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