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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1955
Page
8
USDA reports Baltimore cattle calf and hog prices with ranges across weights. Prices show heifers and cows around 10 to 20 dollars per hundredweight, sows and boars in the 9 to 15 dollar area, and sheep at about 20 dollars per hundredweight for prime and choice weights.
Advertises a Bulova 17 jewel watch priced at 29.75 with no money down and payments of 75 cents weekly. Promotes charge it options at Alfred Land jeweler.
Virginia grain prices list No 2 red winter and feed wheat across Richmond Ashland and Roanoke areas with values from 1.83 to 2.22 per unit. Corn No 2 yellow and white quoted in multiple locations including Richmond Ashland Providence Forge and Pulaski with around 1.52 to 1.63. Rye and seed varieties show premiums in Norfolk Baltimore and other markets.
Richmond and Roanoke area markets report steady or slight gains in live poultry and eggs. Prices vary by grade and size with heavy receipts, farm deliveries, and regional differences noted for broilers fryers hens and roosters.
The item headlines a claim that LESS' Jasep is the world's largest seller at 106 units or dollars, with emphasis on the milestone achievement and the standing of the seller in the market.
Chicago grain market notes mixed bids across cereals with wheat traded near 1.43 to 1.39 for different months and oats at 684 to 7X, rye showing little movement, corn values quoted as No 1 yellow at 1.40 and related varieties around 1.44 to 1.49, sample grade 1.33.
New York June 1 powerful buying selling currents produced a mixed pattern led by firmness in railroads and airlines while aircraft and tobacco issues fell. Sperry Rand common stock opened on a when issued basis at 22% and closed at 24, among the day’s most active.
U.S. market notes from Chicago show salable cattle and calves with varied grades and prices. Livestock volumes include 9,500 cattle and 400 calves, with beef cattle mainly in the 18.50 to 28.00 range and sheep at 10.00 to 19.00 for lambs and ewes. Cotton is noted as popular in the U.S. with about three quarters of fiber production in the nation.
USDA daily report notes Byas uncelled receipts 10 046 with nearby whites top quality 46 to 50 cents, 0 41 for mediums and 34 for the %-range, smalls 249 38. Butter prices unchanged as overall receipts total 1 966 702.
Baltimore market report shows Wheat No 2 red and garlick spot prices and weekly receipts totaling 161,162 bushels with 7,787 bushels on hand. Corn receipts reach 140,312 with 199,000 on hand. Oats and barley show limited activity with large on hand stocks for oats at 207,493 bushels and barley stock at 75.60 bushels.
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