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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
9
Gains in dressed pork and lower receipts push hogs to new high marks for the year with most 154 to 220 higher. Cattle show broad strength with fed steers and yearlings advancing and some weights above 12.00, while sheep stay steady to strong with choice lambs around 13.25 and natives near 4.00.
Produce demand moderate with steady prices for apples and pears including New York Baldwins Rome Beauties and Northern Spies. Potatoes Alabama Bliss Triumphs Georgia Bliss Triumphs steady. Butter and eggs quoted with grade distinctions and current receipts listed.
New York June 9 steady demand for poultry with 44 640 two days receipts. Whites show resales of premium marks with near by figures at 29 to 28 9 for heavier mediums and midwestern premium marks. Butter two days receipts 1 322 054 firmer. creamery prices higher with 92 score premium marks at 950 36 percent and 92 score cash market at 944 034 percent.
White Sulphur Springs W V June 9 Increasing public favor for glasses that fit over the eyeballs rather than conventional spectacles was reported to the West Virginia Optometric Association at its 34th meeting. William Feinbloom of New York urged perfect fittings for success and the association elected Dr. Joan R. Graf as president with Dr. C. P. Doty and others in key roles.
Baltimore livestock values June 9 show cattle at 9.50 to 11.15 per hundredweight for 900 to 1250 lb slaughter steers with some 720 lb heifers at 10.75. Canners and cutters 5.00 to 7.00, calves vealers 9.00 to 12.00. Hogs mostly up with tops near 9.90. various weight bands range 8.55 to 9.90. Sheep and lambs up 25.50. spring lambs higher, ewes and wethers 12.75 to 13.00, fat buck lambs around 12.00 to 12.50.
Salable hogs 600 head active at steady prices. Weight ranges and values listed. cattle 550 head active with price moves noted for steers, heifers, cows, calves. lambs and ewes priced. vealers and spring lambs also shown with several price brackets across weight classes.
Tazewell Virginia June 9 market report shows total 559 head across lambs sheep and hogs. Lambs ranged from good to ungra ded and buck lambs averaged about 9.80 per hundredweight with various weights listed. Cattle and hogs prices appear for common and ve llum cows and cutters with bids around 64.70 to 5.60 for hogs and 9.55 to 9.60 per hundredweight for lighter hog lots.
Chicago traders record mixed wheat and corn quotes with no clear gains as No. 3 wheat up 1.03 percent and corn around mid 70s. The report also notes various oats and barley prices while unrelated fire figures from New York report 11 000 firemen and 900 fires.
New York stocks advance with "B chips" in front while steels rise late. Major shares including Westinghouse, Du Pont, Allied Chemical and General Motors pace the broad gain as volume nears 77 thousand in thin trading.
The Associated Press prepares bond averages reflecting market conditions across major issues. The report highlights yield trends, adjustments in pricing, and comparisons with prior periods, providing a concise snapshot of debt securities activity for investors.
Bonds slipped fractions in quiet New York trading. Total transactions reached 4 881 400 face value versus 4 713 800 Friday. Movers gained included Baltimore and Ohio staged convertibles at 27 4 etc.
The Canadian dollar falls by 5 16 of a cent against the U S dollar in free market trading to about 88 U S cents. Open market rates show slight declines for various currencies with several in the 88 cent range and others listed across banks and cables.
Butter market in Cincinnati on June 9 shows scores 37038 with butterfat premium 30 and regular 28. Exes include extras firsts 25 seconds 22 nearby ungraded 24.
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