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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
14
Wall Street shares show varied moves with Pan American and Penn Railroad among notable gainers and decliners. Trading activity signals cautious investor sentiment as major indices diverge on mixed profits and losses across sectors.
Stock averages compiled by the Associated Press show activity with daily and weekly figures. Trade volume is listed at 2,940,000 shares with 786,000 shares on curb.
The record lists bond figures with mixed highs and lows. It notes a 1945 new low and reports sales totaling 9.5 million dollars and curb sales at 530 thousand dollars. The data include multiple price points and index markers across months, with references to rails and utilities.
Salable cattle 3,500 calves 800, cows mostly 9.50 to 12.50 with best bulls to 15.50. Heifers steady with carcass prices up to 17.35. Stock cattle slow, mostly 13.00. Salable sheep 1,000 total 4,500 with lambs 16.00 to 16.35, bucks down about 1.00, light weights 13.00.
In Pittsburgh on June 28 readers see market notes for apples and potatoes with grade breakdowns by U S No 1 and regional varieties. Prices list Illinois Pennsylvania North Carolina and Virginia entries with various size and quality categories.
Pittsburgh, June 28. Pa Department of Agriculture reports salables steady. Lambs priced from 8 to 17.50 per hundredweight with ranges for choice 16 to 17, medium to good 13 to 15, common 8 to 10. Spring lambs good to choice 15 to 17.50. Other Pittsburgh livestock un-
Market notes show cattle receipts 175, hogs 100 steady, calves 100 slow. Buyers watch prices as demand remains cautious in the livestock yard.
June 28 Chicago grain items show profit taking and liquidation pressure. Rye and wheat futures ease while corn and oats see limited activity. Barley malting and feed values reported with No 4 wheats around 1.30 percent basis, oats largely unchanged.
June 28 price slate notes firm butter market with large No 1 and No 2 RB 398 40.1 and whites extras Nos 1 to 4 45 lb and over 40 44 lb nearby 38 25 986 firm current wholesale prices follow New York report confirms unchanged levels across categories despite mixed nearby and medium ranges.
Cattle receipts light with steady slaughter classes. two truck lot steers 16.50 17.00, heifers to 15.00, cows mostly 11.00 12.00, bulls 10.00 13.00, stockers 12.00 13.50. calves 10.00 17.00, hogs active 15.30 ceiling for barrows and gilts, sows 14.55. sheep 16.50 17.00 for 60-70 lb lambs, other sheep 5.00 7.50.
Washington announces that processors of the 1945 dried peach and pear pack will use the same average grower prices as last year to determine ceiling prices. The decision comes from the War Food Administration and the Office of Price Administration.
On the first day of its regular term in 1945 the Circuit Court of Mercer County West Virginia will direct a release of a deed of trust dated September 8 1920 from Samuel Kelley et ux to J B Kahle to secure notes paid in full. The owner seeks release of Lot 6 Sec Peck Street Bluefield West Virginia. Also appears local real estate listings and contact notices for homes in Bluefield Princeton and surrounding areas with various prices and contact details.
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