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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1968
Page
10
The New York Stock Exchange afternoon prices are listed with varied percentages and figures for multiple issues. The fragmented data include ticker-like strings and names such as Jon Logan Jones L Jostens Joy Mfg Kaiser KanGE and KanPwL, making precise security details unclear.
Cattle ranges list Nashville stockyard bids for cattle calves and hogs with weights 400 to 600 pounds at 24.00 to 27.50 and 500 pound hogs steady to strong. US 1 hogs at 19.50 and sows 14.00 to 15.00. Sheep lighter with spring lambs at 29.00 to 29.50 and lighter weights around 85 to 90 pounds.
Quotations from the NASD show representative interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. The interdealer market changes throughout the day. Prices exclude retail markups markdowns and miscellany.
The AP reports a mixed trend in staple prices with a wholesale price index of 35 commodities showing various historic readings. Noon figures, day and week changes, and year comparisons are provided across multiple years, including highs and lows for 1967 and 1968.
In Birmingham Alabama, poultry markets show a steady undertone with demand developing for next week. Negotiations fail to set firm price trends while live supply remains irregular but adequate with mostly desirable sizes. Estimated slaughter today 1,147,000 head, up from 1,138,000 last Wednesday.
AP report from Birmingham notes a very unsettled market with irregular prices. Demand remains slow while supplies are ample to excessive. Retail prices per dozen for consumer grade store delivery include Grade A white large 30 to 34 cents, mediums 27 to 29 cents, and smalls 25 to 26 cents.
Decatur market report shows cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton, milk grades at 6.55 per hundred for Grade A and 3.20 for four per cent, no exact phrase. Commodity prices list wood at 65, 45, and 35. No 2 yellow and white corn at 1.22. No 2 oats 0.70. No 2 milling wheat 1.53. No 2 milo 2.00. No 2 barley 0.95. No 2 soybean 2.60.
Wall Street steadied near the five to ten million-share level with cash reserves recovering from an initial loss of one percent. IBM rose about five points, while Chrysler advanced a few points as the index firmed.
Health Capsules notes caution on diagnostic use and recalls the first American presidential election on January 7, 1789. It highlights fractional changes among gold mining shares and a drop of over 2 points for Western Union with brisk trading on the American Stock Exchange.
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