Dayton Livestock Hog Prices and Sows Report
Dayton livestock prices show hogs trading 325 to 475 per head with No 2 2 hogs at 17.00 to 17.25 and sows priced 13.00 to 15.25. Downward movement noted in the day’s market session.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1971
Page
14
Dayton livestock prices show hogs trading 325 to 475 per head with No 2 2 hogs at 17.00 to 17.25 and sows priced 13.00 to 15.25. Downward movement noted in the day’s market session.
USDA cattle and hog prices show mixed results with steers at 32.50 to 33.25 for heavier categories and heifers 32.00 to 32.50. Hog prices rise 40 to 50 cents with several 200 to 260 pound lots in the 17.00 to 18.00 range. Sows weaken to 14.00 to 15.00 with boars around 10 to 11. Receipts total 5,400 this week, up from 4,600 last week, with barrows and gilts 35 to 60 lower than last Friday.
Ohio egg prices show carton grades Large A 37-42 percent, Medium A 33-38, Small A 25-28 with retailers paying mostly 45-46 for Large A white cartons. Poultry prices vary by region with ready to cook broilers and fryers at Cincinnati 25-26 and Cleveland 26-27. Potatoes listed at 45.50 per unit.
New York stock prices opened slightly higher as the market continued its modest upward drift. The Dow Jones average gained 2.81 points to 916.83 amid 17.91 million shares changing hands on the Big Board.
The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. board authorized offering about 1.5 million shares to the public around July 15. Proceeds will repay short term debt from the company’s construction program. A regular quarterly dividend of 39 cents per share on outstanding stock is payable May 14 to holders of record April 15.
Inflation rose 0.2 percent in February led by higher food costs and apparel while mortgage rates, used car prices, and gasoline eased the overall rise. The index shows paying $119.40 now equals $100 in 1967, with apparel and services contributing most of the gain.
A vacant house at 5607 Cincinnati-Dayton Road south of Monroe burned at about 2 a.m. Fire origin undetermined. Neighbor Ray Even reported the flames to Liberty Township firefighters. the lot is owned by James Norvell, with the property vacant for months. No damage estimate given.
Cincinnati police report two Fifth Third guards pursued a man who robbed a downtown office of 200 dollars. He was with a Lexington housewife later identified as Mrs. W. J. Bramble who had been abducted earlier and was held at gunpoint. The suspect is a tall white male with long hair wearing a pea coat and blue jeans.
Gray Drug Stores, Inc. proposes to buy three Topps Department Stores in Columbus from Interstate Department Stores. Preliminary negotiations occurred with undisclosed terms. Gray operates four department stores in Ohio and nearby states via its Rink's Division in Cincinnati and Bargain City Division in Toledo.
Manchester Machine Division of Diamond Automation announces two regional sales and engineering appointments. Raymond L. Schrock becomes regional manager for the West Coach area after previously serving as district sales manager for Black Clawson Co. Edward D. Bast is named regional manager for the New England area from Beloit Corp where he was a sales engineer. Both bring over 20 years in the pulp and paper industry.
In 1969 New Orleans moved about 19 million tons of export and import cargo valued at 2.6 billion dollars. The figure reflects port activity and the city’s role in regional trade.
GAO findings reported by The Washington Post show 61 major weapons programs with overruns totaling $33.4 billion, averaging $50 million per item. About $9.5 billion of the rise occurred before production, with largest gaps in the Navy Mark 48 torpedo and Air Force Minuteman III missile.
Seaman James A. Stacy, son of Mr and Mrs James Stacy of 110 Park Street, is home on leave from duty aboard the USS Seattle. A 1969 Middletown High School graduate and former Coca Cola Bottling Company employee, he returns to town for a respite from service.
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