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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1955
Page
4
Prices for eggs and butter published by Associated Press list wholesale grades for eggs from large extras to unclassified, and butter at 92 and 90 scores with various price ranges. An advertiser promotes heavy duty TV antennas installation by Art Featherston, offering trade-ins and guaranteed performance, with local contact on Broadway and Benton Road Mt Vernon.
The market advanced to fresh highs with many stocks up one to five points. About 2.7 million shares traded, led by U S Steel America Telephone Northern Pacific General Motors among gainers. Studebaker, Admiral, Boeing and others lagged. Pennsylvania Railroad attracted strong buying. U S government bonds were steady.
The listing outlines breed groups and counts for poultry and fowl including Longhorn hybrids and barebacks at 16, No. 2s at 3-5, white commercial 28s and reds commercial 26-27, nearby farm range whites 26, farm range colored 25, Leghorns 23, roosters ald 12 percent, geese 10, ducks white 5 lb up 23-25, small 16, turkeys breeder with Bronze and White Holland hens at 4 26-27 and toms 23-26, No. Us 15.
Wheat: none. Corn: Na. One yellow lake ta8. Short market note reflecting unavailable or indeterminate grain prices from Chicago cash grain desk.
Fragmentary 19th/early 20th century market scribble lists oats and barley prices, beans, soybeans, meat products, and fowl terms. Includes odd figures like 50.00 and 30.50 and references to broilers fryers roosters capons without clear dates or places.
USDA reports live poultry receipts in coops near 279 in Georgia and Chicago area markets show steady prices. Heavy hens bring 25 to 28 cents per pound and light hens 17 to 18 cents amid unchanged demand.
National Stock Yards USDA hogs 9,500 with No 1 and 2 around 190 210 lb price range 100 per cwt most 180 220. Sow ranges 20 to 25 per cwt, bellwether cattle and calves market noted with 6,000 cattle 1,000 calves good.
In Dayton Ohio, Richard Meyers 47, described as a religious fanatic, opened fire at First National Bank then at Winters Bank, killing three people and wounding five before police fatally shot him. Victims include George Sawaya 60 a grocery chain operator, Joseph Gavin longtime football coach and Notre Dame captain, and secretary Frieda Cramer 31.
The report shows price ranges for cattle categories: choice steers 21.25 to 22.75, good and choice heifers 19.50 to 22.00, utility and commercial cows 1200 to 1400 with occasional 14.50 and higher, most canners and cutters 9.50 to 11.50, top cutters to 12.00, bulls and vealers utility and commercial 13.50 to 15.00, good and choice vealers 19.00 to 23.00, and high choice and prime 23.00 to 25.00.
Chicago butter remains steady with receipts at 1,754,673 and wholesale buying prices unchanged. Grade AA 93 score at 56.75, A 92 at 56.75, B 90 at 54.5, C 89 at 52.5. Eggs steady with receipts 20,327 and wholesale prices unchanged amid varied quality grades. US large whites 60-69.9 percent A 36, mixed 36, mediums 33, US standards 31, dirties 28.5, checks 25.5, current receipts 30.
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