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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
5
Associated Press reports New York stock market gains led by steel and motor shares with fractional advances around two points marking a recovery from a 44 year low. Rails oils rubbers and non ferrous metals followed as turnover neared nine hundred thousand shares. Bond action showed mild support for lower priced rails.
Cash wheat and soybeans quoted with ceiling numbers and ranges for corn oats barley and soybeans across grades No 1 to No 4 and mixed oats prices. Market shows No 2 yellow corn at 1.38 to 1.39 per bushel and soybeans No 2 yellow at 2.30 per bushel as part of Chicago track prices.
USDA reports opening trade slow at National Stockyards Til June 15 with hogs 8,000 head steady to firm and cattle 2,700 with calves 1,000. hogs mainly 20.50 to 21.00 for 180-230 lb and higher weights around 20.00 to 20.75, sows up 25 cents to 16.25-17.25 for 400 lb, bulls 19.50-21.00. vealers 23.00-27.00, lambs 26.00-27.50, ewes steady, overall brisk price shifts and thin activity amid sharply lower bids.
Joseph K. Snider of 602 South 22nd Street has qualified for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company regional meeting at French Lick Springs Indiana on June 16 and 17. He will represent his agency in a Question and Answer Contest with fellow agents. Snider joined Mutual Benefit in 1932 and Springfield Illinois Agency in 1947 after earlier St. Louis and Mt. Vernon assignments.
Associated Press notes live poultry prices steady to weaker with receipts of 17 trucks and no major changes overall. Butter remains steady to firm with large arrivals totaling 864,555 pounds and a 4 cent rise on 92 score butter to 58.75. Eggs firm as buyers face unchanged quotes despite substantial receipts of 13,812.
ST Louis market bulletin lists heavy fowl 24 to 25 cents, fryers 31 to 32, reds 29 to 30, whites 31 to 32, grays 29 to 30, other prices unchanged. June 15.
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