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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1973
Page
11
NEW YORK AP. Trading Ledger shows gains for ContAirLin and ContOil while many blue chips advance or hold. Dividend swings and year-to-date totals appear amid fluctuating quotes for Crown Cork, Coca Cola, AT&T, Beecham, and Delta Air, with overall market breadth modest.
Commodity notes show varied beef futures readings with percentages and code-like references. Traders reference Wes Maar and multiple numeric tags including 35 percent, 22 percent, and 37V2-1 with 18e and 49 Sy- 2278, indicating quoted shifts and identifiers in a partial market summary.
Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange show live beef cattle and hogs with Jun and Aug contracts posting mixed closes. Prices range from mid 40s to mid 50s, with open interest and sales figures listed for each contract era and commodity segment.
Livestock quotations from Omaha show hogs with barrows and gilts firm to 50 higher and some over 280 pounds up 75, with various weight ranges priced from 38.75 to 40.00 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves include steers steady and heifers mostly steady, cows steady, with high dress loads around 48.25 per 1,225 pounds and other classes ranging from 41.00 to 47.75 per 100 pounds. Sheep receipts include 400 head with slaughter lambs 50 higher and other classes not established. Tuesday’s estimated receipts list cattle and calves.
Sioux City Iowa market notes show hogs 7 500 head fairly active with under 250 lb steady and over 250 lb steady to plus. U S 1 3 hog prices 39 25 to 39 75 per cwt. 300 head at 40 00. Sows steady to 50 higher. Cattle 5 500 head with slaughter steers and heifers slow to steady. cows up about 50. Top prices include choice slaughter steers 46 50 47 50. load choice and prime 48 00. choice heifers 44 50 45 50. some prime 46 00. Sheep 900 head.
Chicago market shows declines across wheat futures with Jul Sep Dec oats and corn futures each posting losses. Oats old and new lists reflect lower bids while ICED BROILERS values edge up. Seattle cash Wheat Soft White and White Club quoted with modest bids and car receipts noted for Puget Sound.
New York shares fell as investors worried over a prime rate hike gold prices and dollar weakness. The Dow dropped to 875.08 marks the lowest close since December 1971, with 19 of 20 top issues down on the Big Board and heavy declines on the American Stock Exchange.
A dated guide urges caution as summer moves surge. It cites 60 percent of movers between now and Sept 20 and 1.2 million interstate moves, warning of high costs delays and losses. Tips advise avoiding peak months, planning 30–45 days ahead, and choosing a reputable mover to ensure safer, smoother service.
Readable fragments list numerous mutual funds and prices from The Montana Standard June 19 1973. Entries include fund families such as Fidelity Magellan Templeton and Putnam with bid and ask like values. mentions energy sector and various fund groupings and markets.
Port land Grain Exchange closes Monday with bids for Wheat No 1 bulk delivered coast 1 30 days 3 00 30 60 days 3 05 and other origins. Dark Northern Spring 1 30 days 3 00 30 60 days 3 02. Ordinary Dark Hard Winter 1 30 days 2 90. Barley No 2 45 lbs Western 83 00 84 00. Corn No 2 Yellow Eastern 92 00 93 00. Oats No 2 38 lbs Western 73 00 74 00. Barley No 2 Western 86 00. Receipts Wheat 161 Barley 9 Flour 15 Corn 3 Feed 16.
A promotional plea invites readers to receive a free copy of The Case for Silver by mailing a coupon to Pacific Coast Coin Exchange at the University Club Building Suite 2210 136 East South Temple Salt Lake City Utah 84111 or by calling 801 363 2715. It warns that silver coin prices are rising and the low investment price may not last.
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