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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1946
Page
7
Cattle market remains fully steady with a large steer run and top quotes near 18 for yearlings and beef cows up to 14.50. Vealers firm at 16.50, bulls strong on weighty beef lots to 14.50, dairy cows to 13.75, calves around 15.50 to 17.50. Sheep trades slow with slaughter lambs steady and western wool lambs around 16.10 to 15.85 tops.
Receipts show no cars with 14 trucks and firm market. Leghorn hens and old roosters listed with weight and price ranges. turkey weights from 20 lbs and up at 7.3 to 38.8 dollars. Eggs total 24,337 cases with varied classifications and prices. current receipts at 2.4? and dirties 3114 with 804 checks.
Milk cows drew strong prices at the L. B. Bishop sale 1% miles northwest of town with two cattle at $200 each and an average price of $187.70. A large crowd attended despite bad weather and muddy roads, Brown and Bruty served as auctioneers. Attendees were ferried from the surfaced road by wagon pulled by a tractor due to mud.
Used fats are processed into nylon stockings tires and many common appliances. The article highlights how recycled fats power diverse products and supports industrial reuse.
A partial OCR record shows scattered commodity figures for oats and related prices with month markers May July Sept and digits like 83 3 83 1895. The text is incomplete and lacks a coherent event or clear entities.
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