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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
5
Market notes show apples and produce prices steady with various crates and weights listed. Livestock tables reflect cattle, calves, hogs, sheep with prices and ranges. pigs and sows observed with top prices noted, and beef cattle and veal priced across weight classes.
Consignment good and market active with higher prices overall except hogs down $1. Steers and stockers show strong demand with medium to good grades 26 27 and 27 28.55. Heifers 23 24.75 to 26 26.75. cows 18 23.50. dairy cows up to 215 per head. Bulls to 28, heifers, calves, lambs and ewes listed with varied ranges.
New York stock prices edged higher in a choppy session led by railroad shares. Union Pacific and New York Central touched 1948 highs while other issues such as Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway, Plymouth Oil, Pacific Western Oil gained at times alongside Dow Chemical, American Can, Johns Manville and others.
Chicago on April 20 reports wheat opening higher while corn and oats show mixed starts. May wheat at 2.50 3-4, July 2.40 4-2, Sep 2.38 1-4. May corn 2.24 1-2, September 1.96 3-4. May oats 1.15 5-8, July 95 3-4. lard May 24.02, July 24.25.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices paid for U S Grade A eggs and live poultry in the Winchester region. Egg prices include extra large 44 cents, medium 42, large 44, pullets 37, checks 42. live poultry lists heavy breed hens 32 to 33 cents per lb, Leghorn hens 18 to 19 cents, broilers 24 to 25, young hens 45, young toms 35, guineas 35 each, old roosters 15 to 16, rocks and cross boilers 34 cents per lb.
Local markets list wholesale and city delivered prices for corn meal wheat and corn No 2 red winter wheat at 2.25 per bushel and yellow corn at 2.20 per bushel. Prices for feeds include egg mash cracked corn and turkey grower with various per bag or per ton rates.
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