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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1947
Page
5
Baltimore reports steady apples and egg prices with receipts steady. poultry demand slow. Hogs and cattle in Chicago and Baltimore show gains on lighter weights, with feeders and calves active. top prices listed for various weight classes. All markets note liberal receipts and mixed quality across crates and dairy products.
A cautious market opened with gains trimmed as the day progressed. U S Steel led early optimism after its first quarter earnings report while concerns over price trends labor policy and foreign developments weighed on sentiment. Major gainers included Republic Steel United Aircraft and General Electric while Pacific Western Oil Chrysler and Baltimore and Ohio lagged. Bonds showed uneven movement.
Feeder heifers 18.00 22.75, bulk beef cows 13.50 16.50, caners and cutters 10.25 13.00. Most good weighty sausage and beef builds 16.75 17.00. Vealers good and choice 22.00 24.00, practical top 24.00. Salable sheep 2 000, total 4 000. Slaughter lambs active steady to 25 higher. 92 lb fed wooled lambs top 23.50, woolskins 22.50. 1 500 head 110 lb wooled lambs 21.00, clipped lambs 21.00. Slaughter ewes steady. good and choice wooled ewes 10.00 10.50, shorn ewes 8.75 down.
Chicago market opened firm on the Board of Trade as parity price increases encouraged buying. Wheat ranges posted May 2.58 1 4 to 2 1 2, July 2.26 1 2 to 3 4, September 2.10 1 2 to 2.20, December 2.15 1 4. Corn and oats also firm with May corn 1.58 1 4, July 1.55 3 8, Sep 1.47, Dec 1.37 1 4. oats May 87, July 78 3 4 to 7 8, Sep 74 1 2, Dec 72 7 8.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices paid for graded eggs at 42 and 36 cents per dozen for large and other grades. No 1 quality poultry prices include heavy breed hens 30 cents per pound, Leghorn hens 22, heavy breed broilers 29, Leghorn broilers 20, roosters 14 to 15. Young tom turkeys listed at 22 cents per pound.
Daily corrected local market list shows patent bran at 10 lb bag per cwt and 26 lb bag per cwt, corn meal and grains prices at mill for wheat, yellow corn, and cracked corn. Includes egg mash and broiler mash values with turkey grower and other feeds.
The Winchester Presbyterian Church will combine the 5 PM Vesper service with the 6 PM youth meeting to view the film The God of Creation. A second showing is set for 8 PM at Highland Avenue Chapel. The color motion picture depicts astronomy and natural science.
Dr Irwin A Moon supervises a brief worship service preceding a film showing at Moody Institute. Miss Betty Bayliss will teach. admission is free but an offering will be received. The public is invited.
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