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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
3
Market notes show firm egg quotations and steady to lower cattle and hog prices. Baltimore and Chicago markets report light receipts, slow trade, and varied runs for cattle calves hogs and sheep with top prices noted for select grass fat steers and barrows.
New York market gains led by motors, steels, mail orders, rails and industrials. Traders expected rapid corporate normalization and faster federal steps to curb unemployment, boosting buying. Major leaders included General Motors and Studebaker with a broad list of industrials and bonds advancing.
Chicago grain quotations show firm futures with rye gaining up to 3-4 cents and wheat rising 5-8 cents. Opening prices listed for Wheat Sept. Dec May July. Corn Dec. Oats Sept Dec May July. Rye Sept Dec May July with varied cents and fractions.
The Star lists daily local wholesale prices for flour feed grains and dairy stock with multiple misprints. Entries include patent flour bags by weight, grain prices for wheat corn and meal, various feeds such as egg mash and starter blends, poultry products, and livestock figures like heavy fowls and steers listed without clear totals.
A historical price list shows prices per hundredweight and bag for hogs pigs and cattle feeds. Cracked corn ground corn and various starter and grower blends are listed with per bag and per cwt rates, including patent brand bags.
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