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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1946
Page
10
Baltimore and Chicago market notes show dull trading with steady to slightly lower cattle prices. Cattle receipts light. hogs and sheep active with standard quotations, including steers around 17.75 and 17.50 for various weights and hogs near 15.40 to 15.50, all amid a steady overall trend.
New York trading opened with broader weakness as steel and motor shares retreat and dealing stays slow. Losses lingered for major names like U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel General Motors Chrysler Packard Eastern Air Lines Boeing and Radio Corp while gains appeared for International Telephone Curtiss-Wright Union Pacific and Standard Oil NJ. Bond trading stayed narrow with small moves elsewhere.
Local markets publish price lists for flour corn meal and feeds. Items include patent brand flour in various bag sizes with per cwt or per 100 weight pricing, corn meal and grain prices at farm and retail, and various livestock feeds and animal prices by head or weight.
Local market prices show corn meal in 5 and 10 pound bags both yellow and white varieties, with prices around 22 to 43. Chicken Starter, Grower, and Turkey feeds posted from 2.77 to 4.20. Egg Mash near 3.65 and Butter Creamery butter priced at 3.24, reflecting standard market items.
Chicago grain quotations show oats and rye opening lower while meat and corn stay at ceiling prices. Opening prices for wheat corn oats and rye are listed with contract months and prices. The War Department states about 32 percent of U S Army forces actually saw combat in World War II.
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