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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1956
Page
7
New York stock market began up but cooled after an active start. Radio Corp led gains up 5 to 44 1 2 on 4 000 shares while Caterpillar eased 1 to 93 on 1 000 shares and General Electric rose 1 8 to 62 on 1 500 shares, with General Motors down 1 8 to 46 7 8 on 2 500 shares and Steel slipping to 60 1 4 on 2 000 shares.
Market items list delivery sizes and prices for apples and potatoes in Baltimore Delaware Virginia Maryland and Virginia. Entries note crate and sack sizes with price ranges including 2 to 4 inch apples 3.00 to 4.00 per unit and potatoes sized Cobblers and US Size B with prices from 1.25 to 8.50 per 50 or 100 lb sacks.
A June 30 1956 bank statement for a Winchester Virginia bank shows total deposits liabilities and capital accounts including government and state deposits and notes values. The document also lists live poultry prices from Winchester and Harrisonburg egg markets with grade A and B classifications and farm price estimates.
Sweet potatoes offer sparse sales with no market standard. Poultry markets show steady to firm demand for fryers and top quality offerings with higher prices, undergrades slow to sell and heavy hens abundant for light demand. Cattle hogs calves and lambs with mixed demand. slaughter steers at 22.75, cows 13.00-14.00, calves 18.00-24.00, hogs lacking enough sales to set a price, spring lambs 21.00-24.00, miscellaneous results across grades.
A total of 32060 birds from 43000 offered in 22 lots sold at the Capon Valley Area Poultry Auction in Wardensville yesterday. Prices ranged from 23 to 2434 cents per pound, averaging 23.51 cents. Demand was reported as good.
Chicago open shows strong gains for feed grains and rye in active dealings while soybeans ease. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybean futures list varied opening prices with July contracts leading. Lord futures also noted with May/June values.
Virginia Livestock Market reports heavy receipts across cattle calves lambs and hogs with strong demand. Feature sale item Choice Dry Fed steers topped at 23.00 while good butcher steers reached 19.00 to 22.00 and calves ranged 14.00 to 25.00 per head or 24.00 to 25.00 for choice calves per hundred. Prices for cattle bulls cows and hogs listed by grade and type.
Local market listings show mixed feed at 3.05 per 100 lb bag and egg mash at 4.76 per unit. Barley grain in milt FOB shows 0.95 per bushel with miscellaneous feed items noted. The Star does not guarantee accuracy of typographical errors in the listing.
Kansas City Athletics acquire Al Pilarcik and Wally Burnette from Denver and announce the sale of Tom Lasorda to Denver of the American Association. Pilarcik hits .331 in IL, Burnette shows 6-6. Kinder, 41, moves from Cardinals to White Sox on waivers after a 2-0 Cardinals record.
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