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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1948
Page
9
Grains show mixed early trading with modest gains and declines across futures. Corn and wheat futures rise mildly while soybeans edge up and fats markets reflect steady to lower bids in early activity.
The New York stock market eased a bit in slow trading with Curtiss-Wright again a trouble spot as new buy orders entered the exchange. Central Railroad of New Jersey and Nickel Plate fell more than a point. smaller declines were shown for U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler J I Case Consolidated Natural Gas General Electric N Y Central Northern Pacific and Texas Co. Leaders included Caterpillar Tractor Schenley National Distillers Western Union Sinclair Oil and Richfield Oil edging higher.
The Agriculture Dept Markets Division lists prices paid for eggs and live poultry in the Winchester area F O B. Grades include U S Grade A extra large 53 doz U S Grade A large 51 U S Grade A Medium 46 Standards 46 Cracks and checks 30 Leghorn broilers up to 2 1 2 lbs 30 Young hen turkeys 45 Young tom turkeys 38 No 2 hens and toms 05 less Guineas 35 each Old roosters and stags heavy 17 Red broilers 2 1 2 lb and over 35 lb Red and Cross broilers under 3 lb 33 lb.
July 15 Baltimore and Chicago market notes show steady but mixed movements in livestock. Cattle mostly steady with grassers 32.50-33.50 and stocker steers around 23, hogs slow but steady, sows and weights varying, calves 28-31, sheep steady with spring lambs near 30. Also reports butter and egg receipts and meat prices across markets.
Market quotes for fat steers with ranges from 19.50 to 32.50, fat cows 18 to 24.50, veal calves 14 to 31.50, lambs up to 31.60, hogs 18.50 to 29.95, shoats 28 to 32, pigs 9 to 15 each, fresh cows and springers priced 80 to 275, plus assorted feed prices for corn meal, grain, soy beans, and butter.
Market listing notice explains daily corrections and disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. It emphasizes accuracy efforts while noting potential corrections after publication.
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