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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1955
Page
3
Chicago opening shows scattered gains and losses across grains. Prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans and lard fluctuate with May and July futures listed and various months quoted.
Prices were higher today in early trading on Wall Street. Bullard Co opened 2,000 shares down 3 8 at 33 3 4 then fell 2 points. General Dynamics led activity, opening up 3 4 at 62 1 2. Several issues gained including Granite City Steel and Boeing among others.
Market report from Baltimore shows apples steady with various grades up to 3.00 per box and potatoes mixed. Poultry steady with ample fryers and hens, while USDA cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago and Baltimore areas list broad price ranges for steers calves cows and hogs across sizes and classes.
Livestock sales listing hogs and cattle with price ranges. Hogs include choice butcher, heavy butcher, light butcher, butcher sows, and feeder shoats. Cattle and veal show choice prime, good, commercial, and heavy slaughter calf categories with weight notes and price ranges. Lambs listed with weights and prices for prime, choice, good, and commercial grades.
Ibs 21.50. Slaughter Cattle sold 655 head with steers priced from 22.00 to 23.00, Good 20.00 to 21.50, Commercial 18.00 to 19.50, Utility 16.00 to 18.00. Heifers 20.00 to 22.80 for Good, 17.00 to 19.00 Commercial, 14.00 to 16.00 Utility. Cows Commercial 14.50 to 16.60, Utility 12.09 to 13.50, Canner & Cutter 9.00 to 10.50. Bulls Commercial & Good 16.00 to 17.20, Cutter & Utility 14.50 to 15.50. Stocker-Feeder Cattle Steers Good & Choice 22.00 to 24.50, Medium 19.00 to 21.50, Inferior & Common 14.00 to 16.00. Heifers Good & Choice 17.00 to 19.50, Medium 14.00 to 16.50.
Market listings appear in The Star with daily corrections for typos and graphics errors. The page notes The Star does not assume responsibility for any such mistakes.
Market notes show Rockingham County price ranges for corn No. 2 yellow at 1.60 to 1.65 and 1.60 to 1.65 for August delivery. Barley No. 2 Augusta lists 1.15 to 1.30, with barley and corn prices tied to regional auctions. August figures and local grain terms appear in scattered OCR text.
Agriculture Department market shows broilers or fryers steady to firm with good demand and turkeys fair. Farm prices posted for 24 hour period ending noon today include small lots of turkey fryers and hens, plus egg markets in Harrisonburg and Winchester with U S Grade listings and varying weights.
The fourth quarterly conference of the year will be held tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Methodist Church at Stephens City. The Rev J Calvin Dugger district superintendent will preside and receive reports from officers and commissions on the year's activities.
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