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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
10
A rough list shows egg mash and corn feed with percentages and prices. Several items like turkey starter and butter appear with retail and wholesale notes.
Prices paid by dressing plants in the Winchester region for No 1 quality live poultry FOB producer farms. Heavy breed hens 4 lbs and over 32-33 cents, Leghorn hens 18-19 cents per lb, Leghorn broilers 24-25 cents, Young hen turkeys 45 cents, Young tom turkeys 25 cents, Guineas 35 cents each, Old roosters and stags 15-16 cents, Rocks and cross boilers 34-35 cents per lb for 4 lb and over.
Market quotations from Baltimore and Chicago dated May 13 show apples and other produce in fair to good condition with prices around 2.25 to 2.50 for certain varieties and wholesale poultry prices near 40 to 42 cents per pound. Cattle and hog markets are slow with most sales lower or steady. beef cows around 23 to 26, calves down 1 to 2, hogs and sows varying by weight. Chicago notes slow sales but steady to higher for some fat cattle and yearlings. overall demand and prices display mixed movement across cattle calves hogs and bulls.
Chicago May 13 grains opened lower as demand waned. Wheat futures fell with May at 2.47, July 2.55, September 2.33. Corn May 2.32, July 2.15, September 1.94. Oats May 1.16, July 0.95, September 0.84. Lard May 23.50.
New York stocks showed rising tendencies in selective issues while leaders paused under light selling. Market mood remained unsettled by the Washington Moscow impasse and labor disputes. Santa Fe reached a new 1948 high as Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore and Ohio, General Electric, Kennecott and others led early gains.
The report lists several firms facing losses in the latest market moves including Chrysler General Motors Public Steel American Telephone Illinois Central Sinclair Oil Anaconda Allied Chemical Johns Manville J I Case and Loew's with occasional losers noted among the big players.
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