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Some
Southeastern prices for
everal farm commodities
rended steady to higher
uring the Thanksgiving
oliday week, reports the
Lgricultural Marketing
iervice of the U. S. depart
nent of Agriculture.
These products selling at
ligher prices included
roilers, eggs, feeder cattle
nd calves, soybeans, com
ind Florida green beans and
iweet com.
Those items on the down
ward trend during the week
ncluded hens, cotton and
Horida tomatoes, celery,
mcumbers and avocados.
Pecans, in heavy supply,
jrought steady prices. Peanut
jrices also were generally
steady. Hog prices dropped
iuring the early part of the
week, but advanced later to
regain the losses.
Flue-cured tobacco sales
irew to a close, as burley
;obacco markets prepared to
i>pen.
POULTRY—The undertone
Df the southeastern broiler
market was considered firm
inder the influence of higher
Tending price levels for
business the week of Nov. 26.
Preliminary F. 0.8. dock
equivalent prices ranged 32 to
35 cents per pound on U. S.
Grade A. Plant grade was
insufficient to report prices.
Demand for broiler-fryers
was improving, especially for
immediate slaughter. Live
supplies were generally
ample. Average live weights
were often heavier than
desired.
The southeastern hen
market undertone was
slightly unsettled on heavy
type. Farm prices ranged
lower and closed the week at
25-% to 27 cents per pound
F. 0.8. farms. Demand was
generally good for adequate
offerings.
The undertone was
basically steady on light hens.
F. 0.8. farm prices ranged
mostly 14 to 14% cents.
Demand was fair to good.
Offerings were ample.
EGGS—Prices advanced as
a firm undertone prevailed
throughout the week at
southeastern egg markets.
Demand prior to the
Thanksgiving holiday was
very good and easily cleared
available supplies. Extra
large and large were barely
adequate to occasionally
short while mediums and
smalls were extremely short
throughout the period and
area.
Offerings to breakers were
light, although breaking stock
buyers showed little or no
interest at current price
levels.
As the week closed, car
toned prices in the Southeast
to volume buyers ranged 74 to
78 cents on extra large, 73 to
76 cents on large and 68-% to
72 cents on mediums.
GRATN—Cash grain
markets were sharply higher
during the holiday shortened
week ending Nov. 21.
Trading in soybeans was
very active, with price gains
of mostly 38 to 53 cents a
bushel. A very good demand
from export buyers and
processors, plus fairly tight
holding by producers, were
contributing factors in the
sharp advance.
Trading was active for high
moisture corn while com of
storageable quality was
firmly held. Demand ranged
fair to good with best outlet to
processors. Available storage
space continues to be a big
problem. Cash com prices
were mostly 15 to 20 cents
higher.
Bids for com to producers
in southeastenn Virginia
ranged $2.30 to $2.60 a bushel;
Richmond $2.65 to $2.68;
Wilson $2.65; and Piedmont
and central areas of South
Carolina $2.51 to $2.60.
Trucklot prices in Alabama
•anged $2.73% to $2.77.
Georgia multi-carlot of
erings brought $2.75% to
2.78. Terminal market com
>rought $2.92 to $2.97 at
Memphis and $2.74 to $2.75 at
Norfolk.
Soybean bids to
loutheastern Virginia
>roducers ranged 30 to 36
rents higher at 5.40 to 5.63.
’rices at Richmond ranged
5.55 to $5.63; Wilson $5.64;
ind South Carolina Piedmont
irea $5.36, central area $5.74
ind coastal $6.09. Terminal
>rices were: Memphisss.B4 to
>5.89; Norfolk $5.84 and
taleigh $5.89. Gulf port prices
vere 46% to 57 cents higher in
i range of $6 to $6.14.
NUTS, FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES—Pecan
hipments cohtinued heavy
rom Georgia, Alabama,
Torida and Mississippi
uring the week ended Nov.
Commodity Prices Up; Some Are Down
23. Trading was active and
prices were mostly un
changed. Prices to growers
for native pecans ranged 28 to
33 cents a pound. Stuarts
brought mostly 40 to 44 cents,
for generally good quality.
Sweet potato shipments
from eastern North Carolina
increased sharply prior to
Thanksgiving holiday at
unchanged prices. U. S. 1
cured potatoes brought
mostly $7 a 50-pound crate.
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Tomato shipments from
southern Florida shipping
points increased. Trading was
fairly active for best quality.
Prices were lower. Thirty
pound cartons of 85 per cent
or more U.S. 1 quality, 5 by 6
size, brought mostly $6, while
6 by 7’s brought mostly $4.
Other vegetable shipments
from southern Florida con
tinued to increase in volume.
Snap bean trading was active
at higher prices. Bushel
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LETTUCE
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hampers of round green type
sold at $5 to $6. Pole bean
prices were slightly higher
with bushel hampers at $4.15.
Celery shipments were light
at slightly lower prices.
Crates of 3 dozen size sold at
$2.75 and other sizes at $2.50.
Sweet corn shipments
declined slightly. Prices were
slightly higher on yellow.
Crates of 4-% to 5 dozen ears
yellow sold at $3.25. White
brought $4.
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Cucumber shipments were
heavy. Trading was moderate
and prices lower. Cartons of
good quality medium size
brought $3.50 to $4 a 1 1-9
bushel, while large brought $2
to $2.50. Bell pepper supplies
continued light with large and
extra large size selling at sll
to sl2 for good quality in 11-9
bushel cartons.
Avocado prices were
slightly lower. Flats con
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to $3.25.
CATTLE AND CALVES-
Cattle and calf supplies were
considerably reduce around
the southeast market circuit
during the week ended Nov.
23. A number of markets were
closed, as is the custom, in
observance of the
Thanksgiving holiday. Others
which did operate received
fewer cattle than normal due
to the holiday influence and a
CARROTS
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continued seasonal tapering
off of supplies.
Trade action was devoid of
any particularly noteworthy
feature except that trends on
feeder cattle were somewhat
mixed around the region. In
the main, however, feeder
steers trended steady to $1
higher and heifers steady to
50 cents higher. Feeder calves
also moved at steady to $1
higher prices.