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SOUTHEASTERN FARM MARKF.T SUMMARY
Com and Soybean: Other Produce Down
Atlanta, Ga.—Southeastern
corn and soybean prices
advanced during the week
ended June 14, while most
other farm commodity prices
trended lower, reports
USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service.
Com prices advanced for
the third week in a row with
gains of 2 to 6 cents over the
previous week. Soybean
prices were up 4 to 6 cents.
Most livestock prices
continued their decline.
Producers received steady to
$3 lower prices for their
feeder steers, heifers and
calves. The exception was in
Alabama where prices
trended steady to $1 up. Hog
prices continued to plummet
with drops of mostly 75 cents
registered at Georgia-
Florida-Alabama packing
plants.
Cotton prices, which had
been higher in previous
weeks, declined almost sl3 a
bale.
Egg prices in the Southeast
declined 2 to 3 cents. The
broiler and light type hen
market was weak, while
heavy type hens dropped 2%
cents a pound.
Most fruit and vegetable
prices were unchanged to
higher.
COTTON—Prices declined
at southern cotton markets
during the week ended June
13. Merchant demand was
light and trading slow.
Offerings were limited.
Forward crop contracting
remained at a standstill.
Offering prices for 1974 crop
cotton were below 50 cents per
pound, while most farmers
were asking 55 to 65 cents.
Domestic mill buying was
very slow. The limited
business consisted almost
entirely of small lots of fill-in
cotton brought for nearby
delivery. Most mills ap
parently have needs covered
into movement of the new
crop. The export market was
dull. Inquiries were fairly
numerous but few tran
sactions were made.
Prices for Grade 41 (strict
low middling) Staple 34 cotton
in the 11 designated spot
markets averaged 53.70 cents
per pound on June 13. This
was down from the 56.34 cents
of a week earlier, but higher
than the 45.37 cents a year
ago.
Individual southern market
quotations compared with a
week earler (second figure)
and a year ago (third figure)
were: Atlanta 55.60, 58.70 and
45.25; Augusta 55.70,48.70 and
45.50; Greenville 55.00, 48.50
and 46.75; Greenwood 55.05,
58.70 and 46.50; Memphis
53.10, 57.20 and 46.50; and
Montgomery 55.60 58.70 and
45.50.
FRUITS & VEGETA
BLES—Trading was
moderate to active for
southeastern fruits and
vegetables for the week en
ding June 14. Most prices
were unchanged to higher,
but North Carolina cabbage
and Florida watermelons
were lower.
Shipments increased for
watermelons, tomatoes,
peaches, South Carolina
cucumbers and North
Carolina potatoes. Volume
was unchanged to lower for
celery, peppers, com, cab
bage, Florida cucumbers and
Alabama potatoes.
Prices were higher for
Florida celery at $4.75 per 3
dozen crate; cucumbers
moved at $6 to $6.50 for 1 1-9
bushel; com sold at $3 per 4%
to 5 dozen ears of yellow and
peppers brought $6 to $6.50
per 1 1-9 bushel for large
green California wonder type.
Prices were unchangded for
South Carolina tomatoes,
cucumbers and peaches,
Alabama and North Carolina
potatoes and Georgia
peaches.
Florida watermelon
brought lower prices at $2.75
to $3 per hundredweight for 18
to 24 pound average
Charleston grays. North
Carolina cabbage was lower
at $2.25 per 1% bushel crate of
medium to large size.
HONEY—Unprocessed
mixed flower, amber and
light amber brought 35 to 38
cents per pound; citrus light
amber 42 cents and gallberry
amber 38 cents. Light
beeswax sold at $1 to sl.lO per
pound and dark $1 to $1.07.
TOBACCO —Southern
Maryland tobacco prices held
steady during the week ended
June 14 with prices a little
higher at the end of the week
but with quality lower.
Net auction sales through
June 13 totaled 31,185,377
pounds and averaged $90.54
per hundred pounds. During
the same period last year,
23,499,899 pounds returned an
average of $84.45.
PEANUTS—There were too
few sales to quote in the
southeastern peanut market
during week ending June 12.
Since most peanut brokers
and millers were attending
the Southeastern Peanut
Association meeting in
Atlanta.
The Virginia-North
Carolina peanut market was
about steady for unshelled
OWNED AND
OPERATED BY
LARRY KOHN&
heard, jr.
Prices Good June 26-29
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varieties and slightly weaker
for the shelled. Offerings
were light in meeting the slow
demand.
In the Virginia-North
Carolina area this week
mostly prices for a pound of
Virginia Extra Large were 36-
36-% cents while Unshelled
Fancy went at 28% cents.
POULTRY—The undertone
of the southeastern broiler
market was weak during the
period ending June 14.
We carry only U.S.D.A.
Choice.
Fresh seafood, shrimp,
oysters, and fish!
...and a complete
line of canning supplies.
YEIUHY
ONIONS
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Negotiations for delivery the
week of June 17 were sharply
lower. Preliminary F. 0.8.
dock equivalent prices in
Alabama averaged 29.99
cents on U.S. grade A and
29.76 cents on plant grade. A
slow demand failed to
satisfactorily clear ample live
offerings. Average weights
were frequently heavier than
desired.
Market conditions
weakened on both heavy and
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES
light type hens during the
week ended June 14. Offerings
were moderate but in excess
of processor needs due to a
slow demand and shortage oi
freezer space. Farm prices
ranged 8 to 9 cents per pound
on heavy type and 4 to 6 cents
on light type.
EGGS—Prices ranged 50 to
53 cents per dozen on extra
large and 48 to 51 on large,
while mediums ranged 38 to
41 cents. Market conditions
Fck Deluxe
[pizza =? 59$ „ only
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VEGETABLES £. 23$ U < W
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limit one with a *7.50 order.
GULF MOTOR OH S! ' >9s
MURRAVS COOKIES 3*s1 00
assorted flavors
TOKENS DRINKS e? 49$
TYSON POT PIES C * s|oo
BUbtys * '
VIENNA SAUSAGE % i»1
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Potatoes
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1974-
were about steady at
prevailing values. Movement
of all sizes was non-agressive
and inventories were ample
except for balanced supplies
of extra large.
GRAIN—Cash grain prices
moved in an irregular pattern
during the week ending June
13. Com prices ranged from 3
cents lower to 4 cents higher
at Ohio Valley points to as
much as 10 cents higher in
South Carolina’s Piedmont
ARM YEUOW
Bananas
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area. Com prices were mostly
2 to 6 cents over the previous
week. Soybean prices were 4
to 6 cents higher in all areas.
Movement of all grains
continued fairly light with the
exception of soft red wheat.
HOGS—Barrows and gilts
ended the week 50 to mostly 75
cents lower at Georgia-
Florida-Alabama packing
plants. U.S. 2 and 3 grade
butchers of 190 to 240 pounds
sold June 14 at $24.25 to $25.25.