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Market News Service: Slaughter Cow Prices Higher
At weekly livestock
auctions held within the
state this week according to
the Market News Service,
N.C. Department of
Agriculture, slaughter cows
were steady- 25 higher,
veals about steady, and
feeder calves 1.00-1.75
lower. Utility and com
mercial cows brought 19.00-
27.75 good veal calves 34.00-
43.00; at one market Good
slaughter steers 37.00-38.00
and Good slaughter heifers
at the same market 32.25-
34.00; Good, feeder steers
300-600 pounds brought
33.00-40.00 and Good feeder
heifers 300-500 pounds 26.50-
34.00 per cwt. Baby calves
under 3 weeks of age sold
from 10-33 dollars per head.
A total of 13,576 feeder
pigs were sold on 11 state
graded sales this week.
Prices ranged mostly 1.25,
37.00 weaker per cwt. US 1 2
pigs weighing 40-50 pound
averaged 77.42 with No. 3
68.64, 5060 pound 1-2’s 7.60,
No. 3’s 58.19; 60-70 pound 1-
2’s 62.95, No. 3’s 54.33 and 70-
New Books
Received
At Library
The following new books
have been received at
Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library:
Adult Fiction
“The Tough Get Going”
by George Bagby, “The
Squire of Bor Shachor” by
Chaim Bermant, “The
Wife” by Judity Burnley, “A
Harder Thing Than
Triumph” by Barbara
Byfield, “The Pretty Pink
Shroud” by E.X. Ferrars,
“Heart’s Ease in Death” by
James Fraser, “Incident on
the Way to a Killing” by
Michael Hammonds,
“Killer’s Canyon” by Will C.
Knott, “Perchance of
Death” by Elizabeth
Linington, “The In
vestigation” by Dorothy
Uhnak and “A Creature Was
Stirring” by Tobias Wells.
Adult Non-Fiction
“Retreat to the Ghetto:
The End of a Dream?” by
Thomas Blair, “Live
Longer—Control Your Blood
Pressure" by Max Fein
man, “I’m Eve” by Chris
Sizemore. “Tribal Designs
for Needlepoint” by Gay
Rogers, “Lindbergh Alone”
by Brendan Gill, “Black
Genealogy” by ChaJlSs
Blockson and “Lonely
Vigil” by Walter Lord.
Library Doings
The library will be closed
Wednesday, September 14
for a regional staff meeting.
The library will reopen
Thursday with regular
hours.
One of the biggest annual
events of the fall season is
the Albemarle Craftsman’s
Fair. The Fair will be held
September 21-24 from 10:00
A.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the
Knobbs Creek Recreation
Center in Elizabeth City. On
display in the library this
month we have a varied
selection of Albemarle
crafts that are just an
example of some of the fine
local talents. The crafts
range from weaving to
basketry, so please visit the
fair and stop by the library
for a preview of this fine
work.
Also this fall the library
will begin staying open a
little longer. On Tuesday’s
and Wednesday’s the
library will be open until
6:00 P.M. and Saturday’s
until 1:00 P.M. So—come on
down and enjoy our books
and interesting displays.
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80 pound pigs averaged 55.56
dollars per cwt with No. 3’s
50.21.
Hog prices at daily buying
stations this week were .50-
1.50 ranging mostly 38.50-
42.00. Prices at weekly
auction markets ranged
mostly 38.40-42.00 top hogs
and sows 300-600 pound
mostly 33.00-37.70.
Broiler and fryer market
is sharply lower for next
week’s trading. Supplies
were moderate to heavy
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Weight are desirable but
trending heavier. The N.C.
fob dock weighted average
price for less than trucklots
picked up at processing
plants is 39.38 cents per lb.
during the week of Sep
tember 19-23. A total of
6,851,000 head were
slaughtered in N.C. this past
week with the average live
weight on September 14th at
4.12 lbs. per bird.
Egg prices were 4 cents on
THE CHOWAN HERALD
large and steady on balance
this past week. Supplies
were moderate with the
demand good. The N.C,
weighted average price for
small lot sales of cartons
eggs delivered to nearby
retail outlets were quoted at
63.70 cents per dozen for A
Large whites; 54.86 cents for
Med; and 39.16 cents per
doz. for small.
On the N.C. live hen
market this past week
prices were higher on heavy
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type hens. Supplies
adequate with the demand
light in the state moderate
to good out of state. Heavy
type hens were quoted at 15-
16 cents per lb. at the farm.
Sweet potato prices were
steady at eastern N.C.
points. 50 lb. carton of U.S.
No. 1 washed waxed un
cured Jewel type were
quoted 6.50-7.00 fob shipping
points. Growers received
3.75-4.50 delivered sheds
with crates exchanged.
Total tobacco sold on the
S.C. Border N.C. Belt this
past week amounted to 18, <
491,441 lb for an average of
$144.00 per cwt. This was up 1
1.26 per hundred from die i
previous week. The Eastern i
belt sold 30,258,402 lb. for an '
average of 135.95 down $1.38. i
The old and middle belt sold
29,644,244 lb for an average
of $130.21 per hundred down 1
.28 per hundred.
Corn was 3-9 cents higher
and soybeans 10-21 cents I
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lower through Thursday of
this week compared to the
same period of the previous
week. No. 2 yellow shelled
corn ranged mostly 1.74-1.85
in the eastern part of the
state and 1.75-1.95 in the
Piedmont. No. 1 yellow
soybeans ranged 4.96-5.11.
Wheat 1.80-2.35 and oats
1.21-1.25 New crop soybeans
for harvest delivery were
4.70-4.86.
Rain this week has slowed
harvest of produce in
Thursday, September 22, 1977
Western N.C. Apple of
ferings were moderate with
light demand. Red delicious
in bags were lower with tray
pack cartons steady. The
volume of cucumbers,
pepper, and squash was
down due to weather.
Tomato offerings were light
with 20 pound bags of large
and extra large turning pink
at $6.00. Cabbage offerings
were light and selling
mostly $3.25 for 1% bushel
crates.