Cobacco Market Prices DAILY 
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA FLUE-CURED = Soe ? * Serge Ae 
U. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - CONSUMER AND MARKETING SERVICE - TOBACSO OlviSION NO 5 
1966 crop-Untied 
Season = 35,292,052 pounds = Average $68.9 
Auction bid averages and support prices by U. S. Grade Tuesday, August 2, 1966: 
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GRADE AVG, . |GRADE AVG. SUP.|GRADE AVG. SUP.|GRADE AVG. SUP, |GRADE AVG. SUP. 
WRAPPERS LEAF (Cont'd) CUTTERS (Cont'd)ILUGS (Cont'd) 
C4LV == = 68 
45 |B5GG = 50 |C4FV -- 68 
X3KM 72% 61 
X4KM 70 56 
AIF $-- $85 |BSLV $70% $55 CSL «$74 «69872 |X4KL $70% 357 
AQF == 83 |B3FV = 64 ClF - 79 |X5KL  —= 48 
ALR cal 82 |B4FV 71 59 C2F -- 75 |X4KF 70% 57 
Non ee 81 |BSFV 72 55 C3F == 74 |XSKF 66% 48 
B3LS == 55 CAF we 73 |X4KV 70% 50 
LEAF B4LS-— 53 CSF 73 7 |X5KV 67% 59 
Bei afl, “WON RSS 55 C4LS  --  60]|x4GK -- 45 
B4L =73 «467 |B4FS) == = 53. | SMOKING LEAF CcsLS = 58} xX4G 66% 47 
BSL TO STIIBSES Mantes 6G) ange SS 79|C4FS —=- 60 | x5G 62% 40 
PRIMINGS 
P2L 73x 67 
PSL 71 65 
P4L 70 59 
PSL 66 50 
P2F == 67 
BIFR -- PSF 71 65 
BeFR == 72 \BEXF =~ 40 | H4F 73% 72 | X8L 73 72 | PaF 70 59 
BSFR == 68 |B4KV -~ 50 | HSF - 70 | X4L 72 69 | PSF 65 47 
B4FR = 63 | BSKV a= 44 |H6F -- 66 | XSL 71 63 | P4G 66+ 42 
B5SFR 8 o= 58 |B6KV -- 37 PSG 60% 33 
BIR 2e 63 |B4KM 70 53 |HSFR -- 62 | X6F 73% 72 |NONDESCRIPT 
B2R -- 59 | BSKM 70* 49 |H6FR -- 58 | X4F 1s) 69 | NIL 60 30 
B3R -- 55 |B6KM == 43 |H4K Tix 64} XSF 71 63 |NIXL 6x 41 
Banaue = | S5OuBSRRY c= BOuHOKe ea GO)| XLV 75% GS)NIKe) <= 42 
BSR -= 44/B4GL — 50 |H6K -- 54|X4LV 72 60 |NIF 58 35 
N1R -- 28 
NIGL 58 24 
NIGF -- 30 
BSR -- 37 |BSGL -- 46 
B4k 72x 61 |B6CL -- 40 
BSK 66% 57 |B4GF 50 
= 51 |BSGF -—-. 46 NIGR -- 25 
BoLV 73% 64 |;BEGF 40 NIGG <- 22 
BALV 72 59 |B4GR_ == 45 |C4L Tux 78 | X4FS-e 55 | N2 5h fe) 
*xLatest average established, 
Stabilization Corporetion does not accept "W", "U", "No-G" or "Scrap™ tobacco. 
KEY TO STANDARD GRADE MARKS FOR FLUE CURED TOSACCO 
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Groups Qualities Color Symbols Combination 
A-Wrappers 1-Choice L-Lemon GL.Green Lemon Symbols 
B-Leat 2-Fine F-Orange GF-Green Orange LS-Lemon Slick 
H-Smoking Leaf 3-Good FR-Orenge Red GR-Green Red FS-Orange Slick 
C-Cutters 4-Fair R Red GK-Green Variegated RR-Rank Red 
X-Lugs 5-Low «-Variegated GG-Gray Green RG-Rank Green 
P-Primings 6-Poor D-Wainut KL-Variegated Lemon XL-Lug Side 
N-Nondescript G-Green KF-Variegated Orange 
S-Scrap LV-Lemon Greenish KV Variegated Greenish 
FV-Orange Greenish KM-Variegated Mixed 
For example B4F designates leat, fair quality, end orange color 
Figure 32.--Sample tobacco market price report. 
Figure 33.--The tobacco market price reports 
are placed at convenient locations in the 
auction warehouses. 
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