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                                                                   Exhibit 24.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Casey's General Stores, Inc.:



We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (No. 33-19179 and 33-42907) on Form S-8 of Casey's
General Stores, Inc. of our report dated June 18, 1996, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Casey's General Stores,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of April 30, 1996 and 1995, and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended April 30, 1996, which report appears in or is incorporated
by reference in the April 30, 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Casey's General Stores, Inc.



     KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Des Moines, Iowa
July 29, 1996