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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
2
Chicago AP reports Friday salable estimates for hogs at 17 000 head while cattle weaken and lambs show activity. Producers trimmed shipments to overcome buyer resistance but quotes remained steady with Wednesday, top at 15.90 dollars.
Slaughter cattle receipts about 4 579 head with calves 800. Feeders and yearlings weak with bids near 6 73 to 16 50. Beef totals show primes around 16.50 and calves near 15.75 to 18.00. Sheep and lambs receipts about 7 000 with fat lambs 15.25 to 16.50 and ewes around 9.40. Demand described as steady to slightly active with prices firm for choice lots and western clipped lambs holding at 15.00 to 16.50 depending on grade.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Thursday totaled 26,200, up from 20,600 a week ago but below 36,100 a year ago. Prices show generally steady with some higher loads. Barrows and gilts mostly steady to higher, weights 160 to 450 pounds, with ranges noted from 14.60 to 15.65 per cwt across categories.
Hogs receipts around 5 560 at Omaha with slight declines across barrows gilts and sows. top pricing near 15 40 for large pigs and feeders and mixed activity. Cattle calves and feeders show steady to weak demand with medium to good fed steers around 15 90 16 00. cows and bulls uneven with cutters lower. sheep receipts 13 600 with market not established but steadyish quotes on fed lambs.
Fragmented price list from Austin Minnesota shows liveweight and pack prices for various weight ranges across cattle and hogs. Figures include per hundredweight and pack values with multiple ranges and denominations, indicating typical market quotes.
Hog price data from Mason Waterloo Ottumwa lists 160-176 to 450-pound ranges with various price points. The columned figures show live and packing hog values in cents per pound and dollars per hundredweight.
Receipts include two trucks and butter market readings with unchanged prices. Butter notes show varied prices from 46 to 45 cents, cooking grade at 45 cents. Potatoes arrivals listed with 20 on track 55.
Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company. Phone 2 3141. H R Mowrey, manager, Cedar Rapids office, 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Difficult arrivals from Idaho reach markets with very light stock and few crates available. Thursday updates note limited crate supply and tight distribution impacting traders and consumers.
Market notes show current receipts and prices for poultry and fowl. Geese 26c turkeys under 18 lbs 36c roosters and ducks around 26c to 28c rabbits 30c fowls 27c ceiling prices with demand keen and limited fowls available.
Hog prices across all grades remained steady on the Cedar Rapids market with top butcher bids at 15.35, long haul no-fill 15.45, and packers 15.05. Hog price ranges for various weights and packers are listed, followed by cattle and calf quotes and a brief stock table.
Grain and feed prices in Cedar Rapids include oats at No.2 6c and No.3 3c, wheat No.1.20 and No.2 1.16, rye No.2 5c, shelled corn No.2 yellow 89c, soybeans No.2 yellow 1.66, hay and straw prices, poultry figures for springers and hens, ducks and pigeons, and wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted crate and box prices including lemons, oranges, apples, sweet potatoes, and Texas grapefruit.
New York reports a mixed session as the market regains a balance with some favorites rising for the year. Turnover runs around 1.8 million shares as traders await direction.
Chicago report shows Price Administrator Prentiss Brown opposing the Pace bill, while oats rose against the grain. Wheat fell 7 to 11 percent, corn held at OPA levels, oats slipped to near 88 to 89 cents, and rye declined 1 percent.
Chicago cash wheat prices show No 1 yellow at 1.02 and No 2 at 1.02 with other grades around 1.00. Oats No 1 white 0.67 and No 2 0.67. Malting 0.90 to 1.07, feed 0.90 to 1.00. Soybeans sample grade yellow 1.53 to 1.60.
A story hour is set for 4 15 p m at the Kenwood library. William M Ward 17 of 1930 E avenue NW was reported enlisted by the Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station. Maine lodge No 643 LO OF will confer second degree at Maine hall Friday evening. A purse with 15 to 20 and ration books was lost on a bus Wednesday afternoon. Phyllis Delehoy 1430 B avenue NE reported to police Thursday.
The Rev Mr and Mrs Rodney C Gould of 442 Fifth Avenue SW travel to Momence Illinois to attend the funeral of Clarence E Lamport who died Monday after a brief illness All women with home economics training urged to attend the Linn County Home Economics Association meeting tonight at 730 at the YWCA Cedar Rapids
James D. McVeigh of 718 Fourth Avenue SE was accepted for voluntary induction as an aviation cadet by the Cedar Rapids Army Recruiting Station. He has not yet received his call to report for duty.
Yeoman Third Class Ethelbelle Vessey of the Waves began a three day recruiting drive in the Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station. She promotes enlistment and outline of opportunities in the WAVES program to local residents and potential recruits.
Miss Vessey, Waves-Spar coordinator for Iowa, will address Navy Mothers club and women interested in service with the Waves and Spars at the Light company Bungalow at 7 30 tonight. Robert M Nelson of Des Moines accompanies her. Technicolor pictures of Salt Lake City Bryce and Zion canyons were shown to Lions at the Roosevelt hotel by Elders Vernon Cook and Ralph Kidd, Mormon missionaries.
Jack Hathaway of 888 Daniels Street NE sustained the loss of the ends of two fingers on his right hand when they were caught in machinery at the Modern Equipment company. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital for treatment.
The South Side Red Cross unit finished 12 pajama sets for the Coe college military unit infirmary. Seventy women at the Wednesday meeting produced 1875 two by two and 316 four by eight surgical dressings.
The Cedar Rapids Botany club meets in Science hall at Coe College tonight at 7 45. Miss Ruth Webster a Van Buren school teacher will speak on Plants and Their Pollen based on five years of study of modern and fossil pollen. She has presented findings before the AAAS meetings. The public is invited.
Mrs E R Michel reports Marion and Marion township war fund drive totals with 3348 02 raised toward 3540 quota leaving 191 98 unpaid. Township owes 898 6 overall. Note expresses thanks for support after bereavement from Mrs Richard Clark and family.
The seventh grade at the junior high faculty selected Rita Biddick Marilyn Bristol Rosalie Hess Mary Ellen Dum balton David Rose Rudy Schen ken Shirley Balcom Phyllis Ford Richard Smith David Lyons and George Carsner to carry the work next fall. Army week honors defense stamps with a Lincoln building goal of 150 dollars, a total sales figure shown as the week’s progress reaches beyond the initial target.
The Davenport Pilgrim Fellowship holds a rally at Marion Congregational Church on Sunday with registrations at 2 30 p m Miss Betty Long state president and University of Iowa student will speak in the afternoon Women of the church serve supper at 5 30 Bob Ray of Coe College provides entertainment during the supper The Marion young people's union meets at 7 p m to hear Rabbi Herman E Schaalman of Temple Judah Cedar Rapids
Members of the Baptist church and others are invited to attend cottage prayer meetings at several homes this week. Tonight at 8 at the Howard Mc Kee residence on 1060 Eighteenth street. Friday at 10 a.m. at the Herbert Harford home 1581 Third avenue. At 8 p.m. at the James Pope home 176 Sixth avenue and the Raymond Eckhart home 560 Tenth street.
A 7 40 p m Sunday musicale directed by Ruth Engstrom will feature Mrs E A Lagerquist Helen Lagerquist Bonnie Carey Ruth Ostrander June De Wees Louise Cippera Norma Helbig Marilyn Balcom Miss Carey and Janice McKee with Rev Benjamin H Shaw delivering a sermonette Also notes of a fire at the Norton home Anamosa and various local events and notices follow
Minnie and Madeline Sewartz of Des Moines spent Sunday with their mother Mrs. 5. A. Bivins at the E. J. Yeoman residence located at 412 Seventh Street.
Major L H Kemman inspector general of the 78th division of the U S army, from Durham North Carolina, was an overnight guest of his sister Mrs D D Hastings. Another sister Mrs F W Shindler of Cedar Rapids was also here to greet him.
A dense classified page lists beauty shops offering permanents, showcases staff and prices, with several listings for hair treatments and re openings. It also includes multiple service offers and job notices for lawn care, plumbing, hauling, sewers cleaning, and small maintenance, plus shopping and employment ads.
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