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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1941
Page
15
Chicago buyers reported hogs steady to ten cents lower with large receipts and weak demand. Fed lambs moved slowly while yearlings and light steers slipped about 25 cents. bulls declined similarly. Grain quotes and calf prices listed, with sheep and lamb bids easing and prices mixed across categories.
Wheat futures eased about one cent a bushel as weekend freezing in the southwest limited damage. Soybeans rallied later, retracing much of the loss, while corn and other grains moved little. Chicago May prices around 90 1/2 to 91 4. receipts total 274 cars. clear selling and then buying by professionals and commission houses.
Receipts mixed with few sales and general steady to lower bids. Slaughter cattle steady to 25 cents lower with heifers and cows down. Feeder steers and sows show slow activity while dairy cattle stay steady. Sheep offerings lean, buyers cautious with no early bids.
Combined bee receipts at 16 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending 8 am Monday totaled 31 960. This compares with 279 700 a week ago and 323 100 a year ago. Prices varied slightly with some loads 5 to 6 cents different from yesterday.
Hog market prices listed for barrows and gilts across weight ranges from 149 to 500 pounds. Prices shown in dollars per hundredweight reflect bid asks and dairy-like spread values for various weights and carcass yields.
Unchanged hog prices in Waterloo range from 166 to 300 pounds with several weight brackets listed from 166-170 pounds at 8.90 to 279-300 pounds at 8.30 per hundredweight. Machine sows and other weight classes shown with varied prices. cattle and hoes also noted stable.
Omaha wholesale hog market shows salable receipts about 4 900 head with weights mostly 199 to 360 pounds. Prices fell 10 to 15 cents from previous day, top at 8.85 per cwt paid by shippers. Several lots 8.75 to 8.50 at various weights. Market aided by department of agriculture reports from MahA Livestock.
Receipts include 12 000 cattle and 400 500 pound weights. Fed lambs weak with bids around 10.50 to 10.65 for best wooled westerns. Calves and light steers down 25 cents, medium to good grades decline, heifers steady to weak, cows and bulls mixed with steadier feeder prices and lighter stock cattle.
Cattle receipts 5 calves salable 106 beef steers and yearlings slow. Early undertone weak with limited sales. cows steady. stockers and feeders little changed. Bulk fed steers and yearlings salable around 90 to 164. hogs receipts 4,000 slow to 10 cents lower. top 180-270 lb butchers 8.35 to 8.60. 270-310 8.10 to 8.35. 310-490 7.85 to 6.10. sows 7.65 to 7.75. Feeder pigs 8.60 to 7. Lambs steady at 10.70. range of weights.
Hog prices rose slightly on the local market with all grades up five cents. The long-haul no-fill top reached $8.60, while selections ranged around 169-200 lbs at $8.10 and 150-210 lbs at $9.94. Sheep and lambs posted gains tied to weight and quality.
A condensed digest of Monday stock quotations across industries. tobacco dairy aviation steel and rails show varied gains and losses. Notable entries include Atchison & Topeka 25 percent, Bethlehem Steel 69, Boeing Airplane 12, Procter Gamble 53, Caterpillar 40, Colgate 68, and Radio Corp 3. Prices and percent changes span numerous firms, utilities, and manufacturers.
Prices listed for commodities in Cedar Rapids including wheat No 1 at 80 cents and No 2 at $1.06, poultry rates for hens and leghorns, lemons at $4.35, oranges $3.15, potatoes certified seed $1.50 to $1.75, and hides No 1 at 9 cents with assorted values, reflecting a daily market roundup.
Never stand between a tractor and drawn implements when hitching. Use an iron hook to handle the drawbar to avoid injury.
New York AP reports a listless stock market with a faint early rally that faded, steel and motor stocks slipping and only mild recoveries late. Turnover about 400,000 shares, two 20,000-share blocks of Commonwealth and Southern unchanged. Leading decliners included Texas Corp and Anaconda with occasional gains by American Telephone Santa Fe Kennecott Youngstown Sheet and Montgomery Ward.
Grain and oilseeds prices listed for Chicago cash markets with sample grades. Includes corn oats soybeans and barley with No 1 through No 4 grades, mixed lots, yellows, screenings and malting samples. shows prices per bushel or per cwt and per tierce for various grades.
New York bonds traded firm with medium and lower grade rails advancing fractions to 1 and 2 points. U S government issues posted modest gains while some coal related steel notes fell on price concerns. Overseas issues were mostly fractionally higher with Japanese and German bonds showing slight strength.
Classified lines warn of lost fraternity pin for Miss Clarke and a dog a dog named Sogke with a license number plus a Chinese Dragon line missing. A garden plow is reported missing near Wilson Ave and 6th St SW with a reward offered and a contact number 8640.
A jumbled page of classified ads and notices. It lists services like lawn mowing painting gutters repair ambulance and hauling with many phone numbers and fragmented business names. The readable items reference vendors and trades such as Gach G & Paint Deliv Bay Novak Heatine Co and Kelley representatives plus insurance and jewelry ads.
Experienced middle aged woman seeks home duties either city or country. Also listings show ads for cleaning, sewing, and general help with household tasks. Ad includes contact via Gazette box references and partial mentions of local services and haircuts.
Help wanted for a pleasant outdoor business of your own selling Rawleigh home farm necessities. Offers good profits over 200 widely advertised products with equipment on credit. No experience needed. training provided. Write today for details. Dept. IAD-90-145.
A jumble of beauty shop promos, job openings, and vehicle ads appears in local classifieds. Listings include Johnson's Career and Beauty Shop offerings, several salon specials, employment requests for drivers and sales staff, and multiple used car notes with prices and contact references.
Vicious weekly notes show Wisconsin Plymouth markets with cheese brick prices and partner calls. Exchanges and boardroom discussions hint at ongoing trading activity and industry refresh.
The agriculture department reported slow activity in the Boston wool market. Few offerings arrived, mainly fine origin bag and South American blood fleeces. Quotations for domestic and blood wool rose slightly from the prior week as buyers scanned for better competition.
The report shows stock openings and closes with key indices: Industrials around 116.39, Railroads near 27.77, Utilities about 22.20, and overall averages for 65 stocks at 88.70. Bond figures implied with market activity in the period.
Peoria livestock report shows hog receipts steady to 10 cents lower with top hogs at 8.60, lighter weights near steady, and several classes of cattle mixed with steers and heifers steady to firm while cows and calves vary. Packing sows mostly steady. Lambs and springers listed with lower old crop and higher new offerings.
Live poultry prices show hens steady and springs weaker with various weights quoted. Butter receipts firm with creamery and grade prices listed. eggs, potatoes, and other produce show mixed movements across regions and sizes.
New York AP report shows two days receipts totaling 49 703 with mixed colors from fancy to extra fancy. Current receipts 21 34 per cent with storage packed firsts and erected firsts at 23 per cent. Butter receipts 1 304 612 unsettled. creamery scores above 92 with premium marks around 33 2 to 34 per cent and a $2 score.
1934 Ford V-8 Tudor sedans priced from 145 dollars, up to 745 1540 dollars for Pontiac 8 two door sedans and 8375 1937 Pontiac 8 coupe.
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