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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
6
New York stocks rose on Monday with gains in steels electronics and selected issues. Traders noted hopes for prompt tax reduction action aided the rally as volume neared five million shares, up from Friday. Prominent names and indexes appear in quotations across many sectors signaling broad participation.
Chicago dispatch notes Tuesday USDA receipts of 3,000 cattle 6,000 hogs 500 sheep. Monday butcher hog market active with 5,000 head, prices steady to 25 cents higher. Detailed hogs 190-230 lb 18.50, 240-310 lb 17-18, sows 17.25, cattle slaughter steers 25.75, cows 15-16. Bullish tone on prime and high choice lots, sheep lambs 19-21 laboring under light demand.
C R Markets reports hog prices Monday were a quarter lower with Saturday trades at 16.50 to 17.60 and most 1s and 2s around 17.25 to 17.50. Packing sows 300 lbs down quoted 14.75 to 15.75. Poultry shows farm springs heavy breed hens and leghorns under 4 lbs at 9 cents. Eggs list multiple grades with prices from 10 to 27 cents. No 2 soybeans at 34 cents and corn No 2 at 1.16 with oats at 27 cents.
Ozark Air lines reports a July Iowa City terminal record with 3418 pounds loaded and 2437 pounds unloaded, up from 1962. Passenger boardings totaled 414 boarded and 403 debarked, surpassing July 1962 figures for the third consecutive month. A separate incident: Robert Ardney, 18, drove into guard rails near McGregor and rolled down a 40 foot embankment. he suffered only a head bump. Also notices: Palo town council in Linn County to meet August 22 1963 at City Hall to hear taxpayers on the 1964 expenditure plan and provide receipts and disbursements at the hearing.
Chicago August crop report nudges corn up fractionally as the government pegs 1963 yield below expectations. Wheat and other grains show modest moves with soybeans down. Chicago cash provisions list No 2 yellow corn at 1.33 and soybeans at 8.20. Sioux City cattle receipts total 8,500 with steers and heifers steady to firm, high grades up to 25 cents higher on light to medium weights.
Market brief lists several price points for slaughter hogs at Waterloo, detailing weights from 170 to 360 pounds with prices ranging from 14.00 to 16.50 plus lower costs for lighter or heavier categories and a note about No. 2 sows at various weights.
Chicago and New York market notes show wholesale poultry prices down 2 to 4 cents, roasters at about 23 to 24 cents, White Rock fryers 17 to 18 cents. Butter steady with varied scores from AA 57 1/2 to C 52 1/2 cents. Eggs firm with A whites 35 cents and standards 29 cents. potatoes arrivals light with limited trading and slow demand.
Multiple job ads and domestic help requests fragmentarily listed in Gazette classifieds. Positions include cooks, waitresses, machine operators, day dishwasher, elder care live‑in, laundry workers, baby sitter, with varying hours and contact boxes. Some lines incomplete or cut off.
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