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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1948
Page
15
Market notes from Cedar Rapids show hog top prices at 29.50 for prime butchers and 27.25 for packers. Cattle and sheep sections list strict to prime steers, yearlings, cows, bulls, and lambs with varied weights and prices. grain futures for wheat oats soybeans and lard quoted with open/close figures.
Cash corn rose to about $2 a bushel on Friday while futures slipped as harvest demand cooled. Only 85 cars of cash corn arrived, with prices up 10 cents, but grain futures overall weakened late in the day and oats and wheat also fell. Reports show rains in Iowa affecting new crop deliveries and carnage across livestock markets with limited demand for cattle and mixed hog prices.
Chicago markets show mixed movement in poultry and greens with receipts around 603,0622 and steady to firmer tones in certain categories. Poultry and dairy prices display small changes while meat and produce futures trend cautiously. buyers await sharper signals as market activity remains uneven.
A jumble of classified notices lists services from auto repair and wrecker to painting plumbing and heating. It also advertises job openings, housekeeping, waitresses, sales, and clerical work with contact requests and phone numbers.
Chicago livestock reports show hogs steady to 25 cents lower with receipts around 4,000. Prices for good to prime hogs ranged from 25.00 to 30.50, with sows 23.00 to 29.00 and a top near 80.75 in the futures influenced trade. Cattle and sheep also moved unevenly as buyers watched weekly declines and market breadth across the complex.
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