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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1945
Page
9
The grand champion steer at the Chicago market stock show sold Wednesday for a record $10 per pound, bought by John R. Thompson Jr. after a bidding war that started at $2. The purebred Shorthorn steer, named Toma, set a prewar all time price with Lee Deleston as auctioneer.
Chicago reports a new high of 2 per pound paid by the Wrigley building restaurant for the grand champion carrot of fat steers shown by Karl Hoffman of Ida Grove Iowa and pions shown by Hoffman and Storz. Duen and Henkel expect $11,050 plus over $1,300 in prize money based on a 1,105 pound steer. A previous price paid for the steer is noted.
Public auction notice for Monday December 10 1945 at Oxford Iowa selling stock including dairy cows Jersey Guernsey and Brown Swiss, horses calves and hogs plus hay grain and about 150 New Hampshire pullets. Machinery listed includes tractors, binders, mower, harrow, hay rake, feed and farming implements. Household goods also offered with cash terms and on grounds lunch provided. Louis Becicka owner with George E Parizek inst Swisher Trust Bank clerk.
A sequence of farm public and closing out sales listed with dates from December 6 through December 19. Auctions feature Thomas J Supple Miller and York Seee Ash Crossing D F Hindman J E Simmen Mrs Otto Giese Chas Young Louis Becicka James Viasaty G V Anderson R Rosecrans All Iowa Hereford Assn George and Marie Boriz Art Buch Mina M Daliedt.
Thompson bought the Aber Angus steer Lucky Strike owned by Elliott Brown of Rose Hill Indiana for 8 1 4 dollars at the 1929 International Exposition in Chicago. The steer was described as grand champion and Thompson planned to serve it at one of his Chicago restaurants.
The annual Iowa State Dairy association meeting will be held in Ames on December 13 and 14. Field Secretary Paul Brasch announced the opening session will feature the officers and committee members and begin the 69th annual gathering.
The meeting will cover dairy industry activities with officer elections at its close. Incumbent officers are Fred Larrabee of Fort Dodge as president and E. S. Estes of Waterloo as secretary treasurer. Executive committee members include Harry Linn, Dean H. Kildee, and Prof. C. A. Iverson of Iowa State College.
Eighty seven head of registered Hereford cattle sold at the A. C. Prusia and saw farm sale one and a half miles from Onslow. Top cow with calf at side brought 360 dollars sold to Harry Simonsen of Marion. Top bull went to Lloyd Busch of Lost Nation for 300 dollars. Farm machinery hay grain horses and other cattle also brought good prices.
Gerald Cone operator of a farm five miles southeast of here suffered the amputation of his left arm below the elbow after his hand was caught in a corn picker. He was alone in a distant field and taken to a Waterloo hospital for major surgery.
A. P. Davies, assistant director of the American Meat Institute Livestock Department, will speak at the Linn County Cattle Feeders Association annual dinner at C S P hall Thursday evening. Davies, a Wales native, studied meat control in the British Isles and spent wartime years in Washington. The 6 30 dinner includes a short entertainment preceding association president Neal of Mt. Vernon.
Grain and meat markets face a shifting balance as labor shortages ease and packinghouses increase output. Demand for higher quality cuts remains tight while sausage and ribs move freely. Foreign relief shipments may grow as stocks rise and storage begins.
Iowa wool growers join with other producers to urge reduced freight charges. James Lucas of the Commerce Commission indicated cooperation with the Iowa Wool Growers Association is not established as they prepare evidence for the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing.
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