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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1936
Page
16
Chicago AP reports cattle prices up to 25 cents higher amid decreased receipts inclining buying in cattle. Hogs rise 10 to 15 cents while lambs slide. top yearling steers hit 12.75 with prime 985 lb averages. Estimated Thursday receipts: cattle 6,000 hogs 30,000 sheep 8,000.
Chicago livestock receipts total 42,000 with hogs 24,000 cows and calves 8,000 cattle 8,000 sheep 10,000. Hogs mostly 10.10 to 10.15 top on 190 to 300 pounds. cattle trade more active with steers and yearlings up to 13.75 for prime loads. cows steady to strong and stockers weak. bulls and feeders weaker. Sheep and lambs opening slow with lambs 8.50 to 9.00, September prices around 8.50 to 4.50 for light and midweights.
U S Department of Agriculture reports 3 000 cattle with generally steady action and selective improvements. light slaughter steers near 5.00 6.25 with others higher. Hog receipts 14 000 with prices mostly steady to higher. top around 9.75 for 180 300 lb hogs and lighter weights ranging from 8 65 to 9 60. Sheep and lambs receipts 5 500 with undertone about steady. fat lambs 25 48 60 and slaughter ewes around 4.00 remain.
Des Moines AP reports U S Agriculture data showing 24 hour hog receipts at 8 am Wednesday totaled 29 100 across 22 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. This compares with 45 800 a week earlier and 21 400 a year ago with mostly 10c higher prices and spots up more on the market.
The document lists lighting and weight categories with price ranges for various pork cuts and weights. It shows light, medium and heavy weight brackets with prices from 7.25 to 10.00 per unit, and include sow prices from 8.70 to 9.50, indicating market quotations and load statuses.
Cattle receipts 2,000 with calves and stockers. steer and yearling values around 11.25 to 11.50 for load lots, short fed and heifer prices down to 8.00, cows 4.00 to 5.00, calves to 8.25. Hog receipts up with top near 9.75 for 180-200 lb. sow and stag prices around 9.25 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 3,000 with no early fat lamb bids, natives and wooled skins holding near 8.65. ewes and feeders scarce, western loads above 4.25.
Hog prices rise across Iowa markets with ranges by weight. Waterloo Ottumwa and Anson City show 10 cent gains and varied bids for light to heavy hogs from 140 pounds up to 550 pounds, including packers and sows.
Hogs quoted 180 200 lbs fetch 9.05 to 9.35 dollars with higher asks for 200 lb category. Heavier hogs 290 325 lbs range 9.30 to 9.60 dollars and 325 350 lbs 9.20 to 9.50. Packing sows 275 550 lbs priced 8.45 to 9.25 dollars.
The Omaha market reports strong hog receipts around 8 500 with top hogs at 9 75 and varied loads by weight. Cattle receipts near 3 000 show calves steady to slightly higher with steers up to 11 75 and cows down to 4 25. Sheep receipts 3 000 indicate lambs steady with bulk around 8 50.
Hogs are higher on the local market with all grades advancing 10 cents on Wednesday, lifting the top price to $9.75. Other local markets remained unchanged.
Calf market good for 140 to 190 pound calves and lambs offered. Cattle prices show choice steers 1000 to 1100 pounds at 10.00 to 11.00 with related ranges for medium and yearling runs. Cow and bull quotes include medium grades and canners with down payments noted.
Miscellaneous market update from Cedar Rapids shows grain prices for corn soybeans oats rye and barley with various grades and prices. Also lists hay straw wholesale fruits vegetables poultry eggs and cured hides including horse hides and pony prices.
New York AP reports raw sugar held at 3.77 spots and 3.80 for 1937 quotas. Futures up one point with March at 2.85 and September at 2.91. Refined sugar unchanged at 4.80 for fine granulated.
The Minneapolis AP report lists cotton figures including 98 pound cotton, carload lots per barrel, family patents at seven thousand four hundred seven dollars sixty cents, and shipments at eleven thousand five hundred sixty with middlings priced around thirty four dollars and fifty cents.
Scattered sales closed on various types of domestic wools at strong prices in the Boston market. Combing blood Ohio fleeces brought 48 49 cents in grease, with the same range for combing blood Ohio wools. Staple combing blood Ohio wools sold at 43 47 45 cents.
Chicago brokers report wheat prices steadying after an initial drop of more than a cent. December wheat at 1.3414, corn mixed with old and new contracts, rye and oats also fluctuated, while milling demand kept cash wheat bookings around 20 000 bushels as investors eyed Southern Hemisphere buying and foreign market weakness.
Market quotations for cereals and fats from Chicago with prices for wheat corn oats barley timothy seed clover seed and lard and belly products. Prices show varieties and grades including No 1 hard wheat No 2 mixed corn white and yellow oats and feed barley with mid to high dollar values and sample grades noted.
Minneapolis AP wheat receipts 63 cars up. No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs 1.5194 1.6054, No 1 dark northern 59 lbs 1.5034 1.5954, 58 lbs 1.49344 1.5854, fancy No 1 hard Montana 14 protein 1.4354 1.4554, No 1 dark hard Montana winter 1.3794 1.3934, hard amber durum No 1 1.514 1.59, No 1 red 1.36. Corn No 3 yellow 1.09 1.10 unchanged. Oats No 3 white 50 144 53 14c.
Receipts of 48 trucks show unsettled live poultry with hens up to 15 percent, various breeds priced per pound and per bird. Dressed turkeys stable to higher on young birds, No. 2 turkeys at 15 cents. Egg receipts steady with 27 to 28 cents current and graded rates. Potatoes on track with light supplies and mixed regional prices across several varieties.
New York market notes show receipts for refrigerators, butter, cheese, and live poultry with firm to mixed prices. Butter and creamery items rise slightly higher than prior levels while cheese remains steady. Poultry prices ease on freight movements with fowls and ducks quoted in cents per pound.
Chicago price report shows butter futures edging lower with Dec to Feb quotes near 32.4 to 32.2 cents per pound. Egg futures steady with December to February around 26.5 to 26.8 cents. Potato futures list January at about 2 dollars and March grade A near 3.10 dollars per hundredweight.
New York AP reports exchange rates steady with listed cent values for nations including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Japan China Hong Kong and Mexico City with stray notes on Montreal and New York entries.
NEW YORK AP choppy session on Wednesday left markets mixed with Oil and Specialty shares holding gains while others dipped. Transfers ran about 2 000 000 shares as year end tax selling and renewed stimulations weighed on investor sentiment.
A dense list of Wednesday stock quotations from Wall Street sources with numerous tickers and percentages for banks, manufacturers, utilities, metals, and consumer goods firms. It includes names such as Allied Chem, Amn Tel & Tel, Coca Cola, Chrysler, General Motors, and Union Pacific among many others, with varied price movements and trading fractions.
The report lists several U S Treasury securities with bid and asked values including 4s 44-54 at 116.00, 3%s 40-43 at 108.30, 338s 43-47 at 110.27, 3%s 46-49 at 108.23, and 3s 51-55 at 106.90, reflecting fluctuating market quotes in New York.
The Marion Savings Bank, founded 1885, will quit active business Thursday and its deposits and operations will be absorbed by First National Bank, founded 1863. Deposits below 100000 will be settled. waivers from 1933-34 completed. Noted officers include R. N. Fitzgerald president at First National and F. A. Shumack president of the Savings Bank.
Mrs. C. R. Biddick hosted the Theristmai club Christmas gathering with 23 members and guests including Miss Hattie Cook and Mrs. E. C. Hampton of Cedar Rapids. The group voted donations to the Goodfellows fund and Christmas seals. Virginia Jackson read a tuberculosis life story by John Granger and a playlet A Christmas Intruder was performed. A school program featured teacher Mrs. A. J. Keyes and members giving recitations and songs alongside gifts from a lit Christmas tree.
Citizens urged to help the volunteer fire department repair and remake toys for children in need. Donations of dolls sleds wagons and other toys may be brought to the fire station or arranged for pickup via Miss Mildred Titus. Also news of church and club activities includes the Ladies Aid gathering at 2 30 p m with cookie and donation requests, a Tennyson club Christmas breakfast, Chatterbox card club gifts exchange, and the Woman's Home Missionary society meeting at Mrs A Blinks home.
Subscription lists for the Goodfellows fund are at Marion businesses to supply 68 children with milk twice daily, with over 6000 pints needed this year. The fund also plans Christmas baskets and gifts for needy families. Local clubs host parties, luncheons, and readings, while funeral notices for Mrs Mary Sloan and Miss Kate Hickey appear amid community notices.
A fragment shows lines with numeric values 2.25 1.68 2.52 3.36 and the word Seven Days, plus dollar sign hints. No clear event or full context provided.
Rail liens with gains and losses appeared as industrial convertibles rose to higher levels while other sectors held steady or slipped. Government issues drifted lower in light turnover, with treasuries down about 1/32 to 5/32 and corporate bonds showing selective price changes across a varied list including International Hydro Electric and Allied firms.
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