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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
19
In Chicago USDA cattle and hog reports show hogs 50c to $1 higher with top hogs at 23.25 while cattle and calves were mostly steady. Receipts listed include 2 500 hogs and 500 cattle. buyers anticipated closed packing plants for the holiday weekend. smaller lots of sheep and lambs appeared with limited market activity.
Kansas City buyers see fed steers 50c to 1.00 higher with spots up to 1.50. Heifers gain 25 to 75 cents, cows up 5 to 60 cents, bulls steady. Vealers and killing calves unchanged while stocker and feeder steers trend steady to weak. Replacements largely down 2 dollars with some losses up to 3 dollars. High end fed loads range 27.50 to 29.00 for heavy weights. select to good grades around 25 to 26.50 for fed cattle. stocker and feeder calves around 20 to 24.50 with some selections to 28.40 for calves.
Omaha cattle and hog receipts show moderate activity with steady to slightly higher prices. Feeder cattle demand remains scarce while fat lambs and feeding lambs move at 25 to 23.50 dollars, with good medium weight fed steers at 26.25.
Cedar Rapids hog market held Friday with prices seen a quarter higher. Top price for prime hogs was 18.00, with other hogs around 20.50 and 18.00 to packers. Cattle section lists steers and cows with various weight ranges and price bands, plus calf and lamb listings, and a large spread of hides, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and grains from regional markets. Also notes Mississippi River stages and Dow Jones averages with miscellaneous spot prices and securities.
In New York the stock market edged higher on Friday with gains from fractions to about 2 points as nearly all groups advanced. Overall turnover ran about 1,000,000 shares.
Market reports show receipts of 8 trucks with overall activity steady. Livestock items like twins and Longhorns priced around 36 to 38 cents, eggs in mixed browns and whites at 17,432 cases with steady tone, potatoes on track with russets firm at $4.35 per cwt and several regional washed price points across U S and Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin listings.
Market notes from New York show butter grades AA A B C with slight up or unchanged quotes. Receipts reach 235 039 units with no major change across items and weights listed for various extra large and fancy heavyweights.
In Chicago the grain market steadied Friday on meager buying orders. Wheat dipped then rose with corn and oats. CCC kept cash corn bids unchanged, slight weekly purchases totaling 295000 bushels. Soybeans and lard advanced on expectations of tighter hog supplies next week.
Chicago market report shows varied grain quotes with corn at No. 2 yellow 1.48 per bushel and No. 1 heavy oats around 89 to 91 cents, soybeans near 2.43 to 2.53 per bushel, while barley and other feeds show nominal values. Prices reflect local station markets in Illinois and Indiana.
Sioux City cattle receipts 300 with limited offering and steady to weak demand. Cows and calves dominate, with medium heifers up to 24.00 and shares of stockers scarce. hogs active with higher bids for 180 to 240 lb classes and 240 to 270 lb ranges. Lambs at 309.39 for best, slaughter ewes scarce. overall market mixed with few sustained gains.
Des Moines reports show receipts Friday at southern Minnesota packing plants and numerous Iowa facilities with out-of-state stations. Prices vary with weight, topping around 25 to 50 cents higher, especially for midweight hogs and heavy cattle, quotes shown for several weight classes and sow ranges.
In Linn County District Court Iowa final report and discharge application filed by Agnes Kanealy Katherine Miles as executrices of Anne Wenders deceased seeks ratification of accounts and closing of estate. Hearing set for January 5 1949 at 10 00 AM in Cedar Rapids with objections due by 9 00 AM that day. Named interested parties include Katherine Kanealy Agnes Kanealy and various heirs and claimants.
Linn County TB drive reports 90 percent of the $20 000 goal with $18 071 87 on hand before Christmas. Cedar Rapids leads with 13 134 47 while rural areas contribute 3 456 79 and Marion 946 50. Bangle sales total 490 61 and Coe students 43 50.
Hollywood report says actress Alice Calhoun and investment broker Max C. Chotiner began a second honeymoon on Friday, ten years after their divorce.
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