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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1939
Page
8
US live hogs fall 10 to 15 cents in moderate Chicago trading as receipts show 19 000 hogs and 8 000 cattle. Cattle stay firm on light supply while lambs drop 15 to 25 cents. Chicago totals report 15 000 of 27 000 hogs with top 840 on a small lot.
A Cedar Rapids market list shows prices for grain and produce including wheat No 1 at 60 cents, oats at 25 to 30 cents, corn shelled No 2 yellow 39 cents, soybeans No 2 yellow 72 cents, hay straw prices, butterfat 27 cents, and assorted poultry prices for colored hens leghorns and others. Wholesale fruits and vegetables list lemons oranges grapefruits celery lettuce onions cabbage carrots dates potatoes sweet potatoes and more with varied per bushel or per pound figures. Hide prices for No 1 cured beef hides 6 cents, No 2 5-6 cents, calf hides 7 and 6 cents, horse hides at 32.28 and 1.75 respectively, plus pony and glue hides at half price with manes and tails included.
AP reports hog receipts around 15 000 with mixed loads and prices largely lower than Monday. Cattle receipts near 6000 with calves and steers strong to 25 cents higher. heifers and bulls steady to higher. vealers weak. Sheep receipts about 12 000 with fat lambs steady and sheep slightly lower in refined lots.
Combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ended Tuesday 8 am were 18 500 vs 33 300 a week ago and 17 400 a year earlier. Prices for barrows and gilts ranged 160 189 Ibs 7 30 6 85 180 200 Ibs 7 60 7 95 200 220 Ibs 7 45 6 70 220 250 Ibs 7 40 6 70 250 290 Ibs 7 10 6 70 290 350 Ibs 6 ASA 90. Packing sows 275 350 Ibs 6 58 7 ROA 750 425 Ibs 6 40 6 75 425 550 Ibs 5 65.
Wintry market notes from Ottumwa Waterloo Mason City listing hogs at 5 to 10 cents lower and cattle tone weakness. Prices shown by weight ranges for Hogs Packers sows and cattle across Ottumwa Waterloo Mason City with figures for 140 to 650 pound animals and packing categories.
A list from Austin Minnesota shows hog weight ranges in pounds with corresponding prices. Entries include 140-150 Ibs at $6 and 350-425 Ibs at $6 with various bands up to 550 Ibs. The document resembles a cattle or hog market snapshot with multiple price points.
Fed state market service reports 3000 cattle receipts with slow slaughter cattle weak to 25 cents. Good fed steers and heifers near 6 to 9 dollars. beef cows 5 to 6.50. Hogs scarce with prices around 75 to 90. Sheep receipts 7500 with undertone steady. good to choice lambs around 8.50 to 8.65.
Receipts show hogs 4800 under 220 lb averages with steady to strong opens but later sales weak to 15 cents lower, top 8.10 for 170-218 lbs. Cattle receipts 4000 with fed steers yearlings steady, cows steady, bulls strong to 35 cents higher, vealers steady. Sheep receipts 3500 with fat lambs steady to 10 cents higher, feeders steady. western sheep and feeding lambs priced. Also Sioux City market notes U S Department data indicate mixed cattle trade with stable to firm cows and steady calves.
Feeder cattle scarce but steady with loads around 1127 lb at 10.65. prime steers near 12.75. medium to good heifers 725 to 900. bulk beef cows 5.75 to 7.50. Hogs: 3,800 receipts, slow to 15 cents lower, weights 170 to 280 head at 7.60 to 7.95. sows to 6.75. Sheep: 800, early fat lambs weak, best fed wooled skins about 8.75. western ewes to 4.75.
Local hog prices slipped by about ten cents across all grades on Tuesday while the cattle market held steady. Top hog price reached 780 with various hog weights listed from 140 to 350 pounds. cattle sections show steady to rising values across different classes and weights.
Wall Street stock list led by Adams Express and Allied Stores with dozens of corporations traded. Includes Chicago market close notes and cash provisions for wheat corn oats barley and beans with Minneapolis grain quotes and price levels across multiple items.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of February 2025 list dairy prices from the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange and farmers call board. Items include Twins 112 cents, daisies 12 2 cents, horns 12 1/2 cents, and cheddars 12 cents.
Heavy buying by Cuban and local trade interests pushed domestic sugar futures higher after early softness. Prices near noon touched morning highs with gains of one to two points as world markets traded on switching and covering. Refined prices remained steady with 420 to 430, duty free at 277 and sales confirmed at 276.
From Chicago markets live poultry and dressed turkeys hold steady as receipts and prices for eggs butter and potatoes vary. In New York eggs and butter show mixed prices with steady camp numbers and demand, while cheese markets remain firm with whole milk flats and fresh varieties highlighted.
New York bond market opened unevenly but by noon showed general fractional gains. Rails led with scattered buy orders lifting Baltimore and Ohio convertibles, Illinois Central, Missouri Pacific and others while utilities stayed mixed with several upgrades and declines. Treasury issues showed selective rises and falls amid light volume and weak foreign demand.
Mild stock market recoveries Tuesday produced a slow session with many issues flat or slightly up. Transfers hovered near 450000 shares as bonds and commodities mixed, with notable support for U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler U S Rubber Boeing Glenn Martin Consolidated Edison Montgomery Ward Santa Fe New York Central and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Judge H C Ring spoke at the Canopus club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel on alimony for a minor child and the problems of enforcing payments. He warned that large orders may prompt evasion and noted alimony as a frequent court nuisance. The talk followed by brief travel notes and a French horn solo by Allan Parker with Miss Ruth Buresh. E Z Bills of Longmont bought his twenty second consecutive car of the same brand.
Wheat prices barely moved on the Chicago Board of Trade as cold weather hit the southwest and snow protected winter wheat in many areas. May wheat at 68 5/8 to 68 3/4 cents, corn steady around 49 7/8 to 50 1/2, oats down to 29 1/8 cents with little export business and dull Liverpool trade amid liquidation.
Senator Pittman of Nevada attacked isolationism and appeasement in a Washington Star radio forum speech. He urged a firm global stand to defend American rights and stated Americans are willing to die for Christianity morality justice and liberty to keep the United States out of war.
William F. Kettler, 70, of 1215 A Avenue NW, died at his home about 3 a.m. Tuesday. He was born in Watkins on June 14, 1868 and farmed near Luzerne for 43 years before moving to Cedar Rapids 20 years ago. Survived by three daughters and four brothers, the body taken to Beatty mortuary for funeral arrangements. Mrs. Kettler had died April 10, 1921.
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Lynott who died at her home 845 Second Streets will be held at 9 15 a m Wednesday in St Patrick s church by Rev D J Lenihan Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery The rosary will be recited by Father Lenihan at 8 p m Tuesday at the Brady chapel where friends may call
Funeral services for George C Ellwood will be held at the Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Rev James H Blackstone officiating. Burial follows at Crystal cemetery near Traer with brief services at the grave at 2 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel.
Short classified ad fragment describes pricing for consecutive days and ad sizes. Mentions inability to guarantee correct insertions and directs readers to The Gazette office in Cedar Rapids. Includes contact line and ad-taker note with dial information.
Judge H C Ring refused Wortman habeas relief to avoid transfer to Polk County for two warrants. Court upheld motions to dismiss the petition from Polk County and a Des Moines attorney for Wortman’s ex wife. Wortman resisted deputies aiming to take him into custody as bonds and contested the warrants in a lengthy courtroom clash.
The will of J. W. Groves dated September 19 1914 was probated Monday. Loretta G. Groves wife of the deceased is named solelegate executrix and beneficiary. Nagle suffered a fractured left leg during the action related to the case. Groves died in October 1937 and the probate confirms the earlier document.
A cluttered page lists several lost items including a small wad of cash lost on 1st Ave between 2nd and ith streets and on 2nd street near 1st Ave. a tan bag left on a Bever Park bus. an overcoat belt at Memorial Coliseum. rewards and contact for returning items. Classified ads include housekeeping, farm work, and beauty shop services with box numbers and phone contacts.
Dowager Queen Mary narrowly avoided serious injury when a stack of trays toppled from a high shelf during a visit to the British industries fair at Olympia in London on Tuesday.
Edward B. Drew, 30, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty to leaving an accident scene after his car struck L. E. Nagle, 66. Judge H. C Ring suspended the $100 fine on costs. A letter signed by Nagle stated Drew offered assistance and later helped, with other cars possibly causing further injuries.
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