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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
18
Chicago reports hog receipts under expectations at 7 000 direct and 3 500 rockers, helping prices rise 15 to 20 cents late. Cattle trading remains uneven with strictly choice steers and yearlings steady, lambs generally firm. Official Saturday estimates placed cattle 100 hogs 200 sheep 2 000.
Receipts for hogs and cattle show varied prices with hogs trading around $5.00 to $5.85 per cwt for different weight classes and cattle receipts around 590 with mixed demand. Market notes indicate some weakness on certain grades while other cattle and bulls hold steady. feeders and calves show modest activity and price movement.
AP State Market News notes slow steady cattle market with bulk slaughter steers and heifers at 750 to 850, cows around 550, bulls 700, light stocker steers 750 to 900. Hogs receipts 12,500 with early top 65 to 70. sheep with good supply and slaughter lambs around 83 to 103 pounds.
Roasted hog and cattle prices across Ottumwa Mason City and Waterloo markets show mixed quotes with many figures. overall tone notes steady to higher tendencies in places and unchanged in others, reflecting a frayed data stream from livestock bulletin.
The notice lists various livestock categories with weight ranges from 149 to 500 pounds and prices from 3.40 to 4.50 per unit. Entries include Sows and large market cattle with weights and fluctuating bids, reflecting a local livestock sale in Austin Minnesota. Values appear as per hundredweight or similar measure with multiple weight bands and price figures.
AP Des Moines reports combined hog receipts at 32,800 head across 16 yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for a 24 hour period ending Friday 8 am. Prices show gains with markets quoted by weight class, including 180-220 lb hogs around 5.00 to 5.65 per hundredweight and sows from 3.85 to 4.60. The report notes heavy loading and strong undertone, with lighter demand and volume varying by size and category.
Sioux City AP notes cattle receipts around 500 calves with varied classes and moderate quality. Hogs show 4500 receipts with top bids near 52.5 per cwt for packers. feeders steady. Sheep impact not clearly detailed due to damaged read.
Lamson Brothers and company furnish grain quotations. Contact H. R. Mowrey manager Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building or phone 2-3141 for quoting services.
District livestock totals show hogs firm to 20 cents higher on 190 to 270 pound ranges with some gains up to 535 dollars on top ends. Cattle receipts remain steady with steers around 7.50, heifers near 3.10, and cows about 4.25. Sheep offerings show steady to firmer tone with fat lambs trading near 8.25 to 8.50.
Hogs continue upward with a Friday advance of 10 to 15 cents across grades, topping at 3.35 per cwt. Cattle hold steady. Sheep market shows genuine spring lambs 70 to 90 pounds. prices vary by quality, with buck lambs about one dollar less.
A dense list of stock quotations and market indicators from Wall Street compiled by J E Bennett Co and others. Includes price figures for Adams Exp Hupp Motors Alaskan Juneau Allied Chem Owens etc with notes on railway and industrial shares and the Dow Jones averages. More than half Panama’s population is mixed race.
The New York stock market drifted lower on Friday as the industrials gained only fractions from Thursday’s tumble. Slippage hit prominent names including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Montgomery Ward Western Union Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Air Reduction American Telephone and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Price list from Cedar Rapids covers grains such as Wheat No 1 and No 2 Rae Oats-White No. 2, Rye No. 2, Barley No. 3, Corn shelled No. 2 yellow, Buckwheat No. 2, Soybean No. 2 yellow. also hay straw, butterfat cream, poultry prices by weight and type, wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted prices for lemons oranges grapefruit celery lettuce onions cabbage tomatoes carrots cauliflower potatoes apples cranberries and hides with various grades and conditions.
New York bond notes show mostly lower prices on Friday as a quiet session followed prior gains. Utilities with foreign stakes led declines with International Telephone and Hydro Electric down more than a point, while Canadian 1960s dipped after Ottawa announced a 206 million war loan. U S and other issues posted minor moves as traders awaited Finnish Soviet war developments.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the coming week list daisies at 16 cents, brick 14 34, horns 16 cents, cheddars 15 cents. Farmers call board repeats daisies 16 cents, horns 11 6 cents, cheddars 22 0 cents.
Wheat dipped to month lows on the Chicago board of trade before late buying pared some losses. May prices hovered around 98 to 98 34 cents, with corn, oats, rye and soybeans also posting varied declines. Export buying supported grains as Winnipeg and other markets moved modestly.
Winnipeg wheat prices show May, July, and Oct contracts with values around 85 to 88 and a range of bids noted. Chicago cash wheat sales are absent while corn and oats offer specific bid levels, and soybeans, barley, and various seed mixes are listed with multiple price points across grades and locations.
The Minneapolis cash grain listing shows Friday wheat receipts at 71 cars, 112 cars year ago, with No 1 heavy dark northern and No 1 dark northern prices around 101 to 102 shillings and other No 1 hard and Montana winter grades quoted. Corn No 3 yellow around 52 to 53 cents, white and other yellow types quoted lower. Barley prices near 40 to 62 cents.
In Chicago and New York markets, butter, eggs, poultry, and potatoes show varied receipts and steady to weak prices. Butter at 3 to 3 1/2 cents above prior levels. eggs lower with mixed colors. poultry steady with hens and turkeys listed. potatoes with moderate demand and available stocks, Idaho Russets and Bliss Triumphs among featured lots.
Mrs. C C Cunningham of Des Moines fractured her leg in a skating fall. An organ recital by Frank Voelker will be held at Rohn Funeral Home Sunday January 14 at 3 pm. Leona Stodola treated for nose and forehead cuts after slipping on ice. Shueyville United Brethren church service at 9:30 am with 10:30 am Sunday school. Junior Endeavor meeting at 7:30 pm at Mrs J E Bowersox home. Railway union divisions hold joint installation Sunday after 5:30 pm dinner at 838 First Ave E. Police report theft of a $25 wheel and tire from a truck at 1329 Tenth St SW between midnight and 8 am. A 1937 Plymouth stolen from Second Ave between 11th and 12th St SE between 5:15 and 7:30 pm. Assault charges against Varge Harris, 714 B Ave NE, filed by Wilbur Bowers, 604 Fifteenth Ave SW, not by Mrs Fern Harris as previously reported.
Mrs Harris said Friday that her stepfather Bowers alleged the assault. The case was set for Jan. 17. A separate notice lists a public book review by Dr Karl A Stiles at Peoples church on Friday at 7 45 p m, open to the public, and an insurance inquiry by the city clerk seeking whereabouts of Thelma Schaner, last registered in 1934 at 410 Seventh Street SE.
Cub pack 25 Den No 6 held a skating party at Arthur rink on Thursday evening with Walker Smith Jr and O J Johnson leading. Den Mother Mrs Matte son later accompanied the group to the Dutch Girl for refreshments with Mrs Walker Smith and Jimmy, Mrs O J Johnson, and Johnny joining.
City council approved two readings of an ordinance to issue street improvement bonds totaling 119,934 dollars at four percent interest. Bonds will be retired in ten years via assessments on Third Avenue property owners who have already paid 10,818.08 toward the original 22,807.42 assessment. Bonds not offered publicly. managed by intra office transactions with a bond hearing set for January 29 at 10 a.m.
The Gazette lists ad sizes from two to six lines with per-line charges and 10 cent extra for out of town blind ads using a box number. Work wanted rates are special under Classification 22. Ads may be by telephone mail or in person and are accepted until noon for same day publication and until 8 pm Saturday for Sunday edition.
Readers express gratitude for kindness and flowers during illness and death of husband and father Henry Berends. Other items note a missing German shepherd police dog, jewelry repairs, leather work, and local services including mattress making and osteopathic physician contact.
Local notice board lists a $25 reward for arrests of fraud through Want Ads. It promotes moving services and auto transportation references, odor eliminating Kleen-Aire, pharmacy ads, watch sales, machine quilting services, and Cusack Electric Service offering wiring and lamp repairs.
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