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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1937
Page
7
Official Wednesday receipts show Cattle 10 000 Hog 21 000 Sheep 10 000 as the market stayed soft with modest declines in some classes led by hogs. Dressed meat trade weakness, ample packer stocks from fall and winter, and easing war tension weigh on prices. Hogs steady to slightly lower. sows about 10 cents lower. top hog price near 10.25, down 20 cents from yesterday.
Hogs receipts 22 000 including 4 000 direct steady to slightly lower than Monday with sows around 11 6 to 10 25 top paid freely. Bulk good and choice 180 300 lbs 10 10 to 10 20. Cattle receipts 8 000 calves 2 000 clearings, fed steers and yearlings barely steady as general quality declines and demand narrows. Prime weights near 14 35 with some loads 12 75 13 50. stockers weak. Sheep and lambs open slow near steady with fat ewes around 6 00.
Receipts: cattle 2,500 hogs 9,500 and calves 2,200 with values largely steady. Slaughter steers steady to weak, cows 4.75 to 5.50, bulls 5.25 to 6.00, heifers around 6.50, calves good 9.50 to 11.00. Hogs slow with weights 120 to 300 lbs ranging from 8.65 to 9.90, sows steady. lambs and ewes steady to higher for good to choice lots.
U S Department of Agriculture reports Sioux City cattle receipts at 2,500 with calves 200. Choice and prime beef steers and yearlings are comparatively scarce while others are about steady. Fat stock purchases show little change.
Stockers and feeders scarce yet steady with loads of 1030 1200 lb steers and yearlings around 13.45. Beef cows toward 4.50 6.00, cutters 3.50 4.25, stockers 7.25 for small lots. Current quotes show steers 550 800 lb 6.25 48.25, 800 1050 lb 6.25 8.25, heifers 5.25 6.50, calves 6.25 8.35. Hogs receipts 5,500 and generally steady, top 9.75, lights 9.25 9.60, sows 9.40 9.50, slaughter pigs 7.00. Sheep receipts 3,000 with no early slaughter action. best wooled lambs above 10. late Monday lambs mostly 25 34 cents lower, top 10, bulk 9.50 9.85.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts at 5500 hogs steady to 25 cents down with top at 9 85 for 180 280 lb hogs. Cattle receipts 4500 calves 500 steady with steers 10 00 13 75 heifers 7 00 11 00 cows 5 50 7 00. Sheep 4000 steady with bulk lambs 10 00 10 25.
Iowa hog prices show declines across cities with varied weight brackets. Waterloo Fox shows 140-350 lb ranges from 7.00 to 9.60 dollars, Ottumwa reports steady to 10 cent drops with multiple weight brackets, Mason City lists 140-425 lb ranges from 6.90 to 9.65 dollars.
Hogs in Austin Minnesota show little change with prices for 180-200 pounds at 9.45 to 9.75 dollars. 200-290 pounds 9.65 to 9.95, 290-325 pounds 9.55 to 9.85, 325-350 pounds 9.45 to 9.75. Packing sows 275-550 pounds bring 8.75 to 9.45 dollars.
Hog prices fell across all grades on Tuesday with a 10 cent drop and top at 9.80. Calf and egg markets also show weakness, signaling broad softness in local livestock and poultry trade.
The cattle market shows choice steers 1 100 pounds and up at 11.00 to 12.00, 1 000 to 1 100 pounds at 11.50 to 12.50, and medium to good steers 1 100 pounds at 7.50 to 8.00. Yearling steers 900 to 1 000 pounds bring 11.00 to 12.00. common cows 4.25 to 5.25. dry lot cows 5.00 to 6.00. canners and cutters 4.25 down to 3.50. Lambs range 9.50 to 10.50 for choice, with lighter weights around 8.50 to 9.00.
The listing shows grain prices for wheat oats rye barley corn and soybeans with various grades and prices. It also covers hay and straw, poultry prices by weight and type, wholesale fruits vegetables and oysters, and hide market values including cured hides calves and horse hides.
Chicago markets show weak receipts across butter eggs and poultry with slight declines in creamery and extra firsts prices. Live poultry offerings include hens and broilers with varied quotes, while potato grain and vegetable markets show moderate supplies and subdued demand across U S and regional lots.
AP reports New York produce prices with butter receipts at 14,761 and mixed dairy quotes. Butter extra 33 40c, creamery higher, eggs unsettled with mixed colors and standards around 24 25 cents, cheese receipts 370,379 firm, live poultry irregular and no freight quotations.
Persistent liquidation pushed wheat corn and rye lower on the Chicago board of trade with May wheat at 1.3054 and old and new corn down about a cent. Oats eased as foreign markets and Argentine sales added pressure amid a final-hour slide.
The Winnipeg wheat market quotes open high and low values for May July and October contracts. May opens at 1.237, with around 1.2242 close. July around 1.19 to 1.20, Oct near 1.08 to 1.10. Prices reflect uneven trading and shifting demand.
Chicago cash market reports show wheat corn oats rye soybeans barley and seeds with bid ask ranges and sample grades. Prices include wheat No 4 red at 1.35 and No 1 hard around 1.38 to 1.40, corn various yellows and mixeds from 1.10 to 1.14, oats about 0.56 to 0.58, barley around 1.35 to 1.42, timothy seed 5.76 to 6.25 per cwt, clover seed 26.50 to 433.50 and lard prices per tierce 13.32 and 12.55.
Minneapolis AP reports lower prices on wheat and corn as receipts reach 90 cars. No. 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs trades around 1.54 to 1.63, No. 1 dark northern 59 lbs about 1.53 to 1.62, and No. 3 yellow corn around 1.15 to 1.17½ with oats 0.515 to 0.575.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Tuesday totaled 15 400 head, down from 29 100 a week earlier and 30 400 a year ago. Prices varied by weight from 7.65 to 10.10 dollars per cwt with most lots lower, light loading noted and market tone slow.
AP reports foreign exchange demands in cents with rates for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Romania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and New York in Montreal.
A few small sales closed Tuesday on medium grade Ohio fleeces and similar fleeces showed a further slight advance from last week. % blood Ohio and similar fleeces sold at 52 to 54 cents in grease for combing and at 46 to 48 cents for clothing. Combing blood also brought 52 to 54 cents.
Butter futures closed with Jan 31.49, Feb 31.3, March 31.2 cents. Egg futures show refrigerator Jan 1.74, Oct 24.4, fresh graded firsts Jan 21.44, Feb 22.44, storage packed firsts. March 23.5 cents. Potato futures list Idaho Russets March No. 1 at 3.95 and March grade A at 3.65 dollars.
Raw sugar sits at 3.80 a spot with March No 4 at 1.09 and July 1.13, down 4 to 5 points. No 3 March at 2.85 down 1, July and Sept up 1 to 2.82. Refined sugar unchanged at 5.00 for fine granulated.
Minneapolis AP report shows carload flour prices per barrel in 98 pound sacks with family patents 20 cents lower at 87.45 and 7.65. standard patents down 10 cents to 7.35 and 7.55. Shipments total 19,290. Pure bran at 34.00 and standard middlings at 34.50.
Stocks fell amid labor strife with Detroit clashes signaling GM conflict, while transportation saw brief gains. Automotive leaders lagged as motors and steels retreated. coppers and aircrafts slid. Tobacco and specialty issues rose modestly, while bonds and commodities showed uneven results.
Readable sections list numerous stock quotes from Adams Express to Zenith Radio. Names include Allied Chem Allied Stores Am'n Zinc Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Atlantic Richfield Baldwin Locomotive Campbell Wyant Caterpillar Chrysler Motor Corp Ford General Electric IBM International Nickel Kroger Louisv ille Gas Mack Trucks Montgomery Ward Nash Kelvinator National Biscuit National Steel Paramount Park Utah Pennsy Rail Seaboard Oil Sears Roebuck Shell Union Carbide United Cigar etc. Quotation rows reflect price levels and percent changes for many firms across multiple sectors in the New York and Chicago markets.
Ellsworth Vines defeats Fred Perry in a five set exhibition at the Boston Garden 6-4 2-6 6-3 5-7 7-5 before 9 753 fans. It is Vines third win in six career pro meetings with Perry.
Dr R L Mantz of 1545 Park Avenue SE was cut on the upper lip in a coasting mishap around 11 pm Monday. A stitch was needed after the sled struck a barbed wire fence in a field near Marion. He used his own instrument case and a fellow physician sutured the wound with Mantz's tools.
The Quaker basketball team defeated Cascade by 30 to 25 with Wessel scoring 13 points. They next face Culver Motors on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Mrs Mary Victorine aged 71 died suddenly at home 1939 Bever Avenue SE at 11 15 p m Monday Born Mary Hovorka in Ely July 24 1865 she married Edward Victorine January 25 1887 Their golden wedding was to be celebrated next week Survived by husband two sons Dr Edward M Victorine and George Victorine Cedar Rapids twelve grandchildren one great grandchild three brothers Albert Hovorka Ely Charles Hovorka Barnes Kan and Edward Hovorka Cedar Rapids The body remains at Barta chapel pending funeral arrangements
Robert Gifford aged 91 died at his Cedar Rapids home at 8 30 a m Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Born January 16 1846 in East Town New York he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1917. Survived by wife seven daughters thirty three grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Body at Rohn chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Private funeral services for George F. Spoor will be held in the Beatty chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m. conducted by Rev. E Winslow Brown. Burial will be in the family lot in the Fairfax cemetery.
Howard Albin a 35 year old inmate at Sing Sing Prison will be released shortly after studying law while incarcerated. He filed a self drawn writ of habeas corpus claiming illegal sentencing and a supreme court justice ordered his release.
Floyd Tate L G Randall and Mrs Claire Stewart of Independence forfeited bonds of 15 dollars each for failing to appear before Judge Jay Cook in superior court on intoxication charges. They were arrested by Policeman Ben Doty after the car they rode in plunged into a creek Saturday.
The state conservation commission sent 100 bushels of corn to Manchester to feed pheasants and quail. Roy W. Barsalou deputy game warden says Delaware County Fish and Game association cooperates. Those needing food or locating flocks in need should notify Barsalou at the Glen-Charles hotel in Manchester.
New York bond market shows subdued activity with fractional losses in corporate issues such as American and Foreign Power 5s, Baltimore and Ohio 4 4s, and St Paul 5s while government issues edge mixed. Foreign bonds quiet as rail wage talks and anticipated rate moves weigh on sentiment. U.S. bonds close with modest gains in select treasuries and mixed results across issue dates.
K Lassen a Linn county farmer and stockman died at 9 p.m. Monday at his home 415 Tenth Street after a ten day illness. He was 77, born in Denmark, married Severine Anderson in 1880, came to the United States in 1882, and lived in Linn county. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Yo com chapel with Rev W E Fisher. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. He leaves four daughters and two sons, twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Isaac Holsinger age 86 of Linn county died at 2:30 p.m. Monday at his farm home north of Robins. Born August 8 1850 near Waynesborough Pennsylvania he moved to Iowa in youth. Survived by wife Sarah died 1925 daughter Mrs Charles Van Fossen and three sons Ira W D J John E and thirteen grandchildren two great grandchildren a sister and a brother. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Dunkard church west of Robinson with burial in Dunkard cemetery no flowers.
The high school editorial staff under faculty manager C O Johnson hosts an after school ice carnival at the athletic field. Junior and senior high schools join with a small entry fee and awards for event winners. Junior high splits into girls and boys divisions with 100 and 220 yard girls races and 220 and 440 yard boys races.
Kenneth Losey, nephew of Mr and Mrs Charles Burch, underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix at St Luke's hospital Saturday night. His condition is reported as fair. He has been staying at the J J Albaugh home west of Marion.
Committee chairmen are asked to prepare detailed reports for the year's work at a Thursday 2 p.m. meeting in the home of Mrs. S. F. Cary at 1398 Twelfth Street. Mrs. Lester Peck and her sons visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Switzer in Cedar Rapids. A birthday dinner honored Jerry Peck and Bobby Switzer. The office will close Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. for K. Lassen's funeral. The Methodist choir will rehearse Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the director's home, Mrs. Peter Meci. The Fidilis circle plans a Friday 1 p.m. picnic luncheon at Mrs. Ed Ainley’s. C. O. Mead of Elma is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. E. Doan.
Supt J B McAreavy announced Williamsburg’s new gym will host the second Parnell Williamsburg game altering from the local court due to smaller seating capacity. Parnell’s Irish team, riding ten straight wins, faces a strong test at Oxford Tuesday.
Funeral services for Mrs Gilbert Teslow 66 who died at her Decorah home after a long illness will be held Wednesday at First Lutheran Church with Rev T A Hoff officiating. Nettie Egge daughter of Hans and Nettie Egge of Glenwood Township. She married Gilbert Teslow May 31 1894. They lived in Hayward Minnesota before returning to Decorah twenty one years ago. Survived by brother Hilder Egge and sisters Mrs Henry Ruen Mrs Olaus Ruen and Mrs Otto Haadestad Decorah.
Otto Joseph Luther 34 of Osage died Sunday in Rochester after months of illness. He formerly led the Central States Construction crew in Osage and is survived by his widow, a son Ronald 7, his parents, and two sisters Esther Peck and Merle Opperman. Funeral services will be in Osage with burial Cedar Memorial, Cedar Rapids. A church mission study class and picnic lunch will be hosted by Grace H Starr group at 890 Central Ave Thursday. A book review by Mrs. Irving Wade and a Methodist women’s meeting follow with a picnic supper and business session.
Prairie Union club will convene Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Scott. Members are asked to bring dinner, pie plates, cups or glasses and their own sandwiches for the gathering.
A shopper deals with a straightforward pricing table listing items priced at 3 lines 90, 4 lines 5 lines and lines 1.35 dollars 1.68 dollars. The note emphasizes simple per item rates and easy comparison for customers.
A collage of small ads and notices includes rewards for information on immoral use of Want Ads, asthma relief product promotion, a Buick damage incident with a warning of no legal action, and multiple local services. Listings cover pool tables, auto care, cutlery, watches, tailoring, moving services, jewelry sales, sporting goods, knitting, winter gear, and miscellaneous clerical and printing services.
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