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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1940
Page
10
Tuesday receipts showed 9,000 cattle 23,000 hogs and 9,000 sheep in Chicago. Hog prices fell up to 25 cents per hundredweight while market activity remained fairly brisk. Cattle trading was slow with most grades steady to down 25 cents and fat lambs rising about 15 cents.
Prices for cattle hogs and packed livestock across Ottumwa Mason City and surrounding areas show mixed moves. Hogs mostly steady to lower with varied weight ranges. cattle steers hold gains in some spots. packing and lighter weights display shifts in price.
U S Dept reports combined hog receipts at 16 yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending 8 am Monday totaled 62,200. This is up from 56,770 a week earlier and 44,000 a year ago. Bargaining shows lower prices across weight classes with slow activity and few buyers beyond 18,9090 week prior. Support prices listed for various weight ranges from 160 to 560 pounds reflect modest declines and cautious demand.
AUSTIN Minn AP reports hog price ranges by weight class for barrows and gilts. Prices span from 150-160 lbs at 4304 460 to 450-500 lbs around 3.75 to 4.05, with numerous intermediate brackets listed in dollars per hundredweight.
Chicago livestock receipts rise with hogs and cattle showing uneven changes. Hogs sold mostly weaker with top around 3.70 and most weights easing. cattle steady to mixed with best steers firm, calves and feeders varied. sheep and lambs active with price gains seen on fat lambs and yearlings. Local packers and buyers remained active across weights and species.
Cattle receipts 3,900 with slow slaughter steers and liberal supply. Medium fed steers about 8.75 to 8.75. Heifers common and medium 6.00 to 7.06. Beef cows 35.28 to 66.25. Bulls weak. calves 1.50. vealers weak to 50 cents lower. Hogs receipts 18,000 with barrows and gilts 25 cents lower. top 5.35. sows 15 to 74.25. Feeder cattle receipts 8,500 with no early action. lambs 3.09 to 99.15. ewes 4.00 to 4.85. western feeding lambs up to 8.75.
U S and Department of Agriculture cattle and hog data show salable receipts for cattle at 3 600 calves 150 slaughter steers yearlings and stockers steady to mixed with primes around 11 50 retail prices from 8 00 to 10 75. Hogs see 14 090 head active with top at 5 51 for 180 200 lb and 4 25 to 5 00 for heavier classes. Sheep and lambs list 4 200 salable and fat lambs unsettled with $9 10 for select wool skins and slaughter lambs scarce with most sales around 4 25 down.
HOGS receipts 14 500 unevenly 15430 cents lower on Friday top 5 20 by shippers for 180 225 Ibs outlet narrow packer limit 5 15 160 270 Ibs 5 00 675 35 270 300 Ibs 34 80 6 64 5 4 few 140 160 Ibs 4 65 4 5 00 mediumweight and heavy sows 4 25 4 35 steady at 64 90 down CATTLE receipts 7 500 fed steers few near term demand slow yearlings about steady undertone weak.
Stock and bulls slow as dealers hold steady. Direct feeder cattle around 500 head. fed steers and yearlings see mixed quotes with some top bids near 9 to 10 dollars. Beef cows and canners range 5 to 6 dollars, bulls up to 7.60, stocker and feeder steers 7.75 to 9.00, fat lambs bidding lower though slaughter lambs bring above 4.50 for feeders.
Hogs continue lower with all grades down 10 cents and top at 5.10. Cattle market trend down 25 cents with fancy selects. Lambs 70 to 90 pounds around 8.00, bucks about 1 dollar less others vary by quality. Sheep market details show genuine spring lambs in range.
New York AP report shows a moderately lower market with leaders slipping while declines among groups were modest and light on volume. Steel shares softened after an early attempt to stabilize. Traders cited light business prospects, political uncertainty, budget cuts, and European war indecision as factors. Around 400000 shares changed hands, the smallest full-session total this year. Laggards included Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Eastman Kodak and Great Northern rails and utilities were narrow. Loft and National Biscuit edged higher while Lake Shore Creole Petroleum and Pantepec Oil showed little vigor in curb trading.
Wheat prices eased on the Chicago boards amid slow activity. May wheat at 1.005 1.00% with declines across corn oats rye and soybeans, while Buenos Aires and Winnipeg markets also moved lower. Exports in North America were flat and buying cited after reports of Texas crop damage.
Open and close figures for May July and October wheat are listed with highs lows and percentages. Minneapolis cash grain notes receipts for Monday show lower quotations across dark northern and hard winter categories with No 3 yellow corn and oats and barley prices also provided.
Chicago cash grain and seed prices list a range of commodities with bids including wheat corn oats barley and soybeans. Prices show No 1 to No 3 grades for wheat corn and oats, barley malting and seed, with soybeans and various forage seeds also quoted and note the presence of sample grades and nominal ranges.
A dense, period stock listing shows prices for Adams Express, Alaska Juneau, American Can, Chrysler Motors, Coca Cola, General Electric, Union Carbide, Sears Roebuck, and many more. The page records numerous bid and offer figures across industries, with entries like International Harvester, Lehigh Valley, Armour & Co, Boeing, and Penn RR, among others, reflecting Monday quotations and market activity.
list of miscellaneous Cedar Rapids market prices for grain and feed including corn and soybeans, hay and straw, butterfat grades, and delivered poultry prices. Wholesale fruits and vegetables list lemons oranges grapefruits celery lettuce onions cabbages tomatoes carrots cauliflower potatoes apples cranberries and hide market prices with various grade distinctions.
Live poultry prices show steady hens around 14 to 15 cents per pound with various breeds listed. Butter, eggs, carrots, and potatoes move with unsettled creamery butter and firm eggs while potato buyers face heavy supplies and slow demand across U S No 1 and washed lots.
AP dispatch lists egg receipts 11 747 firm mixed colors from fancy to extra fancy and quotes by weight and quality. Butter receipts 550 181 unsettled with creamery prices higher than extras and varied scores. State whole milk flats receipts 256 591 steady to firm with held 1938 and 1939 fresh prices.
Fragmentary price list likely from Lamson Bros and Co noting butter eggs and various items. The readable lines list February and March values and odd garbled text. the legible pieces point to a historical goods catalog or store ledger entry. No clear event or people beyond organization name.
New York bond prices held steady in a quiet market as rails led buoyant issues near noon. The curb saw a rise in Standard Gas and Electric obligations, gaining around a point after last week’s rapid decline. Norwegian government dollar loans showed strength while most foreign issues fell from last week’s levels. U S government bonds closed mixed with modest ranges and gains among corporates like Anaconda Copper and Studebaker.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Baird Miller were held at the Yocom chapel with Rev. DeJong officiating. Burial was in Clarence. Several Marion residents and out-of-town relatives attended. Regency notices and local club meetings followed, including the Marion Nature and Garden club and the Laff-a-Lot club.
Mrs. Glenn A. Larkin hosted a Sunday picnic supper for her husband and Mrs. Thomas Barkwill, with bridge at three tables and prizes won by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hall. Ananiyi Camp Fire group will run the Lions Club dinner meeting at Michel tea room Tuesday evening.
Central City celebrates 20 years of ministry at Federated church with open house for Rev. Arnold O. Kenyon who served as WWI chaplain. North Liberty reports the Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting with new directors and officers. Washington notes Bethlehem commandery installs officers led by T. L. Brockhart and others. Faye Ellis Schirmer dies at 39 after diphtheria illness. survivors include husband Forrest and four children. West Branch announces the January 21 marriage of Jessie Thomas and Charles R. Worrall with reception at Iowa City and plans to reside in West Branch.
Wisconsin cheese exchange lists upcoming prices for the week with items including daisies 16c, brick 14 1 2c, horns 16c, cheddars 15 1 2c. Farmers' call board repeats daisy 16c and horns 16c with cheddar at 15 1 2c in Plymouth Wisconsin.
U S Department reports light interest in fine and half blood domestic wools in Boston Monday with foreign origin wools drawing more inquiries. Three-eighths and quarter-blood domestic wools saw few sales, while country-packed lots sold at 41 to 43.5 cents in the crease and delivered to users at a similar price range for similar bales.
A Cedar Rapids delegation of about 25 Iowa labor leaders met Gov. George A. Wilson to push construction of a $6 million dam on the Iowa river at Curtis. They planned to circulate petitions to reopen hearings, while the governor pledged to consult the conservation commission and attorney general on the issue. The project aims to curb flood risk near Iowa City, but faces opposition over Lake Macbride state park backwater concerns.
Reuters dispatch from Doorn reports former Kaiser Wilhelm II in excellent health after a London Daily Mail note of anxiety and influenza confinement. The conflicting bulletins describe his condition while he remains at his estate.
In a Chicago apartment fire a mother urged her nine year old daughter Lillian to jump to safety from a second story window. The girl refused and died. The mother Anna Suzdek, 44, was critically burned and later died. Two other daughters, Helen 13 and Jennie 12, escaped by leaping to a paved alley.
Patricia Winfrey, who once threw a brick through a window to avoid work as a strip teaser, began a comeback on Monday. She works as a clerk and switchboard operator while Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, who holds her custody, would not disclose her workplace.
Chapter CS P. E. O. meets Tuesday at 7 30 PM at 844 Central Avenue hosted by Mrs Philip Crew with Mrs Weldon Campbell assisting. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Koch, Mr and Mrs Roberts and children Claire Louise Helen and John, and Hugo Schenken.
An ad listing notes Kenwood Transfer Persons seek references from readers and advertisers to arrange automobile transportation. The Gazette is urged as reference exchange material. Also items advertise products and services such as boric acid powder, knitting by Cedar Rapids Knitting Co, leather repair, watch repair, jewelry offers, and sleigh ride party contact details.
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