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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1982
Page
2
Cedar Rapids market notes show steady to lower corn prices with No 2 and new crop quotes ranging from 2.38 to 2.66 as buyers operate 7 to 10 a.m. A Waterloo firm was unavailable for quotes while oats and soybeans also traded lower or steady. Pro Grain provided the quotes via Cedar Rapids.
Federal-State Market News reports a steady undertone for live hens and light, scattered demand. Farm eggs show unchanged prices with limited grading and strong weekend outlet needs. Iowa hogs trade slow with varying loads. dressed meat markets reflect slow beef and pork activity pre-holiday trading.
Hog prices rose across categories with No 1-2 hogs at 210-240 lb and 60.50-61.00, lighter lots near 400 head at 61.00, and 240-260 lb around 60.50 to 61.00. No 2-3 and heavier ranges 300-400 lb 54.50-55.50, 360-400 lb 52.00-52.50. Sows up to 25 higher. cattle markets weak with insufficient slaughter classes for test. Central Iowa holiday impact noted. Sioux City hogs 2,500 head with steady sow prices and No 1-2 butchers 50-61.00.
A roundup of events across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns includes sports days at Midway Arena and Hawkeye Downs, tours from Bever Park, and numerous performances. Highlights feature Sweet Charity and Deathtrap at local theaters, plus concerts, parades, fireworks, and a large All-Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs with Liebel Circus.
Century Farm certificates will be presented at the All Iowa Fair honoring 11 east central Iowa families owned land for over a century. Among the inductees in Linn County are Edmund Z Beatty and Craig Wright, with lineage tracing to founder Albert Burnett of the Alburnett and Cedar Rapids areas. The ceremony at Hawkeye Downs marks a first at the All Iowa Fair.
Ten farms in Iowa receive Century Farm designation with deeds dating to the 1870s and 1880s. Recipients include Benton County farms of Mrs. Ruth Hartz Newhall and Marcus P Scheel Dysart, plus Anna Wanmser Elberon and others in Delaware, Washington, Linn, and Jones counties. Grandchildren will collect for some farms.
A long list of local notices and ads covers a July bowling tourney for Cedar Rapids police and firefighters at Lancer Lanes with proceeds to Muscular Dystrophy, plus civic appointments, restaurant hours, sale items, travel specials, and bank closures. It includes Rodney M. Oto’s move to Colorado College, holiday hours, and various local business promotions.
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