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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
22
Chicago AP reports USDA estimates Tuesday salable livestock receipts at 6,500 cattle 8,000 hogs 1,000 sheep. Hogs fell for the first time in a week with butchers mostly 25 to 50 cents lower and sows about 25 lower. Steers held steady to 50 lower and heifers 25 down.
Hog receipts around 9000 with slow, generally weak trading. butchers under 230 lb and over 230 lb mostly 25 cents lower, sows down with some 50 cent declines. Cattle receipts 23000. calves firm, steers 50 cents lower, heifers down 25 cents, cows steady. bulls and calves firm. Sheep 2500. lambs 50 cents higher, pelts 91-103 lb at 20 to 22 dollars.
Receipts Monday estimated 45 000 week ago 52 000 year ago 49 000 actuals Saturday 30 500 fairly active Prices for butchers and sows mostly steady with some 10 to 25 cent gains Top price 19 90 Barrows and gilts by weight ranges U S 1-3 160-360 Ibs with varied bids Sows showing 270-550 Ibs price spread across several brackets
In Omaha cattle receipts totaled 17 000 with calves 150. Fed steers under 1 150 pounds traded best, while other classes moved unevenly. Prices ranged from 12.25 to 26.00 for cows and from 19.00 to 24.00 for stockers and feeders, with top loads of fed steers around 23.75 and choice to prime grades noted.
Cedar Rapids hog market quotes show minor gains for meat type and fats with various adjustments across delivery prices. Grain and poultry items feature No 2 corn at 26, oats at 61 cents, soybeans steady, and mixed egg and poultry prices across sizes and grades.
New York- Key shares declined modestly with aircraft stocks among the weakest performers. The market saw a small overall drop as traders recorded a volume of about two thousand fifty.
Sioux City cattle receipts reach 10 000 with slaughter slow on steers over 1200 lbs. Early sales steady to weak, some 25 cents lower for large lots of choice steers over 1200 lbs. Heifers active but weak, some 25 cents lower. Cows steady, bulls about steady. Price ranges show bulk for choice steers around 21.75 to 23.00, standard and low good roughly 17.50 to 18.00, heifers 18.50 to 21.50 with some 16.00 to 18.00 for standard and low good.
Waterloo market reports steady butchers in ranges from 160 to 189 pounds and up to 360 pounds for sows with varied price quotes. Prices shown include 160-170 Ibs at 16.95, 170-180 Ibs 19.95, and 300-360 Ibs around 17 to 18 dollars per hundred weight, reflecting a stable trading day.
Seed delivery details for field grass seed in Chicago and regional varieties. Includes prices for Red F F, Aisike Yellow, Sweet Clover, Alfalfa Central and Northern, and Red Clover. Lists per 100 units and small quantity pricing with currency signs and partial product names.
Butter steady with receipts of 482000 for two days. Creamery 93 score AA 60 to 614 cents. 90 score A 59 to 64 cents. 90 score B 58 to 56 cents. Eggs barely steady with two day receipts 29509. extras 48 to 50 lbs 29 to 31 cents. large 45 to 48 lbs 28 to 29.5 cents. standard large 27.2 to 28 cents.
Live poultry steady at 36,000 lbs with heavy hens 14-16e and light hens. Cheese about steady with daisies and longhorns at 38% and 39c processed leaf 46-37e. Swiss A 42-43c B 39-41e. Butter steady with 1,445,000 lbs at 59c for 93 and 92 score. 90 score 56-42c. Eggs about steady 15,400 cases white large extras 29c, mediums 25c, standards 28c. Potatoes old arrivals 43, track 68e. Friday 729, Saturday 453, Sunday 19. California long whites 3.00-3.20, round reds 2.85-3.15.
Liquidation and hedge selling pressured grains with wheat and corn lower. Old and new style wheat fell amid July contracts, corn dropped to around 1% lower, oats and rye eased, soybeans declined, and fats and lard prices also slipped on the day.
AP summary notes Chicago provisions show no wheat corn oats or soybeans in reported range. Soybean oil prices at 115 4, soybean meal 44 50 to 46 00, barley nominal 1 30 to 1 40, feed at 92 31 16.
The Roosevelt and Wilson choruses join for a concert in Wilson auditorium at 8 tonight. Various clubs schedule meetings this week including IOOF degree staff Friday at 7 30 p.m. and Amvet auxiliary Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Debates include Kiwanis luncheon with Lt Cmdr Nicholas Kersbergen Wednesday noon and a charity bus trip by Catholic Women on Wednesday 7 30 p.m. A traffic charge concerns Mrs. Robert Cook for leaving the scene after minor property damage. Vanderbilt graduates include Hubert G Buehler MD and Janet K Buehler nursing summa cum laude.
Anamosa parolee William Buettner, 20, charged with reckless driving and lack of a driver license after a Saturday crash in Cherokee. Police said the car involved was registered to his brother.
Miss Mabel Ellen Lucas of Brookline named president of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston for a one year term. Lucas, Idaho native raised in Spokane, has long served Christian Science healing and church duties, succeeding Clifford A. Woodard. Multiple notices report local moves, deaths, and community events in Marion and surrounding areas.
The Gazette lists one day three day and seven day want ad rates and limits. Lost and Found notices include a brown leather billfold lost on the west side Saturday afternoon. Notify J C Gienn at 115 5th Ave NE Independence Iowa EM 3 7027 for reward.
Henry Hesebeck and daughters Judy and Jeanne of Hubbard Ia meet relatives Mr and Mrs William Hattendorf of Ochevedan Ia. Mrs Newlin is mentioned as their cousin. Marion city council schedules a meeting tonight at 7 30 in the council chambers.
Paris court rules society hostess Elsa Maxwell must pay 300000 francs in damages to ex King Farouk for libel in her memoirs and imposes a 50000 franc fine. Translator and two publishers fined 50000 francs each. The book quoted Maxwell declining an invitation to avoid associating with clowns monkeys or corrupt gangsters.
A Chicago labor union lawyer leapt to his death from his apartment window hours before a scheduled trial on charges of luring a girl across a state line for immoral purposes. Daniel D. Carmell, 58, served as counsel for the Chicago and Illinois Federations of Labor and was a circuit court master in chancery. He denied the charges and the case was to begin Monday.
Classified style notice listing multiple services and job requests. Ronnie's Hauling Ashes rubbish removal carpentry painting tree service wall washing and farm help. Contact numbers include EM 4 1350 EM 3 7079 EM 5 3191 EM 2 8357 EM 3 6958 EM 3 2201 EM 2 9347 EM 2 9872 EM 3 5739 EM 3 03 EM 4 7225 EM 4 1318 EM 2 0849 EM 5 3328 EM 3 5549 plus single farm call 742 Walker Iowa.
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