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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1952
Page
4
Salable livestock Saturday estimates show cattle steady to weak for wealers, hogs 10 to 50 cents lower led by sows, and sheep largely steady. Receipts include 9,000 hogs, 600 calves and cattle, with prices for various weight classes and classifications listed in the market report.
Slaughter classes generally steady to weak in a light market test. Few cattle offered, stockers and feeders weak. One load mostly choice lightweight fed steers at 31.25. Utility and commercial cows around 20.50,24. Cows carried into next week. odd utility and commercial bulls at 23.50 to 26.25.
Kansas City cattle receipts show 800 cattle and 50 calves offered, but not enough of any class to test the market.
The stock market rose for a third straight day in New York, with most stocks advancing slightly. Trading picked up to about 1.6 million shares as investors pushed prices to new highs for 1952 amid a broad list of gainers and a few fractional declines.
Sioux City cattle receipts total about 500 with calves 25. Prices range from utility to low good fed steers about 23 to 30 dollars per hundredweight, and good to choice heifers around 28.50 to 30.50. Cows steady with utility and commercial 21 to 23.50, canners and cutters 17 to 20.50. stockers and feeders scarce.
Chicago up live poultry market pins prices with white cross and Plymouth Rock at 28 to 30 cents for various hens and broilers at 25 cents. Cheese prices hold firm with Swiss AB 55 to 57 cents and many lines firm around 66 to 68 cents per pound. Eggs receipts 16,682 cases with extras 60 to 69.9 percent A and over 40 cents a dozen. standards 37 cents. Potatoes arrivals on track total 1,044 shipments. market strong with California long whites and Pontiacs selling around 7.50 to 9.75 per 50 pounds for track and street sales.
In New York the wholesale dairy market shows steady prices for cheese and butter with labeled grades and marginal changes. Eggs also hold value with mixed weights and size categories listed as unchanged or slightly up in parts of the report.
Chicago AP reports a narrow trading range for grains with subdued activity. Rye edged up while wheat and corn fluctuated, July futures quoted with small changes and soybeans mixed as traders await clearer signals.
AP report shows cash wheat bids with No 2 at 1.859 and No 3 at 1.80 1/4 with various sample grades. No 2 heavy mixed oats at 82 and No 2 heavy white at 83. Soybeans and No 5 corn values also noted with nominal figures.
Iowa market notes hog prices with top bid around 19.75 for 160 to 170 pound hogs. Prices decline by weight class from 170 pounds up to 500 pounds with sow values listed and mixed day movement.
The card lists butcher meat prices in Waterloo by weight ranges, with several brackets from 160 pounds up to 260 pounds and prices from 17.50 to 25.00. Specific entries show 160-170 Ibs at 17.25, 170-190 Ibs at 19.25, 190-240 Ibs at 19.75, and 250-260 Ibs at 25.00, among others.
Receipts Friday estimated at 38 000 with a week-ago holiday 52 000 and actual Thursday 34 000. Slaughter plants unload at two Minnesota sites and about 30 Iowa concentrates with some cross-state buyers. Markets vary from active to slow with prices steady to 25 cents higher for barrows and sows across weight ranges.
Iowa City police charged five university students with loitering at the city pool after a 2:30 a.m. incident. A Purdue student identified as Scott Gibson paid a $15 fine, while four University of Iowa students—Marilyn Jensen, Sally McCormack, Harry Grove, and John Fenton—were also cited. The pool’s regular closing time is 9:30 p.m.
A forum on capital traffic problems heard a motorist argue that stop signs should say Yield right of way to better control intersections. He proposed changing signage to improve driver compliance and safety.
Classified page shows ad rates for one to seven days and two to seven lines with out of town ads payable in advance. Also contained are bereavement thanks and in memoriam notices, lost and found items, personal notices, and rummage sale announcements with locations and times. The text includes names and contact numbers for listings and reminders of deadlines for Sunday publication.
An assorted page lists gas and heating firms, bail bonds, private investigators, jewelers, rental services, nursing home, and numerous trades. It includes hauling, painting, flooring, roofing, septic services, lawn care, and moving vans with multiple contact numbers and addresses across Iowa locales.
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