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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1941
Page
14
Live hog prices rose about 25 cents from Friday with top quotations at 10.75 for choice cuts. Best light pork loins wholesale at 23 per hundred pounds. Better grade spring lambs up 25 to 35 cents to 12.85. Light weight steers and yearlings steady amid strong hog demand and moderate arrivals. Official receipts show Tuesday hogs 14 000 cattle 8 000 and sheep 1 000.
Cattle receipts 15,000 with calves 800 and light weight steers in steady demand. Weighty bulls weak. early sales to 12.00 with several loads above that. Hogs receipts 11,000 with top notes around 1.60 to 1.76 per pound for heavy butcher weights. Sheep about 500 with spring lambs 25 to 35 cents higher and best native ewes around 4.75. Market mixed but firming across cattle and hogs.
Hog and cattle market update from Ottumwa Mason City and Mason City notes show hogs up to 20 cents higher with varying prices by weight. Cattle values also listed with ranges for steers cows and yearlings across districts.
AP reports Sioux City cattle market with 50,000 calves and 25 cent salable receipts. Fed yearlings and matured steers are steady, heifers firm, cows about steady, stockers and feeders scarce but fully steady. Bulk fed steers and yearlings show steady demand. Beef cows average 7.59 to 8.78, canners and cutters 5.75 to 7.00. Fat lambs and spring lambs show firm tones.
Combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards in interior and southern Minnesota for the 48 hour period ended Monday 6 a.m. show 40,790 head, up from 39,690 a week ago and 42,500 a week prior. Slaughter and mix prices trend higher with dressed weights and hog classes listed in ranges and per head figures.
Opened slow and later moderately active with hogs mostly 10 to 25 cents higher. good sows 9.90 to 10.10. Cattle sales steady to weak with steer and heifer groups steady. feeder stockers active and strong with most sales midsized calves and yearlings. Prices shown for various categories including light to heavy hogs and cattle, with ranges and notable declines in some classes.
AP reports Department of Agriculture figures for hogs and cattle in Peoria with receipts around 3 800 head. Light and 200 to 280 pound hogs ranged top to $10.65 for extreme, futures at $8.75 to $10.25 for light weights, while cows and steers showed steady to firmer values with top steers near $11.00 and good cows around $9.60 to $9.75. Sheep and lamb receipts were 100 with lambs steady top about $12.90 and ewes around $4.00.
Readable items show weights listed as 330 260 and 990 360 500 with prices such as 9.90 and 9.404 and 3.70. The fragment lacks coherent context and complete nouns to identify a real event or report.
The local hog market moved higher with all grades up 15 cents. Long-haul top prices reach 10.40 as buyers report good hogs across various weight ranges from 140 to 390 pounds. Packers show strong demand with multiple weight classes steady or higher. Cattle and sheep sections note price tiers for steers, cutters, and lambs with mixed gains and dependable demand.
Market listings show grain and bean prices, including Wheat No 1 at 92c and No 2 at 90c, Soybeans New No 2 at $1.29, and straw around $7.00. Poultry values appear with hens at 3c, hides listed with varying cents, and assorted farm goods in a miscellaneous Cedar Rapids section.
New York bond market opened with broad gains as prices rose fractions to over a point in many issues. Heavy early buying faded by noon but overall levels stayed well above previous quotes with notable activity in St Paul 5s, Ireland General 4s, and Treasury segments including Home Owners 3 44-46 and Treasury Dis 49-53.
Unclear OCR fragment presents stock figures and odd notation. Listed values include 97, 8.05, 41.78, 41.98, 41.44 and 5.00 with scattered letters. No coherent event or names to anchor a full news item.
A report notes that twenty eight percent of soils in the Dutch East Indies are of the Semel os type. The finding highlights regional soil diversity and potential agricultural implications across the colony.
In New York the German Russian war outbreak fueled a brisk market rally before gains faded. Early volume surged with orders flooding the floor as leaders like U S Steel appeared in large blocks. Bonds followed stocks, with most commodities strong, amid bullish views on a Hitler Stalin clash. several names including Standard Oil Western Union Texas Pacific and U S Steel led the move.
Wheat futures spurted to new seasonal peaks as buyers rushed in and shorts covered. Soybeans rose over 6 cents a bushel with top levels the best in four years, while corn and oats gained early before retreating. Local elevators sold bulge amid strong volume and about 200,000 bushels of corn moved around noon.
A historical price listing for corn soybeans rye barley and oats with bid and offer figures in several grades. Includes No 2 yellow corn at 67 41 and No 1 yellow at 75 c and rye and barley price notes across multiple categories and units.
Furnished market summary with futures figures charting November and October prices. Mentions standard values 37 85 and 37 99, along with October 29.75 and 28.85 figures. Includes producer Lamson Bree Co and agency notes on commodity pricing and delivery expectations.
Financial listings show Adams Express and Alaska Juneau among movers with varied percentages. Major names include International Harvester, Allied Chem, International Mining, Johns Manville, Kennicott Copper, Lockheed, American Can, American Steel, Armour & Co, and Atlantic Rig, with prices and percent changes reflecting a mixed market tone.
Market report lists fresh produce and poultry items with prices per dozen or pound. Includes guineas ducks turkeys and daisies, with receipts at 23 868 cases and marked market conditions showing steady demand and firm to higher prices in parts.
Fragmented quote lists prices and grades for onions or produce with mixed colors and storage terms. Mentions various fractions and percentages, without clear context or complete items.
AP report notes cheese prices for June 23 to 28 including cheddar and brick varieties. Wool sales in Boston were slow with most lots unsold or reported at minor declines. fleece prices ranged around two to three dollars per unit for fine territory staples on scoured basis.
Two residents of Iowa City face liquor law charges after alleged violations reported by local authorities. The case involves suspected illegal sales and related offenses, triggering investigations by city police and state regulators.
Ben Hogan and Tommy Demaret win Inverness with the widest margin to date in the event. Hogan and Demaret lead through the final rounds as Byron Nelson and Jimmy Thomson chase in this Inverness professional invitational.
The city health commission announced showers will be available twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 3 PM at eight playgrounds. Locations include Elks on Sixth Street and G Avenue NW Roosevelt on C Avenue and Thirteenth Street NW Reed at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street SW Lincoln on Ninth Street and Eighteenth Avenue SW Van Buren at Third Street and Fourteenth Avenue SW McKinley near McKinley Street SE Buchanan at Twentieth Street and Higley Avenue SE and Kenwood at Thirty-second Street and C Avenue NE.
Haegg Construction secured the Sixteenth Avenue bridge paving contract for brick work at 6 545 dollars on a low bid. Work to start by July 1 and finish by August 1. Competing bids were Don Chris ge Construction 7 000 and Hargrave Construction 7 120. A Kenwood sidewalk order lists Dan Christensen 4 885 and Haegg 4 980.
Don Parker, in his first year of golf, scored a hole-in-one on a 156 yard hole at Hilltop Sunday. It marked the fourth ace on the Hilltop course since its 19 years of operation, with Fran cis Mills, Henry Hendrickson, Gien Zirbes and Walter Mehsling as his playing partners.
Quaker Oats, in second place behind M. and J., will meet the Engineers in a postponed game Tuesday at 5 30 p m at the Gelsoaks Gueee.
Classified advert rates show two to seven line prices for consecutive days with minimum two lines. Out of town ads require advance placement and box numbers. Sample entries include lost item notices and personnel references with contact details.
A fragmented classified cluster advertises painting roofing gutters and cleaned services. It includes paint work cement masonry electrical plumbing and rubbish hauling with various contact numbers and free estimates offered by multiple providers.
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