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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
14
Chicago market reports steady to higher hog prices at a new high of 10.95 with receipts around 322000 head for June. Cattle and sheep values show mixed moves. wholesale beef stable, lambs weaker on thin dressed demand while hogs benefit from expanding packer demand and strong weights.
U S Department data shows total receipts near 24 000 with cattle calves hogs and sheep. Prices varied with hog top about 10.93 and steer tops near 9.25 while lambs traded around 10 to 11 dollars and stockers weaker across the week.
Receipts at St Paul Livestock South St Paul amount to 2800 with steers and stockers weak to lower. few fed steers steady. Choice 1260 lb beeves fetch $8.25, other good lots $6.75 to $7.75. dressy steers around $6.00 down to $5.50.
Combined hog receipts at 20 yards and 9 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday totaled 20 300 up from 15 500 a week ago and 8 800 a year ago Prices were steady to five cents higher with trade fairly active Light weights 140-160 lb at 9.10 to 9.90 good and choice. 160-180 lb 9.65 to 10.25. 180-200 lb 10.00 to 10.50. 200-220 lb 10.00 to 10.50. 220-250 lb 9.90 to 10.45. 250-290 lb 9.60 to 10.25. 350 lb and up 8.70 to 9.20.
Hogs receipts steady to 15 cents higher with top at 10.00. Weights 170-220 lbs at 10.35, 160-260 lbs 10.15 to 10.35, 260-300 lbs 9.70 to 10.30, 130-160 lbs 9.75 to 10.30, sows 8.90 to 9.15, pigs up to 9.75. Cattle receipts 7,500 with calves 500. steers and yearlings 7.50 to 8.75, heifers 6.75 to 8.15, cows 3.75 to 4.50, cutters 3.00 to 3.50, bulls 4.25 to 5.00, wealers 7.00, few 7.50. Sheep receipts 3,500. lambs and sheep weaker about 25 cents. spring lambs near 10.00.
In Waterloo hogs hold steady while Mason City lists mixed price shifts per weight classes from 140 to 425 pounds. Prices range from about 8.35 to 10.20 dollars with light to heavy hogs showing modest gains and packers margins noted. Ottumwa also reports unchanged hogs.
The Austin hog market lists prices by weight class with steers steady to 5 cents higher. Demand ranges from 180 to 350 pounds with values from about 9.00 to 10.05 per hundredweight, including various bands for 250 to 350 pounds and 275 to 550 pounds sows around 6.60.
Hogs advanced a nickel on Tuesday on the local market with top price reaching 10.35. The best packing grades held steady while other local markets showed no change.
Local Cedar Rapids price list shows grains with wheat at 86 88c per unit, oats 24 27c, rye 50 54c, barley 30 45c, and corn ear at 70 lbs 50 54c shelled yellow Nos 2 3 4 at 57c 55 2c 54c. Produce includes hens, cock and Leghorn prices, broilers, apples Winesap at 2.50 box, oranges lemons bananas, lettuce celery cabbage cantaloupes onions and pineapples with varied per unit or crate prices. Cured hides and horse price 2.50 claimed. notes Grade manes tails pony glue hides.
Medium and low priced rails moved irregularly higher with gains for Northwestern 4s St. Paul 5s Boston and Maine 5s Lehigh Valley 4s Missouri Kansas Texas 4s and Southern Railway 4s. Illinois Central 4 3 4s Erie 5s and Baltimore and Ohio 4 4 s declined lightly. American Rolling Mill 4 3 4s Anaconda Copper 4 4 2 s North American 5s and Texas Convertible 5s faced pressure. U S government issues were steady with limited advances. Foreign bonds were mixed Cuba 5 4 2 s down a point Poland 7s off slightly. Others quiet.
Scattered showers in western drought regions and soft outside markets pushed Chicago futures lower. Wheat closed down about 1 to 1.5 cents with July at around 92 to 94, corn off fractions to a penny, oats down fractions, and rye holding firm as lard moved lower with grains amid liquidations and hedging.
Market notes list cash wheat, oats, rye, soybeans and barley prices by grade, plus Timothy and clover seed values and lard quotes. Chicago prices shown for No 1 red wheat, No 2 yellow corn, oats and soybeans, with yellow and white corn varieties and sample grades included.
Minneapolis AP market summary lists wheat receipts at 75 cars with prices for July through December contracts and various classes including No 1 dark north and Montana hard types. Corn No 3 yellow bids around 76.2 cents and oats No 3 white around 30 to 31 cents.
Receipts 51, shipments 847, overall demand slow and supplies moderate for potatoes. Prices vary by region with Oklahoma and Arkansas Bliss varieties around 3.25, California White Rose up to 3.35, and mixed grades showing heating in some regions. Poultry live offerings include hens, roosters, and turkeys with multiple weight brackets and regional price spreads. Butter and eggs receipts and prices steady and unchanged.
New York AP market notes show eggs receipts 32 225 irregular mixed colors special packs from fresh receipts 234 26c standards 2234c dirties No 1 42 lbs 2034c other mixed unchanged. TTER receipts 395 steady to firm tires unchanged. Ss 158 firm prices unchanged. Live poultry steady by freight Neches colored and rocks 17.25 dollars. other freight prices unchanged.
Chicago futures for butter end with unclear storage standard figures. The AP report notes futures pricing around 31 percent in November and 30 percent in June, with references to refrigerator standards and October values. Details are partially garbled but indicate volatility in dairy futures.
AP dispatch from Minneapolis notes flour futures down 15 cents with carload family patent sacks at 6.50 to 6.70 a barrel in 98 pound cotton bags. Shipments listed at 32.00. Pure bran priced at 20 with 1.50 and standard architect figures 50G 26.00.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Boston buyers show limited demand for domestic wool with fine western grades in demand. Prices ranged from 2 to 3 cents under top bids for combing wools, while fine Ohio delaine fleeces sold at 35 to 36 cents grease.
The bulletin lists international currencies with varying rates including Britain 502 percent demand, France 7.87, Belgium 16.90, Germany 40.36, Poland 68.12, Greece .9442 and other figures.
Czechoslovakia and other country prices listed with totals in New York sugar market note. Raw sugar futures show no change, refined also steady. US bond closings include Treasury issues 4s 1947–52 at 117.23, 44–54 at 113, 3% bonds at 108.13, 3s 43–47 at 108, 3% 46–49 at 106, and 3s 51–55 at 104.9.
Wall Street traders moved toward specialties while some leaders lagged. Chrysler drew attention on stock split rumors and payouts, holding near a six year high after profit taking. Transfers reached about 800,000 shares as earnings and dividends buoyed selective issues and steel stocks stayed steady amid labor concerns.
Ledel Wilkening an 18 year old farm youth was seriously injured Tuesday when gored by a bull on his father's farm His father beat off the bull with a club to save him At Davenport hospital it was expected he would recover.
The favored Hindenburg arrived over the east coast of England at 10 am G M T on her fourth run from Frankfurt to Lakehurst. She was traveling at about 60 miles an hour toward Dublin as calm weather aided the journey.
A Marion Service club meeting discussed proposed locations for a new post office. A committee of McElwain Smith and Bidwick will assist property owners seeking government land sale. bids due July 13.
Funeral services for Ralph W. Oxley a farmer near Marion were held Tuesday in the Yocom chapel with Rev Earle A Baker of Cedar Falls Methodist church officiating. Burial followed in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Oxley died Sunday on his seventy seventh birthday from a ruptured appendix.
The Ladies Aid divisions of multiple churches schedule picnics at parks and homes with hostesses named for each group. Officers will be elected at a True Blue division meeting. Other notices include a Rachel Booth guild all day event, a Comforter division luncheon, a camping Fire Camp party, and a concert at the Christian church. Several families plan visits and returns from trips, with transport calls and picnic setup details.
Miss Iva Stevens hosted a kitchen shower for bride elect Ann Welday of Cedar Rapids with a yellow and green theme. Guests included Mrs Joss, Mrs Erwin, Mrs Wallace, and others. Virginia Murray will run games for the Oxford club and Epworth League picnic at 5:30 tonight, with supper at 6:30. Also reports on Mrs Loretta Austin recovering from appendicitis, the Brown family returning to St Paul after visiting Cedar Rapids and Marion, and Mrs Theodore Munier and son Dale George now at the Munier home near Marion. Mrs Harold Peterson to host the Dry Creek Woman's Progressive club Thursday afternoon. Henry Miller advertisement for battery raised fries and Friday delivery. Mrs A Leonard of Battle Creek visiting in the Storck home.
Mayor John H. Parour on Tuesday warned residents to obey the city ordinance restricting fireworks before July 4. Violators face arrest and arraignment before the mayor.
The Gazette in Marion hosted carriers at a picnic supper at Upper Palisades on Monday. A tenball game between the Wild Oats and the Tigers ended 43 to 41 in favor of the Tigers with Harlan Dye serving as umpire among the group that included John.
The Gazette states it will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion of an advertisement ordered for more than one day. The disclaimer appears in the ad rate notice and clarifies liability limits for run-length errors.
Sam Jackson Titus Maurice Flack Carlton Oxley Jacob Snell Earl Davin Cordon Spence Roscoe Markert Frank Lockner Robert Maxson Harold Thompson Robert Kennedy John Nelson Donald Beadle F D Ross and H A Dye. Cars were furnished by Fred Ross Robert Kennedy John Titus and Jacob Snell.
Barber shops dry goods clothing and hardware stores will close all day Saturday for the Fourth of July while staying open Friday evening. Grocery stores and meat markets remain open Friday evening but will close Saturday after noon.
An OCR fragment shows Bird & Son, Inc. roofing manufacturer, with a display line “Hello 8181” and Limback Lumber Co. listed, plus partial contact or product phrasing. ESTABLISHED 1795 appears in the damaged text.
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