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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1946
Page
6
Unofficial Monday estimates list cattle 17 000 hogs 12 000 sheep 15 000 for Chicago markets. Saturday’s receipts around 500 head for hogs and cattle and 1 000 sheep, with hogs selling 14.75 to 14.85 and steady against last week. Beef steers 16.00 to 18.00, cows 10.00 to 14.50, calves 10.00 to 17.00. lambs 15.00 to 16.00, ewes 8.25, lambs 16.00.
Friday comparisons show hogs steady to 25 cents higher with barrows and gilts at 14.50 and sows 13.75. Cattle trends mix with steers around 17.65 maximum and heifers near 16.65, feeders 15.50, calves 17.50, and sheep lambs firmer with a mix of 14.50 to 15.85 for various grades.
CATTLE and SHEEP sections compare Friday receipts to the prior week with mixed shifts. Steers and heifers show steady to slightly lower quotes, cows down to 25c, bulls firm to 25c higher, and stockers steady to strong. Sheep demand remains mixed, with good slaughter lambs up 25c and feeders sharply lower on under 70 lb consignments.
USDA cattle figures from Kansas City show demand shifting with slaughter steers steady to higher for lower grades, and heifers cows and bulls up 25 cents. Vealers steady while stockers and feeders hold firm with multiple loads of choice steers around 17.00 to 17.40 per hundredweight and good to choice stockers and feeders near 14.75 to 16.00.
In New York on Saturday the bond market aimed higher but selling pressure produced an irregular close. U S governments held steady in both stock and over the counter dealings.
The Cedar Rapids hog market lists ceiling prices with primes at 14.45 dollars for top hogs and 13.70 for packers. Hog sizes 160 to 180 pounds fetch about 14.00 dollars, 180 to 490 pounds range 14.00 to 14.45, and 270 to 600 pounds around 14.00 to 14.45. Cattle quotes cover steers and heifers with choices from 16.25 down to 11.79 in various grades and weights. Calf and lamb markets show mixed values for strictly choice and good quality, with grain and hay prices also noted.
New York AP reports stocks advanced but with weak turnover and lingering resistance to a full market recovery. Trading remained among the slowest since September in a notably thin session.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 a.m. Saturday were 11,900, down from 24,300 a week ago and 26,700 a year ago. Loads were active and steady with lighter loadings than last weekend. Prices show various weights of pigs and sows with bids around 13.00 to 14.50 per cwt depending on weight class.
Hog price ranges shown for Des Moines markets with good packing sows and feeder weights listed. Mississippi River levels at several gauges show no change or small rises, with Portage and Prairie du Chien noted along with McGregor readings.
Chicago market notes nominally steady butter and eggs with varied price quotes across grades and lots. Butter shows multiple scores around 88 92 with cents. eggs list extras and standards across several car lots, printing mixed quotations. cheese quoted as twins and horns at 26 cents.
The Navy ended the search for five torpedo bombers missing with 14 crew members off the Florida coast since December 5. After scouring 380000 square miles by air and sea, the Navy discontinued the operation.
Chicago reports oats and barley countering the steady to firm grain trend. Prices mostly unchanged or mixed with minor shifts while cotton fabric ceilings influence others. Wheat No 2 at 1.82, corn and oats with limited activity, and hay prices listed for several forage seeds.
Mrs Laura Ulery former elementary education director in Cedar Rapids schools was injured when her car was struck on the left side by a fire truck en route to a fire in Detroit Michigan. Her daughter Mona Anderson of Detroit telephoned the Jacksons to report she would be hospitalized about two months.
Robert E. Blair, 21, of Williamsburg a pre dental student at the University of Iowa suffered a severe laceration of the upper left arm and minor cuts on his back and head when he tripped on entrance steps of the Legion Town club at 310 Third avenue SE Friday night. He was taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital where his condition Saturday morning was reported as good.
Mrs. Mary Klinger from route 1 stepped too close to a stove when the house cooled Friday evening. She was burned on the back and taken to St. Luke's Hospital with first and second degree burns. She said the stove smoked the house and she opened a window to air it. while backing away her clothing caught fire. Her condition Saturday morning was reported as good.
Walter Hakensen of Davenport suffered a possible fracture of the left leg when a semi-trailer slid into his car on Highway 64 about noon Friday ten miles east of Marion. He was taken to St Luke's hospital and reported his car narrowly avoided a creek as the truck slid on snow and stopped against a road embankment post.
On February 21 1946 TLUSTY KA was appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of John Tilusty late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors are asked to promptly settle debts and claimants must file authenticated claims in the Linn County District Court.
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