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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1940
Page
4
In a thin trading day, hogs were steady to 16 cents lower as Tuesday estimates show cattle at 7 000, hogs 14 000, and sheep 6 000. Chicago AP reports a generally steady to weak cattle market and little activity in fat lambs, with Lamson Brothers supplying the market data.
Hogs hold steady with top quotes near 65.00 and varied ranges for 169 to 600 lb animals across Waterloo Mason City and Ottumwa markets. Cattle also steady while hogs show selective gains in heavier fat classes and differing packer quotes.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 16 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8 am Monday total 35 000, down from 45 900 last week. Prices range 4 25 to 4 85 per hundredweight for various 160 to 360 pound hogs with several price points noted across weight classes.
Austin Minnesota report shows barrows and gilts in multiple weight classes selling from about 3.70 to 5.00 per hundredweight. Prices vary by weight with 140-150 lb pigs at 3.70 to 4.00 and 300-330 lb range around 4.10 to 4.40, while sows in heavier classes bring roughly 3.30 to 4.05.
U S Department of Agriculture notes salable receipts totaling 3 800 cattle and larger hog and sheep runs. Cattle steady to firm with bulls and yearlings mixed. fat stock unchanged. Hogs slow with steers and week’s weights pricing from 4 85 to 5 10 per cwt. Sows and feeders varied. lamb activity limited with early bids around 25 cents lower and top native stockers near 9 50 to 49 75.
Receipts total 3000 cattle 9000 hogs and 6000 sheep and lambs with varied price shifts. Cattle saw steers mostly steady to strong and cows and bulls largely steady with stockers up modestly while hogs opened lower on lighter weights and bid declines. Lambs offered as fresh supply with limited choice and strong prices near week’s end.
Hog receipts 15 000. total 24 000. Slower and lower by up to 10 cents from Friday. Top hogs 5 35. most 4 10 to 5 30. Cattle receipts 11 600. calves 1 000. Steers and yearlings weak. few loads 8 25 to 10 25. best unsold, most cattle bidless. Heifers steady. cows scarce. bulls steady to weak. Sheep and lambs limited trading with lambs around 10 00 to 10 25 and bids 15 25 to 25 lower.
Hog receipts total 6 566 with slow demand and prices down 15 cents from Friday. top hogs 5.15 for 240 lb ships. Packages across weight ranges mostly 4.25 to 4.90. Sows 4.00 to 4.15. Cattle and calves show slower but steady to firm demand. fed steers and yearlings mostly 8.00 to 9.50, some up to 10.00+, heifers 7.25 to 8.25, beef cows 5.50 to 6.50, cann ers and cutters noted.
Livestock prices mixed with bids for bulls at 4.25 to 5.25, top dealers 9.50, stocker and feeder steers 7.50 to 9.50, short yearlings 10.00 to 10.50. Sheep active 5,700 head, fat lambs down early 25 cents, other classes steady, fed wooled lambs 9.00 to 9.50, best above 9.75, slaughter cows 5.50, shearing lambs 9.10 to 9.50, feeding lambs 8.65.
Hogs weakened on the local market Monday with most grades down five cents. top price falls to 4.90. Cattle remain in Fancy selects for 140-190 Ibs, with others by weight and quality. Sheep market shows genuine spring lambs 70-90 Ibs at 9.00 dollars, buck prices down one dollar. other usia by quality.
Cedar Rapids market listings report prices for grain hay and straw dairy butterfat poultry and wholesale fruits vegetables and hides. Wheat oats rye barley corn flax soybeans lemons oranges grapefruit celery lettuce onions cabbage tomatoes carrots cauliflower potatoes apples russets Winesaps and various hides with unit prices across categories.
AP dispatch reports live poultry movement with 26 trucks and mixed hen, leghorn, Plymouth Rock, and White Rock prices across weights. Butter and egg receipts steady with grade prices. potatoes on track with U S No 1 Russets around 1.92 to 2.10 per cwt. multiple regional varieties listed amid heavy supplies and moderate demand.
AP reports New York market data for eggs butter and cheese. Egg receipts total 22 647 with mixed colors and varied price ranges. butter receipts 557 619 steady with creamery price levels up to 28 34 cents. cheese receipts 254 691 irregular with state whole milk flats and held prices around 19 22 cents.
Market rundown shows Furnished by Lamson, Bros. and Co. with March soyates at 26.95 and refrigerator eggs at 17.35. Notes include torus at 18.60 and miscellaneous standards.
In New York trading, stock sentiment dampened by a new European peace initiative and the Hitler Mussolini talks. Early declines narrowed as offerings dried up. but closing prices remained irregular with waning down volume under 500000 shares. Notable names included Kroger Grocery Loft Douglas Aircraft Glenn Martin Curtiss Wright Chrysler Dow Chemical and Montgomery Ward.
Wide list of stocks and prices from Adams Express to Quaker O Com showing Monday quotations across industries. Includes banks, miners, automakers, utilities, foods, chemicals, railroads, and consumer goods firms with bid and percentage figures.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of March 18 23 list Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Daisies 14c brick 12 1 4c cheddars 13 42c Farmers call board Daisies 14c horns 14c cheddars 13 1 4c
The U S Department of Agriculture report from Boston notes a quiet wool market with minimal inquiries. A small amount of business from last week closed Monday for graded three eighths and quarter blood bright old clip fleeces, shipped from the country at about 38 cents a pound grease delivered to mills.
Wheat showed notable rallying strength after initial losses of up to one and a half cents a bushel on the Chicago board of trade. May wheat closed at 1.01 1/2 to 1.02 5/16, with corn oats and rye posting smaller declines, while soybeans dipped about one and a half cents. Export inquiry remained light as preliminary Chicago receipts totaled 93 cars.
Minneapolis cash grain market shows wheat receipts at 275 cars, down from 174 last year. Quoted cash prices for No 1 heavy dark northern around 1.01 to 1.02, dark northern 92 to 1.01, hard Montana 1.03 to 1.04, No 1 red durum 87 to 88 cents. Corn No yellow 52 to 52 and a half cents, oats No 3 white 37 to 38 cents, barley 39 to 57 cents.
AP report lists cash wheat corn and soybeans prices for Chicago markets with No 2 and No 3 grades. Includes barley malting and feed, field seeds and per hundred pounds nominal prices for timothy sweet clover red clover red top alsike and alfalfa.
In a slim trading session on Monday in New York, dollar loans from Germany Belgium Finland and Poland rose over a point while U S government bonds posted small gains. Analysts linked strength in foreign issues to peace rumors from Hitler Mussolini conference. Gainers included International Telephone 5s and Studebaker 6s. losers included Consolidated Edison 3 1 4s Southern Pacific 4 4 2s and Delaware and Hudson Refunding 4s.
Petersen Baking Co plans a $185000 capital stock dividend to stockholders before July 1. H A Rundquist, manager, announced after state executive council approval in Des Moines. The stock funds plant improvements funded from earnings as gross sales grew from $200000 in 1920 to about $1000000 annually.
Ambrose Rickabaugh, 61, of 635 L Street SW, died in a local hospital at 11 30 a m Sunday. Born February 21 1879 in Clay Center Nebraska he lived in Cedar Rapids 56 years unmarried. Survived by two sisters Mrs J L Craft Cedar Rapids and Mrs Elnora Patten Mount Pleasant. Private funeral in Beatty chapel Monday at 4 p m with Rev Thomas J Hinken officiating burial in Shiloh cemetery.
Realtors from the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board protested outside steps on remodeled apartment buildings during a Monday luncheon at the YMCA. They argued the steps are hazardous unsightly and cheapen neighborhoods. Earle G. Nichols of Iowa Electric Light and Power spoke and traced electricity history noting fluorescent lighting advances.
Washington reports that the State Department told congressional leaders the administration will not withdraw ambassadors unless war seems imminent The note cites regrets over withdrawing Ambassador Hugh Wilson from Berlin in 1938 during Hitler's purge of Jews and ongoing difficulties obtaining accurate information on Germany's political and economic conditions.
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Local ads promote inexpensive permanents and hair styling at several salons. Prices range from $1.00 to $5.00 with specials on oil and machineless perms. Names and addresses of parlors include Mona, Rita, Bernadine, Aulas Beauty, and Paris Academy of Beauty, among others.
Walter J. Kansky aged 77 died at 2 p.m. Sunday at his rural Ely home after a long illness. Born in Ceska Trebova Bohemia on Jan 9 1863 he came to the United States at 17 and lived in Cedar Rapids for 52 years. A Rock Island railroad employee 33 years he retired in 1922. He was a charter member of Mladocech lodge Z C B J and a Modern Woodmen. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Joseph F Priborsky Cedar Rapids a son Walter A Kansky of the local police force and four grandchildren Funeral at Janeba funeral home 2 p.m. Wednesday with T B Hubucek burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
A signed note by H. K. Schaefer declares no responsibility for others' bills. It names Fred Fiala formerly of 119 First Ave SW and provides contact information and a shop description over Kresge's for diamond mountings and jewelry repair. The note notes long service in the last room in the hall and includes a phone number 2 1047.
Funeral services for Claus Albert Barnes of 846 Camburncourt SE will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Moon chapel. Rev. Frank F. Anderson of First Baptist will conduct. Barnes was fatally injured in a hit and run Saturday night. Burial follows in Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa, in the family lot.
An inner city classified ad promotes carpentry remodeling cabinet work ash hauling and tree services as well as banding specialty. It offers low cash rates and references and provides Box L-236 Gazette contact.
Come in and see these cars and others priced right at the Rapaport Used Car Lot on 411 13 5th Ave SE.
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