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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1941
Page
16
Hogs were active and strong to 10 cents higher in Chicago with 6 000 hogs on sale. Top price reached 8.15 while cattle and sheep held steady. Yearlings around 950 pounds sold near 12.50. lambs sold 11.00 to 12.25 for good and choice handy and medium weight wooled.
Receipts show steady to slightly lower cattle and hog prices with price spread by weight. Hogs 160-180 Ibs to 400-500 Ibs range from 6.60 to 7.90 per cwt with regional variations. cattle and calves largely steady with vealers up to 10.50. Iowa listings note mixed hogs and sows steady to higher with diverse weight brackets.
Sioux City cattle and hog markets show limited activity with scarce stockers and feeders. Cattle receipts around 350 with a mix of light to good quality offerings and prices from 4.75 to 12.00 per hundredweight. hogs lighter weights steady to 10 cents lower with top runs near 7.90. sows 6.50 to 16.60.
Slaughter cattle trends show mixed prices with light supply. good to high quality cattle steady to higher over two days. Vealers and market hogs steady. heavier weights bid lightly while most bids stay strong. Dairy cows scarce. stockers and feeders scarce with prices varied across classes.
Wight reports steady to strong bids with small gains for cattle hogs and sheep. Barrows and gilts 140-150 lbs to 170-180 lbs range 575 to 710, sows 270-360 lbs 63 to 76, cattle mostly steady with good calves 1000 to 1030, hogs near Austin market echo mixed quotes across weights and classes. Sheep receipts around 200 slaughter lambs with prices near 197 to 841 per hundred weight depending on grade.
A Cedar Rapids listing provides miscellaneous price data for grains poultry and produce. It details wholesale barley corn and oats by grade, dairy and bean prices, poultry figures for heavy hens roosters and hens, and fruit and vegetable prices including lemons oranges grapefruit celery lettuce onions cabbage potatoes tomatoes and cauliflower with several price points. It notes hide values for various grades and mentions pony and glue at half price with manes and tails included.
Chicago market receipts show poultry gains with small hens at 20c, various Plymouth and White Rock prices, pigeons at 1.50. Butter receipts reach 872,627 lbs with scores around 32 3/4c. Eggs receipts 32,297 cases and firsts around 18 1/4c. Potatoes arrivals total 1,071 ships with Idaho russet at 1.60 and 1.50 ranges. New York eggs firm with mixed colors and various butter and eeare details.
New York AP reports a Friday stock market shift with Thursday’s rally sellers reappearing. Early gains faded into moderate losses as motors and steels sagged, rail shares held firm except Union Pacific, and several blue chips hit new lows for 1941 including Chrysler and General Electric.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week show Dalsies 16c horns 16c cheddars 1843c brick 18c Farmers' call board Dalsies 1c Borns 1éc cheddars 15isc Manchester two men Burdette Franks and Matt Malone of West Manchester charged with breaking into a box car on the Illinois Central tracks stealing a crate of eggs and a sack of sugar.
Chicago wheat led gains on Friday with new season highs and the best levels since December. Corn futures also rose to seasonal tops as soybeans climbed sharply on strong demand and oil-led buying, with grains aided by favorable weather and renewed farm aid talk.
Open high values appear for wheat and corn while Chicago cash provisions list varied grain quotes. No. 2 hard wheat sits near 94 3/4 cents with No. 2 red around 5 1/2 cents, soybeans at $1.094 and barley and field seeds showing nominal ranges.
New York bonds pause amid mixed gains around noon with low priced carriers pushing some into 1941 highs while industrials and utilities remain varied. Treasury and government issues hold steady as South American loans edge higher and wool trading in Boston stays slow with limited offers.
Charles L. Gunn, cubmaster of pack No. 8, was named neighborhood commissioner for the pack and troop No. 8 at the Kenwood school meeting. Gunn succeeds Lee S. Coy as assistant commissioner for the northeast district. G. C. Byron introduced as new scoutmaster of Explorer troop No. 8. Wolf awards presented to Duwayne Davidson, Clair Coy, David Maloney. Lion badges and Silver arrows awarded to listed members.
Canyon Texas West Texas State College finished the season with the nation’s tallest roster averaging six feet six and one eighth inches per player. The squad’s height advantage defined their style and outcomes across the season.
London report on RAF night attacks targeting Cologne and Dusseldorf with large fires and damage. Docks at Dunkerque and Calais also attacked. three RAF planes lost. Berlin said British raids caused damage but limited by visibility and anti aircraft fire. The Aeroplane notes Germany redeploying air power to the Balkans as a prelude to a larger offensive.
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF Middle Amana reports a junior play Cupid at Vassar a four act college comedy will debut in the high school auditorium April 18. Cast includes Harold Meyer Herbert Dittmer Helen Berger Willard Zierold and others under Marjorie Bales direction proceeds to help fund the junior senior banquet May 16.
Marion News reports the Monday death of Mrs. Robert Good at her Tacoma Washington home. Formerly Emma Higby she was raised west of Marion. her husband Mr. Good was a former Milwaukee Road Unit 3 chief carpenter.
Complimenting Mr and Mrs Harley McCalley the Dry Creek to Marion move the Women’s Progressive club hosted a Memorial hall party. Highlights include Hawaii films, guitar duets, an Easter bonnet contest won by Ed Boyanovsky, and refreshments for about eighty guests.
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