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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1936
Page
14
Chicago reports Tuesday arrivals of 12 000 hogs 7 000 cattle and 8 000 sheep. Demand improved prices mostly steady to strong with 16 000 hogs on hand enabling steady to 5 10 cent higher for heavy hogs. Top price reached 10 80 while cattle trading remained unevenly steady with favorable bids for shippers and weaker bids for middle grade steers.
Des Moines AP reports combined hog receipts at 36 600 for 48 hours ending Monday, steady with Friday and down from a year ago. Prices span light 140-160 lb at 9.15 to 9.80, 180-200 lb at 10.05 to 10.55, 250-290 lb at 9.60 to 10.30, and packing sows at 8.80 to 9.30 among varied weights.
Hogs unchanged in Waterloo and Ottumwa. Mason City reports steady to good lights with price ranges: 140-160 lbs 9.10 to 9.40, 160-180 lbs 9.70 to 10.00, good butchers 180-220 lbs 10.00 to 10.30, 220-250 lbs 9.95 to 10.25, good packers 275-350 lbs 8.75 to 9.05, 350-425 lbs 8.55 to 8.85.
Hogs in Austin Minnesota moved lower by about five cents. Prices for 180 to 220 pounds ranged from 9.95 to 10.25 per hundredweight, 250 to 290 pounds from 9.90 to 10.20, and 290 to 350 pounds from 9.60 to 9.90. Packing sows weighing 275 to 550 pounds sold from 8.35 to 9.05.
Hog prices remain unchanged on the local market with no grade changes and top at 10.30 dollars. Cattle prices weaken by 25 cents across all grades while other local markets stay steady.
The average cost of slaughter steers here last week rose 18 cents to 8.72 dollars. Hog prices advanced 12 cents to 10.42 dollars, highest in five weeks, compared with 8.87 dollars the same week last year. Slaughter lambs and fed wooled ewes are listed with various weights and prices.
U S Department of Agriculture receipts total 16 000 cattle 1500 calves 17 000 sheep quoted. Cattle steady to higher with top steers near 11 00 while cows and hiefs uneven. Hogs steady to strong with top 10 80 and bulk 10 50 to 10 80. Sheep steady to firm with best western lambs 10 00 to 10 25 and feeders around 9 50.
Receipts total 6200 cattle 6000 hogs 3500 sheep. Slaughter steers and stock cows show broad declines while good fed heifers and calf lots hold near highs. Hogs steady to slightly lower with strongest demand in 140–200 lb range. Sheep and lambs show weakness with underbid prices around $9.25 for slaughter lambs.
Omaha livestock market report shows hog receipts at 7,500 with prices mainly steady to 10 cents lower across weight ranges, top 10.50. Cattle receipts 9,000 with calves 1,700, generally weak or steady. steers 7.50 to 9.00, heifers 6.25 to 7.25, cows 4.75 to 5.75, bulls 5.00 to 5.50, weaners 7.50. Sheep receipts 8,000 with a softer tone, lambs 10.00 and up.
Sioux City AP dispatch notes USDA cattle receipts totaling 5,700 with slaughter steers and yearlings slow and uneven. Other offerings mostly bid about 25 cents lower. cutter grades weaker. Bulk fed steers and yearlings salable around 7.00 to 8.25 with small quota above 9.75. good fed heifers above 7.00. beef cows 4.25 to 5.25.
Market listings from Cedar Rapids show grain prices for wheat oats rye barley corn soybeans and shelled corn with assorted moisture values. Livestock and produce including heavy hens leghorns ducks geese eggs and fruits vegetables with prices for oranges grapefruit lemons apples bananas lettuce celery cabbage onions and hides listed.
AP reports weaker butter receipts at 5,145 with creamery higher than extra, cheese receipts steady with flats held at 1935 fancy, eggs 37,742 receipts down but mixed with standards at 19 to 21 cents and firsts at 18 1 2 cents. Live poultry weak with freight prices for chickens and turkeys mixed across grades.
Chicago Wheat traders ignored bullish weather news from the southwest on Monday. Prices were mostly unchanged on the Chicago board of trade with modest gains in some contracts. corn and oats edged higher or firmer while lard stayed steady. Traders cited drought, winds, and snow delays but remained optimistic about a bumper spring wheat yield and ample domestic supply.
Chicago cash provisions show mixed grain quotes with No. 2 red wheat at 99 4c, corn No. 3 mixed at 60c, soybeans No. 2 yellow 79 1/2c, oats No. 3 white 26 28c, barley feed 30 46c, timothy seed 2.75, clover seed 13.60 20, and lard tiers 11.22 loose 10.75 bel lies 15.22.
Minneapolis AP reports wheat and corn prices with receipts 192 cars. No. 1 heavy dark northern springs 60 pounds at 1.14 to 1.28 per bushel, No. 1 dark northern 59 pounds 1.1232 to 1.2742, 58 pounds 1.10 to 1.2642, fancy No. 1 hard Montana 14 protein 1.14124 to 1.1642, to arrive 1.13 to 1.152. No. 1 hard or No. 1 hard Montana winter 981241.04 to 1.0342, No. 1 hard amber durum 0.97420 to 1.1212, No. 1 red durum 78 to 82 cents. May 1.01, July 0.97, Sept. 0.885. Corn No. 3 yellow 60 to 61 1/2 cents. Oats No. 3 white 23 1/2 to 25 1/4 cents.
A New York AP listing shows nominal exchange demands in cents for numerous countries and cities including Great Britain France Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City and cross rates between Montreal and New York with nominal values.
A fair sized lot of combing 64s and finer fleece wool sold in Boston at 32 cents per pound in grease, expected to shrink about 63 percent. The scoured equivalent around 87 cents. This priced just below a lot of fine Ohio delaine sold two weeks earlier at 36 cents in grease, with about 60 percent shrinkage.
Minneapolis AP reports flour unchanged in price with carload lots and family patent sacks at 6.60 to 6.80 per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 23,404. Pure bran priced 15.50 to 16.00, standard middlings 15.00 to 15.50.
Raw sugar stays at 3.70 spots and 3.80 for forward sales in New York. Futures hold steady to up 3 points with July at 2.82 and September rising from 2.81 to 2.84. Refined grade advances 15 points to 5.00 for fine granulated at the opening tomorrow.
Chicago butter futures settle with March at 29 34 cents and November lower. Egg futures show March firsts and April at 19 5 cents, with October refrigerator standards around 21 percent.
A quiet mixed session in New York bonds saw rail issues move fractionally higher around a point while other sectors were uneven. Government issues were limited to three, while corporate rails showed similar volatility as rail stocks. Poland liens fell more than a point and British 5s rose marginally.
U S bonds finished with varied results in New York. Treasury 44s 47-52 at 117.20, 4s 44-54 at 112.22, 33s 40-43 June at 108.19, 46-49 at 105.18, and 3s 51-55 at 104.5.
The New York market showed a steady tone in late trading with gains in small fractions led by farm implement stocks and a select group of specialties. U S Steel GM Auburn Auto Midland Steel Waukesha Motors American Crystal Sugar and others advanced while J I Case rose then pulled back on profit taking.
Daily quotations list bonds and equities across many issuers including Amn Express Norfolk and Western Adams Express and United Fruit on Monday. Top names include Lehigh Valley Louisville & Nashville Mayo Adams, Boeing and Chrysler with varied percent values and prices in multiple sectors.
A 1766 bond and warrant of judgment for 240 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence was issued to Nicholas Kinser by John Womelsdorf. Benjamin Franklin and D Hall printed it in Philadelphia. paid 1767 August 15 totaling 255 pounds 13 shillings. An accompanying note mentions a nine lens aerial camera covering 600 square miles from 30 000 feet.
P K Wrigley, head of the Cubs, says his son may pursue baseball as a career and would quit after playing to avoid becoming a has been. In a Chicago interview he downplays magnate theatrics, stresses business duties, and defers baseball affairs to manager Charlie Grimm.
The Thunderbolts lost to the Swishers 64 to 56 in a tough Saturday game. Top Thunderbolts scorers were Jim Gillen and Herb Gallager with 16 points each, while D O Toole led the Swishers with 16.
Judge A B Lovejoy of Waterloo assigned by Chief Justice Donegan to assist in Linn County district court March term. He handles equity and probate cases. Mayo Perkins seeks divorce from Lauree Perkins on cruel and inhuman treatment. marriage dated June 21 1930. Account actions filed include Edward F Bate vs Joseph Kladivo for 11150 and C DeHaan Co vs Dr C M Pinneo for 10960.
The notice outlines ad pricing for three days and multiple line counts, special low rates for work wanted ads, and extra charges for out-of-town blind ads. It explains advance payment, readers replying by letter for out-of-town numbers, and telephone or mail submission options.
A mixed bundle of lost item notices, rewards, and local ads appears. It lists a missing Rex English Pointer dog with contact E W Lyke, a lost Bulova watch with initials, a lost brown purse, a lost amethyst ring, and a state theater notice. Also includes business ads for cleaners, athletic goods, knitting, tailoring, rentals, and services, with several contact phone numbers.
A collage of classified business notices offers dirt, sand, rock, fertilizer, shrubs, stepping stones, and lawn services from Kutchera Co and Hamilton Seed Co. Coal, gutters, heating, welding, and boiler work are advertised with contact numbers. Also listed are painting, wallpaper cleaning, ash hauling, and demolition services with phone dial numbers and brief service notes.
A daughter was born March 29 to Mr and Mrs Ralph Ink of Mechanicsville at Mercy hospital. A son was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Guy Curtis of 1601 Fifteenth Avenue SE.
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