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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1939
Page
12
Chicago estimates show cattle steady to strong with hogs firm. prices rise to 7.40 for 160 to 240 pound hogs. Waterloo and Mason City report mixed gains for hogs and steady cattle tone, with regional price ranges across weight classes.
Des Moines AP reports U and Dent Agriculture combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending Friday at 8 am totaled 15 200 at 20 concentration yards and 10 packing plants across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Comparisons show 24 400 week ago and 22 600 a year ago. Prices vary by weight class with barrows and gilts quoted from 6 50 to 7 10 per cwt and sows through 5 90 to 6 15.
Market notes from Minnesota show hog price quotes by weight class with ranges for 140-150 lbs through 425-550 lbs. Price levels vary from about 5.40 to 6.90 per hundredweight, including insuring adjustments and packing sow values, reflecting typical market activity.
Chicago market notes show hogs active with steady to stronger prices on lighter weights and heavier butchers slow. Hogs top around 7.45 with 160-240 lb ranges 7.25 to 7.40. sow prices 6.00 to 6.75. Cattle and calves mixed with few good beef cows at 7.50 and cutters 4.50 to 5.75. steers and heifers traded sporadically with late trends softer. Sheep and lambs steady to higher. fat lambs 9.25 to 9.65, top 9.60. sheep steady.
U S Department of Agriculture market data shows cattle receipts 600 calves and 30 yearlings with varied activity and price ranges. Hogs receipts 2 500 with top around 7 95 and pork prices from 6 60 to 7 00, sows and feeder pigs noted. Sheep receipts 1 200 with steady undertone and higher demand for good fed woolled sheep.
Salable hog receipts 1 590 steady to higher with top at 6 90 for 190 235 lb pigs and varying values for other weights. Cattle receipts 500 with feeders and fat cows steady. Merit steers around 8 00 5 00. fat lambs slow with native lambs around 11 00 11 25 and Western ewes holding above 10 75 prior.
The St Paul market notes cattle receipts around 3 500 with slaughter steers weak medium to good prices from 8.00 to 10.75 dollars, cows 5.25 to 6.50, vealers up to 10.00, and calves 2.00 with fat lambs trading mostly steady at 9.00 to 9.40. Stockers and feeders weak while sows and pigs range 6.10 to 7.00. Overall, activity opening fairly active with buyers lower on fat lambs and bulk lambs at 9.40 to 9.50.
Prices listed for Wheat No 1 60c No 2 8 8c Barley No 3 284 39c shelled No 2 yellow 37c No 3 Sesbeens 2 yellow 78c Hay and straw Baled tame and Baled straw 5.00 Butterfat sweet 23c No 1 cream 22c No 2 cream 20c Poultry Leghorns 1lc Colored roosters 8c Leghorn roosters 7c Wholesale fruits vegetables Lemons 5.50 6.50 Oranges 2.50 3.75 Grapefruit 2.00 2.50 Celery 2.50 2.00 Lettuce 2.50 2.85 Onions 1.00 1.65 Cabbage 3.00 Carrots 2.75 crate Tomatoes 3 3 ee Sweet potatoes 1.75 Hide Market.
Hogs hold at top around 7.00 while cattle remain unchanged. corn climbs slightly. Steers at 1,050 pounds fetch 10.50 to 11.50, medium to good 900 pounders 8.25 to 9.25, and common to medium 7.75 down. Yearling steers 900 to 1,000 pounds bring 10.56 to 11.50 for good to choice. 750 to 900 pounds 9.00 to 10.50. Yearling heifers 760 to 800 pounds common to medium range. cows 4.50 to 5.25 for plain beef grades. Sheep market notes spring lambs and bucks around 8.50 for quality similar grades.
New York AP market notes show eggs receipts 173 weak with mixed colors extra fancy 13 2, standards 8c, firsts 11 1c, dirties 154uc. butter receipts 440 982 weak with creamers higher than extra 23 1 2 7 24c. extra 92 score 23 4c, firsts 88 91 22c. cheese receipts 156 834 about steady with prices unchanged.
AP report from Chicago shows receipts of 56 trucks for live poultry with mixed prices for hens and chicks, 937,887 receipts for butter and eggs with weaker creamery specials, and steady egg prices. Potatoes arrive at 111 cars on track with varied regional prices and liberal supplies. Idaho russets and Bliss Triumphs fetch around $1.62 to $2.20 per cwt or crate depending on quality and region.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of March 27 to April 1 show twins at 11 2, daisies at 12, horns at 11 2, and cheddars at 11 2 to 12 2 cents at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Plymouth Farmers' call board notes similar quotes for daisies 12 and horns 12.
AP notes domestic sugar futures advanced on Friday with May at 1.96 and July at 2.00, up 1 to 2 points. World futures also strengthen with May at 1.20 and May 1940 at 1.18. Duty frees largely sold at 2.88 cents with other supplies at 2.90. refined ranges 440 to 450 cents.
A limited amount of business took place Friday on spot territory wools with most activity on odds and ends. Graded half blood territory wools sold from 65 to 67 cents per pound and scoured, while 12 month Texas wools brought around 66 to 68 cents per pound, scoured.
Cedar and Scott county supervisors met at Tipton court house in a joint session with Cedar County Taxpayers' association and Farm Bureau representatives to back house bill No 114. They passed a resolution urging Cedar and Scott lawmakers to support funding and allocation provisions in sections 9 and 35.
Wall Street saw its heaviest selling in five months as fears of a European crisis and a Hitler speech spooked traders. U S Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, American Telephone and other leaders tumbled while Lockheed and Aluminum held firm and several stocks lagged. Trading volume approached three million shares amid a choppy market backdrop.
Stocks listed by J E Bennett Co led by Adams Express Alaska Juneau Allied Chem and Allied Stores with large caps like Amn Can Amn For Power and Amn Loco showing varied moves. Major industrials and consumer names including United, General Electric, Coca Cola, Procter Gamble, and Sears Roebuck appear with mixed price quotes across many sectors.
Wheat prices stayed steady in a tight range on the Chicago board of trade amid mixed signals. Foreign demand and European political worries offset bearish crop news. May wheat near 68 3/4, corn up to a point, oats steady to slightly lower. export activity and local shipments noted, with Winnipeg and Liverpool markets showing varied moves. Local receipts and shipments data from Lamson Brothers and Co. cited, with detailed cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans.
New York bonds opened unevenly and then trended downward after Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain and France would defend Poland. Some issues fell by a point or more while a few gained slightly, with government bonds easing from recent highs and foreign issues mixed.
A jumble of personal thanks lost and found notices and service ads. Included are thanks from the Pavlovsky family for support during illness and bereavement, lost items such as a black patent leather purse and a red Irish setter with rewards, beauty shops advertising permanents and services, and various local business promotions. Many entries list addresses and contact numbers.
Persons desiring to advertise automobile transportation must furnish references to The Gazette. Both readers and advertisers are urged to exchange references in arranging automobile transportation. The Perfect Trio: Experience, Equipment, and Dependability. Kenwood Transfer Upholstering repairing cushions re filled. S Stodola Furniture Co. 70 214 7th ith SW. Ashes and rubbish hauled. Reasonable dirt? 3-1935.
The item lists grain quotes including No 1 hard Montana and durum varieties with prices and percentages, followed by obituaries from Monticello and nearby towns. Frank L Hicks 88 formerly of Monticello died at Sargent Nebraska. Bruce Lash of Tipton died after brief illness. Ruth Marian Boyd Geneseo township resident married Dicke Schmitt Parkersburg.
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