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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1947
Page
2
Chicago livestock markets closed steady after weekend cleanup with cattle hogs and sheep quoted near last week's levels. Reports show hogs steady to 50 cents lower for heavy weights, cattle and lambs mixed with top weights and yearlings drawing higher bids while common grades eased.
Calves scarce while steers and heifers show uneven demand for the week. Top good and choice cattle steady to firm after early gains, medium to good shortfeds active up to 50 cents. Cows drifted, stockers and feeders up about 50 cents. Good steers around 22.50 to 24.50, load lots 25.75, mixed yearlings 25.00, cows 14.50 to 18.50, canners and cutters 12.00 to 13.50. Hog receipts strong versus last week, barrows and gilts down, late top 24.50, sows 17.50 to 18.50. No sale hogs. medium weighters 20 to 30, sows 18.00 to 18.50.
Grains gained in a brisk market as unfavorable feed grain weather and rumors of corn exports for livestock feeding supported prices. Wheat closed slightly lower to modest gains, corn rose 2 to 4 cents, oats up about 14 percent with May quotes near $1.63.
In New York heavy Saturday selling sent the market to its lowest level since early 1945. Fractional declines of two or more points were common as pros covered shorts and cautious buyers steadied some losses. About 990000 shares changed hands.
Fragmented OCR text shows unclear market phrases with prices and percentages. It mentions weights, samples, and a nominal feed price around 1.20 to 1.40, plus miscellaneous figures. The readable entities include no clear persons organizations or places to anchor a fuller summary.
Prices for Barrows and gilts ranged from 21 to 23 per hundredweight with 100 to 580 pound categories showing bids around 16 to 19 dollars per cwt. Estimates indicate daily activity fluctuated with 27 300 head week ago and 26 year ago.
Feature Time packages show multiple films with their screening times across venues including PARAMOUNT IOWA STATE PALACE RIALTO TIMES STRAND and MARION. Titles range from Seroes to Abies Irish Rose and The Jungle Princess with afternoon evening and late shows listed.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market rose by about 10 cents Saturday. Top prime butcher price reached 23.10 with packers at 18.60. Cows, bulls and cutter grades listed with various weight ranges and price points. Market notes include cattle categories and sale details in scattered figures.
A jumble of want ads and notices includes lost dog items, nursery stock sales, personal notices, wedding and recordings listings, stock quotations, and various small classifieds. The readable portions mention a lost cocker spaniel reward, nursery stock ads, and scattered financial quotes and notices from a Gazette page.
A crowded page lists services from auto repair and painting to rug cleaning and lawn care. Advertisers highlight financing options, jewelry gifts, wedding music and parties, and hardware and household goods with prices and contact numbers across Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
Prices edged down on the day with only limited gains in early trading. The overall session saw the market drift lower, with the Dow and broader indexes retreating from? earlier highs as declines persisted in several sectors.
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