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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1936
Page
19
hog prices remained steady to up to 10 cents higher as a large hog run of 18 000 topped estimates. Top hog rose to 10 10 per cwt with May sales at the full upturn while fresh pork cuts gained about 50 cents inRecent weeks eastern demand and beef and lamb prices supported strong cattle and live lamb quotations at Chicago yards.
U S Department of Agriculture reports Chicago receipts for hogs at 18 000 with direct 6 500, cattle 7 000 and calves 2 500. Hog top 10 10, cattle steady to firm with weighted ranges, sheep gains to 25 cents, spring lambs a notable lift with locals bid strong.
Omaha AP report from U S Department of Agriculture shows hog receipts at 6 500 with prices steady to 10 cents higher. 170-225 lbs fetch 9 50 to 9 60 top 9 60 while 225-260 lbs bring 9 40 to 9 55 and 260-300 lbs 9 25 to 9 45. Prices for 300-350 lbs range 9 00 to 9 35 with higher values noted for larger weights.
Sioux City market report shows cattle receipts 3 500 with varied demand from 900 lb yearlings to mixed yearlings and beef cows. Hog receipts 5 500 with bids weak to lower for butchers and steady to higher for sows. Sheep receipts 1 500 with spring lambs and ewes opening steady and Californias priced around 12 50.
Hog prices across Mason City and Ottumwa show steady gains and wide ranges by weight. Readouts list weights from 140 to 450 pounds with prices for hogs, good buyers, packers, and market movements in each city.
In Austin Minnesota hog markets buyers reported steady to good demand. Prices ranged from 180 to 220 pounds at 9.20 to 9.50 dollars, 520 to 550 pounds at 9.10 to 9.40, 250 to 290 pounds at 8.85 to 9.15, 290 to 350 pounds at 8.55 to 8.85, and packing sows 275 to 550 pounds at 7.80 to 8.40 dollars.
South St Paul AP reports cattle receipts near 3000 with steady to strong prices for steers 6.75 to 7.75 and heifers around 6.25 to 7.25. beef cows 5.00 to 5.85. feeders and calves mostly steady with highs to 9.50 for selections. Hog receipts 5300, demand up, top 9.80 for 140-240 lb and 9.60 to 9.80 for 240-300 lb. 300-400 lb 8.75 to 9.20. sows 8.50 to 8.80. pigs scarce. Sheep receipts 200 with early sales steady. native spring lambs 11.50 to above 12. best wooled lambs 11. ewes 3.50 to 4.25.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Tuesday totaled 16 300 at 20 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, up from 13 700 last week and 8 900 a year ago. Prices ranged from 8.35 to 9.80 for various weight classes with mostly steady to stronger bids and a few higher instances.
Hog prices on the local market move steady to 10 cents higher with a top price of 9.55 dollars. The oats market softens slightly while other local markets show no changes.
Market listings show Wheat 86 88c Oats 19 21c Rye 42 45c Barley 30 45c Corn ear 70 lbs 43 46c shelled No 3 yellow 52c No 4 yellow 49 50c Soybeans yellow 66c. Produce prices include hens eggs hhenery 19c No 1 17c No 2 14c and wholesale fruits vegetables with varied crate prices for oranges lemons apples bananas celery cabbage onions and strawberries Pineapples and other items listed with sizes and prices. Hides and animal byproducts priced per type.
May wheat futures fell in the final minutes on the Chicago Board of Trade with May at about 90 up 4% cents. Receipts show wheat 75 cars and corn 173. Oats and rye eased while corn held a firmer tone and latest trading reflected liquidation and short covering.
Read as a small classified item from Cedar Rapids listing Pee Brothers & Co and R. Mowrey with contact details. No clear event or date. appears to be a pricing or quoting notice for merchants or stocks.
Chicago AP reports mixed grain prices for wheat corn and rye with No 2 yellow and No 2 white wheat quotes and soybeans at No 2 yellow 84 85 cents. barley feed at 45 to 48 cents. timothy seed at 2 75 to 3 00 dollars per cwt. clover seed at 12 dollars per cwt with related tierces and loose bid ranges.
Receipts total 103 cars with varied gains and declines across wheat types. No. 1 heavy dark porters, dark northern, fancy hard Montana and amber durum show prices around $1.04 to $1.07 with arrivals noted for some grades. Corn No. 3 yellow quoted at 52 to 53 cents, oats No. 3 white at about 22.5 to 23.5 cents.
Market update from Chicago shows butter steady at 15 993, eggs at 25 178 with varied local firsts and car lots. poultry supply steady with multiple weight classes and prices for hens, broilers, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Potatoes on track 94 on track with U S shipments total 594 and diverse state and variety pricing across Russet Burbanks Cobblers and White Rose listings.
New York AP notes egg prices at 38 454 for fresh receipts with varied grades and pack types. Butter and cheese volumes are steady with prices unchanged. poultry markets show weak demand and no freight quotations.
Chicago markets report butter quotas closed and storage standards amid a brief note on egg futures, refrigerator standards, and dated futures for October and May.
In New York trading the Dow drifted with fractional gains around two points amid light volume. While some industrials and utilities rose, most motors steels oils and miners showed little movement. Early hour leaders included Santa Fe New York Central Great Northern Northern Pacific American Telephone Public Service of New Jersey J I Case International Harvester Westinghouse Allied Chemical and U S Pipe. U S government bonds eased and wheat slipped after an early rise.
Foreign currencies mostly held steady against the dollar. Shares of U S Industrial Alcohol and National Lead were abundant. National Lead fell after directors approved a 50 cent dividend on new stock, equal to the $5 rate on the old issue. Railroads saw buying as lower fares spark hoped higher long term revenues.
A retail snapshot lists numerous stock names with percentages across Adams Express Hudson Motors Addressograph Rumley Alaska Juneau Inspiration Amerada etc. The compiled quotations include motors, oils, railroads and consumer goods firms with varied price indicators reflecting late trading activity.
In New York trading, a number of medium and low priced rails edged up slightly while the broader corporate list meandered in a tight band. Government issues slipped about one thirty-second to six thirty-seconds, with irregular activity seen in industrial and utility bonds. Francisco Sugar 7 42s rose about a point, Postal Telegraph 5s improved, Columbia Gas and Electric 5s fell modestly, and French 7 14s dropped over two points amid franc uncertainties.
U S bonds in New York finish with varied quotes. Treasury 44s 47-52 trade at 117.28, 4s 44-54 at 113.1, 33s 40-43 June at 108.23, 339s 43-47 at 108.16, 46-49 at 106.7, and 3s 51-55 listed.
New York API Raw sugar holds steady with futures showing a one point gain while refined sugar remains unchanged in early market trade.
Minneapolis flour market shows prices in a mixed range with carload lot patent sacks priced around 6.30 to 6.50 per barrel and bran and middlings quoted at 14.00 and 17.50 respectively.
U S Department of Agriculture notes medium grade Ohio fleeces selling a bit more freely than last week but total movement remains modest. Buyers who normally handle large wool volumes were scarce in the market. Graded combing and blood Ohio fleeces fetched 37 to 38 cents per pound grease, with delivery upon arrival of new wools.
New York report shows steady currency data with numerous cross rates including Great Britain at 498, France 6.5842, Italy 17.86, Belgium 16.91, Germany 40.26 and other entries such as Tokyo 9.25 and Shanghai 29.955. Percent relations note Montreal and New York exchange percentages.
Howard E. Horton, 65, inmate at Delaware county infirmary in Muncie, fled to apply for an old age pension. He was struck by a train while en route to the county office and died.
The Second precinct meeting chose delegates B. F. Mentzer C. R. Biddick Marvin Oxley and Mrs. Ted Christie Mrs. Frank Lafferty Mrs. Horace Reiter as delegates with Walter F. Kruger Lee Brown Norman J. Waffle Catherine Lafferty Mrs. Pauline Nase and George Burns as alternates. C. R. Biddick presided and Mrs. J. T. Christie was secretary.
Mario Cappelli, renowned Italian tenor, will be the guest of the Ministerial Union at a local churches union service in the Presbyterian church Sunday at 8 p.m. He has donated his services for years and has also preached. No admission fee will be charged and the public is invited.
Farmers near Henry Miller set 60 acres of corn in three hours and twenty minutes with ten teams three tractors and fifteen helpers. Mrs Emma Kendall milestone events and local social gatherings fill the week with club meetings bake sales and family dinners. Funeral for Mrs L A Turner and Camp Fire activities highlighted by officers and June schedule.
The monthly Kensington of Marion chapter No. 183 OES met Monday in the Masonic temple. Bridge games awarded first prize to Mrs. Fred Holsinger, second to Mrs. C E Mitchell, and travel prize to Mrs. M W Courtney. Dinner served to about 100 by co chairmen Mrs. C A Ward and Mrs F J Hardenbrook.
The Marion high school seniors will stage their class day program at 8 p m in the Lincoln school auditorium. The public is invited. A small admission fee will be charged. The notice encourages placing Want Ads in The Gazette to sell cut flowers and plants.
Miss Margaret Watkins, who recently suffered a broken leg in a yard fall, was brought home from St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids on Sunday.
Mrs W H Snell plans to visit Marion Wednesday with daughter Mrs Earl Gantz staying at the home of another daughter Mrs Fred Lang. Ladies day at Marion Golf club Wednesday at 2 pm offers a golf dress prize and evening bridge. Betty Ross Maxson underwent an operation for a ruptured appendix at St Luke's hospital with favorable progress. Linn's Best 4 H club meets Thursday at 1 30 pm at Edith Hagerman's. St Paul Evangelical Lutheran church choir rehearses Wednesday 7 30 pm due to commencement.
Callie Hagerman and Imogene Dukek graduated from Lenox college Hopkinton and stay home for the summer with parents Mr and Mrs G R Hagerman and Mr and Mrs Earl Dukek. Donald Dukek also returns to Marion from Lenox college. Fay Bailey and Miss Lesta Jean Pirie with Lawren Stewart motor to Festina Spillville and Niagara Cave in Minnesota.
A sequence shows costs for various items labeled as 40 1.00 1.20 1.35 1.80 in a single day price listing. The fragment lacks clear context, entities, or a describable event beyond the numeric series.
The Oxford club of the Methodist church holds its annual Memorial day picnic at the Lower Palisades on Saturday. Members must notify Margaret Zak by Thursday evening if attending or bringing a car. Cars depart the church at 8 am and 2 pm with lunch at noon and a picnic supper in the evening.
A lady reports a found gold wrist watch with dial 2-9661 and seeks the owner. The notice requests contact to reclaim the item.
Stodola's Bohemian Orchestra headlines a dance in Swisher Iowa on Wednesday May 27. The item advertises old time dances and promotes Cedar Rapids Gazette ad rates for local notices to reach over 40,000 Eastern Iowa families.
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