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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1955
Page
2
Chicago AP reports USDA Friday receivals at 1,000 cattle, 11,000 hogs, 500 sheep with hogs 5,000 above estimates. Trading moderate as 18,000 salable hogs moved only with price concessions. Butchers down 50 to 75 cents. sows off 25 to 50. Steers steady to weak. heifers steady.
Hogs receipts 18 000 with prices 50 to 75 cents lower, mostly under 220 pounds. Cattle receipts 2 500 with calves 300, prime steers absent, vealers and stockers weak. Good and choice fed steers under 1 150 pounds 19.00 to 22.50, heifers 18.50 to 21.00, vealers 26.00 down. Sheep receipts 2 000, wooled lambs steady, good to prime wooled lambs 18.00 to 20.00, choice shorn lambs 19.50 to 20.00.
Receipts Thursday about 75 000, week ago 72 500, year ago 65 000, actual Wednesday 90 000. Fairly active. Prices for butchers under 230 pounds barely steady to 40 cents lower, mostly 15 to 25 cents lower. Heavier butchers and sows mostly 50 cents lower or more. Top 13 dollars. Barrows and gilts No 1 3 by weight ranges from 160 to over 360 pounds with prices from 9 1/2 to 11 40. Sows listed from 270 to 450 pounds across several ranges with 11 1/2 to 10 20.
CHICAGO AP Grain price changes were indecisive as buying power softened and heavy selling did not appear. Cold snowy weather in livestock areas provided bullish support though it seemed discounted. Wheat slipped to 2.052 per bushel in December, corn held near 1.29, oats moved up or down in small ranges, soybeans fluctuated, and lard declined 10 to 15 cents.
Chicago AP notes grain prices with No 2 yellow corn at 1.2242 dollars per unit No 3 at 1.17 dollars Soybean oil at 11.00 dollars and soybean meal around 51 to 51.2 dollars Barley grain making choice around 1.30 to 1.41 dollars and feed around 0.85 dollars
At Omaha the cattle market posted receipts of about 2,700 head including calves and fed cattle. Good and choice fed steers ranged near 18 to 21.78 per cwt with some heifers around 21.50 for short loads, while cows stayed mostly 9.25 to 12.00. Stockers and feeders were unchanged.
Chicago produce market receipts and prices for butter eggs cheese live poultry and potatoes. Butter runs 54 to 57 cents with various scores. eggs steady to 2 cents lower with several size and grade prices listed. cheese steady with daisies and Swiss quoted. live poultry steady to 2 cents higher with multiple bird types priced. potatoes arrivals totals and shipments noted with prices for Idaho Washington and North Dakota russets on the car lot.
Sioux City report shows cattle activity moderate and steady with supply steady. Listings include under 1,150 lb loads with price ranges: choice 1,150 lb about down 21 to 21.75. choice heifers 19 to 20. cows steady with futility and commercial 9 to 11. bulls 12 to 13.50. stockers and feeders steady with medium to good stock steers 16 to 18.25.
Butter markets in New York remain steady to firm as USDA data shows receipts of 361,469 pounds. Cream creamery grades run around 93 score AA to 89 8c, with various 92 score A-Seat and 90 score B figures. Egg-related lines indicate about steady egg products with 22,140 receipts and mixed color ranges from extras to standards, with smalls and dirties priced accordingly.
New York AP reports a strong rally led by Standard Oil of New Jersey proposing a three for one stock split. Prices rose one to three points across many areas and around six in select cases. Trading volume approached 2,300,000 shares as markets advanced for the first time in three weeks.
C. R. Markets lists eggs at 39 cents for large, 7 cents for A and B medium, 18 cents for C and D, pullet eggs 20 cents. Native wool 40 cents. Grain shows Corn No 2 at 1.08, new oats 59 cents, yellow soybeans No 1 at 2.13.
Rail and steel sector movers listed with percent changes for Autom West, Dumont Lab, Barium Steel, Kaiser Mot, Cent ll Sec, Dodge Mfg, Cessna Air, Nat Bellas, Oak Mfg and other Midwest stocks. Shifts range from single to mid teens, indicating mixed market performance across the region.
Lloyd Banks, 19, of Marion, sustained a severe head laceration and fractured skull when his motorcycle slid into a chuckhole on First Avenue East near Fortieth Street. He was delayed to St Luke's hospital. police say he rode too close to the edge and the front wheel left pavement. The bike skidded 156 feet after losing control. A daytime high of 100 degrees in the Sahara may plunge below freezing tonight.
The report notes a moderate fiscal year sales rise with stronger gains in commercial over government sales. Of 13 million dollars last year for research, a bit over half was unsponsored, yielding new products and future growth. It outlines a 20 million dollar air borne project and a 60 percent to 40 percent shift toward in-house work, with 200,000 square feet added and land options in Cedar Rapids, Dallas, and Bur bank under study.
Collins Radio Company reports seventh straight sales gain with eightfold growth over five years. 1955 revenue reached 108,437,524 vs 90,598,221 in 1954, profit 3,474,942 vs 2,650,188, and 2.32 per share. 122,500 shares of preferred stock last April supplied new capital. backlogged orders eased to 155,000,000.
Allis-Chalmers directors declared three quarterly dividends. A regular 81.5 cent per share on 3% cumulative convertible preferred stock payable Dec. 5 to holders of record Nov. 18. A regular $1.02 per share on 4.08% cumulative convertible preferred stock payable Dec. 5 to holders of record Nov. 18. A $1 per share dividend on common stock ($20 par) payable Dec. 23 to holders of record Dec. 2.
Washington reports the St. Lawrence Seaway is about 25 percent completed as of Wednesday according to officials. The update signals progress on a major waterway project affecting shipping plans and regional commerce.
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