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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1939
Page
14
Live stock receipts for Tuesday show hogs at a 3-year low with top bids near 9.70 while Monday’s heavy hog volume pushed prices down 10 to 25 cents to 5.75. Cattle and lambs varied with cattle easing and fat lambs rising. Grain quotations and market staff details follow from Chicago sources.
Reported bids show hogs and cattle mixed as markets from Ottumwa Waterloo and surrounding areas move prices. Hogs mostly steady to down ten cents, with ranges from 140 to 500 pounds and per hundredweight quotes near four dollars. Cattle prices also fluctuate, with multiple weight brackets cited and declines noted in sections.
United States Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending Monday totaled 55 500 head. Prices varied by weight with 200–280 lb hogs at 4.50 to 5.15 per cwt and heavier classes around 4.00 to 5.25 as market words indicate a generally slow trend.
The Austin Minnesota hog market lists prices for barrows and gilts across weight ranges from 149 to 500 pounds. Price points include 150-160 lb at 34.06 to 34.25, 168-170 lb around 34.20 to 34.50, and 180-200 lb about 4.75 to 5.05 per hundredweight, with various ranges noted for 210-300 lb and 360-409 lb categories, plus sow prices from 270 to 500 lb ends.
Receipts show strong hog activity with butcher and sow prices mixed. Cattle demand steady to firm with feeder and stocker activity. Sheep bids weaker on fat lambs though range sheep remain steady with higher end fed lambs around eight dollars.
USDA shows hogs with receipts around 24 000 and prices mostly 160-225 lbs down from Friday. Cattle receipts 16 000 with light steer demand scarce and weights uneven. yearlings and heifers steady to higher. Sheep receipts 19 005 with fed lambs broad demand and prices around 9.25 to 9.75 for top lots.
St Paul market notes show cattle receipts around 4000 with steady killing classes. Medium steers bring 8.90 to 9.25. heifers 7.25 to 8.50. beef cows 5.90 to 6.50. bulls 5.50 to 6.25. stock calves steady. hogs weak as market not established with bids 14.25 to 15. ... sheep receipts 6500 with ranges for lambs and mutton. western lambs firm above 8.50. good slaughter lambs near 9.00 to 9.15, bulk near 9.00.
Cattle receipts 500 calves salable 600 beef steers and yearlings steady yearlings active fat stock and feeders lightly aged. Prices: 900 lb fed steers 10.60 and 10.25 to 9.50 for various weights. Hogs receipts 106,000 active butchers 18 cents lower than Friday.
Receipts show sows around 4.50 to 5.25 with various weights and categories. Feeder pigs and lighter sows fetch 4.75 to 5.00, while top lots reach 5.25. Sheep trade steady with fat lambs not yet established and slaughter ewes steady around 3.00 to 5.25 for breeding stock.
Hogs weaken in the local market with all grades down ten cents. Top price reaches 5.10 dollars. Cattle market remains unchanged. Sheep market shows genuine spring lambs at 8.50 dollars for 70 to 90 pound grades, bucks one dollar lower, with other prices varying by quality.
The Cedar Rapids market reports grain and soybeans with No 1 75c No 2 73c for wheat and No 2 yellow soybeans at 85c. Barley and corn prices listed, along with hay straw prices, butter prices, poultry rates for hens, springs, cocks, and stags. Prices for vegetables fruit and potatoes follow, including lemons oranges grapes cranberries and apples with per unit or per box quotes.
Chicago wholesale prices for live poultry show hens with varied weights up to 16c a pound and colored breeds at 14c to 16c. Leghorns, broilers, and roosters listed with multiple weight ranges. Ducks and geese priced per pound. turkeys and capons quoted with dressing options and box packing. Potatoes and butter/sugar eggs prices included with U S commodity movements and receipts noted. overall demand described as very slow with steady supplies and mixed quality signals.
Market snapshot shows New York egg receipts at 8.601. mixed colors and grades with listed prices for standards, firsts, seconds, and dirties. Butter largely steady with creamery divisions and grade prices. dressed poultry irregular with frozen and live listings for turkeys and ducks. live freight and express rates noted for turkeys, hens, and young toms with varying cents per pound.
New York brokers hoped for a market rally Monday but steam faded after an early comeback. The session closed with a modest gain only after a choppy day as most issues held even or declined and about 500 000 shares changed hands. Top performers included Great Northern, Southern Railway, Youngstown Sheet, Douglas Aircraft, General Motors, Chrysler, Curtiss-Wright, Loft, and North American.
Monday's quotations list numerous stocks and bonds led by Adams Express and International Nickel with large listings for Allied Chemical, T and T, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Amex, and General Electric among others. Prices shown include various 1900s era tickers and percent changes, reflecting a broad market snapshot from the period.
Partial OCR showed bond figures with small line items. Mentions 40 Bonds and a few interest or price shifts such as 0.02 0.03 and utility mentions 408.85 off 0.03. Details are garbled and not enough to specify entities or dates.
Chicago markets show a fractional rise in wheat on steady outside trading and bullish crop reports. Dec wheat up 0.42, at 88 87.5. corn steady to up 0.5, oats up 0.16. Winnipeg and Minneapolis grains higher. export sale estimates for Canada reach 1,000,000 bushels. Federal 1940 corn acreage allotment set at 36,638,000 acres, vs 41,256,000 prior year. Local receipts show 116 cars of corn, 14 of wheat, 42 of oats.
Cash grain quotes from Minneapolis and Chicago show higher quotations for wheat corn and oats. No. 1 heavy dark northern wheat values around 84 to 88 cents, corn No. 2 mixed about 45 to 52 cents, oats and barley figures listed, with soybeans pricing near 1.01 to 1.00.
In a cautious session, utilities led gains while other bonds sagged. Auburn Auto 55 jumped over three points amid active trade. rail issues mixed with Southern Railway 4s and Santa Fe 4s rising, Nickel Plate 4 1/6s and Illinois Central 4 94s slipping. U S government bonds closed uneven with treasuries and Home Owners Loan issues posting varied prices.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of November 2025 list Daisy and Cheddar prices. The Wisconsin Cheese Exchange quotes brick at 14 4, cheddars at 15 cents. Farmers Call Board shows Daisy 15 1/2 cents and Cheddars 5 1/2 cents.
Sioux City police seized a slot machine two small dice machines and liquor as evidence against six tavern keepers after raids last night. They arrested 34 persons in the operation.
Jessie Belle De LaMater was named deputy city treasurer for two months by the city council to enable Treasurer M F Cox to take a vacation. Cox is expected back before Feb 1. Her salary remains the same.
Cedar Rapids Boy Scout headquarters hosts education classes at 7 15 p m Tuesday on Coe College campus for scouts and leaders. Training topics include advancement procedure outdoor meeting prep den chief training and program philosophy led by Moody Cizek Dresher Harve Geiger and Maloney. The monthly court of honor moves to Franklin High School Tuesday at 7 30 p m for merit badge awards and class ratings.
Classified section shows ad pricing and submission rules for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. It lists minimums two lines to five lines, day rates, and contact methods. Sample ads include lost items, found pets, services, and personal notices reflecting newspaper tone.
AP report from Dubuque describes a fire on highway 52 near Durango destroying fifty barrels of whisky valued at 5000 dollars. The truck from Peoria to St Paul caught fire, driver Al Matthews age 33 leaped to safety as a gasoline tank exploded from friction against a bridge. Flames rose 100 feet, whisky flowed into a creek and burned on water, authorities kept crowds back as traffic was halted over four hours.
A three story structure housing Yellow Cab and Vigen Motor in downtown Sioux City burned Monday. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars, including six new and 30 used cars. Fire said to have started by a blow torch in the paint shop. an explosion spread flames. Two motor company employees were slightly burned.
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