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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1944
Page
2
Cattle receipts of 11 000 to 13 000 with strong demand for yearlings and grass cattle. Prices show top steers at 18 35 with high activity on hogs totaling 13 000 and sheep 6 500. cattle markets steady with mixed grading from grass to heavy beef cattle and vealers firm. Grain quotes provided by Lamson Brothers with regional bank contact.
Receipts 6 000. Fat western lambs 25 cents higher with bids still forming. Cows vealers and calves steady. Choice fed steers 18.90 with several loads 17.25 to 17.75. Good small to medium weight feeders 12.00 to 13.70. Wyoming lambs 14.50, southwesterns 12.25, natives around 14.00. Ewes firm to 25 cents higher, shorn ewes 5.00 and up, feeding lambs 11.50 to 12.45.
Iowa and southern Minnesota yards close 24 hour period at 8 am Wednesday with 18 000 head. Compared to 22 500 a week earlier and 12 300 a year ago. Active firm loading smaller than 25 000 week ago. Prices listed for various weight classes from 160 to 500 pounds with sows included.
Live cattle bids steady to strong with beevess at 18.10 and yearlings around 17.00. Hogs show firmer receipts near 2,590 while sows attract 14.45 to 13.50. sheep and lambs attract mixed demand with feeding lambs not yet established and carcass values fluctuating.
The Cedar Rapids hog market remains at ceiling Friday with top prime butcher prices around 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle prices show choice to prime steers at 15.50 to 16.50, good to choice 18.00, and medium to good 13.50, while mixed yearlings and heifers range from 15.75 to 13.00 with varying grades and dry goods at 11.30.
Wheat futures surged on heavy mill buying and short covering as OPA price ceilings loomed. December wheat reached 1.67 and was 20% above a month-ago low, with gains in corn oats rye and barley and other contract quotes advancing.
AP summary of notations on cash wheat and oats prices in Chicago markets. Mentions No 1 wheat at 1.27, No 1 mixed oats around 68 cents, No 2 mixed malting near 1.97, feed at 1.10, field seed including clover at 31.50.
Chicago produce market shows stable receipts with slow demand as shipments total 946 for U S. and Idaho russets selling around 3.35 to 3.28 per unit. Colorado reds and Wisconsin Chippewas list prices near 2.50 while No 1 washed and cobbler notes vary around 2.25 to 2.35.
New York AP market notes show butter acetate at 676 489 with prices unchanged at ceiling. Cheese receipts 237 913 with quotations and standard weights listed. figures include new prices for various fat contents and product sizes. several lines mention dirties and checks with percentage figures.
Wisconsin cheese exchange notes show United States No 1 twins chedders at 23 4c and 24c squares with no bids on 3 uncovered lots. Entries list rises and no-change marks for Davenport Keokuk Prairie du Chien Gordons Ferry and other stations, reflecting mixed activity across regional markets.
Six residents of Brown township led by B F Higgins Mrs Lillian Stewart Jay Stookey J LeRoy Farmer Henry Graham and George Olinger asked the Linn county board of supervisors on Tuesday to grade and hard surface a two mile stretch of road two miles east of Paralta extending north to highway 151.
Market notes list corn at 1.04 percent and soybeans at 2.00. Oats quoted 0.36. Straw hay prices from 12.00 with various bale costs. Poultry prices cover heavy and light springs, hens, and stags with small deltas. Wholesale fruits include Michigan vegetables and Colorado oranges at 1.41 per crate, onions 0.85, Valencia oranges, sweet potatoes, and peas priced. hides and other goods mentioned.
A group of 11 led by Louis Kulish Jr petitioned the Linn county board to form a secondary road district in Clin ton township to surface 1.75 miles of road north of Cov ington along highway 74 The petition was referred to County Engineer William Behrens for report and plat. Also reported a car driven by Ann Schott overturned seven miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30 killing none and injuring several including Schott and occupants Vivian J Dunham and Walter Candler with the car damaged.
Ray Morris, 20, charged with breaking jail and escaping from the LaCrosse county jail in Illinois, was apprehended by Linn county sheriff’s office Wednesday morning. Authorities from LaCrosse county expected to return Morris to the Illinois jail Wednesday afternoon.
The Linn county board of supervisors on Tuesday authorized Joseph W. Carberry delinquent tax collector to collect unpaid personal taxes for 1943 outstanding as of Oct 1 1944. Carberry receives 10 percent of the delinquent personal taxes collected.
Sparta Wisconsin reports Second Lieutenants Theron Newell White 30 Seattle and Laurence R Forrest Jr. listed in the wartime dispatch with their hometowns and service details.
New York reports a modest revival in buying with gains clustered in late trading as industrials and rails show strength. Hiram Walker leads distillers with rise over three points while names like Pepsi Cola, U.S. Steel, Chrysler, General Motors and Westinghouse advance. volume around 700000 shares.
A dense page of lost items and small ads lists a brown billfold with money and ID between 2nd Avenue South and Union Depot with a reward, plus a black coin purse and many lost item notices. Other items include a Hamilton gold watch, large pink blue spin, and several contact numbers. The page also contains jewelry ads, watches repaired, and classifieds for services and job listings.
City Briefs note the Palestine council and Royal Master Masonic meeting Friday at 7 39 p.m. in the Masonic hall with refreshments after Royal Master work. Also listed are sermons at Four Square Gospel Tabernacle and various civic and youth events with time and place details.
A meeting on work among Jews in Argentina will start at 7 30 p m. Raymond L Hill formerly of Cedar Rapids is visiting at 1550 Sixth avenue SE with Mrs Ida M Thompson Hill works at Langley field Va as a signal corps electronic equipment technician.
Iowa City Iowa poet and University of Iowa faculty member Paul Engle will lecture across the state in addition to advising students and teaching at the Writers Workshop President Virgil Han cher announced. Engle born Cedar Rapids graduated from Coe College Rhodes scholar at Oxford 1933 to 1936 later returned to teach. He has published five books of verse one novel and a poetry collection won the Friends of American Writers prize of 1000 in 1941 for best western author work.
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