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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1949
Page
15
Chicago livestock market shows hogs steady at top prices with large receipts led by hogs and cattle. cattle steady to 25 cents higher and sheep bids around steady. Reports cite 12 000 cattle and 2 000 sheep receipts with mixed load prices across weight classes and ages, including vealers and yearlings at varied values.
Salable receipts 19 000 cattle and 5 000 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers largely unchanged with some choice steers firm. Beef cows dull and undertone weak. 10 500 fresh western crossers included. Prices cited: load choice 1 150 lb fed steers 32.25, 1 035 yearlings around 27.00, 1 200 lb grassers 23.00, 800 850 lb heifers 25.50, 1 000 lb mixed steers and heifers 31.50, canners 11.50 13.25, stock steers 23.08 25.00, medium bid around 18.00.
Receipts estimate Monday show 45 000 week ago 55 200 year ago 51 000 actuals Saturday 49 000 with unloads at two southern Minnesota plants and 12 Iowa plants plus out-of-state buying stations. Barrows and gilts 160 to 180 pounds 14.00 to 16.25. 180 to 200 pounds 16.00 to 17.25. 200 to 240 pounds 17.25 to 17.75. 240 to 270 pounds 17.00 to 17.75. 270 to 300 pounds 16.25 to 17.50. 300 to 330 pounds 15.75 to 17.25. 330 to 369 pounds 15.25 to 16.75. Sows 270 to 306 pounds 16.25 to 17.00. 300 to 330 pounds 16.00 to 16.75. 330 to 369 pounds 15.50 to 16.50. 360 to 400 pounds 14.50 to 16.00. 400 to 450 pounds 14.25 to 15.50. 450 to 550 pounds 12.25 to 14.50.
Receipts total 26 000 cattle and 3 000 calves with scattered early sales. Slaughter steers and heifers are about steady though not enough trading to confirm trend. Prices include average medium good fed steers at 24.00 to 28.00, five loads at 23.40, and high good 27.85 for well wintered heifers.
The text lists various weight ranges in pounds with corresponding prices such as 1801 lbs at $16.50 and 270-300 lbs at $16. It references Waterloo 1735 and mentions multiple ranges like 400-450 lbs at $13.75 and 500-550 lbs at $1, along with miscellaneous figures for eggs and other sizes.
Market notes show beef and veal price per hundredweight with tiers from 119 to 550 pounds. Prices range from about 13.25 to 17.50 per cwt, varying by weight bracket and offering different rates for larger animals.
Cedar Rapids market reports show hog prices down a quarter with top hogs at 17.50 and 16.75 for others. cattle values vary by grade with steers from 19 to 31.50 and cows from about 12 to 18. Bulls range 14 to 17, while lambs and poultry prices are listed alongside wholesale fruits and vegetables and grain futures for October 1949.
New York stocks eased lower on Monday as trading volume ran light at about 1 100 000 shares. The market showed no fresh selling pressure and traders awaited next signals from large players.
Omara Livestock Omaha AP USDA cattle receipts total about 600 calves 5000 fed stock. Openings steady to strong with 25 to 50 cent gains on choice steers. Stocker and feeder classes dominate about 75 percent of receipts. Prices include fed steers around 34.35 per hundredweight, loads of choice cattle around 32 to 34, and good cows at 14 to 17.50 with yearling stock steers 21 to 24.00, and various loads of stockers and calves priced accordingly.
Chicago live poultry receipts total 33 trucks with a steady market. Prices vary by breed and weight across hens, leghorns, hybrids, crossbreds, fryers, ducks, geese, turkeys, and muscoveys. Eggs receipts 8 684 cases with firm to unsettled balance. standards 44 44c per dozen, extras 3 percent over. Potatoes arrivals 325 on 461, total 412 Friday to Sunday, market firm to slightly stronger on zen stock with various Idaho, Minnesota North Dakota, Wisconsin varieties priced from 2.25 to 4.00 per cwt.
New York butter and egg listings show mixed items with small changes in price per dozen. Dressed poultry prices vary by weight and type with regional grades and origins noted, including fresh turkeys and young birds priced per pound.
Chicago AP reports grain trading mixed as corn rebounds late after Iowa windstorms knocked thousands of bushels to the ground. Wheat shows light selling pressure. oats and soybeans slide modestly, while lard rises on October futures.
No. 2 hard wheat price at $2.60 with other grades ranging from $1.24 to $2.04. No. 5 mixed at 67 cents and No. 2 white heavy white at 70 cents. Soybeans quoted at $2.33% Illinois and $2.30 Indiana, both track Chicago.
Senator Hickenlooper claimed air force testimony supported his charge of mismanagement in the atomic program. An anonymous committee member disputed the claim, saying the testimony did not substantiate the charges. The joint committee met behind closed doors with Air Force leaders including Symington Vandenberg and LeMay.
A long standing jurisdictional feud between the AFL Carpenters and AFL Laborers unions ended at the annual AFL convention in St Paul with a no strike pledge over concrete forms. The agreement, the result of years of talks, ends disruptions that halted millions of dollars of construction work.
American broadcaster Lowell Thomas emerged from Tibet by litter after a dangerous trek through rugged mountains. He reported the Dalai Lama seeking Western aid against the Communists and was carried 70 miles to the capital before a plane flew him to Calcutta for treatment.
A large limb from a soft maple on the W. B. Griffiths residence lawn at 486 Sixth Avenue blew across the street during a Monday morning wind, blocking traffic east and west. Additional trees fell at the W. F. Kruger and Glenn Mollenhauer homes as residents and visitors navigate cleanup and continued weather impact.
Prague AP report says the Czechoslovak government ordered county and village administrations to assume closer supervision of churches and local affairs. Interior Minister Vaclav Nosek announced harsher action against farmers and saboteurs, with more than 300 priests and nuns arrested since the church state conflict began.
A garbled ledger fragment lists multiple monetary values and dates like 1 Day 3 Das 60 and 2.07 2.76 32.80 with quoted 8.45 44. The readable items are scattered, offering no clear context or full statements for a precise report.
Four members of the Finch family were found shot to death in their beds in Fort Worth. Identified victims include Mrs Richard Finch 33 and her children Penny 8 Allen 6 and Mrs Finch’s mother. A neighbor discovered the scene while taking the children to school.
Hill Field Utah reports a B-17 from Albuquerque vanished in a driving rainstorm while en route to Hill Field. Five crew members were aboard and contact was lost at 3 04 a m over Salt Lake City as severe rain and snow battered northern Utah.
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